Ashley Cooper
@ashleycooper.bsky.social
• Game Writer (Iron Man, Jurassic Park Survival, 40K Space Marine 2, Gotham Knights)
• Comic Writer (Killtopia: Nano Jams, Hoax Hunters, ReincarNATE)
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www.ashleywritesgames.com
• Comic Writer (Killtopia: Nano Jams, Hoax Hunters, ReincarNATE)
• 🏳️⚧️
• All views my own
www.ashleywritesgames.com
Psycho Mantis knew what games I played. On that day, my fate was sealed.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Psycho Mantis knew what games I played. On that day, my fate was sealed.
Sent some money toward a good cause. If you have anything to spare, please consider helping!
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sent some money toward a good cause. If you have anything to spare, please consider helping!
Wait hold on wait
I just watched a video where someone referenced being a kid and looking out the window, imagining a character running alongside the car, jumping and dodging the obstacles that passed the window.
I did this exact same thing. Is this a common thing?? Did other people do this?!?!
I just watched a video where someone referenced being a kid and looking out the window, imagining a character running alongside the car, jumping and dodging the obstacles that passed the window.
I did this exact same thing. Is this a common thing?? Did other people do this?!?!
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Wait hold on wait
I just watched a video where someone referenced being a kid and looking out the window, imagining a character running alongside the car, jumping and dodging the obstacles that passed the window.
I did this exact same thing. Is this a common thing?? Did other people do this?!?!
I just watched a video where someone referenced being a kid and looking out the window, imagining a character running alongside the car, jumping and dodging the obstacles that passed the window.
I did this exact same thing. Is this a common thing?? Did other people do this?!?!
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
Today I told @ryannorth.ca that I didn't like Star Trek: The Voyage Home and I could feel his opinion of me dip in real time.
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Today I told @ryannorth.ca that I didn't like Star Trek: The Voyage Home and I could feel his opinion of me dip in real time.
Execs Meet One Woman Challenge 2K25
If they really wanted to appeal to women they should have made a drink called Monster Fucker.
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Execs Meet One Woman Challenge 2K25
The most correct take.
Execs will tell players and devs that using genAI is about empowering us to make our jobs easier or do them better, and then they use it to churn out slop while they collect fat bonuses.
Make them regret using this shit or they will destroy this medium game-by-game.
Execs will tell players and devs that using genAI is about empowering us to make our jobs easier or do them better, and then they use it to churn out slop while they collect fat bonuses.
Make them regret using this shit or they will destroy this medium game-by-game.
Ubisoft and Treyarch resorting to regurgitative AI in their big $70 “AAA” games is simply pathetic.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The most correct take.
Execs will tell players and devs that using genAI is about empowering us to make our jobs easier or do them better, and then they use it to churn out slop while they collect fat bonuses.
Make them regret using this shit or they will destroy this medium game-by-game.
Execs will tell players and devs that using genAI is about empowering us to make our jobs easier or do them better, and then they use it to churn out slop while they collect fat bonuses.
Make them regret using this shit or they will destroy this medium game-by-game.
There are too many execs who do not respect players and think they will pay for any old slop that's put in front of them.
Vote with your wallet.
Vote with your wallet.
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
There are too many execs who do not respect players and think they will pay for any old slop that's put in front of them.
Vote with your wallet.
Vote with your wallet.
The increasing regularity with which I say "that's literally a Black Mirror episode" about real world things is probably not a great sign of where we're headed as a society.
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The increasing regularity with which I say "that's literally a Black Mirror episode" about real world things is probably not a great sign of where we're headed as a society.
He would be nothing without the hard work of skilled game developers whose work he is privileged to showcase, and like many talentless hacks before him, has forgotten his place in the cycle.
Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
He would be nothing without the hard work of skilled game developers whose work he is privileged to showcase, and like many talentless hacks before him, has forgotten his place in the cycle.
No it couldn't 🥰
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has defended AI following Eurogamer's 2/5 Arc Raiders review, which criticised the game's use use of AI voice generation. "AI dialog generation + human personality and tuning could totally transform gaming," Sweeney said.
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
Epic's Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI row
"This technology increases human productivity in some areas by integer multiples"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
No it couldn't 🥰
I have been immensely busy recently, but I was smart enough to take today off to decompress after the fundraiser, and I'm using the time to catch up on my months-old comics backlog.
My hot take: comics good.
My hot take: comics good.
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I have been immensely busy recently, but I was smart enough to take today off to decompress after the fundraiser, and I'm using the time to catch up on my months-old comics backlog.
My hot take: comics good.
My hot take: comics good.
2025's fundraiser is done! We raised more this year than any year before it. Hell of a feat ten years in.
$7033CAD raised in 2025, putting us in the top 0.9% of Extra-Lifers this year!
$40,460CAD raised in total!
Thank you to everyone who came to chat, lurk, play, and donate.
Now: sleep.
$7033CAD raised in 2025, putting us in the top 0.9% of Extra-Lifers this year!
$40,460CAD raised in total!
Thank you to everyone who came to chat, lurk, play, and donate.
Now: sleep.
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
2025's fundraiser is done! We raised more this year than any year before it. Hell of a feat ten years in.
