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@gracemachine.bsky.social
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· Jul 19
Killing Our Gods: Essays on Religion, Christianity, and Video Games - ebook by graceinthemachine
criticism and rambling on digital media and its divine discontents.
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Hi! you can buy the ebook for Killing Our Gods on itch RIGHT NOW. It's a collection of essays on Christianity, religion, and video games! @dialacina.com wrote a introduction for it! It's good!
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Really frustrating game because it both constantly evokes worse games than it AND suggests something better than it is… yet… the love story fucking cooks.
Episode 41: Slay the Princess www.abnormalmapping.com/the-safe-roo...
Episode 41: Slay the Princess — Abnormal Mapping
Grace and Rose dig into Slay the Princess and discuss its many routes, surprises, and ruminations on narrative storytelling. We also talk about the game’s tone and often grating dialogue between perso...
www.abnormalmapping.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Really frustrating game because it both constantly evokes worse games than it AND suggests something better than it is… yet… the love story fucking cooks.
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SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
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I wrote a little something for @tier-review.com
On 24 Killers and what a home really is
Thank you to @gracemachine.bsky.social and @phoenixsimms.bsky.social for the opportunity and the great edits.
On 24 Killers and what a home really is
Thank you to @gracemachine.bsky.social and @phoenixsimms.bsky.social for the opportunity and the great edits.
THE WORLD IS NOT MY HOME
As someone who has moved around a lot, across different states and even countries, I long for the stability of home, a house to call my own. Political and economic situations have dashed my dreams, or...
www.tier-review.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I wrote a little something for @tier-review.com
On 24 Killers and what a home really is
Thank you to @gracemachine.bsky.social and @phoenixsimms.bsky.social for the opportunity and the great edits.
On 24 Killers and what a home really is
Thank you to @gracemachine.bsky.social and @phoenixsimms.bsky.social for the opportunity and the great edits.
Just posted a big update on behalf of my collaborator Gina about the physical Killing Our Gods book. It is happening!!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gin...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gin...
Update 10: EOY 2025 Physical Edition Update · Killing Our Gods
Hi everyone! It’s been a long time since you had an update from me and I want to let you all know where we are currently. The world has obviously changed quite a bit since Grace and I first started ta...
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December 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Just posted a big update on behalf of my collaborator Gina about the physical Killing Our Gods book. It is happening!!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gin...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gin...
Put a good deal more time into this game after writing this and it continues to reveal how special it is... Rare to play something that feel so good as a toy and yet mature.
Sprawling yet intimate, the new RPG Angeline Era offers sharp, personal design in an age of open world excess. Read @gracemachine.bsky.social's review. www.avclub.com/angeline-era...
Angeline Era is a shrewd and poetic examination of the past
Sprawling yet intimate, the new RPG Angeline Era offers sharp, personal design in an age of open world excess.
www.avclub.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Put a good deal more time into this game after writing this and it continues to reveal how special it is... Rare to play something that feel so good as a toy and yet mature.
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Yooooo! My girl @gracemachine.bsky.social got to write about Angeline Era so I'm not even mad I didn't get to!
Go read it! GO READ IT!
Go read it! GO READ IT!
Analgesic's latest RPG is a sharply designed counterpoint to open world excess.
Angeline Era is a shrewd and poetic examination of the past
Sprawling yet intimate, the new RPG Angeline Era offers sharp, personal design in an age of open world excess.
www.avclub.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Yooooo! My girl @gracemachine.bsky.social got to write about Angeline Era so I'm not even mad I didn't get to!
Go read it! GO READ IT!
Go read it! GO READ IT!
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🚨PLEASE BOOST🚨Salem and I got informed by our landlord about their intentions to bring us to court in three days if we don’t have our rent paid by then. We still need $1350. Any boosting would mean the world to two trans disabled lesbians so we can get out of this situation! #MutualAid
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🚨PLEASE BOOST🚨Salem and I got informed by our landlord about their intentions to bring us to court in three days if we don’t have our rent paid by then. We still need $1350. Any boosting would mean the world to two trans disabled lesbians so we can get out of this situation! #MutualAid
this game was fun :) I like when I’m a girl and have a shotgun.
Episode 40: Silly Polly Beast www.abnormalmapping.com/the-safe-roo...
Episode 40: Silly Polly Beast — Abnormal Mapping
On this episode of The Safe Room, we tackle the new indie horror action game Silly Polly Beast. We praise the game’s art style and presentation, analyze its kinetic and tense combat, and discuss what ...
www.abnormalmapping.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
this game was fun :) I like when I’m a girl and have a shotgun.
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Podcast time. You don't want to miss us talk about the Return to Silent Hill trailer!
Episode 40: Silly Polly Beast www.abnormalmapping.com/the-safe-roo...
Episode 40: Silly Polly Beast — Abnormal Mapping
On this episode of The Safe Room, we tackle the new indie horror action game Silly Polly Beast. We praise the game’s art style and presentation, analyze its kinetic and tense combat, and discuss what ...
www.abnormalmapping.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Podcast time. You don't want to miss us talk about the Return to Silent Hill trailer!
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🚨EMERGENCY🚨 We are TWO days late on rent and still need about $1350!! We are desperate for help and would extremely appreciate every repost we can get! Please boost to help out two disabled trans lesbians! #MutualAid #TransCrowdfund
December 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨EMERGENCY🚨 We are TWO days late on rent and still need about $1350!! We are desperate for help and would extremely appreciate every repost we can get! Please boost to help out two disabled trans lesbians! #MutualAid #TransCrowdfund
You still got a few hours! Send in questions!
