Caelyn
@caelyn.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Huge fan of tiny giant robots. Miniatures games specialist at @rascal.news Freelance bylines at Eurogamer, RPS, EDGE, Polygon. Disabled and fat. Also a furry (ask me about my fursona!) Leftie. She/They.
Email: caelyn@rascal.news
Email: caelyn@rascal.news
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Caelyn
@caelyn.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello there, new folks! I'm Caelyn, I'm a queer, disabled writer from the UK who covers wargames and miniatures at @rascalnews.bsky.social. I like videogames, RPGs, Transformers and other assorted nerd stuff.
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Incredible that DN, probably the largest Swedish newspaper, quoted me saying “a graphic designer always looks for hidden swastikas and cocks in their work”. The one time I’m in the paper, it’s that.
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Incredible that DN, probably the largest Swedish newspaper, quoted me saying “a graphic designer always looks for hidden swastikas and cocks in their work”. The one time I’m in the paper, it’s that.
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Unsurprisingly, I had something to say about last week's John Stallard incident, including my completely lack of surprise at the guy from the Nazi merch company saying bigoted shit.
Caelyn documents the terrible incident that occured last week where she, and many other women in the wargaming hobby, disappeared completely, and looks at how it can be prevented from occurring again.
Short institutional memory can’t excuse wargaming’s most insidious cultural issues.
Bigotry and bad behavior in the hobby cannot be treated as isolated incidents.
www.rascal.news
January 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Unsurprisingly, I had something to say about last week's John Stallard incident, including my completely lack of surprise at the guy from the Nazi merch company saying bigoted shit.
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Announcement: STEAM DEMO OUT NOW!
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
January 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Announcement: STEAM DEMO OUT NOW!
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
The early dungeons of Forbidden Solitaire are now open to those bold - or foolish - enough to explore them.
How badly do you wish to live forever? 👁️🩸
👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
Please wishlist and share - thank you!
#indiedev
It was lovely having the crew of the Mothership on! Go and subscribe now, like I just did.
PODCAST: The excellent co-owners of @mothership.blog joined us to discuss their new home for writing about video games through the lenses of gender and identity. We convince them to stick around for our usual brand of hijinks, too.
Listen, then go subscribe: www.mothership.blog/board-the-mo...
Listen, then go subscribe: www.mothership.blog/board-the-mo...
The Mothership has Landed, feat. Maddy Myers and Zoë Hannah
Teen Vogue, but for video games.
www.rascal.news
January 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It was lovely having the crew of the Mothership on! Go and subscribe now, like I just did.
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the fine folks at Rascal invited us to appear on their podcast this week! go listen to @zoehhannah.com and i discuss the new website we're forming and also talk about tabletop games a lil bit <3
PODCAST: The excellent co-owners of @mothership.blog joined us to discuss their new home for writing about video games through the lenses of gender and identity. We convince them to stick around for our usual brand of hijinks, too.
Listen, then go subscribe: www.mothership.blog/board-the-mo...
Listen, then go subscribe: www.mothership.blog/board-the-mo...
The Mothership has Landed, feat. Maddy Myers and Zoë Hannah
Teen Vogue, but for video games.
www.rascal.news
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
the fine folks at Rascal invited us to appear on their podcast this week! go listen to @zoehhannah.com and i discuss the new website we're forming and also talk about tabletop games a lil bit <3
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PR people following me, my email access was immediately revoked at Inverse, if we were in the midst of talking about or working on something I'm super sorry. I'm gonna reach out to people I need to, but anyone can reach me at madsenhayes@gmail.com, for the time being.
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
PR people following me, my email access was immediately revoked at Inverse, if we were in the midst of talking about or working on something I'm super sorry. I'm gonna reach out to people I need to, but anyone can reach me at madsenhayes@gmail.com, for the time being.
