Hannah Flynn 🐀
@itshannahflynn.bsky.social
Communications Director at Failbetter Games. Lover of life's rich pageant.
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I'm Hannah; I've been at Failbetter Games for a decade and yet find it thrilling still
I cover marketing, communications, PR, events, social, newsletter: all the trimmings
I'm also freelance doing the same!
I'm Hannah; I've been at Failbetter Games for a decade and yet find it thrilling still
I cover marketing, communications, PR, events, social, newsletter: all the trimmings
I'm also freelance doing the same!
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ok i give up. i need your recommendations for waterproof ankle boots which will make me look like i live on hoth.
i've passed the point of being able to decide on what to get. i would prefer if they're so ugly that you'd question why i would even wear them. that's where i'm happiest in shoe terms.
i've passed the point of being able to decide on what to get. i would prefer if they're so ugly that you'd question why i would even wear them. that's where i'm happiest in shoe terms.
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
ok i give up. i need your recommendations for waterproof ankle boots which will make me look like i live on hoth.
i've passed the point of being able to decide on what to get. i would prefer if they're so ugly that you'd question why i would even wear them. that's where i'm happiest in shoe terms.
i've passed the point of being able to decide on what to get. i would prefer if they're so ugly that you'd question why i would even wear them. that's where i'm happiest in shoe terms.
For a lot of the children at my kids' school, we are the first gay people they realise to be gay
This is obviously our cue to be the incomprehensible trickster aunties who paint faces and have highbrow conversations with babies, etc
This is obviously our cue to be the incomprehensible trickster aunties who paint faces and have highbrow conversations with babies, etc
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For a lot of the children at my kids' school, we are the first gay people they realise to be gay
This is obviously our cue to be the incomprehensible trickster aunties who paint faces and have highbrow conversations with babies, etc
This is obviously our cue to be the incomprehensible trickster aunties who paint faces and have highbrow conversations with babies, etc
it'll be me! soon! a few minutes or so!
In about 45 minutes, we're going to be joining the Yogscast team for the last Twitch Indie Spotlight of 2025 - talking about Mandrake, naturally!
The stream starts shortly, if you'd like to watch along while you wait: www.twitch.tv/yogscast
The stream starts shortly, if you'd like to watch along while you wait: www.twitch.tv/yogscast
Yogscast - Twitch
Indie Spotlight 4 | Boba, Briony & Kirsty !JingleJam !JJRegister
www.twitch.tv
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
it'll be me! soon! a few minutes or so!
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We are excited for Mandrake to appear alongside the many charming titles in this festival, which begins on Monday!
❄️ Save the Dates - Midwinter Spirits is coming to Steam ❄️
✨December 01 & December 08
Follow us on Steam to stay up to date: store.steampowered.com/publisher/iv...
✨December 01 & December 08
Follow us on Steam to stay up to date: store.steampowered.com/publisher/iv...
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We are excited for Mandrake to appear alongside the many charming titles in this festival, which begins on Monday!
Wearily turning the "days since we have been accused of using genAI" counter back to zero
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Wearily turning the "days since we have been accused of using genAI" counter back to zero
I'm going to have to put my first ever TTRPG character to bed for good soon and it's WEIRD like it's a friend who moves away and nobody else knew them and all you have is your stupid MEMORIES
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I'm going to have to put my first ever TTRPG character to bed for good soon and it's WEIRD like it's a friend who moves away and nobody else knew them and all you have is your stupid MEMORIES
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In the popular end-of-year tradition, here's a thread of what you might have missed in Fallen London in 2025, and some plans for what we'll be doing in 2026.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In the popular end-of-year tradition, here's a thread of what you might have missed in Fallen London in 2025, and some plans for what we'll be doing in 2026.
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"The industry's finest sustainable storyteller" is an appellation that we'll wear with pride. Thank you, @jeremypeel.bsky.social and the Edge team, for this wonderful profile in January's issue.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The industry's finest sustainable storyteller" is an appellation that we'll wear with pride. Thank you, @jeremypeel.bsky.social and the Edge team, for this wonderful profile in January's issue.
c'mon! how's about that then!!!
