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Braydon Beaulieu
@ludoclast.bsky.social
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Writer. Team Lead Narrative Designer at Ubisoft Toronto. Instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University. PhD in English from the University of Calgary. Bad at everything else. 🍕 he/him
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Today marks seven sensational years at @ubisoft.com Toronto. Since joining, I have shipped great games, made marvelous friends, and learned so much about this artistic medium that I love. Here's to seven more... or more! 🎉🥂👾
A 7th "Ubiversary" banner image.
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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What’s your favourite I Think You Should Leave episode?
A man dressed in a hot dog costume, mid-conversation, standing in a suit boutique surrounded by upset patrons and employees. A man, pretending not to be choking on some food, cocking his fist at his friend in a threatening manner for suggesting that he seek medical attention for choking on some food. A woman in an office making too many jokes about Santa Claus delivering a photocopier early. Two guitarists in a recording studio. One seems bemused and angry because the other one keeps interjecting to sing loudly and passionately about “the night that the skeletons came to life.”
June 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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08. Got a new tattoo, by @liviatsang.bsky.social!

(Flowers are all flora native to my hometown in Essex: New England Aster, Ohio spiderwort, purple coneflower, lanceleaf coreopsis, and great blue lobelia.)
April 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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I’m on a 69-day learning streak in Duolingo!
February 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Me after being in Silent Hill for 5 minutes
A cartoon GIF of Stevie from Family Guy rocking back and forth, completely traumatized.
January 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Me after being in Silent Hill for one minute
A GIF of a man with a moustache and mullet saying, “What the FUCK?!”
January 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Some artworks that brought me joy in 2024
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS
The immersive-rarity Pikachu “ex” card from Pokémon TCG Pocket. Art by Ryota Murayama. Pikachu poses atop a log in a vibrant forest, while several Butterfree fly in the background.
November 22, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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Reread: ANNIHILATION by Jeff VanderMeer

Utterly alien, emotionally resonant, lyrical yet precise.
Book cover for ANNIHILATION (Book 1 of the Southern Reach Trilogy) by Jeff VanderMeer. A mutating flower reaches for a dragonfly.
November 8, 2024 at 2:34 AM
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Hey, new blues!

I’m Braydon (he/him), and I write stuff. I currently work at Ubisoft Toronto as a Team Lead Narrative Designer, and I teach games courses at Toronto Metropolitan University. I like pizza, bees, and non-Euclidean spaces.
October 18, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #314,651!
September 18, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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June 28, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Sometimes Marvel Snap is good
A screenshot from Marvel Snap. At the left location (Washington D.C.), the opponent has Domino, Wave, and Magneto, and I have four Sentinels. I win the left 28 to 20. At the centre location (Sinister London), the opponent has Wave, Magneto, Blink, and She-Hulk, and I have Cerebro and three Sentinels. The opponent wins the centre 34 to 21. At the right location (District X), the opponent has Leech and Blink, and I have Cerebro and two Sentinels. I win the right 14 to 12. I win the game, and give my opponent a fist bump emote.
May 31, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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Azazel passed away suddenly last night. He was all the things I try to be: caring, comical, communicative, courageous, and curious. He was my best friend for 11 years. I love him and I already miss him so much. My heart feels sundered.
Azazel on Adoption Day (3 June 2013). Azazel laying on the couch. Azazel admiring his handiwork on a scratching post. Azazel comfy in bed.
February 15, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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Helldivers II is exceeding my expectations and then some. This might end up being my new main ongoing game if I can convince enough friends to play it with me!
February 11, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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I soloed the final boss of a level-four Coil because these two dip-asses kept dying, and they didn't even give me commendations. Just ran past me, grabbed their loot, and left. Truly maidenless behaviour.
January 7, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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Dropping this here for my skeeps. Bleeps? Whatever
A tweet by @JTSOR, responding to @whinybrattt, which reads, “If you sign up [for JSTOR] with a personal email, you’ll be able to access up to 100 free articles per month 👀”.
December 6, 2023 at 7:12 PM
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Four of my favourite RPGs
Pokémon SoulSilver Version Bloodborne The Banner Saga 2 Fire Emblem Awakening
November 29, 2023 at 3:28 AM
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Finished reading John Langan’s THE FISHERMAN — a captivating journey through grief, storytelling, and eldritch horrors. 🎣
Cover art for John Langan’s novel THE FISHERMAN.
November 14, 2023 at 4:03 AM
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Bernie Sanders meme where he’s saying, “I am once again asking for 2023 book recommendations”
November 11, 2023 at 11:56 PM
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“I can has cheezburger?” cat meme but it says, “I can has engine functionality?” instead.
November 3, 2023 at 2:37 AM
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I saw an opportunity and I took it
A post-match screenshot from Marvel Snap. The left location is Valley of the Hand, with 4 Sentinels on LUDOCLAST’s side, and with Patriot, Iron Man, Mystique, and Blue Marvel on the opposing side. The opponent wins the left 28 to 12. The middle location is Limbo, with Magik and 3 Sentinels on LUDOCLAST’s side, and with Shocker, Brood, and 2 Broodlings on the opposing side. The opponent wins the middle 19 to 11. The right location is Sinister London, with 4 Sentinels on LUDOCLAST’s side, and with Brood, 2 Broodlings, and Iron Man on the opposing side. The opponent wins the right 28 to 12. The opponent wins the game. LUDOCLAST uses a fist bump emote.
October 1, 2023 at 2:15 AM
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Props to this player — this was one of the smartest/luckiest ways someone has beat my Cerebro-3 deck! (They Vipered their Legion to my side, whom Luke Cage then reset to 7 Power, and who then absorbed my Cerebro and Mystique’s power-ups so I could only win that location.)
A post-match screenshot from Marvel Snap. The left location is Sakaar, with Invisible Woman, Hobgoblin, Cerebro, and Mystique on LUDOCLAST’s side, and Debrii on the opponent’s side. The opponent wins the left 3 to -5. The middle location is also Sakaar, with two Luke Cages, Shadow King, and a Rock on LUDOCLAST’s side, and Sentry and a Rock on the opponent’s side. The opponent wins the middle 10 to 7. The right location is *also* Sakaar, with Green Goblin, Valkyrie, Crystal, and Legion on LUDOCLAST’s side, and The Void, Viper, and a Rock on the opponent’s side. LUDOCLAST wins the right 20 to -7. The opponent wins the game. The opponent uses a fist bump sticker. (Don’t worry, I dropped a bump before the screenshot.)
September 27, 2023 at 3:53 AM
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The art of Ayami Kojima 🤩
Artwork by Ayami Kojima. A pale man with white hair holds a silver sword in one hand, blade pointing downward. In the background, winged beasts fly, and behind them, the silhouette of a massive castle. Artwork by Ayami Kojima. A horned woman in a blue dress brandishes an ornate sword, with grey-haired man in the background. They both have blood on them, and are framed by floral patterns in blue, red, and white. Artwork by Ayami Kojima. A pale, red-haired man in black vestments wields a flintlock, framed by supernatural creatures, flowers, and innards. Artwork by Ayami Kojima. A pale woman with black hair, four arms, and two tentacles rests on a pile of skulls, framed by flowers.
September 25, 2023 at 3:01 PM
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Xenomorph Brain Fluid shot from Storm Crow Manor in Toronto. Creme de cacao, Blue Curaçao, grenadine, Baileys.
Photo of a hand holding a shot glass with a layered alcoholic drink.
September 7, 2023 at 1:07 AM