Len
@len.bsky.social
Solo indie developer. Strategy/RPG/Horror games freelancer at IGN, PC Gamer, and others. Producer: Three Moves Ahead. Lover of languages, folk metal, and history. she/they
sic semper tyrannis
sic semper tyrannis
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credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
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November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I think Anno and I were always maybe destined to hit it off, but we always just missed each other or met up at an awkward time. I really enjoyed 117 and I feel like I *get* this series now.
www.ign.com/articles/ann...
www.ign.com/articles/ann...
Anno 117: Pax Romana Review - IGN
A gorgeous antique city-builder that is worthy of a standing ovation.
www.ign.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I think Anno and I were always maybe destined to hit it off, but we always just missed each other or met up at an awkward time. I really enjoyed 117 and I feel like I *get* this series now.
www.ign.com/articles/ann...
www.ign.com/articles/ann...
My Anno 117 review will be a little bit delayed because I had to make sure all the Latin puns in there used proper case and declension
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My Anno 117 review will be a little bit delayed because I had to make sure all the Latin puns in there used proper case and declension
I would love to know why on maybe 1 out of every 10 games, enabling HDR makes OBS capture a really washed-out picture because it cost me about 90 minutes of work today. Not the first time it's happened, but it's just rare enough that I don't always make sure to check after I start recording.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I would love to know why on maybe 1 out of every 10 games, enabling HDR makes OBS capture a really washed-out picture because it cost me about 90 minutes of work today. Not the first time it's happened, but it's just rare enough that I don't always make sure to check after I start recording.
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If you're nonbinary you're allowed to do both vocal parts of bring me to life
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you're nonbinary you're allowed to do both vocal parts of bring me to life
One thing that keeps bugging me about CK3's map of Asia is that Korea looks like it's bent at like a 45-degree angle. Japan looks relatively normal but I think they could make some more tweaks to help Korea not look so distorted.
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One thing that keeps bugging me about CK3's map of Asia is that Korea looks like it's bent at like a 45-degree angle. Japan looks relatively normal but I think they could make some more tweaks to help Korea not look so distorted.
The 10 most popular Jurassic World Evolution 3 videos on YouTube are people spending like 2+ hours on one building or individually resizing and placing rocks to make their river ride look more natural and man, I'm happy it works for that kind of player but that's not what I'm interested in at all.
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The 10 most popular Jurassic World Evolution 3 videos on YouTube are people spending like 2+ hours on one building or individually resizing and placing rocks to make their river ride look more natural and man, I'm happy it works for that kind of player but that's not what I'm interested in at all.
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cricket meals and generation ships, featuring an outstanding soundtrack
www.pcgamer.com/games/city-b...
www.pcgamer.com/games/city-b...
'The human body is equivalent in mass to 50,000 crickets': In city builder Generation Exile, humanity's last hope for sustenance is cricket mush
What will the last humans subsist on as they escape a dying earth? Bug soup, if Generation Exile is any indication
www.pcgamer.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
cricket meals and generation ships, featuring an outstanding soundtrack
www.pcgamer.com/games/city-b...
www.pcgamer.com/games/city-b...
being stuck in a target where every single employee is forced to ask me how my day is going would certainly be one of the circles of hell in my version of the inferno
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
being stuck in a target where every single employee is forced to ask me how my day is going would certainly be one of the circles of hell in my version of the inferno
2025 is the year Skyrim finally looks as old as Morrowind did when Skyrim came out.
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
2025 is the year Skyrim finally looks as old as Morrowind did when Skyrim came out.
Cyberpunk: 2077
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Cyberpunk: 2077
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
I don't think we will get a Mass Effect 5. And if we do I don't think it will be very good. But I have been wrong before.
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I don't think we will get a Mass Effect 5. And if we do I don't think it will be very good. But I have been wrong before.
