Leigh Alexander
@leighalexander.bsky.social
Story, games, procgen, bad futurism, spooky AI. Everything is narrative design
devoted homo 🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
devoted homo 🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
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🍄 LIVE AND DRINK 💧
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
🍄 LIVE AND DRINK 💧
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
this is all generative tech! almost all the time, it is better to just do the thing yourself than to try to build a monkey with poor cognition that can occasionally, in perfect conditions, do it for you
emergence is only useful in contexts where a random vector is desirable and intentional!
emergence is only useful in contexts where a random vector is desirable and intentional!
I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.
Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
this is all generative tech! almost all the time, it is better to just do the thing yourself than to try to build a monkey with poor cognition that can occasionally, in perfect conditions, do it for you
emergence is only useful in contexts where a random vector is desirable and intentional!
emergence is only useful in contexts where a random vector is desirable and intentional!
wheat is the devil's weapon
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
wheat is the devil's weapon
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have you ever thought, "man, i want to make a game, but i don't know what to make?" 🤔
well, i made a 🔁RANDOM GENRE MASHER🔁 to help you! it takes 426 genre tags from steam & randomly mashes two together.
make the [your genre here] game of your dreams NOW!!
🎮 npckc.itch.io/random-genre...
well, i made a 🔁RANDOM GENRE MASHER🔁 to help you! it takes 426 genre tags from steam & randomly mashes two together.
make the [your genre here] game of your dreams NOW!!
🎮 npckc.itch.io/random-genre...
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
have you ever thought, "man, i want to make a game, but i don't know what to make?" 🤔
well, i made a 🔁RANDOM GENRE MASHER🔁 to help you! it takes 426 genre tags from steam & randomly mashes two together.
make the [your genre here] game of your dreams NOW!!
🎮 npckc.itch.io/random-genre...
well, i made a 🔁RANDOM GENRE MASHER🔁 to help you! it takes 426 genre tags from steam & randomly mashes two together.
make the [your genre here] game of your dreams NOW!!
🎮 npckc.itch.io/random-genre...
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nothing of value has been made with it
nothing
but it has led bosses to fire people leading to wrongly done work, messed up universities, wrecked any progress made on climate change goals, so your aunt can get wrong answers to unimportant questions for less than it cost the company to provide them
nothing
but it has led bosses to fire people leading to wrongly done work, messed up universities, wrecked any progress made on climate change goals, so your aunt can get wrong answers to unimportant questions for less than it cost the company to provide them
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
nothing of value has been made with it
nothing
but it has led bosses to fire people leading to wrongly done work, messed up universities, wrecked any progress made on climate change goals, so your aunt can get wrong answers to unimportant questions for less than it cost the company to provide them
nothing
but it has led bosses to fire people leading to wrongly done work, messed up universities, wrecked any progress made on climate change goals, so your aunt can get wrong answers to unimportant questions for less than it cost the company to provide them
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Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
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All of my games are on sale for a week but additionally itchio's not taking their cut for the next 24 hours, so check out my games and other projects here as they're all half off!
cannibalinteractive.itch.io
cannibalinteractive.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
All of my games are on sale for a week but additionally itchio's not taking their cut for the next 24 hours, so check out my games and other projects here as they're all half off!
cannibalinteractive.itch.io
cannibalinteractive.itch.io
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These are the voyages...
This is a special commemorative (100,000 sold) model of a range of all-in-one computers manufactured by Sharp.
Feels particularly appropriate for a graphic of the Enterprise on its screen. Keyboard... How quaint..
This is a special commemorative (100,000 sold) model of a range of all-in-one computers manufactured by Sharp.
Feels particularly appropriate for a graphic of the Enterprise on its screen. Keyboard... How quaint..
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
These are the voyages...
This is a special commemorative (100,000 sold) model of a range of all-in-one computers manufactured by Sharp.
Feels particularly appropriate for a graphic of the Enterprise on its screen. Keyboard... How quaint..
This is a special commemorative (100,000 sold) model of a range of all-in-one computers manufactured by Sharp.
Feels particularly appropriate for a graphic of the Enterprise on its screen. Keyboard... How quaint..
i can feel this happening to me
This is exactly what this new study would predict for people getting used to the TikTok format of short videos.
We train our brains on quick processing of small content chunks. In turn, deeper engagement such as reading longer texts becomes more difficult for us.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41231585/
We train our brains on quick processing of small content chunks. In turn, deeper engagement such as reading longer texts becomes more difficult for us.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41231585/
Feeds, feelings, and focus: A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use - PubMed
The resurgence of short-form videos (SFVs), popularized by TikTok and Douyin, has transformed social media platforms, with features like Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts fostering their widespread adoption. Although initially geared toward entertainment, SFVs are increasingly used in education, po …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
i can feel this happening to me
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John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.
September 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.
stats for two very different stories i published this year. the decline of longform imo
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
stats for two very different stories i published this year. the decline of longform imo
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“[…] This double standard suggests Steam does not treat games as art on par with film, and intervenes with censorship when an artistic vision does not align with what the platform owner considers acceptable art.” Steam’s ban of HORSES is extremely worrying for devs like us. Read, Share, Buy HORSES!
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“[…] This double standard suggests Steam does not treat games as art on par with film, and intervenes with censorship when an artistic vision does not align with what the platform owner considers acceptable art.” Steam’s ban of HORSES is extremely worrying for devs like us. Read, Share, Buy HORSES!
if you’re a queer person who tries to cancel other queer people for being Problematic in their creative works I bet you never get any bitches
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
if you’re a queer person who tries to cancel other queer people for being Problematic in their creative works I bet you never get any bitches
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seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
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Neo Cab is the App Store’s Game of the Day today- and the entire first act of our anti-capitalist cyberpunk adventure is now free to try:
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Neo Cab is the App Store’s Game of the Day today- and the entire first act of our anti-capitalist cyberpunk adventure is now free to try:
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...
apps.apple.com/us/app/neo-c...
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new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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wait until u find out about how the advertising algorithm works
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
wait until u find out about how the advertising algorithm works
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Alright! Let's actually talk about this waterfall thing. It is an amazing showcase of many things that I adore from late 90s/early 2000s graphics.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Alright! Let's actually talk about this waterfall thing. It is an amazing showcase of many things that I adore from late 90s/early 2000s graphics.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
how beautiful... happy birthday....
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
how beautiful... happy birthday....