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grace

@gracemachine.bsky.social

Writer, critic, co-editor @tier-review.com

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sometimes I think about what a huge success Disco Elysium was, in part just by virtue of being a straight-forward crpg. Bioware has always had enough talent to crank out games of that size and shape every two years. Instead, we got endless reams of failed massive games for the last decade plus.

the perniciousness of rape and abuse is always horrifying and i hope anyone affected with recent news, close or far, is taking care.

a little bit disturbed that people seem very eager to talk "solutions" (generously) or to pursue their bag (cynically). The weight of this stuff is heavy and we can't carry it if we don't feel it.

:) i love rain world so much... insane that i've gotten to work on two book length projects.

Lost In Cult@lostincult.co.uk

Written by @gracemachine.bsky.social, Rain World: Design Works covers everything from the game's earliest builds right through to its post-launch support and modding communities. www.lostincult.co.uk/rainworld

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Really need help making ends meet, would really appreciate the assistance

rose@bluestrose.bsky.social

Low on funds at the moment, would greatly appreciate the help www.paypal.com/paypalme/blu...

For obvious reasons, I haven't talked much about it on here, but my father died suddenly while cycling. Grateful to @sltrib.com for letting me eulogize him and write about the absolute moral necessity of making roads safer for pedestrians and bikers.

sltrib.comVoices: Deaths like my father’s are not anomalies. They are the bloody cost of our car-obsessed world.“We can, we must, take action now, before some new senseless death proves the need for change all over again,” Grace Benfell writes in an op-ed.

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one of the really insidious and nasty ways gamergate shaped public discourse is how someone being rude in your mentions is equated with targeted harassment.

Frankly pleased to be among these writers and happy, despite it all, that Bulletpoints is still out here fragging.

Bullet Points@bpmonthly.bsky.social

Bullet Points Monthly started 10 years ago. To mark a decade of the site, our editors--Yussef Cole, Reid McCarter, Astrid Anne Rose, and Ed Smith--looked at the state of the shooter. We also got nine contributors to do the same. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/08/19/s...

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Steven picked out a bunch of Classic Articles from the archive that are well worth a look imo

Steven Santana@number8axel.bsky.social

A very happy celebration of 10 years of Bullet Points! I came in somewhere near the beginning. I'm a card carrying member since at least June 2018 according to Patreon. I'm fairly certain my introduction was someone I respected sharing an article and I quickly becoming hooked.

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It's also been to examine games in ways that they perhaps would not be examined otherwise. If you think either of those are worthwhile, you can subscribe, and maybe help us keep going for another ten years, here: www.patreon.com/c/bulletpoin...

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Ed Smith@edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social

Ten years of Bullet Points. Not to get grandiose. But the goal has always been to give writers a platform - and a fair fee - to say what they want precisely how they want to say it...

one of the threads about the Wilson-course that has especially rankled me in the suggestion that she should be grateful for how Nolan raised her profile.

amr is the best possible person you could have writing on this I think.

amr al-aaser@siegarettes.bsky.social

ok, throwing this out there, but if anyone needs a freelancer to review Marvel Tokon I'd love to give it a shot I've wrote a couple of different essays on fighting games, and also ran a podcast about fighting games and what we love about them: www.abnormalmapping.com/handtohand

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ok, throwing this out there, but if anyone needs a freelancer to review Marvel Tokon I'd love to give it a shot I've wrote a couple of different essays on fighting games, and also ran a podcast about fighting games and what we love about them: www.abnormalmapping.com/handtohand

abnormalmapping.comHand to Hand, Heart to Heart!Go beyond the battle with Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart!, a podcast where we take a look at fighting games as complete works of art, and appreciate the beautiful communication they enable. Join hosts ...

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Here is a little piece I wrote for a local film zine called "Fear The Double" about Twin Peaks, Us, and class consciousness.

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Happening now in Chicago: community members and activists are in the La Villita/Little Village neighborhood to demonstrate against continued ICE violence in across the country. In just the last two weeks, ICE agents have killed 2 men. A 3rd died running from agents, and a 4th died in ICE custody.