Raina 🇨🇦
@rainaelm.bsky.social
Data scientist, dog mom, Portlander. I write about games sometimes! 🇨🇦
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"what if a space station was hell" is maybe the most important type of game there is.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"what if a space station was hell" is maybe the most important type of game there is.
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i really don't want to see your unwrapped, be better
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
i really don't want to see your unwrapped, be better
watched the series finale for peaky blinders yesterday and I’ve never seen a more empty shell of an attempt to force both a movie and spin off. Nothing is resolved! Tommy is just once again cooler and smarter and more fuckable than everyone else so he wins 🤷🏼♀️ why do this. Why not say something?
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
watched the series finale for peaky blinders yesterday and I’ve never seen a more empty shell of an attempt to force both a movie and spin off. Nothing is resolved! Tommy is just once again cooler and smarter and more fuckable than everyone else so he wins 🤷🏼♀️ why do this. Why not say something?
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Do you like science? Found fiction? Sporror? How about laughing? We really think today's free story by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social will grow on you, if you know what we mean. Read it today on our website!
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December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Do you like science? Found fiction? Sporror? How about laughing? We really think today's free story by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social will grow on you, if you know what we mean. Read it today on our website!
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Seeing other narrative design people say that Clair Obscur had a bad 3rd act or bad ending(s)…I just can’t follow you there man. That shit ruled. Sorry. You break the combat wide fucking open and then get your choice of doing genocide or walking toward Omelas and saying “torturing that child rocks”
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Seeing other narrative design people say that Clair Obscur had a bad 3rd act or bad ending(s)…I just can’t follow you there man. That shit ruled. Sorry. You break the combat wide fucking open and then get your choice of doing genocide or walking toward Omelas and saying “torturing that child rocks”
Someone help me convince my partner our dog needs a buddy!!! Or maybe adopt one of these sweet babies yourself?
There are currently TWENTY THREE Great Pyr mixes at the Oregon Humane Society available for adoption, rescued from a huge neglect case out in Polk County. If you’ve ever wanted a LORG fren for your family, you can’t do much better than Pyrs.
Animal Details
Details about each animal available at the Oregon Humane Society.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Someone help me convince my partner our dog needs a buddy!!! Or maybe adopt one of these sweet babies yourself?
Not an opinion on the situation with HORSES but man reviewing a game to check for TOS compliance must be hard. When it’s a movie, the entire possibility space is laid out in front of you quite clearly. No way to hide, say, a hard-to-find dialogue chain that unlocks a completely new zone
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Not an opinion on the situation with HORSES but man reviewing a game to check for TOS compliance must be hard. When it’s a movie, the entire possibility space is laid out in front of you quite clearly. No way to hide, say, a hard-to-find dialogue chain that unlocks a completely new zone
All these years I thought that people didn’t like when squirrels ate from their bird feeders because they didn’t like them as much as birds. I have come to realize it’s because those stupid fuckers will empty the entire thing in like a day by using their little hands to shovel seeds onto your deck
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
All these years I thought that people didn’t like when squirrels ate from their bird feeders because they didn’t like them as much as birds. I have come to realize it’s because those stupid fuckers will empty the entire thing in like a day by using their little hands to shovel seeds onto your deck
I don’t want to ruin the kayfabe on the actual thread but nothing funnier than seeing adult men crash out over trolling about Zelda vs Link. You simply must have been online in 2005 buddy there’s no excuse
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I don’t want to ruin the kayfabe on the actual thread but nothing funnier than seeing adult men crash out over trolling about Zelda vs Link. You simply must have been online in 2005 buddy there’s no excuse
Generally on par with the quality of poutine I’ve been served in the states! My fellow Canadians would not believe how often something advertised as poutine comes out with either shredded or feta cheese 🤢 the texture and type of gravy is usually wrong too, maybe because it’s less common as a sauce?
I had this inflicted on me on tumblr and now I have to share it with my Canadian friends here because WHAT.
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Generally on par with the quality of poutine I’ve been served in the states! My fellow Canadians would not believe how often something advertised as poutine comes out with either shredded or feta cheese 🤢 the texture and type of gravy is usually wrong too, maybe because it’s less common as a sauce?
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My hot take about Metroid is that I'm not big into Metroid but I don't think you should ever hear a single human voice or see a single human face during the course of those games unless you 101%'d it, and then you get to see Samus's newest gorgeous visage say "congratulations, gamer" at the camera
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My hot take about Metroid is that I'm not big into Metroid but I don't think you should ever hear a single human voice or see a single human face during the course of those games unless you 101%'d it, and then you get to see Samus's newest gorgeous visage say "congratulations, gamer" at the camera
Can anyone explain to me why so many bars in Portland hire a DJ to play loud ambient music every Friday night? There’s no dance floor so like it’s not for dancing? It’s just loud while I drink a $13 martini and try to talk to the people I’m with 🥲 I want to support their art I just don’t understand
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Can anyone explain to me why so many bars in Portland hire a DJ to play loud ambient music every Friday night? There’s no dance floor so like it’s not for dancing? It’s just loud while I drink a $13 martini and try to talk to the people I’m with 🥲 I want to support their art I just don’t understand
so my main hobby is sewing and I’ve recently become obsessed with costume design. I have albums of inspo for cool high concept dresses and cloaks. What do I do with these feelings? Sew them and then put them on mannequins I’d have no room for? Do community theaters need random high-effort pieces 😭
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
so my main hobby is sewing and I’ve recently become obsessed with costume design. I have albums of inspo for cool high concept dresses and cloaks. What do I do with these feelings? Sew them and then put them on mannequins I’d have no room for? Do community theaters need random high-effort pieces 😭
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(Aughts Cable Drama Protag): "Seeing how strong our bond was, even after everything, I was sure we would always be -- All Right." (slow camera dolly to wide shot looking over the show's pleasant weekend lake-town with Big City skyscrapers visible on the horizon) -- Whee1M1 needle-drop.
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
(Aughts Cable Drama Protag): "Seeing how strong our bond was, even after everything, I was sure we would always be -- All Right." (slow camera dolly to wide shot looking over the show's pleasant weekend lake-town with Big City skyscrapers visible on the horizon) -- Whee1M1 needle-drop.
I’m an absolute freak for eink and have been desperate to get away from my clunky windows PC that always gets in the way of just booting up my games. I have not been this excited for a console in decades!!!
E-ink front panel for a six inch PC is fucking tremendous stuff. Absolutely incredible
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’m an absolute freak for eink and have been desperate to get away from my clunky windows PC that always gets in the way of just booting up my games. I have not been this excited for a console in decades!!!
welcome back GameCube ♥️
Valve announces 3 new Steam hardware devices: Steam Machine, VR headset Steam Frame, and a new Steam controller
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Valve announces 3 new Steam hardware devices: Steam Machine, VR headset Steam Frame, and a new Steam controller
Valve has announced three new hardware products: a new Steam Frame VR headset and controllers, a new Steam controller, …
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
welcome back GameCube ♥️
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
So there’s a large house centipede that’s made itself a home in my bathroom. No problem, they eat worse bugs and generally keep to themselves. However every morning the humidity from my shower freaks him out and causes him to do a pilgrimage (cont.)
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So there’s a large house centipede that’s made itself a home in my bathroom. No problem, they eat worse bugs and generally keep to themselves. However every morning the humidity from my shower freaks him out and causes him to do a pilgrimage (cont.)
Just picked up TEN books that I’m so excited to read, for roughly what it costs me to get lunch (no drinks) in Portland
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November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just picked up TEN books that I’m so excited to read, for roughly what it costs me to get lunch (no drinks) in Portland
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no american will ever know what it is like to be a canadian who is not really that into sports but NEEDS their One Canadian Team to beat the americans. you'll simply never understand
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
no american will ever know what it is like to be a canadian who is not really that into sports but NEEDS their One Canadian Team to beat the americans. you'll simply never understand
It’s rare I can recognize a good baseball play on my own but goddamn
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It’s rare I can recognize a good baseball play on my own but goddamn
I saw Frankenstein in 35mm at the Hollywood Theater here in Portland last weekend - it was so sincere and earnest and human and GORGEOUS, I couldn’t possibly recommend it enough. I’m a huge @realgdt.bsky.social film fan but this is easily my favourite ♥️
November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I saw Frankenstein in 35mm at the Hollywood Theater here in Portland last weekend - it was so sincere and earnest and human and GORGEOUS, I couldn’t possibly recommend it enough. I’m a huge @realgdt.bsky.social film fan but this is easily my favourite ♥️
oof ouch my bank account
tunic is quite easily one of my favourite games of all time, this is soooo exciting! Lost in Cult does amazing work, I’ve been so happy with the other design works I’ve got! ♥️
tunic is quite easily one of my favourite games of all time, this is soooo exciting! Lost in Cult does amazing work, I’ve been so happy with the other design works I’ve got! ♥️
Continue your adventure with Tunic: Design Works! 🦊 @finjico.bsky.social
Uncover the secrets of Tunic's development (and even some of our own!) in our latest Design Works edition by award-winning writer Christian Donlan ⚔️
Deluxe Editions closing 8th January 2026: lostincult.co.uk/tunic
Uncover the secrets of Tunic's development (and even some of our own!) in our latest Design Works edition by award-winning writer Christian Donlan ⚔️
Deluxe Editions closing 8th January 2026: lostincult.co.uk/tunic
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
oof ouch my bank account
tunic is quite easily one of my favourite games of all time, this is soooo exciting! Lost in Cult does amazing work, I’ve been so happy with the other design works I’ve got! ♥️
tunic is quite easily one of my favourite games of all time, this is soooo exciting! Lost in Cult does amazing work, I’ve been so happy with the other design works I’ve got! ♥️
like 8 mins away from having had to play 2 games on the same day , low commitment to the bit
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
like 8 mins away from having had to play 2 games on the same day , low commitment to the bit
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do you think they’re scared of what will happen if they stop playing baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
do you think they’re scared of what will happen if they stop playing baseball