Blanderson
@ayemynameisandy.bsky.social
gaming | improv | therapist | unsponsored 36 year old skateboarder | tech/web design | married | love is love 🏳️🌈
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Blanderson
@ayemynameisandy.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Looking for mutuals and friends!
👾 used to host a gaming podcast
👾 loves talking gaming news
👾 xbox/playstation/switch/ally/quest
👾 easier to name genres i don’t like:
😢 civ-likes / card games
👾 first game was LoZ: Link’s Awakening
👾 finishing masters in psychotherapy
♡/⟳ apprec8d
#promosky
👾 used to host a gaming podcast
👾 loves talking gaming news
👾 xbox/playstation/switch/ally/quest
👾 easier to name genres i don’t like:
😢 civ-likes / card games
👾 first game was LoZ: Link’s Awakening
👾 finishing masters in psychotherapy
♡/⟳ apprec8d
#promosky
Walked right up to Steam Machine while “GabeCube” was right there…
Steam Frame, Steam Controller, Steam Machine announcement is expected soon, here's a first look!
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Walked right up to Steam Machine while “GabeCube” was right there…
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SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins
Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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me: i deserve a 50% raise
boss: you gonna be 50% more valuable?
me: no i plan on doing the same things as before and hint at maybe doing more of that stuff but give no evidence what that means and I’ll do two things no asked for.
do we have a deal?
boss: get out of my office
boss: you gonna be 50% more valuable?
me: no i plan on doing the same things as before and hint at maybe doing more of that stuff but give no evidence what that means and I’ll do two things no asked for.
do we have a deal?
boss: get out of my office
your gaming's about to get even better with 3 updated Xbox Game Pass plans!
play your way with the right one for you: xbx.lv/42SKmN1
play your way with the right one for you: xbx.lv/42SKmN1
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
me: i deserve a 50% raise
boss: you gonna be 50% more valuable?
me: no i plan on doing the same things as before and hint at maybe doing more of that stuff but give no evidence what that means and I’ll do two things no asked for.
do we have a deal?
boss: get out of my office
boss: you gonna be 50% more valuable?
me: no i plan on doing the same things as before and hint at maybe doing more of that stuff but give no evidence what that means and I’ll do two things no asked for.
do we have a deal?
boss: get out of my office
gamepass subscribers: 37 million
monthly revenue: ~555 million
2 month boycott: ~1.11 billion loss
collectively we have more than a voice.
monthly revenue: ~555 million
2 month boycott: ~1.11 billion loss
collectively we have more than a voice.
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
gamepass subscribers: 37 million
monthly revenue: ~555 million
2 month boycott: ~1.11 billion loss
collectively we have more than a voice.
monthly revenue: ~555 million
2 month boycott: ~1.11 billion loss
collectively we have more than a voice.
me: i deserve a 50% raise
boss: you gonna be 50% more valuable?
me: no i plan on doing the same things as before and hint at maybe doing more of that stuff but give no evidence what that means and I’ll do two things no asked for.
do we have a deal?
boss: get out of my office
boss: you gonna be 50% more valuable?
me: no i plan on doing the same things as before and hint at maybe doing more of that stuff but give no evidence what that means and I’ll do two things no asked for.
do we have a deal?
boss: get out of my office
your gaming's about to get even better with 3 updated Xbox Game Pass plans!
play your way with the right one for you: xbx.lv/42SKmN1
play your way with the right one for you: xbx.lv/42SKmN1
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
me: i deserve a 50% raise
boss: you gonna be 50% more valuable?
me: no i plan on doing the same things as before and hint at maybe doing more of that stuff but give no evidence what that means and I’ll do two things no asked for.
do we have a deal?
boss: get out of my office
boss: you gonna be 50% more valuable?
me: no i plan on doing the same things as before and hint at maybe doing more of that stuff but give no evidence what that means and I’ll do two things no asked for.
do we have a deal?
boss: get out of my office
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On today’s stream, we’re talking Microsoft’s deal-breaking Game Pass price hike, EA’s sale to a consortium that includes Saudi Arabia, and how both these things are symptoms of an industry being sold for parts. Also, time permitting: Baby Steps. We go live at 4 PM ET
twitch.tv/aftermathdot...
twitch.tv/aftermathdot...
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
On today’s stream, we’re talking Microsoft’s deal-breaking Game Pass price hike, EA’s sale to a consortium that includes Saudi Arabia, and how both these things are symptoms of an industry being sold for parts. Also, time permitting: Baby Steps. We go live at 4 PM ET
twitch.tv/aftermathdot...
twitch.tv/aftermathdot...
sharing receipts. I hope you do too. Too many people have lost their jobs, their passion project cancelled while Xbox leadership maintains their multimillion dollar salaries and passes their mistakes onto the consumer.
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
sharing receipts. I hope you do too. Too many people have lost their jobs, their passion project cancelled while Xbox leadership maintains their multimillion dollar salaries and passes their mistakes onto the consumer.
shocking that corporation that spent years saying we're not like other corporations is
*checks notes*
exactly like every other corporation.
Vote with your wallet and cancel gamepass.
Signed,
Former life long fan
*checks notes*
exactly like every other corporation.
Vote with your wallet and cancel gamepass.
Signed,
Former life long fan
October 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
shocking that corporation that spent years saying we're not like other corporations is
*checks notes*
exactly like every other corporation.
Vote with your wallet and cancel gamepass.
Signed,
Former life long fan
*checks notes*
exactly like every other corporation.
