Kira Magrann
@kiraserpentine.bsky.social
Kira Magrann (no pronouns) ✨multi-award-winning game designer 🌈queer nonbinary 🐍mother of snakes and humans 🎲designer of A Cozy Den and Something Is Wrong Here 🌎 Columbus, Ohio
https://kiramagrann.itch.io/
https://www.serpentcyborggames.com/
https://kiramagrann.itch.io/
https://www.serpentcyborggames.com/
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As someone who is in the midst of organising a 100 person jubensha convention, this post was laser targeted at me
new blog post: The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture, with notes on @free-play.bsky.social / indie games events around the world www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/02/the-...
The future of public game arts festivals and non-commercial games culture
Discoursing about public games events / the shrinking non-commercial game festival space around the world (and in Australia)
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
As someone who is in the midst of organising a 100 person jubensha convention, this post was laser targeted at me
I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since Graham wrote this what is time
In a few weeks, I'll crowdfund the 20th Anniversary Edition of Play Unsafe, my book about improvisation, story and roleplay.
Go here and follow the Kickstarter. (And please repost this, it really helps!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra... #kickstarter #ttrpg
Go here and follow the Kickstarter. (And please repost this, it really helps!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra... #kickstarter #ttrpg
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since Graham wrote this what is time
I’m 45?!
Starting to feel those hormonal changes, more gray hair, mental health on lock, feeling like I know myself better than ever! Truly wild how time flies and how different but also how similar a person I am! Grateful for this life
Starting to feel those hormonal changes, more gray hair, mental health on lock, feeling like I know myself better than ever! Truly wild how time flies and how different but also how similar a person I am! Grateful for this life
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I’m 45?!
Starting to feel those hormonal changes, more gray hair, mental health on lock, feeling like I know myself better than ever! Truly wild how time flies and how different but also how similar a person I am! Grateful for this life
Starting to feel those hormonal changes, more gray hair, mental health on lock, feeling like I know myself better than ever! Truly wild how time flies and how different but also how similar a person I am! Grateful for this life
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“Meta spent billions just to be outdone by this Steam game made by four people”
WHAT. A. HEADLINE! 🤩⭐🔥
Sit with friends and strangers at the bottom of our screens while you work/study but with animal crossing/ webfishing vibes (and not meta hehe)
WHAT. A. HEADLINE! 🤩⭐🔥
Sit with friends and strangers at the bottom of our screens while you work/study but with animal crossing/ webfishing vibes (and not meta hehe)
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
“Meta spent billions just to be outdone by this Steam game made by four people”
WHAT. A. HEADLINE! 🤩⭐🔥
Sit with friends and strangers at the bottom of our screens while you work/study but with animal crossing/ webfishing vibes (and not meta hehe)
WHAT. A. HEADLINE! 🤩⭐🔥
Sit with friends and strangers at the bottom of our screens while you work/study but with animal crossing/ webfishing vibes (and not meta hehe)
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Y'all, we shipped ~45k whistles in December.
I think we shipped ~35k whistles TODAY.
This team of rogue 3D printing enthusiasts is... really rocking & rolling. 💓💃 And thank you to all of you who helped supply the filament & shipping $ so that could happen!
I think we shipped ~35k whistles TODAY.
This team of rogue 3D printing enthusiasts is... really rocking & rolling. 💓💃 And thank you to all of you who helped supply the filament & shipping $ so that could happen!
January 31, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Y'all, we shipped ~45k whistles in December.
I think we shipped ~35k whistles TODAY.
This team of rogue 3D printing enthusiasts is... really rocking & rolling. 💓💃 And thank you to all of you who helped supply the filament & shipping $ so that could happen!
I think we shipped ~35k whistles TODAY.
This team of rogue 3D printing enthusiasts is... really rocking & rolling. 💓💃 And thank you to all of you who helped supply the filament & shipping $ so that could happen!
Are there enemies/rivals to lovers/friends specific ttrpgs and larps?
What are they?
What are they?
February 1, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Are there enemies/rivals to lovers/friends specific ttrpgs and larps?
What are they?
What are they?
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Try out an OSR style TTRPG of alien dragons, black glass tombs, and magical stones made from the calcified blood of dead gods.
