Rebekah Valentine
@duckvalentine.bsky.social
Multi-award-winning reporter and proud union member at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
After over a year of negotiations, management at Candy Crush dev King has declined to sign a collective bargaining agreement with the studio's union clubs: kotaku.com/candy-crush-...
Candy Crush Bosses Reject Collective Bargaining Agreement
Union group says decision is 'naturally disappointing' to employees who supported the effort
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Big Walk's tutorial is, I think, a masterclass kotaku.com/big-walk-bes...
Big Walk Has The Most Fun Tutorial I've Seen In Years
Turns out, all it needed was more cowbell
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we call them samanthas. bc we tought they looked like our heads so we named them
Rebekah Valentine@duckvalentine.bsky.social · 23h agothank you for your input
Blogged about my favorite Big Walk puzzle and how it distilled the game's thesis into a single 5-minute puzzle. Small spoilers for this puzzle!
How a Single Big Walk Puzzle Perfectly Captured the Game's Message | Restart.run
Big Walk is a game about adventuring with your friends and it's easy to lose sight of the moment. One puzzle reminded me about what's important.
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Turns out Golden Sun, my first and still favorite RPG of all time, turned 25 years old today. Unrivaled to this day.
Golden Sun - "The Elemental Stars"
YouTube video by gamemusicisgood
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guess I'm canvassing for Cleaver then since Republicans fucked my district up
KCUR (Kansas City's best news source)@kcur.org · 14h agoIncumbent Rep. Emanual Cleaver II will face Missouri State Sen. Rick Brattin in November’s general election. Brattin ran in a crowded Republican primary, beating Taylor Burks, Brad Patty, Brett Hueffmeier and Micah Beebe.
NEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections
Let's FUCKING GO MISSOURI
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 15h agoMissouri voters on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the Republican-controlled Legislature to make it harder to pass citizen-sponsored amendments to the state’s constitution, preserving a tool that voters across the country have relied on to pass laws their legislatures would not. nyti.ms/3TCTELv
holy shit ancient babylonians were already on "live, laugh, love"
Are you worried about what Mass Effect 5 will look like for queer characters, if the Sims will maintain its queer customization and relationship options, do you plan to stop supporting those series altogether? Whatever you're feeling, I want to hear from you. RTs of the above appreciated.
“Frog!” cried Toad. “I am sorry for all the dumb things I do. I am sorry for all the silly things that I say. Please be my friend again!”
For today's launch of the nicest game ever, Big Walk, I made cookies of The Red Object. It's a game to savor, strengthen, and build friendships.
@duckvalentine.bsky.social in the "big walk preview room" we ran here in the office, our favorite thing was to discover what people called it. in addition to the ones you've covered, this includes: • the avocado • watchamacalit • the red thing • bowling pin • the apparatus • my son • pawn • doodad
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my group called the little red things you collect in Big Walk "nipples" (we had a secondary name for a secondary type of nipple you can find...but i won't spoil) please share with me what yours are called
as a person who has been bad at sports my whole life I do not understand the outrage at trans athletes. the best athlete is gonna win, that’s the whole point. that’s why you invented sports. if you’re uncomfortable with loser part of the winner/loser thing, maybe try open mic poetry like I did
well, it was nice getting the quarterly EA earnings report while it lasted
Indeed. There’s this really, awfully useful website where a lot of tricks and tips for making games more accessible have been recorded, and WAY more game devs should know about, read and follow it! gameaccessibilityguidelines.com
Game Accessibility Guidelines – A straightforward reference for inclusive game design
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Saw this and had to make a video about it. Text size is way too small in games and if you're wondering what the size should be or why we need it, I just made a video about it. Thanks @duckvalentine.bsky.social for the article. youtu.be/YgpFiavCktE
Beast of Reincarnation’s Text Is Way Too Small
YouTube video by Steve Saylor
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Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterdayBeast Of Reincarnation's Text Is Impossible To Read https://kotaku.com/text-small-beast-of-reincarnation-2000721285
This week marks five years at Kotaku for me! I mostly feel lucky to still be employed in this chaotic digital media landscape, and grateful to get to work alongside the great people who make up the site.
sorry excuse me a moment just buying the entire Big Walk soundtrack on bandcamp aksfx.bandcamp.com
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The sfx stands for sound effects.
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