"The industry's finest sustainable storyteller" is an appellation that we'll wear with pride. Thank you, @jeremypeel.bsky.social and the Edge team, for this wonderful profile in January's issue.
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
c'mon! how's about that then!!!
Fallen London could eat most other narrative games for breakfast and still have room for more. Just look at everything the team has achieved this year!! It's monster!!
In the popular end-of-year tradition, here's a thread of what you might have missed in Fallen London in 2025, and some plans for what we'll be doing in 2026.
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Fallen London could eat most other narrative games for breakfast and still have room for more. Just look at everything the team has achieved this year!! It's monster!!
"those who have drank the AI Kool-Aid don't understand that all this brainstorming and iteration *is* making the game, it’s a crucial everyday part of game development (and human interaction) and is not a problem to be solved."
FKIN TELL 'EM
FKIN TELL 'EM
‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers - Aftermath
'I have had conversations about AI in a professional context that make me want to walk into the sea'
aftermath.site
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"those who have drank the AI Kool-Aid don't understand that all this brainstorming and iteration *is* making the game, it’s a crucial everyday part of game development (and human interaction) and is not a problem to be solved."
FKIN TELL 'EM
FKIN TELL 'EM
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This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.
reading the children their first discworld has made me unexpectedly emotional
one minute they're biting your boob and tugging your hair out and before you know it, the eldest is leaning close to you to follow the words and ask what like 1 out of 20 of them mean
one minute they're biting your boob and tugging your hair out and before you know it, the eldest is leaning close to you to follow the words and ask what like 1 out of 20 of them mean
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
reading the children their first discworld has made me unexpectedly emotional
one minute they're biting your boob and tugging your hair out and before you know it, the eldest is leaning close to you to follow the words and ask what like 1 out of 20 of them mean
one minute they're biting your boob and tugging your hair out and before you know it, the eldest is leaning close to you to follow the words and ask what like 1 out of 20 of them mean
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demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes
![“We worked [on Hyper Gunsport] with a localization company that refused to give the names of the people that actually did the work; they just wanted to have their company name in there,” Sheffield said. “They say they do that because ‘It's the standard’ and ‘to avoid poaching’ or whatever, but I hate that and think it's total BS. … I've also seen a lot of folks complain about how they weren't credited on a game because they'd left the studio before the game they worked on was finished. And indeed, our lead 3D artist left two years ago. But he's still the first artist credited because he set the style and visual tone for a lot of the game. Not working on the game to the very end doesn't negate the work he did.”
The more Sheffield thought about how to meet the needs of so many different types of contributors – and discussed the matter on social media – the more a comprehensive, detail-oriented approach to crediting started to make sense.
“That had all been percolating in the back of my mind as we got close to finishing, and then it just sort of hit me as it came time for me to write the credits,” he said. “I discussed this approach with the team and everyone was fine with it, so we just went for it. We always want to credit everyone that touched the game, so even though the core team was 7 or 8 people at any given time, we credited around 145 people in Demonschool. Who cares if it's a lot of people? Who cares if it's long? They all did something and they deserve credit. And you basically can tell who the core team was by reading the descriptions. None of us are precious about that anyway.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreibksibak2xsgvbrid7evym3utz6yzfccilowfs7apv7b2sddssd3q@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes
👀 Save the date!
Join us as we announce the 25 Most Wanted games coming to PC, alongside interviews and world premieres!
📅 Thursday, December 4
#PCGamingShow
Join us as we announce the 25 Most Wanted games coming to PC, alongside interviews and world premieres!
📅 Thursday, December 4
#PCGamingShow
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
the way this team came in fists-up to the games event arena, with questionable values and no experience, could only have resulted in this kind of outcome. i'm sorry to devs who took time and money to go.
The dismal debut of the UK's newest gaming expo - and why people want the organisers to try again www.gamesindustry.biz/to-the-moon-...
