Nadia Oxford
@nadiaoxford.bsky.social
Co-host of the Axe of the Blood God RPG podcast! Also writes words for vibeo gaems, boox, and other stuffs. (She/Her)
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Nadia Oxford
@nadiaoxford.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Meowdy. I am Nadia Oxford, a 44-year-old writer/podcaster who's been slumming around games writing since 2004. I'm 100% independent and trying my best.
I preserve some of my old game-related writing on my Patreon, like this 2012 cover story for 1UP about Solaris!
www.patreon.com/posts/it-cam...
I preserve some of my old game-related writing on my Patreon, like this 2012 cover story for 1UP about Solaris!
www.patreon.com/posts/it-cam...
I agree. It’s a fun and clever romp.
This Way Madness Lies is a great game and barely anybody bought it. It should be played by more people. If everybody here on @bsky.app banded together and bought a Steam copy and played it, well, that'd be a miracle and I would be forever grateful.
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I agree. It’s a fun and clever romp.
Man, just had a great 10 min conversation with my gastroenterologist about how AI is fucking up the medical field hardcore and he hates it. Sometimes you luck out with the health care system.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Man, just had a great 10 min conversation with my gastroenterologist about how AI is fucking up the medical field hardcore and he hates it. Sometimes you luck out with the health care system.
My writing improves exponentially when I'm high but the trade off is I can't lay off the semicolon for some fucking reason.
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
My writing improves exponentially when I'm high but the trade off is I can't lay off the semicolon for some fucking reason.
🐂🍔🥩🍖!!!!
it's BEEF WEEK on Axe of the Blood God, as we're doing a new Class Conscious on Warriors, Berserkers, Barbarians, and all the beefiest buffsters you can think of!
and we need a guest!
do you love gettin' rowdy? do you love the beefy bunch? would you fall to 1 hp to do 9999 damage? be our guest!
and we need a guest!
do you love gettin' rowdy? do you love the beefy bunch? would you fall to 1 hp to do 9999 damage? be our guest!
a picture of a demon with the word holy on the bottom
ALT: a picture of a demon with the word holy on the bottom
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November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🐂🍔🥩🍖!!!!
I saw this when it first aired. I didn’t know what to think: The show had never once ended without serving a parting laugh.
It’s a shame syndications will ruin the scene by scrunching the credits into a corner while someone yells “SQUIRREL SHITS IN MAN’S MOUTH, TUNE INTO NEWS AT 11! FOLLOWED By—“
It’s a shame syndications will ruin the scene by scrunching the credits into a corner while someone yells “SQUIRREL SHITS IN MAN’S MOUTH, TUNE INTO NEWS AT 11! FOLLOWED By—“
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I saw this when it first aired. I didn’t know what to think: The show had never once ended without serving a parting laugh.
It’s a shame syndications will ruin the scene by scrunching the credits into a corner while someone yells “SQUIRREL SHITS IN MAN’S MOUTH, TUNE INTO NEWS AT 11! FOLLOWED By—“
It’s a shame syndications will ruin the scene by scrunching the credits into a corner while someone yells “SQUIRREL SHITS IN MAN’S MOUTH, TUNE INTO NEWS AT 11! FOLLOWED By—“
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I’m not saying we should age-gate the Protomen’s music, I’m just saying children should listen with heavy stoner supervision until the schools start teaching “Tommy” as God intended.
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’m not saying we should age-gate the Protomen’s music, I’m just saying children should listen with heavy stoner supervision until the schools start teaching “Tommy” as God intended.
Thank you, O Lord, for giving me what I need in life before I even know I need it.
Picross S Capcom Classics Edition & SNK CLASSICS & NEOGEO edition announced for Switch (out Nov 27)
Capcom www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y7u...
SNK www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD4h...
Capcom www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y7u...
SNK www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD4h...
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thank you, O Lord, for giving me what I need in life before I even know I need it.
Steam doesn't get enough credit as the only storefront that's useful to game journos and writers. There's your game summary, your updates, your videos, your developer information, and your image gallery with high-res .jpgs.
Not WEBP. Not AVIF, whatever the fuck that is. Just .jpgs.
Not WEBP. Not AVIF, whatever the fuck that is. Just .jpgs.
