Zara "Gearhook" Berry
@gearhook.goblin.horse
I make video games, and I talk a lot. My views and comments don't reflect that of my employer. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
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I’m Zara. I mostly post Queer stuff, Card game stuff, Gacha brainrot, whatever I am passively engaging my ADHD with, or (occasionally) my bias-ridden opinions on games and their designs. Forewarned is forearmed!
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*caves of qud voice* Dwarf Fortress
Why do we bash 'deathtrap' fortresses full of swinging blades, man-serpents, and giant rolling balls; but we never question if the chosen hero simply had bad vibes? Or is just unpleasant to be around?
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
*caves of qud voice* Dwarf Fortress
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PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
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TikTok Algorithm Update
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
TikTok Algorithm Update
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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This game is incredibly, incredibly good. Give it a shot, y'all. Disconcerting, horrifyingly beautiful, and unapologetically queer it is worth your time,
Drive back a hostile alien fungus with a spray cleaner as you traverse your childhood home with grappling tethers & gravity tools.. but is your first love among the dead?
"System shock meets Powerwash Simulator" - @pcgamer.com
"beautiful, intimate, deeply affecting" - @ign.com
Available now!
"System shock meets Powerwash Simulator" - @pcgamer.com
"beautiful, intimate, deeply affecting" - @ign.com
Available now!
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This game is incredibly, incredibly good. Give it a shot, y'all. Disconcerting, horrifyingly beautiful, and unapologetically queer it is worth your time,
Maybe it is too radical of me, but I’d rather 9 of 10 people exploit a system if it meant 1 of 10 received the help they need. I’m disinterested in the merit of fairness and more in the wellbeing of people.
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Maybe it is too radical of me, but I’d rather 9 of 10 people exploit a system if it meant 1 of 10 received the help they need. I’m disinterested in the merit of fairness and more in the wellbeing of people.
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Setting out to make a video game and accidentally becoming an animu in the process is truly The Dream 😭
🚨 THE BUNLITH ANIME IS REAL 🚨
🎉Introducing BUNLITH: THE WITCH UP STAIRS 🐇🐇
📅 EPISODE 1 is premiering on November 3rd (thats in 5 days!!)
📈 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR SEASON 1 launching at the same time!!!
SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON'T MISS THE LAUNCH: youtube.com/@b0tster
🎉Introducing BUNLITH: THE WITCH UP STAIRS 🐇🐇
📅 EPISODE 1 is premiering on November 3rd (thats in 5 days!!)
📈 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR SEASON 1 launching at the same time!!!
SUBSCRIBE SO YOU DON'T MISS THE LAUNCH: youtube.com/@b0tster
October 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Setting out to make a video game and accidentally becoming an animu in the process is truly The Dream 😭
I just read (and the feed refreshed before I could grasp any more) someone say something to the effect that MTG at this point is just Weiss Schwartz for Polyamorous Millennials and I started to get steamed but then the feed landed on the Ozai-face Cruel Tutor and I had to stop. Legally.
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I just read (and the feed refreshed before I could grasp any more) someone say something to the effect that MTG at this point is just Weiss Schwartz for Polyamorous Millennials and I started to get steamed but then the feed landed on the Ozai-face Cruel Tutor and I had to stop. Legally.
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Riftbound is here and we sat down to Shuffle Up & Play against @scarraa.bsky.social!
Can CovertGoBlue and @amytheamazonian.bsky.social team up with Prof to take down the very legend of leagues himself at @riftbound.riotgames.com?
Watch here: youtu.be/jRwbe7PazUY
#riftbound
Can CovertGoBlue and @amytheamazonian.bsky.social team up with Prof to take down the very legend of leagues himself at @riftbound.riotgames.com?
Watch here: youtu.be/jRwbe7PazUY
#riftbound
October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Riftbound is here and we sat down to Shuffle Up & Play against @scarraa.bsky.social!
Can CovertGoBlue and @amytheamazonian.bsky.social team up with Prof to take down the very legend of leagues himself at @riftbound.riotgames.com?
Watch here: youtu.be/jRwbe7PazUY
#riftbound
Can CovertGoBlue and @amytheamazonian.bsky.social team up with Prof to take down the very legend of leagues himself at @riftbound.riotgames.com?
Watch here: youtu.be/jRwbe7PazUY
#riftbound
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My best advice to try to get a handle on shit right now?
Make something.
Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so.
It' s like flushing the brain toilet.
Make something.
Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so.
It' s like flushing the brain toilet.
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
My best advice to try to get a handle on shit right now?
Make something.
Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so.
It' s like flushing the brain toilet.
Make something.
Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so.
It' s like flushing the brain toilet.
It bothers me that there are no Goblin hero portraits in Hearthstone.
October 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It bothers me that there are no Goblin hero portraits in Hearthstone.
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the children yearn for the cockpit of a gundam
October 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
the children yearn for the cockpit of a gundam
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This game rules.
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This game rules.
This whole thread is gold
Er... milk?
Leather perhaps...
Er... milk?
Leather perhaps...
Systems design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; it drops 25 xp, 2x leather, 1x meat.
Narrative design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; the other cow uses a salience-based storylet system to react with an appropriate bark ("moooo")
3c design: you have two cows. they can airdash
Narrative design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; the other cow uses a salience-based storylet system to react with an appropriate bark ("moooo")
3c design: you have two cows. they can airdash
October 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This whole thread is gold
Er... milk?
Leather perhaps...
Er... milk?
Leather perhaps...
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two weeks ago @rhysticstudies.bsky.social posted this and I did what any reasonable person on the world wide web would do: I commissioned @forceofphil.bsky.social to do a rap and dramatic reading of it
🎶 in the replies
🎶 in the replies
October 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
two weeks ago @rhysticstudies.bsky.social posted this and I did what any reasonable person on the world wide web would do: I commissioned @forceofphil.bsky.social to do a rap and dramatic reading of it
🎶 in the replies
🎶 in the replies
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Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
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LOUVRE ROBBED!?
a man in a green suit is using a vacuum to clean a display case
Alt: a man in a green suit is using a vacuum to clean a display case
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
LOUVRE ROBBED!?
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Oh boy, I love playing the game of "Am I a misanthrope or do I just live in the San Fernando Valley?"
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Oh boy, I love playing the game of "Am I a misanthrope or do I just live in the San Fernando Valley?"
I just said, out loud "God damnit, now I HAVE to play Pathologic" and I know this is somehow- indirectly- @catacalypto.bsky.social's fault.
Pathologic 3: Time Travel Trailer
YouTube video by IcePickLodge
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October 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I just said, out loud "God damnit, now I HAVE to play Pathologic" and I know this is somehow- indirectly- @catacalypto.bsky.social's fault.
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California state legislature CAN override a veto! Call your reps!
CA UPDATE:
Newsom has signed these queer rights bills:
- AB 82 / SB 497 (Medical privacy)
- AB 1084 / SB 59 (Name/Gender changes)
- SB 450 (Adoption access)
And vetoed these bills:
- SB 418 (HRT stockpile)
- AB 554 (PreP)
Final total: 8 bills signed, 2 vetoed.
transnews.network/p/california...
Newsom has signed these queer rights bills:
- AB 82 / SB 497 (Medical privacy)
- AB 1084 / SB 59 (Name/Gender changes)
- SB 450 (Adoption access)
And vetoed these bills:
- SB 418 (HRT stockpile)
- AB 554 (PreP)
Final total: 8 bills signed, 2 vetoed.
transnews.network/p/california...
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
California state legislature CAN override a veto! Call your reps!