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leah isobel

@humblepopstar.bsky.social

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video games & music journalist w @48hills.bsky.social , @singlesjukebox.bsky.social and very occasionally @superjumpmagazine.com i'm just chilling in the panopticon

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · Jul 22

hello! this is an introductory post. i am a writer writing about video games and music in the bay area, with a particular interest in how artists adapt to and change the systems they work within. i want to end this post with something pithy and cute but i can't think of anything. here's my website-

Leah isobel's homepage

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 20h

people made fun of this?? i was on tumblr and all the gay people were queening out about it

Boto @boto.gay · 2d

people made fun of this at the time but she slayed with this tbh

leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 1d

halloween
perfect blue
cure
the innocents

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you.

- You're Next
- A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
- Tigers Are Not Afraid
- La Llorona

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.

I'll go first:
-Silence of the Lambs
-I Saw the Devil
-Coherence
-Jaws

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🔪🔪Jonah 🔪🔪 @chateaucat.bsky.social · 1d

You can donate towards his recovery here:
www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-o...

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 1d

omori :(

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 2d

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 3d

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 3d

it kills me that this isn't on streaming. it's so brilliant!

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 8d

this is so cool

princess online @nadianova.fi · 9d

dominoclub.itch.io/new-eyes-cycle

leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 9d

this is fucking awesome. more games should be this

RockmanCosmo @rockmancosmo.bsky.social · 10d

Dokodemo Dodgeball Fantasia (どこでもドッジボ−ルファンタジア) was a dodgeball RPG released for keitai in 2006. Yes, you read that right! It's got a coming-of-age story and a real time battle system. We preserved this game earlier this year, and it's incredibly unique.

leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 11d

cowriting with charli xcx

leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 12d

i wrote about this phenomenon:

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 13d

It's the last day to weigh in on Best of the Bay 2025!

Hype your faves! Undermine your enemies! Vote now!

VOTE NOW in the 2025 Best of the Bay Readers' Poll! - 48 hills

Our 51st installment of the Bay Area classic is 'new and improved' for 2025—and still full of local love.

48hills.org

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 13d

good morning!

Ninajirachi - Infohazard (Official Video)

YouTube video by Ninajirachi

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 14d

god the discourse on this is going to be UNBEARABLE

leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 14d

top 10 pictures taken moments before disaster

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 14d

ion storm, game studio, break room, dallas, texas (1999) www.mobygames.com/game/1678/jo...

a tekken 3 arcade cabinet, turned off with an a4 white paper typed out note taped to the screen. the note reads:
no more tekken 3 until daikatana ships
the management

leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 15d

should i unmute the taylor swift thread…

leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 15d

good morning!

Amaarae - Dove Cameron (Official Audio)

YouTube video by AmaaraeVEVO

youtu.be

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Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 23d

Applications to be included in the 2026 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC are now OPEN through October 24, 2025! Please send us the weird shit you're working on!

Learn more and apply on our NEW website: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

Experimental Games Showcase

SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE

www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 17d

good morning!

DEBBY FRIDAY - 1/17 (Official Video)

YouTube video by DEBBY FRIDAY

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 19d

happy 28th birthday hannah!!

leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 19d

i know it's public knowledge either way but seeing it laid out like this is making me feel insane!

SeeroftheNight @seerofthenight.bsky.social · 19d

Never mind his Wikipedia page, I just found out the OFFICIAL MODRETRO WEBSITE makes the connection between its' products and human suffering plain as day. There really are absolutely no excuses for people saying "I didn't know!"

Screenshot from the blogpost announcing the Chromatic where Palmer Luckey Proudly boasts "This reveal might seem out of nowhere given that most people know me for my work on virtual reality technology and lethal autonomous weapons systems"

https://modretro.com/blogs/blog/the-future-is-retro

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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 22d

Once & for all, let's specify what "poptimism" was & wasn't, and why many people can't stop blaming it for every cultural change of the past 20 years. Most recently the esteemed Kelefa Sanneh, who's often (wrongly) said to have started it! Today in @slate.com
slate.com/culture/2025...

A screenshot of the headline of an article by Carl Wilson, reading, "Criticism's Biggest Strawman: What was 'poptimism,' and why are people still saying terrible things about it?" It's illustrated by a picture of a straw-stuffed scarecrow in a field, wearing a Taylor Swift T-shirt.

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 22d

like, i was talking to a friend about how his job “replaced” a bunch of long-term workers with an ai tool that didn’t work, and then had to hire back a new team. they lost a ton of knowledge but the new team was paid much less. that’s the incentive!

leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · 23d

increasingly of the opinion that most companies don’t actually believe in the promise of ai, they just see those promises as useful leverage to deflate wages and reduce workers’ bargaining power

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leah isobel @humblepopstar.bsky.social · Sep 16

choir dog choir dog choir dog