Nicole Carpenter

Two brown dogs snuggling

Two brown dogs snuggling

sisters 😭😭

2025 Critical Distance Status Once again, it’s time to check in on the finances for Critical Distance.   Last year, I said the finances were on the brink of stability. We never actually achieved that stability: we are unli…

Hey folks! Board member Zach has written up a quick update re: how we are doing. Please check it out and share widely: critical-distance.com/2026/02/25/2...

I've reported 2-3 stories in my career that have sucked the spirit out of my body and this was one of them. But! Seeing the response of the fgc to help their brother genuinely put it right back. Im humbled to have been trusted with this. Help your neighbors friends those in need are all around you.

ICE Arrests Beloved Fighting Game Community Member Ludovic His family has been working non-stop, even the face of the grief of losing a family member, to bring him home before the government can deport him.

A beloved member of the FGC in Baltimore has been detained by ICE. @adashtra.bsky.social talked to the friends and family trying to bring him home. aftermath.site/ice-ludovic-...

We're prob not gonna hit our goal before we end the GoFundMe later today... but we are close to hitting $10K! If you could help us get the rest of the $450 or so toward that amount, it'd be rad.

I interviewed Roblox's head of parental advocacy for Vulture about safety on the platform 👀

thank you!!!

I interviewed Roblox's head of parental advocacy for Vulture about safety on the platform 👀

new site alert!!!!!!!

What do you want to see from Gen 10? I asked the biggest Pokémon fans I know Voice acting, more dynamic battles, and the return of proper ruins are just some hopes for the 10th generation of Pokémon.

To celebrate One More Catch's launch, we asked the biggest Pokémon fans we know what they want to see from Gen 10, which is almost guaranteed to be revealed on Friday:

weeeeee I got to blog (??? If that’s the right word) some advice for mothership!!! this post is on using games and discord to keep in touch with friends and fam long distance

thank you!

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The mod that makes The Sims 4 sexy Wicked Whims is nearly a decade old, and it's created a community around the way it opens up The Sims 4 for self expression — and kink.

you can ALSO read it on mothership!

www.mothership.blog/the-mod-that...

The Mod That Makes The Sims 4 Sexy Wicked Whims is nearly a decade old, and it's created a community around the way it opens up The Sims 4 for self expression--and kink.

sex mods for the sims 4 are nearly as popular as the base game itself. i spoke to the creator of the biggest one, wicked whims, and several players who use the mods to talk about why people seek out sex in the sims.

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Tunic, Night in the Woods Publisher Says TikTok Is Creating and Running Racist GenAI Ads for Its Games Without Permission - IGN Publisher Finji says that TikTok has been using generative AI to modify its ads on the platform without permission and pushing those ads to its users without Finji's knowledge, including at least one ...

Dug into this absolutely wild thing happening to Finji. The deeper I read into their increasingly baffling conversations with TikTok "support" the more I felt like I was on something.

www.ign.com/articles/tun...

Always great to see Wicked Whims coverage... and @romchip.bsky.social published an interview with the creator, TURBODRIVER last year, conducted by @aurelievpetit.bsky.social !

romchip.org/index.php/ro...

completely missed commenting on this but great article. I use Wicked Whims and one of the pluses to having a huge animation library with it is that a random animation playing can change how I view a particular sim or pairing. it’s another vector of customization/storytelling

We are single-handedly rebuilding the Gawker network

The mod that makes The Sims 4 sexy Wicked Whims is nearly a decade old, and it's created a community around the way it opens up The Sims 4 for self expression — and kink.

Sometimes you can read @aftermath.site stories on Mothership, because we can do whatever we want, actually! A new one from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social : www.mothership.blog/the-mod-that...

A sexy sims 4 fireman laying on a bearskin rug

The mod that makes The Sims 4 sexy: aftermath.site/sims-4-wicked-...

I love seeing coverage of stuff like this that doesn't frame it in a lascivious way or as a punchline. It's something I wish we could be a little more Normal about in general. Yes, I use mods like this because big surprise, I like my life simulator to reflect life. It's not just gooner bait.

The Mod That Makes The Sims 4 Sexy Wicked Whims is nearly a decade old, and it's created a community around the way it opens up The Sims 4 for self expression--and kink.

🚨🚨🚨 @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social interviewed the developer of wicked whims aftermath.site/sims-4-wicke... 🚨🚨🚨

the men’s Olympics hockey first intermission has been sponsored by pokémon and rudely no one has shared their favorite pokémon. dont worry i did reach out to tj oshie’s people to ask his favorite pokémon but he hasn’t responded :(

lol nooo!!!

i love closing a lot of tabs

I have a gift!

that'd be awesome!! will reach out

Character!