rowan kaiser
@rowan.monster
high-risk, mid-femme
one-time tv and game critic, retired into podcasting with @totalmassacre.bsky.social
current video game consultant
🏳️⚧️ PDX, millennial elder
one-time tv and game critic, retired into podcasting with @totalmassacre.bsky.social
current video game consultant
🏳️⚧️ PDX, millennial elder
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rowan kaiser
@rowan.monster
· Mar 30
it's so weird how the vanguard of fascism is freedom of speech regarding Palestine, trans rights, and immigration, all things that the left has been screaming at the Democrats to take a better stand on and the Dems declined.
got my level checked and clearly I'm succeeding at medical transition
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
got my level checked and clearly I'm succeeding at medical transition
i have a genetic heart condition that has resisted quality-of-life treatment
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
i have a genetic heart condition that has resisted quality-of-life treatment
yall ever sleep for 11 hours and then need to nap the next day
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
yall ever sleep for 11 hours and then need to nap the next day
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this is a nice sentiment but i think yoko taro lost his rights to be cute about this when the nier gacha hid its deepest lore behind optional whale challenges
I don’t know if it only makes sense without the periphery stuff, but Nier has books, stage plays, etc. I once asked Taro about this and how are English fans supposed to keep up and he looked confused and asked “Why would you need to keep up? Who needs all of that?”
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
this is a nice sentiment but i think yoko taro lost his rights to be cute about this when the nier gacha hid its deepest lore behind optional whale challenges
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hardest decision ive ever had to fucking make in this game dude. fuck. shit.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
hardest decision ive ever had to fucking make in this game dude. fuck. shit.
"and a magician" you can't say Joe Abercrombie didn't warn us
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"and a magician" you can't say Joe Abercrombie didn't warn us
MY ECHOCARDIOGRAM TECH: I'm gonna put some pressure on your neck, okay?
ME: that's more than okay, thank you
ME: that's more than okay, thank you
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
MY ECHOCARDIOGRAM TECH: I'm gonna put some pressure on your neck, okay?
ME: that's more than okay, thank you
ME: that's more than okay, thank you
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Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
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just hit me that your average gen Z science fiction nerd is almost certainly WAY more knowledgable about DS9 than BSG
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
just hit me that your average gen Z science fiction nerd is almost certainly WAY more knowledgable about DS9 than BSG
let's talk webisodes,
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
let's talk webisodes,
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the literal beat for beat events of the ending of Final Fantasy XIII are entirely impossible to understand or even speculate on without the context of a lore video released in a 2011 press conference
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
the literal beat for beat events of the ending of Final Fantasy XIII are entirely impossible to understand or even speculate on without the context of a lore video released in a 2011 press conference
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I've got wonderful news, there was a great r/askhistorians post on this a couple days ago! Even answers the club question.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I've got wonderful news, there was a great r/askhistorians post on this a couple days ago! Even answers the club question.
reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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if i posted photos of someone like this my partner would be texting me with a link to the tweet accompanied solely with “?”
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
if i posted photos of someone like this my partner would be texting me with a link to the tweet accompanied solely with “?”
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apparently michael mann is directing the F1 qualifying tonight
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
apparently michael mann is directing the F1 qualifying tonight
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I mean, it's not like the original palantír had any downsides for sanity and good judgment or anything.
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I mean, it's not like the original palantír had any downsides for sanity and good judgment or anything.
having a Magical Content Box available for people who've poisoned their brains with 24/7 politics #content and think that that's meaningful is both inevitable and disastrous
Morgan McSweeney (UK Labour's Dominic Cummings knock-off) is reportedly experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – "essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies" www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...
#govtech #govcomms
#govtech #govcomms
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
having a Magical Content Box available for people who've poisoned their brains with 24/7 politics #content and think that that's meaningful is both inevitable and disastrous
eatin' a chocolate orange.
real heads know
real heads know
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
eatin' a chocolate orange.
real heads know
real heads know
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November 21, 1995
We are now closer to the setting of WipEout (2052) than we are to the release of WipEout (1995).
We are now closer to the setting of WipEout (2052) than we are to the release of WipEout (1995).
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
November 21, 1995
We are now closer to the setting of WipEout (2052) than we are to the release of WipEout (1995).
We are now closer to the setting of WipEout (2052) than we are to the release of WipEout (1995).
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i do believe that mamdani contains a once in a generation amount of "such a nice young man" energy, it's magical to behold
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
i do believe that mamdani contains a once in a generation amount of "such a nice young man" energy, it's magical to behold
trump's kinda cute like this, he should smile more
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
trump's kinda cute like this, he should smile more
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the son he always wanted
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the son he always wanted
another incredible study showing that giving people money stops them from being poor, no matter how counter-intuitive it seems
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 AM
another incredible study showing that giving people money stops them from being poor, no matter how counter-intuitive it seems
oh good, I can't be seeing criminal titties
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OnlyFans Will Start Checking Criminal Records. Creators Say That's a Terrible Idea
OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair announced on LinkedIn that the platform partnered with Checkr to
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
oh good, I can't be seeing criminal titties