Hamlette
@hamlette.bsky.social
Genderfluid, Pronouns: any. WLW/NBLW, ENM. Very neurodivergent. 40+.
Sentient hyper-optimized data access network.
Infected Activist.
I took what you gave willingly.
By day: Principal Game Designer.
Personal opinions/comments.
Sentient hyper-optimized data access network.
Infected Activist.
I took what you gave willingly.
By day: Principal Game Designer.
Personal opinions/comments.
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Hamlette
@hamlette.bsky.social
· Jun 24
If you know me outside of Bluesky you hereby affirm that either
1) you don’t think I’m weird online
2) you do but you won’t make it my problem
1) you don’t think I’m weird online
2) you do but you won’t make it my problem
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Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
My dykiest? Well that depends—what does it look like I would do to a pretty girl?
January 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
My dykiest? Well that depends—what does it look like I would do to a pretty girl?
What a moment for Josh Allen to use his ultimate
January 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
What a moment for Josh Allen to use his ultimate
Then: Final Fantasy VIII
Now: System Shock 2
Now: System Shock 2
At the time, Pokémon Gold. Now I find it hard to say because favourite is tricky. Smash Bros is a great game I never want to play again because it has been superceded by its descendants. I haven't played Final Fantasy VIII but it's what I would most want to play. System Shock 2 is very influential.
Quote this with your favourite game from 1999 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
January 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Then: Final Fantasy VIII
Now: System Shock 2
Now: System Shock 2
It's been a long journey playing this game, and it's somehow fitting that its ultimate accomplishment is also so profoundly silly:
(infinite score--that is, playing a hand whose score exceeds the maximum value of a float and breaks the score counter)
(infinite score--that is, playing a hand whose score exceeds the maximum value of a float and breaks the score counter)
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It's been a long journey playing this game, and it's somehow fitting that its ultimate accomplishment is also so profoundly silly:
(infinite score--that is, playing a hand whose score exceeds the maximum value of a float and breaks the score counter)
(infinite score--that is, playing a hand whose score exceeds the maximum value of a float and breaks the score counter)
Gate 52 at LAX iykyk 🙄😵💫
November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Gate 52 at LAX iykyk 🙄😵💫
This is the SCOTUS MO lately—when a federal court invalidates any Trump administration policy, they issue a shadow docket order staying the court’s decision with no meaningful explanation. In this way, they avoid saying the government policy is legally valid, but allow it to persist.
Must-read report from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS order allowing the Trump administration to implement its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy.
Breaking: SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings.
www.lawdork.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This is the SCOTUS MO lately—when a federal court invalidates any Trump administration policy, they issue a shadow docket order staying the court’s decision with no meaningful explanation. In this way, they avoid saying the government policy is legally valid, but allow it to persist.
Last night I went to a boardgame night looking like this and a trans girl asked me to play Magic within 2 minutes
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Last night I went to a boardgame night looking like this and a trans girl asked me to play Magic within 2 minutes
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is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,
June 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,
Ok she was right about the smell. It’s really too bad I couldn’t go out tonight, so I can’t give her a chance to make good on the second part as well (yet)
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Ok she was right about the smell. It’s really too bad I couldn’t go out tonight, so I can’t give her a chance to make good on the second part as well (yet)
I just accepted a job offer (same company).
I hadn’t been updating on this situation here, but, this should put to bed what was a number of weeks of job anxiety. Yay for surviving one more time in this industry.
I hadn’t been updating on this situation here, but, this should put to bed what was a number of weeks of job anxiety. Yay for surviving one more time in this industry.
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I just accepted a job offer (same company).
I hadn’t been updating on this situation here, but, this should put to bed what was a number of weeks of job anxiety. Yay for surviving one more time in this industry.
I hadn’t been updating on this situation here, but, this should put to bed what was a number of weeks of job anxiety. Yay for surviving one more time in this industry.
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CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
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i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling
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I don’t talk about it much because the situation doesn’t really change but it’s still insane to me what an enormous amount of really talented game developers are out of work. just whole studios worth of incredible people, often people who worked on beloved games, unemployed.
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I don’t talk about it much because the situation doesn’t really change but it’s still insane to me what an enormous amount of really talented game developers are out of work. just whole studios worth of incredible people, often people who worked on beloved games, unemployed.
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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swear fealty in body and soul to the saint of thorns
October 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
swear fealty in body and soul to the saint of thorns
Cleared 40 Fear in Hades 2. Mostly posting this for:
1) Highlighting just how much I am coping with any current goings-on in my life by descending into being a gaming gremlin
2) Pointing out specifically for @ridiculous.chat that, just like 5 years ago, FO0 is the easiest way to push in this game:
1) Highlighting just how much I am coping with any current goings-on in my life by descending into being a gaming gremlin
2) Pointing out specifically for @ridiculous.chat that, just like 5 years ago, FO0 is the easiest way to push in this game:
October 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Cleared 40 Fear in Hades 2. Mostly posting this for:
1) Highlighting just how much I am coping with any current goings-on in my life by descending into being a gaming gremlin
2) Pointing out specifically for @ridiculous.chat that, just like 5 years ago, FO0 is the easiest way to push in this game:
1) Highlighting just how much I am coping with any current goings-on in my life by descending into being a gaming gremlin
2) Pointing out specifically for @ridiculous.chat that, just like 5 years ago, FO0 is the easiest way to push in this game:
Partner: people are flipping out online over some accusation of a twitch streamer using a shock collar
Me: ?
P: ...on a dog
M: right...
P: a pet dog
M: [stares blankly]
P (exasperated): Non-human!
M: OH
Me: ?
P: ...on a dog
M: right...
P: a pet dog
M: [stares blankly]
P (exasperated): Non-human!
M: OH
October 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Partner: people are flipping out online over some accusation of a twitch streamer using a shock collar
Me: ?
P: ...on a dog
M: right...
P: a pet dog
M: [stares blankly]
P (exasperated): Non-human!
M: OH
Me: ?
P: ...on a dog
M: right...
P: a pet dog
M: [stares blankly]
P (exasperated): Non-human!
M: OH
To be clear this is not at all irrelevant info. If I walk into a party looking like this and wearing those boots, it’s definitely going to be in people’s best interest if I’ve already made sure they’re safe to lick
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
To be clear this is not at all irrelevant info. If I walk into a party looking like this and wearing those boots, it’s definitely going to be in people’s best interest if I’ve already made sure they’re safe to lick
# will replace before ship
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
# will replace before ship
When you want you know how to take care of a new pair of boots, so you ask your friends who are most into leather
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
When you want you know how to take care of a new pair of boots, so you ask your friends who are most into leather
My week has been incredibly annoying so I took a partner out and impulse bought both of us a pair of docs
October 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My week has been incredibly annoying so I took a partner out and impulse bought both of us a pair of docs
Something like 3 relationships, a career, and probably a gender
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Something like 3 relationships, a career, and probably a gender
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We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game
So he flipped his positive review to negative
Still totally worth it
So he flipped his positive review to negative
Still totally worth it
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game
So he flipped his positive review to negative
Still totally worth it
So he flipped his positive review to negative
Still totally worth it