“What’s the best James Bond theme?” Easy, Snake Eater
Aysha U. Farah
@ayshaufarah.bsky.social
Locus, BSFA, and Ignyte-nominated writer and narrative designer. life is strange | hiveswap | magic the gathering | pathologic | amplitudes anthology formerly a narrative lead at deck nine games. co-host of Worker's Lit
midnight mass was (kind of) good because you can tell flanagan was genuinely traumatized by/understood catholicism. also hamish linklater is genuinely mesmerizing. but all his adaptations are like "what if a woman was good and pure, rather than sulky and bad" cool bro
This is happening next week!! If you’re in the Ottawa area you should come by, this is one of my fave conferences
Aysha U. Farah@ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 2w agoI'm gonna be at Cancon in Ottawa this October!! It's one of my favorite conferences ever, so come say hey!!
Watching the Neagley show. She’s so hot and she should call me. We can just sit on the couch and not touch each other I’m good with it
this is one of the greatest RPGs ever made. just aggressively weird and gorgeous, with a deceptively complex battle system
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 9h agoShin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster is $14.99 on US PSN buff.ly/LJEiZQR PS4/Switch physical $10.54/$14.05 at VGP buff.ly/LHusb8I #ad
A novella for whatever your spooky season mood happens to be! Gothics, haunted houses, demonic possession, dark fairy tales, grief, madness, and mayhem. There’s something about frights that just lend themselves to short reads. For me at least. See any faves?
![[Image desc: A stack of books (from top to bottom): IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL by Em X. Liu, A THEORY OF HAUNTING by Sarah Monette, CRYPT OF THE MOON SPIDER by Nathan Ballingrud, LINGHUN by Ai Jiang, A VOICE CALLING by Christopher Barzak, YELLOW JESSAMINE by Caitlin Starling, HELPMEET by Naben Ruthnum, THE SALT GROWS HEAVY by Cassandra Khaw, THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreibhvzuregbf7fuyryyljcqpj4dr6pyna7xd7hzt6bwu7eutizvtym)
I liked season 4 of reacher but it gets a 0/10 for no neagley
Wow the guy who plays reacher is insanely cute in real life
(Reacher) that senator from North Carolina… is that Riley from Buffy the vampire slayer
I still think about the conversation I had with an uber driver Him: so what do you do Me: I’m a video game writer Him: wait, video games? They have writing? What do you write? Me: you know when you open up a game and you see the words? Him: yeah? Me: those
Giada Zavarise ➡️ AdvX@cheerfulgoth.bsky.social · 4d agoThe funniest/saddest reaction to this amazing article has been people going "wait, Stellaris has WRITERS?" Yes folks, if a game has words... someone probably got paid to write them... even if that game isn't an RPG or a visual novel...
Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/
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Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
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I love when a “respected news source” uses a fascist dog whistle to explain material conditions, makes me feel great about the world
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2d agoWhy people don’t want to have children any more ft.trib.al/O4zvQ9N
To reference an apocryphal Aristotle quote, “a sure way to avoid criticism: say nothing, be nothing.”
angel💀@sabattons.com · 2d agoone of the best decisions you can make as an artist is to stop talking about your artwork from a position of defending it. the artists statement should be a tool of pride, community, and conversation, not an appeal to those who had no interest in (or ability to) understand it in the first place.
This was SO much fun, also I got a lil weepy reading from the book we were discussing!
Workers’ Lit Podcast@workerslit.bsky.social · 2d agoWon't be out for a few weeks, but we just recorded a BANGER of an episode with @amalelmohtar.com and are so excited for you all to hear it!
you never let politicians get fucking comfortable, man. even politicians you like. when they do fuckshit, wreck their day.
"Oh where can I get this safe and lovely book that will just sit there and be a book and not do anything else" Why right here! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799666...
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Enter the library of an enigmatic collector, where occult books are guarded and researched at a fatal cost, with this uncanny eldritch horror novel from Nebula Award–winning author Premee Mohamed...
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Since moving back to Maryland it’s been weird to have a senator who doesn’t suck absolute shit
well it took 4 seasons but Reacher finally has a weakness (it's pussy)
(control resonant) I’m not super far in the game yet and I’m sure they’ll go further into what Dylan apparently did that everyone hates him so much over, but I do find it kind of odd that he never defends himself by saying “well you all did lock me up for my entire life”
Control rips, it’s weird as hell and can ease you into remedy’s whole deal
Hell-a Bambust 🏳️⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky)@ela-bambust.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you haven't played it yet, Control is currently 90% off on steam and it is one of my favorite games of all time. It's not perfect by any measure but it has so many moments that'll make you go "oh fuck that's fucking awesome hell yeah fuck yeah" that you owe it to yourself to try it.
Described Jack Reacher to my wife as “imagine Sherlock Holmes if he was huge and straight”
(reacher) i like this season finale that's like 80% reacher fighting a guy that's bigger than he is
A couple people asked me if they should watch Reacher and here, if you’re the same as this chick you should
Aysha U. Farah@ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 2mo agoI was eating lunch with @antlervel.vet and we were talking about reacher and how his 2 character traits are being huge and respecting women, and the chick at the table next to us was like “sorry to bother you, but what show are you talking about?”
I still think about the conversation I had with an uber driver Him: so what do you do Me: I’m a video game writer Him: wait, video games? They have writing? What do you write? Me: you know when you open up a game and you see the words? Him: yeah? Me: those
Giada Zavarise ➡️ AdvX@cheerfulgoth.bsky.social · 4d agoThe funniest/saddest reaction to this amazing article has been people going "wait, Stellaris has WRITERS?" Yes folks, if a game has words... someone probably got paid to write them... even if that game isn't an RPG or a visual novel...