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Ashley Schofield is looking for work!🐉
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freelance journalist/critic🏳️‍⚧️
wrote VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk
words: Unwinnable, VGC, Polygon, GamesRadar+, Rock Paper Shotgun, PLAY, EDGE, Into The Spine, Skybox, startmenu
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Ashley Schofield is looking for work!🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 5d
hey, i'm looking for work! full-time or freelance 💜

journalist, critic, author
proficient in features, criticism, reporting, reviews, previews, news, guides

words at lost in cult, RPS, VGC, unwinnable, gamesradar+, polygon, EDGE, PLAY

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'Few games capture the spirit of indie game development quite like VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action. What initially started out as a short game for a Cyberpunk Game Jam back in 2014, soon became a standout indie hit. VA-11 Hall-A delivers a heartfelt story of happiness in the depths of disaster, draped in a unique cyberpunk aesthetic and set to a distinctive synthwave soundtrack to match. It’s a truly remarkable visual novel, and the perfect choice for our Design Works range. Produced in collaboration with Sukeban Games and Ysbryd, VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works explores the corrupt metropolis of Glitch City, its culture, and the people who frequent the game’s beloved hole in the wall, VA-11 Hall-A. Written by talented journalist and author Ashley Schofield (Polygon, EDGE, Unwinnable and VGC), you’ll hear how this world came to be and the cyberpunk touchstones that inspired it — all the while lending insight into the history of Venezuela, where the team is located, and the unique challenges of developing a game there. VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works will be a celebration of this beautiful indie masterpiece, and the people that made it all possible. Alongside contemporary interviews with writer/programmer Fernando Damas and artist/designer Christopher Ortiz conducted exclusively for VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works, the book also features a collection of highlights from the ‘Daily VA-11 Hall-A’ blog posts directly from Sukeban.moe. You can also expect deep dives into the development of the game’s prototype and prologue; the bartending mechanics that put you in the shoes of disaster bisexual bartender Jill Stingray, and interviews exploring its iconic synthwave soundtrack/jukebox with composer Michael Kelly. VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works features detailed insight into the game’s early concepts and development, an exploration of Glitch City itself, and a deep dive into the programming, art and soundtrack — an unmissable read for any fan.' A magazine cover of Unwinnable Monthly #191, with the feature being my essay 'I Don't Want To Be This Kind of Animal Anymore' and art by Shafer Brown. An excerpt reads: In the dark times, should the stars also go out? 'Revachol is still. Silent. Decades of unrest, corruption and capital gain have reduced it to a shell of a city. And yet, under these sullen skies, a miracle is happening. The limbed and headed machine of pain and undignified suffering is firing up again.' My review of Hollow Knight: Silksong for Video Games Chronicle. 'Hollow Knight: Silksong review: A game that intends to make you suffer, even to its own detriment. Team Cherry’s sequel has a clear mission statement, but doesn’t seem to consider the consequences. 3/5 stars.' My review of Demonschool for Rock Paper Shotgun, included in RPS' Bestest Bests category. 'Demonschool review Saturday morning carcasses.'
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For the last six years, startmenu has gone back and forth between making a loss and just breaking even. I make no money on Rewinder. My guest spots on GB have been pro bono. I've slept on a friend's couch for every event I have covered (bar SGF when Tencent spent too much money flying people out) for the last 4 years. I have only been able to stay in games media because I am on disability and live at home to help support my parents. However, now that I am done with college, and have spent the most part of this year trying to secure more consistent paid work, I need to make this make sense in the long run. I have been offered an opportunity going in 2026, which will require me to have access to a reasonably powered PC, so any help in making that happen would be much appreciated. I deeply hate asking for help, but I really want to be able to continue working in this space and continue to foster the next generation of games criticism while making games media a sustainable and realistic line of employment for the next generation. So even if it's just a buck or two, it would really help out.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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innerspiral.lol
routine "i have to get weirder" post
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
this but also ichiban kasuga
barilleon.com Leon Barillaro @barilleon.com · 1h
this year i’m thankful for kiryu kazuma
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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bloomfilters.bsky.social
art should comfort the weird disturbed girls and disturb the annoying comfortable guys
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
happy thanksgiving to all who celebrate!

