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Shae Rossi 🧜‍♀️
@shaenanigans.bsky.social
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Senior Quest Designer @ Blizzard on World of Warcraft, Tolkien scholar, mermaid, SCAdian, witch, belly dancer. Prev. Content Designer II Lord of the Rings Online. LGBTQ+ (she/her)
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Shae Rossi 🧜‍♀️ @shaenanigans.bsky.social · Oct 18
I keep forgetting this site is a thing, but I miss game dev Twitter. Looking to connect here with folks who love
👾game dev, game writing, video games
🧙‍♂️Tolkien / Lord of the Rings
🔮witches, pagans, heathens oh my
🧜‍♀️merfolk, mermaids, mermen
🏰cosplay, reenactment, SCA, LARP
📷photography
🐈cats and dogs
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thetnholler.bsky.social
What a photograph.

“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
It’s been like two weeks and my animals are still not on board with daylight savings. #cat #kittens
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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guildwars2.com
Choya ready for this? Ain’t no party like a Cursed Cosplay party – and Engelburt Meow, Malchemist, and Jebro are back on out Twitch.tv/GuildWars2 livestream to raise funds for #ExtraLife!
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November 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
Free game design talks today! #gamedev #indiedev #gamewriting @igda.org
igdafoundation.org IGDA Foundation @igdafoundation.org · 17h
🎉 Today’s the day!
Autumn Alumni Weekend kicks off soon — join us for talks, workshops, and indie game showcases all day long 🍁🎮

🎟 It’s free to join → buff.ly/N8Rx8Fy

#gamedevs #indiedevs
Fall Alumni Weekend Schedule - November 15th
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
Walking in the forest with my dog is often the method by which writer's block will dissolve and where I solve problems that have been vexing me. I owe a great deal to the trees. (and my dog)
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2d
Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
A photograph I took quite early on New Year's Day, 2019, while walking on the Isle of Purpeck, not long before I did a tweet using it, and the same caption. I imagine it won't have as much impact here, since loads of people have since reused it, and the phrase is now more widely known. It is still very very true, though. Lots of things are solved by walking. Although not everything, obviously.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
Excited for players to get to see what we've been working on! World of Warcraft Beta is going live today :) #worldofwarcraft
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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lizardengland.bsky.social
man I dunno this is just off the top of my head, probably missed some things
GDC informa survey of the industry with the question "From your perspective, what is responsible for the rise in layoffs in the game industry?" and the answer "The economy is heading south so people are battening down the hatches. Money continues to flow upwards and consolidate in fewer hands, leaving the rest to fight for crumbs and fold. The promise of cheap labor - whether it's AI or offshoring - combines with the pressures of our capitalist system on infinite growth and competing for ever larger slices of the pie to keep costs down. The business chases profit to the point where our industry seeks out the lowest cost methods to produce the most revenue, sacrificing quality in favor quantity and a sweatshop approach to development. Funding sources have dried up, with fewer investors or publishers willing to fund a game through completion and instead pulling out partway, leaving teams abandoned with incomplete games and no money to finish them. What funding exists requires significant investment on the side of the creators in the first place - money that, again, is not available except for very few - or is dedicated toward the AI bubble, incentivizing companies to go all-in on a technology that requires them to destroy our own labor market."
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com
Grab your guild and get ready!

#BlizzCon2026 Tickets go on sale in two days, and we’ll be seeing you in Anaheim, California from Sept 12-13, 2026 🤝

blizz.ly/4opKigB
A group photo showing tens of cosplayers dressed as various characters from Blizzard franchises from Diablo to Overwatch, World of Warcraft, and beyond. The BlizzCon logo is on the bottom of the image, as well as stylized text reading “A Calling Home”.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,

it is right.

No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,

it is a strength.

No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,

it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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aoc.bsky.social
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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kendrawrites.com
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
Sending support to everyone who gets to #vote today, and crossing my fingers that no one horrible get elected. We have enough of those in power as it is. Especially sending huge vibes to NYC.

Throwback pic of Bjorn from years ago. He was unimpressed by the sticker ;)
Black and white image of a young black dog with droopy ears. On his forehead is a crooked, oval stick with a flag and the words "I Voted" on it. The dog is unimpressed.
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
Please enjoy my bearcow, Bjorn. 🐄🐾 Happy Halloween, everyone!
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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scalzi.com
For those who don't know:
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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hazelmonforton.com
It’s here! ’The Prince of All Rats’, Fallen London‘s Exceptional Story for November, was written by yours truly. I hope you enjoy the seduction of our self-styled prince!
failbettergames.com Failbetter Games - Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 16d
"May I?" he asks, and he holds out a paw, his claws beckoning. He kisses the back of your hand.

The self-declared Prince of All Rats has the manners, bearing, and ambition to rule – and a personal interest in your acquaintance. Will you help the Fifth City to accept his claim?
A portrait of an upright, humanoid rat with three heads. It wears regal purple, with a frilly collar at its central throat. Its little ratty hand rests on its tail, which is draped across its lap.
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
Whoa! Huge free update coming to Animal Crossing AND a Switch 2 edition. Spoilers below:

This features bulk crafting, new characters, crossovers, the ability to have three additional islands to decorate, and a hotel! Will you come back to ACNH?
#animalcrossing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nOD...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition & Free Update – Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Nintendo of America
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
Now move it out of San Fransisco 😤

What do you think? Is this price more attainable for folks? Will you go to GDC? #gamedev
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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andrewkostrub.bsky.social
Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
I honestly had no idea this was happening. Which is probably on me, but oof. Anyway! This is good!
ms.now MS NOW @ms.now · 24d
WATCH LIVE: Senator Merkley hits hour 18 of marathon speech to 'protest Trump’s threats to Democracy'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1VL...
LIVE: Senator Merkley holds floor to 'protest Trump’s threats to Democracy'
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
Today is the LAST day to submit a game to @bostonfig.bsky.social, the Boston Festival of Indie games! Submissions close at 11:59pm EST tonight, October 20th. www.bostonfig.com/festival-202...
#gamedev #indiegames #bfig #gamedesign #indiedev
BostonFIG 2025 Figgie Awards Submission Guidelines
Submit your game to the 2025 Boston Festival of Indie Games! Finalists get to show off their game at our event on December 7, and the Figgie Awards ceremony announces winners at the end of the day.
www.bostonfig.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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wired.com
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to…
wrd.cm
October 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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drskyskull.bsky.social
Historians are gonna have such a weird time talking about this moment in history
Two people wearing inflatable hippo costumes with a sign “Hippos for Democracy”
October 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Do you know what a group of frogs is called?

AN ARMY
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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northjules.bsky.social
#NoKings ❌👑
October 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
shaenanigans.bsky.social
Hey Game Devs - @owlcatgames.bsky.social has a "new game development learning resource, featuring over 350 resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses… for FREE." owlcat.games/learning #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign
Owlcat Games - We create cRPGs
We create cRPGs
owlcat.games
October 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM