Meri Mayhem
@merimayhem.bsky.social
gamedev, 3d artist, guitarist, model
she/her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Senior QA @ Blizzard (Classic WoW)
previously @ Respawn (Jedi Survivor, untitled Star Wars FPS)
All views are my own, etc.
https://linktr.ee/MeriMayhem
she/her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Senior QA @ Blizzard (Classic WoW)
previously @ Respawn (Jedi Survivor, untitled Star Wars FPS)
All views are my own, etc.
https://linktr.ee/MeriMayhem
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Meri Mayhem
@merimayhem.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Yo, I'm Meri.
I work in video games, I'm a 3d art student, and sometimes I play guitar & model. I'm also hella queer 🏳🌈
I work in video games, I'm a 3d art student, and sometimes I play guitar & model. I'm also hella queer 🏳🌈
Bubblegum Crisis
It may have affected me in ways I didn't realize until decades later...
It may have affected me in ways I didn't realize until decades later...
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Bubblegum Crisis
It may have affected me in ways I didn't realize until decades later...
It may have affected me in ways I didn't realize until decades later...
He wants leftovers
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
He wants leftovers
Pause my career and focus on school full time instead of doing work AND school fulltime.
Also be able to afford to have children.
Also be able to afford to have children.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Pause my career and focus on school full time instead of doing work AND school fulltime.
Also be able to afford to have children.
Also be able to afford to have children.
Reposted by Meri Mayhem
BREAKING: A new wave of union baristas are joining the longest ULP strike in Starbucks history! 2,500 union baristas across 120+ stores in 85 cities are now on an open-ended ULP strike. We're SIXTEEN DAYS in and only getting stronger ✊
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
BREAKING: A new wave of union baristas are joining the longest ULP strike in Starbucks history! 2,500 union baristas across 120+ stores in 85 cities are now on an open-ended ULP strike. We're SIXTEEN DAYS in and only getting stronger ✊
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
The Protomen
Mucc
Chanel and the Circus
Carpenter Brut
Anamanaguchi
The Protomen
Mucc
Chanel and the Circus
Carpenter Brut
Anamanaguchi
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Boy Harsher
Hozier
Wardruna
Chelsea Wolfe
Marika Hackman
Boy Harsher
Hozier
Wardruna
Chelsea Wolfe
Marika Hackman
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
The Mountain Goats (too many times to count)
Neutral Milk Hotel
Alkaline Trio (5-6 times?)
Screaming Females
Chvrches
The Mountain Goats (too many times to count)
Neutral Milk Hotel
Alkaline Trio (5-6 times?)
Screaming Females
Chvrches
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
The Protomen
Mucc
Chanel and the Circus
Carpenter Brut
Anamanaguchi
The Protomen
Mucc
Chanel and the Circus
Carpenter Brut
Anamanaguchi
Seeing Vampire Hunter D at a young age in the early 90s was very formative for my tastes
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Seeing Vampire Hunter D at a young age in the early 90s was very formative for my tastes
If I believed in anything superstitious, this would be a really good sign with me graduating school next year
the japanese luck calendar is out, how lucky is your 2026 based on your birthday? 👀
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
If I believed in anything superstitious, this would be a really good sign with me graduating school next year
We love to see it 🖤
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We love to see it 🖤
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
If you care about video games at all, read this.
A lot of the greatest game developers are marginalized people that face harassment both inside and outside work. They should be protected at all costs to keep making great games, but all too often are thrown out and abandoned instead.
A lot of the greatest game developers are marginalized people that face harassment both inside and outside work. They should be protected at all costs to keep making great games, but all too often are thrown out and abandoned instead.
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If you care about video games at all, read this.
A lot of the greatest game developers are marginalized people that face harassment both inside and outside work. They should be protected at all costs to keep making great games, but all too often are thrown out and abandoned instead.
A lot of the greatest game developers are marginalized people that face harassment both inside and outside work. They should be protected at all costs to keep making great games, but all too often are thrown out and abandoned instead.
Reposted by Meri Mayhem
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
Feedback should only be used to help interpret actual behavior data. The actual actions of people are what matters, and this applies to everything from game design to civil planning.
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Feedback should only be used to help interpret actual behavior data. The actual actions of people are what matters, and this applies to everything from game design to civil planning.
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
I got into it from a random contract for doing QA on a Japanese shopping site based in NYC, and I had a degree in Japanese and experience doing webdev. Stayed in webdev for a decade and then pivoted into games because I've been a huge game design nerd for my whole life.
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I got into it from a random contract for doing QA on a Japanese shopping site based in NYC, and I had a degree in Japanese and experience doing webdev. Stayed in webdev for a decade and then pivoted into games because I've been a huge game design nerd for my whole life.
Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Ahahahhaahaaa
I guess didn't poll a single person I've ever worked with?
I guess didn't poll a single person I've ever worked with?
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ahahahhaahaaa
I guess didn't poll a single person I've ever worked with?
I guess didn't poll a single person I've ever worked with?
Always stand with workers fighting for a fair deal! ✊️
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Always stand with workers fighting for a fair deal! ✊️
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
Sometimes, I love Irvine drivers
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sometimes, I love Irvine drivers
Reposted by Meri Mayhem
BREAKING: Starbucks baristas at Downtown Disney couldn’t stand another day of their managers’ unfair labor practices & kicked off our nationwide strike this weekend. These workers have shut down one of largest Starbucks stores in the country — and we’re just getting started! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks baristas at Downtown Disney couldn’t stand another day of their managers’ unfair labor practices & kicked off our nationwide strike this weekend. These workers have shut down one of largest Starbucks stores in the country — and we’re just getting started! #NoContractNoCoffee
The biggest accomplishment of Apple has been making technology friendly and appealing to more people.
The greatest sin of Apple has been making technology friendly and appealing to more people.
The greatest sin of Apple has been making technology friendly and appealing to more people.
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The biggest accomplishment of Apple has been making technology friendly and appealing to more people.
The greatest sin of Apple has been making technology friendly and appealing to more people.
The greatest sin of Apple has been making technology friendly and appealing to more people.
✊️
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 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
✊️
The far less interesting fact here is that in almost every European language, the old root word for "apple" was just a generic word for fruits or whatever non-leaf things that grew on trees. Pinecones were even originally called pineapples, and the fruit was named after the resemblance to them.
Fun fact: the Italian word for eggplant melanzana, is derived from mela, apple
Italians saw eggplants and were like "that's a weird apple"
Similar to how Italians saw the pomegranate and went "that's a seedy apple"
And saw oranges and went "that's an apple of the orange tree"
And saw peaches and
Italians saw eggplants and were like "that's a weird apple"
Similar to how Italians saw the pomegranate and went "that's a seedy apple"
And saw oranges and went "that's an apple of the orange tree"
And saw peaches and
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The far less interesting fact here is that in almost every European language, the old root word for "apple" was just a generic word for fruits or whatever non-leaf things that grew on trees. Pinecones were even originally called pineapples, and the fruit was named after the resemblance to them.