Alice

@alicewhitmore.bsky.social

She/her. Software developer. All views expressed are my own. Probably lurking anyway.

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

A model of the first level from Mario 64.A model of a snowy level from Mario 64.

OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there. If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it. Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.

The topic of the first playable female protagonist isn't as cut-and-dried as folks might like to think. There are many flavors of first, which trips people up. Who was the first on arcade, computer, home console? In the US, Japan, Europe? I'll try to unravel it for you here in a thread. 🧵

Samus Aran isn't the first playable female protagonist. She isn't even Nintendo's first.

Feeling like I have to make my first post / skeet eventually so finally getting around to it! #promosky To help tailor the algorithm Musicals Fallout Pokémon Until Dawn Art / Crafting BioShock Retro Video Games Vintage Fashion Coaster / Theme Park Engineering Cozy Games Animal Crossing Last of Us