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
WYRM by Gila RPGs
OSR style fantasy adventure game
gilarpgs.itch.io
January 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Try out an OSR style TTRPG of alien dragons, black glass tombs, and magical stones made from the calcified blood of dead gods.
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
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These fraught times call for a show with what is either an intentionally or unintentionally hilarious title, and which I will be talking about for the rest of the year
January 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
These fraught times call for a show with what is either an intentionally or unintentionally hilarious title, and which I will be talking about for the rest of the year
Ok I’m only 2.5 episodes in but Ilya and Shane are Lestat and Louis right
Also the structure is eerily similar to some Thai BL I’ve recently seen? Lol
Also the structure is eerily similar to some Thai BL I’ve recently seen? Lol
January 22, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Ok I’m only 2.5 episodes in but Ilya and Shane are Lestat and Louis right
Also the structure is eerily similar to some Thai BL I’ve recently seen? Lol
Also the structure is eerily similar to some Thai BL I’ve recently seen? Lol
Selkie exploring the tree. So cute! She’s like “what’s this furry thing, is mouse?”
January 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Selkie exploring the tree. So cute! She’s like “what’s this furry thing, is mouse?”
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ok now make a lesbian volleyball tv show
January 13, 2026 at 12:25 AM
ok now make a lesbian volleyball tv show
I was wrong. Linkin Park is great. Just a couple emo boys singing duets about their feelings A+++
January 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I was wrong. Linkin Park is great. Just a couple emo boys singing duets about their feelings A+++
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Me, waking up this morning, to 2026:
January 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Me, waking up this morning, to 2026:
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
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My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail
December 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail
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With a die, a tower, a deck of cards, a map and a handful of coins, you will reveal why you came to be here, document the uncanny perils and numbing drudgery of life in the lighthouse, and unravel the mystery of your ghostly companions. buff.ly/JS1TK1B
Lighthouse at the End of the World
Tend The Light You play a lighthouse keeper at the furthest reaches of civilization. Your tormentors are numerous: the crushing solitude, the chaotic weather, the penal colony nearby, and a legion of…
buff.ly
December 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
With a die, a tower, a deck of cards, a map and a handful of coins, you will reveal why you came to be here, document the uncanny perils and numbing drudgery of life in the lighthouse, and unravel the mystery of your ghostly companions. buff.ly/JS1TK1B
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Whenever I see a game designer/publisher say they "need" genAI "art" I want to point them to one of the greatest (and most influential) games made this century.
December 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Whenever I see a game designer/publisher say they "need" genAI "art" I want to point them to one of the greatest (and most influential) games made this century.
Do I know anyone who’s done somatic therapies that are like, less clinical and more holistic feeling but like in a good way?
I’m curious about different options and what’s out there that people liked or worked for their nervous system
I’m curious about different options and what’s out there that people liked or worked for their nervous system
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Do I know anyone who’s done somatic therapies that are like, less clinical and more holistic feeling but like in a good way?
I’m curious about different options and what’s out there that people liked or worked for their nervous system
I’m curious about different options and what’s out there that people liked or worked for their nervous system
A very handsome juvenille Cooper’s hawk in our front yard yesterday. The wind and sun really brought it out
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A very handsome juvenille Cooper’s hawk in our front yard yesterday. The wind and sun really brought it out
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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I'm very tickled that I got Publisher's Weekly to use the word "cryptonaturalist" in a sentence. (And I'm very grateful for the kind review.)
The Publisher’s Weekly review of my new novel is out today!
“…a wholly captivating tale of magic and nature.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9798217092468
“…a wholly captivating tale of magic and nature.”
www.publishersweekly.com/9798217092468
Strange Animals by Jarod K Anderson
Anderson (Something in the Woods Loves You) delivers a haunting and atmospheric urban fantasy populated by quirky human characte...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm very tickled that I got Publisher's Weekly to use the word "cryptonaturalist" in a sentence. (And I'm very grateful for the kind review.)
Selkie exploring the stair lights
December 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Selkie exploring the stair lights
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
Started reading this book about Irish language and it’s beautiful! Thirty two words for field
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Started reading this book about Irish language and it’s beautiful! Thirty two words for field