566314480813236224|Fri Feb 13 19:14:28 +0000 2015|I did this feature last year on what the Kickstarter era reveals about the realities of game dev budgets http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/195733/When_crowdfunding_reveals_the_realities_of_game_dev_budgets.php 566293881361534976|Fri Feb 13 17:52:37 +0000 2015|@kimpall i would call it that too 566293653929598976|Fri Feb 13 17:51:42 +0000 2015|RT @kimpall: @leighalexander I wrote a GDMag column related to this, about crowdfunding & 'emotional equity'.(p49) http://twvideo01.ubm-us.net/o1/vault/GD_Mag_Archives/GDM_October_2012.pdf 566268724433653761|Fri Feb 13 16:12:39 +0000 2015|@jlaakso you should DEFINITELY give the valentine's RPG your full attention! 566264990634889217|Fri Feb 13 15:57:49 +0000 2015|Just put the finishing touches on the release packages for MONA. You can buy it tomorrow. You guys excited? http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 566256626429337600|Fri Feb 13 15:24:34 +0000 2015|i don't usually side with the 'consumer advocate' pummeling creators about 'value for their dollar', but the persistence is impressive 566256320429707264|Fri Feb 13 15:23:21 +0000 2015|re this interview, friend said: 'i can imagine it's like an unstoppable force striking a gelatinous object' http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/02/13/peter-molyneux-interview-godus-reputation-kickstarter/ 566256044343824384|Fri Feb 13 15:22:16 +0000 2015|@jasonschreier hey stop stealing @gamasutra's in-jokes 566255859572154368|Fri Feb 13 15:21:32 +0000 2015|offering funds to a dev like peter molyneux via kickstarter is an ultimate act of boneheaded faith. i'm almost like, 'and you expected...?' 566255381970968577|Fri Feb 13 15:19:38 +0000 2015|ppl often ask why i won't do a patreon. bc i'd rather sell you books & stories, not promises, ideas. i'm not in the customer service biz. 566254765890617344|Fri Feb 13 15:17:11 +0000 2015|the way that funding vs purchasing, creation vs customer service, have become conflated in the kickstarter era really sucks 566081385782595584|Fri Feb 13 03:48:14 +0000 2015|RT @kawanabesatou: 午前中頑張ったん? 本日、2月13日 金曜日 お誕生日おめでとさん!! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9sfzwwCYAInpPE.jpg 566001495959945218|Thu Feb 12 22:30:47 +0000 2015|create games, stories and communities that give hope to the hopeless 565999110390833152|Thu Feb 12 22:21:18 +0000 2015|@Voxel_Based yeah, journalists made it up. keep telling yourself that 565997367305195520|Thu Feb 12 22:14:22 +0000 2015|@hunktears tbh i always envisioned someone dressed as peter pan running really gleefully around their backyard shouting 'EVERYBODY' 565993775424864257|Thu Feb 12 22:00:06 +0000 2015|@LeeRobertsVA me too! too bad complaining about their behavior is a health risk. 565993554313744385|Thu Feb 12 21:59:13 +0000 2015|RT @jamesclayton: I think this spoken piece by @leighalexander might be the best thing I've heard since Taylor Swift's New Romantics: http:… 565993536995491843|Thu Feb 12 21:59:09 +0000 2015|@jamesclayton oh my *fans self* 565993482784088064|Thu Feb 12 21:58:56 +0000 2015|@8spinach @Fengxii <3 <3 <3 come on fuck these people we got this 565993156878278656|Thu Feb 12 21:57:38 +0000 2015|@MichaelFlatley7 whoa are you the true lord of the dance?! 565991879691730945|Thu Feb 12 21:52:34 +0000 2015|there is nothing unusual about the enjoyment of games that should consign you to the prison of 'persecuted' bitter sexist 'geek culture' 565991473917997056|Thu Feb 12 21:50:57 +0000 2015|i write about videogames bc i believe ppl of any age, gender or creed get to enjoy fantasy & escape without joining a stupid consumer cult 565990702312869888|Thu Feb 12 21:47:53 +0000 2015|@MammonMachine someone replied dr. blight already right 565983892386377730|Thu Feb 12 21:20:50 +0000 2015|I'll only be at #IndieCadeEast on Friday afternoon sadly -- catch me at the debate I'm hosting with great minds! http://sched.co/2Ahb 565980513169833984|Thu Feb 12 21:07:24 +0000 2015|Here's the amazing @Laralyn on the relationship between diversity and success: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LaralynMcWilliams/20150211/236179/Diversity_Drives_Success.php 565959158793789440|Thu Feb 12 19:42:33 +0000 2015|@pkollar @xoxogossipgita i literally can't perceive it, like, i've always felt v alienated by the fact i'm blind to tech performance mostly 565958464892325889|Thu Feb 12 19:39:47 +0000 2015|@xoxogossipgita @pkollar i really do love this intelligent appropriation of what is usually hallmark bro-measuring talk 565956317568057345|Thu Feb 12 19:31:15 +0000 2015|RT @patrickklepek: The final story in @jasonschreier’s latest piece on video game layoffs will break your heart. It’s unbelievable. http://… 565953520848084992|Thu Feb 12 19:20:08 +0000 2015|One of my favorite writers, @jonronson, on the culture of internet-shaming, Justine Sacco, etc http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html?_r=1 565951089745612801|Thu Feb 12 19:10:29 +0000 2015|RT @christinelove: How are you spending Valentine’s Day? Reading visual novels alone, crying? Good news, then! https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly http… 565948880597286913|Thu Feb 12 19:01:42 +0000 2015|@Sociopathogen i mean, there's definitely some complaints to be made! but is that the right immediate response, etc 565946440296697856|Thu Feb 12 18:52:00 +0000 2015|@c_c_pink lol dude if you think that -i'm- the one doing that instead of the opposite your reading comprehension is suffering 565946304380272641|Thu Feb 12 18:51:28 +0000 2015|@ScottMadin i am feeling high levels of Avoidance Mode but I'll be around for my panel with @xMattieBrice & @metasynthie et al on friday 565945508955684864|Thu Feb 12 18:48:18 +0000 2015|@Dragkonias I'm with you on that. 565944651128250368|Thu Feb 12 18:44:54 +0000 2015|@Dragkonias we ARE better than this, and this single vein of illness insists on continually threatening to ruin everything 565944136663334912|Thu Feb 12 18:42:51 +0000 2015|i've been to many great festivals and jams lately. it gets hard, but remember that games are MOSTLY amazing and so are the people involved 565938442010652672|Thu Feb 12 18:20:13 +0000 2015|@LadySerenaKitty hey, Fiji, I like the way you think! 565937424636051456|Thu Feb 12 18:16:11 +0000 2015|@LadySerenaKitty @vravn well, try doing my job for a week 565936765115305985|Thu Feb 12 18:13:34 +0000 2015|@Fox4649 oh, you think this is about 'gamers being awkward' and that there's some kind of equivalency in play. got it 565936568666714114|Thu Feb 12 18:12:47 +0000 2015|@LadySerenaKitty @AlishaGraus it's pretty much what you would expect 565935208080621568|Thu Feb 12 18:07:22 +0000 2015|wow the whole world thinks our medium is full of violent garbage people... totally random lol! oh well nothing 2 do with u ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 565934214991065088|Thu Feb 12 18:03:26 +0000 2015|so much internet outrage about the 'unfair representation of gamers', so little consideration of how we got here 565934156275007491|Thu Feb 12 18:03:12 +0000 2015|@Fox4649 it sounds like you're trying to tell me that it isn't anything like real life. haha. 565934011256942593|Thu Feb 12 18:02:37 +0000 2015|@ElisaRockDoc so much internet outrage about the 'unfair representation of gamers', so little consideration of how we got here 565933704791728128|Thu Feb 12 18:01:24 +0000 2015|@Dragkonias same. 565932920570122240|Thu Feb 12 17:58:17 +0000 2015|whyyy do mainstream media depictions keep getting 'gamers' 'wrong' it's like sooooo unfair lolol 565931456628015104|Thu Feb 12 17:52:28 +0000 2015|lol if u have the privilege to just laugh at the 'stereotypes' of the law and order episode vs horror at the dramatisation of yr own life 565925014302916609|Thu Feb 12 17:26:52 +0000 2015|@ScottMadin @xoxogossipgita i am SO happy when it turns out someone was listening to something i've been saying (rare) 565924804302475265|Thu Feb 12 17:26:02 +0000 2015|RT @PasteGames: VIdeogames misuse Hollywood conventions. @xoxogossipgita discusses framerates and film theory http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/02/the-framerate-debate-why-videogames-need-to-take-a.html http:/… 565909276779368449|Thu Feb 12 16:24:20 +0000 2015|If you don't know about @smestorp's games we can't hang out. Read this cool piece from @ElectronDance http://www.electrondance.com/brough-beaten-a-portrait-of-success/ 565733290838339584|Thu Feb 12 04:45:02 +0000 2015|RT @Quinns108: You can go there to "learn about design" but we'll just let you play games, shhh 565733273369075712|Thu Feb 12 04:44:57 +0000 2015|RT @Quinns108: If you're going to GDC, @ShutUpShow's Lovely Tabletop Lounge is presenting the year in board games! http://www.gdconf.com/news/play_great_board_games_in_the_.html 565732248188887041|Thu Feb 12 04:40:53 +0000 2015|RT @Quinns108: Netrunners, ICYMI the noble @term7 podcast had me on to talk about Order & Chaos. https://www.idlethumbs.net/terminal7/episodes/encountering-cosmic-ice 565724673871478784|Thu Feb 12 04:10:47 +0000 2015|@MammonMachine i been saying this 565721867554938880|Thu Feb 12 03:59:38 +0000 2015|RT @megganpez: Very excited to have the #1ReasonToBe panel back at GDC for a 3rd year thanks to @br & @leighalexander! http://t.co/7PajCugE… 565709402867773444|Thu Feb 12 03:10:06 +0000 2015|RT @IndieCade: Wow. Epic lineup. THE GREAT GAME DESIGN DEBATE: http://sched.co/2Ahb @leighalexander @nickfortugno @freyadutta @metasynthi… 565695543993982977|Thu Feb 12 02:15:02 +0000 2015|@chelseabot @jennatar i'm actually in the states tonight, just no proper TV 565694993231515648|Thu Feb 12 02:12:51 +0000 2015|@chelseabot @jennatar is this going to be on the internet later 565694824259784705|Thu Feb 12 02:12:10 +0000 2015|@Papapishu will this be on the internet later 565608057057849344|Wed Feb 11 20:27:23 +0000 2015|@TheSquink @br thank you for saying so -- we'll be in touch then. 565602486862757888|Wed Feb 11 20:05:15 +0000 2015|@br @TheSquink truth. we're sometimes overwhelmed by candidates, always want help to ensure we aren't overlooking chances to meet new folks 565596269708836864|Wed Feb 11 19:40:33 +0000 2015|@IcePotato thank you! that makes me happy to hear! 565580839648784386|Wed Feb 11 18:39:14 +0000 2015|RT @agencyforgames: Hey, one of Agency's clients, the haunting, photorealistic Goetia mystery, has been made a Kickstarter staff pick! http… 565568905507516416|Wed Feb 11 17:51:49 +0000 2015|@felix_cohen i would NEVER slander london cocktails... i would have fled london long ago if not for YOU 565568674967584768|Wed Feb 11 17:50:54 +0000 2015|@felix_cohen euro cocktails. london isn't euro. you KNOW every mainland menu is like, wine, beer, Kir, Martini, FIN 565568218010755073|Wed Feb 11 17:49:05 +0000 2015|meanwhile, every willful point-misser in the world is still plaintively crawling toward me begging me to stop 'slandering the gamer label' 565567103542239233|Wed Feb 11 17:44:39 +0000 2015|“If someone else is on fire and I try to go put her out, I’m just going to catch on fire myself,” one developer said. http://recode.net/2015/02/09/shadows-of-gamergate-but-few-answers-materialize-at-gaming-industry-shindig/ 565566873262374913|Wed Feb 11 17:43:44 +0000 2015|"We may need to defend ourselves against our own, carefully cultivated hardcore audience" http://recode.net/2015/02/09/shadows-of-gamergate-but-few-answers-materialize-at-gaming-industry-shindig/ 565557105915330562|Wed Feb 11 17:04:56 +0000 2015|This weekend, Mona wants to meet you! Coming soon -- a new short story from me w art by @emilyterrible http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 565537717237600256|Wed Feb 11 15:47:53 +0000 2015|"Everyone's an apologist for Molyneux because the rest of the games biz is so unambitious & forgettable" -- @ibogost http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/193161/The_Curiosity_experiment_and_the_church_of_Peter_Molyneux.php 565537381923971072|Wed Feb 11 15:46:33 +0000 2015|Fascinating catch-up with Bryan Henderson, the winner of Molyneux's Curiosity Cube. Is his life changed? Not at all http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-11-the-god-who-peter-molyneux-forgot 565531743953117184|Wed Feb 11 15:24:09 +0000 2015|@Doctoe @ian_livingstone tiny museum! 565359758929313792|Wed Feb 11 04:00:45 +0000 2015|@bellicapax it's been said! http://instagram.com/p/juNArLMDOZ/?modal=true 565315428852187137|Wed Feb 11 01:04:35 +0000 2015|RT @gamasutra: The inspired touchscreen storytelling of IGF finalist PRY: An interview with @leighalexander http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/236153/Road_to_the_IGF_Tender_Claws_PRY.php http://t… 565222205102256130|Tue Feb 10 18:54:09 +0000 2015|@scanters my appraisal has revealed: EXCELLENT AND HOT 565190632168513536|Tue Feb 10 16:48:42 +0000 2015|@twoscooters good 565190142210867201|Tue Feb 10 16:46:45 +0000 2015|@jamielowesdev there is a kindle version in the package, which you purchase on Gumroad! https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 565189703100821504|Tue Feb 10 16:45:00 +0000 2015|@twoscooters you're too talented and important to be tweeting me crying emotes cmon 565189346488508416|Tue Feb 10 16:43:35 +0000 2015|I love the alt content economy -- you can buy something special and amazing and know you're supporting creators directly 565188912516050944|Tue Feb 10 16:41:52 +0000 2015|I didn't know @twoscooters had an itch.io store, but now we know. EVERY tabletop RPG fan buy this http://elizabethsampat.itch.io/blowback 564934373309296641|Mon Feb 09 23:50:25 +0000 2015|screencapping one of my tweets is like touching the gilt hem of stardom, feeling it trail yr fingers... heroic 564933246559854592|Mon Feb 09 23:45:56 +0000 2015|a lustrous career in obsessing over my tweets awaits u 564911880997982208|Mon Feb 09 22:21:02 +0000 2015|@PennyRed @femfreq omg <3 <3 <3 564868909623676929|Mon Feb 09 19:30:17 +0000 2015|@HeyAnnieMok i tend to fall down a rabbit hole when i'm here and can be bad at keeping plans but do lmk if you'll be around! 564868280415170561|Mon Feb 09 19:27:47 +0000 2015|@HeyAnnieMok couple months basically! 564865839099543552|Mon Feb 09 19:18:05 +0000 2015|@jasonjcrouch yeah, i listened to that! 564865705787785216|Mon Feb 09 19:17:33 +0000 2015|@EvNarc zaro's bread basket.... the 'elegance' stocking store... KaBooz... 564864889404276736|Mon Feb 09 19:14:18 +0000 2015|So happy to be back that I got emotional at the sights, sounds and smells of Penn Station 564864325173932034|Mon Feb 09 19:12:04 +0000 2015|@jm3 glad you enjoyed it! 564472222807752705|Sun Feb 08 17:13:59 +0000 2015|@acosmos it would be great to see you too but i can't even lie to myself that i'm gonna get up and go to a thing on this saturday 564471919647653888|Sun Feb 08 17:12:47 +0000 2015|@acosmos will be there friday but tbh i REALLY do not see myself spending my first saturday home at a game event 564471524326117378|Sun Feb 08 17:11:13 +0000 2015|@marissacetin come to the city let's go to a thing 564470826397728769|Sun Feb 08 17:08:27 +0000 2015|@acosmos i have to moderate a panel there but i don't know how much indiecade i want to 'do', i am super 'indie conference'd out 564470732647071746|Sun Feb 08 17:08:04 +0000 2015|@anitasarkeesian :( 564470530926198785|Sun Feb 08 17:07:16 +0000 2015|@chipzel ok cool! i can be ready to leave here in like 10mins so i'll just go get money out and cab it to wherever you are 564469576562642944|Sun Feb 08 17:03:29 +0000 2015|@chipzel yeah i could meet you someplace! where? 564468785391075328|Sun Feb 08 17:00:20 +0000 2015|This time tomorrow I'll be in New York. Feels like it's been SO LONG. 564454861484617729|Sun Feb 08 16:05:00 +0000 2015|@aaronlinde AHAHAHA 564206860224708608|Sat Feb 07 23:39:32 +0000 2015|And then they all died honestwilliam @c418 @elinemuijres zerstoerer http://instagram.com/p/y0ZcIwMDLG/ 564127340566155265|Sat Feb 07 18:23:33 +0000 2015|Peak Ste http://instagram.com/p/yz1R0AMDOz/ 564057504955789312|Sat Feb 07 13:46:03 +0000 2015|@hunktears we just didn't know you yet i'm sorry 563847038081990659|Fri Feb 06 23:49:44 +0000 2015|Trust yourself, be respectful and keep your promise to those 2 birds http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9Mv5I8CYAI9CH_.jpg 563846445477138432|Fri Feb 06 23:47:23 +0000 2015|wait, on closer examination the dusty pier to nowhere is also a fence 563845980924440576|Fri Feb 06 23:45:32 +0000 2015|Another motivational poster: The "try anything once" dusty pier to nowhere http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9Mu7m2CcAEOJsg.jpg 563845287098462208|Fri Feb 06 23:42:46 +0000 2015|Me & @chipzel's room has interesting motivational posters. "Do What You Love" shows a fence. The forgiveness fence. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9MuTOgCMAAaPbm.jpg 563830925629620225|Fri Feb 06 22:45:42 +0000 2015|@chipzel @Sabrepulse we all mean the website i mean the event looks fun 563830640752476160|Fri Feb 06 22:44:34 +0000 2015|@chipzel @Sabrepulse ok i've checked out the website and my response is 'DOOMED indeed' 563821438327857152|Fri Feb 06 22:08:00 +0000 2015|@Sabrepulse @chipzel "you know that 'get on your bike' means 'fuck off', right?" me: "what?! no!" chipzel: "no no send it" 563821307763388416|Fri Feb 06 22:07:29 +0000 2015|@Sabrepulse @chipzel belgium. get on the eurostar or get on yr bike~! 563819157150777345|Fri Feb 06 21:58:56 +0000 2015|@Sabrepulse @chipzel hey ash where is your bicycle tonight 563814358846033920|Fri Feb 06 21:39:52 +0000 2015|not really tryna brag on the internet but i just listened to a new @chipzel song on her game boy and it was really really cool 563803491517603840|Fri Feb 06 20:56:41 +0000 2015|RT @paullicino: If you're attending GDC this year, come by the @ShutUpShow board gaming "lounge" to say hi. Bring your friends! http://t.co… 563782370160312320|Fri Feb 06 19:32:46 +0000 2015|@liongirl528 thank you so much! i talked with them in malta and we made the connection, but i can't believe someone else noticed! 563759036123074560|Fri Feb 06 18:00:03 +0000 2015|Such a cool piece -- connects my recent Carmen Sandiego Let's Play with @pippinbarr & @rillakhaled's spooky jam game http://killscreendaily.com/articles/what-we-did-asks-you-sympathize-criminals-plight/ 563754013674733569|Fri Feb 06 17:40:05 +0000 2015|(no dig at fellow p5 fans etc anyone, just aren't games funny like that) 563753886797017091|Fri Feb 06 17:39:35 +0000 2015|games: where ACTUAL BANDIT MASKS AND PRISON STRIPES on the protagonists prompt a round of speculation on the subtle imagery of our heroes 563748490766213120|Fri Feb 06 17:18:08 +0000 2015|@lizzywanders ah that's so sweet! i will see you tomorrow -- am doing a bit better x 563699003863629824|Fri Feb 06 14:01:30 +0000 2015|I have a daydream where Lana Wachowski comes onto some MRA forum and just posts "STOP referencing our IP" 563697615674810369|Fri Feb 06 13:55:59 +0000 2015|RT @helenlewis: Really good reporting. Buzzfeed tracked down the family of the kingpin of the Men's Rights Movement, Paul Elam: http://t.co… 563614930486968320|Fri Feb 06 08:27:25 +0000 2015|@lebkin so, i have had some kind of serious food illness for an entire week now & i'mma say that is why you just made me cry for real 563614742749908993|Fri Feb 06 08:26:40 +0000 2015|@ArtThouBored @whereisgj @BrianSChung (and the other panelists are more interesting than i am anyway) 563614691055128576|Fri Feb 06 08:26:28 +0000 2015|@ArtThouBored @whereisgj @BrianSChung don't worry i'm not talking i'm just like moderating 563614637963620353|Fri Feb 06 08:26:15 +0000 2015|@supererogatory @kirkhamilton oh man you have to watch that you just have to 563614545902833664|Fri Feb 06 08:25:53 +0000 2015|@alexhern i always feel faint guilt that i want to do things like that/when i do things like that but perhaps life is too precious, fleeting 563613877829926912|Fri Feb 06 08:23:14 +0000 2015|perverse respect for the group that just popped a bottle of champagne in the st. pancras eurostar terminal at 8:30 AM 563390329056153600|Thu Feb 05 17:34:56 +0000 2015|@Nelsormensch yeah do that, these will actually end up being my first o&c games! 563381343753871361|Thu Feb 05 16:59:14 +0000 2015|@metasynthie @Trachalio agh i LOVE it 563374923654377472|Thu Feb 05 16:33:43 +0000 2015|I'll bring my Netrunner decks to GDC. I have new ones, but I'm sure everyone wants to meet Enby. 563374757270528001|Thu Feb 05 16:33:03 +0000 2015|@MikeDiver just violins 563374702463574016|Thu Feb 05 16:32:50 +0000 2015|@metasynthie @Trachalio is enbee still in it? that deck beat our local tournament winner a couple months ago 563374059082498051|Thu Feb 05 16:30:17 +0000 2015|@MikeDiver i'm rlly an 'anti-perry' tho 563373597360922624|Thu Feb 05 16:28:27 +0000 2015|RT @Trachalio: @leighalexander Have you seen this Victorian re-theme of Netrunner? Lacerunner? http://killscreendaily.com/articles/inside-lacerunner-victorian-era-redux-netrunner/ 563373338350080000|Thu Feb 05 16:27:25 +0000 2015|@Trachalio "have i seen it" @metasynthie ? 563373279478812675|Thu Feb 05 16:27:11 +0000 2015|RT @MikeDiver: If nobody knew already, I have also exposed @leighalexander's love of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood... http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/what-does-katy-perrys-mobile-game-mean-for-the-platforms-genuine-innovators 563359031696556033|Thu Feb 05 15:30:34 +0000 2015|RT @tpizza: FINALLY, after weeks of twitter friends tweet about #fortune, it's ouuuuuut!!! (and free!) http://appsto.re/us/HgD94.i check it! 563353099730186240|Thu Feb 05 15:07:00 +0000 2015|@chrisremo @ja2ke i read this whole thing all morning & the vanity fair piece, and it just made me stridently decide to see the movie 563317612386738176|Thu Feb 05 12:45:59 +0000 2015|@raliaga fernet is great for digestive problems! why didn't the doctor suggest it... 563308282170048513|Thu Feb 05 12:08:54 +0000 2015|@mrsambarlow *sobbing* 563299100813459457|Thu Feb 05 11:32:25 +0000 2015|@VerbVirus aw, that is such a kind thing to say. thank you! 563296092385980416|Thu Feb 05 11:20:28 +0000 2015|it takes situations this bleak to realize how many more requests etc i field from other people than ever issue myself 563294870132256768|Thu Feb 05 11:15:37 +0000 2015|this is how i'm spending my last day in london for a while. don't ask me for/about anything right now. pls send good vibes 563294610404167680|Thu Feb 05 11:14:35 +0000 2015|crippling stomach bug is getting easier, but stretches into its fourth day. need to take a 6:50 AM trip to a conference tomorrow even so 563118584881500162|Wed Feb 04 23:35:07 +0000 2015|mom called the pediatrician to see if there was anything of note re my calling this woman constantly on the toy phone http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Mathnet.jpg 563118047201075200|Wed Feb 04 23:32:59 +0000 2015|my childhood crushes 4koma would have cheetara, kate monday from mathnet, general scarlett and atreyu 563117351559004161|Wed Feb 04 23:30:13 +0000 2015|RT @SGirner: Aspiring writers: the perfect story pitch is short and concise enough to fit on one arcade game screen. #protip http://t.co/PZ… 563093949016195074|Wed Feb 04 21:57:13 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @AntonyJohnston yes it was, and you were just being contrarian and WRONG. why did i become your friend 563093560833355777|Wed Feb 04 21:55:41 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @AntonyJohnston YOU DIDN'T EVEN THINK IT WAS SEXY 563093498837368833|Wed Feb 04 21:55:26 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @AntonyJohnston stop copping my style kieron 563093024218308609|Wed Feb 04 21:53:33 +0000 2015|the only game i'm interested in playing right now is princess maker 2 again 563069633939668993|Wed Feb 04 20:20:36 +0000 2015|@getdizzzy @Daniel_Joseph i just like to throw things away and destroy things and now i can make a whole deck around it 563068460121735168|Wed Feb 04 20:15:56 +0000 2015|@getdizzzy @Daniel_Joseph i mainly play anarch so i've been waiting literally forever for this 563067732892352513|Wed Feb 04 20:13:03 +0000 2015|@McKelvie jamie stop faving my nerdiest tweets 563067628420620291|Wed Feb 04 20:12:38 +0000 2015|@Daniel_Joseph entire deck of 'itinerant protestors' "what" 563066753937588225|Wed Feb 04 20:09:10 +0000 2015|@Ljay90 oh definitely i don't even know how to fucking play right now 563066681699094528|Wed Feb 04 20:08:52 +0000 2015|'leigh, why did you put these utensils in this reina deck' 'i don't know i don't even like the card art' *spills virus counters everywhere* 563066527805870080|Wed Feb 04 20:08:16 +0000 2015|I fear I won't be sharp of mind enough to make proper new Netrunner decks to GDC... I am a VIRUS BREEDING GROUND etc etc 563032970265903104|Wed Feb 04 17:54:55 +0000 2015|I'm laid up but please take a minute to send good fortune vibes to the heroic & wonderful @FactionTheatre #JoanofArc 563031834700042240|Wed Feb 04 17:50:24 +0000 2015|now my poison tummy has settled a marauding fever suddenly ratchets up. this means im getting better right #tvirus 562992189303955457|Wed Feb 04 15:12:52 +0000 2015|well, i also dreamed that destiny added gesture controlled oculus rift flying missions and for some reason i LOVED them and had fun 562992067987931137|Wed Feb 04 15:12:23 +0000 2015|@StuHorvath i mean, i think so too, but 562991395892637696|Wed Feb 04 15:09:43 +0000 2015|should you tell your friends about the dreams you have about them while suffering from a bacterial infection/possible intestinal parasite 562970730435194880|Wed Feb 04 13:47:36 +0000 2015|RT @scanters: BUY TICKETS TO THIS IF YOU ARE GOING TO GDC https://ollgdc15.eventbrite.co.uk/ 562970624038281220|Wed Feb 04 13:47:10 +0000 2015|Hoping tomorrow I feel well enough to record the special-edition audio version of Mona, upcoming release http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 562755408402849793|Tue Feb 03 23:31:59 +0000 2015|@BlackLoisLane i fought with it my whole life and it began looking nice after i just started leaving it alone as much as i could 562748180547514370|Tue Feb 03 23:03:16 +0000 2015|@adragonbee they even tweeted me a picture of the CEO going 'yesss' after i posted it. not even kidding 562747780637417473|Tue Feb 03 23:01:40 +0000 2015|@acosmos @samusclone most things i love are terrible, i want an infrastructure to understand them not to pretend otherwise 562746184083976192|Tue Feb 03 22:55:20 +0000 2015|@adragonbee i mean that's the least i can expect at this point 562745488198610946|Tue Feb 03 22:52:34 +0000 2015|@adragonbee idk but you missed out big time http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/dominos-the-pizza-that-never-sleeps/276572/ 562744472103301120|Tue Feb 03 22:48:32 +0000 2015|oh my god, i really am sick, i was just 2 seconds away from sending an outraged tweet to a brand 562744185309396993|Tue Feb 03 22:47:23 +0000 2015|@adragonbee you mean you haven't read my entire article in the atlantic about dominos? i should block YOU 562743595313430528|Tue Feb 03 22:45:03 +0000 2015|i finally got papa johns and i can finally get some food down but the bacon tastes like wet dog. fuck you papa johns, @dominos for life 562739324501127169|Tue Feb 03 22:28:04 +0000 2015|wtf is 'legend of the guardians the owls of ga'hoole?' i dunno, but i'm so virulently ill that i'm pretty sure i'm going to cry about it too 562738858086105089|Tue Feb 03 22:26:13 +0000 2015|@bagmanman did you? i don't seem to have gotten it. try leighalexander1 at gmail 562738484302331905|Tue Feb 03 22:24:44 +0000 2015|@HeyAnnieMok deal 562737818666295296|Tue Feb 03 22:22:05 +0000 2015|@CaseyMalone the one i think won an award for being in tarzan. 562737628974694401|Tue Feb 03 22:21:20 +0000 2015|if you've not been keeping track, i've also sick-cried about a picture of toy story 3, disney's fantasia, and a phil collins song 562737470471933955|Tue Feb 03 22:20:42 +0000 2015|my bf had a long day & he is tired but he's still looking after me while i roil in food poison hell... yet another thing to sick-cry about 562732954460631041|Tue Feb 03 22:02:46 +0000 2015|RT @Rokashi: Friends! Do you know any person of colour who would be interested in designing the logo for my People of Colour Game Jam (#PoC… 562732550444290048|Tue Feb 03 22:01:09 +0000 2015|RT @Ethelmonster: @Glinner They dont ban the people discussing hurting women on their forums. Why would they care about reviews? 562711048906866688|Tue Feb 03 20:35:43 +0000 2015|day 2 of vicious food poisoning delirium: watching disney's 'fantasia', weeping 'humans are capable of such amazing things' 562373845165023233|Mon Feb 02 22:15:47 +0000 2015|@lizzywanders yes def <33 562373659508375552|Mon Feb 02 22:15:03 +0000 2015|RT @ScottMadin: still way behind on @leighalexander's Lo-Fi Let's Plays; today watching #13, the game of @GreatDismal's Neuromancer https:/… 562369931187335169|Mon Feb 02 22:00:14 +0000 2015|i have been cripplingly sick all day and i just started crying because Toy Story 3 was on netflix. no i didn't watch it just saw the pic 562050996323770368|Mon Feb 02 00:52:54 +0000 2015|@chetfaliszek an american audience isn't similarly acclimated to that 'big picture' 'what is it saying' view, especially in 3-ep seasons. 562050897464029185|Mon Feb 02 00:52:31 +0000 2015|@chetfaliszek that's the thing, too -- UK audiences seem to tolerate Black Mirror being a bit hit and miss, worth it for when it's 'on', but 562050785593532418|Mon Feb 02 00:52:04 +0000 2015|@chetfaliszek i'd LOVE to talk more with you about this -- the 'critical distance', filigreed as it is, is so weirdly british. 562050568412479489|Mon Feb 02 00:51:12 +0000 2015|RT @Lazl010111: @leighalexander 3D printed fast food episode where an employee prints a hamburger that looks like his bosses head. 562050541422125058|Mon Feb 02 00:51:06 +0000 2015|RT @avidreader514: @leighalexander The prospect of "American Black Mirror" should the subject of a Black Mirror episode. 562023455533838336|Sun Feb 01 23:03:28 +0000 2015|We've been having a lot of chats about what "American Black Mirror" would look like, besides 'way more on the nose' 562023304463396864|Sun Feb 01 23:02:52 +0000 2015|We just watched the Christmas episode of Black Mirror finally. Really awesome -- Jon Hamm was brilliantly cast 562001628799459328|Sun Feb 01 21:36:44 +0000 2015|@xoxogossipgita a way that is sure to surprise you in this era of the clash of the sexes 562000650171875328|Sun Feb 01 21:32:51 +0000 2015|our children are going to be so impressed when they rediscover the 'vintage' hardware of our teen years. shit was beautiful. 561999858794774528|Sun Feb 01 21:29:42 +0000 2015|this is the sound of peak console https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG1MbDeDps 561998726420762626|Sun Feb 01 21:25:12 +0000 2015|@codd_matthew he's like every 17 year old lit student except he's 44 and being aggressive about it on twitter 561998605654179840|Sun Feb 01 21:24:43 +0000 2015|@xoxogossipgita but come on this is such an unheard perspective with fresh influences 561997079535697920|Sun Feb 01 21:18:39 +0000 2015|@codd_matthew the word 'urban' is in a 'graffiti' style on his twitter background even though his name is 'simon c lord' 561995367341129728|Sun Feb 01 21:11:51 +0000 2015|an inventive and original form of men's storytelling: 'a gritty yet humorous style inspired by Bukowski' https://twitter.com/SimonCLord/status/561994731786604545 561989116741820416|Sun Feb 01 20:47:01 +0000 2015|acceptable https://twitter.com/Random_Factor/status/561987977862463488 561987489569988608|Sun Feb 01 20:40:33 +0000 2015|Who are the Patriots? 561940472130973696|Sun Feb 01 17:33:43 +0000 2015|@GameWireGirl @Quinns108 @paullicino we could skype in and provoke him 561939660776423425|Sun Feb 01 17:30:30 +0000 2015|@GameWireGirl @Quinns108 @paullicino unless @kierongillen is there, then nobody can get a dick joke in edgewise 561939579314667521|Sun Feb 01 17:30:10 +0000 2015|@GameWireGirl @Quinns108 @paullicino paul is actually the one who makes all the dick jokes 561938317911293954|Sun Feb 01 17:25:09 +0000 2015|@HeyAnnieMok oh noooo i don't dare hahah ok nm 561938113195687936|Sun Feb 01 17:24:21 +0000 2015|@HeyAnnieMok i feel like you can never have enough FM covers 561937580498112512|Sun Feb 01 17:22:14 +0000 2015|@HeyAnnieMok WAS I JUST A FEU-OOOOL 561935580364570625|Sun Feb 01 17:14:17 +0000 2015|@coil780 sounds like an english pancake... 561934804607057920|Sun Feb 01 17:11:12 +0000 2015|I don't think I've ever overheard @quinns108 play a board game where he doesn't mutter 'I'm so fucking broke' and 'oh, you fucker.' 561917126513295360|Sun Feb 01 16:00:57 +0000 2015|You basically have to be Stevie Nicks to be like 'I'LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN TIL THE SOUND OF MY VOICE WILL HAUNT YOU' & dudes still be like <3 561915334291382272|Sun Feb 01 15:53:50 +0000 2015|Aggressive brunch chef leigh alexander prepares a vat of pancake batter and greets guests with 'you better be hungry' 561911286448287744|Sun Feb 01 15:37:45 +0000 2015|RT if you skip Songbird to get to The Chain 561616358526685186|Sat Jan 31 20:05:48 +0000 2015|RT @bhargreaves: "Could a knuckle-crushing vibrating gem be a more discreet way to Tinder?" - @leighalexander https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad 561574377196879872|Sat Jan 31 17:18:59 +0000 2015|@glietzsche @skulljager hating yourself is a terrible feeling :( 561573669944565760|Sat Jan 31 17:16:11 +0000 2015|RT @ThoughtBubbleUK: Just read @leighalexander's new short story Mona, which is beautifully melancholy & has great illos by @emilyterrible … 561573637715918848|Sat Jan 31 17:16:03 +0000 2015|@jaredchase totally allowed 561573457843191809|Sat Jan 31 17:15:20 +0000 2015|but he still tries, hoping against hope... it's almost really cute https://twitter.com/skulljager/status/561572360197644289 561538825181474817|Sat Jan 31 14:57:43 +0000 2015|suffering bf: 'how many twilight movies were there?' me: 'four' suffering bf: 'oh... wow. it felt like more.' 561534034401300480|Sat Jan 31 14:38:41 +0000 2015|default reply to dudes tweeting at me about how to solve cultural problems: 'ah cool then! thanks for your hard work -- please keep it up!' 561528257263464448|Sat Jan 31 14:15:43 +0000 2015|@AussieAudible We get it on Tuesday! 561512988658896896|Sat Jan 31 13:15:03 +0000 2015|RT @jodborn: “When out to eat, notice how groups tend toward their phones simultaneously at natural lulls in…” —@leighalexander https://t.c… 561296468091617280|Fri Jan 30 22:54:41 +0000 2015|@fnord3125 do you have teen daughters? did you raise them with good values? were you converted to ideals by your teen tv and movies? c'mon 561291001281937408|Fri Jan 30 22:32:57 +0000 2015|before you shit on women you think are 'stupid' because of what they enjoy, go through me first. 561290305480445952|Fri Jan 30 22:30:11 +0000 2015|as a piece of media, twilight's the pain-cry of the women of america who don't have the privilege of ivory tower liberalism & its vocabulary 561289639299149824|Fri Jan 30 22:27:32 +0000 2015|@jasonschreier your either the hero or a final boss janson schier, you as an fan of RPGs should know how the statisticals should shaken out 561289381286543360|Fri Jan 30 22:26:31 +0000 2015|it's ok tho, keep propagating the idea that we're all a censorious and easily-offended hivemind, it makes it easier for you to be sexist 561289035071893505|Fri Jan 30 22:25:08 +0000 2015|twilight is unfeminist and i want it banned. lol jk i'm actually a nuanced human and an informed viewer w a broad variety of appetites 561288520216887296|Fri Jan 30 22:23:06 +0000 2015|@jersing hey btw i'll be home this time next week sooooo 561288403380346880|Fri Jan 30 22:22:38 +0000 2015|@jersing god u know i have been stalking all the pics like a creepo... the 'CAPTAIN' shirt... o my captain... 561288133942464512|Fri Jan 30 22:21:34 +0000 2015|whenever i watch the first twilight film i get annoyed at all these 'local basic' characters slavering awkwardly over my Kstew 561285039204630530|Fri Jan 30 22:09:16 +0000 2015|@mari_shepard and i've never been able to bring myself to be derisive about much, except for like, pro-military-industrial media 561284951623348227|Fri Jan 30 22:08:55 +0000 2015|@mari_shepard oh, it's definitely a 'women's disempowerment fantasy.' v little 'posi' about it. just interested in why that is/what it means 561272478077820928|Fri Jan 30 21:19:21 +0000 2015|@mari_shepard that's the tough thing when feminist-critiquing anything -- ideally one's perspectives evolve and change 561271880259469317|Fri Jan 30 21:16:58 +0000 2015|@mari_shepard @alexhern oh man i bet i could talk to you about this for hours 561271622766952449|Fri Jan 30 21:15:57 +0000 2015|@mari_shepard @alexhern of course i knew that but alex didn't, so i thought i'd take the opportunity to be funny. i never mess up twilight 561258040385888257|Fri Jan 30 20:21:59 +0000 2015|Giving a small number of advance copies of Mona, by me feat. @emilyterrible, to editors of game/comic/fiction pubs. Email if interested! 561244803451867137|Fri Jan 30 19:29:23 +0000 2015|@sarahrich @robinsloan haha, cool! the forgotten jewels of the future-dystopic hackerspaces 561244467416809472|Fri Jan 30 19:28:03 +0000 2015|RT @sarahrich: making today great, @robinsloan pens a sci-fi footnote to @leighalexander's super essay on wearables: https://t.co/mWVEe38iO… 561239587843215360|Fri Jan 30 19:08:39 +0000 2015|RT @keefeling: “Let’s Ignore Each Other Together” by @leighalexander https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad?source=tw-8d14ad89e176-1422644806056 561227902873006080|Fri Jan 30 18:22:13 +0000 2015|@alexhern i feel like a raw chicken incident was how bella found out she was pregnant with a vampire baby in twilight 561227368233463808|Fri Jan 30 18:20:06 +0000 2015|@sispurrier i suppose it's ok if you do things like that on your OWN jokes si 561227147898286080|Fri Jan 30 18:19:13 +0000 2015|@alexhern the funny thing was that i went back to it and had more bites later and still didn't know. glad the uk vaccinates its chickens 561226769328766976|Fri Jan 30 18:17:43 +0000 2015|@sispurrier HRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHH 561226625757741056|Fri Jan 30 18:17:09 +0000 2015|@alexhern it was like, battered and reconstituted, so i just assumed it was cooked and took bites of it out of the fridge. yes. weird day. 561226503409917952|Fri Jan 30 18:16:40 +0000 2015|@sispurrier oh god i'mma be sick 561225800591343616|Fri Jan 30 18:13:52 +0000 2015|Somehow I managed to accidentally eat some raw chicken today. Guess it's time for a Friday night in & play Life is Strange 561220854185734144|Fri Jan 30 17:54:13 +0000 2015|@Grindlenub @garywhitta I think those words are all too big for you 561220742306873344|Fri Jan 30 17:53:46 +0000 2015|RT @aplata17: Awesome talk by @leighalexander on ethics in video games, '90s nostalgia, '90s music, and feminism. Starts at 10:15 http://t.… 561193777378107392|Fri Jan 30 16:06:37 +0000 2015|RT @SeaNetScribe: “Let’s Ignore Each Other Together” by @leighalexander https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad?source=tw-lo_f1d8bfb85aee-1422632760687 #wearabletech #ringly 561151583984312320|Fri Jan 30 13:18:57 +0000 2015|@combinehunter didn't we all :( 561151225601982466|Fri Jan 30 13:17:32 +0000 2015|@andrewrevell thank you for noticing. no, it's not a coincidence -- it was the only way i was gonna survive it <3 561148824182595585|Fri Jan 30 13:07:59 +0000 2015|I am, I have, I do -- in case you might've missed things I've been up to/working on lately http://leighalexander.net/i-am-i-have-and-i-do/ 561142270398066688|Fri Jan 30 12:41:57 +0000 2015|@gdarklighter exactly. the kind of people who need to be forcefully told that 'criticism isn't censorship are already beyond hope. 561139330757193728|Fri Jan 30 12:30:16 +0000 2015|i say (and have said) we let go of the idea that we need to educate or please those people 561138684091973632|Fri Jan 30 12:27:42 +0000 2015|the answer to 'why does this demographic act like this' is probably depressingly simple and unsolvable 561138595298566144|Fri Jan 30 12:27:21 +0000 2015|this is an excellent article, but contains too much nuance to inform or educate the blunt demographic it discusses http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/30/gamers-criticism-censorship 561137562417639424|Fri Jan 30 12:23:14 +0000 2015|@onebeatzines but yeah, i see what you're saying 561137476107255808|Fri Jan 30 12:22:54 +0000 2015|@onebeatzines i didn't read it as having assumed that, i sort of felt like her performance was so otherworldly no one could have expected it 561136840171065345|Fri Jan 30 12:20:22 +0000 2015|@onebeatzines MEN: DISPLAY SUFFICIENT AWE 561136784718184448|Fri Jan 30 12:20:09 +0000 2015|@onebeatzines really? it seemed to me like it's clear to him she made the song; he seemed sufficiently awed etc 561136273726140416|Fri Jan 30 12:18:07 +0000 2015|@onebeatzines omg watch '20 feet from stardom.' i didn't know about merry clayton or other singers like her til then 561128603476590592|Fri Jan 30 11:47:38 +0000 2015|@adragonbee it must be so amazing to be a dude and have dudes take for granted that they prob won't impress you 561128238131716096|Fri Jan 30 11:46:11 +0000 2015|@adragonbee i'm sure this happens to guys who make jokes on twitter also but man it can't be this bad 561127918437695488|Fri Jan 30 11:44:55 +0000 2015|GUYS I LOVE YOU BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN JUST LET HER JOKES STAND ALONE 561127810862186497|Fri Jan 30 11:44:30 +0000 2015|you can't even make ghostbusters jokes on twitter without every guy replying the obvious 'not all ghosts' or 'ethics in ghostbusting' 561126753058717697|Fri Jan 30 11:40:17 +0000 2015|ghostbusters: 'i ain't afraid of no ghosts' (man pops out of building) 'excuse me ladies don't you mean you are NOT afraid of ANY poltergeis 561125868941365248|Fri Jan 30 11:36:47 +0000 2015|new ghostbusters: 'no seriously there's a ghost problem we're here to fight it' 'did you ever think about just not letting it get to you?' 561125646559367170|Fri Jan 30 11:35:54 +0000 2015|in the new movie, do the ghostbusters insist there's a giant marshmallow man coming to harass the city and then nobody believes it 561122135822061568|Fri Jan 30 11:21:56 +0000 2015|@heplayed thank you! 561118192626855936|Fri Jan 30 11:06:16 +0000 2015|@DogDisruption that counts as work 561117769543200768|Fri Jan 30 11:04:35 +0000 2015|It's cold in the house. I think that means I just shouldn't do any work today. 561114787057532928|Fri Jan 30 10:52:44 +0000 2015|@adragonbee did you take a long time to awkwardly stammer out your correction to the lecturer while everyone stared at you 561108238629105664|Fri Jan 30 10:26:43 +0000 2015|@Finchmeister every single horror film is that. i was talking about an additional layer 561108033875755008|Fri Jan 30 10:25:54 +0000 2015|@Hypnocrite THREE? whoa! 561107903067983872|Fri Jan 30 10:25:23 +0000 2015|RT @arthybee: “In the FOMO age, we’re not afraid of missing something important. We’re afraid of missing…” —@leighalexander https://t.co/vE… 560952900198076416|Fri Jan 30 00:09:28 +0000 2015|@faithx5 yeah, there are just moments of TERROR. i'm not even a mum yet, just someone who loves children, and I could barely watch. 560950867449610241|Fri Jan 30 00:01:23 +0000 2015|@TheCharlesWebb believable/relatable, i mean 560950817990410241|Fri Jan 30 00:01:11 +0000 2015|@TheCharlesWebb yeah. i don't think it would be a good critique of institutional failures if it didn't make the health issue that real-life 560949593543016448|Thu Jan 29 23:56:19 +0000 2015|i mean EVERY horror movie is basically about motherhood and mental health problems, this is an add'l modern layer 560949019774812160|Thu Jan 29 23:54:02 +0000 2015|@euchrid yes 560948894348349440|Thu Jan 29 23:53:32 +0000 2015|all characters besides mom and son -- teachers, doctors, businessmen, etc -- were drawn cartoonishly, emphasizing lack of community support 560948237226758144|Thu Jan 29 23:50:56 +0000 2015|@ashleylynch can't get rid of it, can only live with it, etc 560948115705176064|Thu Jan 29 23:50:27 +0000 2015|even the AWFUL CREEPY snippet of distinctly American television in it reminds me of my Australian friends' fear about healthcare trends 560947701639299072|Thu Jan 29 23:48:48 +0000 2015|@ashleylynch yeah, in the first half hour or so i was genuinely deciding to never have kids 560946649917562880|Thu Jan 29 23:44:37 +0000 2015|Finally watched The Babadook. Jesus that was really tough to watch. Is this a critique of Australia's current welfare tensions 560935421694459904|Thu Jan 29 23:00:00 +0000 2015|@EdKuehnel let's-played the Dark Crystal game already! 560889991266848768|Thu Jan 29 19:59:29 +0000 2015|Nice piece by @samusclone on This War of Mine, Oregon Trail and the romance of disaster games http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/01/romanticizing-tragedy-should-disaster-games-be-fun.html 560887878885310464|Thu Jan 29 19:51:05 +0000 2015|@samusclone oh i wasn't joking i actually wanted to read this from you 560866725835857920|Thu Jan 29 18:27:02 +0000 2015|RT @MatiasDuarte: McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Reasons You Were Not Promoted That are Totally Unrelated to Gender.