finlay 🔜 🦉
@finlayis.bsky.social
game center mfa '27 | former middle school teacher | programming squad @ geeks out | victorian history, ducks & frogs | they/them 🏳️⚧️
"This game is gonna ruin families over Christmas" is probably the highest praise I could ask for!
Awesome to watch people having fun playing this at the student showcase tonight. We're going to keep working on it to iron out the bugs and make it even better!
Awesome to watch people having fun playing this at the student showcase tonight. We're going to keep working on it to iron out the bugs and make it even better!
CARRiON by oldzombie14, finlay, Lammbot
A fast-paced multiplayer skeleton brawling game
oldzombie14.itch.io
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"This game is gonna ruin families over Christmas" is probably the highest praise I could ask for!
Awesome to watch people having fun playing this at the student showcase tonight. We're going to keep working on it to iron out the bugs and make it even better!
Awesome to watch people having fun playing this at the student showcase tonight. We're going to keep working on it to iron out the bugs and make it even better!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Aq...
Leslie Feinberg and Kate Bornstein talking movingly and articulately about the trans liberation movement all the way back in 1996.
I think in a time of such rampant transphobia legislatively and culturally it's important to remember what we're fighting for and why.
Leslie Feinberg and Kate Bornstein talking movingly and articulately about the trans liberation movement all the way back in 1996.
I think in a time of such rampant transphobia legislatively and culturally it's important to remember what we're fighting for and why.
In the Life: Interview with Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg [unedited footage]
YouTube video by UCLA Film & Television Archive
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Aq...
Leslie Feinberg and Kate Bornstein talking movingly and articulately about the trans liberation movement all the way back in 1996.
I think in a time of such rampant transphobia legislatively and culturally it's important to remember what we're fighting for and why.
Leslie Feinberg and Kate Bornstein talking movingly and articulately about the trans liberation movement all the way back in 1996.
I think in a time of such rampant transphobia legislatively and culturally it's important to remember what we're fighting for and why.
you think the internet has it all, until you need one specific screen from the ending of a 10hr game for a project.
December 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
you think the internet has it all, until you need one specific screen from the ending of a 10hr game for a project.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
multiplayer game isn't totally done but i'm sharing the itch page now because LOOK at the ART!!! im so proud of my team's work on this and can't wait for people to play it :)
CARRiON by oldzombie14, finlay, Lammbot
oldzombie14.itch.io
December 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
multiplayer game isn't totally done but i'm sharing the itch page now because LOOK at the ART!!! im so proud of my team's work on this and can't wait for people to play it :)
silver lining to the whining: his post lined up nicely with our reading for this week so i get credit for debating his bad takes.
oh wow i pulled up That Tiresome Post to get more context and he's not even complaining about the game itself, but like, the fact that people are out here writing and talking about them seriously?? what a sad weirdo (derogatory).
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
silver lining to the whining: his post lined up nicely with our reading for this week so i get credit for debating his bad takes.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
At this moment, we have 2430 paid subscribers. Can we get 2500 by the end of 2025? You can subscribe right now for only $1, and support independent tabletop games journalism.
oh wow i pulled up That Tiresome Post to get more context and he's not even complaining about the game itself, but like, the fact that people are out here writing and talking about them seriously?? what a sad weirdo (derogatory).
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
oh wow i pulled up That Tiresome Post to get more context and he's not even complaining about the game itself, but like, the fact that people are out here writing and talking about them seriously?? what a sad weirdo (derogatory).
After a few weeks of climbing I ticked two boxes today!
✅ did a fun v3 first try
❌ fell weird and immediately knew I’d be feeling it later
✅ did a fun v3 first try
❌ fell weird and immediately knew I’d be feeling it later
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
After a few weeks of climbing I ticked two boxes today!
✅ did a fun v3 first try
❌ fell weird and immediately knew I’d be feeling it later
✅ did a fun v3 first try
❌ fell weird and immediately knew I’d be feeling it later
Sure, we could make a regular multiplayer platform fighting game....
But what if it was about a bunch of millennials who left earth in 2006 to form a new utopia on a distant planet, only to lose their minds when cryosleep malfunctioned and awaken with murder in their hearts?
But what if it was about a bunch of millennials who left earth in 2006 to form a new utopia on a distant planet, only to lose their minds when cryosleep malfunctioned and awaken with murder in their hearts?
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Sure, we could make a regular multiplayer platform fighting game....
But what if it was about a bunch of millennials who left earth in 2006 to form a new utopia on a distant planet, only to lose their minds when cryosleep malfunctioned and awaken with murder in their hearts?
