Dana the Elf
@danatheelf.bsky.social
Disabled gay elf princess. Creative type with too many interests.
Loves Zelda and Tolkien way too much; loves Tina even more. <3
You may know me from the HM64 projects/modding scene.
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Loves Zelda and Tolkien way too much; loves Tina even more. <3
You may know me from the HM64 projects/modding scene.
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Dana the Elf
@danatheelf.bsky.social
· Jan 30
For those wondering what I am working on of late, I have been contributing custom assets and user support to various HM64 port projects.
I've also been coordinating with Tolkien Scholars and Font Designers to build consensus and reestablish common encoding of Tolkien's scripts to respect the UCSUR.
I've also been coordinating with Tolkien Scholars and Font Designers to build consensus and reestablish common encoding of Tolkien's scripts to respect the UCSUR.
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With the passing of Rebecca Heineman today, I wanted to share some images from her last, now forever unfinished project. She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end.
It was Dragon Wars remastered.
Jennell Jaquays was art directing.
It was Dragon Wars remastered.
Jennell Jaquays was art directing.
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
With the passing of Rebecca Heineman today, I wanted to share some images from her last, now forever unfinished project. She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end.
It was Dragon Wars remastered.
Jennell Jaquays was art directing.
It was Dragon Wars remastered.
Jennell Jaquays was art directing.
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Smaller, passion-led projects created by talented people who care about their craft are still out there! Please don't give up. Support the internet and the creatives you want to see! 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Smaller, passion-led projects created by talented people who care about their craft are still out there! Please don't give up. Support the internet and the creatives you want to see! 🧵
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The Epstein files bill passed, but Speaker Johnson is circulating a plan to block transparency on "national security" grounds. Read the full document:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-bi...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-bi...
Epstein Bill Passes as Top Official Circulates Plan to Block Transparency
Official document warns of "National Security Concerns"
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The Epstein files bill passed, but Speaker Johnson is circulating a plan to block transparency on "national security" grounds. Read the full document:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-bi...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-bi...
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From here until the end of the rest of his short ass life, the only response to Trump from this point forward should be, "quiet, piggy."
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
From here until the end of the rest of his short ass life, the only response to Trump from this point forward should be, "quiet, piggy."
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They're rapists. They're murderers. And some, I assume, are fine people.
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
They're rapists. They're murderers. And some, I assume, are fine people.
One is a product of believing every Conspiracy Theory on Facebook, one is an amoral opportunist who will do anything for money and power, and one the kind of hate-gremlin produced in the muck of 4chan.
These types can work together towards a single goal despite the disparity; we have to be prepared.
These types can work together towards a single goal despite the disparity; we have to be prepared.
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
One is a product of believing every Conspiracy Theory on Facebook, one is an amoral opportunist who will do anything for money and power, and one the kind of hate-gremlin produced in the muck of 4chan.
These types can work together towards a single goal despite the disparity; we have to be prepared.
These types can work together towards a single goal despite the disparity; we have to be prepared.
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The Nightdive team is saddened by the loss of friend and industry legend, Rebecca Heineman. Her career spanned decades and impacted millions, with over 60 game credits to her name, including Baldur's Gate, Bard's Tale 3, and Killing Time: Resurrected.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Nightdive team is saddened by the loss of friend and industry legend, Rebecca Heineman. Her career spanned decades and impacted millions, with over 60 game credits to her name, including Baldur's Gate, Bard's Tale 3, and Killing Time: Resurrected.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Ah, so THIS is how they're going to justify not releasing anything or redacting all the damning information.
Update: Speaker Johnson says he has "national security" concerns about releasing the Epstein files
Congress' Epstein Files vote tomorrow will be undermined by "national security" www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ah, so THIS is how they're going to justify not releasing anything or redacting all the damning information.
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"...those seeking true rebirth as a human will get a better result by considering the difference between what they need and what they can take."
Hungry Ghosts is a fascinating game that turns even the simplest of tasks into a mind-twisting worry:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2021/06/12/y...
Hungry Ghosts is a fascinating game that turns even the simplest of tasks into a mind-twisting worry:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2021/06/12/y...
Hungry Ghosts: You are being watched. You are being judged.
Hungry Ghosts opens not with a context-free FMV montage of epic events yet to come nor an attention grabbing intro neatly ending as your own adventure begins but something far more ominous – …
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"...those seeking true rebirth as a human will get a better result by considering the difference between what they need and what they can take."
Hungry Ghosts is a fascinating game that turns even the simplest of tasks into a mind-twisting worry:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2021/06/12/y...
Hungry Ghosts is a fascinating game that turns even the simplest of tasks into a mind-twisting worry:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2021/06/12/y...
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Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
How a family secret led Greg Bovino to lead Trump's border crackdown
Before he became the face of Trump's tough ICE policies, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino endured a childhood marked by a family scandal that changed the trajectory of his life.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
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Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
Rest in peace, absolute titanic legend of the industry.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Rest in peace, absolute titanic legend of the industry.
Search Engines in movies are so incredibly unrealistic - they're not wading through three pages of ads, SEO farming nonsense, and GenAI Slop to find one remotely useful page.
i love when people use search engines in movies but i love when people use search engines in hallmark movies most of all
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Search Engines in movies are so incredibly unrealistic - they're not wading through three pages of ads, SEO farming nonsense, and GenAI Slop to find one remotely useful page.
Won't people just let the corporate suits have *little* a industrial-scale creative theft machine? Just let them replace a few million skilled creative voices with the robot that spits out pre-digested Content Slurry made of the work all those artists did, without permission or compensation!