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/reasons-you-were-not-promoted-that-are-totally-unrelated-to-gender#.VMlST4TFKVI.twitter 560864921794387968|Thu Jan 29 18:19:52 +0000 2015|@thain1982 I appreciate the ringing endorsement! 560864746422161409|Thu Jan 29 18:19:10 +0000 2015|RT @thain1982: This is the @leighalexander talk that I mentioned. If you have ANY interest in the potential of games, watch it! http://t.co… 560862875624173569|Thu Jan 29 18:11:44 +0000 2015|@thain1982 oh geez i hope i didn't break your phone with my voice 560861688187355136|Thu Jan 29 18:07:01 +0000 2015|RT @Spacekatgal: So, @leighalexander was ambushed at a recent talk by a Gamergater. This is how she responded, and it's brilliant. http://t… 560853119740178432|Thu Jan 29 17:32:58 +0000 2015|If like me you love @emilyterrible's art you should also know how incredible she is to work with 560846641100771328|Thu Jan 29 17:07:13 +0000 2015|@jannnar thank you! I'm glad you found it interesting! 560845639857500161|Thu Jan 29 17:03:15 +0000 2015|@PantslessShorts It's a digital bundle and it's a digital book. Sorry! 560841839457353728|Thu Jan 29 16:48:09 +0000 2015|@AxonInteractive Excellent. Keep me posted! 560839670746316800|Thu Jan 29 16:39:32 +0000 2015|@AxonInteractive send confirmation or some proof of payment to leighalexander1 at gmail dot com and i'll sort you out! 560838131554213888|Thu Jan 29 16:33:25 +0000 2015|It's your last day to get Clipping Through in a special bundle packed with tons of other gaming reads: http://storybundle.com/games 560837806734729218|Thu Jan 29 16:32:07 +0000 2015|RT @Uninsertuser: @leighalexander's CLIPPING THROUGH is great! It's about videogames. It's personal, funny and scary. Buy it here! : https:… 560834197691318273|Thu Jan 29 16:17:47 +0000 2015|RT @waxpancake: Whoa, my article about the @internetarchive and Google is Medium's #2 story right now. https://medium.com/message/never-trust-a-corporation-to-do-a-librarys-job-f58db4673351 560828866139537408|Thu Jan 29 15:56:36 +0000 2015|RT @hplemke: a fine article about "wearable tech" and/or the decline of western civilization by @leighalexander https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad 560828760417918976|Thu Jan 29 15:56:10 +0000 2015|@mikeBithell LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS 560818389594423296|Thu Jan 29 15:14:58 +0000 2015|RT @ConnorLand2: O brave new world: @leighalexander on the wearables ringing in the new century. @getringly https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad 560815395779903488|Thu Jan 29 15:03:04 +0000 2015|@jeannejellybeen @IntoTheGloss no, i think you have to be asked right? 560814631854555136|Thu Jan 29 15:00:02 +0000 2015|RT @Spacekatgal: LOVE how many people are mansplaining to me that women can, in fact, vote and own land. O RLY? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8hpoEjIAAAdUOT.png 560811294753030145|Thu Jan 29 14:46:46 +0000 2015|@TimesHero on purpose 560810532102746113|Thu Jan 29 14:43:44 +0000 2015|"...somebody who looked like them winning" http://jezebel.com/new-all-feminist-ghostbusters-is-a-punch-in-the-dick-to-1682292125 560810451119112193|Thu Jan 29 14:43:25 +0000 2015|"In the '80s & '90s... every [game ad] would end with a shot of a little white boy raising his fists triumphantly skyward & yelling "I WIN!" 560809856811413504|Thu Jan 29 14:41:03 +0000 2015|@SamuelBacklin Skincare Psycho 560808833355116544|Thu Jan 29 14:36:59 +0000 2015|@elliottkrista really? i thought the serum line gained prominence with the unspecified "advancement." weird! 560808033035755520|Thu Jan 29 14:33:49 +0000 2015|@locks equipping the Legendary Anti-Aging Set 560807797051650048|Thu Jan 29 14:32:52 +0000 2015|@KamSage I knew what you meant, don't worry! 560807620173635584|Thu Jan 29 14:32:10 +0000 2015|@KamSage gosh, thank you! 560807556168581122|Thu Jan 29 14:31:55 +0000 2015|I wear L'Oreal Revitalift Laser Renew to bed about once a week and alternate the Olay cream cleanser with the ProX exfoliating cleanser 560807224378155008|Thu Jan 29 14:30:36 +0000 2015|@pianobar77 thank you, same to you! 560807097211043840|Thu Jan 29 14:30:05 +0000 2015|My hair can't be imitated, but for skincare I recommend No7 Protect & Perfect Advanced, Olay Total Effects 7 in 1, a Braun scrubber 560806099386134528|Thu Jan 29 14:26:08 +0000 2015|Hair was looking too well-behaved lately, had to put a stop to that http://instagram.com/p/ycN-BOsDHm/ 560791104745127937|Thu Jan 29 13:26:33 +0000 2015|RT @Klangable: “Let’s Ignore Each Other Together” by @leighalexander https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad?source=tw-lo_af09af2c8a1b-1422537228410 560770996492595200|Thu Jan 29 12:06:38 +0000 2015|Related: Please consume content by @pippinbarr on a lot of 'art game' questions, especially Art Game http://www.pippinbarr.com/category/games/ 560768357172252674|Thu Jan 29 11:56:09 +0000 2015|@bryneaux hahah well dunno about that, but thank you 560767811354898433|Thu Jan 29 11:53:59 +0000 2015|@bryneaux My gumroad store is pay what you want and goes direct to me, with royalties for my contributors https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 560767593892835328|Thu Jan 29 11:53:07 +0000 2015|"I hope my consumers will be satisfied with this content," mused Rodin 560767382306971648|Thu Jan 29 11:52:17 +0000 2015|RT @Stiif: @leighalexander I was at the Louvre a couple of years ago, and it just had so much content. 560767033798037504|Thu Jan 29 11:50:54 +0000 2015|@garywhitta oh! i had been traveling and TOTALLY FORGOT that you sent me a special read. sorry for the silence! 560766629001564160|Thu Jan 29 11:49:17 +0000 2015|This is the LAST DAY to get tons of great gaming content, including my book Clipping Through, in this storybundle https://storybundle.com/games 560766359672745984|Thu Jan 29 11:48:13 +0000 2015|'gaming content' 560756519638417408|Thu Jan 29 11:09:07 +0000 2015|RT @iglvzx: In which TotalBiscuit, a GGer, reiterates the point of @leighalexander's "Gamers are over." ... #StopGamerGate http://t.co/els… 560756214595067904|Thu Jan 29 11:07:54 +0000 2015|@noisecritic you shoulda read my review 560755580286300160|Thu Jan 29 11:05:23 +0000 2015|RT @freyadutta: Debating @metasynthie @nickfortugno @xMattieBrice -politics of game mechanics w @leighalexander #indiecadeEast http://t.co/… 560484706501001216|Wed Jan 28 17:09:01 +0000 2015|RT @sarahrich: Let's Ignore Each Other Together — @leighalexander on glam #wearables that solve the wrong problem: https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad 560480883778797569|Wed Jan 28 16:53:50 +0000 2015|@AlphaChar really hope you like it! 560480827956793344|Wed Jan 28 16:53:37 +0000 2015|RT @AlphaChar: Getting *hype* about this year's GDC. Prepping with Clipping Through: One Mad Week In Video Games by @leighalexander https:/… 560476681987973120|Wed Jan 28 16:37:08 +0000 2015|@Nelsormensch i know right 560472301150683137|Wed Jan 28 16:19:44 +0000 2015|@lobowski heck yeah. but this guy is a terrorist so maybe he doesn't deserve those 560467870036283394|Wed Jan 28 16:02:07 +0000 2015|@AntonyJohnston thank you! glad you enjoyed it! 560457986205057025|Wed Jan 28 15:22:51 +0000 2015|@NEwertKrocker Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! 560457905175281664|Wed Jan 28 15:22:32 +0000 2015|RT @NEwertKrocker: You guys, I cannot overstate how lovely @leighalexander's "Clipping Through" is. If you haven't yet, do get on that. 560457857955807232|Wed Jan 28 15:22:20 +0000 2015|@hazelcills <333 560457833108758528|Wed Jan 28 15:22:14 +0000 2015|RT @hazelcills: This essay on wearable tech (specifically Ringly) by @leighalexander is really good https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad 560454058327433218|Wed Jan 28 15:07:14 +0000 2015|@nslater i know some people who are genuinely socially-anxious and use devices to cope. unfair for them to be called rude. 560451039196110848|Wed Jan 28 14:55:15 +0000 2015|Here is Ian on the "supertweet", Igloo Australia, et al http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/introducing-the-supertweet/384730/ 560449493683171329|Wed Jan 28 14:49:06 +0000 2015|RT @chaykak: Also see a cool @ReadReform essay from @leighalexander on attentiveness and wearables: https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad 560447661133017089|Wed Jan 28 14:41:49 +0000 2015|RT @ultrabrilliant: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8cbRBICIAENxF7.png 560447617906536449|Wed Jan 28 14:41:39 +0000 2015|@BitSocket @ultrabrilliant hahahahahhahaha 560447333364953088|Wed Jan 28 14:40:31 +0000 2015|Statement ring for heterosexual single women "waiting for 'him' to text"...????https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad 560446953331625984|Wed Jan 28 14:39:00 +0000 2015|@Astrophilia as a recovered anoretic that was a very relatable portrayal 560445922510123008|Wed Jan 28 14:34:55 +0000 2015|@Astrophilia yeah, def. i never even picked up on that message, how women's perfectionism is uniquely oppressive 560445313610432512|Wed Jan 28 14:32:29 +0000 2015|@kirkhamilton no, in fact all i ever hear is the opposite 560445169548681216|Wed Jan 28 14:31:55 +0000 2015|Brevik: I just want better video games. Me: Define "better." "Better" by which critical standard? What is your subjective determination of b 560444945627353088|Wed Jan 28 14:31:02 +0000 2015|Norwegian mass-murderer would rather starve than play any more Rayman Revolution http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/10640466/Anders-Behring-Breivik-threatens-hunger-strike-to-get-better-video-games.html 560443988789182464|Wed Jan 28 14:27:14 +0000 2015|Great piece re the film Black Swan. Unsurprisingly I LOST IT after watching & needed my friends to take me to Chili's http://www.vice.com/read/black-swan-was-the-film-that-made-me?utm_source=vicetwitterus 560443532918673410|Wed Jan 28 14:25:25 +0000 2015|@mausmalone and then what you get is some kind of grotesque drifting hybrid 560428494686261249|Wed Jan 28 13:25:40 +0000 2015|@wererogue @brett_douville THANK YOU 560425712185016320|Wed Jan 28 13:14:36 +0000 2015|@DevZacban no, definitely not, haha 560423105261469696|Wed Jan 28 13:04:15 +0000 2015|RT @brett_douville: Great talk from @leighalexander asking for "a shift from production values to actual values": http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6845410/gamesnow/videos/74254711 Wa… 560422804462796801|Wed Jan 28 13:03:03 +0000 2015|at SOME point in my life i just want to request 'the thong song' from a DJ and not be rejected... 560419197235507200|Wed Jan 28 12:48:43 +0000 2015|@33mhz i feel bad for that guy, but i guess it's time someone else felt insulted by video games articles for once 560418546216615937|Wed Jan 28 12:46:08 +0000 2015|RT @albertinho: @leighalexander Could you please share/RT our campaign to stop GG'er/cyberbully Adam Baldwin coming to Australia? http://t.… 560416049947246592|Wed Jan 28 12:36:12 +0000 2015|Really enjoying the comments on my talk on @TheMarySue. Actual fair debate/criticism of That Article I Wrote http://www.themarysue.com/gamergate-asked-leigh-alexander-about-pushing-values/ 560412176222273536|Wed Jan 28 12:20:49 +0000 2015|@metasynthie that's exactly it. doesn't surprise me 560412045066395648|Wed Jan 28 12:20:18 +0000 2015|@metasynthie don't people realise by now that when i intend to shit on something i do it unambiguously 560411680468111360|Wed Jan 28 12:18:51 +0000 2015|@metasynthie gs does great (and ethical work) sometimes, but anyone who thinks they are not part of the status quo is deluded 560411380520865792|Wed Jan 28 12:17:39 +0000 2015|@metasynthie but most dudes never miss a chance to seize on the one word a woman says that allows them to redirect convo to their hurt feels 560411200534888448|Wed Jan 28 12:16:56 +0000 2015|@metasynthie it wasn't even a dig, it's like 'why are you concerned re my individual views when there're gigantic longstanding institutions' 560410490124636160|Wed Jan 28 12:14:07 +0000 2015|@metasynthie ... can fuck right off 560410455735562240|Wed Jan 28 12:13:59 +0000 2015|@metasynthie that said, ppl going 'i like what you said when you were put on the spot by a creep but u insulted my favorite legacy website' 560408403844292608|Wed Jan 28 12:05:50 +0000 2015|@metasynthie my standards for 'lacks agenda' are pretty low, it basically just means 'commenters' 560404769257582593|Wed Jan 28 11:51:23 +0000 2015|@Tamath_ @IrelandMichael @Spacekatgal (i like bayonetta and i wrote as much. tell this bro to stop swinging at spectres like an idiot) 560402470669914112|Wed Jan 28 11:42:15 +0000 2015|@HyveMynd no, not worth the credit spend 560402094088544256|Wed Jan 28 11:40:45 +0000 2015|@gerrenlaquint i would be physically angry if someone made me do that 560401872583159808|Wed Jan 28 11:39:52 +0000 2015|sometimes after kissing me my bf suddenly pretends he is a pleasure bioroid and it's really weird #netrunner #adoniscampaign 560401059429236736|Wed Jan 28 11:36:38 +0000 2015|RT @MrDeVil_909: Everyone is talking about @leighalexander smacking down that gamer gorper, but the lecture it's from is a must watch. http… 560398192903479296|Wed Jan 28 11:25:15 +0000 2015|RT @samdodsworth: A rare thing from @leighalexander - a piece about phone etiquette that actually gets the point of phones. https://t.co/k… 560394727166865408|Wed Jan 28 11:11:29 +0000 2015|I wrote "Let's Ignore Each Other Together," on when wearables solve the wrong problem, at Re:Form https://medium.com/re-form/lets-ignore-each-other-together-d7cf46a8a8ad 560394341953601536|Wed Jan 28 11:09:57 +0000 2015|@vravn thanks. that's why i keep at it. 560394296730611712|Wed Jan 28 11:09:46 +0000 2015|RT @vravn: Holy fuck. Just hit 18 minute mark in @leighalexander's recent talk on games and my mind has been completely blown. http://t.co/… 560242829365366786|Wed Jan 28 01:07:53 +0000 2015|@lokified it was her defiant look, the vividity of the memory in her face, coupled with the crumpling awe in mick's eyes, that did it 560241893582577665|Wed Jan 28 01:04:10 +0000 2015|Y'all have been keeping me going all day on Twitter today. Thanks. We're doing this thing together. 560241548328464385|Wed Jan 28 01:02:48 +0000 2015|@lokified yeah that's one of the times i started crying 560240295305310208|Wed Jan 28 00:57:49 +0000 2015|nuanced and enlightening. bring these girls to the front for the rest of our lives. 560240137213579264|Wed Jan 28 00:57:12 +0000 2015|Wept multiple times tonight on watching the documentary '20 feet from stardom' on netflix; about backup singers & women of color in rock. 560239865460432897|Wed Jan 28 00:56:07 +0000 2015|Thanks to @TheMarySue for coverage of my talk, the ensuing Q&A, and for your Will Smith gif <3 <3 http://www.themarysue.com/gamergate-asked-leigh-alexander-about-pushing-values/ 560239162323136512|Wed Jan 28 00:53:19 +0000 2015|RT @thomir: You need to watch @leighalexander talk about music, games, culture. http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6845410/events/2706267/videos/74254711/player?width=640&height=360&autoPlay=false&mute=false - an excellent talk. 560214402990092288|Tue Jan 27 23:14:56 +0000 2015|@ashly_burch or a vuvuzela 560203788221677568|Tue Jan 27 22:32:45 +0000 2015|RT @thain1982: Holy shit, this passage, @leighalexander. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8Y9s30CMAAO3-d.jpg 560203235198513152|Tue Jan 27 22:30:34 +0000 2015|@philippawarr You are now entering PRIORITIES. Population: Pip 560202628236607489|Tue Jan 27 22:28:09 +0000 2015|RT @mvandevander: In case that last link to @leighalexander's excellent talk from Games Now didn't work, you can try this direct link: http… 560202211385692160|Tue Jan 27 22:26:29 +0000 2015|@johnvechey @swwaldie 'at the end of the day, god damn it i'm killin' this shit' ~ 560201760774815745|Tue Jan 27 22:24:42 +0000 2015|@mightyatom <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 560201527244382209|Tue Jan 27 22:23:46 +0000 2015|@ashly_burch *knuckles* 560201443102457856|Tue Jan 27 22:23:26 +0000 2015|RT @swwaldie: Warning: @leighalexander is currently killing it. 560201331814989824|Tue Jan 27 22:23:00 +0000 2015|@gerrenlaquint I'm definitely in my zone. 560201245869486081|Tue Jan 27 22:22:39 +0000 2015|@sispurrier *knuckles* 560199933731827712|Tue Jan 27 22:17:26 +0000 2015|@steishere only if we can agree it's a song themed explicitly after my personal agenda. 560199530952814592|Tue Jan 27 22:15:50 +0000 2015|AND TAKE THIS, HATERS http://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/comments/2tr7sj/gator_asks_the_tough_questions_at_leigh/ 560199284206092288|Tue Jan 27 22:14:52 +0000 2015|@legobutts @PositronicWoman I NEED YA RIGHT NOW 560198893993218049|Tue Jan 27 22:13:18 +0000 2015|you know how long i been on ya since link was up on epona since all the girls said 'a bro? nah' harder, better, faster, stronger 560198205422727169|Tue Jan 27 22:10:34 +0000 2015|@toughshank tonight and every night mama 560198145465151489|Tue Jan 27 22:10:20 +0000 2015|RT @sokareemie: can someone make a thugg life video for @leighalexander's takedown that would be great thanks 560198060719235073|Tue Jan 27 22:10:00 +0000 2015|@toughshank i know, but i gotta be the bigger person or someshit 560197515761684481|Tue Jan 27 22:07:50 +0000 2015|@SleepyTearyEyed it's almost like they're irrational and obsessed with an unflinching sexist agenda, or something 560197157211623425|Tue Jan 27 22:06:24 +0000 2015|RT @gamerfortruth: @leighalexander come at the queen you best not miss 560196516246470656|Tue Jan 27 22:03:52 +0000 2015|float like a butterfly, sting like a bee 560196156400336897|Tue Jan 27 22:02:26 +0000 2015|RT @AuthorX: @leighalexander A harsh but fair "talk shit, get a reasonable and eloquent verbal response" policy. 560195724865175553|Tue Jan 27 22:00:43 +0000 2015|@RubiconParadox they're looking for reasons. this is the only place they might have power. feel sad for them; be kind to them. i do. 560195020817702913|Tue Jan 27 21:57:55 +0000 2015|@AxeloftheKey it was probably his first event, ever. my little room full of students -- his very first event. aw. 560194679527178240|Tue Jan 27 21:56:34 +0000 2015|RT @EditorialDave: Watch @leighalexander speaking on games as a reaction to mainstream culture. Also dealing eloquently with a GGer. http:/… 560194370989981696|Tue Jan 27 21:55:20 +0000 2015|RT @mvandevander: You should check out @leighalexander's excellent talk on the shift towards diversity in games: http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6845410/gamesnow/videos/74254711 560194234549305345|Tue Jan 27 21:54:48 +0000 2015|Don't show up to my talks and say shit, then. Learn how the world works outside your house, bro https://twitter.com/VCR_Blog/status/560187703497474048 560194058543304705|Tue Jan 27 21:54:06 +0000 2015|RT @DamianSommer: That quote by @leighalexander going around has the word fallacious in it and I am going to start using that word because … 560186700421681152|Tue Jan 27 21:24:51 +0000 2015|RT @AntonM: Fantastic talk by @leighalexander on video games. The '90s are just starting: http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6845410/gamesnow/videos/74254711 560179582100578304|Tue Jan 27 20:56:34 +0000 2015|@mercurypixel @RaygunGoth they're the fakes. 560178003289067522|Tue Jan 27 20:50:18 +0000 2015|RT @RaygunGoth: 'Another fine evening spent wandering through @leighalexander's Lo-Fi Let's-Plays. Can't recommend enough: [https://t.co/0f… 560177933185458178|Tue Jan 27 20:50:01 +0000 2015|@RaygunGoth thank you <3 560165679928971264|Tue Jan 27 20:01:20 +0000 2015|@EdKuehnel me too tbh 560165574190567424|Tue Jan 27 20:00:54 +0000 2015|@kierongillen an entire demographic that simply presumes everything must be specifically for them or it's useless. LUDI-crous. 560164332286525440|Tue Jan 27 19:55:58 +0000 2015|@kierongillen that's the thing -- the claim i am alienating people whose attention i never had to begin with 560163450018889729|Tue Jan 27 19:52:28 +0000 2015|@Laralyn me neither, hence the air quotes. not that it always stops people, but! 560163285090439168|Tue Jan 27 19:51:49 +0000 2015|@samusclone @grmartin maddy pls write about disaster games 560162631529799681|Tue Jan 27 19:49:13 +0000 2015|@ElizSimins it's kind of something else to commission an artist and then what she does is not just 'what you imagined' but beyond 560162183829794816|Tue Jan 27 19:47:26 +0000 2015|@ElizSimins i look at the drawings emily has sent multiple times per day and then i roll around on my floor 560161997019709440|Tue Jan 27 19:46:42 +0000 2015|@thatzacdavis pdf, iBook, Kindle, all of this 560161903633526785|Tue Jan 27 19:46:19 +0000 2015|My next self-published thing will be MONA, a short story illustrated by amazing @emilyterrible. Coming Valentine's. http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 560161555606949888|Tue Jan 27 19:44:56 +0000 2015|Just two days left in this video gaming Storybundle, incidentally, so make sure you don't miss it! http://storybundle.com/games 560161312698032128|Tue Jan 27 19:43:58 +0000 2015|@Reluctant_Hero No, but a Kindle version is part of the package if you buy from Gumroad! I got you. 560160990135066624|Tue Jan 27 19:42:41 +0000 2015|@AaronWrotkowski there really are a lot of great voices out there sacrificing toOH GO ON TEE HEE HEE 560160794349174785|Tue Jan 27 19:41:55 +0000 2015|@ibogost please subscribe to my RSS feed and my YouTube channel, 'like' my Facebook page, follow me on Twitter, enlist for updates from my g 560160397479911424|Tue Jan 27 19:40:20 +0000 2015|If you're excited about how I deal with being a 'victim of GG', I hope you're EVEN MORE EXCITED about my actual output <3 560160198732840960|Tue Jan 27 19:39:33 +0000 2015|It's a personal experience of GDC's mad week up close to the industry. With GDC coming up, get it for your flight! http://storybundle.com/games 560159920809848833|Tue Jan 27 19:38:27 +0000 2015|Did you know my latest book, Clipping Through, is in a bundle with many, many other great gaming books? http://storybundle.com/games 560150137016975360|Tue Jan 27 18:59:34 +0000 2015|@ibogost @DiGiornoPizza jesus christ ian 560143342303207425|Tue Jan 27 18:32:34 +0000 2015|the screaming mantis of the sjw beauty/beast unit... 560143240226439168|Tue Jan 27 18:32:10 +0000 2015|in light of all this i'm really into how the sculpture behind me makes it look like i'm emanating dark tendrils http://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/comments/2tr7sj/gator_asks_the_tough_questions_at_leigh/ 560142419954761729|Tue Jan 27 18:28:54 +0000 2015|@aaronmblevin thank you! :) 560141148195680256|Tue Jan 27 18:23:51 +0000 2015|@iridesent phew 560140528462094336|Tue Jan 27 18:21:23 +0000 2015|@Fengxii i had been expecting this sort of thing to start happening and wasn't sure how i'd be able to conduct myself 560140374887653378|Tue Jan 27 18:20:46 +0000 2015|@iridesent i hope i said "that they are NOT legitimate" ha ha... oh no 560140258323759104|Tue Jan 27 18:20:19 +0000 2015|@litrock i think many of us have made a long journey. i was a very different person when i began this. 560134563360690176|Tue Jan 27 17:57:41 +0000 2015|@Fengxii thank you. being able to handle it in that way helped alleviate some of my fear/stress. they weren't so bad. 560119751356452865|Tue Jan 27 16:58:49 +0000 2015|@NikaHarper @bombsfall let's lean against them and take black and white photos 560119417355649024|Tue Jan 27 16:57:30 +0000 2015|@litrock instinctive reply: OH DO GO ON 560119386456195072|Tue Jan 27 16:57:22 +0000 2015|@litrock correct reply: that's not true; I am only one of many people working toward change. i'm just one of the visible ones. 560117769405231104|Tue Jan 27 16:50:57 +0000 2015|@bombsfall i don't know isn't there supposed to be something about the 'dark' ones... like maybe they might not be good 560116993815494656|Tue Jan 27 16:47:52 +0000 2015|You got me, TheDarkMage -- I clearly hate games, my fulltime career for which I risk my safety. Haha. Oh you guys. https://twitter.com/TheDarkMage2/status/560116481355042817 560114647307935744|Tue Jan 27 16:38:33 +0000 2015|@too_plebeian totally with you on that. i spend so much of my time now on vintage text games because that experimentation was overlooked 560105403418431488|Tue Jan 27 16:01:49 +0000 2015|i hope you will join me and so many others in writing new anthems for the coming generation in games, digitally-facilitated play & tech 560105114904838145|Tue Jan 27 16:00:40 +0000 2015|RT @cynixy: A great response from @leighalexander to questions about "objective" reviews and "counterculture." (At 58:10) http://t.co/YzvQZ… 560082616628830208|Tue Jan 27 14:31:16 +0000 2015|@YYZhed @Spacekatgal my last tweet. 560082211865903104|Tue Jan 27 14:29:39 +0000 2015|@amitu @Spacekatgal @kennethlove hahahah 560079952952176640|Tue Jan 27 14:20:41 +0000 2015|@edclef yep, really beautiful stuff they did 560079441221517312|Tue Jan 27 14:18:39 +0000 2015|Very excited about The Mountain, the solo board game that won the Jury Prize at the GGJ in Malta. See it for yourself http://globalgamejam.org/2015/games/mountain-0 560072589184606208|Tue Jan 27 13:51:25 +0000 2015|@ThatSabineGirl same! 560071643406827520|Tue Jan 27 13:47:40 +0000 2015|@ThatSabineGirl link me when you have the channel going -- happy to tweet it! it's a great idea! 560071480755900416|Tue Jan 27 13:47:01 +0000 2015|If you want to see my actual talk on pop-counterculture that prompted the Q&A everyone is passing around, it's here http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6845410/gamesnow/videos/74254711 560070408406568962|Tue Jan 27 13:42:45 +0000 2015|@trtx84 that is in the thread too, happily! 560061254505869312|Tue Jan 27 13:06:23 +0000 2015|@CanetheSutter i know the gits a bit, but they aren't in there, no! thanks for the link! 560059448979644416|Tue Jan 27 12:59:12 +0000 2015|Listening to my '90s alt rock' games culture talk today? Here is a great and occasionally-magnificent playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/puellamagi/playlist/3YGbzBxVsdDmvSsrVYMgZo 560055475962916864|Tue Jan 27 12:43:25 +0000 2015|@kierongillen DAD. 560053675142709248|Tue Jan 27 12:36:16 +0000 2015|@mvandevander yeah, i think that's genuinely it. makes sense. 560047407858470912|Tue Jan 27 12:11:21 +0000 2015|the swirling black sculpture behind me at my talk makes me look like sorceress edea or something... #dark 560046407546335232|Tue Jan 27 12:07:23 +0000 2015|@BornWithItCause @Spacekatgal i think in his mind even that is necessary information, bc from what i understand they mock my looks often 560045325227147264|Tue Jan 27 12:03:05 +0000 2015|@BornWithItCause @Spacekatgal it's here. i think actually this person was making a clear effort to be fair to me http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7vbDAaCAAACLXl.png 560044820895653888|Tue Jan 27 12:01:05 +0000 2015|@Spacekatgal the question about market demand was from the guy who ultimately posted on 8chan, actually, so there were TWO 560041001071673344|Tue Jan 27 11:45:54 +0000 2015|@Glinner yeah a little bit -- will DM! 560040346785423360|Tue Jan 27 11:43:18 +0000 2015|Someone transcribed my answers to the Q&A at the end, including a couple GGers http://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/comments/2tr7sj/gator_asks_the_tough_questions_at_leigh/ 560039777505144832|Tue Jan 27 11:41:02 +0000 2015|@fiddlecub was just aiming to say readers have many institutions for game opinions & don't need to fuss re my individual views. Apologies! 560038563627425792|Tue Jan 27 11:36:13 +0000 2015|@fiddlecub Sorry about the jab. I was kind of on the spot and I think what I meant was 'read scored reviews' in general. No offense meant. 560037511054229504|Tue Jan 27 11:32:02 +0000 2015|RT @SuperSpacedad: I think @leighalexander is one of the most important voices in the medium/industry of games & this lecture shows it. ht… 560037293776707584|Tue Jan 27 11:31:10 +0000 2015|RT @PetiteMistress: Yes, I've just watched the whole talk by @leighalexander please watch it all. The bit where she smacks down the gater i… 560037233793990656|Tue Jan 27 11:30:56 +0000 2015|RT @razorangelwings: Beautifully narrated and heart-felt Lo Fi Let's Play of Carmen Sandiego by @leighalexander - http://youtu.be/m50JcE8JbUk. T… 560037180295622657|Tue Jan 27 11:30:43 +0000 2015|RT @PetiteMistress: OK EVERYONE ASKING FOR THAT AMAZING @leighalexander TALK HERE IT IS warning: I teared up http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6845410/gamesnow/videos/74254711 560037158640443392|Tue Jan 27 11:30:38 +0000 2015|@zionviller @PetiteMistress i cannot stand watching videos of myself talking but i will take your word for it that it is good 560036982580338690|Tue Jan 27 11:29:56 +0000 2015|RT @herogear: Omg @leighalexander's lo-fi lets plays are lots of fun! Carmen Sandiego was my fav game to play in computer lab as a kid. 560036966532911105|Tue Jan 27 11:29:52 +0000 2015|RT @initials_games: "... curation is the most important frontier for our current digital society" - quote by @leighalexander http://t.co/fT… 560036714421694464|Tue Jan 27 11:28:52 +0000 2015|@Glinner I prefer 'survivor' to 'victim'. And we still have to teach you Netrunner, right? 560036552882257920|Tue Jan 27 11:28:13 +0000 2015|@AllanSchumacher thank you! http://www.amazon.com/Breathing-Machine-Memoir-Computers-Alexander-ebook/dp/B00I5X3U10/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419255145&sr=8-1&keywords=breathing+machine+leigh+alexander 559800780170219521|Mon Jan 26 19:51:21 +0000 2015|@kirkhamilton @TinaAmini it'd be sweet, doing like snowmans and shit 559798716039970816|Mon Jan 26 19:43:09 +0000 2015|@TinaAmini @kirkhamilton aww y'all look so nice 559797517068828672|Mon Jan 26 19:38:23 +0000 2015|@hellophia @emilyterrible i know i have to stop now i'm getting worried 559792666066845696|Mon Jan 26 19:19:06 +0000 2015|@emilyterrible i look at this five times per day 559792608260923393|Mon Jan 26 19:18:52 +0000 2015|RT @emilyterrible: I'm doing the illustrations for @leighalexander's new short story, MONA, on sale Feb 14! -- http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ http:… 559761423174479873|Mon Jan 26 17:14:57 +0000 2015|@ninacliff just back to London tonight! 559650194275696640|Mon Jan 26 09:52:58 +0000 2015|@toughshank hahahahahahahaha to all this 559648324270444544|Mon Jan 26 09:45:32 +0000 2015|@RealCarlosFerro bless! 559644008759439360|Mon Jan 26 09:28:24 +0000 2015|@NiN0_UK you didn't tell me when it was, but i've included that and other questions in the reply that i just re-sent 559643916631552001|Mon Jan 26 09:28:02 +0000 2015|@ferricide laughing in the airport about 'eye-searing 1990s emails' is making this slightly better 559643464057749504|Mon Jan 26 09:26:14 +0000 2015|( i had no other option. also i'm going to LUTON so today will be a fun travel) 559643293110534144|Mon Jan 26 09:25:33 +0000 2015|@NiN0_UK oh odd, it seems i replied, but it bounced back 559642939337736193|Mon Jan 26 09:24:09 +0000 2015|online check-in failed, had to pay a check-in fee that cost more than my flight. this kind of thing is why everyone hates ryanair right? 559548975179517952|Mon Jan 26 03:10:46 +0000 2015|RT @xoxogossipgita: ALL OF OUR KINDNESS IS TAKEN FOR WEAKNESS 559526702695456769|Mon Jan 26 01:42:16 +0000 2015|@EdKuehnel as they are communal, cross-disciplinary and bullshit-free, they are a bit better than other small dev communes in europe tbh 559525804082618374|Mon Jan 26 01:38:41 +0000 2015|I could pretty easily stay in Malta forever tbh 559519343856201728|Mon Jan 26 01:13:01 +0000 2015|RT @midnightrevery: @leighalexander plays Carmen Sandiego in the Helsinki airport. Fond childhood memories + you can hear Finnish :) https:… 559416793438367744|Sun Jan 25 18:25:31 +0000 2015|@a_man_in_black i linked it on Boing Boing about a month ago I think, the bit about board culture 559416468212035584|Sun Jan 25 18:24:14 +0000 2015|RT @a_man_in_black: lol Leigh Alexander's article is wrong and dumb now here's a hashtag with a reheated joke from Mass Effect 2 559416402579570688|Sun Jan 25 18:23:58 +0000 2015|@a_man_in_black thanks for all your social media study during this time! 559411791638564864|Sun Jan 25 18:05:39 +0000 2015|@raiganburns ah how weird that i don't know it, i will get it immediately 559409418656579584|Sun Jan 25 17:56:13 +0000 2015|@raiganburns dunno that game actually! 559407848976048128|Sun Jan 25 17:49:59 +0000 2015|@pippinbarr whoa rad! 559407449858646016|Sun Jan 25 17:48:23 +0000 2015|@pippinbarr will play it later! i JUST did a carmen sandiego let's play where i riffed on high concepts/feat. airport noise so it resonated 559402373286989826|Sun Jan 25 17:28:13 +0000 2015|@Professor_D i have definitely lucked out today and in general 559401800176893952|Sun Jan 25 17:25:57 +0000 2015|geez @pippinbarr you & rilla's GGJ game is HELLA DARK. ("this isn't us," rilla disclaims during the sex scene noises) 559398369731575809|Sun Jan 25 17:12:19 +0000 2015|@SindreOpsahl (than usual, i mean. but it was my first meal, so it counts!) 559398256615387138|Sun Jan 25 17:11:52 +0000 2015|@SindreOpsahl just an hour later i think! 559392524213944320|Sun Jan 25 16:49:05 +0000 2015|RT @annkpowers: Freedom of speech? Wikipedia bans five editors from gender-related articles http://gu.com/p/4554q/stw 559392394853253120|Sun Jan 25 16:48:34 +0000 2015|things i've done today: ran for an hour, ate a whole plate of salmon & caviar farfalle and a glass of white wine, and fell asleep face-down 559380393619898368|Sun Jan 25 16:00:53 +0000 2015|RT @lynneaglasser: Can't wait for Mona by @leighalexander + @emilyterrible. Best Valentines day ever? http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 559380371000012801|Sun Jan 25 16:00:47 +0000 2015|@lynneaglasser @emilyterrible ahh that means a lot Lynnea, thank you <3 559340494741078016|Sun Jan 25 13:22:20 +0000 2015|@emilyterrible @TheWesterFront omg i had no idea/forgot you played it too this is amazing 559333719128166400|Sun Jan 25 12:55:25 +0000 2015|@GamingEgypt @globalgamejam amazing to see a site with so many women joined in also! 559332254842114048|Sun Jan 25 12:49:36 +0000 2015|@marmaladegirl @scxzor @GamingEgypt that's what i said! 559331285249032192|Sun Jan 25 12:45:44 +0000 2015|RT @S0phieH: "Oh crap, I missed my chance to do something for GGJ" don't worry, I've got you covered 😘 http://ludumdare.com/compo/2015/01/07/minild-56-pick-n-mix-2/ 559331208203878400|Sun Jan 25 12:45:26 +0000 2015|RT @scxzor: Wow. Incredible! RT @GamingEgypt ITI Egypt Game Jam, largest #GGJ15 site #ITIGGJ15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8G0fjhCIAAM7EZ.jpg 559306754778234881|Sun Jan 25 11:08:16 +0000 2015|@PlasticFrames oh this is malta 559302981066457089|Sun Jan 25 10:53:16 +0000 2015|not up to much today really just basically going running in game of thrones http://instagram.com/p/yRjae0sDBx/ 559297066724515841|Sun Jan 25 10:29:46 +0000 2015|@FieryIslander i have written about my background here http://leighalexander.net/on-twerking-and-being-mixed-race/ 559268807337066496|Sun Jan 25 08:37:29 +0000 2015|Hey, I'm in Malta Today... thank you @teodoreljic! http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/arts/art/48828/watch_extreme_gaming_malta_global_game_jam_gets_under_way#.VMSp_0fF_L8 559267842210942976|Sun Jan 25 08:33:38 +0000 2015|@FieryIslander i'm not really, i was raised that way, but i'm a pretty secular person 559112358724120579|Sat Jan 24 22:15:48 +0000 2015|The area pictured is my old block where I used to live for five years. I loved the murals but I am 110% pro ZEXOR http://animalnewyork.com/2015/graffiti-writer-zexor-declares-war-street-artists-bushwick-collective/ 559111318494777344|Sat Jan 24 22:11:40 +0000 2015|@FredericDogfood that's good to hear! thank you! 559107356236476417|Sat Jan 24 21:55:56 +0000 2015|@Viva_La_Sun Joni is classic, not cheesy 559104020221263876|Sat Jan 24 21:42:40 +0000 2015|@Viva_La_Sun maybe when you get older you'll hear in her favorite songs a new way to know her. that happened to me. 559103849584394240|Sat Jan 24 21:42:00 +0000 2015|@Viva_La_Sun i feel that way about my dad's music. my mom's for some reason, not so much. 559103603001290754|Sat Jan 24 21:41:01 +0000 2015|On Valentine's Day I can't wait to share with you my latest lil work, with illustrations by brilliant Emily Carroll http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 559081909146619904|Sat Jan 24 20:14:49 +0000 2015|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAAqsUgATBI show 'em you won't expire/not til you burn up every passion/not even when you die 559073037564534784|Sat Jan 24 19:39:33 +0000 2015|@DerrickClifton *ululating in best impression of sampled MJ* 559070476329181184|Sat Jan 24 19:29:23 +0000 2015|@numberless we only met super briefly but yeah :) 559067578002583552|Sat Jan 24 19:17:52 +0000 2015|Have really fallen in love with Malta, its kind and intimate culture, & esp its up-and-coming, cross-disciplinary creative dev community 559067392782139393|Sat Jan 24 19:17:08 +0000 2015|@DerrickClifton there's gonna be some rain, gonna be some pain! 559054571767488514|Sat Jan 24 18:26:11 +0000 2015|@scutajar try leighalexander1 at gmail dot com -- problems with my mail server right now! 559038629071581186|Sat Jan 24 17:22:50 +0000 2015|RT @fanfiction_txt: "failures have no room in the SJW army now i will run north korea and use it to enslave the world" anita laughed as she… 559038574537240576|Sat Jan 24 17:22:37 +0000 2015|@anindita @kissane was everybody okay? i'm not even a parent yet and i'm afraid of this. 559031284576829441|Sat Jan 24 16:53:39 +0000 2015|@radiatoryang this is terrifying 559025504498745344|Sat Jan 24 16:30:41 +0000 2015|@necrosofty catalog of muscle tees and wraparound sunglasses 558987564166959105|Sat Jan 24 13:59:55 +0000 2015|RT @laura_hudson: Very excited for this project from @leighalexander and @emilyterrible, two tremendously talented women: http://t.co/Z3VWR… 558947065682989056|Sat Jan 24 11:18:59 +0000 2015|@MichaelPerforms that's strange. team@agencyforgames.com is working! 558938051972710400|Sat Jan 24 10:43:10 +0000 2015|finally the break i have been waiting for and it just fell into my inbox who could have known http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8G_MfHCEAMfRXS.jpg 558929709439123456|Sat Jan 24 10:10:01 +0000 2015|@vravn labor wouldn't equal profit at that length 558928048679292929|Sat Jan 24 10:03:25 +0000 2015|RT @emilyterrible: I am illustrating a short story for @leighalexander! MONA will be for sale Feb 14 - preview some of the artwork here! ht… 558927970543624192|Sat Jan 24 10:03:07 +0000 2015|@beautifulhour beaming love back <3 558927800087113728|Sat Jan 24 10:02:26 +0000 2015|RT @joethephish: Not a puzzle, but @leighalexander playing Carmen Sandiego is great. Quite a few similarities to 80 Days http://t.co/QHpugs… 558803991967318017|Sat Jan 24 01:50:28 +0000 2015|"Mona" can be enjoyed by anyone, but it definitely has some subtext to reward serious Silent Hill 2 fans http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 558788684359958528|Sat Jan 24 00:49:38 +0000 2015|@ckunzelman @emilyterrible that's only ONE of them *_*~ 558778281747419136|Sat Jan 24 00:08:18 +0000 2015|RT @Quinns108: Oh snap, @leighalexander and @emilyterrible collab! http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 558778096233377793|Sat Jan 24 00:07:34 +0000 2015|@Lord_Reynardine @Anchel naw, capitalise me 558777977639419904|Sat Jan 24 00:07:06 +0000 2015|RT @GIAWire: Mona is a story from @leighalexander, inspired by Silent Hill 2 & illustrated by @emilyterrible (Through the Woods). http://t.… 558735901778804736|Fri Jan 23 21:19:54 +0000 2015|@christinelove @emilyterrible thank you christine i am incredibly excited too i can't wait to see what people think 558735269978189824|Fri Jan 23 21:17:23 +0000 2015|@jlaakso it's the best , yeah. prepare yourself to be resilient to vintage controls -- but the clumsiness of the game is thematically nice 558732531819102208|Fri Jan 23 21:06:30 +0000 2015|@DataFran @emilyterrible PDF on a browser then, prob 558730963682066432|Fri Jan 23 21:00:17 +0000 2015|@jlaakso no prior literacy is required to enjoy the story 558722970236235776|Fri Jan 23 20:28:31 +0000 2015|@sokareemie @emilyterrible your faith in the experiment makes me Strong x 558721375574441984|Fri Jan 23 20:22:11 +0000 2015|@sokareemie @emilyterrible soha <3 <3 <3! 558720316739182592|Fri Jan 23 20:17:58 +0000 2015|You did click through and look at the teaser of @emilyterrible's work on this project right http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 558713607446609920|Fri Jan 23 19:51:19 +0000 2015|RT @mintchipleaf: Fav writer + fav illustrator + silent hill influence = Mona by @leighalexander and @emilyterrible. Extremely excited. htt… 558713567210659841|Fri Jan 23 19:51:09 +0000 2015|@mintchipleaf @emilyterrible <3 <3 <3 <# 558710960475873280|Fri Jan 23 19:40:47 +0000 2015|@laura_hudson @emilyterrible thank you laura, you are the best <3 558710760717967360|Fri Jan 23 19:40:00 +0000 2015|@MammonMachine @emilyterrible that's kind of what i said when she said she would do it 558707499101331456|Fri Jan 23 19:27:02 +0000 2015|Coming on Valentine's Day: "Mona", a new short story by me, illustrated by @emilyterrible. Inspired by Silent Hill 2. http://leighalexander.net/announcing-mona-an-illustrated-short-story/ 558700474048983040|Fri Jan 23 18:59:07 +0000 2015|@laevantine you can only have the one in front 558699215443218433|Fri Jan 23 18:54:07 +0000 2015|wow, @ShutUpShow http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8Dl-VKIQAEggyM.jpg 558694619773698049|Fri Jan 23 18:35:52 +0000 2015|this maltese military helicopter came to remove me from the restaurant after i sank into a food coma & couldn't leave http://instagram.com/p/yKZhGaMDO_/?modal=true 558693021458657280|Fri Jan 23 18:29:30 +0000 2015|Eating a pizza Maltija with local sausage, feta, olives, onions, anchovies. Server tried to take it away because he assumed I was done. NO. 558690974831230977|Fri Jan 23 18:21:23 +0000 2015|@jeffcutsinger @fremfrep oh, another of those? looks like some unlovable grognard has too much endless lonely time on his hands again 558686351479304195|Fri Jan 23 18:03:00 +0000 2015|@CGTester @FactionTheatre yessss <3 <3 <3 558666001534177280|Fri Jan 23 16:42:08 +0000 2015|@drewvancamp @agencyforgames @Anchel Agency works with projects at any stage they feel they need insight! 558662320407457794|Fri Jan 23 16:27:31 +0000 2015|Wishing all the Global Game Jammers an amazing weekend! 558662154178797568|Fri Jan 23 16:26:51 +0000 2015|RT @Anchel: Next up is keynote speaker @leighalexander =D Always a pleasure to listen to! #GGJ #Malta #GlobalGameJam http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8CxNXXIUAAai0A.jpg 558616320007471104|Fri Jan 23 13:24:43 +0000 2015|@dirkmalta hi! i slept until 11 AM today, so no grand jog took place... hope my talk meets expectations :0 558573912775475200|Fri Jan 23 10:36:13 +0000 2015|@alexcreid awesome! 558573139618451456|Fri Jan 23 10:33:08 +0000 2015|@Samakayne @elkippy thank you <3 558571508273274880|Fri Jan 23 10:26:39 +0000 2015|My counterculturist video series, Lo-Fi Let's Play, has reached its 20th episode! Please join in. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA 558569689576898560|Fri Jan 23 10:19:26 +0000 2015|@MammonMachine hahahah eyeliner style icon 558418342869225472|Fri Jan 23 00:18:02 +0000 2015|@carwash @paullicino @Quinns108 @Jam_sponge @Brendy_C @philippawarr very advanced technology 558417814491766784|Fri Jan 23 00:15:56 +0000 2015|@glietzsche yeah def 558417550741352448|Fri Jan 23 00:14:53 +0000 2015|child what are you speaking about https://twitter.com/TheDarkMage2/status/558415050533138432 558417179637723136|Fri Jan 23 00:13:25 +0000 2015|@MammonMachine http://cdn3.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/FirstLight_Fetch_Keyart_1402365022.jpg?eaa32f 558416957079552002|Fri Jan 23 00:12:32 +0000 2015|@MammonMachine keut 558412941654228993|Thu Jan 22 23:56:34 +0000 2015|not into wacky stuntin' humor. 'edgy equal opportunity offense' is shorthand for 'i'm lazy and i want attention.' make the system hurt. 558412697495425025|Thu Jan 22 23:55:36 +0000 2015|second tweet of the day about how @misterbrilliant is great at being funny for important reasons http://usvsth3m.com/post/90342363703/this-sims-2-review-is-ingenious-but-publisher-ea 558412541068865536|Thu Jan 22 23:54:59 +0000 2015|@shanarosenberg you mean "our" 558410752609255424|Thu Jan 22 23:47:52 +0000 2015|@captainraffi thank you! 558410111774109696|Thu Jan 22 23:45:20 +0000 2015|video games are not often as nice as things with cards, little components, maybe even an app, and face to face mechanics these days 558409930194300928|Thu Jan 22 23:44:36 +0000 2015|.@Quinns108, @paullicino, @Jam_sponge, @Brendy_C and @philippawarr have built a great space for the tabletop-curious http://shutupshow.com 558408405493514240|Thu Jan 22 23:38:33 +0000 2015|lately i have the most enthusiastic good time talking about games with people re analog games. all good values, virtually 0 bullshit ones 558398844103565312|Thu Jan 22 23:00:33 +0000 2015|RT @slobman_PLM: Grunge, Grrrls and Video Games: Turning the dial for a more meaningful culture Par @leighalexander sur @gamasutra http://t… 558301686520119298|Thu Jan 22 16:34:29 +0000 2015|@gamesbyplaydate "you will lose." 558301625736237056|Thu Jan 22 16:34:14 +0000 2015|well it seems @pippinbarr and @gordoncalleja have provided security for my talk tomorrow http://instagram.com/p/yKZhGaMDO_/?modal=true 558301130644799488|Thu Jan 22 16:32:16 +0000 2015|RT @GarethNN: @leighalexander on GargleGlort and Carmen Sandiego. Cool stuff. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/21/lets-play-where-in-the-world-is-carmen-sandiego/ 558301029247508480|Thu Jan 22 16:31:52 +0000 2015|@schlarb the grand injustice of this is fully evident now. it's so brilliant. i mean i love all her albums but this one could be out now 558300814478180354|Thu Jan 22 16:31:01 +0000 2015|@gamesbyplaydate Ivan Drago 558295314143399937|Thu Jan 22 16:09:10 +0000 2015|Whoa http://instagram.com/p/yKZLgcMDOX/ 558219846614528000|Thu Jan 22 11:09:17 +0000 2015|@KuangEleven i hadn't heard it for a long time, ended up checking spotify like 3 times to be SURE it wasn't some rando modern remix album 558217981327859712|Thu Jan 22 11:01:52 +0000 2015|god, Joni Mitchell's The Jungle Line would SCORCH the 'charts' if it came out today, huh? listen to that! 558208293269962752|Thu Jan 22 10:23:22 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @misterbrilliant steve is i think the best one we've got wrt being funny + useful simultaneously 558204646662352896|Thu Jan 22 10:08:53 +0000 2015|This review by @misterbrilliant is probably the best 'games review' written since the endless August, possibly ever http://www.pcgamesn.com/infinifactory/here-are-my-impressions-of-infinifactory-please-trust-them 558182844959584256|Thu Jan 22 08:42:15 +0000 2015|@harrywasmuth @Quinns108 there are at least five games in my series containing cemeteries and/or ghosts.... the plot thickens... 558182586607214592|Thu Jan 22 08:41:13 +0000 2015|@willbrooker i think they're mostly americans and spambots and i already talk about the inbetweeners too much for their liking probably, but 558182469590327296|Thu Jan 22 08:40:45 +0000 2015|RT @willbrooker: Editorial meeting at @TheSunNewspaper - picture credit @dylsharpe http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B78Pnb9IIAI8555.jpg 558182184151175168|Thu Jan 22 08:39:37 +0000 2015|@willbrooker @TheSunNewspaper @dylsharpe best 558181558138707969|Thu Jan 22 08:37:08 +0000 2015|@dirkmalta thank you! 558181140910313472|Thu Jan 22 08:35:29 +0000 2015|@xuhulk @orbitalnyc congratulations christina! me: 'i wrote about ffx? OH YEAH.' 558180971045203968|Thu Jan 22 08:34:48 +0000 2015|@harrywasmuth that is excellent Board Games Man and adventure games skeptic @Quinns108 558180898169171968|Thu Jan 22 08:34:31 +0000 2015|RT @harrywasmuth: Going through @leighalexander's youtube channel and see "FULL PLAYTHROUGH" like hell yea 558180805265346560|Thu Jan 22 08:34:09 +0000 2015|@pippinbarr can i move here too 558174066235146241|Thu Jan 22 08:07:22 +0000 2015|Well this is fucking awesome. http://instagram.com/p/yJiCu_MDJa/ 558038828062363650|Wed Jan 21 23:09:59 +0000 2015|@zusty YES 558025276651995136|Wed Jan 21 22:16:08 +0000 2015|In Malta. Carmen Sandiego is not here. But you can watch the odd Let's Play I recorded in an airport on the way http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/21/lets-play-where-in-the-world-is-carmen-sandiego/ 558024874149810177|Wed Jan 21 22:14:32 +0000 2015|@paullicino thank you Canada 558024850154192896|Wed Jan 21 22:14:26 +0000 2015|RT @paullicino: Breathing Machine @leighalexander's memoir of growing up with games and the net, is a year old. It's great. Buy it: http://… 558024111398850561|Wed Jan 21 22:11:30 +0000 2015|RT @mousefountain: This slays me. @leighalexander http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B75x2gqCIAAIfFv.png 557954006816157697|Wed Jan 21 17:32:56 +0000 2015|@pippinbarr i usually obey cosmic signals... maybe this means i have to join the jam team... oh god i'm so tired... 557953558243708928|Wed Jan 21 17:31:09 +0000 2015|@JoeMOwens no, i told someone to download it and i had never played it and didn't like it :P (you can google, i wrote about it) 557953355667238914|Wed Jan 21 17:30:20 +0000 2015|@pippinbarr maybe it's a sign from the cosmos that we are going to hang out 557952425303478274|Wed Jan 21 17:26:39 +0000 2015|@techn0madic @stoppableforce that makes me very happy! 557952311193264128|Wed Jan 21 17:26:11 +0000 2015|Oh my gosh: It's actually the Lufthansa gate attendant's phone playing Epic Sax Guy... this just gets better 557948571010732032|Wed Jan 21 17:11:20 +0000 2015|@inurashii im sorry but epic sax is not even CLOSE melodically or stylistically to careless whisper... not all sax is alike... 557948419927707649|Wed Jan 21 17:10:44 +0000 2015|@flaneur what if it was BOTH 557947946923458560|Wed Jan 21 17:08:51 +0000 2015|OMG I'm in Frankfurt checking into my flight and this tall, blond man's phone just rang and it was Epic Sax Guy 557943590346035200|Wed Jan 21 16:51:32 +0000 2015|@doougle thank you! the setting and my mood chose the game, which is a fun thing for me in this series. glad you liked <3 557943512625594369|Wed Jan 21 16:51:14 +0000 2015|RT @doougle: *Love* this @leighalexander Let's Play using ambient airport sounds in the background: https://twitter.com/edclef/status/557860147478142977 Perfect game ch… 557937262638669826|Wed Jan 21 16:26:24 +0000 2015|@ADAMATOMIC dunno, i just know that as a person with dollars in my bank account i'm bleeding constantly 557936453142192128|Wed Jan 21 16:23:11 +0000 2015|@ADAMATOMIC i'm sorry i tried 557934003043725312|Wed Jan 21 16:13:26 +0000 2015|one thing i greatly enjoy is interfacing with a wide variety of readers all around the world http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B74uBLoCIAAZQPJ.jpg 557929631547154433|Wed Jan 21 15:56:04 +0000 2015|he thought five euros was too much to pay for Hundreds, so he is downloading Device 6 instead 557928917664014336|Wed Jan 21 15:53:14 +0000 2015|well, i'm in frankfurt on a layover, chatting to a french banking consultant, and forgot about dre is on. told him to play threes & hundreds 557927954710548480|Wed Jan 21 15:49:24 +0000 2015|@gamecity @edclef (it could also function as a sort of on-the-fly lecture about the let's play format and what it can mean) 557927851971055617|Wed Jan 21 15:49:00 +0000 2015|@gamecity @edclef a live lo-fi let's play would be super fun for me. Pencil me in <3 557926726274412544|Wed Jan 21 15:44:31 +0000 2015|And with the ambient sound of Finnish flight calls, luggage rolling, bodies in transit http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/21/lets-play-where-in-the-world-is-carmen-sandiego 557926641486528513|Wed Jan 21 15:44:11 +0000 2015|I recorded a Let's Play of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego in an airport, with musings on being followed http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/21/lets-play-where-in-the-world-is-carmen-sandiego 557924694389956608|Wed Jan 21 15:36:27 +0000 2015|@unsecretcrush those elements always surprise and delight me the most -- remembering the logos and background elements you forgot! 557865909948534784|Wed Jan 21 11:42:52 +0000 2015|You can buy it on Amazon, but please read this first http://leighalexander.net/love-always/ 557865638992293890|Wed Jan 21 11:41:47 +0000 2015|Oh! Today is the one-year launch anniversary of my first book, Breathing Machine, a memoir of vintage computing, games, internet 557865411275161601|Wed Jan 21 11:40:53 +0000 2015|@edclef If @gamecity is in, I'm there with bells on! 557865304437837826|Wed Jan 21 11:40:27 +0000 2015|@vravn Thank you, Friend. 557861099006353408|Wed Jan 21 11:23:45 +0000 2015|@edclef http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/04/colossal-cave-review/ 557861023760515072|Wed Jan 21 11:23:27 +0000 2015|@edclef if i ever am in a cave, i will try to fulfill this. that's the most important game ever to me, so it'd be intense 557860526261538816|Wed Jan 21 11:21:28 +0000 2015|RT @edclef: Really like this "Let's Play w/ ambient sound" by @leighalexander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50JcE8JbUk&feature=youtu.be (was discussing this idea recently wi… 557860392832344064|Wed Jan 21 11:20:56 +0000 2015|@edclef -- usually nothing that interesting happens while i'm recording 557860344421695489|Wed Jan 21 11:20:45 +0000 2015|@edclef it was my aim for the series originally, one of the reasons i never got like 'sound equipment' or edited, but -- 557859900496551936|Wed Jan 21 11:18:59 +0000 2015|@edclef ~great minds~ etc 557858880974499841|Wed Jan 21 11:14:56 +0000 2015|I think the ambient gate calls and rolling luggage et al really 'make' this latest episode. RPS post will be coming soon! 557858283667853312|Wed Jan 21 11:12:33 +0000 2015|Lo-Fi Let's Play does Carmen Sandiego in a Helsinki airport, musing on the nature of traveling & being hunted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50JcE8JbUk&feature=youtu.be 557847175661907968|Wed Jan 21 10:28:25 +0000 2015|@bryneaux @rockpapershot we enjoyed it too. gosh i love that one. 557846076615819264|Wed Jan 21 10:24:03 +0000 2015|@bryneaux @rockpapershot thanks for your time! hoping you're enjoying it! 557845333074771968|Wed Jan 21 10:21:06 +0000 2015|@Grabcocque eventually maybe 557845011912724480|Wed Jan 21 10:19:49 +0000 2015|Interested in Lo-Fi Let's Play? Subscribe to the channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA, Follow the @rockpapershot tag http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/lo-fi-lets-play/ 557840230502658049|Wed Jan 21 10:00:49 +0000 2015|@KaaloFin @AaltoUniversity yes, I think there will be, as it was streamed and past lectures seem to be archived online! 557837864139259904|Wed Jan 21 09:51:25 +0000 2015|@pkollar i will probably tweet it like five times, as one must in this hectic social media day 557837725727223810|Wed Jan 21 09:50:52 +0000 2015|there exists a photo of me about six years old, wearing makeup and costume jewelry, fingergunning and clutching a teddy bear, being carmen 557837287170793473|Wed Jan 21 09:49:08 +0000 2015|@pkollar i think i might actually 557836794025484289|Wed Jan 21 09:47:10 +0000 2015|wouldn't it be weird to record a Lo-Fi Let's Play of Carmen Sandiego in an airport while everyone stares at me 557836097150275584|Wed Jan 21 09:44:24 +0000 2015|RT @byronicman: Watched the first of @Pentadact's How To Make A Game series this morning https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-twzO6v-PBgckhkrXVaDQ Wish I'd watched it before… 557817153731440640|Wed Jan 21 08:29:07 +0000 2015|@limbclock yes, there are a lot of cool books in there you'll be getting, so there's that! 557816690596409344|Wed Jan 21 08:27:17 +0000 2015|@10rdBen @pippinbarr CARMEN SANDIEGO SLIPPED THROUGH YOUR FINGERS AGAIN BECAUSE PIPPIN BARR'S INVESTIGATION TOOK TOO LONG! 557816608312541184|Wed Jan 21 08:26:57 +0000 2015|@Getter404 FUCK 557816201871888384|Wed Jan 21 08:25:20 +0000 2015|Leaving Helsinki for Malta... I really hope I'm right and Carmen Sandiego is there this time 557816080560046081|Wed Jan 21 08:24:51 +0000 2015|@limbclock jeez! it's tough out there for artists. 557815963048226816|Wed Jan 21 08:24:23 +0000 2015|@harrywasmuth broken-hearted... shattered... 557815878893699073|Wed Jan 21 08:24:03 +0000 2015|@limbclock i'm flattered you are spending your unemployment on that. sending vibes that you get a new job very quickly! <3 557812987118256128|Wed Jan 21 08:12:34 +0000 2015|@AllanSchumacher thank you! i really hope you enjoy it! 557812888359165954|Wed Jan 21 08:12:10 +0000 2015|RT @SJWMEGATRON: @leighalexander GAZE DEEP INTO THE FUTURE FEMINIST DYSTPOIA: IT IS PROPHESY. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B72_NKmCAAAIwVK.jpg 557812858269233152|Wed Jan 21 08:12:03 +0000 2015|@harrywasmuth i hope your heart feels better soon 557812561945821184|Wed Jan 21 08:10:53 +0000 2015|@BillB @abovenyquist well, now i have to give them a look! :) 557812343351291904|Wed Jan 21 08:10:00 +0000 2015|@Jam_sponge @Gregtito you're finally freeeeeee 557812207309049857|Wed Jan 21 08:09:28 +0000 2015|@RobotParking of course! 557812055869489152|Wed Jan 21 08:08:52 +0000 2015|RT @ScottMadin: as I said, I'm slowly catching up on @leighalexander's Lo-Fi Let's Plays. This one, Critical Mass, has some questionable el… 557811351780085761|Wed Jan 21 08:06:04 +0000 2015|but i thought you were the future of this world... dang https://twitter.com/METALLICSTROKE/status/557744624891355136 557691763658608640|Wed Jan 21 00:10:52 +0000 2015|@Jam_sponge i didn't actually realise he was still a 'thing', like, i thought that moment was over 557691696499396609|Wed Jan 21 00:10:36 +0000 2015|RT @Jam_sponge: I guess the new wave of prominent people getting huffy about "political correctness" are just an indication that things nev… 557691649774854144|Wed Jan 21 00:10:25 +0000 2015|RT @Jam_sponge: Odd seeing Yahtzee dismiss social issues under the premise of just wanting to celebrate games - he's pretty famous for tear… 557683870410485761|Tue Jan 20 23:39:30 +0000 2015|@nvining that doesn't matter, yeah 557679691017240577|Tue Jan 20 23:22:54 +0000 2015|I could do Hugo's House of Horrors, though note I'd almost rather do @RobotParking's HHH.exe. All Hugo fans look http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=8se2kvkcemzrdkqx 557677015072256001|Tue Jan 20 23:12:16 +0000 2015|@AlphaChar those are ALL too famous. 557676555204591618|Tue Jan 20 23:10:26 +0000 2015|@cymrogav if i know anything about gav, it's that he DEFINITELY revels in the macabre 557676280892915713|Tue Jan 20 23:09:21 +0000 2015|@toymachinesh @AmyDentata naw, i would want a proper windowed mac emulation. 557676089062227968|Tue Jan 20 23:08:35 +0000 2015|@danthat no, i have like nine million amiga emulators for some reason though. i'll try it! 557675537402195971|Tue Jan 20 23:06:23 +0000 2015|@AmyDentata @toymachinesh i would so do that, i just do not know how to emulate it. it's supposed to be easy but... 557675454233346051|Tue Jan 20 23:06:04 +0000 2015|@AmyDentata @toymachinesh i thought so, but everytime i mention it surprisingly few people know it 557675008613707777|Tue Jan 20 23:04:17 +0000 2015|@toymachinesh dying to, i just don't know how to emulate it 557674796532903937|Tue Jan 20 23:03:27 +0000 2015|What should game should Lo-Fi Let's Play feature next, friends? Nothing newer than 1994 just now, and nothing famous. 557654097990782976|Tue Jan 20 21:41:12 +0000 2015|a lot of ppl covered the harassment of zoe quinn; hope just as many cover the initiative she formed in response http://www.wired.com/2015/01/gamergate-anti-harassment-network 557651500621889539|Tue Jan 20 21:30:53 +0000 2015|@jlaakso @TheMiaMeri @MikkiRMD @silliet It was such a nice invitation, and such good company! Thank you! 557583329890160640|Tue Jan 20 16:59:59 +0000 2015|@RocketApple heck yeah. it was nice to meet you! 557549868806598656|Tue Jan 20 14:47:02 +0000 2015|RT @Sosowski: Oh my Game Oven is closing! Best of luck to @AdriaandeJongh @ElineMuijres and @furiouspixels on their new adventures! http://… 557532989799014400|Tue Jan 20 13:39:57 +0000 2015|@GriddleOctopus @Quinns108 oh yeah, i cannot without friending, i guess. OH WELL 557531812508205056|Tue Jan 20 13:35:17 +0000 2015|@GriddleOctopus @Quinns108 i wanna see 557529449466707968|Tue Jan 20 13:25:53 +0000 2015|@LaurakBuzz no harm in letting the dye stay on an extra ten minutes, in my experience. my hair is so thick that i usually leave it 45-50! 557529051603423232|Tue Jan 20 13:24:18 +0000 2015|@LaurakBuzz that's good, everytime i've lightened mine before coloring it damages it so much i regret it 557526629715828738|Tue Jan 20 13:14:41 +0000 2015|RT @Quinns108: Early days, but Out of Dodge is the most interesting game I've played in 2015. Give this a read: http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/review-out-of-dodge/ 557519985179123712|Tue Jan 20 12:48:17 +0000 2015|@AlexBronsky @jaranta i think eventually it will be, as past streamed talks from there have come online. 557518253636198400|Tue Jan 20 12:41:24 +0000 2015|@ScottMadin @10rdBen ive thought about, like 'what turns you into a person who does this kind of thing' and i stop being mad 557518043132493824|Tue Jan 20 12:40:34 +0000 2015|@ScottMadin @10rdBen for people like that, making videos about me is probably the only way other people are going to love them 557517715964194817|Tue Jan 20 12:39:16 +0000 2015|@jaranta @AlexBronsky oh yeah, i had a wonderful time. everyone there was great! 557515676064448512|Tue Jan 20 12:31:09 +0000 2015|@ScottMadin @10rdBen if you google lo-fi let's play you find my channel more easily, i think 557515329505873921|Tue Jan 20 12:29:47 +0000 2015|@jaranta @AlexBronsky just two. but everyone at the university said they were shocked as they didn't know anyone here was like that 557510764580577280|Tue Jan 20 12:11:38 +0000 2015|Got the idea to jog to the sea in Helsinki, but it was frozen so I had to let it go http://instagram.com/p/yE0aHjsDG4/ 557312700926427137|Mon Jan 19 23:04:36 +0000 2015|@joebaxterwebb @m_kopas @_PromKnight they love to fish http://great-catch.tumblr.com/ 557309438575788032|Mon Jan 19 22:51:39 +0000 2015|@m_kopas @_PromKnight i sort of liked borrowing my hetero girlfriends' phones and just REJECTING ALL THE SMILING MANS 557307816361623552|Mon Jan 19 22:45:12 +0000 2015|@_PromKnight all my girlfriends like to tinder theoretically, to swipe left and right, but only one friend has met one person from there 557303483951755265|Mon Jan 19 22:27:59 +0000 2015|@selmaleh ok i will be there in feb and help you 557302982170411008|Mon Jan 19 22:25:59 +0000 2015|@selmaleh i press UNDO. MOVE BACK 557302899693584385|Mon Jan 19 22:25:40 +0000 2015|@selmaleh oh gosh i forgot that you already moved wtf 557302490811875329|Mon Jan 19 22:24:02 +0000 2015|@selmaleh ya i'm getting there feb 8~ 557301563472216064|Mon Jan 19 22:20:21 +0000 2015|@FakeRobotGamer @SpinsterAndCat he was. i remember the person who asked that question, and thinking it was this kind of thing 557301311558135808|Mon Jan 19 22:19:21 +0000 2015|@selmaleh um yeah indiecade 557296546585518080|Mon Jan 19 22:00:25 +0000 2015|@itslongformud i don't. people just send me things if they think they're interesting. 557290928575365122|Mon Jan 19 21:38:05 +0000 2015|@auntiepixelante *scattered applause from around the arena* thank you... thank you... it's an honor.... 557289495499137024|Mon Jan 19 21:32:24 +0000 2015|RT @mcsweeneys: Our Startup’s Catering is Really Diverse! http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our-startups-catering-is-really-diverse http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7uMMtuCMAEWLBx.jpg 557289256474136576|Mon Jan 19 21:31:27 +0000 2015|@auntiepixelante i'm imagining it's for me 557285774107086849|Mon Jan 19 21:17:37 +0000 2015|@mcdaldno finally, some true ethics 557284516990316547|Mon Jan 19 21:12:37 +0000 2015|@donnie_is_ok it was streamed -- i think it will be online at the university site eventually. 557283081074528256|Mon Jan 19 21:06:55 +0000 2015|@donnie_is_ok i did explain it 557281240211267584|Mon Jan 19 20:59:36 +0000 2015|@samusclone hey 557280673137172480|Mon Jan 19 20:57:20 +0000 2015|@ADAMATOMIC i could at least respect people who were like 'hey this isn't just fun to me, these old dudebro games are my heart' 557279825476718592|Mon Jan 19 20:53:58 +0000 2015|"i forgot what she answered though. She's also a lot hotter irl than she is in pictures." http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7vbDAaCAAACLXl.png 557265702038822912|Mon Jan 19 19:57:51 +0000 2015|@SarahBecan i got my sweetheart a snufkin mug 557265404012531714|Mon Jan 19 19:56:40 +0000 2015|@GoldStarMarimo very good. i love her. 557264501071179777|Mon Jan 19 19:53:05 +0000 2015|@SarahBecan IT'S TOO COLD 557263968495235074|Mon Jan 19 19:50:58 +0000 2015|@sailorhg i think i can't even find my way around helsinki... 557263827835052033|Mon Jan 19 19:50:24 +0000 2015|@MammonMachine "twenty bros crying" -- an aevee bee fantasy 557263655147159552|Mon Jan 19 19:49:43 +0000 2015|this is a picture of me enjoying my dinner in finland https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a6/ca/2c/a6ca2c52402fd0296182141e4fdbf759.jpg 557263202736943104|Mon Jan 19 19:47:55 +0000 2015|i'm sorry but i've been in helsinki for 2 nights now and i have not seen a SINGLE hattifattener. what is the meaning of this 557258226719555584|Mon Jan 19 19:28:09 +0000 2015|@danimuriel @NewYorker (that article is by @SimonParkin actually) 557253076143603714|Mon Jan 19 19:07:41 +0000 2015|@BlendoGames *knocking on your window* 557252046509076481|Mon Jan 19 19:03:35 +0000 2015|@bob_redman i have to work hard to maintain it... today a finnish girl said i had an english accent... NO 557251848437243904|Mon Jan 19 19:02:48 +0000 2015|@BlendoGames i'm going to your house and making you make this i'll write all the writing parts 557251154913296385|Mon Jan 19 19:00:03 +0000 2015|@tiinazilliacus so great meeting you! you made my day! 557250590133460993|Mon Jan 19 18:57:48 +0000 2015|@m_kopas prime time couldn't come at a better time 557250467487834112|Mon Jan 19 18:57:19 +0000 2015|@BlendoGames brendon, please 557250425481854977|Mon Jan 19 18:57:09 +0000 2015|RT @BlendoGames: monday sketch: battle royale video game http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7u_gtrIQAE0TE2.png 557247621086330881|Mon Jan 19 18:46:00 +0000 2015|@happeningfish @osulop @silliet srsly thought i was being punked 557247154751016961|Mon Jan 19 18:44:09 +0000 2015|@FatAsianTechie i've never been to vietnam but i'm really into it from everything i know so far 557245883759472641|Mon Jan 19 18:39:06 +0000 2015|@silliet @happeningfish everyone is embarrassed if they show up. i don't know why they keep showing up. 557245157188591616|Mon Jan 19 18:36:13 +0000 2015|@shanarosenberg idk they think random tweets i don't even remember from 2010 represent my beliefs better than I FIGHT OPPRESSION DAILY 557244009517940736|Mon Jan 19 18:31:39 +0000 2015|Did you know that videogames and the Vietnam war have a lot in common? No me neither https://twitter.com/KyotoNightStick/status/557243175014641664 557239952799707137|Mon Jan 19 18:15:32 +0000 2015|Million thanks to Aalto University and the amazing Finnish dev community that I met tonight. I was honored by your welcome! 557239753163436032|Mon Jan 19 18:14:44 +0000 2015|@happienoodleboy thank you! there are so many good books in -- hope you enjoy them! 557239681184968705|Mon Jan 19 18:14:27 +0000 2015|@benkutcher there is Hell regardless ~ 557239326850187264|Mon Jan 19 18:13:03 +0000 2015|@Ind1gnation just a couple days! 557239270487105536|Mon Jan 19 18:12:49 +0000 2015|@happeningfish for a second i thought i was being punked 557239186626203652|Mon Jan 19 18:12:29 +0000 2015|@chilimambo thanks for attending! 557239022247215106|Mon Jan 19 18:11:50 +0000 2015|RT @FurtherForm: @leighalexander was just inciting a cultural rebellion at #Aalto. Good times. Shared manners & rythm with @steishere, Whet… 557238989460340736|Mon Jan 19 18:11:42 +0000 2015|@kaironsulttaani I'm so happy you came. Thank you! 557238891804368896|Mon Jan 19 18:11:19 +0000 2015|@jlaakso @AaltoMedia thank you so much for coming! 557238828663316480|Mon Jan 19 18:11:04 +0000 2015|RT @pippinbarr: Watched We Are The Best today. What a lovely movie! Recommended! http://www.magpictures.com/wearethebest/ (thanks to @leighalexander for poin… 557238765744574465|Mon Jan 19 18:10:49 +0000 2015|@brutalgardener amazing to meet you. I'm gonna try to go to that! <3 557238087441711104|Mon Jan 19 18:08:07 +0000 2015|RT @The_B: @philippawarr @onelifeleft I also like this one of Ann & @leighalexander cementing her Brit-ness. #Theywokeuplikethat http://t.c… 557146595431813120|Mon Jan 19 12:04:34 +0000 2015|@ICF_19XX @stillgray it just kind of reminds me when i was young and having bad opinions re the world + emotional problems on image boards 557145613733994497|Mon Jan 19 12:00:40 +0000 2015|@ICF_19XX @stillgray ya... i think maybe they think they will like 'hurt' me if they keep trying, but 557108137980092416|Mon Jan 19 09:31:45 +0000 2015|RT @gamasutra: Telling stories with gravestones: How Boon Hill raises the dead http://gamasutra.com/view/news/234198/Telling_stories_with_gravestones_How_Boon_Hill_raises_the_dead.php#.VLzNBupVKR8.twitter 557108075929538561|Mon Jan 19 09:31:30 +0000 2015|@Jason_Farrell @jasonkapalka taylor swift rules. examine the social pressure that causes you to reject cheerful pop music out of hand 557097438801326081|Mon Jan 19 08:49:14 +0000 2015|@alexhern tell her she has denyed your dreams and it is over. then tinfoil everything. trust me i am a relationship expert 557090577117118464|Mon Jan 19 08:21:58 +0000 2015|@alexhern did u line ur house with tinfoil yet 557089104954130432|Mon Jan 19 08:16:07 +0000 2015|also, one of the two books i published last year is in a cool gaming storybundle! *hoverboards away* http://storybundle.com/games 557088775986499584|Mon Jan 19 08:14:49 +0000 2015|@glietzsche thank you 557088702326140928|Mon Jan 19 08:14:31 +0000 2015|I also stuck my head into the 80Days postmortem at PGConnects and heard some interesting things http://gamasutra.com/view/news/234197/Threats_luggage_and_mild_peril_Designing_80_Days.php 557088564585197569|Mon Jan 19 08:13:58 +0000 2015|anyway! lately i did an interview with the very nifty studio who made endless legend http://gamasutra.com/view/news/234064/Beyond_strategy_Catching_up_with_Amplitude_Studios_and_Endless_Legend.php 557088326231285760|Mon Jan 19 08:13:01 +0000 2015|i wondered why i woke up to human garbage in my feed for the first time in a while & then it's like 'oh, i expressed confidence yesterday' 557085676165148672|Mon Jan 19 08:02:30 +0000 2015|@laevantine or like, totally in charge of your image and feeling cute 557085455892885505|Mon Jan 19 08:01:37 +0000 2015|@laevantine aw it's such a cute one tho 556922222234066946|Sun Jan 18 21:12:59 +0000 2015|@Brendy_C @Quinns108 true storys: that mustache was quinns birthday present from his girlfriend 556905357469966336|Sun Jan 18 20:05:58 +0000 2015|@hentaiphd holy shit <3 <3 <3 556905232983420928|Sun Jan 18 20:05:28 +0000 2015|full disclosure: all i do is win 556905004632920064|Sun Jan 18 20:04:34 +0000 2015|my ethics policy is this: get money, fight bullshit, and make sure that those i love stand the longest. that's it 556897036935901184|Sun Jan 18 19:32:54 +0000 2015|RT @vex0rian: So apparently tech is a disgusting place full of ex-boyfriends leading pitchfork mobs while VC creeps applaud them. lol. 556885337369489409|Sun Jan 18 18:46:25 +0000 2015|@emelieharding no, just subtitles. i chose it because it was the only english language program... 556885171635777536|Sun Jan 18 18:45:46 +0000 2015|@jukiokallio @pietepiet what are you doing jukio? it looks like you're booking a ticket right now 556884691425689601|Sun Jan 18 18:43:51 +0000 2015|@silliet aw! i'm actually not feeling so well but I'll try to enjoy myself anyway! 556869991149359104|Sun Jan 18 17:45:26 +0000 2015|@pietepiet @jukiokallio i'mma see you guys at GDC right? 556867249848713216|Sun Jan 18 17:34:33 +0000 2015|@jukiokallio i am actually kind of sick and have a lot of work to do BUT i will DM you tuesday and see 556865813530304513|Sun Jan 18 17:28:50 +0000 2015|@jukiokallio (i'm giving a talk at aalto tomorrow, leave on the 21!) 556865516250624002|Sun Jan 18 17:27:39 +0000 2015|@jukiokallio having a grapefruit long drink and watching the real housewives of orange county, jukio 556865257151660032|Sun Jan 18 17:26:38 +0000 2015|I'm in Helsinki watching 'The Real Housewives of Orange County'... not really sure how this happened 556843915085885441|Sun Jan 18 16:01:49 +0000 2015|@chetfaliszek @steishere i think the one in new york city is just as vulgar 556582195851448320|Sat Jan 17 22:41:50 +0000 2015|@HeyAnnieMok omg YES you do 556569837905133568|Sat Jan 17 21:52:44 +0000 2015|@cymrogav me & q alternated being able to call exactly what would happen because we were both AWFUL WEIRD KIDS 556569089070874625|Sat Jan 17 21:49:46 +0000 2015|RT @HistoryTabloid: Release of Windows 95 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7k7vK1IEAMKmO-.jpg 556568862393905152|Sat Jan 17 21:48:52 +0000 2015|watched this movie tonight and it was really good http://www.magpictures.com/wearethebest/ 556524647878234113|Sat Jan 17 18:53:10 +0000 2015|me when i'm thinking about the projects i have underway https://38.media.tumblr.com/81feee4da602520587b287881df82a43/tumblr_n5by5djgbo1qcwrtdo4_500.gif 556486468739559424|Sat Jan 17 16:21:27 +0000 2015|@smestorp @hentaiphd 'strongly advise' 556483758199943169|Sat Jan 17 16:10:41 +0000 2015|@ThoughtBubbleUK @hayleycampbelly having a trainer just sounds like having my mum back in my daily life 556482020180635648|Sat Jan 17 16:03:47 +0000 2015|@shanelandry @Asher_Wolf i would gently hug it 556481381514354689|Sat Jan 17 16:01:14 +0000 2015|@EdiotFuckYa mm, nope, sorry. i'm doing better than ever. sucks to be you! 556481264073842688|Sat Jan 17 16:00:46 +0000 2015|RT @souplala: @leighalexander talk on Monday http://mediafactory.aalto.fi/games-now/ and after that we'll have snacks&sparkling networking event for ladiez… 556406893737156609|Sat Jan 17 11:05:15 +0000 2015|@pippinbarr i am SURE i'll be fine by jam, it's a week away. hoping! 556406266311237633|Sat Jan 17 11:02:46 +0000 2015|Seems I have a sinus infection before traveling for some talks. Finland and Malta, I cannot wait to meet you, but don't shake my hand :( 556213669106032640|Fri Jan 16 22:17:27 +0000 2015|my bf caught my terrible, weepy cold. "airship bakery?! are you fucking kidding me," he cries, browsing the app store, "and it's free...!" 556206011120623616|Fri Jan 16 21:47:01 +0000 2015|@KlickTock it happens! 556205674234138625|Fri Jan 16 21:45:41 +0000 2015|@KlickTock (i do not NOT like crossy road, i just freak out too much. you should see me cross real roads! it's the same problem!) 556205396722188288|Fri Jan 16 21:44:35 +0000 2015|@KlickTock ...what's little things? are you confusing me with another woman? 556202179862990848|Fri Jan 16 21:31:48 +0000 2015|@kierongillen OH PS hey did you see i moved units and did hexes and reorganised economies and everything http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/234064/Beyond_strategy_Catching_up_with_Amplitude_Studios_and_Endless_Legend.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+News%29 556202075223511040|Fri Jan 16 21:31:23 +0000 2015|RT @gamasutra: Beyond strategy: @leighalexander catches up with @Amplitude Studios about Endless Legend: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/234064/Beyond_strategy_Catching_up_with_Amplitude_Studios_and_Endless_Legend.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+News%29 556201601229422592|Fri Jan 16 21:29:30 +0000 2015|@AntonyJohnston @kierongillen kieron likes a lot of games no one else has ever heard of, so 556201504752033792|Fri Jan 16 21:29:07 +0000 2015|@AntonyJohnston @kierongillen kieron liked bioshock infinite and it was utter garbage, but 'everyone else' was split 556200965746225153|Fri Jan 16 21:26:58 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @AntonyJohnston define 'everyone else' 556200633955790848|Fri Jan 16 21:25:39 +0000 2015|@MammonMachine tweeting about videogames 556186866714951681|Fri Jan 16 20:30:57 +0000 2015|@molleindustria @expdotzine @doougle @jonbro our friend @thatbear DJs @Quinns108's tournaments and always does a good job 556186690952638464|Fri Jan 16 20:30:15 +0000 2015|@molleindustria @expdotzine @doougle @jonbro i just find it like, novocaine 2007 techno. all my friends love it tho 556185520242700288|Fri Jan 16 20:25:36 +0000 2015|@expdotzine @doougle @molleindustria @jonbro playing netrunner to perturbator 556176593404837888|Fri Jan 16 19:50:07 +0000 2015|@expdotzine @doougle @molleindustria @jonbro EVERYONE does that and i find it numbing 556172102655827968|Fri Jan 16 19:32:17 +0000 2015|RT @CrazyKinux: "Beyond strategy: Catching up with Amplitude Studios and Endless Legend" by @leighalexander http://gamasutra.com/view/news/234064/Beyond_strategy_Catching_up_with_Amplitude_Studios_and_Endless_Legend.php#.VLk8vzGVnzc.twitter http://t… 556171733808717824|Fri Jan 16 19:30:49 +0000 2015|RT @Quinns108: I talk about Zombies, Run! and climbing over on Daft Souls this week. The gamification of exercise is huge. HUGE. https://t.… 556166573623619584|Fri Jan 16 19:10:18 +0000 2015|@LatoyaPeterson @metasynthie @EvNarc @Joygirl007 @pkollar @xMattieBrice thank you! 556153997762248704|Fri Jan 16 18:20:20 +0000 2015|@DELTAHEAD_ i love the "I, for one" 556153890396446720|Fri Jan 16 18:19:54 +0000 2015|RT @LatoyaPeterson: And these are my conference notes from DiSalvo's talk on gaming and black masculinity: http://www.racialicious.com/2010/02/22/gaming-masculinity-video-games-as-a-reflection-on-masculinity-in-computer-science-and-african-american-culture-conference-notes/ 556153837925695488|Fri Jan 16 18:19:42 +0000 2015|@Seniath you know that's how you do it 556153564847149056|Fri Jan 16 18:18:37 +0000 2015|RT @Official_GDC: Come to #GDC15, see cool alternative controller games like BUTT SNIFFIN PUGS at alt.ctrl.GDC: http://www.gdconf.com/news/altctrlgdc_alternative_input_e.html http… 556151498846273536|Fri Jan 16 18:10:24 +0000 2015|@dreveillark 'this again? we just HAD an anita article' 556150670840320001|Fri Jan 16 18:07:07 +0000 2015|@expdotzine true but i mean i couldnt even get past the swipe-tap thing. i think i did like 15 moves a couple times and went nah 556146804392484864|Fri Jan 16 17:51:45 +0000 2015|"The vast majority of players... prefer not to discuss this. All it does is cause more white guilt. And I for one am tired of white guilt." 556146658652987395|Fri Jan 16 17:51:10 +0000 2015|do not read comments on that last RT 556146574666252289|Fri Jan 16 17:50:50 +0000 2015|RT @cynixy: Fantastic read. RT @JessConditt: Gaming while black: Casual racism to cautious optimism http://aol.it/1xwUh1E http://t.co/BNhO… 556146058330640384|Fri Jan 16 17:48:47 +0000 2015|@willsmith i didnt have this problem with geometry wars 556145469362294784|Fri Jan 16 17:46:27 +0000 2015|crossy road hurts my feelings... i don't have the patience for it... 556144350120644608|Fri Jan 16 17:42:00 +0000 2015|@edfear *mascara streaks, clutching bouquet* THANK YOU 556109536889946113|Fri Jan 16 15:23:40 +0000 2015|@Calisker thank you! 556107766147055617|Fri Jan 16 15:16:38 +0000 2015|@stephentotilo these guys/gals are rull good 556101903088902144|Fri Jan 16 14:53:20 +0000 2015|Did a big interview with Endless Legend creator Amplitude Studios, getting to know them and chatting about the game http://gamasutra.com/view/news/234064/Beyond_strategy_Catching_up_with_Amplitude_Studios_and_Endless_Legend.php 556100343881531393|Fri Jan 16 14:47:08 +0000 2015|@SteampunkKanye @kav_p @arthur_affect @srhbutts @papierhache nintendo, famously in charge of localising other developers' franchises 556091936998965250|Fri Jan 16 14:13:44 +0000 2015|RT @elenacresci: Can we reach £400k for the #GuardianChristmas mental health appeal by Sunday? In other words: GIVE US YOUR MONEY! http://t… 556085674601111552|Fri Jan 16 13:48:51 +0000 2015|@jawsew i will actually be out of the country :( 556084893277761537|Fri Jan 16 13:45:44 +0000 2015|@jawsew :( 556084439957385218|Fri Jan 16 13:43:56 +0000 2015|@jawsew how long did you have to whip the whites for that also please say you used a mixer 556078482611257344|Fri Jan 16 13:20:16 +0000 2015|@verycoolslug @AbelUndercity @papierhache @srhbutts @arthur_affect you should find something else to do with your life 556077797119373312|Fri Jan 16 13:17:32 +0000 2015|@DiscordianKitty @srhbutts @arthur_affect @papierhache what if we let him in the club and he could be himself... 556077363671625728|Fri Jan 16 13:15:49 +0000 2015|@DataFran @srhbutts @arthur_affect @papierhache sweet boy when they find you out... tell me what you think they'll do~ 556076497887567873|Fri Jan 16 13:12:23 +0000 2015|@srhbutts @arthur_affect @papierhache it will all find its way... its way in time.... 556075830292799488|Fri Jan 16 13:09:43 +0000 2015|@srhbutts @arthur_affect @papierhache it's really weird to know that milo is a big tori fan... what if he's just like us......... 556075512377147392|Fri Jan 16 13:08:28 +0000 2015|@srhbutts @arthur_affect @papierhache IS THIS REAL I CANT EVEN HANDLE THIS 556073414839242752|Fri Jan 16 13:00:08 +0000 2015|@srhbutts @arthur_affect @papierhache OK I MISSED THIS TOO. i'm missing the fun. 556072427114209280|Fri Jan 16 12:56:12 +0000 2015|@arthur_affect @srhbutts @papierhache he was just way too excited about the 'master race' part probably 556071644826181632|Fri Jan 16 12:53:06 +0000 2015|@srhbutts @papierhache no way what happened what is he pretending he knows about now? 556071574466748416|Fri Jan 16 12:52:49 +0000 2015|@darrylayo @kierongillen @McKelvie (ayo, that girl looks good) 556069613180817408|Fri Jan 16 12:45:01 +0000 2015|@srhbutts @papierhache lol 556069446800769024|Fri Jan 16 12:44:22 +0000 2015|@JohnnyCullen don't actually seem to have an email from you! leighalexander1 at gmail? 556069259508715521|Fri Jan 16 12:43:37 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @McKelvie i would imagine that resonates for you 556067855490641920|Fri Jan 16 12:38:02 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @McKelvie i had no idea that existed 556067378497589249|Fri Jan 16 12:36:08 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @McKelvie HEYO AYO AYO AYO 556067205591601152|Fri Jan 16 12:35:27 +0000 2015|@Snasays embarrassingly i've actually tried this -- did not care for it. it was like whiskey adulterated with weird juice 556067059109744640|Fri Jan 16 12:34:52 +0000 2015|finally, my book Clipping Through is in a bundle with many other rad authors! http://storybundle.com/games i'd have ~nothing~ if I don't have youu 556066778376601600|Fri Jan 16 12:33:45 +0000 2015|thx for everything <3 read my site http://leighalexander.net youtube subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA 'like' me on fb https://www.facebook.com/leigh.alexander.readers 556065953977753600|Fri Jan 16 12:30:29 +0000 2015|still super sick today. send whiskey, honey and the will to write email after email after email 555859914426703873|Thu Jan 15 22:51:45 +0000 2015|ok having a sick day but i *love* classic sesame -- sincere adults taking needs/feelings of children seriously https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiQsaEdJ1aI&list=PL49FC9B85862E2F9E 555855990936317952|Thu Jan 15 22:36:10 +0000 2015|@mk_patter me and my sister too. i think that's like, part of the motivating drive behind me wanting to do let's plays 555853295357804545|Thu Jan 15 22:25:27 +0000 2015|my youth in gaming was predominated by sharing single player experiences, watching and taking turns. still my favorite way to play! 555852962984374272|Thu Jan 15 22:24:08 +0000 2015|@Zealuu hes not even prepared for this. like i bet he doesnt even know there is one. 555852481402773504|Thu Jan 15 22:22:13 +0000 2015|@IAmAboutUs excuse me it is called the forest of illusion 555852433298296832|Thu Jan 15 22:22:01 +0000 2015|sometimes though i do have daydreams that like, nicki minaj needs help to find all the star roads, and they comb the internet and summon me 555852245372510208|Thu Jan 15 22:21:17 +0000 2015|like if i help him beat the vanilla dome, as IF he's going to be able to handle cheese bridge area. he should just give up 555852111406432256|Thu Jan 15 22:20:45 +0000 2015|'idiot needed to beat vanilla dome in super mario world' http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cpg/4845778515.html still upsets me (h/t @mollylambert) 555851714759495680|Thu Jan 15 22:19:10 +0000 2015|@AlecDoYouMind there's nothing less sexy than someone banging on about 'SEXY' in your face 555847757718896640|Thu Jan 15 22:03:27 +0000 2015|@legobutts @freebsdgirl same 555846195416141824|Thu Jan 15 21:57:14 +0000 2015|Have you seen this week's Lo-Fi Let's Play yet? It's an "erotic adventure", in the distinctive 80s sex game milieu http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/14/lo-fi-lets-play-19-emmanuelle-a-game-of-eroticism/ 555845309268758529|Thu Jan 15 21:53:43 +0000 2015|@FauxBenBen 'madam president, it's 11 am. you need to wake up. madam president, you can not just 'work late'" 555845058290016256|Thu Jan 15 21:52:43 +0000 2015|@HeyAnnieMok if you are looking for something specific do email me, i either have the exact text or something approximate 555844982213730305|Thu Jan 15 21:52:25 +0000 2015|@HeyAnnieMok i did a feature based on the text that i consider somewhat imperfect but http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/198376/grunge_grrrls_and_video_games_.php 555843183364808704|Thu Jan 15 21:45:16 +0000 2015|RT @jchristie: Current @storybundle has great books on games, incl @leighalexander's CLIPPING THROUGH and two frm @BossFightBooks https://t… 555843057242079232|Thu Jan 15 21:44:46 +0000 2015|@xuhulk @dianakimball @kathleenhchen @fredbenenson @nicolehe whoa! 555756648221122561|Thu Jan 15 16:01:25 +0000 2015|@Taliabear @ashtonraze @reverendanthony yeah, once i was in an ER w a woman INSISTING she was bleeding internally, but she'd just had pepto 555755400675725312|Thu Jan 15 15:56:27 +0000 2015|in todays modern climate you can engage directly w your readership http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7Zwlr5CAAElkJ7.jpg 555755048035418112|Thu Jan 15 15:55:03 +0000 2015|@reverendanthony @ashtonraze how does that even happen? go to a doctor! 555729241376325632|Thu Jan 15 14:12:30 +0000 2015|How crowdfunding helps haters http://boingboing.net/2015/01/14/how-crowdfunding-helps-haters.html 555725357941547009|Thu Jan 15 13:57:04 +0000 2015|@Baby_Aubergine also i really dislike when ppl interpret any kind of community moderation of safe space concerns as 'censorship'. bleh 555725194044923905|Thu Jan 15 13:56:25 +0000 2015|@Baby_Aubergine me either. i wish it didn't take some like, stereotypically 'edgy' drawings to get people to care about journalists abroad 555723856095510528|Thu Jan 15 13:51:06 +0000 2015|@elenacresci i really like it 555723759718768640|Thu Jan 15 13:50:43 +0000 2015|idk though, it's very good to be suspicious of anyone who is overgeneralizing about "the Left" or puts "social justice" in disdainful quotes 555723424698736642|Thu Jan 15 13:49:23 +0000 2015|@Baby_Aubergine that's a good observation -- tho i liked the part about reductive and misinformed internet arguing, i rlly didn't like that 555722036019204096|Thu Jan 15 13:43:52 +0000 2015|@Bartzebest @ragekit definitely. i hate lazy 'EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFENDER' defenses of 'satire'. satire should offend the powerful. 555721076442136576|Thu Jan 15 13:40:04 +0000 2015|@MikeDiver (cue 5000 twitter replies) 555720781083459584|Thu Jan 15 13:38:53 +0000 2015|@Siniful yeah. it's hard for me to have strong opinions about it without presuming to speak for other people 555720513885315073|Thu Jan 15 13:37:49 +0000 2015|@FinalHourSilver don't disagree with any of this. the part i liked about the article was about how easily online arguments are misinformed 555719351614320641|Thu Jan 15 13:33:12 +0000 2015|@ragekit yeah. this piece was important to me because it reminded me how insincere, troubling and misinformed/moralizing arguing online is 555717348687355904|Thu Jan 15 13:25:15 +0000 2015|i've had a lot of conflicting feelings but this article is a really important read https://ricochet.media/en/292/lost-in-translation-charlie-hebdo-free-speech-and-the-unilingual-left 555716459683676160|Thu Jan 15 13:21:43 +0000 2015|@bfod yeah, other people were saying that it's worse the more they exercise, and that's been true for me 555708333664251907|Thu Jan 15 12:49:25 +0000 2015|@rdyasmurphy yep -- i'd been doing so good with running regimen before being unceremoniously felled 555702658888384513|Thu Jan 15 12:26:52 +0000 2015|@toughshank i did eventually get a codeine one... took it last night and now my stomach hurts so bad it's almost worse than the cold 555701935366762496|Thu Jan 15 12:24:00 +0000 2015|@toughshank YES. wtf is that about! make them stop giving that to people it does f all 555701662409822209|Thu Jan 15 12:22:55 +0000 2015|@danthat AT LAST some practical advice 555700834496167936|Thu Jan 15 12:19:38 +0000 2015|@bonzrat 'failure to thrive' 555700708570562560|Thu Jan 15 12:19:08 +0000 2015|@mollygos it makes me feel better to know i'm not alone at least, or just chronically failing to thrive 555700544996925440|Thu Jan 15 12:18:29 +0000 2015|@bonzrat Just do NOT start conversations with us at any other time remain in your corner until summoned 555700204692058112|Thu Jan 15 12:17:07 +0000 2015|@bonzrat sometimes it is ok to tell things to a woman, especially when she is a foreign visitor advertising her confusion openly 555699375067123713|Thu Jan 15 12:13:50 +0000 2015|@karipelaaja on the 19th, yes! I've never been to Helsinki so I'm looking forward to it! 555698888448159745|Thu Jan 15 12:11:54 +0000 2015|The true injury is that they don't have much actual medicine here. The pharmacist gave me some mallow herb syrup. Like, what?? 555698711121367040|Thu Jan 15 12:11:11 +0000 2015|@hayleycampbelly hayley speaking over tinny, crackling music and a stern reassuring queen in the background 555698309558730752|Thu Jan 15 12:09:36 +0000 2015|@hayleycampbelly yeah, about that long. i'm used to being resilient to this shit, not the one who's always struck down! 555697843693170688|Thu Jan 15 12:07:44 +0000 2015|in NY I'd get sick once, twice a year tops, spiked fevers & pebbled glands. Days of weird dreams & weakness. Not this constant lurking bleh. 555697523739095040|Thu Jan 15 12:06:28 +0000 2015|@McKelvie thanks for delighting in my illness Jamie 555697323792412672|Thu Jan 15 12:05:41 +0000 2015|@McKelvie the colds ARE different here. sort of passive, never really take you out of commission, just a damp lurking unpleasantness 555696654914191360|Thu Jan 15 12:03:01 +0000 2015|Sore throat, cold, sick again today. This sort of just chronically happens in London winter, doesn't it? How can I be sick this many times? 