Aysha
@ayshaufarah.bsky.social
GDC award-winning game writer and narrative designer. life is strange | hiveswap | magic the gathering | pathologic
formerly a narrative lead at deck nine games. invite me on your podcast.
formerly a narrative lead at deck nine games. invite me on your podcast.
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Aysha
@ayshaufarah.bsky.social
· Aug 29
A project I cleared my schedule for is taking some time to get off the ground, so I’m once again open for contract work. Need a writer/editor/localizer? Let me make your women angrier and your bisexuals more chaotic.
“Your writing would make Lovecraft want to kill himself”
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Your writing would make Lovecraft want to kill himself”
Nothing says holiday cheer like my cyberpunk detective fighting a crime twink made of Shadows short story
As you’re doing holiday shopping, consider Amplitudes!
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
I’m proud of this project, and all our contributors—folks from more than 6 countries, each bringing unique perspectives and stories about queer/trans futurity, community, and survival even or especially through difficult times—did amazing work.
For #transawarenessweek, a bump for Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity!
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Nothing says holiday cheer like my cyberpunk detective fighting a crime twink made of Shadows short story
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Happy gentleman sleuths day #benoitblanc #wakeupdeadman
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy gentleman sleuths day #benoitblanc #wakeupdeadman
We’ve had a tradition of having Arab food for thanksgiving since 2023, excited to post the sick way my dad plates hummus
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We’ve had a tradition of having Arab food for thanksgiving since 2023, excited to post the sick way my dad plates hummus
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What’s your favorite video game musical number. For me it’s a tie between Herald of Darkness in Alan Wake 2 and Junebug’s concert in Kentucky Route Zero
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What’s your favorite video game musical number. For me it’s a tie between Herald of Darkness in Alan Wake 2 and Junebug’s concert in Kentucky Route Zero
Even really good AAA games tend to have boring art direction, just from the nature of what they’re trying to do, but god damn does the presentation of Remedy’s games knock me out. Every frame a painting
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Even really good AAA games tend to have boring art direction, just from the nature of what they’re trying to do, but god damn does the presentation of Remedy’s games knock me out. Every frame a painting
In general, queer games have had a lot of trouble on steam. There’s a bunch of anime titty porn games but anything dealing with themes of exploitation and abuse with any sort of queer coding get axed. It’s an obvious double standard, they ain’t slick.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In general, queer games have had a lot of trouble on steam. There’s a bunch of anime titty porn games but anything dealing with themes of exploitation and abuse with any sort of queer coding get axed. It’s an obvious double standard, they ain’t slick.
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Anyway here is a poem I wrote about my Palestinian dad
September 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Anyway here is a poem I wrote about my Palestinian dad
I don’t think this is controversial!! What are they going to do, play the game and watch the credits just to catch you in a lie? I doubt it
My controversial take is that if you didn't get credited on a game you have proof you've worked on, just list it on your CV.
I do with one. Never had any issues.
Not being credited still sucks but you don't need to be polite when they're not.
I do with one. Never had any issues.
Not being credited still sucks but you don't need to be polite when they're not.
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I don’t think this is controversial!! What are they going to do, play the game and watch the credits just to catch you in a lie? I doubt it
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three people buying a book we didn't really have on our radar at my old bookstore was instant "order more, face it out, somebody on staff read it and write a talker for it" territory
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
three people buying a book we didn't really have on our radar at my old bookstore was instant "order more, face it out, somebody on staff read it and write a talker for it" territory
This is fucking wild
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is fucking wild
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Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
amal read this to me in her back garden last month and it was magical and heart-breaking.
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
amal read this to me in her back garden last month and it was magical and heart-breaking.
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Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
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It’s FrankenTIME!!
Workers’ Lit joins Victor Frankenstein, making up a guy to get mad at, getting depressed, and ranting about God and science or whatever.
Mary Shelley was ON FIRE with this one.
It’s 1818’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
Workers’ Lit joins Victor Frankenstein, making up a guy to get mad at, getting depressed, and ranting about God and science or whatever.
Mary Shelley was ON FIRE with this one.
It’s 1818’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It’s FrankenTIME!!
Workers’ Lit joins Victor Frankenstein, making up a guy to get mad at, getting depressed, and ranting about God and science or whatever.
Mary Shelley was ON FIRE with this one.
It’s 1818’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
Workers’ Lit joins Victor Frankenstein, making up a guy to get mad at, getting depressed, and ranting about God and science or whatever.
Mary Shelley was ON FIRE with this one.
It’s 1818’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
i think about "i burn my decency for someone else's future" all the time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3RC...
Andor | Luthen Rael’s Monologue | Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
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November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
i think about "i burn my decency for someone else's future" all the time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3RC...
I really liked rogue one the first time I watched it, like it just seemed really complex and interesting for a modern Star Wars movie. And then I watched it again after watching Andor and Andor is just…. so much better lol
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I really liked rogue one the first time I watched it, like it just seemed really complex and interesting for a modern Star Wars movie. And then I watched it again after watching Andor and Andor is just…. so much better lol
this is actually a really good list tbh. i haven't seen Solo but this would probably be my exact ranking
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
this is actually a really good list tbh. i haven't seen Solo but this would probably be my exact ranking
I know a lot of people say Hannibal falls off in season 3 but it’s my fave. It cranks up all my favorite parts of Hannibal: the camp, the dream logic, the music made by a guy throwing a xylophone down a set of stairs
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I know a lot of people say Hannibal falls off in season 3 but it’s my fave. It cranks up all my favorite parts of Hannibal: the camp, the dream logic, the music made by a guy throwing a xylophone down a set of stairs
when people are like "x media is good but the dialogue is overwrought" i'm like dude my favorite show is Hannibal where in the first episode one guy asks another guy "what do you see me as" and he responds "i think you are the mongoose i want under the house when the snakes slither by"
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
when people are like "x media is good but the dialogue is overwrought" i'm like dude my favorite show is Hannibal where in the first episode one guy asks another guy "what do you see me as" and he responds "i think you are the mongoose i want under the house when the snakes slither by"
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I’m reading The Secret History or, as I like to call it “local twink experiences class anxiety while being psycho sexually menaced by five Draco Malfoys”
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I’m reading The Secret History or, as I like to call it “local twink experiences class anxiety while being psycho sexually menaced by five Draco Malfoys”
if you're one of those people who think they can't get into literary fiction, i recommend The Secret History. it's about a group of classics students who murder one of their friends (that's not a spoiler, the speaker tells you about it on the first page) and it totally riveted me the whole time
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
if you're one of those people who think they can't get into literary fiction, i recommend The Secret History. it's about a group of classics students who murder one of their friends (that's not a spoiler, the speaker tells you about it on the first page) and it totally riveted me the whole time
“I hate andor” thanks random person very cool
well good because it's way better than anything they've ever made www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies
Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“I hate andor” thanks random person very cool