Leigh Alexander
@leighalexander.bsky.social
Story, games, procgen, bad futurism, machine ghosts. Everything is narrative design
devoted homo 🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
devoted homo 🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
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Just a few hours left to make our first 10K goal in the first 24 hours! Everyone please retweet and share in all your networks and communities! Just under 1.5K to go before 3 PM CET! Let's make it happen!
Do you dream of revenge on billionaires? THEN WE HAVE THE GAME FOR YOU. Back our indie game made with rage + love on Kickstarter NOW and play our BRAND NEW DEMO on Steam
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February 17, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Just a few hours left to make our first 10K goal in the first 24 hours! Everyone please retweet and share in all your networks and communities! Just under 1.5K to go before 3 PM CET! Let's make it happen!
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'the company that maintains my boyfriend's AI persona has jacked up the price ten-fold' is pretty classic cyberpunk; that the persona or the relationship never meaningfully existed in the first place is a level of bitter irony that might be too much even for an often ironic genre.
Oof, this pinned post where a mod describes predatory product promoters. My impression of AI service costs for a heavy user at the $20 a month level is currently heavily subsidized; being in a position where you need something a company is providing at a loss is a precarious position.
From the MyBoyfriendIsAI community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the MyBoyfriendIsAI community
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February 17, 2026 at 8:19 AM
'the company that maintains my boyfriend's AI persona has jacked up the price ten-fold' is pretty classic cyberpunk; that the persona or the relationship never meaningfully existed in the first place is a level of bitter irony that might be too much even for an often ironic genre.
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Why the Left Needs to Get Serious and Constructively Engage with the Potential of the Torment Nexus
February 17, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Why the Left Needs to Get Serious and Constructively Engage with the Potential of the Torment Nexus
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👁️ You Won't Believe Your Eyes 👁️
💙Wishlist on Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj
💜Wishlist on GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j
💙Wishlist on Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj
💜Wishlist on GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
👁️ You Won't Believe Your Eyes 👁️
💙Wishlist on Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj
💜Wishlist on GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j
💙Wishlist on Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj
💜Wishlist on GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j
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*I get it about the oxymoronic aspects of "retrofuturism," but I'm genuinely interested in the history of futurity. Like: how did people in the past contemplate the passage of time
*For instance: this prop isn't a commercial artifact, but it's a valid theatrical statement in a cinematic tradition
*For instance: this prop isn't a commercial artifact, but it's a valid theatrical statement in a cinematic tradition
February 16, 2026 at 7:08 AM
*I get it about the oxymoronic aspects of "retrofuturism," but I'm genuinely interested in the history of futurity. Like: how did people in the past contemplate the passage of time
*For instance: this prop isn't a commercial artifact, but it's a valid theatrical statement in a cinematic tradition
*For instance: this prop isn't a commercial artifact, but it's a valid theatrical statement in a cinematic tradition
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It's that time of year baby, my 2025 sketchbook pdf is done and you can look at it. Please maxds.itch.io/2025-sketchb...
2025 Sketchbook Collection by max schwartz
maxds.itch.io
January 19, 2026 at 3:37 AM
It's that time of year baby, my 2025 sketchbook pdf is done and you can look at it. Please maxds.itch.io/2025-sketchb...
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If you missed out on celebrating my birthday, you can continue the festivities by enjoying these two nights of fantastic streaming and l, if you're able, by Contributing to a Good Cause!
Here's the schedule for our ICEBREAKER fundraiser on 2/15 and 2/16, a marathon to raise money for the Women's Foundation of Minnesota's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. Join us then at twitch.tv/friendsatthetable!
February 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
If you missed out on celebrating my birthday, you can continue the festivities by enjoying these two nights of fantastic streaming and l, if you're able, by Contributing to a Good Cause!
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My friend made a game about dating guns, PolyArmory: store.steampowered.com/app/4220820/...
It’s totally free, which is true love right there.
It’s totally free, which is true love right there.
Polyarmory: High Calibre Love on Steam
The world's only fully-loaded conspiracy theorist gun-nut dating simulation. As the prepper, take the mysterious pill Caliber™ to awaken an arsenal of alluring companions and fight against the dark fo...
store.steampowered.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:28 AM
My friend made a game about dating guns, PolyArmory: store.steampowered.com/app/4220820/...
It’s totally free, which is true love right there.
It’s totally free, which is true love right there.
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This meme also annoys me because “I want smaller, cheaper games” = cutting labor, the most expensive part of gamedev.
Which is, you know, the whole problem with the industry right now.