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If you can PLEASE DONATE SO I GET MY TOOTH REMOVED
it’s been MONTHS OF PAIN
TY FOR SHARING AND DONATING
it’s been MONTHS OF PAIN
TY FOR SHARING AND DONATING
THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who recently donated to my GFM!! 0 donations in over 2 months so that means so much to me 💜
GFM: medical costs (disabled/ treatment isnt covered by insurance), 🚨tooth removal🚨, to move out so I can heal in peace 💜
I prefer you to buy my art though! 💜
www.zisshit.com
GFM: medical costs (disabled/ treatment isnt covered by insurance), 🚨tooth removal🚨, to move out so I can heal in peace 💜
I prefer you to buy my art though! 💜
www.zisshit.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
If you can PLEASE DONATE SO I GET MY TOOTH REMOVED
it’s been MONTHS OF PAIN
TY FOR SHARING AND DONATING
it’s been MONTHS OF PAIN
TY FOR SHARING AND DONATING
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Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
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ALL OF MY WORK IS FREE
i ONLY survive and am able to pay bills, eat, and continue BECAUSE OF TIPS
i do important work, no sponsors, no advertising, and i'm just a jobless trans girl
🔗 linktr.ee/junostump
🫙 venmo.com/u/junostump
Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail
i ONLY survive and am able to pay bills, eat, and continue BECAUSE OF TIPS
i do important work, no sponsors, no advertising, and i'm just a jobless trans girl
🔗 linktr.ee/junostump
🫙 venmo.com/u/junostump
Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail
juno rylee schultz | Instagram, TikTok | Linktree
journalist, writer, and PR girl.
linktr.ee
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
ALL OF MY WORK IS FREE
i ONLY survive and am able to pay bills, eat, and continue BECAUSE OF TIPS
i do important work, no sponsors, no advertising, and i'm just a jobless trans girl
🔗 linktr.ee/junostump
🫙 venmo.com/u/junostump
Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail
i ONLY survive and am able to pay bills, eat, and continue BECAUSE OF TIPS
i do important work, no sponsors, no advertising, and i'm just a jobless trans girl
🔗 linktr.ee/junostump
🫙 venmo.com/u/junostump
Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail
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Would anyone like a £10 doodly sketchy commission? Please send me a message if you would like one, thank you.
(here is an example of one, they are an underground goblin)
(here is an example of one, they are an underground goblin)
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Would anyone like a £10 doodly sketchy commission? Please send me a message if you would like one, thank you.
(here is an example of one, they are an underground goblin)
(here is an example of one, they are an underground goblin)
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my latest and, genuinely, best work is out now 💜
this is the most personal piece i might ever write (related to games, at least) and i am so unbelievably proud of how it's turned out
a massive thank you to artemis for trusting me with it. please give it a read
we are gonna figure something out 💜
this is the most personal piece i might ever write (related to games, at least) and i am so unbelievably proud of how it's turned out
a massive thank you to artemis for trusting me with it. please give it a read
we are gonna figure something out 💜
For the first Stop Caring piece of the year, it is my honor and pleasure to welcome @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social to the site. She wrote about Depression Quest, Hanif Abdurraiq's On Seatbelts and Sunsets, and struggling with depression.
The gold standard to what a personal essay should be.
The gold standard to what a personal essay should be.
No Good Options
And damn it, we are gonna figure something out, if it takes me all night.
www.stopcar.ing
January 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
my latest and, genuinely, best work is out now 💜
this is the most personal piece i might ever write (related to games, at least) and i am so unbelievably proud of how it's turned out
a massive thank you to artemis for trusting me with it. please give it a read
we are gonna figure something out 💜
this is the most personal piece i might ever write (related to games, at least) and i am so unbelievably proud of how it's turned out
a massive thank you to artemis for trusting me with it. please give it a read
we are gonna figure something out 💜
There's something incredibly disheartening about spending a week on a 2k word piece covering misogyny, transphobia and other bigotry, including doing a ton of research on assorted instances of shit behaviour from companies in the industry, and have the first response be a complaint about the paywall
January 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
There's something incredibly disheartening about spending a week on a 2k word piece covering misogyny, transphobia and other bigotry, including doing a ton of research on assorted instances of shit behaviour from companies in the industry, and have the first response be a complaint about the paywall
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Read the damn article, people. They're making AI scrapers pay them to use the material.