555696388789768192|Thu Jan 15 12:01:58 +0000 2015|@twoscooters you are one of the best people on the planet and i miss you 555696241984962560|Thu Jan 15 12:01:23 +0000 2015|@djotaku but I've done that for years! 555696029811875840|Thu Jan 15 12:00:32 +0000 2015|RT @jetta_rae: .@leighalexander’s new Lo-Fi Let’s Play makes my world a little less stressful and terrifying for today http://t.co/tWpddi… 555695969543929857|Thu Jan 15 12:00:18 +0000 2015|@CmdrEdem I learned that in the end! It confused me because "Paris" was another option so I never realized they were all Brazilian places 555695755235975168|Thu Jan 15 11:59:27 +0000 2015|RT @gordoncalleja: Don't miss the Malta Global Game Jam keynote by @leighalexander on the 23rd January at 16.00-Institute of Digital Games,… 555695715012583424|Thu Jan 15 11:59:17 +0000 2015|RT @gamasutra: Threats, luggage and mild peril: @leighalexander takes a look at 80 Days design, with Inkle http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/234197/Threats_luggage_and_mild_peril_Designing_80_Days.php 555425885583863810|Wed Jan 14 18:07:05 +0000 2015|@pietepiet @tylerglaiel i think the answer is like latent homophobia + game culture's tendency to circulate sentiments without examining em 555423983924183040|Wed Jan 14 17:59:31 +0000 2015|RT @radiatoryang: hello, my 3 minute hunk suck game "Succulent" is ready for your perusal... game: http://radiatoryang.itch.io/succulent // video: http://… 555423667270983681|Wed Jan 14 17:58:16 +0000 2015|@ashtonraze Share with the letter "A" | Share with Prairie Dawn | Do Not Share 555423123060060160|Wed Jan 14 17:56:06 +0000 2015|@bibulb same 555406293130035200|Wed Jan 14 16:49:13 +0000 2015|This week's Lo-Fi Let's Play is a confusing 'erotic' adventure with a surprising existential dread at the end http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/14/lo-fi-lets-play-19-emmanuelle-a-game-of-eroticism/ 555404794635251712|Wed Jan 14 16:43:16 +0000 2015|@KuangEleven thank you! I'm so glad! 555404766827008000|Wed Jan 14 16:43:09 +0000 2015|RT @KuangEleven: Just read Clipping Through by @leighalexander in one blast, in the spirit of the thing. Gaming laid out as a peripheral co… 555378074192453632|Wed Jan 14 14:57:05 +0000 2015|@MarceloCareaga i must accept this *sigh* 555377873251729408|Wed Jan 14 14:56:18 +0000 2015|RT @CleverDecay: @CleverDecay w/r/t @leighalexander's Emmanuelle piece on LFLP http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/14/lo-fi-lets-play-19-emmanuelle-a-game-of-eroticism/ & the more recent, brutish Polymorpho… 555377305703686144|Wed Jan 14 14:54:02 +0000 2015|@PunkrawkBbob ive spent maybe 80 hours on ff7, twice. i spend like at least 100 hours per pokemon game 555376881256910848|Wed Jan 14 14:52:21 +0000 2015|@SvizraLion i know i'm sorry i know i'm not allowed 555376487495663616|Wed Jan 14 14:50:47 +0000 2015|@BangBangClick oh wow! that peter pan roleplayer was an internet thing like, back when the internet was first an internet 555376374081667073|Wed Jan 14 14:50:20 +0000 2015|@ThoughtBubbleUK totally fair 555376320302309376|Wed Jan 14 14:50:07 +0000 2015|the video game(s) on which i have invested the total highest number of hours are harvest moon + sequels and pokemon + sequels 555373491428818944|Wed Jan 14 14:38:53 +0000 2015|@GameDesignerBen not whatsoever 555373082253492224|Wed Jan 14 14:37:15 +0000 2015|anyway if you need someone to unlock all of your vanilla dome secrets call me 555372980902330368|Wed Jan 14 14:36:51 +0000 2015|@grmartin 'well leigh, it's a break from the gritty bro marines' ... which you rail against constantly and never play in the first place 555372884131319808|Wed Jan 14 14:36:28 +0000 2015|@grmartin everyperson is explaining to me it's an alternative to big gun death guys as if seeking such alternatives were not my ENTIRE LIFE 555372051410612224|Wed Jan 14 14:33:10 +0000 2015|that said, there are so few places in our industry where we can observe quality and timelessness to this extent 555371886587445249|Wed Jan 14 14:32:30 +0000 2015|this is a worryingly serious reply, for example https://twitter.com/BillAtTheEnd/status/555371650473291776 555371489722380288|Wed Jan 14 14:30:56 +0000 2015|awaiting the next zelda, its ever-so-slight variation on the familiar song and elfin image, forever 555371258188402689|Wed Jan 14 14:30:00 +0000 2015|i think nintendo's great, of course, but in an eruption of mature cheers about Tingle i see my greatest fears for the medium in stark relief 555371042911563777|Wed Jan 14 14:29:09 +0000 2015|something about the loyal adult Nintendo fan makes me fearful --is feeling child-like the most important thing about games, for them? 555370515989549057|Wed Jan 14 14:27:03 +0000 2015|@Matt_Volk ah yes, zelda, a franchise renowned for its story (?!?!?!) 555370024094162944|Wed Jan 14 14:25:06 +0000 2015|@acosmos @nickchester @grmartin yeah i always feel like i am going to be snarky and then im like "FUCK I FEEL CHILDLIKE WONDER MAKE IT STOP" 555369906381017088|Wed Jan 14 14:24:38 +0000 2015|@nickchester @grmartin @acosmos that was the last good zelda sorry 555369599269892097|Wed Jan 14 14:23:25 +0000 2015|@nickchester @grmartin @acosmos if they sold portable, digital-only SNES with full library i'll pay attn 555369308843675648|Wed Jan 14 14:22:16 +0000 2015|@nickchester @grmartin @acosmos o i love the tone, format, style etc. i am just not the target market anymore and it makes me feel weird 555368742126116865|Wed Jan 14 14:20:01 +0000 2015|@grmartin @acosmos i hate this time of year 555354599880916992|Wed Jan 14 13:23:49 +0000 2015|@metasynthie it never explains who MARIO is 555352785693470720|Wed Jan 14 13:16:36 +0000 2015|You should at LEAST look at what the Emmanuelle manual says the "Laws of Eroticism" are http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/14/lo-fi-lets-play-19-emmanuelle-a-game-of-eroticism/ 555352180824494080|Wed Jan 14 13:14:12 +0000 2015|This week's Lo-Fi Let's Play is Emmanuelle, A Game of Eroticism. Pretend it's a hymn to your late-night cable youth?http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/14/lo-fi-lets-play-19-emmanuelle-a-game-of-eroticism/ 555111124891602944|Tue Jan 13 21:16:20 +0000 2015|@SimonChris1729 oh awesome! Thank you for remembering me! 555083723092533249|Tue Jan 13 19:27:27 +0000 2015|@AlecDoYouMind you seem to be a man with no name. 555079223300603905|Tue Jan 13 19:09:34 +0000 2015|@AlecDoYouMind exactly 555077500771241986|Tue Jan 13 19:02:43 +0000 2015|Sneak preview: Glimpse of the manual for this week's Lo-Fi Let's Play game http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7QICy6IcAAhka7.jpg 555059703915741184|Tue Jan 13 17:52:00 +0000 2015|@bombsfall it was on cinemax when i was a kid 555059127366725633|Tue Jan 13 17:49:43 +0000 2015|Pulse check for unspecified Lo-Fi Let's Play reasons: Do you have to be born in the 80s or before to know what "Emmanuelle" is? 555058296408002563|Tue Jan 13 17:46:25 +0000 2015|@tinysubversions @numberless if only 555057635767361537|Tue Jan 13 17:43:47 +0000 2015|@tinysubversions @numberless that's the kind of thing my mom would have said and yet 555056142720966656|Tue Jan 13 17:37:51 +0000 2015|@tinysubversions @numberless at first i thought this was darius' bot, gone 'bad', run amok, spiraling into an experimental adolescence 555054603205902336|Tue Jan 13 17:31:44 +0000 2015|@mk_patter so i would hold publications responsible, in the same way i would hold event-holders responsible 555054536373862402|Tue Jan 13 17:31:28 +0000 2015|@mk_patter well, that's part of it, i think -- combating tokenism means inviting alternate perspectives on issues, not (only) on identity 555053467354791936|Tue Jan 13 17:27:13 +0000 2015|@shegeekshow "if u dont like sexism in game then why is ur site call SEXY video game land HUH?!!?!" -- every email 555053303114256385|Tue Jan 13 17:26:34 +0000 2015|@shegeekshow i think UI is sexy, lot of people do, but ofc as a woman you can't say 'sexy' without being perceived as issuing an invitation 555053059995611137|Tue Jan 13 17:25:36 +0000 2015|@shegeekshow in a prior blogging age my site was called 'sexy videogameland' because i thought it was funny but you can imagine 555052367524397056|Tue Jan 13 17:22:51 +0000 2015|@shegeekshow @RiotWhiski oy vey 555052060438441984|Tue Jan 13 17:21:38 +0000 2015|@aeazel IMPOSSIBLE 555052003161030656|Tue Jan 13 17:21:24 +0000 2015|@shegeekshow if i were a woman dev i think i'd be even more frustrated with how rarely i would get invited to talk about my disciplines 555051833992183809|Tue Jan 13 17:20:44 +0000 2015|@shegeekshow i get that. for me it depends on who is inviting and who will be the audience, but i'm a writer mostly, not a dev 555049862384082944|Tue Jan 13 17:12:54 +0000 2015|@SuperGamerPod why would you be embarrassed to have learned? :) 555049754980515840|Tue Jan 13 17:12:28 +0000 2015|also, it IS sometimes important to have women's conversation spaces, for women to see positive role models etc 555049428261036033|Tue Jan 13 17:11:10 +0000 2015|@bookscout i am way happier to be pigeonholed as '90s expert' 555049336036663296|Tue Jan 13 17:10:48 +0000 2015|anyway, that doesn't always happen. i was just reviewing really cool events travel i have coming up, and it's always great to be invited! 555049075847221248|Tue Jan 13 17:09:46 +0000 2015|@garywhitta *smoke comes out nose* 555048949791604738|Tue Jan 13 17:09:16 +0000 2015|remember, encourage and invite women in your field on subjects beyond merely 'being women' 555048794778509312|Tue Jan 13 17:08:39 +0000 2015|re 'it's leigh, she must be discussing sexism', a glance at my site/highlighted works shows how rarely i actually do http://leighalexander.net/selected-links/ 555048450950451201|Tue Jan 13 17:07:17 +0000 2015|twice this year i've been invited to give international keynotes where i gently correct the presumed topic from 'gender issues' to 'games' 555042457562648578|Tue Jan 13 16:43:28 +0000 2015|RT @StuHorvath: .@critdistance is now on @NewStatesman - check it out! http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/01/critical-distance-week-videogame-blogging-1 555041584337932288|Tue Jan 13 16:40:00 +0000 2015|@McKelvie @bstiteler @hayleycampbelly they are dresses for little girls, jamie, get it right http://images.patternreview.com/sewing/patterns/mccall/6154/6154.jpg 555026909458100224|Tue Jan 13 15:41:41 +0000 2015|If you are curious about my book Clipping Through, check out the latest Storybundle! Great deal with lots of reads! https://storybundle.com/games 555024187329622016|Tue Jan 13 15:30:52 +0000 2015|@NoelRansome thank you so much for reading it! 555024158070169600|Tue Jan 13 15:30:45 +0000 2015|RT @NoelRansome: Fourth read of the year, by @leighalexander She captures the gaming industry like no other. https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU http:/… 555021274565861377|Tue Jan 13 15:19:18 +0000 2015|@TLT_sammich @CanadaComTech I'm so honored! Thank you so much for this. Lovely picks too! 555021180516982787|Tue Jan 13 15:18:55 +0000 2015|RT @TLT_sammich: My 7 Must-read video game-related books - @leighalexander's Clipping Through tops the list http://o.canada.com/technology/gaming/7-must-read-video-game-related-books#.VLUOEuoVVZg.twitter via @Can… 554971413820768256|Tue Jan 13 12:01:10 +0000 2015|RT @steishere: I'm going to be at #PGConnects this afternoon if anyone wants to hang out / meet / talk about @agencyforgames and how we can… 554965963855388672|Tue Jan 13 11:39:31 +0000 2015|RT @swearyanthony: So in case you haven't seen it, @leighalexander has an excellent guide to being an ally in combating online sexism http:… 554964914063020033|Tue Jan 13 11:35:20 +0000 2015|@Quinns108 no one wants to meet with you. meetings: 0. your score: 0. success: no 554962851304316929|Tue Jan 13 11:27:09 +0000 2015|@TwatteringTaha i feel you 554962735428284416|Tue Jan 13 11:26:41 +0000 2015|is there anything more lonesome than a pitch & match utility that you have not interacted with http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7OfqpBIQAA3gwX.jpg 554961014924783618|Tue Jan 13 11:19:51 +0000 2015|@alex_navarro @Papapishu I think it's refreshing about its tropes too -- expected race/gender stereotypes replaced by FUN ANIMAL JOKES 554958917328187393|Tue Jan 13 11:11:31 +0000 2015|@alex_navarro @Papapishu like, it's definitely better-written and about bigger things than the 'lol hollywood' premise seems to suggest 554958816862044160|Tue Jan 13 11:11:07 +0000 2015|@alex_navarro @Papapishu i think it's definitely a grower -- toward the end you start to realize how complex/sad the characters are 554737135602126848|Mon Jan 12 20:30:14 +0000 2015|i've watched bojack horseman twice now and i'm actually really impressed with how nuanced and touching it is. really good show 554727078042804226|Mon Jan 12 19:50:16 +0000 2015|RT @LucieViatge: @leighalexander try it try it ! http://evilion.itch.io/naut 554725369274970112|Mon Jan 12 19:43:28 +0000 2015|aw i really wanna try this http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/12/7532451/naut-indie-game-free 554703748451553281|Mon Jan 12 18:17:34 +0000 2015|@ThisTechGirl *tidy bow* 554703635415044096|Mon Jan 12 18:17:07 +0000 2015|@ScottMadin @xoxogossipgita maybe it's like drugs, where the person keeps hoping the illuminated rush of the first few times will return 554703487653924865|Mon Jan 12 18:16:32 +0000 2015|@ScottMadin @xoxogossipgita you have a limited number of avenues of permissible behavior, all content is rehashed, very little is new 554703397145047040|Mon Jan 12 18:16:10 +0000 2015|@ScottMadin @xoxogossipgita i wish i could say i just rose above it one day, but it's more like i noticed it had become boring 554703322121510912|Mon Jan 12 18:15:52 +0000 2015|@ScottMadin @xoxogossipgita but after so long that's not even happening; it's a repetitive cycle of enforced homogeny and bottled 'shock' 554703148775137280|Mon Jan 12 18:15:11 +0000 2015|i went full on in the other direction away from 'quiet' http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/opinion/sunday/speaking-while-female.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 554701873618616321|Mon Jan 12 18:10:07 +0000 2015|@xoxogossipgita @ScottMadin in general people should not find the same things funny in their 30s as they do in their teens 554701459514986497|Mon Jan 12 18:08:28 +0000 2015|@xoxogossipgita @ScottMadin of board culture etc etc, i grew up on the early 'shock horror' net. but still. these patterns are true! 554701358969126913|Mon Jan 12 18:08:04 +0000 2015|@xoxogossipgita @ScottMadin given that i used to get so much out of it (while maintaining perspective, i feel) i resist reductive judgment- 554700771921784833|Mon Jan 12 18:05:44 +0000 2015|re-reading notes i sent to an artist today: "...uses bathroom imagery a lot I guess to something-something people's inner turmoil et cetera" 554700196949803010|Mon Jan 12 18:03:27 +0000 2015|@xoxogossipgita @ScottMadin the few ppl i know who keep close relationship to that kind of net culture live w parents, no career in 30s, etc 554699956519718912|Mon Jan 12 18:02:30 +0000 2015|@xoxogossipgita @ScottMadin i used to enjoy it when i was young, watched my friends who didn't grow out of it as lives got smaller & smaller 554697946105933826|Mon Jan 12 17:54:30 +0000 2015|RT @NewYorker: .@SimonParkin on video games and the curse of the term “retro” http://nyr.kr/1KChycS 554685298299633664|Mon Jan 12 17:04:15 +0000 2015|@RobWright22 @CheephackOprah @tha_rami @ubm don't bother with this guy -- his life is sad 24/7 obsession with this stuff/being wrong 554665589785235456|Mon Jan 12 15:45:56 +0000 2015|RT @DawnHFoster: 'The point of a strike is to show the work you do is essential. The NYPD slowdown has proven the opposite' - http://t.co/p… 554656917248016384|Mon Jan 12 15:11:28 +0000 2015|@juliascheele ya 554656226001563648|Mon Jan 12 15:08:43 +0000 2015|Weird seeing so many twenty-something English dudes so excited about Sleater-Kinney. They call it 'Sleeter' Kinney, too 554655475103698947|Mon Jan 12 15:05:44 +0000 2015|RT @BoingBoing: Beta release: Internet Archive library of 1990s MS-DOS games. http://boingboing.net/2015/01/09/new-internet-archive-library-o.html http://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/B7KH20yIYAAxAv3.png 554650945481883648|Mon Jan 12 14:47:44 +0000 2015|@Derek_LM geez. 554648957599883264|Mon Jan 12 14:39:51 +0000 2015|RT @mcsweeneys: My Music Venue Was So DIY That When It Closed No One Wrote an Oral History of It: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/my-music-venue-was-so-diy-that-when-it-closed-no-one-wrote-an-oral-history-of-it http://t.co/2AXps… 554640184122552320|Mon Jan 12 14:04:59 +0000 2015|@D2FXRayG that makes me happy! thank you! 554638458543960064|Mon Jan 12 13:58:07 +0000 2015|@swearyanthony or like, definitely do that, yeah 554635131177435137|Mon Jan 12 13:44:54 +0000 2015|@whateversusan it's to where i have to be careful i don't assume malice or latent 'ism' when i hear certain word choices, patterns etc 554634350722318336|Mon Jan 12 13:41:48 +0000 2015|@whateversusan yeah. i saw this article i wrote discussed as if i wrote horrific 'feminazi commands' designed to 'CENSOR DISCUSSION' etc 554633883023859713|Mon Jan 12 13:39:56 +0000 2015|RT @jeansnow: Over the past couple of nights I devoured @leighalexander's Clipping Through: https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU StoryBundle: https://t.… 554633650692968448|Mon Jan 12 13:39:01 +0000 2015|@bombsfall even i can be guilty of being like 'GOING TO USE SOMEONE'S PERSONAL SITUATION TO EXPRESS MY FUCKING VIEWS' :( 554633535563505664|Mon Jan 12 13:38:34 +0000 2015|Though, I wrote that for well-meaning people who want to be better allies. People who do that kinda thing're using it as aggression tactic 554633088563945472|Mon Jan 12 13:36:47 +0000 2015|"--and certainly not 'at' a harassment victim, who probably doesn't need to hear how you feel about free speech or racism etc right now" 554632944657399809|Mon Jan 12 13:36:13 +0000 2015|Thing I regret not including in this guide: http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ "Have your 'larger issues' discussions elsewhere or at another time-" 554631666933968896|Mon Jan 12 13:31:08 +0000 2015|@stcymsn happy you enjoyed it! thank you!! 554631481487003648|Mon Jan 12 13:30:24 +0000 2015|@tha_rami @devbradmarr @TheQuinnspiracy this is mainly geared toward what is helpful on social media and what isn't http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ 554631323751825408|Mon Jan 12 13:29:46 +0000 2015|@TwatteringTaha oh i KNOW (aw thanks a ton that is a very nice thing to spontaneously tell someone x) 554631159477731328|Mon Jan 12 13:29:07 +0000 2015|RT @abovenyquist: Article by @leighalexander on the equally brilliant and infuriating slice of awesomeness that is Metal Gear Solid 3: http… 554631068096401409|Mon Jan 12 13:28:45 +0000 2015|RT @LeachWriter: Great deal on an impressive selection of video-game lit & history ebooks, incl. by @LeighAlexander in #StoryBundle. http:/… 554630699509383168|Mon Jan 12 13:27:17 +0000 2015|RT @agencyforgames: Going to #pgconnects this week? We are, and we'd love to meet you! Tell us about yourselves at team at agencyforgames d… 554331537525964800|Sun Jan 11 17:38:32 +0000 2015|RT @m_kopas: to be a nonwhite or nonmale presence in these spaces is always to be on tenuous footing; your presence risks spoiling pure enj… 554331404868517888|Sun Jan 11 17:38:00 +0000 2015|@m_kopas 'the most important thing is the FUN' 554331262383828993|Sun Jan 11 17:37:26 +0000 2015|RT @m_kopas: i'm just exhausted, sometimes, by the relentless apolitical expectation of excitement in games/tech, i.e. the culture of 'awes… 554330969021612032|Sun Jan 11 17:36:16 +0000 2015|@bombsfall this game is going to be the best 554329949474418688|Sun Jan 11 17:32:13 +0000 2015|@bombsfall i won't want to leave 554328741829410816|Sun Jan 11 17:27:25 +0000 2015|this seems "sinister" somehow http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7FfDZCIAAEXTW2.jpg 554328459368235008|Sun Jan 11 17:26:18 +0000 2015|@bombsfall i just want to come to the meeting. no not to write about it just to sit there 554328376857866241|Sun Jan 11 17:25:58 +0000 2015|RT @HiFiHair: "Sex must be more than a node, it should be simulated as a complex system in itself." @radiatoryang on game intimacy: http://… 554318909013508096|Sun Jan 11 16:48:21 +0000 2015|@michaeldhm you get me 554311104311345153|Sun Jan 11 16:17:20 +0000 2015|being all cool and hip and sexy, she leaned over her cardboard historical castle and considered her building materials 554310896642961408|Sun Jan 11 16:16:31 +0000 2015|y'all i know i SEEM really sexy and cool but the hot date i'm excited for tonight is to play 'the castles of mad king ludwig' board game 554307643813396480|Sun Jan 11 16:03:35 +0000 2015|@DanAshTreeLane I don't sing so well these days 554111933147009025|Sun Jan 11 03:05:54 +0000 2015|RT @sloanesloane: listening to @leighalexander's peaceful playthru, its so pleasant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQKma8jWKmk&feature=youtu.be 554020622364180480|Sat Jan 10 21:03:04 +0000 2015|~*luscious components*~ http://instagram.com/p/xsBRkysDKs/ 554020042010947585|Sat Jan 10 21:00:45 +0000 2015|Just posted a photo http://instagram.com/p/xsBAtDsDKI/ 554019905197334531|Sat Jan 10 21:00:13 +0000 2015|This is the best board game cafe ever http://instagram.com/p/xsA8c3sDJ8/ 554003573827444740|Sat Jan 10 19:55:19 +0000 2015|@DELTAHEAD_ @radiomaru ive finished altered destiny and it gets really odd/frustrating 554003496891338752|Sat Jan 10 19:55:01 +0000 2015|@DELTAHEAD_ @radiomaru me and quinns did one longplay of the colonel's bequest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpKSAEk0MEw&feature=youtu.be 554001779479035904|Sat Jan 10 19:48:11 +0000 2015|@radiomaru @DELTAHEAD_ you should watch my video of it just saying 554001126220382208|Sat Jan 10 19:45:35 +0000 2015|@DELTAHEAD_ @mikepatterson11 if you cant find it i'll send it to you, if you never used dosbox before it's v easy to find how to use it 554000764574908416|Sat Jan 10 19:44:09 +0000 2015|@DELTAHEAD_ @mikepatterson11 i got it on abandonia or something like that, i emulate it thru dosbox 553996531981094912|Sat Jan 10 19:27:20 +0000 2015|@DELTAHEAD_ ISN'T IT AMAZING I LOVE IT 553990433437908993|Sat Jan 10 19:03:06 +0000 2015|RT @TroyGoodfellow: Read @leighalexander 's "Clipping Through" last night and it was a thoughtful reminder of how intimate this biz can be … 553990164545282048|Sat Jan 10 19:02:02 +0000 2015|RT @newton64: q's w/my bro in wake of @leighalexander's LP series -- in retro aesthetics, wither dithering? http://www.old-games.com/screenshot/1196-9-altered-destiny.jpg http://t… 553990029480329217|Sat Jan 10 19:01:30 +0000 2015|@bekblayton thanks! so happy you're enjoying it! 553989968969084928|Sat Jan 10 19:01:15 +0000 2015|RT @WingZero351: Happy to see another Lo-Fi Let's play from @leighalexander :) really dig these games. http://youtu.be/AQKma8jWKmk 553654483792961536|Fri Jan 09 20:48:09 +0000 2015|@therealcliffyb idk, based on the level of sophistication of the novels i genuinely believe the author just had a happy accident/coincidence 553654210060095489|Fri Jan 09 20:47:04 +0000 2015|RT @steishere: I think "loom bands" might be "over". http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B67CQ5VIIAAU7HG.jpg 553654116774580224|Fri Jan 09 20:46:42 +0000 2015|@therealcliffyb there is ~genre and heritage~ and then there is ~remix~ *raps ruler on chalkboard angrily* 553653678813769728|Fri Jan 09 20:44:58 +0000 2015|@therealcliffyb but it WAS battle royale *eyes well up* 553645356308004864|Fri Jan 09 20:11:53 +0000 2015|RT @unwinnable: .@StuHorvath ruminates on Dungeons & Dragons (and life, and friendship) http://www.unwinnable.com/2015/01/09/unwinnable-weekly-issue-twenty-seven/ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B67xCI5CAAAIInv.jpg 553612937680920577|Fri Jan 09 18:03:04 +0000 2015|@johnnemann we would love to help Video Games make video games 553605506531868675|Fri Jan 09 17:33:32 +0000 2015|We did lots of neat things with our consultancy, Agency, in the past year! Let's meet at GDC so we can tell you more! http://agencyforgames.com/going-to-gdc-meet-agency-in-2015/ 553599293857497088|Fri Jan 09 17:08:51 +0000 2015|i'd love to see someone make a Desert Golfing 'sizzle reel', to highlight the inherent absurdity of commercial values http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/desert-golfing-and-video-gamings-gradual-march-to-the-other-side-887 553594057134714880|Fri Jan 09 16:48:03 +0000 2015|@christopherg131 dang, thank you! 553593710106402819|Fri Jan 09 16:46:40 +0000 2015|@_YamiJoey @athenahollow and then it's just a list of mario 3 secrets 553593594033238016|Fri Jan 09 16:46:12 +0000 2015|@christopherg131 hundred percent odds. the next one is imminent and has an illustrator! 553592793491603456|Fri Jan 09 16:43:01 +0000 2015|@McKelvie @kierongillen did you try to make sure you were really awake and not having a bad dream 553586439582392320|Fri Jan 09 16:17:46 +0000 2015|@EvvyKube probably it was just dudes saying it before so no need to get upset 553582252010258432|Fri Jan 09 16:01:08 +0000 2015|My newest book, Clipping Through, is part of a new Storybundle with a TON of other games books I know you want https://storybundle.com/games 553580139863609345|Fri Jan 09 15:52:45 +0000 2015|RT @keefstuart: @leighalexander That same bot after, like, five minutes... http://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/B660tEZCEAAZS04.png 553576642615185408|Fri Jan 09 15:38:51 +0000 2015|Can someone make a Twitter bot that responds to any mention of 'Gamers are Dead' with "she actually never said 'dead' *skateboards away*"? 553576438126116864|Fri Jan 09 15:38:02 +0000 2015|@ThatSabineGirl @NeonAfroHorse (it never even said 'dead' anywhere in the article *skateboards away*) 553572448118267904|Fri Jan 09 15:22:11 +0000 2015|RT @Alscandar: Getting ready to @MobileGamesWeek ! This week @guardiantw provides the right stuff to be prepared https://soundcloud.com/guardiantechweekly/what-to-expect-from-computer @… 553558179137982464|Fri Jan 09 14:25:29 +0000 2015|RT @TQuillfeldt: Quality as usual: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2015/jan/08/games @keefstuart @leighalexander @EdStern takeover the Guardian Tech Weekly poddie for… 553549466536779776|Fri Jan 09 13:50:51 +0000 2015|RT @hanknova: Fucking hell Paris, stay safe. 553546537801105408|Fri Jan 09 13:39:13 +0000 2015|RT @agencyforgames: Here's what Agency's been up to, and how you can get to know us in 2015! http://agencyforgames.com/going-to-gdc-meet-agency-in-2015/ 553538902355501057|Fri Jan 09 13:08:53 +0000 2015|@salvodaze @Wezzuz @Baby_Aubergine i can definitely agree with the 'now's not the time' argument. but not any false equivalency. 553538664094248960|Fri Jan 09 13:07:56 +0000 2015|@felix_cohen i'm going ~ 553537796829614081|Fri Jan 09 13:04:29 +0000 2015|@tuxication yeah, i completely understand that as well. i'm sure i'd be even more emotional if it were my people. 553537672254586880|Fri Jan 09 13:03:59 +0000 2015|Writers hover between a decent poverty and an indecent one http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/books/review/among-the-disrupted.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 553536219096051712|Fri Jan 09 12:58:13 +0000 2015|@tuxication i think anyone who reads it that way is looking to, tbh. nothing wrong with talking about what free speech means 553532873253593089|Fri Jan 09 12:44:55 +0000 2015|@Wezzuz @Baby_Aubergine that is absolutely the most offensive and stupid response a person could have in this type of conversation 553531394715287552|Fri Jan 09 12:39:03 +0000 2015|http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B66J3rzIAAMt32c.jpg 553528699019362305|Fri Jan 09 12:28:20 +0000 2015|I didn't think it was possible for me to love Bojack Horseman any more but then this post http://boringoldraphael.tumblr.com/post/107481385794/rewatching-s1-for-like-the-100th-time-at-what (h/t @manveerheir) 553520208900796416|Fri Jan 09 11:54:36 +0000 2015|@mostsincerelyed writers don't get writers block! people who are sensitive and delicate about it should just enjoy it as a hobby :) 553517904696975360|Fri Jan 09 11:45:27 +0000 2015|@zusty @cabel the actual BEST MOMENT of the worst week 553517026803994624|Fri Jan 09 11:41:57 +0000 2015|@charlesv @zusty @cabel i'd totally buy one of the dan clowes cans. TOTALLY. 553508040356687873|Fri Jan 09 11:06:15 +0000 2015|Lo-Fi Let's Play is back with a new episode this week, friends -- popcorn, pajamas, aliens http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/08/altered-destiny-lo-fi-lets-play 553506720367276032|Fri Jan 09 11:01:00 +0000 2015|@auntiepixelante thank you i'm really glad you do 553506528582729729|Fri Jan 09 11:00:14 +0000 2015|@charlesv @zusty @cabel WHAT 553506374450429953|Fri Jan 09 10:59:37 +0000 2015|RT @dtoidsteven: watched roommate finish bioshock infinite, went back and read @leighalexander's ace take. yep yep yep. http://t.co/2O2iwWU… 553256369944788992|Thu Jan 08 18:26:12 +0000 2015|@MorrisatLarge @ncroal and i mean, clearly that could happen someday 553256323673255938|Thu Jan 08 18:26:01 +0000 2015|@MorrisatLarge @ncroal i would honestly hate you so much if i was working as a firness model and you did that 553253338608058369|Thu Jan 08 18:14:09 +0000 2015|@ncroal @MorrisatLarge please take a picture of every guy you see doing this (like this http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/15/e3-2011-booth-babe-babes-bonanza/) 553249790008766465|Thu Jan 08 18:00:03 +0000 2015|This week, @keefstuart &I made a whole games episode of Tech Weekly at the Guardian! Feat @hollygramazio & @EdStern http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2015/jan/08/games 553248158147690496|Thu Jan 08 17:53:34 +0000 2015|@hazelcills same tho 553242518608150528|Thu Jan 08 17:31:09 +0000 2015|RT @sokareemie: well, FUCK! the games story bundle is FANTASTIC https://storybundle.com/games @leighalexander @tinysubversions @arcadereview 553238744447586304|Thu Jan 08 17:16:10 +0000 2015|@snpsnpsnp i'm sorry I RTed you. welcome to video games dudes 553228818560081920|Thu Jan 08 16:36:43 +0000 2015|RT @tinysubversions: PRO TIP: the slider at StoryBundle only goes up to $100 but you can type in say $10000 & give me even more money https… 553222813499547650|Thu Jan 08 16:12:51 +0000 2015|@gamecat @SusanArendt hi, i like yours too! 553222402520674305|Thu Jan 08 16:11:13 +0000 2015|RT @Trogambouille: Ah Nostalgia, dear old friend! Listening to @leighalexander play #ColonelsBequest, one of my favorite #SierraGames https… 553218693581512705|Thu Jan 08 15:56:29 +0000 2015|@plimpsoul @Quinns108 @thatbear IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT WE ALL MET THO 553218351745728513|Thu Jan 08 15:55:08 +0000 2015|@Quinns108 @plimpsoul @thatbear CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL I LOOK 553218094072889344|Thu Jan 08 15:54:06 +0000 2015|@SusanArendt @ZombiesRunGame one minute i was like 'BUT MY RUNS ARE SERIOUS PURSUITS' the next i'm like 'I NEED SOLAR PANELS FOR MY ARMOURY' 553217843727450113|Thu Jan 08 15:53:06 +0000 2015|@mausmalone @HG_101 the luck is all mine! 553217676785778688|Thu Jan 08 15:52:27 +0000 2015|@freakingmuse ah yeah now I remember! placing faces to twitter handles to people I meet etc is so tough. Feel free to write anytime! 553216639786041344|Thu Jan 08 15:48:19 +0000 2015|RT @BossFightBooks: The new Video Game @storybundle is live! Feat 2 Boss Fight titles + @leighalexander, @arcadereview @iam8bit, @HG_101: h… 553215819258548226|Thu Jan 08 15:45:04 +0000 2015|RT @GameDevMT: Registration for the Malta Global Game Jam 2015 is now open! Presenting @leighalexander as the keynote speaker! :D #mggj15 553215766775234561|Thu Jan 08 15:44:51 +0000 2015|@freakingmuse writing it was the only way i could really come up with to process some of my experiences at the time, too. 553215542635823104|Thu Jan 08 15:43:58 +0000 2015|@jeansnow well, you'd have to pay more than clipping through costs. BUT then you get like 8 books, so GOOD DEAL 553215314872524801|Thu Jan 08 15:43:03 +0000 2015|@freakingmuse thank you so much for the endorsement. i'm honored you felt moved by it <3 553215260266860544|Thu Jan 08 15:42:50 +0000 2015|RT @freakingmuse: Clipping Through by @leighalexander alone is worth buying the bundle for. Read it on my way to GDC last year and cried wh… 553212568043798529|Thu Jan 08 15:32:09 +0000 2015|@Quinns108 @tinysubversions does 'fierce' mean 'i was basically the editor' 553211954354192384|Thu Jan 08 15:29:42 +0000 2015|Excited to be part of the newest Video Game @storybundle! You can get tons of great books https://storybundle.com/news 553211830005661696|Thu Jan 08 15:29:13 +0000 2015|RT @simoncarless: Lots more info on Video Game @StoryBundle V: http://www.simoncarless.com/2015/01/video-game-storybundle-v-new-ebook-goodness-for-2015/ - thx, @tinysubversions, @leighalexander, @iam8bit, @… 553211799290802176|Thu Jan 08 15:29:05 +0000 2015|RT @revierypone: There's a great storybundle up right now with @arcadereview and @leighalexander (both I can recommend): http://t.co/bzaxLI… 553206155498233856|Thu Jan 08 15:06:40 +0000 2015|@Slingertale there are audio chapters out there if you search http://leighalexander.net! 553201983403094017|Thu Jan 08 14:50:05 +0000 2015|I enjoy Lo-Fi LP because I spent my whole childhood feeling sort of disallowed from 'nerding out' about the games I liked AND NOW I CAN 553200135317241856|Thu Jan 08 14:42:44 +0000 2015|Lo-Fi Let's Plays are back at @rockpapershot! Join me for a romantic movie date and an alien quest (in the same game) http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/08/altered-destiny-lo-fi-lets-play/ 553195142086426625|Thu Jan 08 14:22:54 +0000 2015|@stillgray @BlackLoisLane but are they EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFENDERS that is the real question which matter here 552976068932796417|Wed Jan 07 23:52:23 +0000 2015|2:20 -- videogames ruin everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtsNbxgPngA&app=desktop 552975023557079040|Wed Jan 07 23:48:14 +0000 2015|@jetta_rae @TheQuinnspiracy @arthur_affect you can tell the writers who make money from the ones who don't by their proportionate agony 552960110050701313|Wed Jan 07 22:48:58 +0000 2015|@hypatiadotca no, but there was a surveillance camera on my high school field trip bus labeled 'silent witness' and it scared me 552959896237637632|Wed Jan 07 22:48:07 +0000 2015|@g_shonk yes 552959659058159616|Wed Jan 07 22:47:10 +0000 2015|US: 'thanks to hero police the system has triumphed over this teenage junkie murderer! USA! USA!' UK: 'crimes are somehow solved' 552959176692203521|Wed Jan 07 22:45:15 +0000 2015|American pals: If you want a fun exercise in cultural difference, watch 'Forensic Files' et al with someone from UK/Europe 552941237486231553|Wed Jan 07 21:33:58 +0000 2015|RT @xeni: The other likely freedom of speech terror attack that should be among today's top stories in the US: #NAACPBombing http://t.co/w… 552932582430867459|Wed Jan 07 20:59:35 +0000 2015|"because [Gamasutra] had run an essay attacking the male dominance of games culture" http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/technology/intel-budgets-300-million-for-diversity.html 552924168019517440|Wed Jan 07 20:26:09 +0000 2015|RT @TheHouseOfIndie: Since we passed $9K: please enjoy 'Life In Videogames' - @taleoftales' @auriea in conversation with @leighalexander: h… 552914256791085056|Wed Jan 07 19:46:46 +0000 2015|@Manpuncher we have that in the states, it's just slightly something else 552910925066698752|Wed Jan 07 19:33:31 +0000 2015|@laura_hudson yeah i agree -- i just don't want to assume anyone who is unflinching and constantly upset actually means they want purity 552909387472592896|Wed Jan 07 19:27:25 +0000 2015|@laura_hudson i understand and appreciate and 110% welcome ppl to be fucking furious and extreme about what they want, but 552908206574698496|Wed Jan 07 19:22:43 +0000 2015|@ElisaRockDoc that sounds so good and needed! if there are notes, video, anything from it please send them! 552907366816305154|Wed Jan 07 19:19:23 +0000 2015|tbh even fervent community self-policing sometimes scares me. we all have weird & problematic appetites and we should discuss, not pretend 552907005535735808|Wed Jan 07 19:17:57 +0000 2015|i'm an anti-censorship person, very sex-positive person, pro kink, pro sex-workers etc & narrative that 'feminists are offended' upsets me 552906952377106434|Wed Jan 07 19:17:44 +0000 2015|@KyleOrl @valrus no, 'wista' 552906499199352832|Wed Jan 07 19:15:56 +0000 2015|i'm concerned w context for things, & that there are many kinds of content being created for many kinds of appetites, not with 'zipping up' 552906321755119616|Wed Jan 07 19:15:14 +0000 2015|I often worry ppl will start believing that women's bodies, breasts, what they're wearing, their sexuality etc are 'the problem' in media 552905926718808064|Wed Jan 07 19:13:40 +0000 2015|@valrus i said it right 552905358407397377|Wed Jan 07 19:11:24 +0000 2015|@Upstreamism -- women's bodies, or what the women are wearing, or that women's sexuality is visible, is 'the problem' :( 552905301188673537|Wed Jan 07 19:11:10 +0000 2015|@Upstreamism i am actually way more 'hey let's look at boobs' than average, i think. i get worried people will start believing that -- 552904681824206848|Wed Jan 07 19:08:43 +0000 2015|Legit can't understand why people believe I'm 'offended' by typical trope-strangled 'man content'. Offended by how boring it is maybe 552903823183073280|Wed Jan 07 19:05:18 +0000 2015|@snpsnpsnp it makes me fucking RAGE that this is so hard for ppl to understand 552903765976956928|Wed Jan 07 19:05:04 +0000 2015|RT @snpsnpsnp: I don't believe in censorship I also don't believe in making stupid male-baby bullshit I hold these beliefs to be equal 552902353754796034|Wed Jan 07 18:59:28 +0000 2015|I definitely asked an M&S employee, 'where are y'all keeping the Yorkshire Puddings at these days'. Prob time to return to US #confused 552897461468270594|Wed Jan 07 18:40:01 +0000 2015|@JeffGrubb yeah i hate the DZ 552895039664586753|Wed Jan 07 18:30:24 +0000 2015|@JamesWillby i don't think you understand the situation or the aims of everyone involved. or, like, grammar. good luck! 552891354859470848|Wed Jan 07 18:15:45 +0000 2015|maybe i should do IGF-themed Lo-Fi Let's Plays from now til GDC... 552890639747403777|Wed Jan 07 18:12:55 +0000 2015|Two out of my five games of the year are grand prize nominees http://gamasutra.com/view/news/232790/Gamasutras_Best_of_2014_Leigh_Alexanders_Top_5_Games.php 552890322104352768|Wed Jan 07 18:11:39 +0000 2015|The IGF finalists are out! Gratified to see so many of my favorites recognized! http://igf.com/2015/01/2015_independent_games_festiva_1.html 552889735279300609|Wed Jan 07 18:09:19 +0000 2015|@arnaud_debock (i can be hired to do feedback via http://agencyforgames.com, but as a press person i usually like the game to be done first!) 552889289370271745|Wed Jan 07 18:07:33 +0000 2015|@arnaud_debock i can't keep checking new testflight builds -- be happy to to try the game when it's finished, but i don't do 'feedback' :) 552861423240773632|Wed Jan 07 16:16:49 +0000 2015|“This is the right time to make a bold statement,” Brian M. Krzanich, Intel’s chief executive, said http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/technology/intel-budgets-300-million-for-diversity.html?_r=0 552832307900727296|Wed Jan 07 14:21:07 +0000 2015|@ArthurBarnhouse hahahah 552828422322655233|Wed Jan 07 14:05:41 +0000 2015|@thejoycean that happens everyday no matter what i tweet, but thanks for the consideration and heads up 552827663690518528|Wed Jan 07 14:02:40 +0000 2015|@Arminposts *knuckles* 552827295095095298|Wed Jan 07 14:01:12 +0000 2015|@thejoycean oh geez, i just got on twitter and didn't know what was happening 552825123355783170|Wed Jan 07 13:52:35 +0000 2015|gonna just imagine it was my article that caused ~all this~ *dives in swimming pool wearing sunglasses* 552822840366743552|Wed Jan 07 13:43:30 +0000 2015|Intel opposes Gamergate as part of $300 million effort to fix diversity in tech http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/6/7505929/intel-investing-300-million-to-fix-diversity-ces-2015 ^___^ 552821848699064321|Wed Jan 07 13:39:34 +0000 2015|@doougle @getdizzzy that's what i call it 552821750795616256|Wed Jan 07 13:39:10 +0000 2015|@sheer_sagacity shhh. adults are talking. 552594281022885891|Tue Jan 06 22:35:17 +0000 2015|A video game that teaches you to write poetry, even if it intimidates you http://www.wired.com/2015/01/elegy-dead-world/ 552574003937017857|Tue Jan 06 21:14:43 +0000 2015|@doougle you saw this one right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYCc4jz5Sfg 552573905387679744|Tue Jan 06 21:14:20 +0000 2015|@corywhiteland i mean, if you're properly too quick that's the runner's fault but no need to put biotic in an NBN deck that's just lazy 552573745035247616|Tue Jan 06 21:13:41 +0000 2015|@Dagenoth this blue sun player from worlds and his current deck are my ~netrunner ideals~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYCc4jz5Sfg 552573308097818624|Tue Jan 06 21:11:57 +0000 2015|@Dagenoth this is what i win with http://netrunnerdb.com/en/deck/view/176318 but i really like any anarch and blue sun rn, i feel they are janky & respectable 552572710472400896|Tue Jan 06 21:09:35 +0000 2015|@doougle i will NEVER get over this prejudice 552572595951140864|Tue Jan 06 21:09:07 +0000 2015|@doougle the most finicky and annoying and the most currently OP 552572538342346752|Tue Jan 06 21:08:54 +0000 2015|@doougle the least hardcore 552572164600520705|Tue Jan 06 21:07:24 +0000 2015|so annoyed with every Shaper deck right now. if you play that or if you put biotic labor in your NEH i don't wanna play with you #netrunner 552571934689730560|Tue Jan 06 21:06:30 +0000 2015|RT @JFlavin: @leighalexander Colonel’s Bequest in the browser (along with a ton of other DOS games) https://archive.org/details/msdos_Laura_Bow_1_-_The_Colonels_Bequest_1989# 552562292467171328|Tue Jan 06 20:28:11 +0000 2015|RT @sokareemie: what do you call a camel with no bones in his back a horse (help i'm on http://badkidsjokes.tumblr.com/ again) 552481451388981249|Tue Jan 06 15:06:57 +0000 2015|RT @steishere: Best thing: http://badkidsjokes.tumblr.com/ (Via @gwarek) 552478958596685825|Tue Jan 06 14:57:02 +0000 2015|@RaygunGoth keeping it authentic. 552474116499197954|Tue Jan 06 14:37:48 +0000 2015|Remember grippers like, those bright triangles you put on your pencil? I'm the kind of person who randomly remembers that kind of thing 552446376207204353|Tue Jan 06 12:47:34 +0000 2015|@KyleOrl @kierongillen CONSUMER REVOLT 552439112616378369|Tue Jan 06 12:18:42 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @jfudge @BenKuchera @caraellison your looking at something they did is prob closest thing to 'life success' those types get 552432559435837441|Tue Jan 06 11:52:40 +0000 2015|@flaneur @kierongillen besides, i think actually people have more respect for writers who refuse to be 'customer service providers.' i hope. 552432432319066114|Tue Jan 06 11:52:10 +0000 2015|@flaneur @kierongillen my new year's resolution is 'hear criticism less.' just bc ppl can freak out on twitter doesn't mean i should change. 552431907406110720|Tue Jan 06 11:50:05 +0000 2015|@kierongillen don't worry -- we'll all get there, one step forward and two back and all. that is how it works right 552431282467401729|Tue Jan 06 11:47:36 +0000 2015|@kierongillen whereas prior to that, they at least addressed them at a first-grade level 552431196886810624|Tue Jan 06 11:47:15 +0000 2015|RT @kierongillen: (A Year ago, I'd presume it was satire. The last year has actually made sites treat their readers like preschoolers.) 552431175734947842|Tue Jan 06 11:47:10 +0000 2015|RT @kierongillen: Polygon's page where they explain what an Opinions are is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. http://www.polygon.com/pages/about-opinions 552430692974723072|Tue Jan 06 11:45:15 +0000 2015|"he will find a reason to put on his litigator pants and bloviate" haha https://medium.com/@ManfredVonKarma/mike-cernovich-based-lawyer-of-gamergate-419d0617f259 552427619053232129|Tue Jan 06 11:33:02 +0000 2015|Jenn did a good job at Slate Gaming Club obvs. Still pretty furious Slate let Auerbach trample so ineptly on GG et al, though. Pure shit. 552423553841520642|Tue Jan 06 11:16:53 +0000 2015|RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: A genuine pleasure to see @jennatar back and writing again. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/gaming/features/2014/video_game_club_2014/gamergate_and_the_year_in_video_gaming_2014.html 552266668043677696|Tue Jan 06 00:53:28 +0000 2015|@robokick it's publicly listed on my website~ 552265853744730112|Tue Jan 06 00:50:14 +0000 2015|@andyschatz @awintory @BenKuchera i would say i don't really feel particularly embattled right now, i am on a career high <3 552265736102871041|Tue Jan 06 00:49:46 +0000 2015|@robokick thanks, that would be nice! 552261385326190592|Tue Jan 06 00:32:29 +0000 2015|@awintory @andyschatz are you guys drunk tweeting me 552257585743929345|Tue Jan 06 00:17:23 +0000 2015|@thebemolution yay! i'm glad! 552252133253595136|Mon Jan 05 23:55:43 +0000 2015|@andyschatz i feel pretty good about my guts, thank you. i like you too x 552251587020996609|Mon Jan 05 23:53:33 +0000 2015|@andyschatz haha thank you. but i NEVER piss people off everyone just nods sagely what are you talking about ha ha ha 552248637267644416|Mon Jan 05 23:41:50 +0000 2015|@AlexanderBevier Very easy: Just using OBS and the inbuilt mic (VERY lo-fi). I use PC only emulations and window capture. 552248240461332485|Mon Jan 05 23:40:15 +0000 2015|Uploading a new Lo Fi Let's Play as we speak! I thought I was going on forever, but turned out to be the standard length. Outta practice :( 552208486072057857|Mon Jan 05 21:02:17 +0000 2015|RT @whateversusan: @rcmacleod @manwhohatesfun Have you ever watched @leighalexander's LPs for old adventure games? They're SO GOOD https://… 552205520221007872|Mon Jan 05 20:50:30 +0000 2015|@manwhohatesfun @whateversusan @rcmacleod oh please enjoy! 552202739556831232|Mon Jan 05 20:39:27 +0000 2015|@rynconn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/10/feminism-not-humanism-youtube_n_6132414.html 552183304028712961|Mon Jan 05 19:22:13 +0000 2015|@TheWesterFront are you sure that's not just at your office 552182990588358656|Mon Jan 05 19:20:58 +0000 2015|@McKelvie nothing gratifies me more than to see a fuckwit trying to speak to me and then literally erasing him. NO ONE IS LISTENING 552175667132260352|Mon Jan 05 18:51:52 +0000 2015|RT @McKelvie: "Who cares about gender/race/sexuality as long the story's good?" says the straight white man who sees people like him in 99%… 552171302258495488|Mon Jan 05 18:34:31 +0000 2015|@hentaiphd @samusclone i made friends with nina because our mutual friend told me what her twitter handle is and i went 'gotta meet the phd' 552149970535841794|Mon Jan 05 17:09:46 +0000 2015|RT @bryneaux: Hey! Do you care about video games? This would be a good time to support Forest Ambassador on Patreon. http://www.patreon.com/forestambassador#/_=_ 552141694754652161|Mon Jan 05 16:36:52 +0000 2015|RT @felix_cohen: Oh, btw, @leighalexander's paean to Domino's is proper good and you should read it. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/dominos-the-pizza-that-never-sleeps/276572/ 552141494254333952|Mon Jan 05 16:36:05 +0000 2015|@camharr yeah my boyfriend kept asking me what i was doing, which slowed me down 552140495296954368|Mon Jan 05 16:32:07 +0000 2015|@victohenry you might get 'catfished' by a really slow typer and the date would be ruined 552140417299677184|Mon Jan 05 16:31:48 +0000 2015|@hayleycampbelly @felix_cohen http://typera.net. I could have done better if my boyfriend hadnt kept asking me what i was doing 552140100742959104|Mon Jan 05 16:30:32 +0000 2015|@felix_cohen i have few good skills 552139481412014081|Mon Jan 05 16:28:05 +0000 2015|YESSSSSSSSS http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6mX7qhIYAAPCbx.jpg 552138513303744512|Mon Jan 05 16:24:14 +0000 2015|RT @auriea: To help make Belgium's only indie game festival I am giving a special tour of St. Bavo Cathedral here in Ghent... https://t.co/… 552136309385748481|Mon Jan 05 16:15:29 +0000 2015|RT @garwboy: Bravo to @unfortunatalie for actually being able to smack down a bloke with typing speed, as you do http://naufragous.tumblr.com/image/107216873857 552135385808400384|Mon Jan 05 16:11:48 +0000 2015|The only writing I did over the holiday was a couple album blurbs for @unwinnable's best music of 2014. Back to work! http://www.unwinnable.com/2014/12/29/the-best-music-of-2014/#.VKMnVl4gPA 552133581691449345|Mon Jan 05 16:04:38 +0000 2015|RT @doctorow: How gender bias in games and geeky movies got there [2014] http://boingboing.net/2014/01/05/how-gender-bias-in-games-and-g.html 552123145550061568|Mon Jan 05 15:23:10 +0000 2015|RT @samusclone: Part 2 of the @Isometricshow GOTY 2014 Spectacular is up today, featuring guests @Danielleri & @xoxogossipgita --> http://t… 552116968711790592|Mon Jan 05 14:58:37 +0000 2015|@LukePlunkett excuse me but there is no such thing as being 'too 90s' this is unethical and biased reporting 552093920965189632|Mon Jan 05 13:27:02 +0000 2015|@keefstuart @SimonParkin @RichStanton I have to be out of town after all. So what, if anything, I do all day must remain mysterious :( 552083425780588544|Mon Jan 05 12:45:20 +0000 2015|RT @RaveofRavendale: Final reminder that we're running a Netrunner tournament tonight in Manchester - do come along, should be good fun! ht… 552069350015131648|Mon Jan 05 11:49:24 +0000 2015|@Daniel_New @edgeonline thank you! i'm so glad you liked it. 552069307354865664|Mon Jan 05 11:49:14 +0000 2015|RT @Daniel_New: Picked up Clipping Through by @leighalexander based on the rec in @edgeonline this month. Enjoyable, honest, scary and funn… 551854123533209601|Sun Jan 04 21:34:10 +0000 2015|@SLAwrites @xoxogossipgita (but she's still p cool no disrespect ofc) 551853985708400641|Sun Jan 04 21:33:37 +0000 2015|@SLAwrites @xoxogossipgita i liked it okay, but mostly listened to women with messier hair 551849882106232832|Sun Jan 04 21:17:19 +0000 2015|we are watching archer and my bf is suddenly being really stoked that i was on NPR with lana kane once (cc @aishatyler) 551849559547478018|Sun Jan 04 21:16:02 +0000 2015|@xoxogossipgita she only made 1 good record tho. whenever i feel like 'oh man my problem is i'm TOO SMART' i know i'm lying to myself 551847450135523328|Sun Jan 04 21:07:39 +0000 2015|@reverendanthony @ja2ke @anitasarkeesian oy 551846447726219265|Sun Jan 04 21:03:40 +0000 2015|@ja2ke @anitasarkeesian @thatJaneNg @eileenholli i would have liked to see it uk format, like 3 seasons 3 long eps each or something 551835751454085122|Sun Jan 04 20:21:10 +0000 2015|hey girl i know what u like *leans in, corrects your internet typos with a witty joke* 551834594719580161|Sun Jan 04 20:16:34 +0000 2015|hey girl i know how to treat you right *pulls out two bags of australian white whine from the supermarket* 551834120704495616|Sun Jan 04 20:14:41 +0000 2015|RT @alexdmc89: Hey @jeffgerstmann @JimSterling @AlexaRayC @leighalexander @MitchyD , http://gamesdonequick.com are speedrunning for charity,gi… 551817294201233409|Sun Jan 04 19:07:49 +0000 2015|@alexhern @D_Nye_Griffiths @philippawarr 80days duh 551807389302013952|Sun Jan 04 18:28:28 +0000 2015|RT @Hypest_Problems: There's a lot going on in this pic. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6cAZM5CUAAU2z9.jpg 551803492290297856|Sun Jan 04 18:12:59 +0000 2015|@jamielowesdev you deserve it. tbh that's the real reason i work out :) 551789270500122624|Sun Jan 04 17:16:28 +0000 2015|@mixtwitch im really getting into it 551788683943477248|Sun Jan 04 17:14:08 +0000 2015|@cgioia oh yeah i saw it on the poster for mr. peanutbutter's house 551787938544373760|Sun Jan 04 17:11:10 +0000 2015|but i really like bojack horseman... they went to boston and there was a drunk lobster! and i like mr. peanut butter the dog too 551787743031099392|Sun Jan 04 17:10:24 +0000 2015|@UncannyKyleV i think that was on hulu tho 551786484240760833|Sun Jan 04 17:05:24 +0000 2015|@ollymoss @ja2ke i binged tons of it and loved it at first then suddenly hit a wall where i realized i neither liked nor cared about anyone 551786121563492352|Sun Jan 04 17:03:57 +0000 2015|This outrage will not stand. By which I mean why isn't Strangers with Candy on Netflix 551764792705568768|Sun Jan 04 15:39:12 +0000 2015|Zombie weather. Did 5k in about 30:33, unless the app is lying to me. We'll get it under 30 mins this… http://instagram.com/p/xb_cUyMDDQ/ 551432344926969856|Sat Jan 03 17:38:10 +0000 2015|@heymarkd AWESOME 551430016220016640|Sat Jan 03 17:28:55 +0000 2015|last year I even wrote an Atlantic article about how well Dominos knows me... rlly 'feel' their brand http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/dominos-the-pizza-that-never-sleeps/276572/ 551429431303364608|Sat Jan 03 17:26:36 +0000 2015|automatic text from Dominos offering 'recovery deal.' I love that Dominos knows that I still am not 'recovered' even on jan 3 551360826729590785|Sat Jan 03 12:53:59 +0000 2015|@_danilo not really 551360766889447424|Sat Jan 03 12:53:45 +0000 2015|@garythellama i haven't decided yet! there must be some things for you to read linked at http://leighalexander.net in the meanwhile :D 551179468556210180|Sat Jan 03 00:53:20 +0000 2015|Merritt's work was among the most important things to happen to me this year... here's a piece I did inspired by her http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/a-game-is-being-beaten/ 551179140662317056|Sat Jan 03 00:52:02 +0000 2015|Merritt Kopas is an excellent designer, critic and curator and you should see her best of 2014 http://videogamechoochoo.com/merritt-kopas-top-10-games-of-2014/ 551178863385276416|Sat Jan 03 00:50:56 +0000 2015|@k4lk1 true http://leighalexander.net/on-twerking-and-being-mixed-race/ 551178397859446784|Sat Jan 03 00:49:05 +0000 2015|@GeorgeRoyer @ADAMATOMIC YES thanks george 551178322445881345|Sat Jan 03 00:48:47 +0000 2015|RT @RikerGoogling: klingon bird of prey admin password default 551176982353154050|Sat Jan 03 00:43:27 +0000 2015|it'd be so sad if this was just a collection of the master parody accounts of our time http://www.buzzfeed.com/brianmcmanus/paul-mccartney-mystery?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgp#.wlZ6m6xE8 551176425634791427|Sat Jan 03 00:41:14 +0000 2015|@moryan @camposova ah mo some episodes are GREAT, some not so much, but i recommend it overall. yeah, needs fortitude. 551173363679649792|Sat Jan 03 00:29:04 +0000 2015|@shanarosenberg yeah! 551163621590716418|Fri Jan 02 23:50:22 +0000 2015|@Kra1d maybe doing let's plays where you are your average person who doesn't actually know what they're doing could be popular 551163495895826432|Fri Jan 02 23:49:52 +0000 2015|@acosmos Absolute Pomade 551163021645848576|Fri Jan 02 23:47:59 +0000 2015|@acosmos what kind of protection bonus does the zig-a-zig haircut bestow 551161257412554752|Fri Jan 02 23:40:58 +0000 2015|@stephentotilo @draginol they deserve some kind of gold star for just the map zoom-in/zoom-out stuff 551160979816718337|Fri Jan 02 23:39:52 +0000 2015|@ThisTechGirl thanks for saying that <3 551160936149827585|Fri Jan 02 23:39:41 +0000 2015|@Kra1d i don't like being bad at things in front of people 551159959904587777|Fri Jan 02 23:35:49 +0000 2015|@Kra1d that'd be innovative, for sure. 'watch me play these games i'm terrible at and tend to never fully understand!' 551159364795793409|Fri Jan 02 23:33:27 +0000 2015|@stephentotilo watching my partner play it right now, actually. i was so impressed at the tonal variety. what a cool dev! 551159232205434881|Fri Jan 02 23:32:55 +0000 2015|@DeepOmega thank you. i love netrunner; learning it has helped me grow as a person! hope you get into it too! 551158684227997696|Fri Jan 02 23:30:45 +0000 2015|i lied: this is the last Endless Legend tweet, actually. I hadn't realized maps in that genre could be *lovely* before. Please try it. 551158524399845376|Fri Jan 02 23:30:06 +0000 2015|@TheKenton i was like 'wow, i didn't realize these things could be LOVELY' 551158422989967361|Fri Jan 02 23:29:42 +0000 2015|@Stiif my 2015 style inspiration http://gifmaker.me/PlayGIFAnimation.php?folder=2015010106BFRsggTkt1RZtbk8KV78Ef&file=output_j51qBt.gif 551158262683684864|Fri Jan 02 23:29:04 +0000 2015|@Brock_toon oh, please email it to me if you do! it's hard for me to keep up on tweet/email replies but i'd like not to miss it 551158110577246208|Fri Jan 02 23:28:28 +0000 2015|@austin_walker yeah i'm getting there -- watching someone more acquainted with the genre play for the minute, learning my own way after 551157764261969920|Fri Jan 02 23:27:05 +0000 2015|@Stiif drago! drago! drago! drago! 551157698369429506|Fri Jan 02 23:26:49 +0000 2015|@Apollo4Xgame but then i wouldn't feel like a master 551157533730430976|Fri Jan 02 23:26:10 +0000 2015|one more endless legend tweet: the factions are wonderfully 'humanized,' like, feel like real people, if that stops you re strategy 551157412796043264|Fri Jan 02 23:25:41 +0000 2015|@AdamBearsdale SALT THE EARTH (a real thing you can do in endless legend) 551157342738579458|Fri Jan 02 23:25:25 +0000 2015|@TroyGoodfellow @jimrossignol yeah, CK could learn from that UI tbh. and again, i love CK but it took my watching YOUTUBERS to learn it 551157106918051843|Fri Jan 02 23:24:28 +0000 2015|@Zillergut i always find it really, really rewarding to learn my way into game forms i'm not accustomed to. good luck!~ 551157026613911552|Fri Jan 02 23:24:09 +0000 2015|@Zillergut -- and this makes a lot more sense than that. use some online resources, take your time, restart lots, seems worth the effort 551156948742463488|Fri Jan 02 23:23:51 +0000 2015|@Zillergut little challenging. i've mostly just been watching a more experienced colleague play. however i taught myself crusader kings-- 551156809042771968|Fri Jan 02 23:23:17 +0000 2015|@Keegmania haha. before your tweet, i had a few regretting they missed the sale. good job! 551156738490396672|Fri Jan 02 23:23:01 +0000 2015|the main reason i don't play that many strategy games is i'm greedy, impractical, incompetent at economy and i hate anything i'm bad at 551156404191784961|Fri Jan 02 23:21:41 +0000 2015|@kierongillen @jimrossignol @TroyGoodfellow ONLY AFTER 551156023189573632|Fri Jan 02 23:20:10 +0000 2015|@WizardIsAFaggot (i mean normally i'd say this, yeah) 551155919807995907|Fri Jan 02 23:19:45 +0000 2015|@TroyGoodfellow @jimrossignol the UI is masterful too. No multiple screns and heavy tab-over (no offense Crusader Kings I love you) 551155757404913664|Fri Jan 02 23:19:07 +0000 2015|@ADAMATOMIC that's exactly what @Nelsormensch was saying to @Quinns108 on Twitter a bit earlier. I think we have to surrender. 551155449811435521|Fri Jan 02 23:17:53 +0000 2015|If you find hexes forbidding and resources chilly and mathematical, try Endless Legend. It's like a Civ for people who like cool stuff. 551155305338642435|Fri Jan 02 23:17:19 +0000 2015|@TheMadWelshman i'm so glad to hear they're nice. that makes me even happier. 551155147163049984|Fri Jan 02 23:16:41 +0000 2015|@jimrossignol @TroyGoodfellow game forms i've historically kept most distance from seem to be the ones dangerously closest to my personality 551154798905786369|Fri Jan 02 23:15:18 +0000 2015|@jimrossignol @TroyGoodfellow i spent some time on zynga's 'empires and allies' for science and research. now i want to own all that glows 551154377625710593|Fri Jan 02 23:13:38 +0000 2015|@jimrossignol @TroyGoodfellow EACH WIDDLE CITY MATCHES THE WIDDLE FACTION AND IT LOOK SO CUTE 551154282171760640|Fri Jan 02 23:13:15 +0000 2015|@TroyGoodfellow i'd support that designation for the zoom in/out tech of endless legend alone 551153877765324800|Fri Jan 02 23:11:39 +0000 2015|@jimrossignol i must move my units after -- ONLY AFTER -- i do my economic reorganisation 551153775491436544|Fri Jan 02 23:11:14 +0000 2015|"I'm not good at strategy games," she adds, hungrily clicking on everything she wants to assimilate, even though she has no real army 551152748310585344|Fri Jan 02 23:07:09 +0000 2015|"I'm not even a huge strategy person," she mutters, foolishly expanding all her empires much too early and ending up at war with everyone 551152660829970432|Fri Jan 02 23:06:48 +0000 2015|I'm not even a huge strategy person and I've been impressed with Endless Legend, and Dungeon of the Endless seems different but also neat 551152497965158400|Fri Jan 02 23:06:10 +0000 2015|Dang, add Amplitude Studios to the (admittedly short) list of game makers I wish I'd been more aware of this year! http://www.amplitude-studios.com/ 551114180498309122|Fri Jan 02 20:33:54 +0000 2015|@jersing it will be like this http://gifmaker.me/PlayGIFAnimation.php?folder=2015010207ed2TELEEo7TJlpS7tDEETL&file=output_nmtqCj.gif 551113871222915072|Fri Jan 02 20:32:40 +0000 2015|when i arrive at the party http://gifmaker.me/PlayGIFAnimation.php?folder=2015010207ed2TELEEo7TJlpS7tDEETL&file=output_nmtqCj.gif 551112326435594240|Fri Jan 02 20:26:32 +0000 2015|@jersing u r at yr bday venue. suddenly doors open, red carpet unfurls, smoke machine pours in, violinists are setting up 'oh leigh's here' 551112136186134528|Fri Jan 02 20:25:47 +0000 2015|@jersing aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i'll make a grand entrance *thong song violins begin to play* 551111349758332928|Fri Jan 02 20:22:39 +0000 2015|@jersing staying at slit central obvs 551111294280278016|Fri Jan 02 20:22:26 +0000 2015|@jersing idk like .... jan 31 to march 5 afaik 551086993615376385|Fri Jan 02 18:45:52 +0000 2015|RT @barrosa91: @djolder && I just have to throw in Junot Diaz's unabashedly bilingual works too http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6W4dvuCAAM7Mix.jpg 551082433014411265|Fri Jan 02 18:27:45 +0000 2015|@dmmaster13 @sparkymonster who invited you to speak to me? 551081046100692992|Fri Jan 02 18:22:14 +0000 2015|@jersing february baby 551080844971212800|Fri Jan 02 18:21:26 +0000 2015|@jersing i'll have the tote bag i will carry my netbook and paperbacks in 551078417962377216|Fri Jan 02 18:11:48 +0000 2015|@sparkymonster but reading is harrrrrrrrrrrrrd 551078110603784192|Fri Jan 02 18:10:34 +0000 2015|@TheRyanGains exactly 551077897688322048|Fri Jan 02 18:09:43 +0000 2015|RT @nmeunier: @dnjowen Also recommend @leighalexander's books Clipping Through (https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU) and Breathing Machine (http://t.co… 550865179874172928|Fri Jan 02 04:04:28 +0000 2015|@hypatiadotca @sparkymonster oh yeah 550865118289223682|Fri Jan 02 04:04:13 +0000 2015|@siegarettes "i think this word means you're asking me to change! IT'S A BAD WORD AND IT'LL HURT ME!" 550864909702270976|Fri Jan 02 04:03:23 +0000 2015|@sparkymonster keep needing to bust out those corny comics full of 'PLAYING THE GAME ON EASY MODE' analogies for them to understand :( 550864688192704513|Fri Jan 02 04:02:30 +0000 2015|@sparkymonster he also said i didnt understand what nerd culture was really about or what privilege really meant 550864054819237888|Fri Jan 02 03:59:59 +0000 2015|i totally get why the word 'privileged' can be alienating but anyone capable of thinking and listening for half a second can get the context 550863790297067522|Fri Jan 02 03:58:56 +0000 2015|@untitleduser well, he was trying to explain to me what it meant so apparently 550863373462962179|Fri Jan 02 03:57:17 +0000 2015|a guy put 'privilege' in quotes and defined conversations about it as suddenly forcing people to 'shoulder guilt for cultural baggage' 550862657986002944|Fri Jan 02 03:54:26 +0000 2015|tfw you deliberately unsubscribe from further notifications on a political fb convo because you know this one guy is just gonna piss you off 550837334992625664|Fri Jan 02 02:13:49 +0000 2015|@LatoyaPeterson Kim's game has some fun wit and humor, although there isn't much to 'play' per se. more a fun distraction, yeah. 550835965443731457|Fri Jan 02 02:08:22 +0000 2015|@LatoyaPeterson I barely remember Sorority Life, but I think Kim's has a lot more depth and storytelling. 550829068833533952|Fri Jan 02 01:40:58 +0000 2015|RT @samusclone: @Spacekatgal this lady writer went and collected every single sex card in the Witcher and her posts on it are GREAT: https:… 550818512764424193|Fri Jan 02 00:59:01 +0000 2015|Imagine that this is happening on the inside of my head at all times http://youtu.be/WrW0kySM6CE 550816698174291968|Fri Jan 02 00:51:49 +0000 2015|@bobservo ofc how else would i be passive aggressive about my enemies 550816621594693632|Fri Jan 02 00:51:30 +0000 2015|@TheRealIanCoe @russpitts nobody said to ignore racism, we said to ignore bad websites 550816474961805312|Fri Jan 02 00:50:55 +0000 2015|@LatoyaPeterson Plus you should TOTALLY play Spelunky with your husband. 550816220321423362|Fri Jan 02 00:49:55 +0000 2015|@LatoyaPeterson http://gamasutra.com/view/news/232790/Gamasutras_Best_of_2014_Leigh_Alexanders_Top_5_Games.php ! 550813213605244928|Fri Jan 02 00:37:58 +0000 2015|@bellicapax yeah. i fully agree with you those times are important. 550812837036445700|Fri Jan 02 00:36:28 +0000 2015|IT WAS A GOAL FOR 2015 thank you @fubarpops 550811345034424320|Fri Jan 02 00:30:32 +0000 2015|@maxusy3k same, and it's been life-changing. i had, all along, the power to make them nothing/no-one 550810906729660417|Fri Jan 02 00:28:48 +0000 2015|i really believe the world is moving on and that we're on the vanguard of that conversation. let's stop orbiting the old guard. 550810675023716354|Fri Jan 02 00:27:53 +0000 2015|this site did something i think is garbage? not going to tweet it bc it doesn't deserve my attention and is beneath my followers' notice 550810489304125441|Fri Jan 02 00:27:08 +0000 2015|there is all kinds of depressing junk circulating for us to feel disheartened by. why don't we make it invisible, instead? 550810364926242816|Fri Jan 02 00:26:39 +0000 2015|i'll remain outraged about issues, but i think the most effective protest of a shit article or a shit opinion is to ignore it 550810217349660673|Fri Jan 02 00:26:04 +0000 2015|one goal for 2014 is just not link to garbage people doing garbage work, even to complain about it. they won't get any power from me. 550809846615146496|Fri Jan 02 00:24:35 +0000 2015|@ashtonraze @BRKeogh @sokareemie i mean, i remember it being super frustrating to play but it's also such a singular theme/world/characters 550809728381890560|Fri Jan 02 00:24:07 +0000 2015|@ashtonraze @BRKeogh @sokareemie when you have some time free would you mind emailing me about this? i'd really appreciate it. 550809121252179968|Fri Jan 02 00:21:42 +0000 2015|@ashtonraze @BRKeogh @sokareemie damn, that might be too tough for me to wrangle. sooner would just buy a PS2 again 550808285885239297|Fri Jan 02 00:18:23 +0000 2015|@BRKeogh @ashtonraze @sokareemie afaik it's the PS3 games that aren't locked, not the console. RoR is a PS2 game so problems 550807112537112576|Fri Jan 02 00:13:43 +0000 2015|@ashtonraze @sokareemie oh that'd be helpful. I only have a UK ps3 here. used to own it in the USA, but an ex took it with him i think 550805850332602369|Fri Jan 02 00:08:42 +0000 2015|@sokareemie oh wow i would so play that again if i could find it now 550796438121492480|Thu Jan 01 23:31:18 +0000 2015|@jersing are 'bottoms who cant host' still in high school? 'cant host mom will make me finish my homework' 550796356550660096|Thu Jan 01 23:30:59 +0000 2015|@jersing when i was in high school people said it made 'spicier' bjs... but then again that's what high school kids think 550791507461300224|Thu Jan 01 23:11:43 +0000 2015|RT @petfurniture: twitter http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4gmqlDCQAECbfU.jpg 550736858695860224|Thu Jan 01 19:34:33 +0000 2015|2015 style inspiration http://gifmaker.me/PlayGIFAnimation.php?folder=2015010106BFRsggTkt1RZtbk8KV78Ef&file=output_j51qBt.gif 550692598441328641|Thu Jan 01 16:38:41 +0000 2015|@The_B even bigger 550692034550710272|Thu Jan 01 16:36:27 +0000 2015|fell asleep at dawn, woke up at 4pm, vaguely euphoric. pretty sure we did new year's eve correctly over here 550539038827241472|Thu Jan 01 06:28:30 +0000 2015|@laura_hudson interesting effort 550537499177517056|Thu Jan 01 06:22:22 +0000 2015|LET'S PUT 2014 IN THE GROUND, FRIENDS 550537197049630721|Thu Jan 01 06:21:10 +0000 2015|@MitchyD aw <33 550341802658897920|Wed Dec 31 17:24:45 +0000 2014|@xoxogossipgita what could be behind this... probably only a coincidence.... 550341217377345536|Wed Dec 31 17:22:25 +0000 2014|@xoxogossipgita oh thank you <3 550340693152243714|Wed Dec 31 17:20:20 +0000 2014|Knowing I had the world's best people on the same team as me made 2014 a bit easier. Thanks for being the best people. Happy new year! 550340552483274753|Wed Dec 31 17:19:47 +0000 2014|RT @petercoffin: Kim Kardashian's game GG context. THANK YOU @leighalexander for doing it higher profile than I http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/232790/Gamasutras_Best_of_2014_Leigh_Alexanders_Top_5_Games.php http… 550282088793264128|Wed Dec 31 13:27:28 +0000 2014|@Wesley_Copeland i think there's a big gulf between attitudes changing, and people actually doing what they need to do to improve 550280126391664641|Wed Dec 31 13:19:40 +0000 2014|@Wesley_Copeland well, it does suck to be at a certain level in my field and to see there is STILL a different set of behavior rules for me 550278884936388608|Wed Dec 31 13:14:44 +0000 2014|@JimmyRooo you weren't invited to speak to me 550278526101106688|Wed Dec 31 13:13:18 +0000 2014|@Overlord_Mikey are they? like the rest of the world i don't really pay attention to them anymore 550278438045900800|Wed Dec 31 13:12:57 +0000 2014|I'm 'successful', have a fanbase, am not marginalized, & even I end up reflecting on how much support i've lost by being a challenging woman 550278160894656512|Wed Dec 31 13:11:51 +0000 2014|'On being a marginalized content creator' by @ellaguro http://ellaguro.blogspot.ca/2014/12/on-being-marginalized-content-creator.html 550272721750589440|Wed Dec 31 12:50:15 +0000 2014|@hunktears @kierongillen this one is a no 550107301861150720|Wed Dec 31 01:52:55 +0000 2014|I think I love the Rocky films for the same reason I love MGS series... places American capitalism in context, meditations on being a hero 550106223853723648|Wed Dec 31 01:48:38 +0000 2014|@RaphLife @GreedyRaven destiny ain't finished yet either #heyo 550079749641756672|Wed Dec 31 00:03:26 +0000 2014|@uglymachine best movie everything i like to see in a film, all in one film 550079507668140032|Wed Dec 31 00:02:29 +0000 2014|@uglymachine "can't believe how cute i look." "i think this is the cutest we've ever looked." "definitely the cutest." -- dialog for life 550079301916577794|Wed Dec 31 00:01:40 +0000 2014|@uglymachine "i KNOooW." -- mira sorvino voice 550076914837491714|Tue Dec 30 23:52:11 +0000 2014|@therealcliffyb @garywhitta exactly. basically Q's job description is trolling 550076452855881729|Tue Dec 30 23:50:20 +0000 2014|@therealcliffyb @garywhitta "194 IQ Redditor here..." 550076133384146944|Tue Dec 30 23:49:04 +0000 2014|@garywhitta @therealcliffyb oh i just figured you meant cliff. it's cliff. 550074068113063936|Tue Dec 30 23:40:52 +0000 2014|@uglymachine GOOD WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG 550056550765961216|Tue Dec 30 22:31:15 +0000 2014|I wrote a couple of album blurbs for the brilliant @unwinnable team's Best Music of 2014 http://www.unwinnable.com/2014/12/29/the-best-music-of-2014/#.VKMnVl4gPA <3 <3 <3 550055513506185217|Tue Dec 30 22:27:08 +0000 2014|@therealcliffyb that was basically my thought on rewatch -- 'i still don't get this guy.' all i could think of was all the weird aol fanfic 550053417885106178|Tue Dec 30 22:18:48 +0000 2014|@vivian_games i hella dug that one 550052972059983872|Tue Dec 30 22:17:02 +0000 2014|RT @infinite_ammo: I've always believed "games" is the current label we have for "whatever interesting shit you can make the computer do." 550047109211488258|Tue Dec 30 21:53:44 +0000 2014|@therealcliffyb oh we did that recently 550044848850739201|Tue Dec 30 21:44:45 +0000 2014|@__Enda__ @charMANdork quality 550043861884866562|Tue Dec 30 21:40:50 +0000 2014|@partytimeHXLNT @JoLammert it's called 'noble mount' i would buy it for that alone 550043208773013504|Tue Dec 30 21:38:14 +0000 2014|@xuhulk i cannot believe how cavalierly the courage and sacrifice of these small forest-dwelling ewoks was treated 550041984757694464|Tue Dec 30 21:33:23 +0000 2014|honestly still angry about the rebels' smug and condescending attitude toward the ewoks. i would have joined the dark side behind all this 550038085858500608|Tue Dec 30 21:17:53 +0000 2014|RT @freebsdgirl: Polygon's 50 admirable people in gaming is good, bt leaves me wondering why there aren't many black people in gaming. http… 550035611613396992|Tue Dec 30 21:08:03 +0000 2014|RT @AmyDentata: Don't save your vocal concern for trans people until tragedy strikes. Incorporate it into the rest of your life. #RealLiveT… 550035297271308288|Tue Dec 30 21:06:48 +0000 2014|@pushinghoops such a huge selling point tbh 550026670565240832|Tue Dec 30 20:32:31 +0000 2014|@alienmelon @partytimeHXLNT i mean i'm not saying that i am TOTALLY UNHINGED ABOUT FORTUNES or anything 550025115938095104|Tue Dec 30 20:26:21 +0000 2014|@brandonnn idk how original this sounds to me but you know what who cares it's still 2014 550023885778079744|Tue Dec 30 20:21:27 +0000 2014|@brandonnn listen to this 1992 bass line! i'm so into it 550023663089889280|Tue Dec 30 20:20:34 +0000 2014|@brandonnn hey this is good i expected more bangs/crying 550019929790234625|Tue Dec 30 20:05:44 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @devincf had the same problem re these tweets 550019827193356288|Tue Dec 30 20:05:20 +0000 2014|RT @tinysubversions: Partial list of projects I released in 2014: https://gist.github.com/dariusk/aa4fc2da6f47eaed63db About half as many projects as last year, though… 550017454194573312|Tue Dec 30 19:55:54 +0000 2014|@partytimeHXLNT @alienmelon my fortune was SO TRUE 550014479640313857|Tue Dec 30 19:44:05 +0000 2014|I just did @partytimeHXLNT and @alienmelon's MONKEY FORTUNETELL and it was brilliant/deeply spoke to me http://fortunetell.alienmelon.com/ 549999449809092608|Tue Dec 30 18:44:21 +0000 2014|RT @vida_public: #LeelahAlcorn There's something deeply inhuman about parents who'd rather have a dead 'son' than a living daughter. http:/… 549985977146814465|Tue Dec 30 17:50:49 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible I... no, I mean, I hadn't noticed. Not that like, Canadians aren't cool or something -- shit, uh... 549985746904682496|Tue Dec 30 17:49:54 +0000 2014|@hannanimal rooting for you 549985115028619265|Tue Dec 30 17:47:24 +0000 2014|yes i am still only on season one so nobody spoil me but god she's the worst 549984887848329216|Tue Dec 30 17:46:30 +0000 2014|@hannanimal thank you.. i've really hoped for this... 549984811721699330|Tue Dec 30 17:46:11 +0000 2014|i can't stand this widow on deadwood and my bf doesn't understand why 549983430399000578|Tue Dec 30 17:40:42 +0000 2014|my achievements have at last been recognized with a prestigious annual award... https://twitter.com/YearlyAwards/status/549982239518621696 549982321374683136|Tue Dec 30 17:36:18 +0000 2014|@YearlyAwards thank you... at last... 549981415409213440|Tue Dec 30 17:32:42 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions @YearlyAwards *quickly clicks* 549980010292183040|Tue Dec 30 17:27:07 +0000 2014|@naxuu i have days like this sometimes... v intense 549977857557274624|Tue Dec 30 17:18:33 +0000 2014|RT @samusclone: what if i make a "my writing in 2014" round-up and then literally only put my biocock piece on it http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/02/hyper-mode-elizabeth-comstocks-last-hurrah.html oh… 549977130667610113|Tue Dec 30 17:15:40 +0000 2014|RT @AP_Planner: Tomorrow: New Year's Eve 549972092536766465|Tue Dec 30 16:55:39 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @theMirai don't read the comments!!!!!! 549970971835498497|Tue Dec 30 16:51:12 +0000 2014|@theMirai @MammonMachine 'sometimes i do wish my dude friends would touch me with some affection, any affection, but i don't like gay' 549929607680786432|Tue Dec 30 14:06:50 +0000 2014|@4xisblack @Real_MarkRidley @djdewitt @Quinns108 now im crying because this isnt a real scene in star trek 549928778986979328|Tue Dec 30 14:03:32 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: After 20 years, the founder of XNA and Xbox Live leaves Microsoft http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/233319/After_20_years_the_founder_of_XNA_and_Xbox_Live_leaves_Microsoft.php#.VKKiCpQ_96I.twitter 549925913677561856|Tue Dec 30 13:52:09 +0000 2014|@Real_MarkRidley @djdewitt @Quinns108 YOU ARE SO RIGHT 549925831339175936|Tue Dec 30 13:51:49 +0000 2014|RT @Real_MarkRidley: @djdewitt @Quinns108 @leighalexander The patronising attitude that the rebels show to these guys is typical of the rac… 549925811890188288|Tue Dec 30 13:51:45 +0000 2014|RT @Real_MarkRidley: @djdewitt @Quinns108 @leighalexander Yep. If Picard had met them he'd be all like "these are a proud warrior people, w… 549925693061332992|Tue Dec 30 13:51:17 +0000 2014|@juliascheele @ThoughtBubbleUK hi julie please respond cheers 549925565705490432|Tue Dec 30 13:50:46 +0000 2014|deciding between the moctezuma polyphonic, the honor of the cormorant, the year 1993 and freeholder's memory #destiny #nonsense 549907630458957825|Tue Dec 30 12:39:30 +0000 2014|RT @femfreq: A compassionate piece from @PennyRed on the difference between nerd bullying and structural oppression http://www.newstatesman.com/laurie-penny/on-nerd-entitlement-rebel-alliance-empire 549907106976251904|Tue Dec 30 12:37:25 +0000 2014|@selmaleh slouched home berating myself for not being able to run faster 549898440961175553|Tue Dec 30 12:02:59 +0000 2014|@jawsew @RaygunGoth that is such a lovely thing to say. thank you. 549896471743844352|Tue Dec 30 11:55:10 +0000 2014|@RaygunGoth @jawsew you seem to be able to ask ppl challenging questions without making them think you want to hurt them, which i can't do 549896163517038592|Tue Dec 30 11:53:56 +0000 2014|@SuperRetroid @Glinner ah, stupid auto-correct, that should have said 'relieved' 549896082768273409|Tue Dec 30 11:53:37 +0000 2014|@SuperRetroid @Glinner this is so correct. i am fully afraid these paranoid forum users would rather have sex with a cartoon than with me 549895805436702720|Tue Dec 30 11:52:31 +0000 2014|RT @SuperRetroid: "As ridiculous as my statement is going to sound...." *Writes about feminists being scared of cartoon & robot women* htt… 549894671997337600|Tue Dec 30 11:48:01 +0000 2014|RT @locust9: Another fantastic article by @ianbogost. https://medium.com/matter/winning-isnt-everything-255b3a26d1cf 549884852456402944|Tue Dec 30 11:08:59 +0000 2014|And these are my games of the year http://gamasutra.com/view/news/232790/Gamasutras_Best_of_2014_Leigh_Alexanders_Top_5_Games.php 549884141408624640|Tue Dec 30 11:06:10 +0000 2014|@edgeblend that was so much fun! 549883274219487232|Tue Dec 30 11:02:43 +0000 2014|@stillgray thanks very much. that means lots x 549882207918370816|Tue Dec 30 10:58:29 +0000 2014|@stillgray i gotta eat. but even more than that i have to keep improving. 549881359951732736|Tue Dec 30 10:55:07 +0000 2014|@twitgera *illuminati salute* 549878218023788544|Tue Dec 30 10:42:38 +0000 2014|And oh, hey -- the meticulous, loving, gigantic Year in Videogame Blogging from @critdistance is ready http://www.critical-distance.com/2014/12/30/this-year-in-videogame-blogging-2014/ 549875982950498304|Tue Dec 30 10:33:45 +0000 2014|My 2014 in review: favorite things I wrote, did, etc. in games http://leighalexander.net/my-2014-in-review/ 549873836557344768|Tue Dec 30 10:25:13 +0000 2014|@alexhern @sispurrier i'll go back to work after new year's day but what is the point of the day before new year's eve day i ask you 549872227563614209|Tue Dec 30 10:18:49 +0000 2014|@sispurrier it's cold so i reckon i'm going back to bed 549872019131858944|Tue Dec 30 10:18:00 +0000 2014|@captainraffi me too 549689492811313152|Mon Dec 29 22:12:42 +0000 2014|@thelightisred tragedy 549689251118723072|Mon Dec 29 22:11:44 +0000 2014|I can't believe how few people truly appreciate the courage and sacrifice of the brave, tiny ewoks. True heroes of the series 549672543968563201|Mon Dec 29 21:05:21 +0000 2014|@tinyblob @BitSocket ahahah 549671799286661120|Mon Dec 29 21:02:24 +0000 2014|@EuropaIuro that makes me happy 549670520820858882|Mon Dec 29 20:57:19 +0000 2014|@DCkrantz thank you! 549670370027253760|Mon Dec 29 20:56:43 +0000 2014|@RabidWombat9 @HedinnWeis (that would be a MGS2 book) 549666869087850496|Mon Dec 29 20:42:48 +0000 2014|@BitSocket mob of dudes and dobermans herding you back 549666428337799170|Mon Dec 29 20:41:03 +0000 2014|@Foxmcloud555 yeah, it was almost creepier that way 549666257499615232|Mon Dec 29 20:40:22 +0000 2014|@thrillho101 yeah i watch this like 10 times per year 549666133914427393|Mon Dec 29 20:39:53 +0000 2014|@CaseyMalone it's one of those classic MGS3 things 549665553624088577|Mon Dec 29 20:37:34 +0000 2014|@Grrrod i shot and ate that parrot 549665386539794432|Mon Dec 29 20:36:55 +0000 2014|you get to The Sorrow and there's just that one sad soldier whose throat you slit by accident, shuffling reproachfully toward you 549665052488638464|Mon Dec 29 20:35:35 +0000 2014|mgs3 is still basically my favorite game... i wrote this 'tribute' for its 10th anniversary this year... http://www.vice.com/read/a-decade-of-snake-eating-a-celebration-of-metal-gear-solid-3-273 549664823651622912|Mon Dec 29 20:34:40 +0000 2014|then you quit MGS3 because you don't WANT to lie under a building throwing stun grenades at 8 dudes through a tiny crawlspace window 549664352887136256|Mon Dec 29 20:32:48 +0000 2014|when you play mgs3 and you do that thing where you want to choke a dude but you accidentally slit his throat. the horror at that red fount 549663033484922880|Mon Dec 29 20:27:34 +0000 2014|@samteebee thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 549662591023591425|Mon Dec 29 20:25:48 +0000 2014|RT @selmaleh: 'A bunch of naked men running around that you lasso. & dragons' (what @leighalexander imagines dragon age multiplayer to be) 549551195287609345|Mon Dec 29 13:03:09 +0000 2014|London, u pretty. http://instagram.com/p/xMQ0ITMDOi/ 549357103778103296|Mon Dec 29 00:11:54 +0000 2014|@BermanMan nope 549356614726451200|Mon Dec 29 00:09:58 +0000 2014|@steishere Eclipse is really good Ste 549356528642560000|Mon Dec 29 00:09:37 +0000 2014|playing Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: 'here's my good theory of the crime' 'lol looks like you just didnt read old newspapers' 549330523106324480|Sun Dec 28 22:26:17 +0000 2014|RT @arnaud_debock: @leighalexander Oh, mystery House is so Rad! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5-USlfCUAATkPM.jpg 549247141739520002|Sun Dec 28 16:54:57 +0000 2014|RT @KyleOrl: Just discovered @BrandsSayingBae and it is so beautiful and tragic and I can see through time now. 549246926475239426|Sun Dec 28 16:54:06 +0000 2014|@kiehlmanniac send your benevolent wizard to our house! 549242752127733760|Sun Dec 28 16:37:31 +0000 2014|RT @JimLross: When I take a selfie and it comes out perfect. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B51fh8jCAAAd1BF.jpg 549234122162728960|Sun Dec 28 16:03:13 +0000 2014|RT @theshrillest: lol these ppl "don't see race" right up until you start making beloved fictional characters black, then they're 18th cent… 549233811020869632|Sun Dec 28 16:01:59 +0000 2014|@J_T_Ventura too old 549214848161447937|Sun Dec 28 14:46:38 +0000 2014|@emmkaff fucking privileged kids amirite 549210624002359296|Sun Dec 28 14:29:51 +0000 2014|@C418 everyone does *thunder from a distance* 549209539384328192|Sun Dec 28 14:25:32 +0000 2014|@S_M_Pollard EXACTLY 549209494140747777|Sun Dec 28 14:25:21 +0000 2014|the part of harry potter where uncle vernon & aunt petunia are saddled with an enormous hogwarts tuition bill enforced by dementors was cut 549209052736397312|Sun Dec 28 14:23:36 +0000 2014|@Albedo12 well if yours comes true you know where to find me 549208992980156418|Sun Dec 28 14:23:22 +0000 2014|the other wizards join you in preparing to battle he who must not be named, dark & sinister 'taxman' 549208583939043329|Sun Dec 28 14:21:44 +0000 2014|@arthur_affect i doubt i could feel shame at that point 549208486337589248|Sun Dec 28 14:21:21 +0000 2014|someone should write a young adult fantasy novel where instead of go to hogwarts dumbledore takes you to a land where you dont owe money 549208063769837569|Sun Dec 28 14:19:40 +0000 2014|and then when i went on to a life of stability and home ownership and family i would thank my mysterious benefactor from a oscars podium an 549207843178840065|Sun Dec 28 14:18:48 +0000 2014|hi i am an adult who has genuine fantasies of a benevolent wizard rich guy kindly intervening to remove my debts ha ha 549202021870731264|Sun Dec 28 13:55:40 +0000 2014|@AussieAudible teach it to her! 549000528278327296|Sun Dec 28 00:35:00 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd i think there was going to be some more right @nameoftheyear 548602024951287808|Fri Dec 26 22:11:29 +0000 2014|RT @jeansnow: Desert Golfing as a cure to the ailment that is Angry Birds, in @leighalexander's latest column for Vice: http://t.co/lEdDJZw… 548566529491869696|Fri Dec 26 19:50:27 +0000 2014|@vivian_games everyone's a starfucker 548566244497317888|Fri Dec 26 19:49:19 +0000 2014|@vivian_games and any criticism from ie me is seen as the supposed bitterness of an 'irrelevant' writer vs a 'modern star' 548566169851285504|Fri Dec 26 19:49:01 +0000 2014|@vivian_games none of us are even friends with him, because he thinks he's better than us 548554258120179712|Fri Dec 26 19:01:41 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol @fullbright giving the audience too much credit there, in my exp 548553354004414465|Fri Dec 26 18:58:05 +0000 2014|@umbyrella @mcclure111 @xoxogossipgita he keeps having to bring the conversation back down to his level 548552987443220482|Fri Dec 26 18:56:38 +0000 2014|@miss_merboy omggggggggg i need to see it why did i not know 548552821281660928|Fri Dec 26 18:55:58 +0000 2014|@xoxogossipgita @mcclure111 Boring Man Isle 548552458809925632|Fri Dec 26 18:54:32 +0000 2014|@miss_merboy WHAT 548552100125622274|Fri Dec 26 18:53:06 +0000 2014|i'd be great at that role 548552060086812674|Fri Dec 26 18:52:57 +0000 2014|i always imagine rocky as an epic musical, with strong choreography and great costume motifs... i would want to be apollo creed 548551397483245568|Fri Dec 26 18:50:19 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 @xoxogossipgita but he's CYNICAL and TELLS IT LIKE IT IS and oh wait lol useless 548551156801486848|Fri Dec 26 18:49:22 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol @fullbright i too love the inbred ouroboros of self-reference that gaming culture has become. oh wait no lol 548550566117650432|Fri Dec 26 18:47:01 +0000 2014|ok we finished rewatching rocky I but rocky still has many trials ahead. happy boxing day 548526412387602432|Fri Dec 26 17:11:02 +0000 2014|@TheGreenBeaner same 548526362047545344|Fri Dec 26 17:10:50 +0000 2014|@adragonbee aw cmon 548516425246474240|Fri Dec 26 16:31:21 +0000 2014|RT @chrisamaphone: .@leighalexander on why Desert Golfing is the year’s most perfect video game: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/desert-golfing-and-video-gamings-gradual-march-to-the-other-side-887 548506182043062272|Fri Dec 26 15:50:39 +0000 2014|RT @joncrowley: I read @leighalexander’s Clipping Through today. I loved it, good Boxing Day read / thoughtful and personal trip through GD… 548506171037208576|Fri Dec 26 15:50:36 +0000 2014|@joncrowley thank you! i'm glad! 548502345295097857|Fri Dec 26 15:35:24 +0000 2014|@brett_douville well the guy who lives next door is rocky's manager's friend's cousin's father in law 548495519925161985|Fri Dec 26 15:08:17 +0000 2014|one theme of home alone is the undercurrent of secret relief the family feels at the absence of the difficult child 548487600454262784|Fri Dec 26 14:36:49 +0000 2014|@aeazel see, this is my favorite type of answer 548487209838735360|Fri Dec 26 14:35:15 +0000 2014|purchasing my newest book is as if you purchased a CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR ME. except i did not get you one https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 548482817718767616|Fri Dec 26 14:17:48 +0000 2014|@kierongillen i don't feel like exercising, so i'm just going to skip all my meals unless they are gigantic and exciting 548482386217152512|Fri Dec 26 14:16:05 +0000 2014|@ScottMadin good because i was not going to 548482207929884672|Fri Dec 26 14:15:23 +0000 2014|we don't have to go back to 'eating healthy and not drinking so much' yet right... ? 548479641108119552|Fri Dec 26 14:05:11 +0000 2014|@LostTurntable @UncleKrakken yeah sorry it's true 548477624188948480|Fri Dec 26 13:57:10 +0000 2014|@infinite_ammo @songadaymann we all tried to get to know him and learned he is basically an ambulatory chode 548476738184183808|Fri Dec 26 13:53:39 +0000 2014|also send more cava/bloody mary 548476353541328896|Fri Dec 26 13:52:07 +0000 2014|by 'all the rockys' i mean the first four 548475723623964672|Fri Dec 26 13:49:37 +0000 2014|we're going to watch ALL THE ROCKYs for BOXING DAY #heyo 548475618376310784|Fri Dec 26 13:49:12 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: Some of my favourite Vice vs Video Games bits: first, @leighalexander on Metal Gear Solid 3. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-decade-of-snake-eating-a-celebration-of-metal-gear-solid-3-273 548272883701936129|Fri Dec 26 00:23:36 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd i will be watching anime with u in a dark room in spirit... (if you haven't finished kuragehime... i would be there...) 548272599458152449|Fri Dec 26 00:22:28 +0000 2014|@getdizzzy @ADAMATOMIC let's make this a christmas tradition from now on 548260896414646272|Thu Dec 25 23:35:58 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd i feel u big time. good luck <3 <3 <3 548260708262375424|Thu Dec 25 23:35:13 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd or like 'welp i'm going to bed' and then not going to bed, sitting up chatting on laptop or playing a game having alone time 548260555019255809|Thu Dec 25 23:34:37 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd and also 'i'm not discussing my diet or body with you today. can i get you anything? are you having a nice holiday' etc, redirect 548260425939558400|Thu Dec 25 23:34:06 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd it was a revelation for me to be like 'wow you must have been hurting for a long time to treat me this way' 548260306456444928|Thu Dec 25 23:33:37 +0000 2014|if your families are acting out their strange wounds on you, remember you are sacred and you can have your own life 548259758453850112|Thu Dec 25 23:31:27 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd you're great, lovely, lovable, deserving of nurturance and you did amazing stuff this year <3 548259645849346048|Thu Dec 25 23:31:00 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd it can be tough to decide family boundaries as an adult but for me 'holidays are for me and friends/partner etc' has helped 548259122224070656|Thu Dec 25 23:28:55 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd that's why i don't see my fam this time of year :(( sending love and strength 548258966481162240|Thu Dec 25 23:28:18 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC SO many amazing types of cinema i'd never seen before 548258910315220994|Thu Dec 25 23:28:05 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC i'll keep that in mind. recommendations always welcome -- i was a very genre-bound young person and as an adult i'm discovering- 548258709944942592|Thu Dec 25 23:27:17 +0000 2014|It's an emotional time of year & lots of folks feel sad. If that's you today, you're precious and people want to help http://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help-you/contact-us 548258301910454272|Thu Dec 25 23:25:39 +0000 2014|I hope everyone is having an amazing, safe Christmas with some love and festivity, whether it's your religion or not! 548257979955707904|Thu Dec 25 23:24:23 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC the scene in the beginning when yuen just jumps out the window and lands on the pavement... i had to watch it like five times 548257349069438976|Thu Dec 25 23:21:52 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC Equally floored by Sammo actually, appears to be the joke character, can stunt and do moves like the others. Amazing. 548256643008708609|Thu Dec 25 23:19:04 +0000 2014|@DimerHunton @ADAMATOMIC no, we own it. but SO highly recommended for the stunts, comedy and amazing action. 548256479439228929|Thu Dec 25 23:18:25 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC early on in the food delivery scene it was like 'he can skateboard? yeah of course he effing can' 548255610006159360|Thu Dec 25 23:14:58 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC it just really helped me crystallize why jackie chan is such an unparalleled legend 548255477663293441|Thu Dec 25 23:14:26 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC i was SO impressed. they just don't do physical combat/comedy like that anymore. damn. 548226361043599360|Thu Dec 25 21:18:44 +0000 2014|Xmas pudding with brandy cream, cream sherry... Not shown: Jackie Chan's Wheels on Meals in background http://instagram.com/p/xC2WYLsDFH/ 548224996385255425|Thu Dec 25 21:13:19 +0000 2014|Rocky IV is one of my favorite films bc it is just Metal Gear Solid 3 in the form of a boxing movie 548215103817269248|Thu Dec 25 20:34:00 +0000 2014|@DELTAHEAD_ actually im lying im kind of excited i havent seen it in probably 10 years i want to see how funny it is 548214448155287555|Thu Dec 25 20:31:24 +0000 2014|@DELTAHEAD_ iasmin help 548214281603657729|Thu Dec 25 20:30:44 +0000 2014|you always see the oracle take drags but you never see her exhale #whoa #mindblown 548213909443059714|Thu Dec 25 20:29:15 +0000 2014|why do we have to watch the matrix. it's christmas for christ's sake 548205198502821888|Thu Dec 25 19:54:39 +0000 2014|RT @mollycrabapple: . @newinquiry is a gorgeous dangerous little magazine getting better each year. You should subscribe http://t.co/AAa66g… 548183690082537472|Thu Dec 25 18:29:11 +0000 2014|@uglymachine [CRACKLING] 548183356144631809|Thu Dec 25 18:27:51 +0000 2014|RT @starfishncoffee: Yes! RT @openculture: A Sun Ra Christmas: Hear His 1976 Radio Broadcast of Poetry and Music http://goo.gl/ErVtUK htt… 548182711870181376|Thu Dec 25 18:25:17 +0000 2014|@uglymachine you gotta pick season 2 548182345208307712|Thu Dec 25 18:23:50 +0000 2014|@Albedo12 there was 548182145504919552|Thu Dec 25 18:23:02 +0000 2014|i did what you guys said and i just held my end gently and i still didnt win the cracker. there are a few more crackers will my luck turn ar 548182043998560256|Thu Dec 25 18:22:38 +0000 2014|@kierongillen merry xmas kieron <3 <3 <3 548182010821627907|Thu Dec 25 18:22:30 +0000 2014|@kierongillen i would expect no other advice from you 548179415608623104|Thu Dec 25 18:12:12 +0000 2014|@McKelvie your whole EXISTENCE is a user error JAMIE merry christmas 548179326056030208|Thu Dec 25 18:11:50 +0000 2014|@mcgreenesd we still have more to open. what's next, a measuring tape 548178938170601472|Thu Dec 25 18:10:18 +0000 2014|RT @samaritans: We'll be a little quiet over the next few days, but remember that our volunteers are here around the clock #talktous http:/… 548178678308671488|Thu Dec 25 18:09:16 +0000 2014|who the hell puts MINI SCREWDRIVERS in a christmas cracker. god at this rate i don't WANT the big end 548178486578671617|Thu Dec 25 18:08:30 +0000 2014|@McKelvie many people have advised this and i just did it and it didnt change the outcome 548178309503541249|Thu Dec 25 18:07:48 +0000 2014|Thought I'd save money on crackers... Well no HATS only home repair supply... That's sellotape not a… http://instagram.com/p/xCgf63sDKv/ 548177315512205312|Thu Dec 25 18:03:51 +0000 2014|@m_kopas for some reason i get this ALL the time 548177160910147584|Thu Dec 25 18:03:14 +0000 2014|@philippawarr OK YOURE PIPPY NOW 548177133613621248|Thu Dec 25 18:03:07 +0000 2014|@philippawarr PIPPY 548176213655973888|Thu Dec 25 17:59:28 +0000 2014|second xmas in a row where i do not get the GOOD part of a christmas cracker only the SMALL part ._. never won the crackers ever any tips 548176099872501760|Thu Dec 25 17:59:01 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata @misterbrilliant true story: i've lived in this country for like 2 years now and ive never pulled the good part of a cracker 548169706419810304|Thu Dec 25 17:33:37 +0000 2014|WE DID IT http://instagram.com/p/xCcliKsDPa/ 548138012992110592|Thu Dec 25 15:27:40 +0000 2014|RT @misterbrilliant: You can put one end of a cracker under your foot and pull, or find the seam and unfold it. Lots of ways to open a crac… 548136430472814593|Thu Dec 25 15:21:23 +0000 2014|@lgreatorex it seems really nice! we looked around and went 'i kinda want a family now' 548134672388354048|Thu Dec 25 15:14:24 +0000 2014|We took a walk earlier and the pub was open and full of families... this Christmas, consider bringing your baby to the pub... #ukchristmas 548134536836829184|Thu Dec 25 15:13:52 +0000 2014|Making Christmas lunch. Just fisted a chicken with pork and thyme... Jamie Oliver said to 'chuff up the potatoes with a lug of olive oil' 548124450844344320|Thu Dec 25 14:33:47 +0000 2014|@kierongillen good 548121838103318528|Thu Dec 25 14:23:24 +0000 2014|It's Christmas jumper time again http://instagram.com/p/xCG0YxsDBv/ 548103323845689346|Thu Dec 25 13:09:50 +0000 2014|when rudolph gets to the isle of misfit toys, is it weird? like, he's been essentially trafficking toys, and now he's in their land 548103150667063296|Thu Dec 25 13:09:09 +0000 2014|i want to watch that movie where everyone's a jerk to rudolph 548093946241753088|Thu Dec 25 12:32:34 +0000 2014|excited that my favorite holiday program, 'Fireplace For Your Home', is on netflix today 547887416699518977|Wed Dec 24 22:51:54 +0000 2014|RT @keefstuart: Join me, @alexhern @SamuelGibbs @jemimakiss @leighalexander and @elenacresci for the top 10 tech moments of 2014! http://t.… 547887392150278144|Wed Dec 24 22:51:48 +0000 2014|RT @ElConquistadork: @leighalexander thanks for mentioning Horse Master last week--that game took me completely off guard: http://t.co/ecji… 547887189636698112|Wed Dec 24 22:50:59 +0000 2014|@FulcrumAmber @setfiresfeeljoy it's christmas eve... shouldn't you be doing something, like, normal, instead of obsessively tweeting me 547824572083765248|Wed Dec 24 18:42:10 +0000 2014|who wouldn't play THIS video game (cc @@selmaleh) http://instagram.com/p/w__oy-sDOd/ 547788241236402178|Wed Dec 24 16:17:48 +0000 2014|Now the church organ sounds like Phantasmagoria & I'm really scared http://instagram.com/p/w_vHb2MDIG/ 547787183533195264|Wed Dec 24 16:13:36 +0000 2014|Carol service at St. Martin in the Fields with @@quinns108 & @@selmaleh. Organ sounds Win98 as heck http://instagram.com/p/w_uom9sDHC/ 547780907424571392|Wed Dec 24 15:48:40 +0000 2014|Beautiful meal of wine and cheese in the cavern of Gordon's Wine Bar. Good call @@quinns108 http://instagram.com/p/w_rx_zsDAl/ 547739969075564544|Wed Dec 24 13:05:59 +0000 2014|one of our holiday bottles is wine that we actually spent two digits of money on.... what a magical season... 547739122409164801|Wed Dec 24 13:02:37 +0000 2014|RT @kurai: In her article about the best games of 2014, @leighalexander makes an excellent point about “fun” in games: http://t.co/muYTdsK2… 547592332384956419|Wed Dec 24 03:19:20 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @zimmermaneric probably responsible for 'definitely going to be a snake in this endless desert maze' trend that followed 547591706263437312|Wed Dec 24 03:16:51 +0000 2014|@McKelvie 80% of the time there is never any way to NOT get water on the entire floor 547591446791213056|Wed Dec 24 03:15:49 +0000 2014|@zimmermaneric @brett_douville i did mystery house instead. more to talk about i think 547590728822833152|Wed Dec 24 03:12:58 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @zimmermaneric i haven't come across it for emulators i use, although i haven't looked v hard 547590308968808449|Wed Dec 24 03:11:18 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @zimmermaneric all my apple 2 let's plays/analyses are on my channel!!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA 547590157688635393|Wed Dec 24 03:10:41 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @zimmermaneric that game has only 4 colors iirc. this is an obscure religious game called 'philistine's ploy' 547586983661682688|Wed Dec 24 02:58:05 +0000 2014|RT @TRONMAXIMUM: people want this year to be over because they know 2015 is going to be where the change starts happening 547586971397525504|Wed Dec 24 02:58:02 +0000 2014|RT @TRONMAXIMUM: and a lot of why i think 2015 is going to be significant is because 2014 is being ended with a collective waking-up 547586956692291584|Wed Dec 24 02:57:58 +0000 2014|RT @TRONMAXIMUM: you can see it in games, you can see it in art, you can even see it in the law. 547586943241166848|Wed Dec 24 02:57:55 +0000 2014|RT @TRONMAXIMUM: i think that it's very clear a huge generational shift is happening and it's leaving behind a ton of people clamoring to s… 547586366482448384|Wed Dec 24 02:55:38 +0000 2014|RT @screencuisine: In Skyrim, I dress as Santa and attempt to deliver presents to all the NPCs in a single night. Here's Part 1: http://t.c… 547579058343911424|Wed Dec 24 02:26:35 +0000 2014|managed to poke myself in the eye with the tag of my own teabag 547578532990574592|Wed Dec 24 02:24:30 +0000 2014|RT @infinty_gaming: Need help getting followers so I'll be streaming all night far cry 4 @TwitchShare @leighalexander. @TavenicGaming 547569376401321986|Wed Dec 24 01:48:07 +0000 2014|@BobbyStein I get the hang of them as I go along eventually ha ha 547569198386675712|Wed Dec 24 01:47:24 +0000 2014|@jasonkapalka i could try. it's a bit too numbersy for my interest 547560161477685248|Wed Dec 24 01:11:30 +0000 2014|You might enjoy catching up on Lo-Fi Let's Plays for your nostalgic holiday vintage game fix https://www.youtube.com/user/leighalexander1 547558546540597248|Wed Dec 24 01:05:05 +0000 2014|@BobbyStein (death in the caribbean was my 1st ep actually!) 547558334036189185|Wed Dec 24 01:04:14 +0000 2014|@BobbyStein enjoy! there'll be more eps in the new year. 547558232995426304|Wed Dec 24 01:03:50 +0000 2014|@FlimFlamboyant here's my let's play of transylvania 2! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/06/lo-fi-lets-play-crimson-crown-transylvania-ii/ 547557788730544130|Wed Dec 24 01:02:04 +0000 2014|@BobbyStein https://www.youtube.com/user/leighalexander1 547557754702168065|Wed Dec 24 01:01:56 +0000 2014|@BobbyStein I have a whole channel devoted to them! 547556523329994752|Wed Dec 24 00:57:02 +0000 2014|@BobbyStein no, this one is called the Philistine Ploy 547555797782515712|Wed Dec 24 00:54:09 +0000 2014|this is my kind of game #fuckyeah http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5lPGKBCEAA03pd.jpg 547503012391161856|Tue Dec 23 21:24:24 +0000 2014|RT @stevenf: At least he died doing what he loved http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5VmbPlIUAAoDx0.jpg 547493046955552768|Tue Dec 23 20:44:48 +0000 2014|@theschwasound they sell them in packages at some US health food stores. they're uh... wet? distinct? 547492543462916097|Tue Dec 23 20:42:48 +0000 2014|@r1z4t shes not thank GOD 547492262746525697|Tue Dec 23 20:41:42 +0000 2014|@Manpuncher my housemate's mom wanted to watch it last year, so we put it on, and i was drunk and don't remember what she said 547491795593338881|Tue Dec 23 20:39:50 +0000 2014|and then i'm going to watch this movie about chief o'brien holding alan partridge hostage in a radio station #ukchristmas 547491687627776000|Tue Dec 23 20:39:24 +0000 2014|going to have rashers, lashings, mulling, chestnuts, duck fat, goose fat and brandy cream #ukchristmas 547490581040365568|Tue Dec 23 20:35:01 +0000 2014|considering my options for a christmas gaming marathon and coming up with it's probably going to be scarab of ra http://lightningmanic.github.io/ 547490158732660736|Tue Dec 23 20:33:20 +0000 2014|@Matt99J you mean WONDERFUL 547489777172639744|Tue Dec 23 20:31:49 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: Gamasutra's Best of 2014: Leigh Alexander's Top 5 Games: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/232790/Gamasutras_Best_of_2014_Leigh_Alexanders_Top_5_Games.php#.VJR1OL2gArw.twitter 547489027092647936|Tue Dec 23 20:28:50 +0000 2014|Got a ton of Harry Potter-ass food from M&S for Xmas... "Lashings"... http://instagram.com/p/w9nDKiMDBT/ 547400326635331584|Tue Dec 23 14:36:22 +0000 2014|RT @casskhaw: Such a powerful piece. http://www.ravishly.com/2014/12/20/i-got-it-wrong-purpose-trans-woman-passing 547374363155365888|Tue Dec 23 12:53:12 +0000 2014|RT @BabbyUnit: loved @leighalexander @Quinns108's awesome Colonel's Bequest let's play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScbR5KYy8BI got huge nostalgia 4 a game … 547374150135054336|Tue Dec 23 12:52:21 +0000 2014|@stephentotilo thank you!! have a great one xx 547374032392159235|Tue Dec 23 12:51:53 +0000 2014|@Megan_Nicolett <3 547373967812882432|Tue Dec 23 12:51:38 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman it is 547144776412581888|Mon Dec 22 21:40:54 +0000 2014|Got my hair dyed burgundy, got all the pale brassy bits snipped off http://instagram.com/p/w7KgIRsDEK/ 547144367815659521|Mon Dec 22 21:39:17 +0000 2014|Just posted a photo http://instagram.com/p/w7KUPosDD7/ 547135602265980929|Mon Dec 22 21:04:27 +0000 2014|@lesaboteur87 different background, similar conflicts and presence of alcohol 547134812759543809|Mon Dec 22 21:01:19 +0000 2014|@lesaboteur87 only just started reading but can already relate, thank you (here is mine http://leighalexander.net/on-twerking-and-being-mixed-race/) 547133066313883648|Mon Dec 22 20:54:22 +0000 2014|@austin_walker @bombsfall (i'm not totally comfortable with 'poc' designation as i am widely perceived/treated as white BUT) 547132267148349440|Mon Dec 22 20:51:12 +0000 2014|@bombsfall thank you <3333 547132240464203776|Mon Dec 22 20:51:06 +0000 2014|RT @bombsfall: re: earlier @leighalexander tweets, her piece on Strong Traumatized Woman characters is the one I've most reread. http://t.c… 547130547685060608|Mon Dec 22 20:44:22 +0000 2014|RT @slimekat: @leighalexander thank you ! ( also my only way of supporting myself right now is my patreon http://www.patreon.com/slimekat ) 547130128879587328|Mon Dec 22 20:42:42 +0000 2014|@HurdyIV @Patreon <333 547130001376948225|Mon Dec 22 20:42:12 +0000 2014|"but we always, always, always heal" http://ariellegrimes.itch.io/brokenfolx (thank you @slimekat) 547128332647940096|Mon Dec 22 20:35:34 +0000 2014|@DrAdamAvatar thank you! 547127869978447872|Mon Dec 22 20:33:44 +0000 2014|@slimekat no i did not but now i will thank you x 547127782057443328|Mon Dec 22 20:33:23 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: .@leighalexander did a year in review -- go catch up on all the incredible work she's done this year http://leighalexander.net/my-2014-in-review/ 547127707138805760|Mon Dec 22 20:33:05 +0000 2014|RT @xeni: Don't miss this wonderful @boingboing feature by @brandonnn on 2014's best #games. http://boingboing.net/2014/12/22/the-20-games-you-shouldnt-mi.html http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5fJsvgIMAAwSHK.jpg 547127063719985153|Mon Dec 22 20:30:31 +0000 2014|@bombsfall <3333 547126864754380801|Mon Dec 22 20:29:44 +0000 2014|I'm supporting @hurdyiv Javy Gwaltney @Patreon http://www.patreon.com/user?u=74086&rf=205655&ty=2 547125425756188672|Mon Dec 22 20:24:01 +0000 2014|@pkollar aw man <33 thank you! have a wonderful holiday and new year! 547124352719028224|Mon Dec 22 20:19:45 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae <333 547123967199571968|Mon Dec 22 20:18:13 +0000 2014|RT @jersing: That time @leighalexander commented my FB post with "Fuck" and my grandma messaged her to say "that's not nice" 547123899717386240|Mon Dec 22 20:17:57 +0000 2014|@m_kopas <333 547087713426743296|Mon Dec 22 17:54:09 +0000 2014|@swwaldie im trying to make it be a christmas song 547083492052729856|Mon Dec 22 17:37:23 +0000 2014|had a bubble bath with a glass of brandy, singing 'remix to ignition' even though it is only monday. and that is what xmas means to me 547076237030862848|Mon Dec 22 17:08:33 +0000 2014|@The_B <3 547074251006943233|Mon Dec 22 17:00:40 +0000 2014|@SidewaysView there was only one employee and the poor person kept having to go nonstop to fix things 547073764211834880|Mon Dec 22 16:58:44 +0000 2014|@getdizzzy oh man you should have said hey 547073615955787776|Mon Dec 22 16:58:08 +0000 2014|"I've got a naughty cabbage," he said again, presenting it apologetically to the employee, who indifferently keyed it in by hand #uklife 547073487563919361|Mon Dec 22 16:57:38 +0000 2014|At M&S self-checkout machine I heard a man softly yearn for help: "I've got a naughty cabbage." He said it twice. Scale wasn't reading it. 547048801220177921|Mon Dec 22 15:19:32 +0000 2014|RT @jeansnow: What, you haven't been following @leighalexander this past year? Here's a primer on some of what you missed: http://t.co/KAG1… 547048754512400384|Mon Dec 22 15:19:21 +0000 2014|@jeansnow <33 547047129446113280|Mon Dec 22 15:12:53 +0000 2014|RT @acosmos: I wrote a thing for Polygon! It's about my favorite dating sim where sad cyberpunk boys smooch http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/19/7421117/dramatical-murder-us-vita http://t… 547037651443142657|Mon Dec 22 14:35:14 +0000 2014|@_kylestarr it'll do 547037620443033600|Mon Dec 22 14:35:06 +0000 2014|@MsMinotaur no u 547037588478246912|Mon Dec 22 14:34:59 +0000 2014|RT @janl: Excellent piece about Desert Golfing by @leighalexander: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/desert-golfing-and-video-gamings-gradual-march-to-the-other-side-887 (via @marthadear) 547032402737233920|Mon Dec 22 14:14:22 +0000 2014|My 2014 in review -- happy holidays, happy new year, enjoy http://leighalexander.net/my-2014-in-review/ 547016473609510912|Mon Dec 22 13:11:05 +0000 2014|@unitled http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221894/Touch_Love_Ledoliel_and_the_world_of_Devine_Lu_Linvega.php 546434458220781569|Sat Dec 20 22:38:21 +0000 2014|@_RandomJ_ thanks for understanding that, but at a games-oriented event i don't want anyone to feel weird about saying hey 546434352910188544|Sat Dec 20 22:37:56 +0000 2014|@elliotsmith i think helping people find momentous and interesting things is part of the point! 546434295079116800|Sat Dec 20 22:37:42 +0000 2014|@elliotsmith don't be ashamed. I feel I wouldn't be doing my job if I just presented five games you've heard of arranged in a list 546394416022581250|Sat Dec 20 19:59:14 +0000 2014|me every day http://33.media.tumblr.com/f2818bdbd169a229ee15e41327603882/tumblr_n2jhjx9Gbd1sokywao3_r1_250.gif 546372549039624194|Sat Dec 20 18:32:21 +0000 2014|come to think, even my inklewriter text game was sort of inadvertently a gentrification & slacktivism critique https://writer.inklestudios.com/stories/2rbj 546372243799158784|Sat Dec 20 18:31:08 +0000 2014|like, the 'best use' of a platform is definitely going to affect common themes of things made on a platform. same for any engine. 546372119505158144|Sat Dec 20 18:30:39 +0000 2014|twine is a platform that disrupts the identity/narrative of game-making. no surprise many twine games are "about" sex, gender or capitalism 546371417122811904|Sat Dec 20 18:27:51 +0000 2014|"The loneliness in front of the computer screens brings us together." http://kotaku.com/what-people-get-wrong-about-pewdiepie-youtubes-biggest-1673109786?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow 546371271802781696|Sat Dec 20 18:27:16 +0000 2014|@tommchenry maybe you did and I missed it because I was concentrating on how much I missed Leelee and Bimnby 546368927589482496|Sat Dec 20 18:17:58 +0000 2014|@tommchenry my first horse was called Leelee and my second horse was called Bimnby... 546368817778421761|Sat Dec 20 18:17:31 +0000 2014|@tommchenry do you make your source file available? i want to read everything I didn't get!! 546362074503598080|Sat Dec 20 17:50:44 +0000 2014|@julianyap @Quinns108 @paullicino @Jam_sponge good thing i don't usually cover expansions #heyo 546358780100108288|Sat Dec 20 17:37:38 +0000 2014|I've gotten two different endings in Horse Master now and each time I've felt near to tears. What great work. http://noncanon.com/HorseMaster.html 546343258105053184|Sat Dec 20 16:35:57 +0000 2014|@inurashii @ckunzelman STOP I SAY 546343207639207936|Sat Dec 20 16:35:45 +0000 2014|@Chispshot @mintchipleaf http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/desert-golfing-and-video-gamings-gradual-march-to-the-other-side-887 546341237163565056|Sat Dec 20 16:27:56 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman stop i wont do this 546338569070338048|Sat Dec 20 16:17:20 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman i know all kinds of embarrassing dragonlance trivia that i conceal because it's so 'off brand' 546338432612843520|Sat Dec 20 16:16:47 +0000 2014|@xpatriciah i think this was the computer game i saw quinns liking the most today 546338145101692929|Sat Dec 20 16:15:38 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman no word of a lie i left fucking grocery bags full of dragonlance novels in my parents' attic when i left their home 546330057179160576|Sat Dec 20 15:43:30 +0000 2014|@elizabethamber yes, that happened to someone i know. 546329867776974848|Sat Dec 20 15:42:45 +0000 2014|@helenlewis yeah, of course it was gendered. how could it not be etc etc sigh 546329173753860098|Sat Dec 20 15:39:59 +0000 2014|@gerrenlaquint it made me very sad when someone told me something to this effect recently 546328327943127040|Sat Dec 20 15:36:38 +0000 2014|because i've actually heard many times lately that internet users need to meet women in person to understand that they are human beings :( 546328103023558657|Sat Dec 20 15:35:44 +0000 2014|glad social media can help with transparency and accountability. worried re how easily it's used to target and astroturf ppl, usually women 546326518910443521|Sat Dec 20 15:29:27 +0000 2014|.@tressiemcphd piece about race and reputation online: http://tressiemc.com/2014/12/02/racists-getting-fired-the-sins-of-whiteness-on-social-media/ necessary companion to @sambiddle piece http://gawker.com/justine-sacco-is-good-at-her-job-and-how-i-came-to-pea-1653022326?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow 546321080357769216|Sat Dec 20 15:07:50 +0000 2014|RT @tressiemcphd: So I will take that Gawker apology to Sacco and add: http://tressiemc.com/2014/12/02/racists-getting-fired-the-sins-of-whiteness-on-social-media/ 546317816828542976|Sat Dec 20 14:54:52 +0000 2014|@TheFatConsoler it's in the bottom 5 546317676986265600|Sat Dec 20 14:54:18 +0000 2014|@tobyfee @ikralla irony is ok 546306692464803840|Sat Dec 20 14:10:40 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl totally. 546305773949947904|Sat Dec 20 14:07:01 +0000 2014|@delta_oblivion their favorite games are absurd power fantasies, so it's no surprise their lives are too 546305437487104000|Sat Dec 20 14:05:40 +0000 2014|@siegarettes @tha_rami it's good for that 546305069344632833|Sat Dec 20 14:04:13 +0000 2014|@delta_oblivion i think they think they own the medium and should continue to be the priority customer at all times 546302702838624256|Sat Dec 20 13:54:48 +0000 2014|@ikralla agree 546302634714730496|Sat Dec 20 13:54:32 +0000 2014|@tha_rami oh man I'd love to know what you'd think of it. It's really... pure? 546302213363339264|Sat Dec 20 13:52:52 +0000 2014|@Gun_Ninja good luck learning more about the wonderful world of gaming ;-) 546302147802181632|Sat Dec 20 13:52:36 +0000 2014|@Gun_Ninja how the internet works is you click on links people post, like my GOTY list. i hope i helped you learn today ;-) 546300692886212608|Sat Dec 20 13:46:49 +0000 2014|@CanaryWorf YOU SHOULD TRY SOME OF THEM 546300590104772608|Sat Dec 20 13:46:25 +0000 2014|tsk. women liking all these not-real games about feelings and stuff... feminists and their procedurally-generated endless golf games 546300351423729664|Sat Dec 20 13:45:28 +0000 2014|@Ethelmonster yeah i feel like my liking desert golfing was a weird hill for him to die on 546299990436753411|Sat Dec 20 13:44:02 +0000 2014|@ButterflyScum hahah 546299863638753281|Sat Dec 20 13:43:31 +0000 2014|@BigPoppaCreamy actually TWO of them involve those things 546298944696090624|Sat Dec 20 13:39:52 +0000 2014|@lordmooch Thank you so much, and thanks for buying Clipping Through. I'm so glad you liked it. 546298592315863041|Sat Dec 20 13:38:28 +0000 2014|I assure you that my top 5 games of 2014 are all real games http://gamasutra.com/view/news/232790/Gamasutras_Best_of_2014_Leigh_Alexanders_Top_5_Games.php 546298101494218752|Sat Dec 20 13:36:31 +0000 2014|@elisakobi it's good to be prepared for challenging playing field, but there's lots of support in this industry. holler if you need some. 546297821398568960|Sat Dec 20 13:35:25 +0000 2014|@ragekit what if it's the real professor x. wouldn't that suck 546297492376403968|Sat Dec 20 13:34:06 +0000 2014|@kfan hahah this is really not necessary but thank you 546297081212985344|Sat Dec 20 13:32:28 +0000 2014|It is a man with 41 friends, who is literally wielding a pitchfork in his profile pic. I love social media 546296877189447681|Sat Dec 20 13:31:39 +0000 2014|And why stop at two comments? Cap it off with a sweet, insightful mic drop. That's me told! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5TWHVpCcAEoJ9V.jpg 546296366935592961|Sat Dec 20 13:29:38 +0000 2014|But why leave just one rational comment when you can append a second one and strengthen your credibility? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5TVpo8CMAEF6ti.jpg 546296067458101248|Sat Dec 20 13:28:26 +0000 2014|highlights from my public facebook: yes this seems like a totally reasonable response to a desert golfing article http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5TVYNOCEAAsA4V.jpg 546138055217020928|Sat Dec 20 03:00:33 +0000 2014|@jameshmm you probably have 546114132022661120|Sat Dec 20 01:25:30 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman http://glitchhikers.com/ 546113869727686656|Sat Dec 20 01:24:27 +0000 2014|Home from party, 1:30 AM, time to FINALLY play Glitchhikers 546113545017253888|Sat Dec 20 01:23:10 +0000 2014|RT @ferricide: no surprise to say this, but @leighalexander's top 5 games of 2014 list is WELL worth a read (and a think) http://t.co/8Q0Gz… 546113382659915776|Sat Dec 20 01:22:31 +0000 2014|@LeChucksBeard Why? Lots of other sites shouted out Destiny #heyo 546113180674834432|Sat Dec 20 01:21:43 +0000 2014|@HinterlandGames We might need to have a chat about the wolves. But I had some of my best times with your work this year. Thank you xx :) 546113090673459202|Sat Dec 20 01:21:21 +0000 2014|RT @HinterlandGames: .@gamasutra's @leighalexander lists #thelongdark in her top-5 games of 2014: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/232790/Gamasutras_Best_of_2014_Leigh_Alexanders_Top_5_Games.php Thanks, Leigh! 546113043151994880|Sat Dec 20 01:21:10 +0000 2014|@WolfFury26 It didn't say "Dead." you should try reading it. 546112931839369216|Sat Dec 20 01:20:43 +0000 2014|RT @David_Mullich: Some worthwhile cultural analysis on Gamergaters. http://boingboing.net/2014/12/12/some-worthwhile-cultural-analy.html by @leighalexander via @BoingBoing 546112890009550848|Sat Dec 20 01:20:33 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae Jetta <3333 happy holidays 546112837878571009|Sat Dec 20 01:20:21 +0000 2014|RT @jetta_rae: .@leighalexander wrote something rad and real about being a woman in games. As per usual. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/desert-golfing-and-video-gamings-gradual-march-to-the-other-side-887 546112760577544195|Sat Dec 20 01:20:03 +0000 2014|@_RandomJ_ (as for the dress, I found it in a charity shop -- it was a size too small and screamed MARIAH CAREY, so, of course) 546112634731634688|Sat Dec 20 01:19:33 +0000 2014|@_RandomJ_ aw, you mean I could have met you and I didn't? Dang. Thanks for always supporting me. Means a lot. 546012801148665857|Fri Dec 19 18:42:50 +0000 2014|@pillowfort i think about shoot the moon at least once per day and so far i'm thinking it cant possibly be as cool as it looks 546012655266582528|Fri Dec 19 18:42:16 +0000 2014|@mvandevander <333 546012523833851904|Fri Dec 19 18:41:44 +0000 2014|@StarDogCh4mpion don't worry too much about it, south park icon 546003316577402880|Fri Dec 19 18:05:09 +0000 2014|The elf on the shelf was totally designed by jackson howard for NBN http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/12/16/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-preparing-your-child-to-live-in-a-future-police-state-professor-says/ 545995758089285632|Fri Dec 19 17:35:07 +0000 2014|@nxheller two things i hate: 1. puns on my name 2. pronouncing my name wrong 545990613553135616|Fri Dec 19 17:14:40 +0000 2014|Here are my top 5 games of the year http://gamasutra.com/view/news/232790/Gamasutras_Best_of_2014_Leigh_Alexanders_Top_5_Games.php 545989060511428608|Fri Dec 19 17:08:30 +0000 2014|@Papapishu naw you, and you know i mean it 545981842651111425|Fri Dec 19 16:39:49 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi randy loves his family 545981127102844928|Fri Dec 19 16:36:59 +0000 2014|i've complained a lot this year. but SO many of you had my back. So. MANY. girls, boys, strangers, my people -- i surge with love for you. 545977906980474880|Fri Dec 19 16:24:11 +0000 2014|RT @unwinnable: Get your copy of the Unwinnable Holiday Special today. It's free! Because you matter! http://bit.ly/1z1dDgH http://t.co/9L… 545973441657319424|Fri Dec 19 16:06:26 +0000 2014|@lightnarcissus thanks <3 545973391279521794|Fri Dec 19 16:06:14 +0000 2014|RT @lightnarcissus: This @leighalexander piece on Desert Golfing for @VICE is all kinds of insightful and amazing http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/desert-golfing-and-video-gamings-gradual-march-to-the-other-side-887 545969476320370688|Fri Dec 19 15:50:41 +0000 2014|@keefstuart i need you to score me some dayquil for the party tonight, keith. 545969069217042433|Fri Dec 19 15:49:04 +0000 2014|i couldn't decide whether my cough was dry, chesty or tickly. all of the above? they gave me 'THYME HERB EXTRACT' 545968586310045696|Fri Dec 19 15:47:09 +0000 2014|@alexhern thank you. i'm feeling very patriotic today. and coughing a lot. 545968494333149184|Fri Dec 19 15:46:47 +0000 2014|@keefstuart pharmacist: 'is it dry, chesty or tickly'? me: '...wh-what? well, uh... it's a wracking, hoarse cough in my chest, uh...' 545967811856986112|Fri Dec 19 15:44:04 +0000 2014|@alexhern the first time i gave quintin american cough syrup he got slightly high and wondered what was wrong with my country 545967409233141761|Fri Dec 19 15:42:28 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC i was stunned today to learn that theyre serious about those being the categories of cough you could have 545967223438069761|Fri Dec 19 15:41:44 +0000 2014|no matter which one you seem to have none of the cough medicine will actually be medicine 545967155930738688|Fri Dec 19 15:41:28 +0000 2014|needed cough syrup today. learned england diagnoses and medicates coughs across 3 categories: 'dry cough' 'chesty cough' or 'tickly cough' 545940431440465920|Fri Dec 19 13:55:16 +0000 2014|@arnaud_debock won't be until after the holidays i'm afraid, but thank you for inviting me! 545939254128697344|Fri Dec 19 13:50:35 +0000 2014|@VovinX @JFMTheThird my whole motivation to become a writer was to find ways to show people how nuanced and human and interesting gaming is 545938888033075200|Fri Dec 19 13:49:08 +0000 2014|@BrydieLK in the cynical animation about my life i would be seen reading an article called 'five things men ruined in 2014'. ace article x 545937350082457602|Fri Dec 19 13:43:01 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @swearyanthony i get mad at myself, not the golf ball. psychoanalyze as you will 545936252995137536|Fri Dec 19 13:38:40 +0000 2014|@benisbagina @laevantine the fact you're even talking to me is pure hubris 545931984598761472|Fri Dec 19 13:21:42 +0000 2014|@Darchmare i can get with that position! 545928514466504704|Fri Dec 19 13:07:55 +0000 2014|RT @kfan: “A record of your shame, and of all the tiny movements you can't take back.” http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/desert-golfing-and-video-gamings-gradual-march-to-the-other-side-887 @leighalexander on games & th… 545926286703865856|Fri Dec 19 12:59:04 +0000 2014|@coeurdartichaut @arthur_affect @frankcifaldi me too 545920799111393280|Fri Dec 19 12:37:15 +0000 2014|My game of the year 2014 is Desert Golfing. I wrote about why at @VICEUK http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/desert-golfing-and-video-gamings-gradual-march-to-the-other-side-887 545910522571657216|Fri Dec 19 11:56:25 +0000 2014|@laevantine - some weird capitalistic norms for 'gay male' that seem like they would be oppressive to experience. And I miss you too! 545910341851688960|Fri Dec 19 11:55:42 +0000 2014|@laevantine not that this is my issue to speak on with authority, but my experience of TV and celeb culture definitely has crystallized - 545909053646712832|Fri Dec 19 11:50:35 +0000 2014|@keefstuart @kierongillen i was JUST thinking about how to say that in an affectionate way 545908502682927104|Fri Dec 19 11:48:24 +0000 2014|@laevantine i mean, we're all weirdos, varying degrees of success -- i just don't believe in clinging to an 'identity' decided by marketers 545907578807799808|Fri Dec 19 11:44:43 +0000 2014|@kierongillen okok, see you there! 545906455652859905|Fri Dec 19 11:40:16 +0000 2014|@kierongillen I got cava, do you want to come over and have some later before we go out? i'm trying not to open it right now 545904995498217472|Fri Dec 19 11:34:28 +0000 2014|RT @kierongillen: 2014: the year when the response to people saying there might be a problem in gamer culture proved there's a problem in g… 545904960064745472|Fri Dec 19 11:34:19 +0000 2014|@kierongillen how long did you spend condensing/composing this 545904768137560064|Fri Dec 19 11:33:33 +0000 2014|RT @Fireproof_Barry: The Room Two is 50% off over the holidays! C'mon c'mon buy it, it's pretty good! 545903914340851712|Fri Dec 19 11:30:10 +0000 2014|@bombsfall yeah. i have some great people in my life, like, the BEST people. how can i feel bad when i have the best people 545903346100731904|Fri Dec 19 11:27:54 +0000 2014|@bombsfall it was a good time to learn about what people were made of 545902071166545921|Fri Dec 19 11:22:50 +0000 2014|@bombsfall i think most people reacting to it hardly read it, either, bc i got lots of responses like 'WELL WHOS BUYING THE VIDEOGAMES THEN' 545901868539715584|Fri Dec 19 11:22:02 +0000 2014|@bombsfall because a woman said it, they felt they were being criticised by an 'outsider', even though i am more 'inside' than some fan 545901750495227904|Fri Dec 19 11:21:34 +0000 2014|RT @bombsfall: Your Mentions When You Say The Secret Word #GamerGate http://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/B0SmIBaIAAIxkIq.png 545899788903149568|Fri Dec 19 11:13:46 +0000 2014|@ollymoss to be fair, except for all that nonsense i had a fantastic year of successes and good times and good opportunities 545899424510390272|Fri Dec 19 11:12:19 +0000 2014|@alexhern will this be the year of the swiftcoin 545899248806789120|Fri Dec 19 11:11:37 +0000 2014|We've been working for years to try to dispel stereotypes about people who like games, and in 2014 gamergate set us right the fuck back. GJ 545898903045156864|Fri Dec 19 11:10:15 +0000 2014|I still think being a 'gamer' is fucking passe. Be a well-rounded and interesting adult who enjoys lots of games and isn't an internet creep 545898070744248320|Fri Dec 19 11:06:57 +0000 2014|@marissacetin i thought of you i was like 'yeah i bet this is one we both like' 545887020686798849|Fri Dec 19 10:23:02 +0000 2014|@jessicacurry2 we just did something similar in Bali and it was SO MUCH NEEDED. see you soon I hope! 545886344946655232|Fri Dec 19 10:20:21 +0000 2014|@paullicino yeah, FUCK OFF ENGLISH RESTAURANTS BYE 545886103551889408|Fri Dec 19 10:19:23 +0000 2014|@jessicacurry2 LANZAROTE! Have the best time! x 545883652266393601|Fri Dec 19 10:09:39 +0000 2014|@BenPaddon dunno, i haven't seen it 545882863141670912|Fri Dec 19 10:06:31 +0000 2014|and you're kind of like 'god, how long has he been here' 545882567707488256|Fri Dec 19 10:05:20 +0000 2014|@Capt_Privilege @arthur_affect @frankcifaldi welp 545882555774668800|Fri Dec 19 10:05:17 +0000 2014|@Capt_Privilege @arthur_affect @frankcifaldi if you thought my article said 'our entire readership is dead' or even contained the word dead, 545882420390932480|Fri Dec 19 10:04:45 +0000 2014|Imagine your morning kitchen. All the seats: at LEAST one contains a rando going 'hey brah, cool if i get some eggs' http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/12/breaking_minecraft_creator_snatches_bonkers_bev_hills_megamansion_from_beyonce_and_jayz_for_70mm.php 545881865211883521|Fri Dec 19 10:02:33 +0000 2014|@bombsfall every room is just for your friends to lay around in and drink your dom perignon 545881561603002368|Fri Dec 19 10:01:20 +0000 2014|@bombsfall which i like doing, but wont most people end up spending most days sitting alone in the one of 20 poolside seats 545881390072758272|Fri Dec 19 10:00:40 +0000 2014|@bombsfall yes, the house is ostensibly for the benefit of entertaining other people 545881174812672000|Fri Dec 19 09:59:48 +0000 2014|@louiscntr @flaneur spent more hrs on this videogame in 2014 than any of the loose stools the big companies put out 545881019229147136|Fri Dec 19 09:59:11 +0000 2014|Beverly Hills mansions always have tons of seating. Like if you're that rich there are definitely always going to be like 20 assholes over 545879112498565120|Fri Dec 19 09:51:37 +0000 2014|@flaneur @louiscntr http://lightningmanic.github.io/ 545876974913454080|Fri Dec 19 09:43:07 +0000 2014|okay, i think the album i like most of this year is fatima's 'yellow memories'... 2nd is mitski's 'bury me at makeout creek'. yr welcome 545874129749299200|Fri Dec 19 09:31:49 +0000 2014|@manfightdragon @EBGamesAus @_andrio @infinite_ammo exactly 545873299449065473|Fri Dec 19 09:28:31 +0000 2014|RT @arthur_affect: @frankcifaldi Basically @leighalexander's "Gamers Are Over" was a heroic call to arms that everyone else was instantly t… 545713372906684416|Thu Dec 18 22:53:01 +0000 2014|if you send me PR mailers weekly but then don't answer my emails when I actually want something, I'm marking you as spam forever 545712762580910080|Thu Dec 18 22:50:36 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: A word of game design advice from @danctheduck http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DanielCook/20141215/232300/Loot_drop_best_practices.php http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5LCPRZCEAAgO7H.png 545707085850492928|Thu Dec 18 22:28:02 +0000 2014|@Papapishu @Isfet we have one here called Job Centre 545706422168989696|Thu Dec 18 22:25:24 +0000 2014|RT @PirateOrg: 'FBI announced that they’ve found no evidence so far to tie #NorthKorea to the #SonyHack' http://www.wired.com/2014/12/evidence-of-north-korea-hack-is-thin/ http://t.c… 545698299295305728|Thu Dec 18 21:53:07 +0000 2014|@AmyZiegfeld i've done some writing there even! 545693676115353600|Thu Dec 18 21:34:45 +0000 2014|@ArthurBarnhouse i don't think slate is as 'with it' as it used to be -- i mean, i used to argue with people who said that, and now 545693270761025536|Thu Dec 18 21:33:08 +0000 2014|@ArthurBarnhouse i mean to be fair nobody really did, except for gamergaters 545691939799306242|Thu Dec 18 21:27:51 +0000 2014|you just looked sad, auerbach 545691599523835904|Thu Dec 18 21:26:30 +0000 2014|we'll remember which envious, pandering bloggers took potshots at us in an effort to look 'neutral' and 'journalistic' also 545690191013629952|Thu Dec 18 21:20:54 +0000 2014|for christmas, the magic SEO fairies should undo the damage gamergate garbage did to all us brass bitches' google results 545688662848327680|Thu Dec 18 21:14:50 +0000 2014|@acarboni I DONT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THAT SHIT IS FOR BUT I REMEMBER IT 545684215946567680|Thu Dec 18 20:57:10 +0000 2014|@marissacetin dammit i'm just drinking it cold 545678098986188800|Thu Dec 18 20:32:51 +0000 2014|@jennatar @pomeranian99 go ahead, i'll start on 'Wine Fugue' 545677662052974592|Thu Dec 18 20:31:07 +0000 2014|@pomeranian99 @jennatar painkiller vacation! look at it that way! 545659594895556609|Thu Dec 18 19:19:19 +0000 2014|RT @tauriqmoosa: Please support @fiveoutoftenmag. http://fiveoutoftenmagazine.com/downloads/year-two/ Honoured to write alongside @leighalexander @ElizSimins @jawsew @G… 545654477345525760|Thu Dec 18 18:58:59 +0000 2014|RT @SamitSarkar: @leighalexander We published another one today, and it might be my favorite of the bunch. http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/18/7414873/nba-jam-loss-memory 545654150189838336|Thu Dec 18 18:57:41 +0000 2014|check out this sweet essay collection about NBA Jam no seriously http://the-toast.net/2014/11/27/excerpts-nba-jam/ 545652752874209282|Thu Dec 18 18:52:08 +0000 2014|props to this interviewer though, i feel like if @Billy didn't like my questions and got mad at me i'd just cry and give up 545652070615748608|Thu Dec 18 18:49:26 +0000 2014|tfw you realize that your after-midnight bar talk about your stupid career sounds exactly like billy corgan's lol 545651287967424512|Thu Dec 18 18:46:19 +0000 2014|"There should come a point where it’s like, “Welcome to the rock’n’roll club”." oh man i feel you @Billy http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/18/billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins-interview 545622033917566976|Thu Dec 18 16:50:04 +0000 2014|.