Kennan Ward🍉
@kennanw.bsky.social
"I wish I was more attractive like Dagless. Still, one can only dream."
Gaming, sociology, & intersectional feminist/labor/human rights issues
https://www.backloggd.com/u/Kennan/
Gaming, sociology, & intersectional feminist/labor/human rights issues
https://www.backloggd.com/u/Kennan/
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Kennan Ward🍉
@kennanw.bsky.social
· Jan 2
62 Games finished in 2024. First completion of 2025
Rewind Or Die: Grindhouse somewhat PS1 visual styled horror that, while ok, isn't as atmospheric or tense as the similar Bloodwash and spends too much time in a dull sewer section. www.backloggd.com/u/Kennan/rev...
Rewind Or Die: Grindhouse somewhat PS1 visual styled horror that, while ok, isn't as atmospheric or tense as the similar Bloodwash and spends too much time in a dull sewer section. www.backloggd.com/u/Kennan/rev...
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“But through the power of generative AI, you can put your friends IN frame, laughing too.”
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“But through the power of generative AI, you can put your friends IN frame, laughing too.”
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imagine being this big of a fuckin loser
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
imagine being this big of a fuckin loser
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i think art is good, and i think recognizing when artists are doing something new and weird is also good.
here's me losing my shit about fake video games for nearly 2 hours
youtu.be/5hkkCbxoaz0
here's me losing my shit about fake video games for nearly 2 hours
youtu.be/5hkkCbxoaz0
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
i think art is good, and i think recognizing when artists are doing something new and weird is also good.
here's me losing my shit about fake video games for nearly 2 hours
youtu.be/5hkkCbxoaz0
here's me losing my shit about fake video games for nearly 2 hours
youtu.be/5hkkCbxoaz0
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Currently rewatching Attack on Titan with my kid and the amount of self control I must have to not spout "It's Marjorie Titan Green" anytime that titan appears is huge.
Otherwise i would have to explain US politics and weird bigots to my kid and I would rather not.
Otherwise i would have to explain US politics and weird bigots to my kid and I would rather not.
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Currently rewatching Attack on Titan with my kid and the amount of self control I must have to not spout "It's Marjorie Titan Green" anytime that titan appears is huge.
Otherwise i would have to explain US politics and weird bigots to my kid and I would rather not.
Otherwise i would have to explain US politics and weird bigots to my kid and I would rather not.
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This is what happens when A critical piece of infrastructure is maintained by a private cooperation that has Responsibility to the public.
And it only gets worse when that infrastructure is written by people who are not qualified for the job in a moral sense
And it only gets worse when that infrastructure is written by people who are not qualified for the job in a moral sense
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is what happens when A critical piece of infrastructure is maintained by a private cooperation that has Responsibility to the public.
And it only gets worse when that infrastructure is written by people who are not qualified for the job in a moral sense
And it only gets worse when that infrastructure is written by people who are not qualified for the job in a moral sense
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Huh. I wonder which Canadian billionaire it will turn out to be.
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Huh. I wonder which Canadian billionaire it will turn out to be.
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the reason 101 dalmations looks like that is because disney incorporated xerography (ie early photocopying technology) into the animation process. rough pencils (by mostly male animators) were copied onto the cels so that disney could fire the (mostly female) inkers. remember that art can lie to you
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
the reason 101 dalmations looks like that is because disney incorporated xerography (ie early photocopying technology) into the animation process. rough pencils (by mostly male animators) were copied onto the cels so that disney could fire the (mostly female) inkers. remember that art can lie to you
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reagan would have called her a cunt, nixon would have called her a cunt and been secretly recorded saying it, biden would have called her fat, and basically everyone prior to at LEAST the 1920s would have been too baffled by the notion of a prominent woman reporter
i'll give you kennedy maybe
i'll give you kennedy maybe
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
reagan would have called her a cunt, nixon would have called her a cunt and been secretly recorded saying it, biden would have called her fat, and basically everyone prior to at LEAST the 1920s would have been too baffled by the notion of a prominent woman reporter
i'll give you kennedy maybe
i'll give you kennedy maybe
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rip to a legend. the DM cover art is permanently etched into my brain <3
FTL Games artist David R. Darrow passed away in May 2025. He was known to gamers for illustrating the box art for Dungeon Master as well as for FTL's first game Sundog. He also did extensive work for Hollywood films
November 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
rip to a legend. the DM cover art is permanently etched into my brain <3
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If you don't live in France, it's hard to really grasp how deeply islamophobic and racist its institutions still are, to this day. They're happy to let you work for them or to consume your cultural goods, but they don't like it when you're *too* arab.
We were invited to screen Still Playing at Amiens Jail in France as part of the cultural activity
They asked me to take off my Kufiya claming its religious symbol
I explained it’s part of my culture worn by people regardless of their religion
I refused to take it off & the screening was cancelled
They asked me to take off my Kufiya claming its religious symbol
I explained it’s part of my culture worn by people regardless of their religion
I refused to take it off & the screening was cancelled
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you don't live in France, it's hard to really grasp how deeply islamophobic and racist its institutions still are, to this day. They're happy to let you work for them or to consume your cultural goods, but they don't like it when you're *too* arab.
