Esther.
@yesitsesther.bsky.social
🇦🇺 Gamedev
Creator of True Love Covers All Bases! 💕
(Baseball game currently taking a break!)
No other active socials, if this can even classify as active.
Creator of True Love Covers All Bases! 💕
(Baseball game currently taking a break!)
No other active socials, if this can even classify as active.
Listened to my games soundtrack for the first time in what feels like at least a year.
Fuck it goes hard.
We’ve made something so fucking good.
I really hope to be able to bring the project back to the world some day soon.
True Love Covers ALL Bases.
Fuck it goes hard.
We’ve made something so fucking good.
I really hope to be able to bring the project back to the world some day soon.
True Love Covers ALL Bases.
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Listened to my games soundtrack for the first time in what feels like at least a year.
Fuck it goes hard.
We’ve made something so fucking good.
I really hope to be able to bring the project back to the world some day soon.
True Love Covers ALL Bases.
Fuck it goes hard.
We’ve made something so fucking good.
I really hope to be able to bring the project back to the world some day soon.
True Love Covers ALL Bases.
The straw has broke this camel’s back when it comes to Microsoft’s handling of Windows.
My new plan is to migrate to Linux at the end of the year ahead of the release of the Steam Machine, which will be a nice upgrade to my existing kit.
My new plan is to migrate to Linux at the end of the year ahead of the release of the Steam Machine, which will be a nice upgrade to my existing kit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The straw has broke this camel’s back when it comes to Microsoft’s handling of Windows.
My new plan is to migrate to Linux at the end of the year ahead of the release of the Steam Machine, which will be a nice upgrade to my existing kit.
My new plan is to migrate to Linux at the end of the year ahead of the release of the Steam Machine, which will be a nice upgrade to my existing kit.
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credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
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We've been making a living so far on Caves of Qud this year; won't last forever, but nothing does, using the time to invest in the future! Wild stuff, totally outside of any imagination I ever had for the financial possibilities for Qud.
June 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
We've been making a living so far on Caves of Qud this year; won't last forever, but nothing does, using the time to invest in the future! Wild stuff, totally outside of any imagination I ever had for the financial possibilities for Qud.
If I was to hype myself this update I would say I’m working on the biggest opportunity of my adult life and I’m very excited about that!
…If I was to be a little more modern pessimist I would just wonder aloud if I’ll ever get back to making games. Probably, but not soon.
Take that how you will!
…If I was to be a little more modern pessimist I would just wonder aloud if I’ll ever get back to making games. Probably, but not soon.
Take that how you will!
May 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
If I was to hype myself this update I would say I’m working on the biggest opportunity of my adult life and I’m very excited about that!
…If I was to be a little more modern pessimist I would just wonder aloud if I’ll ever get back to making games. Probably, but not soon.
Take that how you will!
…If I was to be a little more modern pessimist I would just wonder aloud if I’ll ever get back to making games. Probably, but not soon.
Take that how you will!
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Shaking the bars of my enclosure, foaming at the mouth screaming:
HIRE MORE JUNIORS AND INDUSTRY NEWCOMERS YOU WON'T REGRET IT
HIRE MORE JUNIORS AND INDUSTRY NEWCOMERS YOU WON'T REGRET IT
May 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Shaking the bars of my enclosure, foaming at the mouth screaming:
HIRE MORE JUNIORS AND INDUSTRY NEWCOMERS YOU WON'T REGRET IT
HIRE MORE JUNIORS AND INDUSTRY NEWCOMERS YOU WON'T REGRET IT
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Sinners invites a new bold business idea. What if people want to see movies because they like them and not due to a pavlovian response to being 12 years old once!?
April 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sinners invites a new bold business idea. What if people want to see movies because they like them and not due to a pavlovian response to being 12 years old once!?
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Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
April 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
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Removing a black 4-star general at Secretary of Defense and replacing him with a white talk-show is the perfect example why DEI is essential. It's not about hiring unqualified minorities, it’s about foiling the majority's habit of hooking up under qualified mediocrities of their own caste.
April 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Removing a black 4-star general at Secretary of Defense and replacing him with a white talk-show is the perfect example why DEI is essential. It's not about hiring unqualified minorities, it’s about foiling the majority's habit of hooking up under qualified mediocrities of their own caste.
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Love how DuckDuckGo, a search engine I’ve been using for years to get away from the AI slop has, quite shockingly, added the AI slop.
Yes, it can be disabled but it’s still there and its results are less accurate than Google has been.
Sigh.
Yes, it can be disabled but it’s still there and its results are less accurate than Google has been.
Sigh.
