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Alien Minds
Was Nope’s antagonist really a monster?
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NOPE has remained stuck in my craw (much like a certain decoy horse) since I first saw it.
It has so much to say about its human characters — and plenty of ink has been spilled about that — but my focus lies elsewhere.
If you, like me, love the film's central antagonist, please give this a read.
It has so much to say about its human characters — and plenty of ink has been spilled about that — but my focus lies elsewhere.
If you, like me, love the film's central antagonist, please give this a read.
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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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what gets me about genAI as a small indie creator is how desperately I want to get the art of other people into my game, how much I know it would enhance what I'm doing, and how frustrated I feel that I have no money right now to do that
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
what gets me about genAI as a small indie creator is how desperately I want to get the art of other people into my game, how much I know it would enhance what I'm doing, and how frustrated I feel that I have no money right now to do that
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Owen Pallett
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Books
The Mountain Goats
Sō Percussion
Owen Pallett
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Books
The Mountain Goats
Sō Percussion
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Boy Harsher
Hozier
Wardruna
Chelsea Wolfe
Marika Hackman
Boy Harsher
Hozier
Wardruna
Chelsea Wolfe
Marika Hackman
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
The Mountain Goats (too many times to count)
Neutral Milk Hotel
Alkaline Trio (5-6 times?)
Screaming Females
Chvrches
The Mountain Goats (too many times to count)
Neutral Milk Hotel
Alkaline Trio (5-6 times?)
Screaming Females
Chvrches
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Owen Pallett
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Books
The Mountain Goats
Sō Percussion
Owen Pallett
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Books
The Mountain Goats
Sō Percussion
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So I'm taking the plunge and ordering some PC parts over Black Friday.
If you appreciate what @startmenu.bsky.social has done over the years, like @rewinder.co.uk/my freelance work, or thought I didn't sound like an idiot on Game Mess Mornings, now would be a great time to show your appreciation.
If you appreciate what @startmenu.bsky.social has done over the years, like @rewinder.co.uk/my freelance work, or thought I didn't sound like an idiot on Game Mess Mornings, now would be a great time to show your appreciation.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
So I'm taking the plunge and ordering some PC parts over Black Friday.
If you appreciate what @startmenu.bsky.social has done over the years, like @rewinder.co.uk/my freelance work, or thought I didn't sound like an idiot on Game Mess Mornings, now would be a great time to show your appreciation.
If you appreciate what @startmenu.bsky.social has done over the years, like @rewinder.co.uk/my freelance work, or thought I didn't sound like an idiot on Game Mess Mornings, now would be a great time to show your appreciation.
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Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
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I said I don't like pecan pie and my father said my name in the most disappointed tone I've heard in my life
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I said I don't like pecan pie and my father said my name in the most disappointed tone I've heard in my life
I said I don't like pecan pie and my father said my name in the most disappointed tone I've heard in my life
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I said I don't like pecan pie and my father said my name in the most disappointed tone I've heard in my life
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thank you kind souls who helped me out here, reupping in case anyone else wishes to do so
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November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
thank you kind souls who helped me out here, reupping in case anyone else wishes to do so
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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been focused on personal essays all year for a secret project, but always a good time to thank @owoathkeeper.bsky.social @diegoarguello.bsky.social @crapstacular.bsky.social @garrettmartin.bsky.social @nicoleclark.bsky.social @zosha.bsky.social @kellymerka.bsky.social for their edits now and always
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
been focused on personal essays all year for a secret project, but always a good time to thank @owoathkeeper.bsky.social @diegoarguello.bsky.social @crapstacular.bsky.social @garrettmartin.bsky.social @nicoleclark.bsky.social @zosha.bsky.social @kellymerka.bsky.social for their edits now and always
turned on the microwave to reheat my coffee
opened microwave
it's empty
opened microwave
it's empty
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
turned on the microwave to reheat my coffee
opened microwave
it's empty
opened microwave
it's empty
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I have the great fortune to have only ever worked with great editors, but @kellymerka.bsky.social is the best amongst the best.
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I have the great fortune to have only ever worked with great editors, but @kellymerka.bsky.social is the best amongst the best.
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"video game" is largely a phenomenological construct
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"video game" is largely a phenomenological construct
I often stream games I am interested in but for whatever reason do not feel equipped to play.
It is not the same as playing them!!
It is not the same as playing them!!
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I often stream games I am interested in but for whatever reason do not feel equipped to play.
It is not the same as playing them!!
It is not the same as playing them!!
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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
muckrack.com/ash-like-a-d...
ashleyschofieldwrites@gmail.com
journalist, critic, author
proficient in features, criticism, reporting, reviews, previews, news, guides
words at lost in cult, RPS, VGC, unwinnable, gamesradar+, polygon, EDGE, PLAY
muckrack.com/ash-like-a-d...
ashleyschofieldwrites@gmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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
muckrack.com/ash-like-a-d...
ashleyschofieldwrites@gmail.com
journalist, critic, author
proficient in features, criticism, reporting, reviews, previews, news, guides
words at lost in cult, RPS, VGC, unwinnable, gamesradar+, polygon, EDGE, PLAY
muckrack.com/ash-like-a-d...
ashleyschofieldwrites@gmail.com
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This year I also stepped over onto the other side of the fence, becoming a commissioning and managing editor for HEAT DEATH, my newsletter with @saulelbein.bsky.social! I had the distinct pleasure of working on pieces like @kellymerka.bsky.social's brilliant recontextualization of NOPE
Alien Minds
Was Nope’s antagonist really a monster?
heat-death.ghost.io
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This year I also stepped over onto the other side of the fence, becoming a commissioning and managing editor for HEAT DEATH, my newsletter with @saulelbein.bsky.social! I had the distinct pleasure of working on pieces like @kellymerka.bsky.social's brilliant recontextualization of NOPE
The eyes of animals with horizontal pupils — like goats and sheep — rotate so that the pupil is always parallel to the ground
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The eyes of animals with horizontal pupils — like goats and sheep — rotate so that the pupil is always parallel to the ground
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In so many words, you should watch The Wailing.
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In so many words, you should watch The Wailing.
I have thought it over and decided that this is as important to the musical canon as Beethoven's 5th and John Cage's 4'33"
I'm fucking cryinj
Worst hold music ever?
YouTube video by Unreasonable Steev
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I have thought it over and decided that this is as important to the musical canon as Beethoven's 5th and John Cage's 4'33"
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I'm fucking cryinj
Worst hold music ever?
YouTube video by Unreasonable Steev
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm fucking cryinj
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i think james joyce could have tanked the dark place, it would not have any idea what hit it. a page of finnegan's wake would solve all of alan wake's problems in five minutes.
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
i think james joyce could have tanked the dark place, it would not have any idea what hit it. a page of finnegan's wake would solve all of alan wake's problems in five minutes.
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love the instrumentation of this setting of William Blake — I think he would've been into the toy piano and sparkling timbres
Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion - Silently Invisibly (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
love the instrumentation of this setting of William Blake — I think he would've been into the toy piano and sparkling timbres
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I slept on Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's albums for much too long
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion - To the Sky (Live)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I slept on Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's albums for much too long
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OH
WELL
WHY
NOT
WELL
WHY
NOT
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
OH
WELL
WHY
NOT
WELL
WHY
NOT
I slept on Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's albums for much too long
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion - To the Sky (Live)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I slept on Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's albums for much too long