We are recording our pod today on SILLY POLLY BEAST ask us anything questions@spookygame.club
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You still got a few hours! Send in questions!
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We are recording our pod today on SILLY POLLY BEAST ask us anything questions@spookygame.club
December 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We are recording our pod today on SILLY POLLY BEAST ask us anything questions@spookygame.club
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work has cut my hours to less than 3 days a week, leaving me barely able to pay bills
could use any help while I figure out a way to get out of this shit show
www.paypal.com/paypalme/sie...
could use any help while I figure out a way to get out of this shit show
www.paypal.com/paypalme/sie...
Pay Omar Elaasar using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/siegarettes and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
work has cut my hours to less than 3 days a week, leaving me barely able to pay bills
could use any help while I figure out a way to get out of this shit show
www.paypal.com/paypalme/sie...
could use any help while I figure out a way to get out of this shit show
www.paypal.com/paypalme/sie...
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"Through ecocide, you are killing the future." Razan Zuayter of the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature explains ecocide after the International People's Tribunal on Palestine finds Israel and Western governments guilty of the crime at an event in Barcelona.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Through ecocide, you are killing the future." Razan Zuayter of the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature explains ecocide after the International People's Tribunal on Palestine finds Israel and Western governments guilty of the crime at an event in Barcelona.
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TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY EP!!! Marcy is back from her 2 month long reward challenge to discuss Australian Survivor with AP! Tune in to hear about queer Survivor icon Kirby!
The Survivor Episode ;)
Podcast Episode · dovewhether · 11/24/2025 · 1h 10m
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November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY EP!!! Marcy is back from her 2 month long reward challenge to discuss Australian Survivor with AP! Tune in to hear about queer Survivor icon Kirby!
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
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A snowy owl preening. November 22, 2025, Chicago.
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A snowy owl preening. November 22, 2025, Chicago.
It is legitimately astounding to me how much some use Social media primarily as a platform for scolding.
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It is legitimately astounding to me how much some use Social media primarily as a platform for scolding.
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Nothing yet!! We’re really running low on food and would appreciate any help getting through the week!
Hi all, Salem and I could really use some help with groceries and meds for the rest of the week. $250 would mean a lot to us. Any boosting would be extremely appreciated! #MutualAid #MutualAidBoost
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Nothing yet!! We’re really running low on food and would appreciate any help getting through the week!
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Our current issue comes to a close with a new article on Silent Hill f, by @zweiteturm.bsky.social bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/11/19/p...
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Our current issue comes to a close with a new article on Silent Hill f, by @zweiteturm.bsky.social bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/11/19/p...
Dragon Age: Origins is at once a game that is obnoxiously of its time, silly, juvenile, and ugly as sin. Yet, it is also forward-looking and adult in a way that AAA rpgs can struggle to be...
It helps a lot to have Morrigan lol. Flat out one of the best-written characters in video games
It helps a lot to have Morrigan lol. Flat out one of the best-written characters in video games
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Dragon Age: Origins is at once a game that is obnoxiously of its time, silly, juvenile, and ugly as sin. Yet, it is also forward-looking and adult in a way that AAA rpgs can struggle to be...
It helps a lot to have Morrigan lol. Flat out one of the best-written characters in video games
It helps a lot to have Morrigan lol. Flat out one of the best-written characters in video games
I would encourage anyone offended at the mere *sight* or /knowledge/ of a trans woman in their midst to follow the instruction of Jesus and pluck out their eyes.
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I would encourage anyone offended at the mere *sight* or /knowledge/ of a trans woman in their midst to follow the instruction of Jesus and pluck out their eyes.
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This is easily one of our favorite Safe Room episodes. Silent Hill f is a rich horror game with plenty to dig into, and @bluestrose.bsky.social and @gracemachine.bsky.social do an amazing job dissecting the good and the bad.
Episode 39: Silent Hill f www.abnormalmapping.com/the-safe-roo...
Episode 39: Silent Hill f — Abnormal Mapping
Rose and Grace discuss the first (good) Silent Hill game since SH4! We talk over its deeply felt depiction of growing up, its introduction of real ensemble dynamics to the franchise, and its exhaustin...
www.abnormalmapping.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is easily one of our favorite Safe Room episodes. Silent Hill f is a rich horror game with plenty to dig into, and @bluestrose.bsky.social and @gracemachine.bsky.social do an amazing job dissecting the good and the bad.
We saw. we gamed. We talked for three hours about it.
Episode 39: Silent Hill f www.abnormalmapping.com/the-safe-roo...
Episode 39: Silent Hill f — Abnormal Mapping
Rose and Grace discuss the first (good) Silent Hill game since SH4! We talk over its deeply felt depiction of growing up, its introduction of real ensemble dynamics to the franchise, and its exhaustin...
www.abnormalmapping.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We saw. we gamed. We talked for three hours about it.
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Hello. This is probably the best episode of The Safe Room podcast. Give it a listen and tell your pals. Thank you
Episode 39: Silent Hill f www.abnormalmapping.com/the-safe-roo...
Episode 39: Silent Hill f — Abnormal Mapping
Rose and Grace discuss the first (good) Silent Hill game since SH4! We talk over its deeply felt depiction of growing up, its introduction of real ensemble dynamics to the franchise, and its exhaustin...
www.abnormalmapping.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hello. This is probably the best episode of The Safe Room podcast. Give it a listen and tell your pals. Thank you