lex
@lexplays.bsky.social
she/her, lawyer by day, rpg sicko by night. co-host of Trails through Trails. once in a blue moon I write some thoughts on https://lexplays.pika.page/
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lex
@lexplays.bsky.social
· Aug 8
we got ART baby! Season 2 of Trails through Trails launches tonight, with this amazing show art by @tomoxnam.bsky.social !
We'll be diving into Trails in the Sky SC, and we hope you'll join us!
We'll be diving into Trails in the Sky SC, and we hope you'll join us!
WE GOT ANOTHER MASTERPIECE ON OUR HANDS
so excited for this next season of the show - we've got some exciting stuff in store! 😉
so excited for this next season of the show - we've got some exciting stuff in store! 😉
this cloudflare outage really had to hit while i was in the middle of rereading a fic huh
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
this cloudflare outage really had to hit while i was in the middle of rereading a fic huh
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Like yeah, the Oscars suck, who cares! But also, Emilia Pérez getting in matters. People will go watch that hogshit and think it represents trans art or offers some insight into Mexican culture. I do think it's kind of fine to care a little and advocate for a better representation of the medium!
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Like yeah, the Oscars suck, who cares! But also, Emilia Pérez getting in matters. People will go watch that hogshit and think it represents trans art or offers some insight into Mexican culture. I do think it's kind of fine to care a little and advocate for a better representation of the medium!
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Two things can be true: 1.) The Game Awards are meaningless and we shouldn't take them all that seriously. 2.) Award shows of its scale DO rewrite the mainstream history of the art form, whether they deserve to or not, and its okay to care that it's so thoughtless despite having that responsibility.
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Two things can be true: 1.) The Game Awards are meaningless and we shouldn't take them all that seriously. 2.) Award shows of its scale DO rewrite the mainstream history of the art form, whether they deserve to or not, and its okay to care that it's so thoughtless despite having that responsibility.
This is such a special game (see the review I just put up about it), and it's a travesty that the team has been gutted like this. I hate what a common story this has become in this industry.
POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
Celebrating the Possessor(s) team 🖤 | Notion
I am not one to post like this usually, but as things have developed recently, I want to take a minute and get some stuff off my chest.
shorturl.at
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is such a special game (see the review I just put up about it), and it's a travesty that the team has been gutted like this. I hate what a common story this has become in this industry.
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Tried something new, and wrote a piece of Possessor(s), the new game by Heart Machine that I can't stop thinking about. Would love if anyone gave it a read. lexplays.pika.page/posts/posses...
Possessor(s) Knows Who The Real Demons Are - Lex Plays
Why is this game a Metroidvania? Whenever I play a game with a clear thematic focus - which Possessor(s) certainly is - I find myself asking why the developers...
lexplays.pika.page
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tried something new, and wrote a piece of Possessor(s), the new game by Heart Machine that I can't stop thinking about. Would love if anyone gave it a read. lexplays.pika.page/posts/posses...
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This game has led to the funniest posting ever honestly I can’t even be mad.
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This game has led to the funniest posting ever honestly I can’t even be mad.
Tried something new, and wrote a piece of Possessor(s), the new game by Heart Machine that I can't stop thinking about. Would love if anyone gave it a read. lexplays.pika.page/posts/posses...
Possessor(s) Knows Who The Real Demons Are - Lex Plays
Why is this game a Metroidvania? Whenever I play a game with a clear thematic focus - which Possessor(s) certainly is - I find myself asking why the developers...
lexplays.pika.page
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tried something new, and wrote a piece of Possessor(s), the new game by Heart Machine that I can't stop thinking about. Would love if anyone gave it a read. lexplays.pika.page/posts/posses...
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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rewatching the devil wears prada and it's a great film but man her boyfriend really does suck as much as i remember
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
rewatching the devil wears prada and it's a great film but man her boyfriend really does suck as much as i remember
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I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table
On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.
dateemups.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
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getting toward the end of SC just has me so enamoured with these games all over again. god it's fun to get to talk about them every week
✨NEW EPISODE✨
This week we have to take down some Enforcers, but more importantly: un-redacting ancient documents! Yay!!
LISTEN: trailspod.online/s2/12
This week we have to take down some Enforcers, but more importantly: un-redacting ancient documents! Yay!!
LISTEN: trailspod.online/s2/12
The Legend of Podcast: Trails through Trails | Sky SC Chapter 7 - Gooned to Death
Dungeon run! Dungeon run!! We're doing so many dungeons this episode, with occasional breaks to decode some of the most poorly-redacted documents in Liberl history. Weissman's got some stuff going ...
trailspod.online
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
getting toward the end of SC just has me so enamoured with these games all over again. god it's fun to get to talk about them every week
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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You don't need me to tell you this is yet more good money being burned after bad. But as someone who's worked with that QA team, I'll say they're unsung heroes who truly play a huge role in maintaining SE's reputation for high quality locs and to attempt to replace them with AI is deeply insulting.
Square Enix wants 70% of its QA work to be handled by generative AI by the end of 2027, in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory. https://bit.ly/4qKdyQR
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You don't need me to tell you this is yet more good money being burned after bad. But as someone who's worked with that QA team, I'll say they're unsung heroes who truly play a huge role in maintaining SE's reputation for high quality locs and to attempt to replace them with AI is deeply insulting.
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Reminder if you have still yet to play 1000xRESIST you are gravely missing out
You are a clone named Watcher, and you’ve made a grave mistake.
💠 Surface a 1,000-year-old lie from the cosmic shadows
💠 Discover the forbidden truths about your god
💠 Unravel a tapestry of familial pain, love and revolution
1000xRESIST is out NOW on PlayStation, Xbox, and Game Pass.
💠 Surface a 1,000-year-old lie from the cosmic shadows
💠 Discover the forbidden truths about your god
💠 Unravel a tapestry of familial pain, love and revolution
1000xRESIST is out NOW on PlayStation, Xbox, and Game Pass.
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Reminder if you have still yet to play 1000xRESIST you are gravely missing out
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NYC, today is the last day of early voting. Go out to vote today and save yourself the stress of Tuesday voting.
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
NYC, today is the last day of early voting. Go out to vote today and save yourself the stress of Tuesday voting.
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I truly believe we were the best team in baseball this year. I really do. We just couldn't do it. I'm so sad. I love them so much. I'm so proud of them and I also want to barf, so I guess that's sports for ya.
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I truly believe we were the best team in baseball this year. I really do. We just couldn't do it. I'm so sad. I love them so much. I'm so proud of them and I also want to barf, so I guess that's sports for ya.
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I wouldn't stoop so low to say that Dodgers didn't deserve it. I'll stoop even lower and say they were corroborating with the devil, the bullpen phone was a line straight to hell
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I wouldn't stoop so low to say that Dodgers didn't deserve it. I'll stoop even lower and say they were corroborating with the devil, the bullpen phone was a line straight to hell
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and to think we could have been reminded what happiness was like
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
and to think we could have been reminded what happiness was like
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the bad guys win every time
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
the bad guys win every time
i'm gonna lose my goddamn mind
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
i'm gonna lose my goddamn mind