Willa Bloomfield-Rowe
@thewillarowe.bsky.social
Trans. Tall. Tired | Writer w/ bylines @ AV Club, Digital Trends, Kotaku, and more | Host @ Girl Mode | she/her | email: [email protected]
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Come November I’ll have been unemployed for a year and now another freelance gig has dried up. Just a reminder that I am open to all freelance work (especially reviews) as well as mock review/consulting work. Also open to any other job opportunities outside of journalism. Contact info is in my bio
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GamesRadar+ is also hiring a hybrid UK-based Hardware & Tabletop Staff Writer.
Come work with @thewordyben.bsky.social and me!
Come work with @thewordyben.bsky.social and me!
Hardware & Tabletop Staff Writer, GamesRadar+ - Future Publishing
GamesRadar+ is the games, movies, TV, and comics website that upgrades your downtime; helping you spend your free time wisely.On GamesRadar+ we always aim to inform, entertain, and inspire through our...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GamesRadar+ is also hiring a hybrid UK-based Hardware & Tabletop Staff Writer.
Come work with @thewordyben.bsky.social and me!
Come work with @thewordyben.bsky.social and me!
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
For those asking for the EOY shortlist of games I recommend to all my journalist friends
- Artis Impact (probably the best game I've played this year that barely anybody is talking about)
- Of the Devil
- Cabernet
- Many Nights a Whisper
- Old Skies
- Connect the Dots (amazing toxic yuri vn jam entry)
- Seance of Blake Manor (yes it's as good as everyone says)
- Of the Devil
- Cabernet
- Many Nights a Whisper
- Old Skies
- Connect the Dots (amazing toxic yuri vn jam entry)
- Seance of Blake Manor (yes it's as good as everyone says)
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
For those asking for the EOY shortlist of games I recommend to all my journalist friends
This should be everybody’s process
Getting into my end of the year catch up period, which is just where I play games @thewillarowe.bsky.social has been telling me to play for 8 months.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This should be everybody’s process
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ff8 is the greatest story ever told and i love it from the bottom of my heart and i do not remember half the cast
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ff8 is the greatest story ever told and i love it from the bottom of my heart and i do not remember half the cast
I'm sorry, Stargate is coming BACK?!
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm sorry, Stargate is coming BACK?!
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So what are trans people who can’t get their original birth certificates supposed to do in these situations? Now that passport restrictions are back, this is what people are stuck with. She can’t obtain those docs so her passport is effectively blocked.
this is fucking new, i think im gonna be sick
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So what are trans people who can’t get their original birth certificates supposed to do in these situations? Now that passport restrictions are back, this is what people are stuck with. She can’t obtain those docs so her passport is effectively blocked.
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freelancing in 2025 feels so different than even a few years ago. healthcare premiums are so expensive, being disabled is so expensive. money worries grind down the ability to think creatively or engage deeply with the world outside day to day survival
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
freelancing in 2025 feels so different than even a few years ago. healthcare premiums are so expensive, being disabled is so expensive. money worries grind down the ability to think creatively or engage deeply with the world outside day to day survival
He's so right about the fishing
💀 new video! 💀
the comparison between demonschool and persona makes a lot of sense on a high level, but you don't need to scratch too deep to find it has a completely different design ethos when it comes to crafting a life-sim rpg.
youtu.be/wAK6T7vm6ss
youtu.be/wAK6T7vm6ss
Demonschool Isn’t Persona (And That’s Why It Works)
YouTube video by Wavelengths
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He's so right about the fishing
You know what isn't down? PlayOnline
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
You know what isn't down? PlayOnline
Ideal game review be like “You’re mother might like it”
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Ideal game review be like “You’re mother might like it”
I give every game I review a participation award so its feelings don’t get hurt
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I give every game I review a participation award so its feelings don’t get hurt
Just got asked for the recipe for a dish I made at a recent dinner party. I feel my housewife/host abilities growing in power.
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Just got asked for the recipe for a dish I made at a recent dinner party. I feel my housewife/host abilities growing in power.
Baby Steps snubbed
(this is my one allotted TGA hate tweet)
(this is my one allotted TGA hate tweet)
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Baby Steps snubbed
(this is my one allotted TGA hate tweet)
(this is my one allotted TGA hate tweet)
There is a great function on this site that lets you mute words, for example you could mute "The Game Awards" and it improves the site expereince beyond belief
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There is a great function on this site that lets you mute words, for example you could mute "The Game Awards" and it improves the site expereince beyond belief
AMC Entourage is fun because I'll be drinking my coffee having a good morning and randomly get a notifcation that in a month I'm seeing Avatar: Fire and Ash because I choose my friends poorly
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
AMC Entourage is fun because I'll be drinking my coffee having a good morning and randomly get a notifcation that in a month I'm seeing Avatar: Fire and Ash because I choose my friends poorly
The fashion people at the fashion market complimented my outfit, am I cool?
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The fashion people at the fashion market complimented my outfit, am I cool?
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1. The Trump administration has just quietly updated the State Department website to indicate that it may invalidate transgender people's passports.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports
The change comes after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration and lifted a temporary injunction.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
1. The Trump administration has just quietly updated the State Department website to indicate that it may invalidate transgender people's passports.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Just finished replaying Life is Strange and something I really love is that the final choice is framed as "sacrifice" something rather than "save" something. Neat little bit of incredible word choice really surving the emotional weight of the finale, no matter what decision you as the player go with
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Just finished replaying Life is Strange and something I really love is that the final choice is framed as "sacrifice" something rather than "save" something. Neat little bit of incredible word choice really surving the emotional weight of the finale, no matter what decision you as the player go with
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Ashley is out here running circles around the rest of us.
the new metroid prime is like alice in wonderland, i think 🐰 i spent my time with it in a fantasy forest, but not alone…
www.gamesradar.com/games/metroi...
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After 18 years, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a surprisingly magical return to Nintendo’s legendary series, and I’m all in on psychic abilities and the power of friendship
Hands-on | My 80 minutes blasting away on the Nintendo Switch 2 left me feeling one thing: good for her
www.gamesradar.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ashley is out here running circles around the rest of us.
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Felt compelled to write about what malice, block towers, and the parakeets mean ahead of its rerelease. Had to make it into a blog. Hope people still read it.
Reading The Boy and The Heron: autumnwright.bearblog.dev/reading-the-...
Reading The Boy and The Heron: autumnwright.bearblog.dev/reading-the-...
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Felt compelled to write about what malice, block towers, and the parakeets mean ahead of its rerelease. Had to make it into a blog. Hope people still read it.
Reading The Boy and The Heron: autumnwright.bearblog.dev/reading-the-...
Reading The Boy and The Heron: autumnwright.bearblog.dev/reading-the-...
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what outlet can buy anime criticism on a quick turnaround for a certain theatrical rerelease in a few days
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
what outlet can buy anime criticism on a quick turnaround for a certain theatrical rerelease in a few days
Logically someone will always be (objectively) the biggest hater of a game. For Dispatch I genuinely think that “someone” is me
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Logically someone will always be (objectively) the biggest hater of a game. For Dispatch I genuinely think that “someone” is me