April 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Love how DuckDuckGo, a search engine I’ve been using for years to get away from the AI slop has, quite shockingly, added the AI slop.
Yes, it can be disabled but it’s still there and its results are less accurate than Google has been.
Sigh.
Yes, it can be disabled but it’s still there and its results are less accurate than Google has been.
Sigh.
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Damn that’s even worse than I thought, and I already thought gacha models were super harmful.
This business model needs to be regulated as gambling, full stop
automaton-media.com/en/news/almo...
This business model needs to be regulated as gambling, full stop
automaton-media.com/en/news/almo...
Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST
Results of a survey regarding the spending habits of young gamers in Japan have been revealed - here's how they spend their money on games.
automaton-media.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Damn that’s even worse than I thought, and I already thought gacha models were super harmful.
This business model needs to be regulated as gambling, full stop
automaton-media.com/en/news/almo...
This business model needs to be regulated as gambling, full stop
automaton-media.com/en/news/almo...
I feel if Bungie was to consult on Sony studio Bungie’s new live service game, Bungie would advise Bungie to cancel it.
But Bungie is pretty sure they’ve got the juice with Marathon. Time will tell!
But Bungie is pretty sure they’ve got the juice with Marathon. Time will tell!
April 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I feel if Bungie was to consult on Sony studio Bungie’s new live service game, Bungie would advise Bungie to cancel it.
But Bungie is pretty sure they’ve got the juice with Marathon. Time will tell!
But Bungie is pretty sure they’ve got the juice with Marathon. Time will tell!
I think PS5 prices have gone up for the second time in Australia?
I was only slightly interested before but with this pattern ongoing the 4 will be the last PlayStation I own, it seems.
I was only slightly interested before but with this pattern ongoing the 4 will be the last PlayStation I own, it seems.
Genuinely hate this timeline we are in where console prices go UP years after launch. Like what do you mean patience is no longer rewarded with saving money? Fuck this economy.
April 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I think PS5 prices have gone up for the second time in Australia?
I was only slightly interested before but with this pattern ongoing the 4 will be the last PlayStation I own, it seems.
I was only slightly interested before but with this pattern ongoing the 4 will be the last PlayStation I own, it seems.
Finished Titanfall 2 campaign for the second time ever after beating it at launch.
Yes the game is absolutely as charming as they claim. Yes it deserves video essays for almost every mission, it is a thrilling masterpiece.
Trust me. 🤖
Yes the game is absolutely as charming as they claim. Yes it deserves video essays for almost every mission, it is a thrilling masterpiece.
Trust me. 🤖
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Finished Titanfall 2 campaign for the second time ever after beating it at launch.
Yes the game is absolutely as charming as they claim. Yes it deserves video essays for almost every mission, it is a thrilling masterpiece.
Trust me. 🤖
Yes the game is absolutely as charming as they claim. Yes it deserves video essays for almost every mission, it is a thrilling masterpiece.
Trust me. 🤖
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Surprise! 🥳🔥
At the end of a lonely hallway, the dark door in my mind creeped open… and I can’t wait to show you what came out. 👹😈🚪
Click the linky for updates! ✨
At the end of a lonely hallway, the dark door in my mind creeped open… and I can’t wait to show you what came out. 👹😈🚪
Click the linky for updates! ✨
Introducing: Malys. A hellish new roguelite deckbuilder from David Gaider and Summerfall Studios.
As Noah, former priest turned exorcist and demon hunter, exorcise the infernal and exact vengeance.
We're launching a Kickstarter later in April!
Get updates via bit.ly/kickstartmalys
As Noah, former priest turned exorcist and demon hunter, exorcise the infernal and exact vengeance.
We're launching a Kickstarter later in April!
Get updates via bit.ly/kickstartmalys
April 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Surprise! 🥳🔥
At the end of a lonely hallway, the dark door in my mind creeped open… and I can’t wait to show you what came out. 👹😈🚪
Click the linky for updates! ✨
At the end of a lonely hallway, the dark door in my mind creeped open… and I can’t wait to show you what came out. 👹😈🚪
Click the linky for updates! ✨
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Introducing: Malys. A hellish new roguelite deckbuilder from David Gaider and Summerfall Studios.
As Noah, former priest turned exorcist and demon hunter, exorcise the infernal and exact vengeance.
We're launching a Kickstarter later in April!
Get updates via bit.ly/kickstartmalys
As Noah, former priest turned exorcist and demon hunter, exorcise the infernal and exact vengeance.
We're launching a Kickstarter later in April!
