Rebekah Valentine
@duckvalentine.bsky.social
Multi-award-winning senior reporter at IGN, proudly @ignunion.bsky.social. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. rvalentine@ign.com, Signal: duckvalentine.47
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please read the words i wrote in my post before replying to it. thank you.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Additional point: Clair Obscur's third act is a thematic loop about how delaying the inevitable isn't healthy. You may feel temporarily good, you might even feel like a God among ants, but all you're doing is becoming a rotting husk and running away from inevitability.
Seeing other narrative design people say that Clair Obscur had a bad 3rd act or bad ending(s)…I just can’t follow you there man. That shit ruled. Sorry. You break the combat wide fucking open and then get your choice of doing genocide or walking toward Omelas and saying “torturing that child rocks”
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Additional point: Clair Obscur's third act is a thematic loop about how delaying the inevitable isn't healthy. You may feel temporarily good, you might even feel like a God among ants, but all you're doing is becoming a rotting husk and running away from inevitability.
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Closest thing you'll see from me maybe ever to a personal essay about a video game vgbees.com/im-great-at-...
I'm Great At Baby Steps Because I Walk Like That In Real Life - VGBees
CW: medical talk, surgical talk, bones, car accident In late May, an uninsured Lexus driver ran a yellow light and pulled in front of me...
vgbees.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Closest thing you'll see from me maybe ever to a personal essay about a video game vgbees.com/im-great-at-...
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Seeing other narrative design people say that Clair Obscur had a bad 3rd act or bad ending(s)…I just can’t follow you there man. That shit ruled. Sorry. You break the combat wide fucking open and then get your choice of doing genocide or walking toward Omelas and saying “torturing that child rocks”
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Seeing other narrative design people say that Clair Obscur had a bad 3rd act or bad ending(s)…I just can’t follow you there man. That shit ruled. Sorry. You break the combat wide fucking open and then get your choice of doing genocide or walking toward Omelas and saying “torturing that child rocks”
a "sitzprobe" is the first rehearsal of a musical theatrical performance (opera, musical, etc) where the full company of musicians are present, and the actors don't get up on stage, they just sing through it to focus on the music
quote this post with a fun word you know that other people might not know. can be in any language
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
a "sitzprobe" is the first rehearsal of a musical theatrical performance (opera, musical, etc) where the full company of musicians are present, and the actors don't get up on stage, they just sing through it to focus on the music
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In bengali, tomorrow and yesterday are casually shortened to the same word, and you have to use context to figure out which one the person means.
quote this post with a fun word you know that other people might not know. can be in any language
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
In bengali, tomorrow and yesterday are casually shortened to the same word, and you have to use context to figure out which one the person means.
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if NPC dialogue in a game is unimportant or boring, one of two things is happening:
1. someone did a bad job writing it
2. you didn't appreciate it, for whatever reason
don't put sawdust in your bread on purpose for fuck's sake
1. someone did a bad job writing it
2. you didn't appreciate it, for whatever reason
don't put sawdust in your bread on purpose for fuck's sake
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
if NPC dialogue in a game is unimportant or boring, one of two things is happening:
1. someone did a bad job writing it
2. you didn't appreciate it, for whatever reason
don't put sawdust in your bread on purpose for fuck's sake
1. someone did a bad job writing it
2. you didn't appreciate it, for whatever reason
don't put sawdust in your bread on purpose for fuck's sake
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the silmarillion comes out surprisingly firmly with the opinion that everybody, good or evil, prefers living either in a forest or near/in a mountain and that's just the ideal shape of society
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
the silmarillion comes out surprisingly firmly with the opinion that everybody, good or evil, prefers living either in a forest or near/in a mountain and that's just the ideal shape of society
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So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Just calling the pope the antichrist and encouraging others to disobey Rome, the way totally real and not at all fake-ass Catholics do
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just calling the pope the antichrist and encouraging others to disobey Rome, the way totally real and not at all fake-ass Catholics do
what
In the craziest celebrity interview this year, Underworld star Kate Beckinsale says her daughter's boyfriend has laid two eggs. https://bit.ly/3K5LLdb
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
what
my experience thus far with Indika is that I painstakingly gathered five buckets of water, a nun dumped all my water on the floor, and the game crashed without saving. 10/10 for ludonarrative
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
my experience thus far with Indika is that I painstakingly gathered five buckets of water, a nun dumped all my water on the floor, and the game crashed without saving. 10/10 for ludonarrative
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A text message is trying to scare people away from petition gatherers on Black Friday. | Opinion
Missouri Alert: Don’t let text scare you away from anti-gerrymander petition | Opinion
A text message is trying to scare people away from petition gatherers on Black Friday. | Opinion
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November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A text message is trying to scare people away from petition gatherers on Black Friday. | Opinion
Sci-fi movies always made it seem like it would be difficult to tell if AI was alive or not but in real life thus far I have actually found it very easy
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Sci-fi movies always made it seem like it would be difficult to tell if AI was alive or not but in real life thus far I have actually found it very easy
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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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.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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.
what the fuck is this crap
hmm I wonder what petition is going around that the Republicans in Missouri don't want signed
hmm I wonder what petition is going around that the Republicans in Missouri don't want signed
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
what the fuck is this crap
hmm I wonder what petition is going around that the Republicans in Missouri don't want signed
hmm I wonder what petition is going around that the Republicans in Missouri don't want signed
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This sucks. I was browsing Steam recently and saw so many AI slop porn games with some really graphic stuff depicted in trailer and preview images, but the people who put actual work into a weird and disturbing game can’t even get a reason for their ban?
Also your horse themed subheadings are fun
Also your horse themed subheadings are fun
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This sucks. I was browsing Steam recently and saw so many AI slop porn games with some really graphic stuff depicted in trailer and preview images, but the people who put actual work into a weird and disturbing game can’t even get a reason for their ban?
Also your horse themed subheadings are fun
Also your horse themed subheadings are fun
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When my daughter was seven years old, she stole my wife's phone and sent me this series of texts.
October 21, 2024 at 5:01 PM
When my daughter was seven years old, she stole my wife's phone and sent me this series of texts.
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What the hell? I have worked on, without hyperbole, literally dozens of games and NEVER had to submit a build for a coming soon page.
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
What the hell? I have worked on, without hyperbole, literally dozens of games and NEVER had to submit a build for a coming soon page.
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
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This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
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Smitten Kitchen forever and ever amen: smittenkitchen.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Smitten Kitchen forever and ever amen: smittenkitchen.com
man there is just nothing quite like a collective church recipe book
I'm lucky enough to have a decent cookbook collection, including family recipes and the really random stuff from my grandparents' church group collected recipes or this gem from the officers' wives at Gitmo:
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
man there is just nothing quite like a collective church recipe book