My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it.
Anna Winterstein
@awstein.bsky.social
Game Designer & Writer - Burnt-out raccoon ☕ Coffee Talk 2 & Tokyo 🎮 Ex-Lively Studio 🖋️ Words in LITG, F1 Manager, Anchored Hearts, BCS Mag 🥖 Baguette in Porridgeland Trans rights are human rights, I can't believe that needs to be said. awstein.com
my belief is that at the end of the day, great games are made by groups of people who have high trust with each other & can fluidly execute a shared vision. which is a small part of why these layoffs are so devastating- it's not just about jobs, it's about these "trust structures" being torn apart.
Such a lovely review of Coffee Talk Tokyo... It's a joy to see people (this reviewer, others, players) engaging with the game and connecting with the story. What weird and beautiful magic, when you release something into the world and people... get it? www.gamezebo.com/reviews/coff...
Coffee Talk Tokyo Review: Romanticism In The Connections We Honour
My Coffee Talk Tokyo Review comes from the heart, in that I deep-dive into the romanticism of the games theme, and how it moved me.
gamezebo.com
Such a lovely review of Coffee Talk Tokyo... It's a joy to see people (this reviewer, others, players) engaging with the game and connecting with the story. What weird and beautiful magic, when you release something into the world and people... get it? www.gamezebo.com/reviews/coff...
Coffee Talk Tokyo Review: Romanticism In The Connections We Honour
My Coffee Talk Tokyo Review comes from the heart, in that I deep-dive into the romanticism of the games theme, and how it moved me.
gamezebo.com
Hey hey, did you know @coffeetalkgame.bsky.social is out now? Bestie @awstein.bsky.social did a fantastic job on the characters and dialogue, which is fun and snappy. I have a huge crush on Vin, of course. It's so affordable, check it out. store.steampowered.com/app/3161220/...
Save 10% on Coffee Talk Tokyo on Steam
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
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Ahead of its launch, we had a chance to chat with Coffee Talk Tokyo @coffeetalkgame.bsky.social lead writer Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social about the narrative, the Tokyo setting, learnings from Episode 2, potential DLC, and more: www.nintendo-insider.com/coffee-talk-...
Just out of two chill and cosy days at #AdventureX, and as much as the industry can sometimes be a chaotic, difficult place, the community is second to none. There is hope yet, and it lies with the people earnestly using their voices to create games and share their stories, despite everything.
Just out of two chill and cosy days at #AdventureX, and as much as the industry can sometimes be a chaotic, difficult place, the community is second to none. There is hope yet, and it lies with the people earnestly using their voices to create games and share their stories, despite everything.
Going through my grandmother's documents, and I found this Japanese movie magazine from the 60s that has her on the cover (amongst family pictures, some of them as old as the 1920s...) My little former-historian soul is kind of blown away.
“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
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True message of hope here from old-timey ads (taken at the 1938 tube carriage revival)
Good people of BookSky, I come begging for reading recs. Let's say someone is by the sea, determined to do nothing except be lazy on the beach, and is looking for a novel that's very Good and Well-Written, but also generally sunny and happy and a page-turner. Anything comes to mind?
Of a mind to save it and send it over every time I come across someone who needs to read it...
Alexandra Lanes@ajlanes.bsky.social · 11mo agoThis, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
*breathe in* I am not a dumpster fire. *breathe out* I am a dumpster phoenix.
Crafty weekend- embroidered a little guy on some jeans
Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.
And this is why hereditary privilege should not be a thing - certainly not monarchy, but also not inherited wealth. A 100% inheritance tax looking better by the minute...
Elizabeth May/Katrina Kendrick@elizabethmay.bsky.social · 12mo agoMe five minutes ago: I'm not going to read the Prince Andrew biography, so I'll just read this article about it Me after reading these two paragraphs: LMAO GOOD GOD
She loves being on this cushion, despite it being very far from any hiding place or her pen 😅 Display rabbit
Anne Stickney@shadesogrey.bsky.social · 12mo agoNo cheating, post the last pic of your pet. She got a new post
You guys, I believe this will be on the iPlayer eventually, and if you have even a passing interest in classical music, you should give it a watch. An absolutely epic rendition of a gorgeous work!
BBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial)@bbcradio3bot.bsky.social · 12mo agoBBC Radio 3 BBC Proms 2025 Now Playing Gustav Mahler, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Klaus Mäkelä Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor
Guys guys! After literal months, the books, they are all in the shelves 😍📚 And they all fit! (We don't ask how, we just give praise to the bookshelf gods. We also don't ask about the remaining pockets of mess.)
Anna Winterstein@awstein.bsky.social · last yr.Trying to organise books on the shelves. Do we have a book problem? Maybe. I don't know. Why do you ask? There's no need to attack me like this.
This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.
punkitt ‼️🧣@punkitt.bsky.social · 12mo agomucho texto i know but i wanted to write a lil thing about how u can treat yourself nice!!
www.reddit.com/r/transgende... Guess what? The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions. Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her? Read her own account here.
From the transgenderUK community on Reddit
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This one isn't strictly a sketch - it took me a fair bit longer than 1h - but yay, colours! Another drawme subreddit prompt that turned out really fun. There is a person out there who legit attached this number of balloons to her hair...
I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped. You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.