To The Moon Expo: "I probably could’ve counted the number of attendees on one hand"
Images of empty spaces flooded social media following the debut of the UK's newest games event. Those who were there explain what happened
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
the way this team came in fists-up to the games event arena, with questionable values and no experience, could only have resulted in this kind of outcome. i'm sorry to devs who took time and money to go.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
When I see genAI in place of human work, I get this feeling that we're lurching towards something bleak
I pass a community garden on the bus and are always wondering whether the sign is AI. I went by on foot and yeah, it's an AI art print on vinyl, pasted onto wood.
I pass a community garden on the bus and are always wondering whether the sign is AI. I went by on foot and yeah, it's an AI art print on vinyl, pasted onto wood.
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
When I see genAI in place of human work, I get this feeling that we're lurching towards something bleak
I pass a community garden on the bus and are always wondering whether the sign is AI. I went by on foot and yeah, it's an AI art print on vinyl, pasted onto wood.
I pass a community garden on the bus and are always wondering whether the sign is AI. I went by on foot and yeah, it's an AI art print on vinyl, pasted onto wood.
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💌 Now announcing the 8 co-hosts for Wholesome Snack 2025! 🎊
Join us - and these incredible folks - on December 9th at noon PT / 3 pm ET, as we celebrate and share the latest wholesome and cozy game announcements and reveals!
Join us - and these incredible folks - on December 9th at noon PT / 3 pm ET, as we celebrate and share the latest wholesome and cozy game announcements and reveals!
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
💌 Now announcing the 8 co-hosts for Wholesome Snack 2025! 🎊
Join us - and these incredible folks - on December 9th at noon PT / 3 pm ET, as we celebrate and share the latest wholesome and cozy game announcements and reveals!
Join us - and these incredible folks - on December 9th at noon PT / 3 pm ET, as we celebrate and share the latest wholesome and cozy game announcements and reveals!
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Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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If you’d like to get your hand on “one of the most starkly affecting comics you’ll read this year” (Broken Frontier), 5 MORE MINUTES is now available from my online shop:
hannahberry.bigcartel.com/products
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November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If you’d like to get your hand on “one of the most starkly affecting comics you’ll read this year” (Broken Frontier), 5 MORE MINUTES is now available from my online shop:
hannahberry.bigcartel.com/products
hannahberry.bigcartel.com/products
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NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING:
SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.
In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…
SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.
In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…
September 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING:
SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.
In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…
SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.
In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…
"The AHA asserts that “banning generative AI is not a long-term solution; cultivating AI literacy is.” "
ok, i'll save the five minutes it would take me to learn how to prompt AI for after i've finished my degree and graduated into a world where generating slop is an essential life skill
PUHLEASE
ok, i'll save the five minutes it would take me to learn how to prompt AI for after i've finished my degree and graduated into a world where generating slop is an essential life skill
PUHLEASE
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"The AHA asserts that “banning generative AI is not a long-term solution; cultivating AI literacy is.” "
ok, i'll save the five minutes it would take me to learn how to prompt AI for after i've finished my degree and graduated into a world where generating slop is an essential life skill
PUHLEASE
ok, i'll save the five minutes it would take me to learn how to prompt AI for after i've finished my degree and graduated into a world where generating slop is an essential life skill
PUHLEASE
Golden Joysticks Report
Tops: Getting to say hi to Erika Ishii who absolutely ROCKS
Bums: I bought some chocolate kisses from the Christmas market for the kids and when I got my stuff out of check they were completely crushed and adhered to the paper bag
Tops: Getting to say hi to Erika Ishii who absolutely ROCKS
Bums: I bought some chocolate kisses from the Christmas market for the kids and when I got my stuff out of check they were completely crushed and adhered to the paper bag
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Golden Joysticks Report
Tops: Getting to say hi to Erika Ishii who absolutely ROCKS
Bums: I bought some chocolate kisses from the Christmas market for the kids and when I got my stuff out of check they were completely crushed and adhered to the paper bag
Tops: Getting to say hi to Erika Ishii who absolutely ROCKS
Bums: I bought some chocolate kisses from the Christmas market for the kids and when I got my stuff out of check they were completely crushed and adhered to the paper bag