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Mik Deitz

@dietdeitz.bsky.social

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(she/they) Trans Culture Critic & Screenwriter Founder & EIC of Dangerous to Go Alone (dtga.site) Purveyor of Narrative, Nemesis of Damon Lindelof and FPS Games ✍️ @ Polygon, Paste, Fanbyte, Uppercut, etc

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · Oct 27

for the sudden (and welcome) influx of Bluesky follows: I’m a trans games and culture critic, avid Letterboxd user, and cat mom to two lovely idiots.

Oh, I also made Dangerous to Go Alone, a reader-funded blog about games and how they make us feel, which you can read (or pitch to) at dtga.site 🤠

A black and white tuxedo cat (Coco) rests her head on the rear of a calico (Petite).

Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 2d

saw them back in April, still one of my favorite concerts i’ve been to all year

Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 3d

wait, pokemon comes out in 5 days? is that a joke?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 4d

for everyone struggling mentally today: there is a secret second bench in Bilewater that makes the run back *slightly* less annoying. also take your SSRIs and drink water

Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 5d

i always find it so fascinating when people are like “what’s a good topic to make apolitical through stupidity/gamification?” and the land on war, probably *the* most political thing possible!

it’s like trying to walk through a field of rakes and going “surely I won’t step on any of these”

Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 5d

ah so it’s an adaptation of Alex Garland’s Civil War, gotcha

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 6d

served a very kind mattress salesman the past two nights, and while I wanted to ask him about box springs and coil loads, he was trying to convince me to accept and learn AI??

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Maddie Agne @maddie-b-a.bsky.social · 10d

big thank you to union chair spring mcparlin-jones for chatting to me about za/um becoming the FIRST RECOGNISED WORKPLACE UNION IN UK GAMES ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 11d

Current developers at Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM have unionised.

The union marks the first recognised workplace union in the UK games industry.

Workers at Disco Elysium Developer ZA/UM Have Unionised

The group of developers at Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM is the first recognised workplace union in the UK games industry.

thisweekinvideogames.com

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 12d

High Halls — more like… place is Balls (fuck this fight, first time I’ve ever went “hm… Team Cherry may in fact hate me.”)

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 14d

as you often say to me: 🫂

Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 16d

forgot this actually existed and thought we were just re-releasing 90s era movies for fun again

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Ashley Schofield🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 17d

does anyone know if there are any sites still looking for a reviewer for demonschool? boosts would be appreciated! 💜

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 18d

COME BACK AND SING COWARD!!!

Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 18d

hearing a politician 1) emphatically say trans lives matter and 2) making niche Lucy Dacus references is enough to make me cry, honestly?

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 18d

when Zohran Mamdani comes out to sing Bullseye with Lucy Dacus

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 19d

"[H]arrier’s life exists as a powerful parallel to a trans person’s process of self-discovery and change."

Feature Excerpt: @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social examines how Disco Elysium's Harrier Du Bois provides a reflection of the transgender experience:

I Don’t Want to Be This Kind of Animal Anymore - Unwinnable

You’re not crazy. You’re just different. You have a vast soul. This life is all you have, but it’s still something. You have to keep going.

unwinnable.com

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fia! @fiashouse.bsky.social · 19d

there's lots of great discussions to be had about this piece from grace, but the thing I want to hone in on for prospective critics is that she is doing the work, and by that I mean she is reminding us all that criticism is a conversation

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 19d

While games criticism will always exist in one form or another, its diminishment as a profession hurts everyone involved. @gracemachine.bsky.social on the space's decline:

Games Criticism Isn't Dead, But That Doesn't Mean It Can't Get Worse

While games criticism will always exist in one form or another, its diminishment as a profession hurts everyone involved.

www.endlessmode.com

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 19d

i think Grace is a phenomenal critic. I also think that she misreads Kaile’s piece pretty hard. i hope she’s okay with me saying that because even messy dialogue is important for critical spaces to flourish. i’m grateful this exchange had a chance to take place at all

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 19d

While games criticism will always exist in one form or another, its diminishment as a profession hurts everyone involved. @gracemachine.bsky.social on the space's decline:

Games Criticism Isn't Dead, But That Doesn't Mean It Can't Get Worse

While games criticism will always exist in one form or another, its diminishment as a profession hurts everyone involved.

www.endlessmode.com

Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 21d

ah so sorry! finding roommates around the city is rough, let me know if i can somehow help

Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 21d

it’s Rapture day, so why not let’s remember how The Leftovers falls off the rails and becomes Bad TV by answering questions (also Damen Lindelof is a baby, my gosh) www.pastemagazine.com/tv/the-lefto...

It Still Stings: The Leftovers Answered Questions It Shouldn’t Have

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

www.pastemagazine.com

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 25d

there’s a Silksong review that came out today and I see no one trying to demean or diminish the reviewer like happened last week. both are well written and argue similar points, so please point out the difference to me.

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Ripley Matthews (Transfem Vampire Art Thing) @queerwizard.co.uk · 26d

*taps the sign*

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 26d

Are you ready to play as a 9 inch rat?

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Ashley Schofield🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 26d

shadow, rouge and omega are the slightly toxic but well meaning polycule we can all dream of being

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 26d

was sonic heroes the first polycule-type game?

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