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Won't people just let the corporate suits have *little* a industrial-scale creative theft machine? Just let them replace a few million skilled creative voices with the robot that spits out pre-digested Content Slurry made of the work all those artists did, without permission or compensation!
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“You know, fair use is fair use and we need to make sure that we’re not stealing people’s intellectual property and rights but..."
No! There is no "but" here! That statement ends with a period, not a "but".
No! There is no "but" here! That statement ends with a period, not a "but".
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“You know, fair use is fair use and we need to make sure that we’re not stealing people’s intellectual property and rights but..."
No! There is no "but" here! That statement ends with a period, not a "but".
No! There is no "but" here! That statement ends with a period, not a "but".
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Younger players prefer multiplayer because they only have virtual spaces as "hangout" areas. They're kinda trapped in a loop of exploitative online multiplayer games being the only way to socialise at all.
More players in the UK, US and Japan still prefer single-player games to multiplayer, a new survey has found.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-pl...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-pl...
More players in the UK, US and Japan still prefer single-player games to multiplayer, survey finds | VGC
But younger players are more likely to prefer multiplayer, according to Ampere Analysis…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Younger players prefer multiplayer because they only have virtual spaces as "hangout" areas. They're kinda trapped in a loop of exploitative online multiplayer games being the only way to socialise at all.
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"I’m completely overwhelmed and having a wonderful time."
Relics is a magical - maybe even essential - classic computer game experience:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/17/r...
Relics is a magical - maybe even essential - classic computer game experience:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/17/r...
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"I’m completely overwhelmed and having a wonderful time."
Relics is a magical - maybe even essential - classic computer game experience:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/17/r...
Relics is a magical - maybe even essential - classic computer game experience:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/11/17/r...
"Things mean stuff" is increasingly difficult to impress upon people when reality is overwhelmed by a sense that nothing means anything.
We see the rich and powerful redefine crimes to protect themselves and attack their critics. Things mean whatever is most convenient for the powerful at any time.
We see the rich and powerful redefine crimes to protect themselves and attack their critics. Things mean whatever is most convenient for the powerful at any time.
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"Things mean stuff" is increasingly difficult to impress upon people when reality is overwhelmed by a sense that nothing means anything.
We see the rich and powerful redefine crimes to protect themselves and attack their critics. Things mean whatever is most convenient for the powerful at any time.
We see the rich and powerful redefine crimes to protect themselves and attack their critics. Things mean whatever is most convenient for the powerful at any time.
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There's been a lot of very sophisticated, compelling social commentary on declines in cultural literacy in recent years, but honestly it is very reasonable to just boil it down to "people no longer understand that things mean stuff"
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
There's been a lot of very sophisticated, compelling social commentary on declines in cultural literacy in recent years, but honestly it is very reasonable to just boil it down to "people no longer understand that things mean stuff"
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"I am Spartacus" except everyone is admitting to felony sexual assault of a minor
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"I am Spartacus" except everyone is admitting to felony sexual assault of a minor
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We're witnessing an intentional culling of the lower class.
Currently over 50% of consumer spending is done by the top 10% & companies are adjusting their products & pricing to cater solely to an audience with "fuck you" money w/o concern for who is getting priced out.
Housing. Food. Everything.
Currently over 50% of consumer spending is done by the top 10% & companies are adjusting their products & pricing to cater solely to an audience with "fuck you" money w/o concern for who is getting priced out.
Housing. Food. Everything.
Seven out of 10 marketplace enrollees say if Affordable Care Act tax credits go away, they won't be able to afford their healthcare.
Healthcare shouldn't only be for the healthy and wealthy, but that's what's going to happen if these tax credits go away for good.
Healthcare shouldn't only be for the healthy and wealthy, but that's what's going to happen if these tax credits go away for good.
November 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
We're witnessing an intentional culling of the lower class.
Currently over 50% of consumer spending is done by the top 10% & companies are adjusting their products & pricing to cater solely to an audience with "fuck you" money w/o concern for who is getting priced out.
Housing. Food. Everything.
Currently over 50% of consumer spending is done by the top 10% & companies are adjusting their products & pricing to cater solely to an audience with "fuck you" money w/o concern for who is getting priced out.
Housing. Food. Everything.
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Billionaires don't need more yachts, but an increase to the royalty rate on Steam would be life-changing for many small indie devs.
Starting to think billionaires were a mistake.
Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs
"We knew we were asking for unusual things," says Newell, "and Oceanco embraced it with open arms."
www.pcgamer.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Billionaires don't need more yachts, but an increase to the royalty rate on Steam would be life-changing for many small indie devs.
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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-100's of games launch on Steam every week
-There aren't enough writers to cover them
-Pubs/devs don't always respond to emails from excited writers
-Editors can't always afford to pay for reviews/features
Please don't rush to blame writers/sites when something niche isn't covered. We're trying.
-There aren't enough writers to cover them
-Pubs/devs don't always respond to emails from excited writers
-Editors can't always afford to pay for reviews/features
Please don't rush to blame writers/sites when something niche isn't covered. We're trying.
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
-100's of games launch on Steam every week
-There aren't enough writers to cover them
-Pubs/devs don't always respond to emails from excited writers
-Editors can't always afford to pay for reviews/features
Please don't rush to blame writers/sites when something niche isn't covered. We're trying.
-There aren't enough writers to cover them
-Pubs/devs don't always respond to emails from excited writers
-Editors can't always afford to pay for reviews/features
Please don't rush to blame writers/sites when something niche isn't covered. We're trying.