Claire L. Evans
@theuniverse.bsky.social
Los Angeles-based writer of video games, articles, songs and books (in no particular order). 🚨 Hopelessly negligent poster.
See also @com.y-a-c-h-t.com
See also @blippo.plus
https://clairelevans.substack.com/
See also @com.y-a-c-h-t.com
See also @blippo.plus
https://clairelevans.substack.com/
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Claire L. Evans
@theuniverse.bsky.social
· Sep 25
'Blippo+' Is One Of The Funniest Games I’ve Ever Played And It’s Perfect For Nintendo Switch
'Blippo+' is a one-of-a-kind game telling the hilarious story of alien contact through public access TV shows.
www.inverse.com
It’s still extremely surreal to that I *wrote a video game* that’s out on Nintendo.
Even more surreal is the fact that people seem to (really) like it!
www.inverse.com/gaming/blipp...
Even more surreal is the fact that people seem to (really) like it!
www.inverse.com/gaming/blipp...
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
📡 ATTENTION EARTHLINGS!
You are now free to nominate Blippo+ for the 2025 Steam Awards, from now until December 1st.
Stay Tuned,
Lisa Duo
Your Television Executive
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
You are now free to nominate Blippo+ for the 2025 Steam Awards, from now until December 1st.
Stay Tuned,
Lisa Duo
Your Television Executive
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
📡 ATTENTION EARTHLINGS!
You are now free to nominate Blippo+ for the 2025 Steam Awards, from now until December 1st.
Stay Tuned,
Lisa Duo
Your Television Executive
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
You are now free to nominate Blippo+ for the 2025 Steam Awards, from now until December 1st.
Stay Tuned,
Lisa Duo
Your Television Executive
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
Wrote a short opinion piece for
@issuesinst.bsky.social in response to a science fiction story by E.G. Condé about the inescapable heat death of all our data. Can biology help us slow this thermodynamic destiny? Thanks to @imaginationasu.bsky.social for the invitation:
issues.org/futuretensef...
@issuesinst.bsky.social in response to a science fiction story by E.G. Condé about the inescapable heat death of all our data. Can biology help us slow this thermodynamic destiny? Thanks to @imaginationasu.bsky.social for the invitation:
issues.org/futuretensef...
Can We Cool Down Data? | Future Tense Fiction
The energy demands of data centers—accelerated by AI—are steering us toward disaster. Could biology help bring us back from the brink?
issues.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wrote a short opinion piece for
@issuesinst.bsky.social in response to a science fiction story by E.G. Condé about the inescapable heat death of all our data. Can biology help us slow this thermodynamic destiny? Thanks to @imaginationasu.bsky.social for the invitation:
issues.org/futuretensef...
@issuesinst.bsky.social in response to a science fiction story by E.G. Condé about the inescapable heat death of all our data. Can biology help us slow this thermodynamic destiny? Thanks to @imaginationasu.bsky.social for the invitation:
issues.org/futuretensef...
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
This week's #FreeFictionFriday response essay, "Can We Cool Down Data?" by @theuniverse.bsky.social , explores the innovative possibilities of DNA-based digital data storage and reflects on why seeking cooler, more resilient storage alternatives is essential.
issues.org/futuretensef...
issues.org/futuretensef...
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This week's #FreeFictionFriday response essay, "Can We Cool Down Data?" by @theuniverse.bsky.social , explores the innovative possibilities of DNA-based digital data storage and reflects on why seeking cooler, more resilient storage alternatives is essential.
issues.org/futuretensef...
issues.org/futuretensef...
This book rules
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This book rules
This is very much a thing! I am even less prominent but I still get an email like this every few months. They tend to come with Google Drive folders of lengthy chat transcripts as “evidence”
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is very much a thing! I am even less prominent but I still get an email like this every few months. They tend to come with Google Drive folders of lengthy chat transcripts as “evidence”
Making an audiobook of our graphic design sourcebook for @blippo.plus was a real challenge—I had to write detailed descriptions of all the logos and design elements in the game, some of which are pretty oblique. It was a crash course in alt-text. I hope the end result is fun and accessible for all!
Also available in audiobook format from Apple, Barnes & Noble, Spotify, Bandcamp, and Libby, depending on your local library system!
Read by Giles Harvey (voice of CUBIS) and @theuniverse.bsky.social (writer of Blippo+).
Read by Giles Harvey (voice of CUBIS) and @theuniverse.bsky.social (writer of Blippo+).