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Steam doesn't get enough credit as the only storefront that's useful to game journos and writers. There's your game summary, your updates, your videos, your developer information, and your image gallery with high-res .jpgs.
Not WEBP. Not AVIF, whatever the fuck that is. Just .jpgs.
Not WEBP. Not AVIF, whatever the fuck that is. Just .jpgs.
Do you like card RPGs? Then you're gonna want to listen to our latest episode of Axe of the Blood God. 🃏
In what I'm retroactively calling "Part 1" we discuss the origins of cards themselves, the roleplay that comes from improvising with the hand you're dealt, and why we love Card-Based Deck-Building RPGs!
You can't hold'em OR fold'em; because they're digital!
AD-FREE: www.patreon.com/posts/card-b...
You can't hold'em OR fold'em; because they're digital!
AD-FREE: www.patreon.com/posts/card-b...
Card-Based RPGs - PART 1: History and Appeal | Axe of the Blood God
Get more from Axe of the Blood God on Patreon
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November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Do you like card RPGs? Then you're gonna want to listen to our latest episode of Axe of the Blood God. 🃏
I’m a lucid dreamer, so sometimes I can change a dream if I don’t like where it’s going and I catch it in time.
Last night I started to dream about someone in a fast food uniform telling me “Nadia, you said you’d take my shift today,” and I said “Bitch no I didn’t” before waking myself up. 👍
Last night I started to dream about someone in a fast food uniform telling me “Nadia, you said you’d take my shift today,” and I said “Bitch no I didn’t” before waking myself up. 👍
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m a lucid dreamer, so sometimes I can change a dream if I don’t like where it’s going and I catch it in time.
Last night I started to dream about someone in a fast food uniform telling me “Nadia, you said you’d take my shift today,” and I said “Bitch no I didn’t” before waking myself up. 👍
Last night I started to dream about someone in a fast food uniform telling me “Nadia, you said you’d take my shift today,” and I said “Bitch no I didn’t” before waking myself up. 👍
Woke up thinking I’d get an early start to the day AND YET
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Woke up thinking I’d get an early start to the day AND YET
You look at this cover art by @letitmelo.bsky.social and tell me there isn’t a God. #protomen
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
You look at this cover art by @letitmelo.bsky.social and tell me there isn’t a God. #protomen
Rebecca ported the adventure game Out of This World / Another World to the SNES. It plays at half the speed of the original, but she made that slow, plodding pace serve the game’s wordless mysteries.
The SNES OOTW also has an understated soundtrack. RIP to a legend.
youtu.be/42TupUcpxPw?...
The SNES OOTW also has an understated soundtrack. RIP to a legend.
youtu.be/42TupUcpxPw?...
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Rebecca ported the adventure game Out of This World / Another World to the SNES. It plays at half the speed of the original, but she made that slow, plodding pace serve the game’s wordless mysteries.
The SNES OOTW also has an understated soundtrack. RIP to a legend.
youtu.be/42TupUcpxPw?...
The SNES OOTW also has an understated soundtrack. RIP to a legend.
youtu.be/42TupUcpxPw?...
HOPE
RIDES
YOUR MOM
RIDES
YOUR MOM
One week early for our Patreon subscribers: @nadiaoxford.bsky.social @atariarchive.org & @hokutolucas.bsky.social sing the praises of The Protomen
Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/143742...
Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/143742...
a man wearing a motorcycle helmet is singing into a microphone and giving a middle finger
Alt: A member of the Protomen on stage wearing a helmet (other band members are masked in the background)
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November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
HOPE
RIDES
YOUR MOM
RIDES
YOUR MOM
COOL ECONOMY FACT FOR RAD KIDS:
-Other English-speaking economies outside of the United States have their own dollar!
-Other English-speaking economies outside of the United States have their own dollar!
Need to bitch once more about Nintendo prices because why has it GONE UP??? This game is 8 years old!!!!
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
COOL ECONOMY FACT FOR RAD KIDS:
-Other English-speaking economies outside of the United States have their own dollar!
-Other English-speaking economies outside of the United States have their own dollar!
“—yeah we used to hang out but then he got this AI girlfriend and kept telling me she was the one sending thousands of tissue boxes. I had to call the cops.”
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“—yeah we used to hang out but then he got this AI girlfriend and kept telling me she was the one sending thousands of tissue boxes. I had to call the cops.”
Reposted by Nadia Oxford
So I think a reason why Metroid usually ends up a mess writing-wise is because nobody really knows who Samus IS -- myself included.
I recently re-posted and added to an article I wrote for USG. There are many versions of Samus, and this interpretation is my fav.
www.patreon.com/posts/135186...
I recently re-posted and added to an article I wrote for USG. There are many versions of Samus, and this interpretation is my fav.
www.patreon.com/posts/135186...
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So I think a reason why Metroid usually ends up a mess writing-wise is because nobody really knows who Samus IS -- myself included.
I recently re-posted and added to an article I wrote for USG. There are many versions of Samus, and this interpretation is my fav.
www.patreon.com/posts/135186...
I recently re-posted and added to an article I wrote for USG. There are many versions of Samus, and this interpretation is my fav.
www.patreon.com/posts/135186...
[Cooking while pleasantly high]
[Takes a swig of the red wine that’s meant for the stew]
“Woo! I am DEFINITELY not afraid of the fucking cops right now!”
[Takes a swig of the red wine that’s meant for the stew]
“Woo! I am DEFINITELY not afraid of the fucking cops right now!”
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
[Cooking while pleasantly high]
[Takes a swig of the red wine that’s meant for the stew]
“Woo! I am DEFINITELY not afraid of the fucking cops right now!”
[Takes a swig of the red wine that’s meant for the stew]
“Woo! I am DEFINITELY not afraid of the fucking cops right now!”
I love randomly finding game musicians’ retro inspirations.
Koji Kondo, in this case.
youtu.be/gQK9k42ongU
Koji Kondo, in this case.
youtu.be/gQK9k42ongU
George Baker Selection - Una paloma blanca
YouTube video by Stephan Konings
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I love randomly finding game musicians’ retro inspirations.
Koji Kondo, in this case.
youtu.be/gQK9k42ongU
Koji Kondo, in this case.
youtu.be/gQK9k42ongU
ME: “Hello I’d like one (1) bottle of Tylenol with codeine.”
PHARMACIST: “What do you need them for?”
ME: “Fibromyalgia, on the recommendation of my pain specialist.”
PHARMACIST: [Launches into the usual lecture about liver disease and codeine addiction]
ME:
PHARMACIST: “What do you need them for?”
ME: “Fibromyalgia, on the recommendation of my pain specialist.”
PHARMACIST: [Launches into the usual lecture about liver disease and codeine addiction]
ME:
a blurry picture of a cat 's face and fur
Alt: A gif of the Wise Old Tree.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
ME: “Hello I’d like one (1) bottle of Tylenol with codeine.”
PHARMACIST: “What do you need them for?”
ME: “Fibromyalgia, on the recommendation of my pain specialist.”
PHARMACIST: [Launches into the usual lecture about liver disease and codeine addiction]
ME:
PHARMACIST: “What do you need them for?”
ME: “Fibromyalgia, on the recommendation of my pain specialist.”
PHARMACIST: [Launches into the usual lecture about liver disease and codeine addiction]
ME:
I might've done a Retronauts about a thing. I dunno. Guess we'll have to see.
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I might've done a Retronauts about a thing. I dunno. Guess we'll have to see.
So I think a reason why Metroid usually ends up a mess writing-wise is because nobody really knows who Samus IS -- myself included.
I recently re-posted and added to an article I wrote for USG. There are many versions of Samus, and this interpretation is my fav.
www.patreon.com/posts/135186...
I recently re-posted and added to an article I wrote for USG. There are many versions of Samus, and this interpretation is my fav.
www.patreon.com/posts/135186...
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So I think a reason why Metroid usually ends up a mess writing-wise is because nobody really knows who Samus IS -- myself included.
I recently re-posted and added to an article I wrote for USG. There are many versions of Samus, and this interpretation is my fav.
www.patreon.com/posts/135186...
I recently re-posted and added to an article I wrote for USG. There are many versions of Samus, and this interpretation is my fav.
www.patreon.com/posts/135186...
HOPE
RIDES
AGAIN!
RIDES
AGAIN!
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
HOPE
RIDES
AGAIN!
RIDES
AGAIN!