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***New video is out!***
I made the Blue Prince video. It took me 6 months. It's here.
Video here: youtu.be/RYQl5hcipUM
Support me here: patreon.com/pixeladay
Thanks to @electrondance.com for lending his voice and also doing the best writing on puzzle games that the Earth has ever known
I made the Blue Prince video. It took me 6 months. It's here.
Video here: youtu.be/RYQl5hcipUM
Support me here: patreon.com/pixeladay
Thanks to @electrondance.com for lending his voice and also doing the best writing on puzzle games that the Earth has ever known
Blue Prince is the Best (and the Worst) of Exploration Puzzle Games
YouTube video by Pixel a Day
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
***New video is out!***
I made the Blue Prince video. It took me 6 months. It's here.
Video here: youtu.be/RYQl5hcipUM
Support me here: patreon.com/pixeladay
Thanks to @electrondance.com for lending his voice and also doing the best writing on puzzle games that the Earth has ever known
I made the Blue Prince video. It took me 6 months. It's here.
Video here: youtu.be/RYQl5hcipUM
Support me here: patreon.com/pixeladay
Thanks to @electrondance.com for lending his voice and also doing the best writing on puzzle games that the Earth has ever known
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Here's 40 minutes of insight gained from 20 years of highest-difficulty-possible replays, and some lit class analysis where caves are never just caves. It's resisting arbitrary negativity, while asking a big question about Konam crediting the actors. It's beautiful!
nebula.tv/videos/super...
nebula.tv/videos/super...
Super Bunnyhop — Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta is Phenomenal in Black & White, and The World Must Know!
This video is the fruit of resisting arbitrary online negativity, an effort to explore a game's merits on its own terms, while also asking a big question about what Konami is doing with crediting the ...
nebula.tv
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Here's 40 minutes of insight gained from 20 years of highest-difficulty-possible replays, and some lit class analysis where caves are never just caves. It's resisting arbitrary negativity, while asking a big question about Konam crediting the actors. It's beautiful!
nebula.tv/videos/super...
nebula.tv/videos/super...
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
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I'll just leave these here
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'll just leave these here
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did you know: in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, the prince's eyes are blue ingame but green in the prerendered cutscenes, somewhat undermining a dreamy romantic line where farah goes "your eyes...they're green" and the prince goes "are they"
disappointed that game devs are bringing back ps1 and ps2 era graphics without also bringing back fmv cutscenes in wildly different artstyles
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
did you know: in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, the prince's eyes are blue ingame but green in the prerendered cutscenes, somewhat undermining a dreamy romantic line where farah goes "your eyes...they're green" and the prince goes "are they"
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
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Tagging this on here, because holy crap this thread still keeps going! I'm highlighting some upcoming games that might be of interest, and honestly we can all rail against AI in multiple ways, but a great way to do it is highlight and uplift neat games, like all these wonderful looking ones here:
Here, how about some upcoming games?
Kingdoms of the Dump is releasing later today, a game I have been seriously anticipating, an oldschool pixel art RPG. One of the characters is a rat. Art for the bosses is being done by Look Outside dev Frankie Smile Show. Garbage day is nearly here!
Kingdoms of the Dump is releasing later today, a game I have been seriously anticipating, an oldschool pixel art RPG. One of the characters is a rat. Art for the bosses is being done by Look Outside dev Frankie Smile Show. Garbage day is nearly here!
Kingdoms of the Dump on Steam
A SNES styled JRPG set in a fantasy world of garbage, created by two janitors. Join Trash Can Knight, Dustin Binsley, as he fights his way through the Five and a Half Kingdoms of the Dump!
store.steampowered.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Tagging this on here, because holy crap this thread still keeps going! I'm highlighting some upcoming games that might be of interest, and honestly we can all rail against AI in multiple ways, but a great way to do it is highlight and uplift neat games, like all these wonderful looking ones here:
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Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
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Half-Life 3 looks fucking SICK
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Half-Life 3 looks fucking SICK
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THAT IS THE LESSON OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION YOU SICK FREAK
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
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November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
THAT IS THE LESSON OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION YOU SICK FREAK
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How Inkle's Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game, before it was exterminated www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h...
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
How Inkle's Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game, before it was exterminated www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h...
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Ana decided to call out payment processors and their unilateral response was attempting to fuck up her life and that should be bigger news than it is as of now
The full count as of today:
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
Is it really a conspiracy to say Ana is being explicitly flagged by finance bros when she's now been banned (or censored) from Twitch, Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, Ko-Fi, and *PornHub*??
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ana decided to call out payment processors and their unilateral response was attempting to fuck up her life and that should be bigger news than it is as of now