$7033CAD raised in 2025, putting us in the top 0.9% of Extra-Lifers this year!
$40,460CAD raised in total!
Thank you to everyone who came to chat, lurk, play, and donate.
Now: sleep.
$7033CAD raised in 2025, putting us in the top 0.9% of Extra-Lifers this year!
$40,460CAD raised in total!
Thank you to everyone who came to chat, lurk, play, and donate.
Now: sleep.
A GENEROUS DONOR IS MATCHING DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR FOR THE NEXT HOUR!
UNTIL 10:30AM ALL DONATIONS WILL BE MATCHED!!!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO
UNTIL 10:30AM ALL DONATIONS WILL BE MATCHED!!!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO
My 10th Annual Fundraiser for SickKids Children's Hospital starts NOW!
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A GENEROUS DONOR IS MATCHING DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR FOR THE NEXT HOUR!
UNTIL 10:30AM ALL DONATIONS WILL BE MATCHED!!!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO
UNTIL 10:30AM ALL DONATIONS WILL BE MATCHED!!!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO
Less than three hours to go! If you've been waiting for the right time to donate, this is it!
My 10th Annual Fundraiser for SickKids Children's Hospital starts NOW!
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Less than three hours to go! If you've been waiting for the right time to donate, this is it!
Over halfway through the marathon and over halfway to our fundraising goal!
Victory is in sight, but not without your help!
Victory is in sight, but not without your help!
My 10th Annual Fundraiser for SickKids Children's Hospital starts NOW!
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Over halfway through the marathon and over halfway to our fundraising goal!
Victory is in sight, but not without your help!
Victory is in sight, but not without your help!
9 hours in and over $2500 raised! Let's keep it going!
My 10th Annual Fundraiser for SickKids Children's Hospital starts NOW!
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
9 hours in and over $2500 raised! Let's keep it going!
About 6 hours in and over $1000 raised!
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
My 10th Annual Fundraiser for SickKids Children's Hospital starts NOW!
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
About 6 hours in and over $1000 raised!
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
Two hours in and closing in on $800 raised for SickKids! Drop in, say hi to Pancake (and me, I guess) and donate to a good cause!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Two hours in and closing in on $800 raised for SickKids! Drop in, say hi to Pancake (and me, I guess) and donate to a good cause!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
My 10th Annual Fundraiser for SickKids Children's Hospital starts NOW!
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My 10th Annual Fundraiser for SickKids Children's Hospital starts NOW!
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
Starting TOMORROW AT NOON (Eastern), I am playing games for 24hrs to raise money for SickKids!
Every donation gets you entered into our prize raffle!
This is my 10th year supporting SickKids. Together we've raised over $23000!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Every donation gets you entered into our prize raffle!
This is my 10th year supporting SickKids. Together we've raised over $23000!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future
I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.
www.extra-life.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Starting TOMORROW AT NOON (Eastern), I am playing games for 24hrs to raise money for SickKids!
Every donation gets you entered into our prize raffle!
This is my 10th year supporting SickKids. Together we've raised over $23000!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Every donation gets you entered into our prize raffle!
This is my 10th year supporting SickKids. Together we've raised over $23000!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Undervalue QA at your own peril.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...
I imagined trying to get through bug reports written by an LLM and immediately got an honest to god headache. What do you mean I can’t even go back to the person who wrote it and ask for more details because there isn’t one, but it can still make shit up?
I imagined trying to get through bug reports written by an LLM and immediately got an honest to god headache. What do you mean I can’t even go back to the person who wrote it and ask for more details because there isn’t one, but it can still make shit up?
Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027 | VGC
The publisher is researching “Game QA Automation Technology” with the University of Tokyo…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Undervalue QA at your own peril.
Me: *never uses Linkedin. Would not remember my password if cookies were deleted. Often forgets I even have an account*
Linkedin email: "You're on a roll on Linkedin!"
Linkedin email: "You're on a roll on Linkedin!"
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Me: *never uses Linkedin. Would not remember my password if cookies were deleted. Often forgets I even have an account*
Linkedin email: "You're on a roll on Linkedin!"
Linkedin email: "You're on a roll on Linkedin!"
We are mere days away from my 24hr stream raising money for SickKids Children's Hospital!
Every donation gets you entered into our prize raffle!
This is my 10th year supporting SickKids. Together we've raised over $23000!
Let's put some good out into the world.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Every donation gets you entered into our prize raffle!
This is my 10th year supporting SickKids. Together we've raised over $23000!
Let's put some good out into the world.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future
I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.
www.extra-life.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We are mere days away from my 24hr stream raising money for SickKids Children's Hospital!
Every donation gets you entered into our prize raffle!
This is my 10th year supporting SickKids. Together we've raised over $23000!
Let's put some good out into the world.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Every donation gets you entered into our prize raffle!
This is my 10th year supporting SickKids. Together we've raised over $23000!
Let's put some good out into the world.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Got the overnumbered Viktor! This was one of my top 'hope to pull' cards, so I'm thrilled.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Got the overnumbered Viktor! This was one of my top 'hope to pull' cards, so I'm thrilled.