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If you were a member of The Game Awards Future Class and can speak to your experience, I want to chat with you for The Guardian!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you were a member of The Game Awards Future Class and can speak to your experience, I want to chat with you for The Guardian!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
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RTs appreciated! I'm not doing any fundraising this holiday season so this is the way you can help me out during these financial uncertainties if you so desire.
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
RTs appreciated! I'm not doing any fundraising this holiday season so this is the way you can help me out during these financial uncertainties if you so desire.
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We've also, for the first time, made five of our best Patron-only episodes available just for signing up as a free member, including our 2.5-hour interview with Johan Anderson so you can get an idea of what to expect at the $5 tier.
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We've also, for the first time, made five of our best Patron-only episodes available just for signing up as a free member, including our 2.5-hour interview with Johan Anderson so you can get an idea of what to expect at the $5 tier.
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I will teach you to play EU5 for $7 this month. (Within what I can reasonably fit into my schedule, of course.)
Biggest discount we've ever offered for this tier.
Biggest discount we've ever offered for this tier.
Intimidated by EU5? We're offering a 30% off discount on your first month of the 3MA Patreon at the Discord Access tier and above, where @len.bsky.social can be your personal part-time tutor. Plus you'll get to hang out with our community of strategy experts!
Patreon.com/3MA
Code: LEARNEU5
Patreon.com/3MA
Code: LEARNEU5
It's finally here! @len.bsky.social, @rowan.monster, and @jonbolds.bsky.social set sail into Europa Universalis 5 to answer burning questions like, "Is it actually good?" and, "Is it even possible to evaluate it that straightforwardly at all at this point?"
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November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I will teach you to play EU5 for $7 this month. (Within what I can reasonably fit into my schedule, of course.)
Biggest discount we've ever offered for this tier.
Biggest discount we've ever offered for this tier.
My solution to this would basically be to let me set the gate entry price and just look at what's in the park to determine if people will actually pay that. Like if I have 60 species including large carnivores and really nice amenities, sure. But you'd have to start charging $40 for Compy Carnival.
Why would I care about breeding dinosaurs with higher appeal ratings over mutliple generations if I can be financially solvent with a chicken run full of compies and never have to worry about money again? What am I aspiring to? It's great if you want a casual, sandboxy park BUILDER, but that's it.
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My solution to this would basically be to let me set the gate entry price and just look at what's in the park to determine if people will actually pay that. Like if I have 60 species including large carnivores and really nice amenities, sure. But you'd have to start charging $40 for Compy Carnival.
I've been tag-teaming CK3: All Under Heaven and Jurassic World Evolution 3 in my personal gaming time. My frustration with modern Frontier games remains that they are almost impossible to fail from a management perspective. The financial side is not balanced to be challenging.
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I've been tag-teaming CK3: All Under Heaven and Jurassic World Evolution 3 in my personal gaming time. My frustration with modern Frontier games remains that they are almost impossible to fail from a management perspective. The financial side is not balanced to be challenging.
Huh. So I noticed sometimes I was seeing that I had additional replies on a post that weren't showing up in my feed and it turns out this is why. It's also exactly the people I'd expect that's getting labeled as "rude" accounts.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Huh. So I noticed sometimes I was seeing that I had additional replies on a post that weren't showing up in my feed and it turns out this is why. It's also exactly the people I'd expect that's getting labeled as "rude" accounts.
Seeing a Paradox map game mentioned in the release notes for an Nvidia driver kind of doesn't seem serious but that's the world we live in now.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Seeing a Paradox map game mentioned in the release notes for an Nvidia driver kind of doesn't seem serious but that's the world we live in now.
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
My CK3 playtime has finally surpassed 600 hours, putting it as my third most-played all-time game on Steam, ahead of Stellaris and behind EU4 and CK2 (which are in the thousands and may never be surpassed because that was a different time in my life).
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My CK3 playtime has finally surpassed 600 hours, putting it as my third most-played all-time game on Steam, ahead of Stellaris and behind EU4 and CK2 (which are in the thousands and may never be surpassed because that was a different time in my life).