Phoenix
@phoenixsimms.bsky.social
Atlantic Canadian game critic and demiwoman cryptid. (She/They)
Words at Unwinnable, Endless Mode (previously Paste Games), and more
Co-Editor of @tier-review.com
https://muckrack.com/phoenix-simms
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Words at Unwinnable, Endless Mode (previously Paste Games), and more
Co-Editor of @tier-review.com
https://muckrack.com/phoenix-simms
[email protected]
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@phoenixsimms.bsky.social reflects on why there was an increasing emphasis in the 2010s on IF storytelling via interfaces like desktops and apps.
IF's Retrofuturist Roots
Amping up retro technological friction encourages the player to decipher an IF game's interface as if it is an alien device with its own "emotional language".
www.tier-review.com
Whenever I think about IF in the 2010s, I always notice that game designers were interested in retrofuturist takes on computer desktops. The first one I encountered, Digital: A Love Story, was even designed by someone who didn't grow up with the interfaces central to the game, namely the BBS.
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After applying to 150+ jobs this year alone, and barely even getting enough interviews to count on two hands, Ive finally run out of unemployment.
I have no money coming it, so I have to ask for help from you all.
If you cant donate, please consider sharing at least.
After applying to 150+ jobs this year alone, and barely even getting enough interviews to count on two hands, Ive finally run out of unemployment.
I have no money coming it, so I have to ask for help from you all.
If you cant donate, please consider sharing at least.
Pay May Roussel using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/manwithasword and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
paypal.me/manwithasword
After applying to 150+ jobs this year alone, and barely even getting enough interviews to count on two hands, Ive finally run out of unemployment.
I have no money coming it, so I have to ask for help from you all.
If you cant donate, please consider sharing at least.
After applying to 150+ jobs this year alone, and barely even getting enough interviews to count on two hands, Ive finally run out of unemployment.
I have no money coming it, so I have to ask for help from you all.
If you cant donate, please consider sharing at least.
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Can we get this boosted
My Venmo is working
hey my PayPal is fuc king up right now. I’m trying to fix it and my Kofi.
Can I have some help getting food ?
I forgot to eat all day and was working and I have a headache and need help eating food please 🙏
hey my PayPal is fuc king up right now. I’m trying to fix it and my Kofi.
Can I have some help getting food ?
I forgot to eat all day and was working and I have a headache and need help eating food please 🙏
hey my PayPal is fuc king up right now. I’m trying to fix it and my Kofi.
Can I have some help getting food ?
I forgot to eat all day and was working and I have a headache and need help eating food please 🙏
Can I have some help getting food ?
I forgot to eat all day and was working and I have a headache and need help eating food please 🙏
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Can we get this boosted
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In case you missed it, I wrote a tl;dr for my series examining Suikoden 1's English localizations. The final word: the HD Remaster's translation is a definite improvement, but suffers from the same issues as the 1996 translation—namely, a lack of context and not enough editing passes/LQA.
My Suikoden Localization Let's Play has finally come to a complete end! This overview covers the main points of the series, like "don't take words or punctuation at face value" and "consider the larger context," then dives into reviews of both the PS1 and HD Remaster English translations.
Localization Let’s Play: Suikoden 1 – Overview - Elizabeth Bushouse
I have to say, I did not think this project would be nearly this long when I first started it, but...here we are. Since it turned into such a behemoth of a
lizbushouse.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
In case you missed it, I wrote a tl;dr for my series examining Suikoden 1's English localizations. The final word: the HD Remaster's translation is a definite improvement, but suffers from the same issues as the 1996 translation—namely, a lack of context and not enough editing passes/LQA.
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Still need to get some presents for loved ones (or yourself)?
Get free shipping, 20% off a future order, and the knowledge that your purchase supports indie bookstores 💜
Get free shipping, 20% off a future order, and the knowledge that your purchase supports indie bookstores 💜
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Still need to get some presents for loved ones (or yourself)?
Get free shipping, 20% off a future order, and the knowledge that your purchase supports indie bookstores 💜
Get free shipping, 20% off a future order, and the knowledge that your purchase supports indie bookstores 💜
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This could be so sweet! Hoping to meet the goal: ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This could be so sweet! Hoping to meet the goal: ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Back blurbin’ books! Well one Southern Gothic novella in particular~
The ghost of Exploits present is here, and boy, do we have presents. This issue includes writing on topics like the future of music and House of the Long Shadows.
