Mim
@mimalin.bsky.social
Bird lady, general nerd, game/narrative designer
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@briamgilbert.bsky.social the latest Um, Actually makes me think that you are the perfect audience for my word game hot take, which is that crossword puzzles are Metroidbrainias
March 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
@briamgilbert.bsky.social the latest Um, Actually makes me think that you are the perfect audience for my word game hot take, which is that crossword puzzles are Metroidbrainias
It's finally done! As soon as I found this crochet pattern I knew I had to make one to match my actual bird! 🩶💚💙
This took months to finish, and I kept having to pause and wait for the next color to arrive, but I'm so thrilled with the end result! 🧶
This took months to finish, and I kept having to pause and wait for the next color to arrive, but I'm so thrilled with the end result! 🧶
February 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It's finally done! As soon as I found this crochet pattern I knew I had to make one to match my actual bird! 🩶💚💙
This took months to finish, and I kept having to pause and wait for the next color to arrive, but I'm so thrilled with the end result! 🧶
This took months to finish, and I kept having to pause and wait for the next color to arrive, but I'm so thrilled with the end result! 🧶
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waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
When I started crochet, I would count stitches as I went, using stitch markers along the way in case I lost count.
Then I realized I could count out the stitches *first* and mark the end point. I can go much faster now 😅
Anyone else have similar craft-skill-unlocks?
#crochet #knitting #crafting 🧶
Then I realized I could count out the stitches *first* and mark the end point. I can go much faster now 😅
Anyone else have similar craft-skill-unlocks?
#crochet #knitting #crafting 🧶
January 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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happy new year, everyone. even in all the worst times in human history people have found joy, helped each other, and resisted the depredations of unaccountable power; and so can we. everything won't all be fine, but there will always be ways to make things better than they are.
January 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
happy new year, everyone. even in all the worst times in human history people have found joy, helped each other, and resisted the depredations of unaccountable power; and so can we. everything won't all be fine, but there will always be ways to make things better than they are.
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Kojima can make good stuff with his full chest and characters named Otaku Convention and Die Hardman, you can do it too
it is legitimately a good piece of creative advice to be like "be as unabashedly into your own shit as hideo kojima is"
December 28, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Kojima can make good stuff with his full chest and characters named Otaku Convention and Die Hardman, you can do it too
Also - many game designers originally studied or worked in different fields! It's all useful!
One of the single most important things for you to do as an artist is look outside your medium for references and inspiration
This is especially important with game design!
This is especially important with game design!
December 21, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Also - many game designers originally studied or worked in different fields! It's all useful!
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Everyone keeps saying bad politics means good art. That died in the late 90’s with skyrocketing rent. Your landlord killed it. Another reason to hate the bastard.
Where’s the next great music movement? At their day job on their third coffee with a mind full of hate but no energy to create.
Where’s the next great music movement? At their day job on their third coffee with a mind full of hate but no energy to create.
As cost of living increases, as wages stagnate, as housing becomes more precarious, it becomes harder and harder to be able to spend all your time doing weird shit.
Whole ecosystems reliant on people doing weird shit, dry up as their habitat is burned for a billionaire's profit.
Whole ecosystems reliant on people doing weird shit, dry up as their habitat is burned for a billionaire's profit.
December 17, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Everyone keeps saying bad politics means good art. That died in the late 90’s with skyrocketing rent. Your landlord killed it. Another reason to hate the bastard.
Where’s the next great music movement? At their day job on their third coffee with a mind full of hate but no energy to create.
Where’s the next great music movement? At their day job on their third coffee with a mind full of hate but no energy to create.
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This place was built it large part by a wave of trans early adopters and it’s a fucking insult that the mods here are letting a deliberate troll like Singal set up shop here to bully and harass them.
This isn’t a hard call, guys. Not at all.
This isn’t a hard call, guys. Not at all.
December 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
This place was built it large part by a wave of trans early adopters and it’s a fucking insult that the mods here are letting a deliberate troll like Singal set up shop here to bully and harass them.
This isn’t a hard call, guys. Not at all.
This isn’t a hard call, guys. Not at all.
My partner and I had the absolute JOY of seeing @aabria.bsky.social AND @erikaishii.bsky.social absolutely bring down the tavern at @twentysidedtavern.bsky.social yesterday. I don't know if I ever laughed so much in one evening, and the energy was INCREDIBLE (and also very horny)
December 12, 2024 at 5:27 AM
My partner and I had the absolute JOY of seeing @aabria.bsky.social AND @erikaishii.bsky.social absolutely bring down the tavern at @twentysidedtavern.bsky.social yesterday. I don't know if I ever laughed so much in one evening, and the energy was INCREDIBLE (and also very horny)
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I thought the blinking warning signal was the hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and bankruptcies in the world's wealthiest country. Crazy to hear that it's actually just when a single rich guy dies.
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK
December 12, 2024 at 1:51 AM
I thought the blinking warning signal was the hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and bankruptcies in the world's wealthiest country. Crazy to hear that it's actually just when a single rich guy dies.
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The collective lethargy and resignation that greets the mass bloodshed of schoolchildren, over and over again, is regarded as the usual course of firearm-culture-wars and political gridlock…but THIS is the “blinking-and-blaring warning signal”?
F*cking spare me.
F*cking spare me.
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK
December 12, 2024 at 2:30 AM
The collective lethargy and resignation that greets the mass bloodshed of schoolchildren, over and over again, is regarded as the usual course of firearm-culture-wars and political gridlock…but THIS is the “blinking-and-blaring warning signal”?
F*cking spare me.
F*cking spare me.
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☑ giant task
ha-ha take that, giant task I’ve been working on all month you are DONE!
☐ suddenly
☐ remembering
☐ all of
☐ of
☐ the
☐ tasks
☐ I’ve
☐ been
☐ putting
☐ off
☐ to
☐ work
☐ on
☐ that
☐ first
☐ one
hey now wait a second what the shit is all this bullshit?
ha-ha take that, giant task I’ve been working on all month you are DONE!
☐ suddenly
☐ remembering
☐ all of
☐ of
☐ the
☐ tasks
☐ I’ve
☐ been
☐ putting
☐ off
☐ to
☐ work
☐ on
☐ that
☐ first
☐ one
hey now wait a second what the shit is all this bullshit?
December 9, 2024 at 8:13 PM
☑ giant task
ha-ha take that, giant task I’ve been working on all month you are DONE!
☐ suddenly
☐ remembering
☐ all of
☐ of
☐ the
☐ tasks
☐ I’ve
☐ been
☐ putting
☐ off
☐ to
☐ work
☐ on
☐ that
☐ first
☐ one
hey now wait a second what the shit is all this bullshit?
ha-ha take that, giant task I’ve been working on all month you are DONE!
☐ suddenly
☐ remembering
☐ all of
☐ of
☐ the
☐ tasks
☐ I’ve
☐ been
☐ putting
☐ off
☐ to
☐ work
☐ on
☐ that
☐ first
☐ one
hey now wait a second what the shit is all this bullshit?
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this is why it’s important not to give up and grant Trump the presumption of success on everything he does
federal and state bureaucracy, and especially the interaction thereof, has so many avenues for delay or incompetence
the first question should be how can we gum this up
federal and state bureaucracy, and especially the interaction thereof, has so many avenues for delay or incompetence
the first question should be how can we gum this up
a useful thing to ask is how specifically does a rule or regulation or order go from issuance to implementation. for instance, trump has said that he will issue an executive order denying birth certificates and SSNs to the children of undocumented immigrants. okay. what happens next?