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Read the damn article, people. They're making AI scrapers pay them to use the material.
This is still one of my favourite things I've ever written, and makes me look like a cool trendsetting type, what with it coming out just before King's Field-likes started getting popular.
King's Field: How FromSoftware’s first game started a cycle that's still in motion
From King's Field to Elden Ring, there's more to the cycle of mythology than you may have realized
www.gamesradar.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This is still one of my favourite things I've ever written, and makes me look like a cool trendsetting type, what with it coming out just before King's Field-likes started getting popular.
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FUCK ME www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHmC...
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
FUCK ME www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHmC...
Unsurprisingly, I had something to say about last week's John Stallard incident, including my completely lack of surprise at the guy from the Nazi merch company saying bigoted shit.
Caelyn documents the terrible incident that occured last week where she, and many other women in the wargaming hobby, disappeared completely, and looks at how it can be prevented from occurring again.
Short institutional memory can’t excuse wargaming’s most insidious cultural issues.
Bigotry and bad behavior in the hobby cannot be treated as isolated incidents.
www.rascal.news
January 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Unsurprisingly, I had something to say about last week's John Stallard incident, including my completely lack of surprise at the guy from the Nazi merch company saying bigoted shit.
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With apologies, kicking this round again. We’re moving into a temp home today but everything is on the meter and with having to extend my stay at the hotel five days whilst waiting for the council, I lost a huge chunk of cash to that.
Soz, I know this is piss taking by now.
Soz, I know this is piss taking by now.
we’ve got somewhere to stay after the fucking place flooded again, just a room tho, I’ve just managed to pack the bare minimum and I’m skint beyond words.
I am so sorry, this has all gone to shit. Can anyone help with emergency survival funds?
www.paypal.com/paypalme/ret...
ko-fi.com/robfearon
I am so sorry, this has all gone to shit. Can anyone help with emergency survival funds?
www.paypal.com/paypalme/ret...
ko-fi.com/robfearon
Pay Emma Fearon using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/retroremakes and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
www.paypal.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
With apologies, kicking this round again. We’re moving into a temp home today but everything is on the meter and with having to extend my stay at the hotel five days whilst waiting for the council, I lost a huge chunk of cash to that.
Soz, I know this is piss taking by now.
Soz, I know this is piss taking by now.
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If you can't draw a fat woman with a thick neck maybe just don't draw us idk
January 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
If you can't draw a fat woman with a thick neck maybe just don't draw us idk
The game was on my list anyway, but I'm still blaming @midimyers.com for this.
January 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The game was on my list anyway, but I'm still blaming @midimyers.com for this.
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come watch us talk about mothership.blog LIVE!!!!! this afternoon~~~
On today’s stream, we’re joined by @midimyers.com and @zoehhannah.com to talk about @mothership.blog, their very exciting new site at the intersection of gender and games. We go live at 4 PM ET
twitch.tv/aftermathdot...
twitch.tv/aftermathdot...
January 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM
come watch us talk about mothership.blog LIVE!!!!! this afternoon~~~
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i've worked in journalism for almost two decades now but i've never gotten to OWN the website where i work. and now i do and it's so exciting!! check out our pre-launch teaser video if you haven't yet, and consider taking advantage of our pre-launch 15% sale via mothership.blog. full launch jan. 26!
It's time to board the Mothership.
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
Board the Mothership.
YouTube video by Mothership Media LLC
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
i've worked in journalism for almost two decades now but i've never gotten to OWN the website where i work. and now i do and it's so exciting!! check out our pre-launch teaser video if you haven't yet, and consider taking advantage of our pre-launch 15% sale via mothership.blog. full launch jan. 26!
I'm bored and I don't know what to do with myself this evening.
January 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I'm bored and I don't know what to do with myself this evening.
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[ 🌻 oc ] just some sketchy moody briars
January 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM
[ 🌻 oc ] just some sketchy moody briars
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[ 🌻 oc ] just practicing
January 13, 2026 at 12:10 AM
[ 🌻 oc ] just practicing