Rourke Bywater, Notorious Dyke
@rourke.bsky.social
Narrative Designer @ Hidden Door. lesbian. 💜 procedural systems, women, folk music + art with a touch of melancholy and bitterness. Organizer @ Roguelike Celebration
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People get hung up on "I don't know how to write a good review" but honestly you don't need paragraphs of analysis and observations. Don't compare yourself to a journalist. "I loved it!" or "I had fun" are equally valid reviews, AND matter just as much to the Steam algorithm to support game devs!
Sometimes it is so easy to write a review 💜
December 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
People get hung up on "I don't know how to write a good review" but honestly you don't need paragraphs of analysis and observations. Don't compare yourself to a journalist. "I loved it!" or "I had fun" are equally valid reviews, AND matter just as much to the Steam algorithm to support game devs!
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The Nutcracker said it's okay to cut toxic people out of your life, especially the Mouse King and/or fake friends who haven't watched the sitcom you starred in as a child. If you love Saturday morning cartoons & eldritch horrors, have we got a game for you:
Cthulhu and the Nutcracker in a world made of cheese? Saturday Morning Cartoon RPG solo game
The Nutcracker said it's okay to cut toxic people out of your life, especially the Mouse King and/or fake friends who haven't watched a beloved 90s sitcom yo...
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Nutcracker said it's okay to cut toxic people out of your life, especially the Mouse King and/or fake friends who haven't watched the sitcom you starred in as a child. If you love Saturday morning cartoons & eldritch horrors, have we got a game for you:
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We are behind schedule for hitting our end of year goal, making it very likely that we’ll be starting 2026 off with a closed intake line.
We need your help to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Give before December 31 → tinyurl.com/PSAFSupport
We need your help to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Give before December 31 → tinyurl.com/PSAFSupport
Palmetto State Abortion Fund: End-of-Year Fundraiser | Palmetto State Abortion Fund (Powered by Donorbox)
Give for freedom. Give for care. Give before December 31st.2025 tested us — and our community showed up.Because of people like you, the Palmetto State Abortion Fund helped more than 1,500 Southerners ...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We are behind schedule for hitting our end of year goal, making it very likely that we’ll be starting 2026 off with a closed intake line.
We need your help to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Give before December 31 → tinyurl.com/PSAFSupport
We need your help to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Give before December 31 → tinyurl.com/PSAFSupport
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Abortion funds are a vital form of mutual aid - they make it possible for people to make decisions about their own bodies and futures.
Please help PSAF stay open if you can!
Please help PSAF stay open if you can!
We are behind schedule for hitting our end of year goal, making it very likely that we’ll be starting 2026 off with a closed intake line.
We need your help to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Give before December 31 → tinyurl.com/PSAFSupport
We need your help to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Give before December 31 → tinyurl.com/PSAFSupport
Palmetto State Abortion Fund: End-of-Year Fundraiser | Palmetto State Abortion Fund (Powered by Donorbox)
Give for freedom. Give for care. Give before December 31st.2025 tested us — and our community showed up.Because of people like you, the Palmetto State Abortion Fund helped more than 1,500 Southerners ...
tinyurl.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Abortion funds are a vital form of mutual aid - they make it possible for people to make decisions about their own bodies and futures.
Please help PSAF stay open if you can!
Please help PSAF stay open if you can!
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Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.
Organizing My Thoughts
Kelly Hayes writes about things you should know if you want to change the world.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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A story about why book history and bibliography (the study of books and other textual artifacts as physical objects) are amazing and important fields and why I’m glad I call them one of my intellectual homes. The ending is somber, so fair warning. 1/n
December 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A story about why book history and bibliography (the study of books and other textual artifacts as physical objects) are amazing and important fields and why I’m glad I call them one of my intellectual homes. The ending is somber, so fair warning. 1/n
just found out about Odessa A'zion. does anyone know if she is single and free on Wednesday
December 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
just found out about Odessa A'zion. does anyone know if she is single and free on Wednesday
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Painting by Roland Cat published in OMNI, vol. 11, no. 12 (September 1989), alongside the article, “Not in My Backyard,” by Rosemarie Robotham.
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Painting by Roland Cat published in OMNI, vol. 11, no. 12 (September 1989), alongside the article, “Not in My Backyard,” by Rosemarie Robotham.
Tim Sweeney tweeted about finding my lost Barbie earring at GDC (he did not bring it to lost and found)
told Ben Savage where the bathroom was at a mobile esports tournament
Sold Danny Glover a USB car charger.
December 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Tim Sweeney tweeted about finding my lost Barbie earring at GDC (he did not bring it to lost and found)
Thinking about Romance of the Three Kingdoms today.
Just like every day.
Just like every day.
December 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Thinking about Romance of the Three Kingdoms today.
Just like every day.
Just like every day.
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I read this article every time I see it.
see, the only things I know about it is in this article about this guy's stupid horse that everyone hates
www.polygon.com/2019/2/28/18...
www.polygon.com/2019/2/28/18...
Everyone hates my big stupid horse in Red Dead Online
He is my friend
www.polygon.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I read this article every time I see it.
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the really heartbreaking thing is when i interview Chinese devs (or Korean devs as well) or even just like network with them I get thanked for treating them respectfully.... and i think that points to a much larger issue that some devs face bc of the way american journalists talk about their work
I really hate how games media handles anything out of China: www.thegamer.com/clair-obscur...
We're getting a gorgeous remake of one of their best RPGs ever, but the clown does zero research about it and just goes "I'm getting a lot of Boss Baby vibes from this..."
We're getting a gorgeous remake of one of their best RPGs ever, but the clown does zero research about it and just goes "I'm getting a lot of Boss Baby vibes from this..."
We've Got Our First Clair Obscur-like, And It's A Chinese Game Called Sword And Fairy 4: Remake
Some shots almost looks like a Clair Obscur DLC.
www.thegamer.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
the really heartbreaking thing is when i interview Chinese devs (or Korean devs as well) or even just like network with them I get thanked for treating them respectfully.... and i think that points to a much larger issue that some devs face bc of the way american journalists talk about their work
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Firm reminder: We live in community with children, not above them.
December 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Firm reminder: We live in community with children, not above them.
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in your 20s, you'll come across someone who's wrong online. it's very important than you spend the next 40 years of your life learning and arguing about this topic online long after they've moved on, built a career, and raised a family.
December 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
in your 20s, you'll come across someone who's wrong online. it's very important than you spend the next 40 years of your life learning and arguing about this topic online long after they've moved on, built a career, and raised a family.
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I’ve never played her, but I’m obsessed with Kimberly
December 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’ve never played her, but I’m obsessed with Kimberly
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girls, birds & pink flowers
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
girls, birds & pink flowers
This was a lot of fun to work on!
Great news for mystery lovers and/or anyone who was on Tumblr in the 2010s! Our newest playable world is Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle. Work with Holmes & Dr. Watson to uncover a mystery involving a Christmas goose, a stolen gem, and a wealthy countess in Victorian London.
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This was a lot of fun to work on!
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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ain't this that communist video game no one shuts up about
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
ain't this that communist video game no one shuts up about
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
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