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Blair Thorburn

@oiblair.bsky.social

πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Scottish chaos-giant living in Canada. πŸ™ Game Dev, Design Lead/Principal 🫢 Award Winning Inclusive Design and Accessibility Champion Portfolio: blairthorburn.carrd.co Battlefield, Dragon Age, and other things

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YES!!!!

09.03.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
DEAR TRANS KIDS, THIS WORLD IS BETTER WITH YOu IN IT AND YOU AR E WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

DEAR TRANS KIDS, THIS WORLD IS BETTER WITH YOu IN IT AND YOU AR E WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

01.03.2026 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 233    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6
Cosplay of Bria as Bethany Hawke's Grey Warden look from Dragon Age 2. She is crouched down with a hand resting on one knee.

Cosplay of Bria as Bethany Hawke's Grey Warden look from Dragon Age 2. She is crouched down with a hand resting on one knee.

Cosplay of Bria as Bethany Hawke's Grey Warden look from Dragon Age 2. She is walking down a set of stairs

Cosplay of Bria as Bethany Hawke's Grey Warden look from Dragon Age 2. She is walking down a set of stairs

Cosplay of Bria as Bethany Hawke's Grey Warden look from Dragon Age 2. She has her hands up like she's doing magic

Cosplay of Bria as Bethany Hawke's Grey Warden look from Dragon Age 2. She has her hands up like she's doing magic

Cosplay of Bria as Bethany Hawke's Grey Warden look from Dragon Age 2. She is facing away from the camera and leaning her hands against a low wall and looking out and down

Cosplay of Bria as Bethany Hawke's Grey Warden look from Dragon Age 2. She is facing away from the camera and leaning her hands against a low wall and looking out and down

HELLO IT IS DRAGON AGE II DAY!!!!! This game will always have my heart and all of my love.

Please enjoy these pictures by @geek-kay.bsky.social from back when I first made my Bethany Hawke costume for Dragon Con 2019 and had built this costume in a month. Kay's also always a delight to shoot with!

08.03.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

The GDC Fog sounds like the annual post-con viral outbreak has turned into something worse.

09.03.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday πŸ₯³

08.03.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yay, finished this (very sad) #Taash from #dragonage

08.03.2026 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My bunker design made it in game! Just crazy humbling to see this stuff out in the wild. So grateful to all the other artists who made it possible

06.03.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 481    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some shots of vehicles I designed for Marathon. One ended up in the animated short and the others are in game. Once again, huge thanks to the world art and palette team for taking my work and pushing it πŸ’™

06.03.2026 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 543    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 1

I said nuthin. You can't prove anything.

08.03.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do like 5 (don't tell anyone but I actually preferred it to 4), but it does have its 😬😬😬 aspects in terms of how they placed the lore and characters.

To be honest, I haven't tried 6 since my first play and I just remember it being really uneven, but it was certainly ambitious!

08.03.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

RE5 is better than RE6, but both are basically the series lowpoints, and 5 gets a bit unintentionally racist 😬 You probably aren't missing much if you skip them, other than some lore you can read online!

7/8 are first-person and acted as the soft-reboot after the lesser games. Both are solid πŸ™‚

06.03.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The RE1 remake is a bit dated itself these days, but serves as an easier entry point than the original.

I'd say the best way to start is the RE2 remake, it's outstanding and you'll get the gist of the story easily without RE1.

From there, going with the RE3/4 remakes would be best next steps.

06.03.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€œπŸ»πŸ•―οΈπŸ’₯

06.03.2026 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Normandy *really* needed HR.

06.03.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it's pokopia release day, I do not have a switch 2. I will try and remember to come back to this post so we can all know when my willpower crumbles.

05.03.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

this punch monkey business is going to end me, y'all. I can't. he's too cute. did you know he's started to make more monkey friends? and he has a favourite zookeeper that he waits for every day? 😭

05.03.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man talking to another man with the words bit of fanfiction ALT: a man talking to another man with the words bit of fanfiction

I've been rewatching Our Flag Means Death recently, so obviously this was the first thing I thought of.

05.03.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! 🍁 (The Counter Goop won out, I assume? It always does... it... always... does).

05.03.2026 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

$616 to go! Thank you Ryan2371!

ko-fi.com/hikikomuri/g...

05.03.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the absolute cutest 😍

04.03.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This game is about to release into Early Access TODAY and I have a spare giveaway key. I'll post it into the replies for anyone to grab once this post reaches 500 reposts

03.03.2026 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2073    πŸ” 978    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 33

Good to see you back! Sending strong leg vibes to kitty πŸ’œ

03.03.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration of Scout Harding carrying Dawes Mercar across her shoudlers after getting married. They're both grinning wide. Dawes has a bouquet of brona's bloom in one hand.

Illustration of Scout Harding carrying Dawes Mercar across her shoudlers after getting married. They're both grinning wide. Dawes has a bouquet of brona's bloom in one hand.

oops! some self-indulgent joy

[ #jasperdraws #veilguard #rooklace #dragonageart ]

02.03.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 532    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope launches this Wednesday!

Over 100+ essays on the craft of game writing and narrative design; affordable priced.

… AND we’ll also launch with the first two episodes of the podcast series, where we talk to the article writers about their craft.

02.03.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 377    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 33

I've rarely chosen Psyduck in the games, but have grown to identify a troubling amount with their anime (and especially concierge) representations.

02.03.2026 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

bidoof, my boy!

02.03.2026 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

* cosplay and theatre get a waiver, whimsy outranks the cringe.

01.03.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

for some unknown reason, I've been burdened with an irrational and intense cringe at people wearing hats inside (beanies and baseball caps are acceptable).

watching traitors us has tested me unlike any time before.

01.03.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ahhh, I'm back on Gerald Stratford tok. like a warm hug.

28.02.2026 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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we need to talk

27.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5494    πŸ” 1467    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 17