Papaya Chemist

@papayachemist.bsky.social

Baker of cookies, nitpicker of text, boba addict, dragon enjoyer, adventure game enthusiast, Twitch affiliate. She/her. Once QA, always QA. https://www.twitch.tv/papayachemist

they put up a dada center just outside of town and life has been unbearable ever since. thing looks like a fucking fish

I'm researching softlocking video games and I'm looking to the internet for help! If you know a game that can be softlocked, I'd appreciate responses to this form: forms.gle/Qz9TihR5BgTG... Feel free to respond as many times as you'd like! The full info helps but just game and description is fine!

Softlocking Games Research

I'm working on researching softlocking video games, including the various ways it can happen and how different they can look, and I'd like help in finding ones I may or may not have seen and how they ...

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A question for cis readers: What books by trans authors have you read? If you’re not sure or if you haven’t read one or if you want to read more, tell us what you like & we’ll find you a rec! Trans folks—be ready to step in with recs as requests come in! We’re here to help, not shame 😊

If the world wasn't burning to ash, this aspect of climate change--revealing the past, the bones in riverbeds, the inscriptions on rocks, "ghost gardens"--would be really cool. As it stands, it feels like a bad omen.

Post from House and Garden Magazine reading "the heatwave is revealing centuries-old ghost gardens at our favorite stately homes." With a photograph of a drought-scorched garden with the remains of old paths and walls visible beneath the dying grass.

I kind of love the German Eszett ß character, as a typography nerd and casual historical linguistic guy. It hits so many different parts of the topic that are interesting to me. It effectively a ligature of two characters, one of which is no longer used pretty anywhere: "long-s" and s. ſs

The word "congress" written as "congreſs" in the US Constition.

By 1st United States Congress - Cropped and uploaded originally on February 16, 2005., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=591164

I'm working on a feature about videogame art that has been falsely accused of using genAI. If it's happened to you and you'd like to share thoughts about why your work attracted suspicion, feel free to give me a bell: edwin.evansthirlwell@rockpapershotgun.com

Making a point-and-click adventure where you outsmart dinosaurs instead of fighting them. – Lure, distract, or trap dinosaurs many times your size – Play as a prehistoric huntress and a mysterious spaceman – No dialogue, no text It's called Theropods. Wanna play this?

It'll never fail to astound me that computing tech has gotten so sophisticated, and yet copying and pasting a bulleted list accurately is apparently an unsolved problem