Get updates via bit.ly/kickstartmalys
April 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Introducing: Malys. A hellish new roguelite deckbuilder from David Gaider and Summerfall Studios.
As Noah, former priest turned exorcist and demon hunter, exorcise the infernal and exact vengeance.
We're launching a Kickstarter later in April!
Get updates via bit.ly/kickstartmalys
As Noah, former priest turned exorcist and demon hunter, exorcise the infernal and exact vengeance.
We're launching a Kickstarter later in April!
Get updates via bit.ly/kickstartmalys
We need to have a serious conversation about the engineering choices behind these modern TVs that have a ‘gaming mode’ but it’s not a high refresh rate, no, it’s some kind of frame crunching soupy mess meant to make it more film like.
No gamer wants this.
No gamer wants this.
March 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We need to have a serious conversation about the engineering choices behind these modern TVs that have a ‘gaming mode’ but it’s not a high refresh rate, no, it’s some kind of frame crunching soupy mess meant to make it more film like.
No gamer wants this.
No gamer wants this.
The ‘summarise email’ button in Gmail is really starting to bother me.
Who is getting such extensive emails that they think an ELI5 version is useful? Aren’t most emails like three or four lines?
I dare not click the button in case it makes my email longer!
Who is getting such extensive emails that they think an ELI5 version is useful? Aren’t most emails like three or four lines?
I dare not click the button in case it makes my email longer!
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The ‘summarise email’ button in Gmail is really starting to bother me.
Who is getting such extensive emails that they think an ELI5 version is useful? Aren’t most emails like three or four lines?
I dare not click the button in case it makes my email longer!
Who is getting such extensive emails that they think an ELI5 version is useful? Aren’t most emails like three or four lines?
I dare not click the button in case it makes my email longer!
Mickey 17 was really cool, had a great time with it.
Meanders a little in terms of plot momentum, but the cast clearly had a great time with this movie.
Can Mark Ruffalo PLEASE continue in these sorts of goofy roles? Between this and Poor Things, I am LOVING his work right now.
Meanders a little in terms of plot momentum, but the cast clearly had a great time with this movie.
Can Mark Ruffalo PLEASE continue in these sorts of goofy roles? Between this and Poor Things, I am LOVING his work right now.
March 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Mickey 17 was really cool, had a great time with it.
Meanders a little in terms of plot momentum, but the cast clearly had a great time with this movie.
Can Mark Ruffalo PLEASE continue in these sorts of goofy roles? Between this and Poor Things, I am LOVING his work right now.
Meanders a little in terms of plot momentum, but the cast clearly had a great time with this movie.
Can Mark Ruffalo PLEASE continue in these sorts of goofy roles? Between this and Poor Things, I am LOVING his work right now.
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Thanks for all of the kind words about MinnMax's revealing interview with Ready at Dawn's co-founder. youtu.be/g7t6Wo2IcU8
This is what the backend looks like for an interview that spawned news stories on every major gaming site.
Independent games media only exists by support on Patreon.
This is what the backend looks like for an interview that spawned news stories on every major gaming site.
Independent games media only exists by support on Patreon.
February 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thanks for all of the kind words about MinnMax's revealing interview with Ready at Dawn's co-founder. youtu.be/g7t6Wo2IcU8
This is what the backend looks like for an interview that spawned news stories on every major gaming site.
Independent games media only exists by support on Patreon.
This is what the backend looks like for an interview that spawned news stories on every major gaming site.
Independent games media only exists by support on Patreon.
Cohost will be missed!
hi folks, we've received word that Archive Team has finished their archival of cohost. we will be shutting down the servers and deleting all data sometime tomorrow, January 12. shortly after, cohost.org will begin redirecting to the wayback machine.
thank you, as always, for having used cohost.
thank you, as always, for having used cohost.
January 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Cohost will be missed!
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For very sensitive equipment, we used to dredge up shipwrecks to harvest steel untainted by the nuclear experiments of the 20th century
As generative AI continues to tear the usable internet apart, I'm considering investing in physically published cookbooks from 2020-prior, because it feels like it will be increasingly difficult to find usable recipe resources
January 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For very sensitive equipment, we used to dredge up shipwrecks to harvest steel untainted by the nuclear experiments of the 20th century
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friends, please remember to support your favorite artists in the coming year if you have the means to. sharing their work, commissions, patreon, anything helps; things have been rough for literally every single one of us. i've been seeing artists get burnout in alarming numbers the last six months
December 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM
friends, please remember to support your favorite artists in the coming year if you have the means to. sharing their work, commissions, patreon, anything helps; things have been rough for literally every single one of us. i've been seeing artists get burnout in alarming numbers the last six months