Paul ✍🏻 Dean (Holiday mode)
@paullicino.bsky.social
Nebula-nominated writer/games designer in Vancouver, BC - Pacific Drive, Paranoia, Magical Kitties, Zafir, Feng Shui, Maia, OMQ etc. Did acres of games journalism. He/him. 🏳️🌈 🍉 (I don't regularly check notifs, email in Linktree!).
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I can't believe we're nominated for a NEBULA AWARD FOR GAME WRITING. I'm stunned! This is beyond my wildest dreams. 😭
So much of this is my stellar Narrative Lead @karriebear.bsky.social and, truly, the entire Pacific Drive team has earned this accolade. 🎉 @ironwood.bsky.social it was a privilege!
So much of this is my stellar Narrative Lead @karriebear.bsky.social and, truly, the entire Pacific Drive team has earned this accolade. 🎉 @ironwood.bsky.social it was a privilege!
Streaming this terrific game again today! Find out in half an hour IF I'M HROT OR NOT!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Streaming this terrific game again today! Find out in half an hour IF I'M HROT OR NOT!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
We're launching into a brand new video game for today's stream, with the unusual, peculiar eastern European retro-FPS HROT! I have NO IDEA what to expect. Join us at 1pm Pacific Time!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
a computer screen shows a typewriter that says consul on the front
Alt: A strange screenshot from the video game HROT, showing a typewriter, for some reason...
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Opossum wants to know:
Why‘s it always a spot just outta reach?
Why‘s it always a spot just outta reach?
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Opossum wants to know:
Why‘s it always a spot just outta reach?
Why‘s it always a spot just outta reach?
We're launching into a brand new video game for today's stream, with the unusual, peculiar eastern European retro-FPS HROT! I have NO IDEA what to expect. Join us at 1pm Pacific Time!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
a computer screen shows a typewriter that says consul on the front
Alt: A strange screenshot from the video game HROT, showing a typewriter, for some reason...
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We're launching into a brand new video game for today's stream, with the unusual, peculiar eastern European retro-FPS HROT! I have NO IDEA what to expect. Join us at 1pm Pacific Time!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
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I wonder if Rockstar leadership envisaged this kind of response when they decided to fire 30+ workers in a union?
Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wonder if Rockstar leadership envisaged this kind of response when they decided to fire 30+ workers in a union?
We made a
*terrible*
mistake when we decided to gender clothing.
*terrible*
mistake when we decided to gender clothing.
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We made a
*terrible*
mistake when we decided to gender clothing.
*terrible*
mistake when we decided to gender clothing.
"I can't believe you're a straight, cis man!"
Well, this is how identity works: I tell you what I am and then you believe me.
Otherwise, we're kind of at an impasse, aren't we?
Well, this is how identity works: I tell you what I am and then you believe me.
Otherwise, we're kind of at an impasse, aren't we?
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"I can't believe you're a straight, cis man!"
Well, this is how identity works: I tell you what I am and then you believe me.
Otherwise, we're kind of at an impasse, aren't we?
Well, this is how identity works: I tell you what I am and then you believe me.
Otherwise, we're kind of at an impasse, aren't we?
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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oo free robot with every crime
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
oo free robot with every crime
My grandfather, who fought Nazis and fascists for five years, and who watched others die doing so, during his deployments across some of Europe's most important naval theatres. My whole family tree is literally shaped by his periods of shore leave.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My grandfather, who fought Nazis and fascists for five years, and who watched others die doing so, during his deployments across some of Europe's most important naval theatres. My whole family tree is literally shaped by his periods of shore leave.
It's another pigeons and pancakes morning over here.
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's another pigeons and pancakes morning over here.
Being in a play and not having learned ANY of your lines is the ultimate stress dream.
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Being in a play and not having learned ANY of your lines is the ultimate stress dream.
This weekend I'll be a guest at @wcsfa.bsky.social's CONnections, the spec fic convention in Burnaby, BC! I'll be joining a host of authors, poets and artists as I once again talk about the craft. Come along and say hello!
wcsfa.org/events/2025-...
wcsfa.org/events/2025-...
CONnections – Guests - West Coast Speculative Fiction Association
CONnections About Guests Vendors Schedule Getting There Connect With Our Guests! This event couldn’t happen without the many guests who come and partic...
wcsfa.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This weekend I'll be a guest at @wcsfa.bsky.social's CONnections, the spec fic convention in Burnaby, BC! I'll be joining a host of authors, poets and artists as I once again talk about the craft. Come along and say hello!
wcsfa.org/events/2025-...
wcsfa.org/events/2025-...
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A new sect may have been formed to capture the "whispers" in the woods for @ironwood.bsky.social's Pacific Drive expansion👁️🗨️
Thanks to the vancouver indie camp members, and uh sorry to the campers across the lake. ⛺
*Use headphones for a binaural experience
Thanks to the vancouver indie camp members, and uh sorry to the campers across the lake. ⛺
*Use headphones for a binaural experience
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A new sect may have been formed to capture the "whispers" in the woods for @ironwood.bsky.social's Pacific Drive expansion👁️🗨️
Thanks to the vancouver indie camp members, and uh sorry to the campers across the lake. ⛺
*Use headphones for a binaural experience
Thanks to the vancouver indie camp members, and uh sorry to the campers across the lake. ⛺
*Use headphones for a binaural experience
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Me: Hey, did you get some dog treats?
Them: Yep! Lamb testicles, just like you requested.
Me: what
Them: Yep! Lamb testicles, just like you requested.
Me: what
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Me: Hey, did you get some dog treats?
Them: Yep! Lamb testicles, just like you requested.
Me: what
Them: Yep! Lamb testicles, just like you requested.
Me: what
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Fifty years ago today, immortalised by this truly legendary piece of Canadiana.
Since his passing they now toll the memorial bell in the Detroit Mariners' Church one extra time in memory of the late Lightfoot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Since his passing they now toll the memorial bell in the Detroit Mariners' Church one extra time in memory of the late Lightfoot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Fifty years ago today, immortalised by this truly legendary piece of Canadiana.
Since his passing they now toll the memorial bell in the Detroit Mariners' Church one extra time in memory of the late Lightfoot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Since his passing they now toll the memorial bell in the Detroit Mariners' Church one extra time in memory of the late Lightfoot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
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I am the Bog Witch, goo-goo g'joob
March 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I am the Bog Witch, goo-goo g'joob
Fifty years ago today, immortalised by this truly legendary piece of Canadiana.
Since his passing they now toll the memorial bell in the Detroit Mariners' Church one extra time in memory of the late Lightfoot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Since his passing they now toll the memorial bell in the Detroit Mariners' Church one extra time in memory of the late Lightfoot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Fifty years ago today, immortalised by this truly legendary piece of Canadiana.
Since his passing they now toll the memorial bell in the Detroit Mariners' Church one extra time in memory of the late Lightfoot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Since his passing they now toll the memorial bell in the Detroit Mariners' Church one extra time in memory of the late Lightfoot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Me: Hey, did you get some dog treats?
Them: Yep! Lamb testicles, just like you requested.
Me: what
Them: Yep! Lamb testicles, just like you requested.
Me: what
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Me: Hey, did you get some dog treats?
Them: Yep! Lamb testicles, just like you requested.
Me: what
Them: Yep! Lamb testicles, just like you requested.
Me: what
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A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
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Hi! this is a reminder to people who would like to be considered for an award for the AIAS narrative award for their game, especially if it is a deep, hours long, reactive RPG with branching!!!!! please allow us time to play your game and submit it here: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...
29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Submissions Now Open
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), the video game industry’s professional trade organization, representing over 30,000 development and creative members, has opened submissions for the ...
www.interactive.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hi! this is a reminder to people who would like to be considered for an award for the AIAS narrative award for their game, especially if it is a deep, hours long, reactive RPG with branching!!!!! please allow us time to play your game and submit it here: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...
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Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
I'm once again returning to HIDDEN folks after yesterday's stream was such a great time! Catch us at 1pm Pacific Time as we scan our screens and peep for people.
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
This afternoon's stream might be a little bit different, as we'll be on the search for HIDDEN FOLKS across a whole bunch of cartoon vistas! Join me in half an hour at 1pm Pacific!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'm once again returning to HIDDEN folks after yesterday's stream was such a great time! Catch us at 1pm Pacific Time as we scan our screens and peep for people.
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
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For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
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While other contestants keep their policies "close to the chest," @avilewis.ca is laying out a vision for the future.
"We're in an emergency. We have got to start talking."
His full interview with @isaacphannay.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca is worth your time: thetyee.ca/News/2025/11... #cdnpoli
"We're in an emergency. We have got to start talking."
His full interview with @isaacphannay.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca is worth your time: thetyee.ca/News/2025/11... #cdnpoli
‘We’re in an Emergency. We Have Got to Start Talking’ | The Tyee
Environmentalist and documentarian Avi Lewis is taking another swing at federal politics. This time, he wants to lead the NDP. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
While other contestants keep their policies "close to the chest," @avilewis.ca is laying out a vision for the future.
"We're in an emergency. We have got to start talking."
His full interview with @isaacphannay.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca is worth your time: thetyee.ca/News/2025/11... #cdnpoli
"We're in an emergency. We have got to start talking."
His full interview with @isaacphannay.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca is worth your time: thetyee.ca/News/2025/11... #cdnpoli