@keefstuart just accidentally said 'hashtag activision' instead of activism 545608111529414656|Thu Dec 18 15:54:45 +0000 2014|we're about to record the Tech Weekly holiday episode. I have a severe vocal fry, and your job is to tell me it's cute/sexy/'husky' 545606665157214208|Thu Dec 18 15:49:00 +0000 2014|i saw minecraft kids books in the airport. like stories of kids in the minecraft world, solving problems, fighting creepers 545606177498099712|Thu Dec 18 15:47:04 +0000 2014|@alexhern you look very svelte after those 2 545605874753241089|Thu Dec 18 15:45:52 +0000 2014|mince pies are diet food 545564292196872192|Thu Dec 18 13:00:38 +0000 2014|RT @nkjemisin: A Lack of Female Characters is Always a Choice: http://feministfiction.com/2014/12/16/a-lack-of-female-characters-is-always-a-choice/ And a lazy one. 545561972721586176|Thu Dec 18 12:51:25 +0000 2014|@manfightdragon @_andrio @infinite_ammo @EBGamesAus EXCUSE ME I BELIEVE U WILL FIND THAT ZELDA IS Asjehgjhgsdshgdsueht 545561113916878849|Thu Dec 18 12:48:00 +0000 2014|@_andrio @infinite_ammo @manfightdragon @EBGamesAus i really would rather read the pedantic flood of rushed corrections than the mistake 545560809678864384|Thu Dec 18 12:46:47 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: I'm obsessed with The Long Dark so I made @Jam_sponge play it while I advised like some episode of Survivor. https://t.co/Ae… 545558350185132033|Thu Dec 18 12:37:01 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca oh yeah no i like em ok not 'fan' per se, i'll listen 545557767915061248|Thu Dec 18 12:34:42 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca ??? 545557097333915648|Thu Dec 18 12:32:02 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca (it's one of my fave songs) 545557007718449152|Thu Dec 18 12:31:41 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca then there was a silence you took to mean something 545531615880183808|Thu Dec 18 10:50:47 +0000 2014|@cymrogav did you punch him 545529550260961280|Thu Dec 18 10:42:34 +0000 2014|@sispurrier SO GOOD. let's play this on our next board game night together, eh? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyakumonogatari_Kaidankai 545527590048759809|Thu Dec 18 10:34:47 +0000 2014|@BitSocket @danthat take THAT, sjws 545527360834256897|Thu Dec 18 10:33:52 +0000 2014|@sispurrier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABrei ! 545526846042144768|Thu Dec 18 10:31:50 +0000 2014|@danthat @BitSocket wow, that would be a TRULY never before seen and original groundbreaking move if so 545526383167156224|Thu Dec 18 10:29:59 +0000 2014|RT @assambop: Today is the last day of Game Music Bundle 8! High time to get loads of great game music for a very affordable price. http://… 545526133438283776|Thu Dec 18 10:29:00 +0000 2014|RT @BitSocket: 1. What a unique bit of videogame art! Never seen a man hunched slightly, back to us, one hand clenched before! http://t.co/… 545523471670063105|Thu Dec 18 10:18:25 +0000 2014|and then when my bf and my flatmates get home me and nicki are just having cocktails and taking turns at symphony of the night #sigh 545523340283486208|Thu Dec 18 10:17:54 +0000 2014|recurring daydream: nicki minaj wants to play video games so they summon me, sneak her into my flat and we just hang out 545515899214913537|Thu Dec 18 09:48:20 +0000 2014|wow, someone found the Sesame Street clip I had asked for on Boing Boing! isn't this a great song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e98_5NpJ-0c 545512839684050944|Thu Dec 18 09:36:10 +0000 2014|@Lord_Reynardine anarchs have recursion! and we can splash Special Order. and we aren't DITHERING AROUND WHEN THERE'S AN INFORMATION WAR ON 545503596352397312|Thu Dec 18 08:59:26 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol dream also involved me screaming at the boy because he wasn't sufficiently frightened of the crocodiles 545502111841394688|Thu Dec 18 08:53:33 +0000 2014|physically unplugged a landline phone set from the kitchen and brought it in the bathroom, where there was a phone jack. wtf was that 545501797293768704|Thu Dec 18 08:52:18 +0000 2014|i had a dream I was trapped in a house with crocodiles and shut myself in the bathroom to call 911. weirdest part: had a land line phone 545497292623867905|Thu Dec 18 08:34:24 +0000 2014|RT @mass_digi: Want to try making a video game? Check this out. http://boingboing.net/2014/12/17/want-to-try-making-a-video-gam.html by @leighalexander via @boingboing 545359998201892864|Wed Dec 17 23:28:50 +0000 2014|Gillen and the boy Quinns #nofilter http://instagram.com/p/wue4PKMDKv/ 545277111515500545|Wed Dec 17 17:59:28 +0000 2014|RT @laura_hudson: Great paper by @Quinnae_Moon about changing online culture around harassment, and why accountability > anonymity http://… 545271889577644033|Wed Dec 17 17:38:43 +0000 2014|oh this is SO awesome. protesters in love: "when they get arrested, you try to get arrested with them.” http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/article_bcd08906-8590-11e4-9673-239990c2313c.html 545267643956363265|Wed Dec 17 17:21:51 +0000 2014|RT @BlackGirlDanger: BGD is looking for a Managing Editor! Work with us! http://www.blackgirldangerous.org/work-with-bgd/ 545267015838367748|Wed Dec 17 17:19:21 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions @spavis @alexhern pro writers wouldn't accept $50 as a rate usually. this seems predatory to newbs 545266834573111296|Wed Dec 17 17:18:38 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions @spavis @alexhern but whoa, the scalzi piece yeah. esp as they could like, big time profit from memes you create 545266376978751489|Wed Dec 17 17:16:49 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions @spavis @alexhern totally agree -- i would hope/assume it's in the contract, which is prob more banal than anyone assumes 545266175014625281|Wed Dec 17 17:16:01 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions @spavis @alexhern like, i think it's reasonable if you sponsor something to want recourse w/r/t the result 545266009020854272|Wed Dec 17 17:15:21 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions @spavis @alexhern like, i assume they want say in the rights to protect themselves, not for nefarious reasons 545265959490293760|Wed Dec 17 17:15:09 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions @spavis @alexhern maybe i'm cynical or from an 'older generation' but i'd sort of expect that, too 545265627351756800|Wed Dec 17 17:13:50 +0000 2014|@spavis @alexhern @tinysubversions (that said, when i sell work to a website i fully expect they own it) 545265254222286848|Wed Dec 17 17:12:21 +0000 2014|@alexhern @tinysubversions @spavis could.. that be a joke? the lisa simpson story is obvs not really about looking a gift horse in the mouth 545260693004779520|Wed Dec 17 16:54:14 +0000 2014|RT @aeleitch: http://animalnewyork.com/2014/best-art-2014/ Best net art 2014, via @leighalexander I think. 545256488869298176|Wed Dec 17 16:37:31 +0000 2014|@emilynussbaum my (younger) girl friends did that to a guy in NY once just to see what he would do (with friend's participation) 545253054812278784|Wed Dec 17 16:23:53 +0000 2014|This is real good. http://t.thisismyjam.com/leighalexander/_9e122o0 545249010886643712|Wed Dec 17 16:07:49 +0000 2014|@aedison ha ha i accept this 545248359796473858|Wed Dec 17 16:05:13 +0000 2014|@aedison they were BOTH ME (jk i can't be the only one) 545247850058514433|Wed Dec 17 16:03:12 +0000 2014|@aedison yeah, i already told you when i met you 545247341218123776|Wed Dec 17 16:01:11 +0000 2014|@aedison you irl tho http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7100000/Enid-in-Ghost-World-thora-birch-7184036-853-480.jpg 545242624219971584|Wed Dec 17 15:42:26 +0000 2014|oof you can totally hear my cold on here. sorry folks! 545242187198660608|Wed Dec 17 15:40:42 +0000 2014|@stoppableforce he's workshopping a whitepaper 545241962845306881|Wed Dec 17 15:39:48 +0000 2014|Hey, we had @tinysubversions on our Tech Weekly podcast at the Guardian! http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2014/dec/17/darius-kazemi-bot-tech-weekly-podcast 545240917905776642|Wed Dec 17 15:35:39 +0000 2014|@stoppableforce you pay the corp each turn 545240735742971904|Wed Dec 17 15:34:56 +0000 2014|@stoppableforce i install 'student loans' 545240481442308096|Wed Dec 17 15:33:55 +0000 2014|@stoppableforce i'm still sitting here laughing at how 'disgraced academic' is literally a runner you can be in that faction 545239543491067905|Wed Dec 17 15:30:11 +0000 2014|'hey they call me humanity's hammer i'm going to smash the state' 'i'm chaos theory, i'm a kid, i'm gonna have a conversation with the ICE' 545239275416346625|Wed Dec 17 15:29:07 +0000 2014|RT @stoppableforce: @leighalexander don’t forget post-humanist hippie, disgraced academic, and literal hobo 545239198836723712|Wed Dec 17 15:28:49 +0000 2014|'hey i'm reina roja i'm a freedom fighter what do you do' 'i'm a digital tinker' 'wtf' 545238672988442624|Wed Dec 17 15:26:44 +0000 2014|shapers are the worst. everyone else in netrunner is doing serious-ass shit and they're just like 'I'M AN ARTIST' 'cyber-explorer' #worst 545230072874270721|Wed Dec 17 14:52:33 +0000 2014|@Spiffl clubbing on nye 545225676656492545|Wed Dec 17 14:35:05 +0000 2014|@elenacresci @alexhern and mine for I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 545224361024966656|Wed Dec 17 14:29:52 +0000 2014|@elenacresci it probably doesn't, but i think it does and that is all that matters 545223864041881600|Wed Dec 17 14:27:53 +0000 2014|@BrokenFiction @BoingBoing i wasn't born til the 80s and never saw it, but i feel like i'd have been traumatized for life if i had 545223744583925760|Wed Dec 17 14:27:25 +0000 2014|@elenacresci (i was joking about making you help me with it don't worry) 545223622823256064|Wed Dec 17 14:26:56 +0000 2014|@elenacresci it has long sleeves but a deep back, so it's doing that thing where it cleaves away from my shoulders a little bit in the back 545222632749432832|Wed Dec 17 14:23:00 +0000 2014|RT @BoingBoing: Mystery of creepy 1970s Sesame Street clip solved. http://boingboing.net/2014/12/17/mystery-of-creepy-1970s-sesame.html http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5EEpvxIcAAtReg.jpg 545222504886042626|Wed Dec 17 14:22:29 +0000 2014|RT @snpsnpsnp: "What a privilege, to concern yourself with seeming good while the rest of us want to seem worthy of life." http://t.co/obOS… 545222448023883776|Wed Dec 17 14:22:16 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @kierongillen @Ssnyder1835 no 545219282293256192|Wed Dec 17 14:09:41 +0000 2014|@elenacresci i might walk in on thursday wearing the mariah carey dress begging YOU to fix the weird back of it so be careful 545219116916027392|Wed Dec 17 14:09:01 +0000 2014|@Beschizza whoa this is wicked! it wasn't UNlike this... 545218889173712896|Wed Dec 17 14:08:07 +0000 2014|leigh alexander problems: you got a gold dress & a sequin dress at a charity shop and you can't decide which holiday parties go with which 545217927793106945|Wed Dec 17 14:04:18 +0000 2014|whenever people tell me that i look kinda 80s, or kinda 90s, i just politely thank them while secretly judging their basic-ness 545217778039685120|Wed Dec 17 14:03:42 +0000 2014|got the BEST xmas party dress at a charity shop. it's gold, short and has billowy sleeves -- 100% MARIAH CAREY. it's even a little too tight 545204693312737280|Wed Dec 17 13:11:42 +0000 2014|RT @AlexanderBirke: @leighalexander you can be a POSTCYPBERFEMINIST instead! 545204024770043906|Wed Dec 17 13:09:03 +0000 2014|I was born just a little too late. I should have been a 90s CYBERFEMINIST 545203945208283137|Wed Dec 17 13:08:44 +0000 2014|"The clitoris is a direct line to the matrix" -- 90s cyberfeminists http://boingboing.net/2014/12/16/the-clitoris-is-a-direct-line.html 545181178685575168|Wed Dec 17 11:38:16 +0000 2014|RT @rhizome: Powerful words about the Theresa Duncan CD-ROMs from @leighalexander on @BoingBoing http://boingboing.net/2014/12/16/help-preserve-feminist-video-g.html http://t.co/9mbrJe… 545181018614145024|Wed Dec 17 11:37:38 +0000 2014|RT @TransGeekMovie: I just backed Theresa Duncan CD-ROMs: Visionary Videogames for Girls http://kck.st/1wTMCuI via @BoingBoing via @leigh… 545181007297933312|Wed Dec 17 11:37:35 +0000 2014|RT @TransGeekMovie: "TNI Syllabus: Gaming and Feminism" A great resource. http://thenewinquiry.com/features/tni-syllabus-gaming-and-feminism/ via @leighalexander 545180897679798272|Wed Dec 17 11:37:09 +0000 2014|RT @Floatillion: @leighalexander Inspired by Lo-Fi Let's Plays, I cut up some paper. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5BwLubCYAATjft.png 544913640395403264|Tue Dec 16 17:55:10 +0000 2014|RT @kittyhorrorshow: my GOTY for 2014 was a small red box i found washed up by a creek, it hums gently and i've started having nightmares, … 544910601076887552|Tue Dec 16 17:43:05 +0000 2014|@fascinated been a hypem fan forevsies. thank YOU! 544899801150939136|Tue Dec 16 17:00:11 +0000 2014|@bagmanman you got through it quick! thanks so much for reading it and for the support. I'm glad you liked it! 544899740660666368|Tue Dec 16 16:59:56 +0000 2014|RT @bagmanman: Finished @leighalexander 's Clipping Through. Such a great read and a reminder why I love her work. Support her at http://t.… 544812092290007040|Tue Dec 16 11:11:39 +0000 2014|@kierongillen tl;dr Skaven 544811671563538432|Tue Dec 16 11:09:59 +0000 2014|We got our last minute tickets for @onelifeleft's Christmas party this Friday. Hope you are coming so that you can cheer for my holiday song 544803264337022976|Tue Dec 16 10:36:34 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @ollymoss DAD *slams door* 544802736110575616|Tue Dec 16 10:34:28 +0000 2014|@locust9 what a good cat 544802693181878272|Tue Dec 16 10:34:18 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @ollymoss you're going to make us have to race 544801611420549122|Tue Dec 16 10:30:00 +0000 2014|@AllenOzwriter (i also hope that it was refused for quality reasons, not concept reasons, i'm against that kinda gatekeeping) 544801215037837312|Tue Dec 16 10:28:26 +0000 2014|@AllenOzwriter don't care, idiot stunting, no reason to think it'd be good, not interested in rewarding concept with attention 544800308724269056|Tue Dec 16 10:24:50 +0000 2014|@vravn @alexhern stuff like this just enhances the 'TOO EDGY AND HOT FOR YOU HUH' vibe instead of the actual, mundane 'too bad and stupid' 544799981660815360|Tue Dec 16 10:23:32 +0000 2014|@Jakamofo EMERGENCY AT THE LAB, obviously. time portals opening, probably 544798938466123776|Tue Dec 16 10:19:23 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: …but I feel like Valve have such a stranglehold on the PC games market that I’m deeply uncomfortable with their acting as cen… 544798922221555712|Tue Dec 16 10:19:19 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: I hate the motivations behind the game, and think that there’s a moral responsibility not to give its awful devs money… 544798910041305088|Tue Dec 16 10:19:16 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: I’m honestly not sure what I think about Hatred being removed from Steam. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/16/hatred-shooter-removed-from-steam-gaming-site 544796489818857473|Tue Dec 16 10:09:39 +0000 2014|@vravn i don't remember it, but i remember the nocturnal illusions music which i liked... i think a lot of those games had good music... 544793377498484736|Tue Dec 16 09:57:17 +0000 2014|your child will learn about procedural AI, wordpress backends, and how to run drunk in heels 544792931170025472|Tue Dec 16 09:55:31 +0000 2014|my plan to offer a 'type up sessions with me' hardcore boot camp for 1 lucky child is not officially endorsed by gdc. but you can trust me 544792800446128129|Tue Dec 16 09:55:00 +0000 2014|@GriddleOctopus oh man i am SO busy these days but please ask me. i love sniffing babies' heads. 544792452629266432|Tue Dec 16 09:53:37 +0000 2014|Low-income attendees can join lottery for GDC pass http://www.gdconf.com/low-income-pass-lottery/ & there are scholarships thru partner orgs http://www.gdconf.com/attend/2015-scholarships.html 544791691639926784|Tue Dec 16 09:50:35 +0000 2014|There is childcare at GDC now. Tempted to go volunteer babysit instead of, like, learn about game development or w/e http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/232181/GDC_debuts_childcare_services_so_parents_can_attend_worryfree.php 544785296173588480|Tue Dec 16 09:25:10 +0000 2014|@deepFlaw @applecidermage @fubarpops he is factually gay, just also openly homophobic and self-loathing about it. not a speculative equation 544619873792696320|Mon Dec 15 22:27:51 +0000 2014|RT @hentaiphd: guess who just passed her defense & got her masters from nyu......... MEEEEEEE http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B47eGboCcAA8FPX.jpg 544619856893853696|Mon Dec 15 22:27:47 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd superstar 544575846686949377|Mon Dec 15 19:32:54 +0000 2014|@sarahkendzior at a speaking engagement a parent asked me during q&a 'what should i tell my daughter who wants to get into games?' i froze. 544568689614278656|Mon Dec 15 19:04:27 +0000 2014|@TheBuddhaSmiled @mattzollerseitz she's already paying airport prices, so she should have gone for hendrick's anyway. hmph!~ 544567609703034883|Mon Dec 15 19:00:10 +0000 2014|@TheBuddhaSmiled @mattzollerseitz she gets me 544565434834776064|Mon Dec 15 18:51:31 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @kittystryker glad i encourage you but i'm just doing it because you're awesome 544563973744754688|Mon Dec 15 18:45:43 +0000 2014|@kittystryker @jetta_rae @BoingBoing ladies 544551056534142976|Mon Dec 15 17:54:23 +0000 2014|RT @tauriqmoosa: My latest for @thedailybeast argues men need to stop defending male entitlement & combat creep attitudes toward women http… 544547335611908096|Mon Dec 15 17:39:36 +0000 2014|@texjoachim @marmaladegirl there's a kindle version included, yes 544518750125699073|Mon Dec 15 15:46:01 +0000 2014|@PetiteMistress Dina they just faint that's all 544504223728431104|Mon Dec 15 14:48:17 +0000 2014|@DrFishypants yay! I hope you enjoy x 544500670980968448|Mon Dec 15 14:34:10 +0000 2014|For every copy of my book about the games business you buy instead of Milo's Gamergate book, imagine he sheds a tear https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 544475000179531776|Mon Dec 15 12:52:10 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz @johnwarrender omg please can this just be stage 1 of a greater parody effort because this pic 544474529700278273|Mon Dec 15 12:50:18 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen @McKelvie @fubarpops believe it or not, that would compliment his career and intelligence too unfairly 544473813300555777|Mon Dec 15 12:47:27 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @fubarpops like every creep you ever rejected in college, amalgamated into some terrifying message-board demon 544472568598913025|Mon Dec 15 12:42:30 +0000 2014|@fubarpops hahah yeah. i've seen small man complex but 544471129734512640|Mon Dec 15 12:36:47 +0000 2014|@DavidNorthart the hair is too small!! :) 544470537456865280|Mon Dec 15 12:34:26 +0000 2014|RT @Jam_sponge: Can never get over how much of a colossal jeb-end Milo is. Be nice to your kids, guys - or you might end up creating anothe… 544470191959457793|Mon Dec 15 12:33:04 +0000 2014|@fubarpops (he's also younger than people realize and probably toxically closeted, so feel sorry for him) 544470014825615363|Mon Dec 15 12:32:21 +0000 2014|@fubarpops everyone has told me he is desperate for real media acceptance, and this is how he expresses frustration he can't get it 544469383293448192|Mon Dec 15 12:29:51 +0000 2014|RT @johnwarrender: A pattern emerges. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B45Oh82IcAIJMMg.jpg 544463041891696640|Mon Dec 15 12:04:39 +0000 2014|@anthonnnyyy there'll be a new video this week! 544461174616895488|Mon Dec 15 11:57:14 +0000 2014|Anyway, regular reminder that I keep my best work here http://leighalexander.net/selected-links/ (and approx 0 are 'about sexism') 544459728697696256|Mon Dec 15 11:51:29 +0000 2014|if you're a woman games writer: outspoken feminist? your legacy is 'ANGER' and 'social policing'. if you're not? INVISIBLE. it sucks. 544444154827509761|Mon Dec 15 10:49:36 +0000 2014|@adragonbee cool *puts on motorcycle helmet and mirror shades* 544442710971932673|Mon Dec 15 10:43:52 +0000 2014|@adragonbee want me to beat him up 544442686468788224|Mon Dec 15 10:43:46 +0000 2014|@adragonbee oh i'm sorry :( :( 544441763638022144|Mon Dec 15 10:40:06 +0000 2014|@adragonbee there are just so many levels of wtf going on that i probably just would have laughed in his face, like, meanly 544440850135416832|Mon Dec 15 10:36:28 +0000 2014|@adragonbee what did you do 544440760318566400|Mon Dec 15 10:36:07 +0000 2014|@tauriqmoosa one of these days you should in all seriousness invite one of them to come teach your class and then record what happens 544440392360660992|Mon Dec 15 10:34:39 +0000 2014|@adragonbee like, the definition of the word 'straight' and not the word 'heterosexual'? omfggggg that is a premise for a great sketch 544440315793661952|Mon Dec 15 10:34:21 +0000 2014|@adragonbee omg are you effing kidding? what do you even do at a time like that 544440154493313024|Mon Dec 15 10:33:42 +0000 2014|@tauriqmoosa well tauriq, i'm sure it helped and you had never seen the SPJ code of ethics before, as an ethics writer 544440024843165696|Mon Dec 15 10:33:11 +0000 2014|@Snasays then you don't get dictionary links, just pedantic explanations of how your career works and why you can't moderate comments 544439857582702593|Mon Dec 15 10:32:31 +0000 2014|RT @Snasays: @leighalexander how about 'ethics' or 'censorship'? 544439106806497280|Mon Dec 15 10:29:32 +0000 2014|Links to the dictionary from strangers play a big role in being a game critic. mostly links to 'satire' and 'racism' though 544438727725297664|Mon Dec 15 10:28:02 +0000 2014|@nixsight yeah, that was me ! 544438075053867008|Mon Dec 15 10:25:26 +0000 2014|@DStraker90 you have no idea what i went through when this game came out, boy 544437836221800448|Mon Dec 15 10:24:29 +0000 2014|@sispurrier you could do some deep literary-ass reads on that shit. emblems of eternal youth and perversion, hopelessness 544436741617516544|Mon Dec 15 10:20:09 +0000 2014|Being a game critic for a living means you probably can't talk about GTA without someone linking you to the dictionary defintion of 'satire' 544436211306491904|Mon Dec 15 10:18:02 +0000 2014|@SkyOtic fuck no. someone tell its creators that. 544436028975906817|Mon Dec 15 10:17:19 +0000 2014|@cynicalmonkey if they think that, then i do think they're that, etc 544434668817633281|Mon Dec 15 10:11:54 +0000 2014|I actually like playing GTA 5. It's breathtaking & I don't mind it's childish and embarrassing. But the 21st century's great art, it ain't. 544434350021181440|Mon Dec 15 10:10:38 +0000 2014|A lot of commercial games are getting weirder as the tech gets more sophisticated than the idea people behind them 544434240721813504|Mon Dec 15 10:10:12 +0000 2014|Here is @RichStanton with a few of those 'GTA has gotten kind of gross, dumb and lazy' points I like to make http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-12-13-rich-stanton-on-gtas-growing-pains 544433267341283328|Mon Dec 15 10:06:20 +0000 2014|RT @kawanabesatou: おつかれさん!! 今日もよぅ頑張った!! 大したもんやで! 今年もあと少しやで! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B442_VlCIAAGWGy.jpg 544428733231554561|Mon Dec 15 09:48:19 +0000 2014|@CaseyMalone (positions 4-8 had same prestige points; my strength of schedule was higher than 3rd place, so I kept up with the others ok!) 544205511416369152|Sun Dec 14 19:01:19 +0000 2014|RT @MammonMachine: A company can write nice apologizes and take progressive stances but unless they're employing humans who will execute th… 544195584597712896|Sun Dec 14 18:21:52 +0000 2014|@BrianNumberOne celebrity's 3! i can't fit it, but that IS a great idea 544193990778970113|Sun Dec 14 18:15:32 +0000 2014|i made a blue sun deck. to ease the pain of corporation transition i used all my influence on nbn operations 544189762945699840|Sun Dec 14 17:58:44 +0000 2014|@asponge ALICE GET OUT OF THE FOREST 544172575249924097|Sun Dec 14 16:50:26 +0000 2014|@Futurator It was my second. I'll probably try again! 544142693153394688|Sun Dec 14 14:51:42 +0000 2014|@Kharrak any one-pointer is good in a midseasons deck, but it's a fun little trap as usually nobody will float a tag 544140859055554561|Sun Dec 14 14:44:25 +0000 2014|@StevenBeargal they won't spend 5 to trash drip the way they'd spend 4. and if they do, good, i like a runner that can't avoid midseasons 544140591681245185|Sun Dec 14 14:43:21 +0000 2014|@StevenBeargal something about the difference between a 4 credit trash cost and a 5 makes a huge difference in runner behavior 544140350194196481|Sun Dec 14 14:42:23 +0000 2014|@doougle (i mean, within limits, obvs!) 544140137039675394|Sun Dec 14 14:41:32 +0000 2014|@doougle i just have to keep centrals locked down for the early game. if i have an astro and they have tags, i don't care what they steal 544139368026611712|Sun Dec 14 14:38:29 +0000 2014|@doougle it turned out that there's really only one trace that makes a difference and that's the midseasons one 544139037226074112|Sun Dec 14 14:37:10 +0000 2014|@doougle like, at first i changed only the face card and nothing else and it was still an improvement 544138953654554625|Sun Dec 14 14:36:50 +0000 2014|@doougle surprisingly, yeah. my econ comes up faster and i'm more encouraged to install/actually use Marked, so I can afford to pump traces 544138272826720258|Sun Dec 14 14:34:08 +0000 2014|@doougle everyone scoffs to me 'oh, you're playing NEH' and i have to be like 'I'M NOT REALLY' 544137207528030209|Sun Dec 14 14:29:54 +0000 2014|I put Enby online finally. I think I really ought to try playing a different corp now http://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/12250/enby 544135794437668864|Sun Dec 14 14:24:17 +0000 2014|@ollymoss remember, it's @Nelsormensch's fault 544133138403049472|Sun Dec 14 14:13:44 +0000 2014|@magicalinternet ya pretty much 544131404704260096|Sun Dec 14 14:06:51 +0000 2014|I will put up my (unbeaten yesterday!) corp decklist soon, I guess. The runner deck is nothing to write home about. 544131137715855360|Sun Dec 14 14:05:47 +0000 2014|I came in 8th of 46 overall at the Netrunner tournament yesterday. I guess I should have had slightly more confidence in myself. 544130385916227585|Sun Dec 14 14:02:48 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae whenever! reply wasn't really super necessary x 544130284569255936|Sun Dec 14 14:02:23 +0000 2014|@McKelvie yeah i guess! i suppose i hope you had fun with your friends 543952455386800128|Sun Dec 14 02:15:46 +0000 2014|Our holiday card @@thatbear @@marissacetin @@plimpfoul @@quinns108 http://instagram.com/p/wkezW3MDA_/ 543867770123718656|Sat Dec 13 20:39:15 +0000 2014|My NBN deck, Enby, went undefeated all day today in @quinns108's #Netrunner tournament. Proud! http://instagram.com/p/wj4SrPsDIN/ 543811456911671296|Sat Dec 13 16:55:29 +0000 2014|By some freak occurrence I'm at the top table! It's all downhill from here!!!! http://instagram.com/p/wjervssDBv/ 543765755666239488|Sat Dec 13 13:53:53 +0000 2014|My deck box has children's school encouragement stickers on http://instagram.com/p/wjJ5rJMDKM/ 543765203838849024|Sat Dec 13 13:51:41 +0000 2014|oh nooo tournament anxiety why am I doing this it'll be so embarrassing if I come in last noooo http://instagram.com/p/wjJpoGsDJ5/ 543749348597571584|Sat Dec 13 12:48:41 +0000 2014|I am that person instagramming my brunch in Dalston but I couldn't help it http://instagram.com/p/wjCcJpMDPq/ 543724037084839936|Sat Dec 13 11:08:07 +0000 2014|I'm playing in a Netrunner tournament today. It probably won't go well. 543702048941047809|Sat Dec 13 09:40:44 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly i think the only reason ppl do those things is so they can talk to people about them too much 543699002433474560|Sat Dec 13 09:28:38 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: There shouldn't be a "right choice", @leighalexander argues http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/232111/Telltales_Game_of_Thrones_and_the_thrill_of_choices_amidst_corruption.php http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4scewlCQAA99Ih.png 543530184713195520|Fri Dec 12 22:17:48 +0000 2014|It's great to champion creative trends, but we can't let pioneers be lost to history https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/710593842/theresa-duncan-cd-roms-visionary-videogames-for-gi?ref=hero_thanks 543529649520009216|Fri Dec 12 22:15:41 +0000 2014|RT @metasynthie: As @jennatar wrote, Duncan's pioneering games "represent the criminally underrepresented: the wild imagination of some gir… 543529636085637120|Fri Dec 12 22:15:38 +0000 2014|RT @metasynthie: Please support @rhizome's effort to preserve game history & restore Theresa Duncan's quirky, feminist CD-ROM games! https:… 543528728593444864|Fri Dec 12 22:12:01 +0000 2014|@metasynthie (i'll think about it) 543528667071410176|Fri Dec 12 22:11:47 +0000 2014|@metasynthie once i played this text adventure where you had to put everything BACK that you 'rescued' and it was funny 543526236539355136|Fri Dec 12 22:02:07 +0000 2014|@metasynthie you mean liek in bioshock where at the end it turn out u were a bad guy all along??? 543526041869123584|Fri Dec 12 22:01:21 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl bb who didn't, forgive yrself http://instagram.com/p/py827ZMDBi/?modal=true 543525172662509569|Fri Dec 12 21:57:54 +0000 2014|@metasynthie *stares blankly at u* 543523546669285377|Fri Dec 12 21:51:26 +0000 2014|@acarboni @Nelsormensch @ollymoss i am suddenly more excited for tomorrow's tournament 543520258141995009|Fri Dec 12 21:38:22 +0000 2014|@ollymoss i was planning to wear the nels earpiece tbh 543519743312142336|Fri Dec 12 21:36:19 +0000 2014|@Glinner @Quinns108 send a DM if so, you're welcome here! 543519593915228160|Fri Dec 12 21:35:43 +0000 2014|@ollymoss yeah, i'm totally even playing! 543519209255632897|Fri Dec 12 21:34:12 +0000 2014|@Glinner yes! I live with @Quinns108! 543518447741575170|Fri Dec 12 21:31:10 +0000 2014|@Glinner (i am still a strictly middling netrunner -- happy to play sometime if you ever get back into it! ) 543518242531471360|Fri Dec 12 21:30:21 +0000 2014|@Glinner gosh, thanks! 543517427699843072|Fri Dec 12 21:27:07 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz OMG I want to play this so bad. I love her 543516913813716992|Fri Dec 12 21:25:04 +0000 2014|I've been guest-blogging at Boing Boing! My author page there also contains many offbeat features and interviews <3 http://boingboing.net/author/leighalexander 543515936012398592|Fri Dec 12 21:21:11 +0000 2014|i mean, i also want to take baths in claw-footed tubs full of creme de la mer while drinking rare champagnes but ALSO stuff like that 543515804676132864|Fri Dec 12 21:20:40 +0000 2014|the main reason i want to get rich is so that i can do things like this http://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-visits-toys-us-pays-off-everybodys-layaway/story?id=27545537 543512051818430464|Fri Dec 12 21:05:45 +0000 2014|@Laralyn home remedy, i say 543510629823553536|Fri Dec 12 21:00:06 +0000 2014|So bummed about losing a Friday night to a persistent cold that I'm putting whiskey in my herbal tea ON PRINCIPLE 543509812244660224|Fri Dec 12 20:56:51 +0000 2014|@thomdunn @BoingBoing @jupiterpress that is awesome and committed 543509689091514368|Fri Dec 12 20:56:22 +0000 2014|RT @ElConquistadork: A great article from @leighalexander on the problem of choice in games, and how @telltalegames makes good with GoT. ht… 543509594254094336|Fri Dec 12 20:55:59 +0000 2014|RT @TransGeekMovie: "Some worthwhile cultural analysis on Gamergaters" by @leighalexander Especially good observations by @Quinnae_Moon htt… 543509527359152129|Fri Dec 12 20:55:43 +0000 2014|@locust9 @CheephackOprah lol 543509495843127296|Fri Dec 12 20:55:36 +0000 2014|RT @alex_segura: Missed this great essay by @leighalexander @BoingBoing: Twin Peaks & suspicion in small towns http://boingboing.net/2014/10/07/twin-peaks-and-suspicion-in-sm.html http:… 543393033635766272|Fri Dec 12 13:12:49 +0000 2014|any whiff of anti-capitalist politics getting games yanked from app store = censorship | moderating your shitty comments = not censorship 543391614786609152|Fri Dec 12 13:07:11 +0000 2014|@bombsfall just keep doing what you're doing 543358053681491968|Fri Dec 12 10:53:49 +0000 2014|@locust9 um how about just like you can't improve as a writer without reading a lot, game developers need to play stuff a lot 543357716648194048|Fri Dec 12 10:52:29 +0000 2014|@locust9 yeah, it's nice. i actually played it twice 543357078006685698|Fri Dec 12 10:49:57 +0000 2014|I wrote about Telltale's Game of Thrones game, and why it's such a fun world for the studio to do its thing in http://gamasutra.com/view/news/232111/Telltales_Game_of_Thrones_and_the_thrill_of_choices_amidst_corruption.php 543356097424154626|Fri Dec 12 10:46:03 +0000 2014|RT @tylercolp: The Papers, Please iOS issue means it's a good time to re-link @leighalexander's list of ethical problems in games. http://t… 543355950795862017|Fri Dec 12 10:45:28 +0000 2014|@limbclock i made a text game that was in a festival https://writer.inklestudios.com/stories/2rbj and i made a satirical game about sxsw https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23376336/sxswgame.html 543085055254753280|Thu Dec 11 16:49:01 +0000 2014|In case you missed it, we decided together on Gamasutra's top 10 developers of 2014 http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/232070/The_Top_10_Game_Developers_of_2014.php 543058834961760257|Thu Dec 11 15:04:50 +0000 2014|@bowbrick Oh! Thank you so much -- I just emailed you, ha ha! Thanks for passing it on, very pleased you liked it 543057295346008064|Thu Dec 11 14:58:43 +0000 2014|@bowbrick yes, thank you -- what's a good email address I can send one to? 543055773908336640|Thu Dec 11 14:52:40 +0000 2014|@alexhern @adragonbee if you destroy it you just tell them it failed your review and ask them to send another 543055159820296192|Thu Dec 11 14:50:14 +0000 2014|@MrPope my BRAIN needs a rust cleansing am i right folks 543054677588578304|Thu Dec 11 14:48:19 +0000 2014|@adragonbee @alexhern pour scotch on that 543054505332731905|Thu Dec 11 14:47:38 +0000 2014|i'm really humbled 543052146095431681|Thu Dec 11 14:38:15 +0000 2014|@acarboni good work dude 543048890287915008|Thu Dec 11 14:25:19 +0000 2014|RT @Sliwinski: Grats to @Vlambeer (@tha_rami) and @MsMinotaur for being recognized for their contributions by Gama. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/232070/The_Top_10_Game_Developers_of_2014.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+News%29 543030821050146816|Thu Dec 11 13:13:31 +0000 2014|@applecidermage that happened, yeah 543030341204971520|Thu Dec 11 13:11:37 +0000 2014|Fashion brand Bjorn Borg spoofs Hatred in its tie-in game trailer. Cute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WoV9Lai1CM&feature=youtu.be 543028982644736000|Thu Dec 11 13:06:13 +0000 2014|This is great -- some tales from the video game PR stunt heyday http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/12/11/games-pr-stunts-went-mad 543016989854543872|Thu Dec 11 12:18:33 +0000 2014|oh good officer, you're here -- i was about to feel attacked by someone who wasn't even talking to me. thank god for the tone police! 543016726645178368|Thu Dec 11 12:17:31 +0000 2014|there's always that one person who's like 'i resent being told to fuck off' when you CLEARLY were not talking to them 543005538754514944|Thu Dec 11 11:33:03 +0000 2014|@MsMinotaur @failnaut (it wasn't me who wrote it but i STAND 110% BEHIND IT #cheese ) 543005073564266498|Thu Dec 11 11:31:12 +0000 2014|Sade is punk as fuck http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/marginal-utility/sade-is-punk-as-fuck/ 543003860558938112|Thu Dec 11 11:26:23 +0000 2014|RT @stavvers: OH DEAR GOD JULIAN ASSANGE HOW DO YOU GET WORSE BY THE DAY http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/julian-assange-spearheads-funding-drive-for-lifesize-statue-of-himself-9916496.html 543003546732740608|Thu Dec 11 11:25:08 +0000 2014|@waxpancake it's always so lovely and pleasantly surprising, and interesting and well structured and and and 542994388922941440|Thu Dec 11 10:48:45 +0000 2014|RT @bombsfall: 2014 was, among other things, Year Of The Terrible Consumer 542993217332211712|Thu Dec 11 10:44:05 +0000 2014|@joethephish @inkleStudios (it was me. sorry for the typo!) 542992195297771520|Thu Dec 11 10:40:02 +0000 2014|@Arminposts *knuckles* 542992119833845760|Thu Dec 11 10:39:44 +0000 2014|@siobhanreddy thanks! we decided it as a group and then each chipped in 542991919820062720|Thu Dec 11 10:38:56 +0000 2014|@failnaut @MsMinotaur @gamasutra it's cause i ate cheese with her 542991467518906370|Thu Dec 11 10:37:08 +0000 2014|@jennatar it is imo 542991439601627136|Thu Dec 11 10:37:02 +0000 2014|RT @gamesbymanuel: @leighalexander Thus spoke Gamaustra 542990866022146049|Thu Dec 11 10:34:45 +0000 2014|I contributed to Gamaustra's Top 10 Developers of 2014. Cheers to all! http://gamasutra.com/view/news/232070/The_Top_10_Game_Developers_of_2014.php 542983106769469440|Thu Dec 11 10:03:55 +0000 2014|@adragonbee @alexhern @dukope @keefstuart DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO *politely rescues queen, heaps her with swans and guardian papers, flees* 542982470950731776|Thu Dec 11 10:01:23 +0000 2014|@adragonbee @alexhern @dukope @keefstuart OH YEAH? *dangles queen over canal* 542981866878685184|Thu Dec 11 09:58:59 +0000 2014|@alexhern @dukope @keefstuart YOU do it, I'm breaking ALL the rules *throws swans* 542981201729175553|Thu Dec 11 09:56:21 +0000 2014|@alexhern @dukope @keefstuart i make my OWN RULES *throws copies of the guardian into the canal* 542980723473653760|Thu Dec 11 09:54:27 +0000 2014|@alexhern @dukope does this mean it can be game of the year again 542980454446792704|Thu Dec 11 09:53:23 +0000 2014|RT @dukope: December 12th http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4inb1YCEAEP24v.jpg 542980057921486848|Thu Dec 11 09:51:48 +0000 2014|@bombsfall oh wow i keep forgetting to play that 542978808719368192|Thu Dec 11 09:46:50 +0000 2014|@Seniath i think u left them in 2010 #heyo 542978595308982272|Thu Dec 11 09:45:59 +0000 2014|just saying again this is a really nice comic and you should read it http://ohumanstar.com/archives/ 542977963105738752|Thu Dec 11 09:43:29 +0000 2014|@Seniath COOL PART OF TOWN IMO 542971970334490624|Thu Dec 11 09:19:40 +0000 2014|i may look like a Gamer Girl but i am secretly listening to ANI DIFRANCO on these headphones 542968188561293312|Thu Dec 11 09:04:38 +0000 2014|RT @artenvelope: Great article by @keefstuart on No Man's Sky and an upcoming generation of gamers (and hopefully developers too) http://… 542763737820979200|Wed Dec 10 19:32:13 +0000 2014|@BangBangClick two parts hot water, one part lemon, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, dollop of honey, whiskey, go! 542761850245750785|Wed Dec 10 19:24:43 +0000 2014|@BangBangClick i am JUST putting hot toddy stuff on the stove. 542761703021486080|Wed Dec 10 19:24:08 +0000 2014|@expdotzine yeah, i think the deck i want to build will sort of come together then 542761533408018433|Wed Dec 10 19:23:28 +0000 2014|@Daniel_Joseph i might as well be like, refreshing to my tournament opponents 542761471416221696|Wed Dec 10 19:23:13 +0000 2014|@Daniel_Joseph most anarch decks suck in the meta, i insist on playing anarch because i'm going to suck anyway so like 542760543564873728|Wed Dec 10 19:19:32 +0000 2014|@BangBangClick i wrote more than that ~ *thunder rumbles* 542756056624287744|Wed Dec 10 19:01:42 +0000 2014|Then it goes "just you wait, I'm going to become SO useful in a future expansion" and it's like ugh I've heard that before 542755855872311296|Wed Dec 10 19:00:54 +0000 2014|I just want to yell 'why are you still on this earth' into its face. I think I should replace it with a different card 542754855258181633|Wed Dec 10 18:56:56 +0000 2014|Every time I see Singularity in my runner deck it's like bumping into someone you don't remember why you slept with 542649414930935808|Wed Dec 10 11:57:57 +0000 2014|@bombsfall yep 542649024973897729|Wed Dec 10 11:56:24 +0000 2014|@bombsfall is it rude to want a trophy bc i totally do 542648972708687873|Wed Dec 10 11:56:11 +0000 2014|@bombsfall i totally do, least of all because i was having the BEST WRITING YEAR YET before this bs 542648838608416768|Wed Dec 10 11:55:39 +0000 2014|@doougle i'd like people to picture me sticking my head out on the porch and then slamming the door after each of my last tweets 542647909754630144|Wed Dec 10 11:51:58 +0000 2014|@adragonbee *gets to work* 542647880159600640|Wed Dec 10 11:51:51 +0000 2014|also if you're giving out awards my 'gamers are over' editorial is the games journalism of the year. i mean just in case. anyone? hey come b 542647589297205248|Wed Dec 10 11:50:41 +0000 2014|@radian_ it's a good thing to know how to do 542647188623740928|Wed Dec 10 11:49:06 +0000 2014|the video game of the year is netrunner. again. now get off my porch *slams door* 542647048622080002|Wed Dec 10 11:48:32 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen @alexhern i had one job, etc etc 542645752229818368|Wed Dec 10 11:43:23 +0000 2014|@alexhern @felix_cohen the iOS version was this year, but in the end, i like it much less http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/212230/A_Dark_Rooms_unique_journey_from_the_web_to_iOS.php 542645336494604288|Wed Dec 10 11:41:44 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen no 542644828941869056|Wed Dec 10 11:39:43 +0000 2014|it was really hard to think of a ten 'games of the year' this year. maybe NONE of you get ANYTHING *slams door* 542640071577702400|Wed Dec 10 11:20:49 +0000 2014|My man just came down from the village with lemsip and salt beef bagels for us both 542632935963521025|Wed Dec 10 10:52:28 +0000 2014|lol this can't be real http://kfor.com/2014/12/08/28-internet-acronyms-every-parent-should-know/ 542632388577488896|Wed Dec 10 10:50:17 +0000 2014|@elenacresci NO. need to find 542626961672376320|Wed Dec 10 10:28:43 +0000 2014|@elenacresci -- it was obvious no brides were actually going to have their moderate and reasonable dreams crushed by their clueless fiances 542626877450764288|Wed Dec 10 10:28:23 +0000 2014|@elenacresci i really liked that show even though -- 542626185843580929|Wed Dec 10 10:25:38 +0000 2014|@elenacresci Don't Tell Elena 542622136515690496|Wed Dec 10 10:09:33 +0000 2014|@bonzrat LEGO MOVIE 542612746593136640|Wed Dec 10 09:32:14 +0000 2014|RT @onathanats: @xoxogossipgita https://www.youtube.com/user/leighalexander1 (@leighalexander is, like, the Bob Ross of LPs. So serene.) 