Buy: buff.ly/IBhA57B
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Read @saraclemens.com's essay on A Muppet Family Christmas: buff.ly/9DttOrr
Buy: buff.ly/IBhA57B
Subscribe: buff.ly/BrHZcDu
Read @saraclemens.com's essay on A Muppet Family Christmas: buff.ly/9DttOrr
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Back blurbin’ books! Well one Southern Gothic novella in particular~
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Woodlands
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Woodlands
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Majd is again recovering from painful leg surgery
Donate to URGENT : Save my children from the genocide in Gaza, organized by Aya Shamala
Hi, my name is Qossay, I am a Belgian citizen living in Antwerp. I am … Aya Shamala needs your support for URGENT : Save my children from the genocide in Gaza
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November 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Majd is again recovering from painful leg surgery
@theautumnwright.bsky.social Chill Sunday jam~
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@theautumnwright.bsky.social Chill Sunday jam~
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New Fund Friday thread!
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Our lives are all thin fragile threads, but we can weave together into a beautiful and strong fabric, to catch the people who are falling.
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BOOST!
DONATE IF YOU CAN!
Our lives are all thin fragile threads, but we can weave together into a beautiful and strong fabric, to catch the people who are falling.
11/28 Friday Mutual Aid Thread
Link isn't here because the Mods are Racist
We save each other and honor Link and his mutual aid work
post your mutual aid needs below
donate if you can !
share if you can !
report scammers !
comment below to boost !
Link isn't here because the Mods are Racist
We save each other and honor Link and his mutual aid work
post your mutual aid needs below
donate if you can !
share if you can !
report scammers !
comment below to boost !
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New Fund Friday thread!
SHARE!
BOOST!
DONATE IF YOU CAN!
Our lives are all thin fragile threads, but we can weave together into a beautiful and strong fabric, to catch the people who are falling.
SHARE!
BOOST!
DONATE IF YOU CAN!
Our lives are all thin fragile threads, but we can weave together into a beautiful and strong fabric, to catch the people who are falling.
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Our launch trailer, btw! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYew...
HORSES Launch Date Trailer
YouTube video by Santa Ragione
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Our launch trailer, btw! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYew...
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hell yeah
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
hell yeah
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November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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this is insane both on its face and with several more insane details once you read the full thing
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 5:53 PM
this is insane both on its face and with several more insane details once you read the full thing
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Hi all, Salem and I could really use some help with groceries and meds for the rest of the week. $250 would mean a lot to us. Any boosting would be extremely appreciated! #MutualAid #MutualAidBoost
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hi all, Salem and I could really use some help with groceries and meds for the rest of the week. $250 would mean a lot to us. Any boosting would be extremely appreciated! #MutualAid #MutualAidBoost
If you are a #TTRPG creator/designer/publisher with interest in working with or contributing to libraries, the Games & Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association would love to hear from you!
If you are a games publisher, developer or designer, please fill out this survey. We’d like to know more about what you are looking for in a partnership. bit.ly/GameRT2025Pu...
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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The river is a god & they killed her. It’s time for ordinary people to hold them to account.
Excited to share the first trailer for our new game about dead gods & taking billionaires to court — All Will Rise 🌏⚖️✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQa...
Excited to share the first trailer for our new game about dead gods & taking billionaires to court — All Will Rise 🌏⚖️✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQa...
June 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The river is a god & they killed her. It’s time for ordinary people to hold them to account.
Excited to share the first trailer for our new game about dead gods & taking billionaires to court — All Will Rise 🌏⚖️✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQa...
Excited to share the first trailer for our new game about dead gods & taking billionaires to court — All Will Rise 🌏⚖️✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQa...
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this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
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I know this makes me like a terminal bummer or whatever but there is still an Xbox boycott under BDS. The Gaza genocide might not be as in your face as it was a year or even six months ago but shit ain’t over. Israel/the US just put forward an ethnic cleansing proposal masquerading as a peace plan.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know this makes me like a terminal bummer or whatever but there is still an Xbox boycott under BDS. The Gaza genocide might not be as in your face as it was a year or even six months ago but shit ain’t over. Israel/the US just put forward an ethnic cleansing proposal masquerading as a peace plan.
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ICYMI LOOK AT MY VIDEO GAME I ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!
HEY I'M ANNOUNCING MY COOL NEW INDIE GAME
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICYMI LOOK AT MY VIDEO GAME I ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!
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Excuse me where's my gate that I'm keeping? We're not even allowed to ask our union for advice on pricing. We're contractors, you silly people
It’s a bit funny to me when folks accuse anti-AI artists of “gatekeeping.” My dude, Midjourney charges you $60 a month for images, while real artists remind you that you can make it for free and experience the joy of the process. So who’s really gatekeeping?
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Excuse me where's my gate that I'm keeping? We're not even allowed to ask our union for advice on pricing. We're contractors, you silly people