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Making an audiobook of our graphic design sourcebook for @blippo.plus was a real challenge—I had to write detailed descriptions of all the logos and design elements in the game, some of which are pretty oblique. It was a crash course in alt-text. I hope the end result is fun and accessible for all!
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
infocom, game studio, catalog, back, excerpt (1983) archive.org/details/vgmu...
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM
infocom, game studio, catalog, back, excerpt (1983) archive.org/details/vgmu...
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
❤️📡
“It really is a work of art, nailing the aesthetic of early-'90s TV and uncannily capturing a time and place in the way a song or a smell evokes a memory - in a way that feels almost personal.” — 9/10
“It really is a work of art, nailing the aesthetic of early-'90s TV and uncannily capturing a time and place in the way a song or a smell evokes a memory - in a way that feels almost personal.” — 9/10
Review: Blippo+ (Switch) - An Uncanny Channel-Surfing Sim That Perfectly Captures '90s TV.
Review: Blippo+ (Switch) - An Uncanny Channel-Surfing Sim That Perfectly Captures '90s TV
Surprise and Deee-Lite
www.nintendolife.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
❤️📡
“It really is a work of art, nailing the aesthetic of early-'90s TV and uncannily capturing a time and place in the way a song or a smell evokes a memory - in a way that feels almost personal.” — 9/10
“It really is a work of art, nailing the aesthetic of early-'90s TV and uncannily capturing a time and place in the way a song or a smell evokes a memory - in a way that feels almost personal.” — 9/10
so cool to see the brilliant @sarahweinman.com get the spotlight her work deserves! happy pub day!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
She Was a Victim. She Became a Headline. Here, She’s a Person.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
so cool to see the brilliant @sarahweinman.com get the spotlight her work deserves! happy pub day!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
had an extremely normal one at the estate sale last week
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
had an extremely normal one at the estate sale last week
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
in case anyone is wondering, yes, you do see Oscar Isaac's butt in the new Frankenstein movie
November 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
in case anyone is wondering, yes, you do see Oscar Isaac's butt in the new Frankenstein movie
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
Oh my Gob, the Playdate Catalog sale starts today! Get in on a fresh Blippo broadcast cycle for the low Earth price of $8 — or pick up all the Playdate Season 2 games for 20% off:
play.date/games/blippo/
play.date/games/blippo/
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Oh my Gob, the Playdate Catalog sale starts today! Get in on a fresh Blippo broadcast cycle for the low Earth price of $8 — or pick up all the Playdate Season 2 games for 20% off:
play.date/games/blippo/
play.date/games/blippo/
"there's no need to be quite so ruthless with our own species, folks"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUu9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUu9...
Natasha Lyonne Asks AI Leaders: "Whatever Happened to Being Cool?"
YouTube video by TIME
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"there's no need to be quite so ruthless with our own species, folks"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUu9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUu9...
saw Tron: Ares last night. I realize this is the premise of the entire franchise but “inside the computer there is an enormous town filled with little guys in uniforms” is almost irredeemably silly
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
saw Tron: Ares last night. I realize this is the premise of the entire franchise but “inside the computer there is an enormous town filled with little guys in uniforms” is almost irredeemably silly
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
Blippo+ is a handcrafted TV-channel surfing game from a past that never existed. L.A.-based actors, comedians and artists collaborated to direct and film hours of footage.
A joy to interview @theuniverse.bsky.social, one of its creators, whose career is studded with bright jewels like these.
A joy to interview @theuniverse.bsky.social, one of its creators, whose career is studded with bright jewels like these.
With a career that spans music, tech, and cultural criticism, is there anything @TheUniverse.bsky.social can’t do?
Join @SimonParkin.bsky.social in conversation with the multi-talented Claire L. Evans as she reveals the five titles she chose for her perfect console.
Available now: apple.co/47awNv0
Join @SimonParkin.bsky.social in conversation with the multi-talented Claire L. Evans as she reveals the five titles she chose for her perfect console.
Available now: apple.co/47awNv0
October 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Blippo+ is a handcrafted TV-channel surfing game from a past that never existed. L.A.-based actors, comedians and artists collaborated to direct and film hours of footage.
A joy to interview @theuniverse.bsky.social, one of its creators, whose career is studded with bright jewels like these.
A joy to interview @theuniverse.bsky.social, one of its creators, whose career is studded with bright jewels like these.
Jona and I are doing a little guided tour of Blippo+ in New York later this month at @metalabel.bsky.social! Come say hello!
Wednesday, October 22nd, join Blippo+ co-creators @com.y-a-c-h-t.com for an evening of worldbuilding and channel-flipping at @metalabel.bsky.social in New York!
Free 🎟️: parisbynight.metalabel.com/logosfrompla...
We’ll have copies of Logos From Planet Blip on hand, and plenty of Blippian cheer!
Free 🎟️: parisbynight.metalabel.com/logosfrompla...
We’ll have copies of Logos From Planet Blip on hand, and plenty of Blippian cheer!
Planet Blip in New York City!
An evening of channel-flipping, alien television, and gaming against the grain with Blippo+ co-creators YACHT at Metalabel HQ in New York.
parisbynight.metalabel.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Jona and I are doing a little guided tour of Blippo+ in New York later this month at @metalabel.bsky.social! Come say hello!
And now for something completely different…I went on the @quantamagazine.bsky.social podcast to discuss my recent piece on what cells remember; we got into shifting definitions of memory, forgotten science, and what we might retain from our unicellular forebears:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
What Can a Cell Remember?
Podcast Episode · The Quanta Podcast · 10/07/2025 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And now for something completely different…I went on the @quantamagazine.bsky.social podcast to discuss my recent piece on what cells remember; we got into shifting definitions of memory, forgotten science, and what we might retain from our unicellular forebears:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
wild that a podcast about my dream video game console turned into such a unfiltered confessional about my dorky only childhood. Thank you @simonparkin.bsky.social for the therapeutic opportunity to talk about my tiny toons spec scripts and utter inability to beat a single Donkey Kong boss!
With a career that spans music, tech, and cultural criticism, is there anything @TheUniverse.bsky.social can’t do?
Join @SimonParkin.bsky.social in conversation with the multi-talented Claire L. Evans as she reveals the five titles she chose for her perfect console.
Available now: apple.co/47awNv0
Join @SimonParkin.bsky.social in conversation with the multi-talented Claire L. Evans as she reveals the five titles she chose for her perfect console.
Available now: apple.co/47awNv0
October 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
wild that a podcast about my dream video game console turned into such a unfiltered confessional about my dorky only childhood. Thank you @simonparkin.bsky.social for the therapeutic opportunity to talk about my tiny toons spec scripts and utter inability to beat a single Donkey Kong boss!
wow, 137 tracks for only ten bucks? folks that’s about 0.07 cents a track. We’re giving this soundtrack away!
October 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
wow, 137 tracks for only ten bucks? folks that’s about 0.07 cents a track. We’re giving this soundtrack away!
This is all such good writing advice, especially:
“If a line just arrives in your head like it came from somewhere else, write it down immediately, meditate on it, and make it the foundation of whatever you’re building.”
“If a line just arrives in your head like it came from somewhere else, write it down immediately, meditate on it, and make it the foundation of whatever you’re building.”
September 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is all such good writing advice, especially:
“If a line just arrives in your head like it came from somewhere else, write it down immediately, meditate on it, and make it the foundation of whatever you’re building.”
“If a line just arrives in your head like it came from somewhere else, write it down immediately, meditate on it, and make it the foundation of whatever you’re building.”
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
The strangest game of the year is a channel-surfing simulator
The strangest game of the year is a channel-surfing simulator
Do change that channel.
buff.ly
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The strangest game of the year is a channel-surfing simulator
It’s still extremely surreal to that I *wrote a video game* that’s out on Nintendo.
Even more surreal is the fact that people seem to (really) like it!
www.inverse.com/gaming/blipp...
Even more surreal is the fact that people seem to (really) like it!
www.inverse.com/gaming/blipp...
'Blippo+' Is One Of The Funniest Games I’ve Ever Played And It’s Perfect For Nintendo Switch
'Blippo+' is a one-of-a-kind game telling the hilarious story of alien contact through public access TV shows.
www.inverse.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s still extremely surreal to that I *wrote a video game* that’s out on Nintendo.
Even more surreal is the fact that people seem to (really) like it!
www.inverse.com/gaming/blipp...
Even more surreal is the fact that people seem to (really) like it!
www.inverse.com/gaming/blipp...
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!!
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
September 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!!
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
Reposted by Claire L. Evans
🗓️ 📡 1 Day until Blippo+
The revolution in television crash-lands tomorrow on Steam and Nintendo Switch. Be ready!
blippo.plus
The revolution in television crash-lands tomorrow on Steam and Nintendo Switch. Be ready!
blippo.plus
September 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🗓️ 📡 1 Day until Blippo+
The revolution in television crash-lands tomorrow on Steam and Nintendo Switch. Be ready!
blippo.plus
The revolution in television crash-lands tomorrow on Steam and Nintendo Switch. Be ready!
blippo.plus