Axel حسن Taiari
@shevek.bsky.social
Writer. ZA/UM.
Other: weird fiction, narrative design, Neurocracy, gamedev, game studies, OSINT. (They/them)
Other: weird fiction, narrative design, Neurocracy, gamedev, game studies, OSINT. (They/them)
bandwidth status: just enough to watch a couple Columbo episodes a night
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
bandwidth status: just enough to watch a couple Columbo episodes a night
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"Get his ass” Is so unreasonably funny to me. A huge win for the English language. Today's version of "seize him" imo
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"Get his ass” Is so unreasonably funny to me. A huge win for the English language. Today's version of "seize him" imo
unconditional support to the workers at R*, organizers, and IWGB folks
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
unconditional support to the workers at R*, organizers, and IWGB folks
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My favorite games event of the year, every year, and it's not even close.
ADVENTURERS!
Roguelike Celebration 2025 is this coming weekend, and our Steam sale is live:
store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...
We also have a beautiful new shirt design from @shing.bsky.social and previous years are available as well:
www.redbubble.com/people/Rogue...
So exciting! 🤩
Roguelike Celebration 2025 is this coming weekend, and our Steam sale is live:
store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...
We also have a beautiful new shirt design from @shing.bsky.social and previous years are available as well:
www.redbubble.com/people/Rogue...
So exciting! 🤩
Roguelike Celebration 2025
a community-generated weekend of talks, games, and conversations about roguelikes and related topics
store.steampowered.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
My favorite games event of the year, every year, and it's not even close.
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How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?
Chiitan forever
Chiitan forever
Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
October 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?
Chiitan forever
Chiitan forever
insomnia is some bullshit. isn't my sleep debt bad enough? what if i go into sleep default. is the sandman working on a repossession scheme
October 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
insomnia is some bullshit. isn't my sleep debt bad enough? what if i go into sleep default. is the sandman working on a repossession scheme
The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.
First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...
First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...
Workers at ZA/UM Announce Landmark Recognition Agreement - IWGB Game Workers
Video game developers at ZA/UM Studio, represented by the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) have today announced their formation of a union at their workplace. After a negotiation proc...
www.gameworkers.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.
First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...
First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...
[watching FLCL for the first time] damn Deleuze & Guattari would have loved this shit
September 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
[watching FLCL for the first time] damn Deleuze & Guattari would have loved this shit
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Heidi is a wonderful person who has endured the unspeakable over the last few years. Please donate and/or spread this around as you’re able, and let’s help our colleague.
My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.
Donate to Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story, organized by Heidi McDonald
I was a game writer at the height of my career - author, freq… Heidi McDonald needs your support for Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story
gofund.me
September 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Heidi is a wonderful person who has endured the unspeakable over the last few years. Please donate and/or spread this around as you’re able, and let’s help our colleague.
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You actually want to deploy *her*?
September 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
You actually want to deploy *her*?
King's Field update: first boss (?) down. love to try and circle strafe with a character that moves with the grace of a drunk tank
September 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
King's Field update: first boss (?) down. love to try and circle strafe with a character that moves with the grace of a drunk tank
doing super great. hanging out with my pal the secret passage murder skeleton who definitely did not destroy me on sight
September 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
doing super great. hanging out with my pal the secret passage murder skeleton who definitely did not destroy me on sight
out here playing King's Field for the first time and having a great* time
*miserable
*miserable
September 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
out here playing King's Field for the first time and having a great* time
*miserable
*miserable
despite the jankiness, it's hard to hate DxM: Titanic Scion when it lets you do dumb shit like this
September 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
despite the jankiness, it's hard to hate DxM: Titanic Scion when it lets you do dumb shit like this
don't know why terms like "demonic leftist(s)" suddenly gained traction among reactionary crybabies but lemme just say being called demonic feels fucking great
September 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
don't know why terms like "demonic leftist(s)" suddenly gained traction among reactionary crybabies but lemme just say being called demonic feels fucking great
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Remember that even until the 1980s, many general interest magazines had a fiction feature, and a few hung on until the 2000s. (I published a couple of short stories in a men's magazine called Razor--for 300,000 readers and $1850 in today's money.)
Now criticism is gone, but so too are magazines.
Now criticism is gone, but so too are magazines.
Do reviews draw readers? Boost subscriptions? Sell ads? And if the answer is ‘no,’ what then? Charlotte Klein explores the precarious state of cultural criticism.
Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism?
Do reviews draw readers? Boost subscriptions? Sell ads? And if the answer is ‘no,’ what then? Charlotte Klein explores the precarious state of cultural criticism.
nymag.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Remember that even until the 1980s, many general interest magazines had a fiction feature, and a few hung on until the 2000s. (I published a couple of short stories in a men's magazine called Razor--for 300,000 readers and $1850 in today's money.)
Now criticism is gone, but so too are magazines.
Now criticism is gone, but so too are magazines.
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Been thinking about this all week; but really this just brings a bunch of stuff bubbling up that I've been sitting on for way longer. On the death of criticism:
noescapevg.com/games-critic...
noescapevg.com/games-critic...
Games Criticism is Dead; Long Live Games Criticism
A response to Grace Benfell’s Endless Mode piece, “Silksong Hastens the Death of the Critic” Last week the long-awaited sequel to Team Cherry’s hit search-action game Hollow…
noescapevg.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Been thinking about this all week; but really this just brings a bunch of stuff bubbling up that I've been sitting on for way longer. On the death of criticism:
noescapevg.com/games-critic...
noescapevg.com/games-critic...
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Working with Emma over the past 2 years has been a pleasure. She’s extremely good at voice and character work, and I hope she snags a role that lets these strengths of hers flourish. I wholeheartedly recommend her for anything.
Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
Portfolio
emmkid.info
September 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Working with Emma over the past 2 years has been a pleasure. She’s extremely good at voice and character work, and I hope she snags a role that lets these strengths of hers flourish. I wholeheartedly recommend her for anything.
one of the most shameful takes I've seen in a while
September 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the most shameful takes I've seen in a while
u know what time it is
August 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
u know what time it is
lord I have seen what you've done for others
August 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
lord I have seen what you've done for others
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as though they deemed our ship some drifting, uninhabited craft; a thing appointed to desolation
August 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
as though they deemed our ship some drifting, uninhabited craft; a thing appointed to desolation