But what if it was about a bunch of millennials who left earth in 2006 to form a new utopia on a distant planet, only to lose their minds when cryosleep malfunctioned and awaken with murder in their hearts?
ive got that queer kid problem where no pix of me actually look like me, but that doesn't mean i can't mark the passage of time! ty picrew <3
(please does anyone know where i can get a "gay worms" shirt irl?? 🏳️🌈🪱)
(please does anyone know where i can get a "gay worms" shirt irl?? 🏳️🌈🪱)
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
ive got that queer kid problem where no pix of me actually look like me, but that doesn't mean i can't mark the passage of time! ty picrew <3
(please does anyone know where i can get a "gay worms" shirt irl?? 🏳️🌈🪱)
(please does anyone know where i can get a "gay worms" shirt irl?? 🏳️🌈🪱)
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December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Looking to support queer nonprofits this Giving Tuesday? Consider donating to Geeks OUT! We’re a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) creating community for queer geeks through events, convention programming, and Flame Con — our LGBTQ+ comics & pop culture con. 🏳️🌈 🔥
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It's the last day of the month and my first blog post in a while... so, how do you paint November?
A blog about Pentiment, creativity and game development.
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/11/30/h...
A blog about Pentiment, creativity and game development.
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/11/30/h...
How We Paint November
For a long time, people told me to play Pentiment. It’s an adventure role-playing game set in 16th century Bavaria. It’s historical. So I should like it, right? The thing is, I’m less interested in…
florencesmithnicholls.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's the last day of the month and my first blog post in a while... so, how do you paint November?
A blog about Pentiment, creativity and game development.
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/11/30/h...
A blog about Pentiment, creativity and game development.
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/11/30/h...
This makes me think I should put together a winter break RPG club…all one shots, low prep, see how many we can play.
December reading.
Some of this is re-reading, to be fair. A lot of this job is thumbing through games and then seeing which are the ones I can't stop thinking about
Some of this is re-reading, to be fair. A lot of this job is thumbing through games and then seeing which are the ones I can't stop thinking about
November 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This makes me think I should put together a winter break RPG club…all one shots, low prep, see how many we can play.
task: design a game
result:
result:
it’s sort of a game
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
task: design a game
result:
result:
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i get asked with extreme regularity (literally abt 3x/wk) if i've seen "arrival" and today @roseofember.bsky.social suggested we watch it!
unfortunately for the movie, by sheer coincidence i read the original short story this morning and they are worlds apart.
unfortunately for the movie, by sheer coincidence i read the original short story this morning and they are worlds apart.
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
i get asked with extreme regularity (literally abt 3x/wk) if i've seen "arrival" and today @roseofember.bsky.social suggested we watch it!
unfortunately for the movie, by sheer coincidence i read the original short story this morning and they are worlds apart.
unfortunately for the movie, by sheer coincidence i read the original short story this morning and they are worlds apart.
my body has sensed that we've made it to a vacation and all systems are breaking down. can't wait to be a sleepy slug at fam thanksgiving 👍🏼
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
my body has sensed that we've made it to a vacation and all systems are breaking down. can't wait to be a sleepy slug at fam thanksgiving 👍🏼
Not only an amazing artist but also one of my personal “too weird to be bothered with gender and/or sexuality” icons
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Not only an amazing artist but also one of my personal “too weird to be bothered with gender and/or sexuality” icons
I think this was my favorite pax unplugged yet :3
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I think this was my favorite pax unplugged yet :3
If you're still at PAX and looking for afternoon plans, come to Crab God 🦀 theater at 3:30 where I'll be talking about why more special education teachers should be teaching game design!
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you're still at PAX and looking for afternoon plans, come to Crab God 🦀 theater at 3:30 where I'll be talking about why more special education teachers should be teaching game design!
I really need to play this (zombies are scary but i will be brave!)
Today is the LAST DAY to come by booth 3850 and grab a copy of The Time We Have or A Land Once Magic!!
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I really need to play this (zombies are scary but i will be brave!)
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pax unplugged is awesome i love talking to all my friends who live in new york and like five other people
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
pax unplugged is awesome i love talking to all my friends who live in new york and like five other people
PAX day 2!! I have no real plans except the #over/under meetup at 1:30 and will probably swing by games on demand at some point. Say hi if you see me!
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
PAX day 2!! I have no real plans except the #over/under meetup at 1:30 and will probably swing by games on demand at some point. Say hi if you see me!