December 9, 2024 at 1:02 AM
this is why it’s important not to give up and grant Trump the presumption of success on everything he does
federal and state bureaucracy, and especially the interaction thereof, has so many avenues for delay or incompetence
the first question should be how can we gum this up
federal and state bureaucracy, and especially the interaction thereof, has so many avenues for delay or incompetence
the first question should be how can we gum this up
If you see this, post a dino
December 2, 2024 at 8:40 PM
If you see this, post a dino
"Sorry I'm late, my bird fell asleep in my hand"
December 2, 2024 at 8:35 PM
"Sorry I'm late, my bird fell asleep in my hand"
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I haven't seen anyone point this out yet among the many dunks on this, but: being on Twitter doesn't make you more understanding of the "other side," it makes you less. It was designed to boost the dumbest, least sympathetic version of your enemies into your eyeline. That doesn't promote dialogue.
“Leaving X because you don’t like Elon is the kind of purity politics that landed Democrats in this mess to begin with.”
Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X
Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:09 AM
I haven't seen anyone point this out yet among the many dunks on this, but: being on Twitter doesn't make you more understanding of the "other side," it makes you less. It was designed to boost the dumbest, least sympathetic version of your enemies into your eyeline. That doesn't promote dialogue.
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Stick clicks require strength and accuracy (to void involuntary movement), making them one of the first inputs people can't comfortably access on any controller when their mobility is limited.
Avoid them or leave room in your control schemes. A button existing does not mean it should be necessary.
Avoid them or leave room in your control schemes. A button existing does not mean it should be necessary.
Okei, be honest: does ANYONE find it comfortable with L3/R3 being used as "interact" in a game? Especially games where you need to interact a lot?
Or is it just me that find this trend massively annoying and painful?
Or is it just me that find this trend massively annoying and painful?
November 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Stick clicks require strength and accuracy (to void involuntary movement), making them one of the first inputs people can't comfortably access on any controller when their mobility is limited.
Avoid them or leave room in your control schemes. A button existing does not mean it should be necessary.
Avoid them or leave room in your control schemes. A button existing does not mean it should be necessary.
@dropouttv.bsky.social FINALLY put my favorite (so far) Smartypants up on YouTube where I can yell at my friends about it!
Why "The Ocean" Sucks | Smartypants Presentation
YouTube video by Dropout
youtu.be
November 29, 2024 at 8:11 PM
@dropouttv.bsky.social FINALLY put my favorite (so far) Smartypants up on YouTube where I can yell at my friends about it!
Really great thread about prototyping, play testing, and finding the fun!
Learning when something is ready to playtest with *other game devs* vs ready to playtest with *players* is a crucial skill for game designers.
Learning when something is ready to playtest with *other game devs* vs ready to playtest with *players* is a crucial skill for game designers.
Why does 'finding the fun' fail so often as a design strategy?
#gamedesign
New designers are told to prototype and 'find the fun'. But the naive version of this is a garbage tactic that mostly results in poorly thought out prototypes that are never going to converge on gameplay.
#gamedesign
New designers are told to prototype and 'find the fun'. But the naive version of this is a garbage tactic that mostly results in poorly thought out prototypes that are never going to converge on gameplay.
November 28, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Really great thread about prototyping, play testing, and finding the fun!
Learning when something is ready to playtest with *other game devs* vs ready to playtest with *players* is a crucial skill for game designers.
Learning when something is ready to playtest with *other game devs* vs ready to playtest with *players* is a crucial skill for game designers.
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I adore this, what a fun way to show how much fabric is involved!
November 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM
I adore this, what a fun way to show how much fabric is involved!
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Motion-capture workers at the company behind NBA 2K have unionized with @iatse.bsky.social.
This is the first successful union push at a motion capture studio in the video game industry.
The new union includes stage technicians, engineers, animators, and recording and audio specialists.
This is the first successful union push at a motion capture studio in the video game industry.
The new union includes stage technicians, engineers, animators, and recording and audio specialists.
November 26, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Motion-capture workers at the company behind NBA 2K have unionized with @iatse.bsky.social.
This is the first successful union push at a motion capture studio in the video game industry.
The new union includes stage technicians, engineers, animators, and recording and audio specialists.
This is the first successful union push at a motion capture studio in the video game industry.
The new union includes stage technicians, engineers, animators, and recording and audio specialists.
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In case there was any doubt at all
November 20, 2024 at 2:23 PM
In case there was any doubt at all