Paul ✍🏻 Dean (Holiday mode)
@paullicino.bsky.social
Nebula-nominated writer/games designer in Vancouver, BC - Pacific Drive, Paranoia, Magical Kitties, Zafir, Feng Shui, Maia, OMQ etc. Did acres of games journalism. He/him. 🏳️🌈 🍉 (I don't regularly check notifs, email in Linktree!).
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I can't believe we're nominated for a NEBULA AWARD FOR GAME WRITING. I'm stunned! This is beyond my wildest dreams. 😭
So much of this is my stellar Narrative Lead @karriebear.bsky.social and, truly, the entire Pacific Drive team has earned this accolade. 🎉 @ironwood.bsky.social it was a privilege!
So much of this is my stellar Narrative Lead @karriebear.bsky.social and, truly, the entire Pacific Drive team has earned this accolade. 🎉 @ironwood.bsky.social it was a privilege!
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As a kid I would've thought this was one of the most exciting things ever, whereas as an adult I think this is one of the most exciting things ever.
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog Pasta (1998-1999): Canned pasta in a tomato/cheese sauce from Franco-American, shaped like weapons, a castle, and a dragon from the short-lived Fox Kids action-fantasy series from Saban, which was set in ancient Ireland
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
As a kid I would've thought this was one of the most exciting things ever, whereas as an adult I think this is one of the most exciting things ever.
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So @vangameconnect.ca was very good indeed and I hope this city can keep hosting new games, arts and culture events.
We’ve got less than 3 hours till the Expo ends but still plenty of Vancouver-made game demos to play ✨
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
So @vangameconnect.ca was very good indeed and I hope this city can keep hosting new games, arts and culture events.
As a kid I would've thought this was one of the most exciting things ever, whereas as an adult I think this is one of the most exciting things ever.
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog Pasta (1998-1999): Canned pasta in a tomato/cheese sauce from Franco-American, shaped like weapons, a castle, and a dragon from the short-lived Fox Kids action-fantasy series from Saban, which was set in ancient Ireland
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
As a kid I would've thought this was one of the most exciting things ever, whereas as an adult I think this is one of the most exciting things ever.
So @vangameconnect.ca was very good indeed and I hope this city can keep hosting new games, arts and culture events.
We’ve got less than 3 hours till the Expo ends but still plenty of Vancouver-made game demos to play ✨
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
So @vangameconnect.ca was very good indeed and I hope this city can keep hosting new games, arts and culture events.
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The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
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Why does this dog look like it's about to betray Gandalf
Some of those dogs at the dog show are just obscene abominations unto the lord.
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Why does this dog look like it's about to betray Gandalf
The only road trip sign that I've ever needed.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The only road trip sign that I've ever needed.
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You Have Got 2: Be Kidding Me
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You Have Got 2: Be Kidding Me
TREES DETECTED - OXYGEN TANK REFILLED
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TREES DETECTED - OXYGEN TANK REFILLED
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No matter where we live or what language we speak, we’re in the same boat: trying to get by in an impossible economy.
Quebeckers are hungry for progressive solutions: bold, clear, and based on solidarity.
Join the movement: LewisforLeader.ca
youtu.be/ZmmD3vExGmg?...
Quebeckers are hungry for progressive solutions: bold, clear, and based on solidarity.
Join the movement: LewisforLeader.ca
youtu.be/ZmmD3vExGmg?...
My message to Quebeckers | Avi Lewis
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
No matter where we live or what language we speak, we’re in the same boat: trying to get by in an impossible economy.
Quebeckers are hungry for progressive solutions: bold, clear, and based on solidarity.
Join the movement: LewisforLeader.ca
youtu.be/ZmmD3vExGmg?...
Quebeckers are hungry for progressive solutions: bold, clear, and based on solidarity.
Join the movement: LewisforLeader.ca
youtu.be/ZmmD3vExGmg?...
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I actually gasped when I saw that this resource guide was put out there to help folks. *That's* what I'm talking about.
Librarians are the freaking best, y'all. Book it. Done.
Librarians are the freaking best, y'all. Book it. Done.
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I actually gasped when I saw that this resource guide was put out there to help folks. *That's* what I'm talking about.
Librarians are the freaking best, y'all. Book it. Done.
Librarians are the freaking best, y'all. Book it. Done.
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Among the things social media has caused, it's the lack of realization of boundaries. Some thoughts are for the group chat, some are for Discord, some are just to be shared on the phone or in person with your friends, some are to be kept to yourself.
Not every single thought needs to be public.
Not every single thought needs to be public.
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Among the things social media has caused, it's the lack of realization of boundaries. Some thoughts are for the group chat, some are for Discord, some are just to be shared on the phone or in person with your friends, some are to be kept to yourself.
Not every single thought needs to be public.
Not every single thought needs to be public.
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I'm a BAFTA Breakthrough 2025!
I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!
As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!
www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!
As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!
www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm a BAFTA Breakthrough 2025!
I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!
As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!
www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!
As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!
www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
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This is excellent. @caraellison.bsky.social is a great talent and deserves all the recognition.
BAFTA Breakthrough profile: Cara Ellison
"Your game's story or narrative, even if it's not a traditional narrative, is the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is excellent. @caraellison.bsky.social is a great talent and deserves all the recognition.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Don't forget to mark your calendars! Stumptmas is SOON.
12 days worth of fun and charity.
It starts Wednesday December 3rd 10am PT - through Sunday December 14th 6pm PT. And we're raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org.
Help us beat last year's total of $92k!
www.twitch.tv/stumptgamers
12 days worth of fun and charity.
It starts Wednesday December 3rd 10am PT - through Sunday December 14th 6pm PT. And we're raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org.
Help us beat last year's total of $92k!
www.twitch.tv/stumptgamers
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Don't forget to mark your calendars! Stumptmas is SOON.
12 days worth of fun and charity.
It starts Wednesday December 3rd 10am PT - through Sunday December 14th 6pm PT. And we're raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org.
Help us beat last year's total of $92k!
www.twitch.tv/stumptgamers
12 days worth of fun and charity.
It starts Wednesday December 3rd 10am PT - through Sunday December 14th 6pm PT. And we're raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org.
Help us beat last year's total of $92k!
www.twitch.tv/stumptgamers
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just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
Absolutely fucking batshit insane that Lyft is not only charging a waiting fee now, but that they charge by the second.
My driver had to wait seventeen seconds for me to find and get in his car? Unacceptable!
My driver had to wait seventeen seconds for me to find and get in his car? Unacceptable!
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Absolutely fucking batshit insane that Lyft is not only charging a waiting fee now, but that they charge by the second.
My driver had to wait seventeen seconds for me to find and get in his car? Unacceptable!
My driver had to wait seventeen seconds for me to find and get in his car? Unacceptable!
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It's so freaking funny that people are crashing out about a joke anyone who sees that screen would independently think of to the point someone has to share metadata from their joke to prove they thought of it
So I went Full Journalism and think I've discovered why several folks have shared the same image saying "Writer" isn't a valid job.
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's so freaking funny that people are crashing out about a joke anyone who sees that screen would independently think of to the point someone has to share metadata from their joke to prove they thought of it
So I went Full Journalism and think I've discovered why several folks have shared the same image saying "Writer" isn't a valid job.
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So I went Full Journalism and think I've discovered why several folks have shared the same image saying "Writer" isn't a valid job.
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
It's from a medical screening questionnaire. Here's my explainer! BUT ALSO here's a link to the metadata from my original image.
www.metadata2go.com/result#j=843...
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Anna Yarmoliuk (Ukrainian Artist, born 1977)
"Time to go Home", 2010.
Oil Pastels on Cardboard, 35 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Time to go Home", 2010.
Oil Pastels on Cardboard, 35 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Anna Yarmoliuk (Ukrainian Artist, born 1977)
"Time to go Home", 2010.
Oil Pastels on Cardboard, 35 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Time to go Home", 2010.
Oil Pastels on Cardboard, 35 × 50 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
We're back at it again in just half an hour! Join me on Twitch for some HROT at 1pm Pacific time, for what may be my last stream until December!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We're back at it again in just half an hour! Join me on Twitch for some HROT at 1pm Pacific time, for what may be my last stream until December!
twitch.tv/paullicino
twitch.tv/paullicino
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