Which is, you know, the whole problem with the industry right now.
I know it's meant in good faith but "if we just made smaller scope games and charged 20-40 dollars for them it would fix the industry" is very funny to me. indies release like 20 of those a week on steam. are you buying them? is the industry fixed? no? hm. sounds like you need a different solution
February 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
This meme also annoys me because “I want smaller, cheaper games” = cutting labor, the most expensive part of gamedev.
Which is, you know, the whole problem with the industry right now.
Which is, you know, the whole problem with the industry right now.
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I know it's meant in good faith but "if we just made smaller scope games and charged 20-40 dollars for them it would fix the industry" is very funny to me. indies release like 20 of those a week on steam. are you buying them? is the industry fixed? no? hm. sounds like you need a different solution
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM
I know it's meant in good faith but "if we just made smaller scope games and charged 20-40 dollars for them it would fix the industry" is very funny to me. indies release like 20 of those a week on steam. are you buying them? is the industry fixed? no? hm. sounds like you need a different solution
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Get wired, chooms and chummers. ⚡
'Netrunner' by Schafft, created on the ZX Spectrum for ZXGfxtober 2023.
'Netrunner' by Schafft, created on the ZX Spectrum for ZXGfxtober 2023.
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Get wired, chooms and chummers. ⚡
'Netrunner' by Schafft, created on the ZX Spectrum for ZXGfxtober 2023.
'Netrunner' by Schafft, created on the ZX Spectrum for ZXGfxtober 2023.
I was thinking that if the song “Despacito” came out today there’d be like 20 “think pieces” all like “Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee come together to prove love is love in any language!” or someshit
it has been since probably the early 2010s since i regularly heard people saying 101 level phrases like "the patriarchy hurts men too" and we should bring it back bc american culture has regressed so much since then that it's pretty pathetic tbh
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I was thinking that if the song “Despacito” came out today there’d be like 20 “think pieces” all like “Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee come together to prove love is love in any language!” or someshit
seriously though, Metal Gear Solid 4 IS on many levels “about” the PlayStation 3, the console hardware “arms race” of that era, and how the game’s creator felt like an aging relic called in to “save” the platform by exploiting its technology to questionable ends.
February 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
seriously though, Metal Gear Solid 4 IS on many levels “about” the PlayStation 3, the console hardware “arms race” of that era, and how the game’s creator felt like an aging relic called in to “save” the platform by exploiting its technology to questionable ends.
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The game you are about to play is a product of its time. It may depict the PS3, which was commonplace in society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.
New intro screen for Metal Gear Solid 4 in Master Collection vol 2
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The game you are about to play is a product of its time. It may depict the PS3, which was commonplace in society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.
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In case you missed it, I wrote a blog post to introduce people to the concept of procedural narrative!
Today on Hidden Door's not-so-hidden blog, we talk about procedural narrative + procedural generation (or procgen if you're COOL). You've probably seen procgen before, whether you know it or not. But where?! Secrets revealed, procedures explained:
www.hiddendoor.co/blog/procedu...
www.hiddendoor.co/blog/procedu...
Blog | Procedural Narrative: An Introduction · Hidden Door
This is the first in a series of posts explaining how our narrative systems work. As I (Rourke, narrative systems designer here at Hidden Door) was outlining what the series would look like I realized...
www.hiddendoor.co
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
In case you missed it, I wrote a blog post to introduce people to the concept of procedural narrative!
this is just what the inside of my head looks like at all times
New video is live! "How Well Can I Paint Ethel Cain in the Oldest Art Program (MacPaint)?" youtu.be/895cnrsKWvs
How Well Can I Paint Ethel Cain in the Oldest Art Program (MacPaint)?
YouTube video by Cat Graffam
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February 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
this is just what the inside of my head looks like at all times
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That is an incredible pull quote from Meta, jesus. Masks fully coming off.
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
That is an incredible pull quote from Meta, jesus. Masks fully coming off.
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🌼My new game is here!🥀
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
🌼My new game is here!🥀
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
we’re so back!!!
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
we’re so back!!!
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a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like
February 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like
god finally someone is dealing with the issues that matter
sorry I don't have time for discourse. I'm doing important work here
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'Games Where a Person in Front of a Greenscreen Talks Directly to You' a list of games by MichaelKlamerus | Backloggd
Does not count games filmed on sets and the actor must be looking directly at the player and talking to them
backloggd.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
god finally someone is dealing with the issues that matter
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oh god: theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…
theshamblog.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
oh god: theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...