Phoenix
@phoenixwritesdown.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
[email protected]
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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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"You search for room 46, but also for the ephemeral legacies of your family and its place in the wider world."
@phoenixsimms.bsky.social digs into the non-videogame influences behind Blue Prince's environments:
@phoenixsimms.bsky.social digs into the non-videogame influences behind Blue Prince's environments:
Negative Spatial Awareness - Unwinnable
Environmental storytelling and puzzles are at their best when they’re kept simple and almost subliminal.
unwinnable.com
In which I add The Mysteries of Harris Burdick and Agatha Christie to the Blue Prince evidence board, alongside @emilyprice.bsky.social’s keen observations of Piranesi and its parallels to the aforementioned game.
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i am a girl and a journalist who writes about the beauty and horrors of our shared world .
all my work is free , I survive off tips
📝 junoryleejournalism.com
🔗 linktr.ee/junostump
🫙 venmo.com/u/junostump
Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail
all my work is free , I survive off tips
📝 junoryleejournalism.com
🔗 linktr.ee/junostump
🫙 venmo.com/u/junostump
Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
i am a girl and a journalist who writes about the beauty and horrors of our shared world .
all my work is free , I survive off tips
📝 junoryleejournalism.com
🔗 linktr.ee/junostump
🫙 venmo.com/u/junostump
Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail
all my work is free , I survive off tips
📝 junoryleejournalism.com
🔗 linktr.ee/junostump
🫙 venmo.com/u/junostump
Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail
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i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is about DuPont, General Motors, TEFLON, PFOA, PFOS, and our POISONED world
we keep each other safe, and it begins with free, trustworthy information
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/18/d...
this piece is about DuPont, General Motors, TEFLON, PFOA, PFOS, and our POISONED world
we keep each other safe, and it begins with free, trustworthy information
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/18/d...
December 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is about DuPont, General Motors, TEFLON, PFOA, PFOS, and our POISONED world
we keep each other safe, and it begins with free, trustworthy information
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/18/d...
this piece is about DuPont, General Motors, TEFLON, PFOA, PFOS, and our POISONED world
we keep each other safe, and it begins with free, trustworthy information
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/18/d...
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some of my journalism pieces take 3 weeks to put together, and other times it takes 6 months to put journalism pieces together. some journalism pieces are in progress for a year or more. whatever it takes to capture the full story and articulate it properly .
December 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
some of my journalism pieces take 3 weeks to put together, and other times it takes 6 months to put journalism pieces together. some journalism pieces are in progress for a year or more. whatever it takes to capture the full story and articulate it properly .
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
ICYMI, still urgent:
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ICYMI, still urgent:
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I wrote an article about dialogue choice as part of a narrative designer’s toolkit *aside* from branching, instead considering how choice can invite us to *perform* a character.
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
We're just over the moon to be sharing this with you: the one and only @hannahnicklin.bsky.social on South of the Circle and how developers use in-game choices to give players space in which to perform the story.
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/per...
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/per...
Performing Peter: South of the Circle and Fuzzy Choice — Gamers with Glasses
How do game designers make player choices feel meaningful? Hannah Nicklin, author of Writing for Games: Theory and Practice , describes here how the act of choosing allows players to perform a charac...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I wrote an article about dialogue choice as part of a narrative designer’s toolkit *aside* from branching, instead considering how choice can invite us to *perform* a character.
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
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VOLUME 3 has arrived!! 📚
Thank you so much to @retrogamebooks.com for this one, and for all the amazing work they do with the Video Game Maps books and beyond 🙏💙
#SNES #Gaming
Thank you so much to @retrogamebooks.com for this one, and for all the amazing work they do with the Video Game Maps books and beyond 🙏💙
#SNES #Gaming
December 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
VOLUME 3 has arrived!! 📚
Thank you so much to @retrogamebooks.com for this one, and for all the amazing work they do with the Video Game Maps books and beyond 🙏💙
#SNES #Gaming
Thank you so much to @retrogamebooks.com for this one, and for all the amazing work they do with the Video Game Maps books and beyond 🙏💙
#SNES #Gaming
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Ace attorney fans one joke is defrosting
December 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Ace attorney fans one joke is defrosting
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Another holiday shopping season is here, another chance to give the gift of VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR linktr.ee/jordanwminor
VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR, my book, is one of the best video game history books around
linktr.ee/jordanwminor
linktr.ee/jordanwminor
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Another holiday shopping season is here, another chance to give the gift of VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR linktr.ee/jordanwminor
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please send tips
I need help with my January 1st Rent , groceries , and gas in my car.
I also need to buy a few books I can’t find at the library for my Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace journalism pieces coming in February / March
I'm indie, trans, and all my work free.
i survive off tips.
I need help with my January 1st Rent , groceries , and gas in my car.
I also need to buy a few books I can’t find at the library for my Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace journalism pieces coming in February / March
I'm indie, trans, and all my work free.
i survive off tips.
i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is about DuPont, General Motors, TEFLON, PFOA, PFOS, and our POISONED world
we keep each other safe, and it begins with free, trustworthy information
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/18/d...
this piece is about DuPont, General Motors, TEFLON, PFOA, PFOS, and our POISONED world
we keep each other safe, and it begins with free, trustworthy information
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/18/d...
December 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
please send tips
I need help with my January 1st Rent , groceries , and gas in my car.
I also need to buy a few books I can’t find at the library for my Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace journalism pieces coming in February / March
I'm indie, trans, and all my work free.
i survive off tips.
I need help with my January 1st Rent , groceries , and gas in my car.
I also need to buy a few books I can’t find at the library for my Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace journalism pieces coming in February / March
I'm indie, trans, and all my work free.
i survive off tips.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Please help Amr! As always, even a share helps get this signal boosted.
work has cut my hours to less than 3 days a week, leaving me barely able to pay bills
could use any help while I figure out a way to get out of this shit show
www.paypal.com/paypalme/sie...
could use any help while I figure out a way to get out of this shit show
www.paypal.com/paypalme/sie...
Pay Omar Elaasar using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/siegarettes and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
www.paypal.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Please help Amr! As always, even a share helps get this signal boosted.
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Put a good deal more time into this game after writing this and it continues to reveal how special it is... Rare to play something that feel so good as a toy and yet mature.
Sprawling yet intimate, the new RPG Angeline Era offers sharp, personal design in an age of open world excess. Read @gracemachine.bsky.social's review. www.avclub.com/angeline-era...
Angeline Era is a shrewd and poetic examination of the past
Sprawling yet intimate, the new RPG Angeline Era offers sharp, personal design in an age of open world excess.
www.avclub.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Put a good deal more time into this game after writing this and it continues to reveal how special it is... Rare to play something that feel so good as a toy and yet mature.
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(psst) also you can buy the ebook for half off as part of the itch winter sale.
itch.io/s/176001/win...
itch.io/s/176001/win...
Killing Our Gods: Essays on Religion, Christianity, and Video Games - ebook | Winter Sale 2025 by graceinthemachine
A sale by graceinthemachine, 50% off Killing Our Gods: Essays on Religion, Christianity, and Video Games - ebook
itch.io
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
(psst) also you can buy the ebook for half off as part of the itch winter sale.
itch.io/s/176001/win...
itch.io/s/176001/win...
✨💖✨It’s happening✨💖✨
Just posted a big update on behalf of my collaborator Gina about the physical Killing Our Gods book. It is happening!!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gin...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gin...
Update 10: EOY 2025 Physical Edition Update · Killing Our Gods
Hi everyone! It’s been a long time since you had an update from me and I want to let you all know where we are currently. The world has obviously changed quite a bit since Grace and I first started ta...
www.kickstarter.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
✨💖✨It’s happening✨💖✨
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not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
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Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Attack brings total numbers of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since October ceasefire took effect
Israel Defense Forces killed five Palestinians, including a baby, who were in a school that sheltered displaced people in Gaza City on Friday, hospital officials have said. The attack brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since the October ceasefire took effect.
Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line which they have withdrawn to, killing the Palestinians and wounding a number more, the Palestinian civil defence said in a statement. It added that it was only able to recover the bodies after coordinating with the UN, to ensure they did not also come under Israeli fire. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
I forgot how much I love being an publication editor. I love learning from my fellow contributors and helping them develop their drafts as well.
I'm not a natural grammarian per se, but that gives me something to continuously learn. And I love lifelong learning.
I'm not a natural grammarian per se, but that gives me something to continuously learn. And I love lifelong learning.
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I forgot how much I love being an publication editor. I love learning from my fellow contributors and helping them develop their drafts as well.
I'm not a natural grammarian per se, but that gives me something to continuously learn. And I love lifelong learning.
I'm not a natural grammarian per se, but that gives me something to continuously learn. And I love lifelong learning.
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baby yoda lookin ROUGH these days
(h/t @rubeck.bsky.social )
(h/t @rubeck.bsky.social )
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
baby yoda lookin ROUGH these days
(h/t @rubeck.bsky.social )
(h/t @rubeck.bsky.social )
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Some of these scenarios start in 4 year’s time www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Some of these scenarios start in 4 year’s time www.theguardian.com/environment/...
ICYMI:
I wrote a little something for @tier-review.com
On 24 Killers and what a home really is
Thank you to @gracemachine.bsky.social and @phoenixsimms.bsky.social for the opportunity and the great edits.
On 24 Killers and what a home really is
Thank you to @gracemachine.bsky.social and @phoenixsimms.bsky.social for the opportunity and the great edits.
THE WORLD IS NOT MY HOME
As someone who has moved around a lot, across different states and even countries, I long for the stability of home, a house to call my own. Political and economic situations have dashed my dreams, or...
www.tier-review.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ICYMI:
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We do not need 7+ years, hundreds of devs, and AI tools to make a memorable game. We need more sickos and studios to take a chance on their ideas
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We do not need 7+ years, hundreds of devs, and AI tools to make a memorable game. We need more sickos and studios to take a chance on their ideas