Ashley
@missyrayney.bsky.social
Technical Designer @Bungie | Panel Programming Manager @GeekGirlCon | MFA Costume Design Crimes
"The world is violent and mercurial—it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love—love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share....We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love." —Tennessee Williams
Third time’s the charm for me. I knew it was likely to hit me but it still hurts deeply. I’ve been laid off.
Submitted my first draft of my book chapter on the stylist player fantasy in video games for peer review. Everyone please clap for me!
Elmo Surrounded by Intense Fire
Alt: Elmo Surrounded by Intense Fire
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Good news y'all I'm talking about the Dark Urge in Baldur's Gate 3. Trying to keep this chunk under like 500 words is proving very difficult 😅
Ashley@missyrayney.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy brain when I'm trying to think of literally any video game to discuss the point I'm trying to make in part of my book chapter:
My brain when I'm trying to think of literally any video game to discuss the point I'm trying to make in part of my book chapter:
Man smoking and saying bye
ALT: Man smoking and saying bye
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Watching Datto and Skarrow play through the content my team worked on was so fun! I can’t wait to others’ reactions!
Today is a bittersweet day. Thank you to everyone who has made Destiny 2 into the beautiful world it is. Per audacia ad astra, fellow guardians. I hope we'll find each other again somewhere in the stars.
Fantastic article! My favorite excuse I’ve gotten when giving feedback about body diversity has been that larger characters would be less desirable because their hitboxes would be bigger 🙄
Nicole Carpenter@nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 3mo agoi wrote about motion capture, animation, and bodies in games for TEEN VOGUE! it's very excited to have a byline at a magazine that i've been reading since i was teen✨ www.teenvogue.com/story/why-ar...
One of my students I taught just graduated with her MFA, and I’m sobbing! Omg I couldn’t be happier! 😭💜💜💜
I have a glass of mead, a good book, and sunny weather to enjoy in my yard. I think I’ve got enough good things to finally kick the seasonal depression out!
I should not feel that much stress over a #Eurovision final. Happy for Bulgaria, but maybe we don’t invite Israel next year.
Pulled some insane heroics to keep the buttercream frosting on these boozy cupcakes from completely dying please clap
I keep thinking about the Met Gala yesterday and how I normally love looking at all the outfits and interpreting their meanings. Despite this year’s theme being one I adore I feel hollow. It’s just a fantasy world I can no longer stomach. Art is for everyone. Not just the rich.
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I’m SCREAMING! T. Kingfisher writing Astarion?! AHHHHH!
Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · 4mo ago
It’s the PERFECT day for a lil walk to the local book store and coffee shop
The best part about getting my eyesight fixed is that I can buy sunglasses and not worry about the hassle of wearing contacts to be able to use them!
Enjoying the other kind of football game this lovely Seattle evening!
You could be the nicest guy or the best girl dad or whatever but if you’re laughing along with the guy who isn’t, then you’re still creating an unsafe space for women and POC.
𝖘𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖆 𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖉@sievish.bsky.social · 5mo agoif you are a man in a leadership position in games you need to actively think about &work towards a healthier culture at your studio for women and POC. you DO need to be thinking about it. you CANT just assume because you're a good person or a girl dad or whatever that it's enough. it's not enough.
If I had a nickel for every time I worked on a devised theatre project about going to space, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.
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His Dark Materials was my favorite book series as a kid, and the show is fantastic. Highly recommend both instead of those other books
Josh Scherr@joshscherr.bsky.social · 5mo agoYou know on HBO there’s a pretty decent adaptation of a beloved series of YA fantasy books called His Dark Materials that’s worth watching & the author doesn’t hold abhorrent views nor is he actively working to erase anyone from society at large