i am thankful for myself and my trans siblings still being here
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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tangerinecookie.bsky.social
This, too, is gender euphoria.
A photo of TC's desk and computer setup, going heavy on the pink/bisexual lighting with a bunch of RGB things all over the place. There's also plushies, and random doodads, and a Jill Stingray desktop wallpaper! Also the photo of Shadow and Sonic. Lmao.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
the real, unexpected test of dysphoria is whether i feel hot enough to listen to kim petras' music
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
i think it's not an exaggeration to say that everyone was too harsh on yakuza 6

especially with the gift of hindsight
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
made two realisations last night

1. i missed my one year HRT anniversary. that made me a bit sad

2. i missed it because it's on the 20th of fucking november

it's trans day of remembrance

are you serious

what are the fucking chances
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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v-ii.bsky.social
"director's cut?"
"yeah, the director was cut!"
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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stopcar.ing
new article from me is live

I wrote about @knifedemonsoftware.bsky.social's Brush Burial: Gutter World, catharsis, power fantasies, and getting socially ostracized after being punched in the face.
Demon Girl Catharsis
Punched eyes, cracked necks, thick thighs.
www.stopcar.ing
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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platanoranger.bsky.social
man i miss playing yakuza 0. very rare that you know you are playing one of the best games ever while you’re in the middle of it but that was the one.
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
if you somehow don't own yakuza 0 please fucking buy it before this garbage replaces it
cheapassgamer.com Cheap Ass Gamer @cheapassgamer.com · 1d
Yakuza 0 Will be Delisted & Replaced by Yakuza 0 Director's Cut Starting Dec. 8th. https://ow.ly/AW7950XyiP5

November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
going for the smoky eye look today (my mascara has not survived my excessive tears)
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
ryu ga gotoku studio makes me so fucking mad dude
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
as a result of listening to the va-11 hall-a soundtrack so much while writing the book, i'm realising that hearing even a second from one of its tracks now conjures the image of a google doc in my head

that's fun
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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elijahgonzalez.bsky.social
I had the privilege of interviewing Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope, etc.) for The A.V. Club and asked him about what initially drew him to American pop culture, who he wants to work with next, and what defines enduring art.
Cowboy Bebop director Shinichirō Watanabe on what it takes for art to "survive beyond"
We interviewed Cowboy Bebop director Shinichirō Watanabe about his work, where his love of overseas culture came from, and what's next.
www.avclub.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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jacobgeller.com
As of today, the retail edition of How a Game Lives is available in bookstores, libraries, and online platforms. Ask for it locally! Get it from your favorite bookseller! bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
Jacob Geller in an orange sweater, holding a copy of "How a Game Lives"
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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ela-bambust.bsky.social
the disco elysium horn stops my brain in its tracks as soon as i hear it, every time. like being transported somewhere altogether more real than wherever i am for a brief moment
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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konayma6.bsky.social
Forgot to share this last week but I wrote a little piece about Jennifer English's win at the Golden Joysticks and the sheer importance of queer joy in the lives of LGBTQ+ people:

www.thegamer.com/clair-obscur...
Clair Obscur's Jennifer English Is Right, Queer Joy Is Worth Pursuing No Matter The Cost
After winning Best Performance at this year's Golden Joysticks, Jennifer English touched on the importance of queer joy in her life.
www.thegamer.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
i have got to get better at writing (still)
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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julie.radiantarray.io
thank you kind souls who helped me out here, reupping in case anyone else wishes to do so
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
this is so so so good i love demonschool
brandon.insertcredit.com Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 3d
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
i love her so much

what a fucking concert

'it was an album written in a few years of brain hell! you know brain hell. i assume you know that because you're here'
A picture of dodie performing in London. The stage is lit sky blue. A picture of dodie performing in London. The stage is lit in the colours of the gay flag.
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
dodie time!!!!!!!
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM