Laura Nash
@laurajnash.bsky.social
co-host of The Short Game https://shortgame.fm/
also ux/design but I mostly talk about museums, tv, and video games here
also ux/design but I mostly talk about museums, tv, and video games here
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happy winter; after 3 years i figure it's time to upload some concepts from pentiment. here are some animals :]
December 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
happy winter; after 3 years i figure it's time to upload some concepts from pentiment. here are some animals :]
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Free today on Epic
Epic indeed
Epic indeed
December 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Free today on Epic
Epic indeed
Epic indeed
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I know she’s fictional but someone please tell tina belcher about the hockey show
December 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I know she’s fictional but someone please tell tina belcher about the hockey show
Loved Expelled, we ended up doing two whole episodes on it (one with spoilers, one without). Go grab it!
Lots of inkle games on sale on Steam, but we wanted to highlight Expelled!
40% off -- 95% Very Positive -- 5-stars in the Observer -- 8/10 in Edge
"A wicked good time."
40% off -- 95% Very Positive -- 5-stars in the Observer -- 8/10 in Edge
"A wicked good time."
Save 40% on Expelled! on Steam
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the cr...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Loved Expelled, we ended up doing two whole episodes on it (one with spoilers, one without). Go grab it!
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Bjork's hitboxes are wild
December 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Bjork's hitboxes are wild
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if you show people something that looks half-done they will assume you are 80% done, when you are 2% done, and then you will be so sad forever
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
if you show people something that looks half-done they will assume you are 80% done, when you are 2% done, and then you will be so sad forever
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Once again, not only is the "America Design System" bloated, inaccessible garbage, but there is ALREADY a full system – US Web Design System/USWDS – built, maintained, and regularly improved by feds, free to use and iterate on. designsystem.digital.gov
This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Once again, not only is the "America Design System" bloated, inaccessible garbage, but there is ALREADY a full system – US Web Design System/USWDS – built, maintained, and regularly improved by feds, free to use and iterate on. designsystem.digital.gov
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126 hours soaking in a tub would fix me
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
126 hours soaking in a tub would fix me
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If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
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highly recommend Sleeping a Sufficient Amount if you're trying to accomplish something with your day
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
highly recommend Sleeping a Sufficient Amount if you're trying to accomplish something with your day
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Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
I read this quote at an 18F all hands as we were seeing our work starting to dissolve from DOGE. I believe it in my bones. Tom Stoppard’s shaped so much of how I think. It’s wanting to know that makes us matter.
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I read this quote at an 18F all hands as we were seeing our work starting to dissolve from DOGE. I believe it in my bones. Tom Stoppard’s shaped so much of how I think. It’s wanting to know that makes us matter.
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now that knifes out 3 is out proper i am reiterating my belief that there should be like 50 benoit blanc movies. they should have a columbo-esque legacy of running on sunday afternoons when their millennial audience all starts hitting 60.
November 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
now that knifes out 3 is out proper i am reiterating my belief that there should be like 50 benoit blanc movies. they should have a columbo-esque legacy of running on sunday afternoons when their millennial audience all starts hitting 60.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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Oh, you say you like eggs? Name three of their albumens then
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Oh, you say you like eggs? Name three of their albumens then
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Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%, OR = 3.393, p < 0.001).
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%, OR = 3.393, p < 0.001).
Look if you didn’t want to wake up to fun facts about Trotsky’s assassination you shouldn’t have married me
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Look if you didn’t want to wake up to fun facts about Trotsky’s assassination you shouldn’t have married me
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When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
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This is great and the diagram is also great
appreciate this article breaking down a taxonomy of knowledge games (also, unfortunately, known as metroidbrainias)
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is great and the diagram is also great
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Before you spend 7 years in Australia making Silksong with 2 friends, it’s important to figure out whether you created Hollow Knight or not. That’s a key factor in deciding whether making Silksong is the right business move
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Before you spend 7 years in Australia making Silksong with 2 friends, it’s important to figure out whether you created Hollow Knight or not. That’s a key factor in deciding whether making Silksong is the right business move
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happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
what's the strangest thing to order from a comedy club menu and why is it soup
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
what's the strangest thing to order from a comedy club menu and why is it soup
My husband is aghast at how many hours I’ll listen to movie podcasts, what would he say if he saw how much I’ve listened to people talk about the history of Game of Thrones
October 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My husband is aghast at how many hours I’ll listen to movie podcasts, what would he say if he saw how much I’ve listened to people talk about the history of Game of Thrones
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This is great work. Great. And you know what? A librarian might not know all this off the dome, but they would absolutely help you find out.
The LA Public Library research librarian explaining what is going on with Charli and Taylor is outstanding work
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October 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is great work. Great. And you know what? A librarian might not know all this off the dome, but they would absolutely help you find out.