Vote with your wallet and cancel gamepass.
Signed,
Former life long fan
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Ben was one of my primary mentors at GI, and is a great leader, an even better writer, and an all around awesome and hilarious guy. Hire him!
I was a Firaxis narrative designer/writer and lost my job today. Any help sharing leads on new opportunities would be great!
Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co
Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co
Benjamin Reeves Is Incredible
Ben Reeves narrative designer and writer
benreeves.carrd.co
September 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ben was one of my primary mentors at GI, and is a great leader, an even better writer, and an all around awesome and hilarious guy. Hire him!
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Have you subscribed to Pew Pew Bang yet? Have you listened to Season 2? Have you helped spread the word about @pewpewbang.bsky.social to fem-leaning folks in your life?
Then thank you!
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Then thank you!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
August 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Have you subscribed to Pew Pew Bang yet? Have you listened to Season 2? Have you helped spread the word about @pewpewbang.bsky.social to fem-leaning folks in your life?
Then thank you!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Then thank you!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
HBO: a least we lead the market in dumbest rebrand
MSNBC: hol my beeeerrr…
MSNBC: hol my beeeerrr…
news: MSNBC is renaming itself MS NOW (My Source News Opinion World)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
Goodbye, MSNBC. Hello, MS NOW.
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
HBO: a least we lead the market in dumbest rebrand
MSNBC: hol my beeeerrr…
MSNBC: hol my beeeerrr…
“This decision comes with all senior leadership taking massive pay cuts from our massive salaries.”
Oh wait. Nope.
Fuck accountability and shared humanity.
Let’s just make the numbers go up for shareholders.
I hate it here.
Oh wait. Nope.
Fuck accountability and shared humanity.
Let’s just make the numbers go up for shareholders.
I hate it here.
language like this is so insulting, imo. is it a compulsory thing for CEOs to need to brag while laying people off?
July 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“This decision comes with all senior leadership taking massive pay cuts from our massive salaries.”
Oh wait. Nope.
Fuck accountability and shared humanity.
Let’s just make the numbers go up for shareholders.
I hate it here.
Oh wait. Nope.
Fuck accountability and shared humanity.
Let’s just make the numbers go up for shareholders.
I hate it here.
1 million seconds is ~11 days
1 billion seconds is ~31 years
This post is the wealth gap.
1 billion seconds is ~31 years
This post is the wealth gap.
June 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
1 million seconds is ~11 days
1 billion seconds is ~31 years
This post is the wealth gap.
1 billion seconds is ~31 years
This post is the wealth gap.
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Bucking the industry trend of post-launch layoffs, Lies of P devs received $7,500 bonuses, Switch 2s
aftermath.site/lies-of-p-over...
aftermath.site/lies-of-p-over...
June 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Bucking the industry trend of post-launch layoffs, Lies of P devs received $7,500 bonuses, Switch 2s
aftermath.site/lies-of-p-over...
aftermath.site/lies-of-p-over...
If you see this, quote it with your favorite Star Wars scene.
June 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you see this, quote it with your favorite Star Wars scene.
when I was a baby, I worked prenatally to afford to buy my own basket.
ugh, this generation is just looking for handouts.
ugh, this generation is just looking for handouts.
June 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
when I was a baby, I worked prenatally to afford to buy my own basket.
ugh, this generation is just looking for handouts.
ugh, this generation is just looking for handouts.
love when people ask “how are you” there’s an implied besides of course our country’s fisher-price ‘my first flirt with authoritarianism’
June 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
love when people ask “how are you” there’s an implied besides of course our country’s fisher-price ‘my first flirt with authoritarianism’
This is who runs this account
June 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is who runs this account
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Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 10 Steam codes for Little Nightmares 3 (including free copy of LN1 Enhanced Edition) courtesy of @gamesplanet.bsky.social. Giveaway ends July 1, 6 PM PT.
Little Nightmares 3 w/ LN1 Enhanced is $33.99 on Gamesplanet buff.ly/9a4pcV3
Little Nightmares 3 w/ LN1 Enhanced is $33.99 on Gamesplanet buff.ly/9a4pcV3
June 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 10 Steam codes for Little Nightmares 3 (including free copy of LN1 Enhanced Edition) courtesy of @gamesplanet.bsky.social. Giveaway ends July 1, 6 PM PT.
Little Nightmares 3 w/ LN1 Enhanced is $33.99 on Gamesplanet buff.ly/9a4pcV3
Little Nightmares 3 w/ LN1 Enhanced is $33.99 on Gamesplanet buff.ly/9a4pcV3
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Jumping on to share this. This is a mass protest happening WORLDWIDE, not just in the US.
Let’s get really loud this weekend.
Stay hydrated.
Cover tattoos.
Stand together.
🫶
Let’s get really loud this weekend.
Stay hydrated.
Cover tattoos.
Stand together.
🫶
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
www.nokings.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Jumping on to share this. This is a mass protest happening WORLDWIDE, not just in the US.
Let’s get really loud this weekend.
Stay hydrated.
Cover tattoos.
Stand together.
🫶
Let’s get really loud this weekend.
Stay hydrated.
Cover tattoos.
Stand together.
🫶
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Wrote about SGF, ICE, and covering the event as first-generation US born person.
My feelings covering Summer Game Fest, in LA, as the daughter of a Mexican immigrant.
pentopixels.com/article/summ...
pentopixels.com/article/summ...
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wrote about SGF, ICE, and covering the event as first-generation US born person.