542607609699000322|Wed Dec 10 09:11:49 +0000 2014|RT @AntonHarneby: @leighalexander You have never encountered mild criticism as well 542343942076116992|Tue Dec 09 15:44:06 +0000 2014|RT @abestein: @leighalexander I've had similar, complicated reactions. This article did a great job expressing my discomforts. http://t.co/… 542343517407043585|Tue Dec 09 15:42:25 +0000 2014|@GravityPixel no, it's just a blog post 542336729831989248|Tue Dec 09 15:15:27 +0000 2014|That was a 'nuanced opinion' I just intended to express, btw, cool your heels, no one said it was 'bad' 542335328502444032|Tue Dec 09 15:09:53 +0000 2014|I'm really into Serial, but I also sometimes feel uncomfortable about the ways a crime's become public property http://boingboing.net/2014/12/09/serial-and-the-uncomfortable-s.html 542330477206851584|Tue Dec 09 14:50:36 +0000 2014|@fubarpops T_T 542329062115770368|Tue Dec 09 14:44:59 +0000 2014|@fubarpops show about your love life called 'silicon valley' 542328685991563264|Tue Dec 09 14:43:29 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge i like when it does that graphics thing. it's 'efficient'. it also kind of reminds me of having a migraine, though, so hey 542325678029697024|Tue Dec 09 14:31:32 +0000 2014|"dealing w white men who have been coddled their entire lives, and they have rarely encountered even mild criticism" http://www.technologyreview.com/qa/533096/a-feminist-critique-of-silicon-valley/ 542321883384147969|Tue Dec 09 14:16:27 +0000 2014|@samusclone that is a very sweet and encouraging thing to say, thank you 542321329467580416|Tue Dec 09 14:14:15 +0000 2014|@samusclone i spend plenty of time going 'hrrnnnnnn' with my finger hovering over the 'send' button of various devices 542320376488157184|Tue Dec 09 14:10:28 +0000 2014|@alexhern OH GOD *hides in the girls' lockers* 542319864162299904|Tue Dec 09 14:08:26 +0000 2014|@alexhern urgghhhh everybody is going to be whispering about who i 'like' by the end of the day arent they 542319045140574208|Tue Dec 09 14:05:10 +0000 2014|It is exponentially harder for me to ask talented people to work together with me than it is for me to ask someone out or do almost anything 542281747862683648|Tue Dec 09 11:36:58 +0000 2014|@CThursten @kirkhamilton yes 542281243053031424|Tue Dec 09 11:34:58 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton when was that ever part of this offering etc 542280444029722624|Tue Dec 09 11:31:47 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton lol hahah did people really think there would be 'more story' 542280329781059584|Tue Dec 09 11:31:20 +0000 2014|@CThursten @kirkhamilton yeah i feel like i actually have to do something like that 542279870055993345|Tue Dec 09 11:29:30 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton patrol cosmodome vanguard bounty. ocean of storms, moon 542279722194182145|Tue Dec 09 11:28:55 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton maybe that's why 'nope' is in the name 542279494321831936|Tue Dec 09 11:28:01 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton wearing my little rasberry and bringing doctor nope and bad seed down to see army master omnigul 542279334787305472|Tue Dec 09 11:27:23 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton (quinns is playing) 542278956578537473|Tue Dec 09 11:25:52 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton SIEGE OF THE WARMIND 542273075023450112|Tue Dec 09 11:02:30 +0000 2014|I was looking at this gallery of pics from Serial locations & ad for 'Gucci Guilty' perfume popped up :( http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2014/dec/04/serial-podcast-in-pictures 542272799021486080|Tue Dec 09 11:01:24 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton kill sardon the fist of crota before the hive wake crota soul. eris morn bounty. radiant shard 542272548034334720|Tue Dec 09 11:00:25 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton warlock vanguard viper spine. the dark below package. ghost angel leg armor 542272024824258560|Tue Dec 09 10:58:20 +0000 2014|@hunktears yeah i figured. here have some extra credits 542271853625344000|Tue Dec 09 10:57:39 +0000 2014|@BitSocket oh man 542271779088379904|Tue Dec 09 10:57:21 +0000 2014|@hunktears im the professor of this 542270241540411393|Tue Dec 09 10:51:15 +0000 2014|@bombsfall that's really fun to do with a buddy 542269728098877441|Tue Dec 09 10:49:12 +0000 2014|@mattthr @cs87 @failnaut @SimonParkin @robertflorence and i'm a horrible person 542269674831249408|Tue Dec 09 10:49:00 +0000 2014|@mattthr @cs87 @failnaut @SimonParkin @robertflorence none of us are new! 542248947734310912|Tue Dec 09 09:26:38 +0000 2014|RT @Misterbiceps: Why does the phrase "Black lives matter" make ppl so uncomfortable? We didn't say "White lives don't matter" or "Only bla… 542248364788953088|Tue Dec 09 09:24:19 +0000 2014|RT @timmaughan: My favourite recent @GreatDismal quote. And why so much SF misses the point. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4ZhcX0IMAAeELB.jpg 542240582132060160|Tue Dec 09 08:53:23 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton bro i couldn't wait for you to get to that part 542057599374737409|Mon Dec 08 20:46:17 +0000 2014|@EmmaHForster @LodgeCastIron @HairySammoth used cinnamon sticks and everything! patient simmering! i'm so impressed! 542056995680165888|Mon Dec 08 20:43:53 +0000 2014|RT @toad_stone: @leighalexander This cool RPG is made by a woman developer and needs funding. Think you could help spread the word? https:/… 542049639563005953|Mon Dec 08 20:14:39 +0000 2014|We're really enjoying This War of Mine. It's dark but good. I like games about the nuances of preservation and survival, vs confrontation 542038811036098560|Mon Dec 08 19:31:37 +0000 2014|@StackMonster @ElizSimins again, boo hoo -- they had a choice, i didn't 542038458903310336|Mon Dec 08 19:30:13 +0000 2014|@HairySammoth @EmmaHForster merry christmas! 542038396672434178|Mon Dec 08 19:29:59 +0000 2014|@coyotejones i feel i have the right to withdraw my neck and reduce my stress. i dunno if i'd respect dudes who defaulted to it. 542038101154340864|Mon Dec 08 19:28:48 +0000 2014|@HairySammoth @EmmaHForster (it's meant to be bourbon, but I like rum with it. Splash of cognac or brandy? Hell, put them all in) 542037919285116928|Mon Dec 08 19:28:05 +0000 2014|@tellahtruth @ElizSimins well, i really believe they just don't KNOW, and don't have the capacity to cope with knowing. old guard. 542037148723998721|Mon Dec 08 19:25:01 +0000 2014|@tellahtruth @ElizSimins i think many of them believe this is no different from other kinds of trolling they received in the 'magazine days' 542036657567195136|Mon Dec 08 19:23:04 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins so i think it's easier for them to hide and reduce stress for themselves, rather than recognize it as a wider 'thing' 542036562331308034|Mon Dec 08 19:22:41 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins - these dudes are not, and have had long careers largely without prominent personalized hatred. they aren't equipped to deal. 542036458056732672|Mon Dec 08 19:22:16 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins also, i think people like us are acclimated to environments of conflict and randos just shitting on us just because we're here - 542036266205073408|Mon Dec 08 19:21:31 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins yes, any deviation from the status quo makes them uncomfortable, whether it is caused by them or us 542036075922071552|Mon Dec 08 19:20:45 +0000 2014|@48ONIRAM i thought 'microcastle' was also really user friendly 542035230228766721|Mon Dec 08 19:17:24 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins ive no choice but to deduce they secretly want it that way; that they hate GG and YET see more in common w them than w us 542034552244695040|Mon Dec 08 19:14:42 +0000 2014|@ellaguro i mean, it's one of my better-loved albums overall, p much everything is great 542034496057802752|Mon Dec 08 19:14:29 +0000 2014|@ellaguro coronado is cool too i think 542034320186441728|Mon Dec 08 19:13:47 +0000 2014|This is one of my most favorite songs. One thing about Bradford Cox songs is that sometimes the ending is the … http://t.thisismyjam.com/leighalexander/_9cjf7ny 542033588112596993|Mon Dec 08 19:10:52 +0000 2014|apparently bradford cox was in a car accident -- seems he will be okay but best wishes to him anyway. he's one of my favorite-favorites 542032727034589185|Mon Dec 08 19:07:27 +0000 2014|Whenever @marcrileydj's show is on the kitchen radio I always end up cleaning everything in there, not just the dishes #pumped 542007847316627457|Mon Dec 08 17:28:35 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: This week on @ShutUpShow we're doing our list of the best board games ever. EVER. http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/susds-top-25-games-ever-25-21/ 542004828445356033|Mon Dec 08 17:16:35 +0000 2014|RT @drewmmichaels: A spectacular illustration of the weird, circuitous two-way exchanges between Disney and anime. (HT @leighalexander) htt… 541979158851907585|Mon Dec 08 15:34:35 +0000 2014|@uglymachine ahahah 541972401966546944|Mon Dec 08 15:07:44 +0000 2014|@colettebennett same 541971645653856257|Mon Dec 08 15:04:44 +0000 2014|@alexhern but how does Puddle of Mudd feel? 541970650123239424|Mon Dec 08 15:00:46 +0000 2014|@samusclone yeah i mean the same bullshit happens to all of us and it's hard to tell people what we need them to do instead of what they do 541964110133735424|Mon Dec 08 14:34:47 +0000 2014|@samusclone I'm glad it helps, I hoped it would 541963863940661248|Mon Dec 08 14:33:49 +0000 2014|you know shit is getting real now that the guy from 'disturbed' is involved ... OO WA A A A https://twitter.com/DAVIDMDRAIMAN/status/541962624771317761 541963435291213824|Mon Dec 08 14:32:06 +0000 2014|@samusclone probably things i say and delete on a daily basis 541962843810430976|Mon Dec 08 14:29:45 +0000 2014|@samusclone recently comments on a totally unrelated article i posted elsewhere devolved into an argument re my 'telling people what to do' 541954443160592384|Mon Dec 08 13:56:22 +0000 2014|I also posted about my favorite animated film http://boingboing.net/2014/12/08/did-this-1975-anime-inspire-di.html 541954135156084736|Mon Dec 08 13:55:09 +0000 2014|I'm guest-blogging at @BoingBoing for a bit and clearly take every opportunity to talk about egg nog http://boingboing.net/2014/12/08/making-egg-nog-for-the-british.html 541910148865069056|Mon Dec 08 11:00:22 +0000 2014|Here is @Quinns108 on drinking games http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/quinns-favourite-drinking-games/ 541891813637111809|Mon Dec 08 09:47:30 +0000 2014|googling 'how to put ending on story' 'what is ending' 541878668424134656|Mon Dec 08 08:55:16 +0000 2014|RT @R3nDom: This GTA-critique > http://slate.me/1yrvhyS by @leighalexander inspired me to do a video about Michael's Truman Show: http://t.c… 541854178113753088|Mon Dec 08 07:17:57 +0000 2014|@hunktears @madamezooble @helengross as it should be 541853545495293952|Mon Dec 08 07:15:27 +0000 2014|@hunktears @madamezooble @helengross you know i already read this many times 541679837497544704|Sun Dec 07 19:45:11 +0000 2014|@fullbright @therealcliffyb WHO SAID U COULD MAKE VIDO GAMES STEVE GAYNOR 541667423481761792|Sun Dec 07 18:55:52 +0000 2014|@dennis_lenart good job keeping that from *~me~ * 541665747391750145|Sun Dec 07 18:49:12 +0000 2014|that vivian james style tho https://imgflip.com/gif/f0zaw 541659247793414144|Sun Dec 07 18:23:22 +0000 2014|@therealcliffyb do you have a degree in starting a company cliffy bc if not your company is probably not real *strokes chin* 541659143724339200|Sun Dec 07 18:22:58 +0000 2014|@gaffe_tape yes, the annual standards are set by a carefully-selected quorum of random forum nerds with no experience in your field 541657241234202624|Sun Dec 07 18:15:24 +0000 2014|@aokarim ah wicked -- thank you, I hope you enjoy it! 541655079787704320|Sun Dec 07 18:06:49 +0000 2014|Anyway, gamergnats constantly remind me I can't possibly be a journalist as I have an acting degree. Aw. They still think degrees matter. 541654953719517186|Sun Dec 07 18:06:19 +0000 2014|I just wanna be an engaging, entertaining writer w a perspective useful to bigger conversations. No longer give a rat's ass re 'journalism' 541654718561669120|Sun Dec 07 18:05:23 +0000 2014|I always thought I should be a better 'reporter'. I will never be a good 'reporter.', I guess (most recent example http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/211139/Irrational_Games_journalism_and_airing_dirty_laundry.php) 541654309612822528|Sun Dec 07 18:03:45 +0000 2014|Reporters are not your friends. Listen to @BigMeanInternet http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/12/journalism-mediaethicsrollingstonereporting.html?utm_content=opinion&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow 541644238182957056|Sun Dec 07 17:23:44 +0000 2014|@ElisaRockDoc im on a 2nd playthrough so i can just be a dick to margaery 541642146529673218|Sun Dec 07 17:15:25 +0000 2014|GoT franchise is a good fit for the Telltale "style" because it's characterized by 'no actual good choices,' therefore less simplistic play 541641935262580738|Sun Dec 07 17:14:35 +0000 2014|The Cersei part was the best part of the game but I mean @IAMLenaHeadey is basically the queen of my life/heart anyway 541641172511637504|Sun Dec 07 17:11:33 +0000 2014|Finished ep 1 of Telltale's Game of Thrones. I do like the way it replicates the canon's interesting and complicated decisions. 541621707547901952|Sun Dec 07 15:54:12 +0000 2014|i've decided that at 430 i can mull wine 541587765528645633|Sun Dec 07 13:39:20 +0000 2014|@scanters at least now if we ever have babies we'll already have worked out some of our choreography 541585404403937281|Sun Dec 07 13:29:57 +0000 2014|@scanters then somebody runs by naked and it's like not even a mother, she's just carrying streamers 541578307658330112|Sun Dec 07 13:01:45 +0000 2014|@scanters glitter caplets you eat before feeding that make the milk sparkle 541577955705909249|Sun Dec 07 13:00:21 +0000 2014|'ostentatious' breast feeding... read tatler's report on cartier's brand new diamond breast pump 541577559046373376|Sun Dec 07 12:58:46 +0000 2014|ostentatiously juggling baby from one breast to the other, milk arcing performatively through the air 541577453861605376|Sun Dec 07 12:58:21 +0000 2014|what is 'ostentatious' breast feeding? has farage seen people like standing on cafe tables with their tops off or something 541576921558319105|Sun Dec 07 12:56:14 +0000 2014|@scanters good let's GET OUT OF HERE 541559961227378688|Sun Dec 07 11:48:51 +0000 2014|i want to watch the pewdiepie south park episode but all i can find is videos of pewdiepie playing the south park game 541548769880588288|Sun Dec 07 11:04:22 +0000 2014|RT @Kotaku_UK: Fullbright's new game is Tacoma and it's set on the moon http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/12/06/fullbrights-new-game-tacoma-set-moon 541547151126716416|Sun Dec 07 10:57:56 +0000 2014|i mean, if i were marketing coke i'm sure i'd screw something up and the DEA would get involved and that'd be it 541546782376075264|Sun Dec 07 10:56:29 +0000 2014|RT @MadeByGames: @leighalexander Could you RT this @GamesRadar is doing a 24 hour gamemarathon for @CPCharity on http://twitch.tv/gamesradar #Fo… 541545592548507648|Sun Dec 07 10:51:45 +0000 2014|if i were in marketing at coke i would have christmas 6-packs of tiny bottles that say [share a coke with] JESUS on them 541545118940266496|Sun Dec 07 10:49:52 +0000 2014|RT @emergency_fox: ALWAYS PET YOUR LOCAL FOX http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4PypNOIgAAvMeB.jpg 541544323511513088|Sun Dec 07 10:46:42 +0000 2014|@clarafv @Chargeorge @rupazero ya 541318394205970432|Sat Dec 06 19:48:57 +0000 2014|@108 i wish i could get away w tweets like this 541316894595510273|Sat Dec 06 19:42:59 +0000 2014|@smestorp one of my fave experiences this year 541309791013208064|Sat Dec 06 19:14:45 +0000 2014|I don't watch/attend them much anymore and I never seem to have missed anything and feel lucky I don't have to make news from them anymore 541308714343755776|Sat Dec 06 19:10:29 +0000 2014|I think after like eight years of doing this I've learned that every video game press conference is exactly the same thing 540939686878150656|Fri Dec 05 18:44:06 +0000 2014|@kierongillen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f197KkaJMm0 540937099319738369|Fri Dec 05 18:33:49 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Debut 540937016859709442|Fri Dec 05 18:33:29 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible HOW. there should be a game only about that. 540936848483561472|Fri Dec 05 18:32:49 +0000 2014|RT @Paste_Design: Diagram The Deal With Jay With Michelle Rial's #serialpodcast Charts http://bit.ly/1tRCmCa http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4G2pc-CIAEmASP.png 540925635334774784|Fri Dec 05 17:48:16 +0000 2014|@EvNarc hahah 540925501691682817|Fri Dec 05 17:47:44 +0000 2014|@Rip_Tyed @tastenotouch @Real4xor y'all need to stop this gamerg*te shit. you're setting back my best arguments on behalf of games years. 540924890589954048|Fri Dec 05 17:45:18 +0000 2014|don't panic y'all, i just flatironed it, goes back to normal when wet 540924774504206337|Fri Dec 05 17:44:50 +0000 2014|@Rip_Tyed @tastenotouch @Real4xor and the more people act like assholes when i try, the more i reconsider standing up for them 540924603355631616|Fri Dec 05 17:44:09 +0000 2014|@Rip_Tyed @tastenotouch @Real4xor i still feel that way. i just want to talk about other things, too. 540922208366133248|Fri Dec 05 17:34:38 +0000 2014|@edfear you can tell it ain't been cut/styled since about 1998 tho 540921689434247168|Fri Dec 05 17:32:35 +0000 2014|Let's mull wine and iron our hair against the cold http://instagram.com/p/wO8kdfMDHi/ 540895911598374912|Fri Dec 05 15:50:09 +0000 2014|@fubarpops if you have an hdmi slot on your tv, it might say HDMI under it so you can know for sure http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201736 540889733074001920|Fri Dec 05 15:25:36 +0000 2014|@thatsatanicpony @LaurakBuzz yeah i'd do that 540886634552901633|Fri Dec 05 15:13:17 +0000 2014|@toughshank i got it from raw cookie dough D: D: 540886138341576704|Fri Dec 05 15:11:19 +0000 2014|@toughshank you can, in America. I have had it! oh my god it was the worst 540885713349529601|Fri Dec 05 15:09:37 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz re4, mgs3, literally any fighting game with lots of babes in it 540885153082785792|Fri Dec 05 15:07:24 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz sometime! it'd be hard to schedule right now BUT 540883651471618048|Fri Dec 05 15:01:26 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell (i will invite you next time i make egg nog!) 540883618902847488|Fri Dec 05 15:01:18 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell I'm beginning to realize that in this country, Starbucks is your only source of quality holiday flavors D: 540883275183439872|Fri Dec 05 14:59:56 +0000 2014|The variation popular in Puerto Rico, starring coconut milk, rum and condensed milk, is also a must-do. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/coquito-2/ 540883033092812800|Fri Dec 05 14:58:58 +0000 2014|i like to put a little liquid vanilla in mine. some ppl like to simmer the milk for longer with cinnamon sticks & bean pods, but i'm lazy. 540882902679310336|Fri Dec 05 14:58:27 +0000 2014|@NotInventedHere that you drink 540882562491899904|Fri Dec 05 14:57:06 +0000 2014|whisk 12 egg yolks, simmer ~4 cups milk, ~1 cup sugar, cinammon, nutmeg, pinch ginger; combine all, add ~1 cup double cream, tons of bourbon 540882061037699072|Fri Dec 05 14:55:07 +0000 2014|I didn't even know what "brandy cream" was supposed to be, but I bought it anyway and put it in my egg nog. BRANDY ALEXANDER egg nog 540881945220378625|Fri Dec 05 14:54:39 +0000 2014|jfc... christmas at M&S is some harry potter shit... "goose fat" "brandy cream" "mince pies" "golden treacle" 540881906402086912|Fri Dec 05 14:54:30 +0000 2014|@marmaladegirl we still have salmonella scares and it doesn't stop us (i got salmonella once and it was the worst time and STILL egg nog) 540860501002293248|Fri Dec 05 13:29:26 +0000 2014|(i learned American eggs are power-washed, making them porous & in need of fridge. In UK they simply VACCINATE THE CHICKENS.) 540860344034680832|Fri Dec 05 13:28:49 +0000 2014|making egg nog for my british friends tonight. weird it's not a 'thing' here, especially as there's so much less risk of egg-borne disease 540855225243160576|Fri Dec 05 13:08:28 +0000 2014|RT @OFFLIFE_comic: What would a Riot Grrl comic zine look like? We ate burgers with Double Dare Ya to find out: http://offlife.co.uk/2014/12/burgers-with-the-creators-of-double-dare-ya/ http… 540849359420928000|Fri Dec 05 12:45:10 +0000 2014|RT @max_read: the top youtube comment on sam smith's restart video http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4F6-vmCQAA1Q79.png 540831158498762752|Fri Dec 05 11:32:51 +0000 2014|i don't think i'm smart enough to play hadean lands... i'm supposed to be good at these ... *cries, puts big dumb game of thrones back on* 540818687432081408|Fri Dec 05 10:43:17 +0000 2014|@avestal @EdStern someone should tell him to cry more. his tears are entertaining etc etc 540813142595743744|Fri Dec 05 10:21:15 +0000 2014|@creatorsdilemma that's a high number. is one of them you 540813054255321088|Fri Dec 05 10:20:54 +0000 2014|In my critique of GTA V, I said I found it complacent and tragic (in an interesting way) http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/gaming/2013/09/grand_theft_auto_v_review_a_rebel_game_that_forgot_how_to_be_transgressive.html 540812835182612480|Fri Dec 05 10:20:02 +0000 2014|With GTA V in the news again, revisit my piece on 'edginess' and transgression in games http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/27/gta-v-transgressive-video-games 540812443866660864|Fri Dec 05 10:18:29 +0000 2014|@ateenwitch @WeirdBirdPal yes, every greyjoy but asha is a tremendous dumbass 540812210797572096|Fri Dec 05 10:17:33 +0000 2014|RT @kezamacdonald: I think @Serrels' take on Australian shops' GTA V ban is spot on: we have to accept games' problems to move forward http… 540810822499708929|Fri Dec 05 10:12:02 +0000 2014|@segachanneldad to be fair, blow drying my hair requires such patient wrenching that i probably wouldn't have the reaction time for GoT 540809568184725504|Fri Dec 05 10:07:03 +0000 2014|i haven't made an appointment to let someone else do my hair in like six years. pretty sure my mixed girls know how i'm feeling 540800215041990656|Fri Dec 05 09:29:53 +0000 2014|do you think the hairstylist will be offended if I bring my laptop so I can play game of thrones during the blow dry 540791148156305408|Fri Dec 05 08:53:51 +0000 2014|@ultrabrilliant replace 'amiibos' with 'anything to do with video games' 540789429674442752|Fri Dec 05 08:47:02 +0000 2014|'shitlington crags' is a real place and so is 'upper dicker' http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/heres-a-map-of-all-the-rude-place-names-in-the-uk 540570164937625600|Thu Dec 04 18:15:45 +0000 2014|"May the devil have mercy," mutters @Quinns108 bitterly, pained. He has jet lag 540555839262961664|Thu Dec 04 17:18:49 +0000 2014|Anyone in Austin want a haunted sword (h/t @awawro) https://austin.craigslist.org/atq/4786268922.html 540546387042369536|Thu Dec 04 16:41:16 +0000 2014|@bursaar thank you! i hope you enjoy it! 540525689842438145|Thu Dec 04 15:19:01 +0000 2014|RT @Ljay90: @leighalexander spoiler alert, it makes a pretty good gift. 540525315228180480|Thu Dec 04 15:17:32 +0000 2014|My book, Clipping Through, would make a good Christmas present. Or maybe not but I have to ask you to buy it anyway https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 540517186125963265|Thu Dec 04 14:45:14 +0000 2014|@acosmos PM2 was so good 540514849126875136|Thu Dec 04 14:35:56 +0000 2014|@acosmos but there are a few of them where i can still basically see what i liked about them 540514727374618624|Thu Dec 04 14:35:27 +0000 2014|@acosmos most of them seem pretty ugly and disturbing to me now, i guess 540513566751989760|Thu Dec 04 14:30:51 +0000 2014|@acosmos that type of game is NOT my area of interest 540512741442981888|Thu Dec 04 14:27:34 +0000 2014|@acosmos my favorite character on 'the maid's story' is obsessed with exterminating germs via ultraviolet light #erotic 540512350710022144|Thu Dec 04 14:26:01 +0000 2014|@acosmos are you excited yet http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4BJHk_CYAEOYmy.jpg 540512290509164545|Thu Dec 04 14:25:46 +0000 2014|@acosmos http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4BJEEdCMAA93dd.jpg 540512063714770945|Thu Dec 04 14:24:52 +0000 2014|@acosmos many of these games featured needlessly-detailed mansions and an obsession with furnishings http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4BI23pCYAIJOaY.jpg 540511543239405568|Thu Dec 04 14:22:48 +0000 2014|@acosmos staring eyes, terrifying discomfort noises 540511490688970753|Thu Dec 04 14:22:36 +0000 2014|@acosmos mostly this terrifying garbage http://tss.asenheim.org/ 540511262904700928|Thu Dec 04 14:21:41 +0000 2014|But, I mean. Soon it will be Christmas. So maybe the series will have some well-loved favorites after all. 540510813782835200|Thu Dec 04 14:19:54 +0000 2014|@whateversusan i plan to do well-loved titles for holidays and things :) 540510466133745664|Thu Dec 04 14:18:31 +0000 2014|@acosmos ALTHOUGH the games that were popular in my youth are now so old that modern nerds have never heard of them so #cred 540510320872407041|Thu Dec 04 14:17:57 +0000 2014|@acosmos i couldn't keep up with you anymore 540510002814144512|Thu Dec 04 14:16:41 +0000 2014|@thatsatanicpony god bless gog 540509950867681280|Thu Dec 04 14:16:29 +0000 2014|@acosmos someone in my position can't win -- either dudes are trying to impress/intimidate you, or mansplain/nurture you 540509741567737856|Thu Dec 04 14:15:39 +0000 2014|@bookscout yeah, i have that one 540509692070723585|Thu Dec 04 14:15:27 +0000 2014|@smestorp lol 540509621195386880|Thu Dec 04 14:15:10 +0000 2014|@thatsatanicpony I agree -- gotta find a version that I can emulate nicely, though, and I haven't yet 540509532334854145|Thu Dec 04 14:14:49 +0000 2014|@DataFran yeah, that's on the list 540508979332644864|Thu Dec 04 14:12:37 +0000 2014|@newton64 that's the one i'm working on now. 540508757764354048|Thu Dec 04 14:11:44 +0000 2014|'Surely,' he thought, 'this meditative and verbal style of Let's Play would be a good fit for this hilarious alien shooter I once had!' 540508625719275520|Thu Dec 04 14:11:13 +0000 2014|I've 17 episodes devoted to the study of adventures, but it doesn't seem to stop people from requesting action games https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA 540508308487286784|Thu Dec 04 14:09:57 +0000 2014|'Hm,' he thought, stroking his beard, 'I wonder if this vintage gaming expert and obscure software fan has heard of this LucasArts game' 540508091088138240|Thu Dec 04 14:09:05 +0000 2014|Now that vacation is over, Lo-Fi Let's Plays will resume. I will hear requests, but make sure you don't suggest successful, obvious titles 540506320244592640|Thu Dec 04 14:02:03 +0000 2014|@selmaleh you will always receive heavily biased preferential treatment from me and i will shamelessly promote you 540506023824752640|Thu Dec 04 14:00:52 +0000 2014|RT @lee_stott: @agencyforgames new Games Design Consultancy from Steve and @leighalexander @CEGamesLab #gamedev http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B38OS3QIUAEcWok.jpg 540505883328151553|Thu Dec 04 14:00:19 +0000 2014|We had a great time at @CEGamesLab -- thanks kindly for having us! 540059933723860992|Wed Dec 03 08:28:16 +0000 2014|"Its got lots of platforms and I like trains. Euston station is great" https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=euston+station&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS582US582&oq=euston+station&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l5.1726j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x48761b23f9215735:0xa5428a5c064ffdaa,1 539827027977994240|Tue Dec 02 17:02:47 +0000 2014|@expdotzine yeah i kind of started building that way and i was like eh i will prob end up giving up going full quetzal eventually 539814566067462144|Tue Dec 02 16:13:16 +0000 2014|RT @TheQuinnspiracy: As an industry are we just going to stay silent on shit like this? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B33No7aCIAIJA4B.jpg 539809994473242624|Tue Dec 02 15:55:06 +0000 2014|@Pittfurg that's just playing Reina. it seems so good, but it hurts so bad 539809423871705089|Tue Dec 02 15:52:50 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch LIVE FAST DIE YOUNG #anarchs 539807008653049856|Tue Dec 02 15:43:14 +0000 2014|@smestorp @kiehlmanniac gimmick draw econ #oraclemay #motivation 539804163732172800|Tue Dec 02 15:31:56 +0000 2014|@jasonkapalka i should include a part where 'Leigh Alexander walks by, scoffing dispassionately at these unrelatable problems' 539804067539988480|Tue Dec 02 15:31:33 +0000 2014|@jasonkapalka i like writing about women with problems, but everyone will always assume they are my problems 539803581537591296|Tue Dec 02 15:29:37 +0000 2014|@jasonkapalka that much is profoundly evident, as the protagonists are wildly similar 539803396971446272|Tue Dec 02 15:28:53 +0000 2014|@jasonkapalka that is such a good idea 539802436433883136|Tue Dec 02 15:25:04 +0000 2014|@tinycartridge that sounds like something a smart person who is good at this game would do 539802243537846272|Tue Dec 02 15:24:18 +0000 2014|@ollymoss *sunglasses, double fingerguns, twirls around* YEAH 539801996208119809|Tue Dec 02 15:23:19 +0000 2014|i mean like who REALLY needs draw in their deck, make room for gimmicks! #skills #tips #netrunner #hottips #winning 539800786684100608|Tue Dec 02 15:18:31 +0000 2014|@BusinessWolfUK if there's any way to reliably perform well at netrunner it's INTERESTING LOOKING DECKS amirite #no 539800477966540800|Tue Dec 02 15:17:17 +0000 2014|i'm addicted to suffering http://netrunner.meteor.com/decks/3XdCjAJpmYvXvrzEk #netrunner 539784540731215872|Tue Dec 02 14:13:57 +0000 2014|@aaronlinde TELL me about it 539784481625079808|Tue Dec 02 14:13:43 +0000 2014|Or, like, things are going pretty good for you until you accidentally fall into your own fire. We've all been there, y'know? 539784322413514752|Tue Dec 02 14:13:05 +0000 2014|The Long Dark is a lot like real life, in that when you finally get a rifle and some bullets, you realize you left your bedroll somewhere 539784024064278529|Tue Dec 02 14:11:54 +0000 2014|RT @jamiestrachan: Catching up on old podcasts and just heard this one by @leighalexander: http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcast/episode/spoken-articles-2/ . It's GLORIOUS. 539742185999323136|Tue Dec 02 11:25:39 +0000 2014|@bombsfall i mean, wouldn't 'clan' be anticlimactic as a designation if it was just like 4 or 5 dudes. that's not a clan 539739770839392256|Tue Dec 02 11:16:03 +0000 2014|RT @SimonParkin: Today's technology sold via 1977's advertising: https://www.behance.net/Gallery/ALT1977-WE-ARE-NOT-TIME-TRAVELERS/545221 539738960017506305|Tue Dec 02 11:12:50 +0000 2014|@fubarpops @scanters i've just started a thread on my fb about it where the thread is 90% me. 539735707984867328|Tue Dec 02 10:59:55 +0000 2014|@scanters @fubarpops i have only been back in this country for 24hrs and i am already ready for friday. PENCIL IN ? SUMMON LADIES? 539702862792912896|Tue Dec 02 08:49:24 +0000 2014|@hunktears no you were just at the top of my ~highly exclusive~ feed 539702473859280896|Tue Dec 02 08:47:51 +0000 2014|@hunktears !!! 539702365776248833|Tue Dec 02 08:47:25 +0000 2014|@fubarpops @scanters i just got back from bali and i'm jet lagged and woke up at 3 am so now seems like a good time just lmk 539702249539530752|Tue Dec 02 08:46:58 +0000 2014|@fubarpops @scanters i just heard that you guys wanted to have mulled wine with me 539682006196834304|Tue Dec 02 07:26:31 +0000 2014|@fullbright clearly they are just trying to present a simple, clean, professional, even clinical offering 539678073940369408|Tue Dec 02 07:10:54 +0000 2014|RT @HuffPostArts: Artist Molly Crabapple explains how Ferguson revealed the truth about police http://huff.to/1zV6ktf http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3TZ1CjCAAAdQWx.png 539663611875303424|Tue Dec 02 06:13:26 +0000 2014|Black Mirror is on US Netflix now! Here's some recap-ish things I wrote about it back then http://boingboing.net/2013/02/18/brookers-black-mirror-decode.html http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/black-mirror-episode-2-white.html 539657338710659072|Tue Dec 02 05:48:30 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl phew thanks man 539656669941477376|Tue Dec 02 05:45:51 +0000 2014|i wonder if any women can write short stories about women without people assuming 'it's them' 539656509689720832|Tue Dec 02 05:45:12 +0000 2014|googling 'tips for how to write a story with a female protagonist but you don't want idiots on twitter to assume it's you' 539653115633754112|Tue Dec 02 05:31:43 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland but IMO the distance and the light hand make it better 539653055097364480|Tue Dec 02 05:31:29 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland yeah, i bet that's probably another reason for the mixed reviews, we all wanted it to be us 539652081775554561|Tue Dec 02 05:27:37 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland one thing it's about is how these bs 'utopias' fully require the free labor and emotional investment of everyday ppl 539651749989351424|Tue Dec 02 05:26:18 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland are you feeling protective of tech culture? 539651251798290432|Tue Dec 02 05:24:19 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland everyone on this google-like funland office campus is never playing a sports game, they are 'attempting' or 'approximating' one 539651134127079424|Tue Dec 02 05:23:51 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland every like page had a funny part iirc 539651078267367424|Tue Dec 02 05:23:37 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl do i have to pick? i really love the movie tho 539650149044453376|Tue Dec 02 05:19:56 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland i mean, i think you personally would like it but let me know 539650101271363584|Tue Dec 02 05:19:45 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland you should definitely read it, it would probably be 'thought provoking' even if you didn't 'like it' 539649677348855808|Tue Dec 02 05:18:03 +0000 2014|Anyway, read this essay I wrote re high school http://leighalexander.net/are-you-sure/, & look at this picture http://ventedspleen.com/blog/2014/11/27/are-you-sure/ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B304hWeCcAARP0x.jpg 539648976791044096|Tue Dec 02 05:15:16 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland but i imagined the reviews would be mixed, as people probably wanted/expected a perfect simulacra of social media satire etc 539648157014315008|Tue Dec 02 05:12:01 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland oh, i absolutely loved it. it was a surreal and abstract look at a very specific and real 'thing' 539647535988899840|Tue Dec 02 05:09:33 +0000 2014|@pillowfort @BionicSheep i think it's 'evident' (i.e male and therefore 'normal') re james bond, but women's feelings are 'bad and stupid' 539646557419999232|Tue Dec 02 05:05:40 +0000 2014|@pillowfort twilight is 'not good', and is 'socially concerning' but at least i can understand why it resonates for people 539645573335642112|Tue Dec 02 05:01:45 +0000 2014|I don't think ppl should be ashamed of any reading. But it was shockingly bad in every way. Upsettingly. Unromantic, unsexy, boring, bad. 539645300928151552|Tue Dec 02 05:00:40 +0000 2014|Must confide I also read 'Fifty Shades of Gray,' because pop phenomena fascinate me. As I like Twilight I expected to be at least piqued -- 539645091644964864|Tue Dec 02 04:59:50 +0000 2014|On vacay I read Dave Eggers' The Circle, Alice Munro's Dear Life, Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, had four episodes of Serial 539513014551339008|Mon Dec 01 20:15:00 +0000 2014|watching this movie again http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2258858/ everybody watch 539491319211909120|Mon Dec 01 18:48:48 +0000 2014|@aegies it's actually helped me cope to imagine how sorry we need to feel for these people's real lives 539491247896145920|Mon Dec 01 18:48:31 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata if you scroll someone does liken '"socializing your way to 'victory'" in this movement to accomplish [???] to playing the sims 539489552021602307|Mon Dec 01 18:41:47 +0000 2014|I think prob the downside of this plan is that you would need to know how to make friends in order for it to work https://archive.today/WQX5S 539469187518054400|Mon Dec 01 17:20:51 +0000 2014|RT @Glinner: "How come white kids don’t get shot? Have you ever watched television and seen some white kid get shot by accident?" http://t.… 539465793835393024|Mon Dec 01 17:07:22 +0000 2014|we were on the other side of the world for so long that domino's has changed its pizza tracker in the uk *solemn headshake* 539460400346312705|Mon Dec 01 16:45:56 +0000 2014|@tailsy @jetta_rae loook it's so cute they don't even know what making friends looks likw awwwww 539459167082541056|Mon Dec 01 16:41:02 +0000 2014|Back from vacation! While I was gone, @TomHumberstone posted this AMAZE illustration he did for my riot grrl essay http://ventedspleen.com/blog/2014/11/27/are-you-sure/ 539458682883694593|Mon Dec 01 16:39:07 +0000 2014|@ArtThouBored that sure is a thing 538561079463251969|Sat Nov 29 05:12:21 +0000 2014|Award for Best Holiday goes to... My hair http://instagram.com/p/v-LFpEMDC-/ 537916599375003648|Thu Nov 27 10:31:25 +0000 2014|our swimming place was the best one http://instagram.com/p/v5mA2lsDI9/ 537517215437062144|Wed Nov 26 08:04:25 +0000 2014|Just posted a photo http://instagram.com/p/v2wX6lsDLz/ 537112887441907714|Tue Nov 25 05:17:46 +0000 2014|Long, adventuresome and steep drive up the east coast of Bali. Views made me emotional! http://instagram.com/p/vz4huhMDB0/ 536794889183174656|Mon Nov 24 08:14:09 +0000 2014|Just posted a photo http://instagram.com/p/vxn6xXMDGn/ 536333836612022272|Sun Nov 23 01:42:05 +0000 2014|attained my true form http://instagram.com/p/vuWQY8sDKl/ 536139670732943360|Sat Nov 22 12:50:33 +0000 2014|https://vine.co/v/OJYPnhaTLPx 535208583777243137|Wed Nov 19 23:10:44 +0000 2014|Ah well, reminder to self not to use twitter even a little bit while I'm relaxing (or maybe ever) 535207632249036801|Wed Nov 19 23:06:57 +0000 2014|RT @mrwasteland: Is the dash in Video-Game in the NYT headline because it is being used adjectivally to modify Technology? 535207164621905920|Wed Nov 19 23:05:06 +0000 2014|RT @KamSage: @leighalexander yeah, seems like one person made it seem like that. Utter bollocks besides. 535206487208259584|Wed Nov 19 23:02:24 +0000 2014|@KamSage I don't think they could have actually thought that, but thought they could make other people think that 535204262599733248|Wed Nov 19 22:53:34 +0000 2014|@robokick It's incredibly awful. I get sick to my stomach. Which is probably why they keep doing it. 535203286715203586|Wed Nov 19 22:49:41 +0000 2014|@robokick Or I mean, the creeps who stalk my feed clearly didn't 'think' that, but they thought they could make others think that 535203149032996864|Wed Nov 19 22:49:08 +0000 2014|@robokick They thought I meant I was laughing at the lives of the people here around me. 535202247203102720|Wed Nov 19 22:45:33 +0000 2014|Seriously it's so upsetting, that tactic 535201826724147200|Wed Nov 19 22:43:53 +0000 2014|Let's totally clarify: laughing at gamergaters lives on the internet. Not anyone in the real world around me 535201155643895808|Wed Nov 19 22:41:13 +0000 2014|I like how they're trying to say I'm racist again tho 535201035514830850|Wed Nov 19 22:40:45 +0000 2014|This tweet is only about the gamergaters who have been tweeting conspiracy theories at me while I'm on vacation https://mobile.twitter.com/leighalexander/status/534836888863920129 534968538243399680|Wed Nov 19 07:16:53 +0000 2014|@AuthorX I feel like a dream of mine has come alive, being here 534955852042469376|Wed Nov 19 06:26:28 +0000 2014|Real things that happen to me, a video game writer, on my vacation https://twitter.com/MisterTroska/status/534933058554953729 534954807568908288|Wed Nov 19 06:22:19 +0000 2014|Climbed down 315 steps to reach temple (and back up again) http://instagram.com/p/vkjJWwMDNz/ 534953867209736192|Wed Nov 19 06:18:35 +0000 2014|11th century tomb facades (no one is probably actually buried here) http://instagram.com/p/vkit9RMDMa/ 534865234985754624|Wed Nov 19 00:26:23 +0000 2014|@10rdBen @sokareemie Same w astralia :-)))) many MANY Ausyalians come to here for a good time & jus havin a lil fun ;-)))) 534862786741141506|Wed Nov 19 00:16:40 +0000 2014|@sokareemie I AM tho 534860421778640897|Wed Nov 19 00:07:16 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell I'm so glad we are best friends 534857718415491072|Tue Nov 18 23:56:31 +0000 2014|@DimerHunton Ah. He's clearly got an illness, looking at his feed. I feel bad for making fun 534853448357797888|Tue Nov 18 23:39:33 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell (Urgh watch them take that seriously) 534853314698293248|Tue Nov 18 23:39:01 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell I will! Thanks for paying for the whole trip for me 😃 534852811872165888|Tue Nov 18 23:37:02 +0000 2014|@waxpancake I have A MILLION RUPIAH over here #corruption 534841072082358272|Tue Nov 18 22:50:23 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman People like him and Leland Yee created an environment of fear & counterproductivity for games for years. Same as GG 534839901410189313|Tue Nov 18 22:45:43 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman This makes it likely they're all under 25 and weren't actually 'there' for jack years 534838162447536128|Tue Nov 18 22:38:49 +0000 2014|@Badassperger Really good thank you 534836888863920129|Tue Nov 18 22:33:45 +0000 2014|I am literally and actually on a tropical island laughing about these people's lives 534836473002852352|Tue Nov 18 22:32:06 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell I'm not even sure what's going on! I'm on an island ignoring them (prob just like their mothers did 😂😂😂) 534835326196273152|Tue Nov 18 22:27:33 +0000 2014|Wow haha https://mobile.twitter.com/luminasknight/status/534792327278391296 534508008768688128|Tue Nov 18 00:46:54 +0000 2014|@At_Ert @TheQuinnspiracy @femfreq @Spacekatgal I heard about that but like most of the world I ignore them 534496967162740736|Tue Nov 18 00:03:02 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: Holiday update: Acquired new party member http://instagram.com/p/vfmFNFsDLV/ 534457330557935616|Mon Nov 17 21:25:31 +0000 2014|@scanters Ann there is a pink cloud coming out of it what should I do 534457061753364480|Mon Nov 17 21:24:27 +0000 2014|@Bitter_one13 Probably people who are illiterate, as the word 'dead' isn't actually anywhere in my piece. Don't mock people who can't read! 534456747709038592|Mon Nov 17 21:23:13 +0000 2014|Now that it's dawn, I realize the lighting and cloud patterns I could see in the distance were PART OF A VOLCANO 534456338735038464|Mon Nov 17 21:21:35 +0000 2014|He prob thinks this makes him look sharp and funny instead of pitiful https://twitter.com/TurboBorg/status/534455763440132096 534455850673262592|Mon Nov 17 21:19:39 +0000 2014|I think it's basically my first time missing PRACTICE. We're sorry we can't be there but BALI you guys @flantz @zimmermaneric <3 534455024059813888|Mon Nov 17 21:16:22 +0000 2014|RT @partytimeHXLNT: Exciting news! I excavated an old hard drive containing my Hello Kitty ROM hack of Super Mario Bros., (2002-2003). http… 534450801234567168|Mon Nov 17 20:59:35 +0000 2014|5am: I can hear lots of roosters and a gamelan in the distance across this rice paddy. There is lightning far off in the distance. 534270208735584256|Mon Nov 17 09:01:58 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 Right now I'm basically in Chrono Cross and there are Personas everywhere 534263639008497666|Mon Nov 17 08:35:52 +0000 2014|A monkey sat on my shoulder, I saw a temple, now I'm going in a pool. BREAKING THE SCOREBOARD re how good my life is right now 534261354081701888|Mon Nov 17 08:26:47 +0000 2014|Briefly check twitter from beside rice paddy in Bali 🌺🌺🌺 534260824898957312|Mon Nov 17 08:24:41 +0000 2014|@worriedlaughter how will we help you make friends and get a life though, rando? 533200245170388993|Fri Nov 14 10:10:19 +0000 2014|@truthswarm lol how stupid are you bro, everyone is happy, afloat and laughing at you. give it up, go outside 533147520164044800|Fri Nov 14 06:40:48 +0000 2014|@carlosrivas62 @Sargon_of_Akkad Yeah we did, brilliant internet researchers 533076036477808641|Fri Nov 14 01:56:45 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions Peak Darius 533071809672151040|Fri Nov 14 01:39:58 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine I am always here 533070460142239745|Fri Nov 14 01:34:36 +0000 2014|@steishere 🙏🙏🙏 533070165114900480|Fri Nov 14 01:33:25 +0000 2014|@Bboy_Izilla woke up like this 533068637142536192|Fri Nov 14 01:27:21 +0000 2014|ERSTE http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2XXGdUIQAEXVwz.jpg 533067101121306624|Fri Nov 14 01:21:15 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: Yes, @Intel reinstated ads on Gamasutra. Yes, it's a paid campaign. No, it's not an ad service. Thanks for reading! 533066636153356288|Fri Nov 14 01:19:24 +0000 2014|K, vacation, bye! 533066364186263553|Fri Nov 14 01:18:19 +0000 2014|@DyingSterotype It's almost like they don't even have any real cause and are just a horde of disgruntled sexists of limited intelligence 533066079757942784|Fri Nov 14 01:17:11 +0000 2014|RT @ClassyVegan: @leighalexander YAY! I can wear my Intel gaming jersey now!!!! 533066003480326144|Fri Nov 14 01:16:53 +0000 2014|RT @untimelygamer: @leighalexander [mic drop] 533065807392411649|Fri Nov 14 01:16:07 +0000 2014|Yes, we sure enough did get our ads back 🐣 533064745163956225|Fri Nov 14 01:11:53 +0000 2014|@wawynyzirytu Oh awesome, thank you x 533048729910382592|Fri Nov 14 00:08:15 +0000 2014|@WibowoOne it's my first time! 533040444377415681|Thu Nov 13 23:35:20 +0000 2014|@BrendanAdkins THANK YOU for finding my favorite quote 533040158984388611|Thu Nov 13 23:34:11 +0000 2014|RT @BrendanAdkins: "The status quo was everywhere. We fought it with shoplifting and trendy sodas." All too familiar: http://t.co/4QCJYMIep… 533027280801775616|Thu Nov 13 22:43:01 +0000 2014|ayyyy lmao #rekt etc etc etc 533027225852207105|Thu Nov 13 22:42:48 +0000 2014|RT @AaronPound: @cynixy And yet another of GG's "victories" falls by the wayside. @leighalexander @intel 533027164443389952|Thu Nov 13 22:42:33 +0000 2014|I'll be mostly radio silent on social media for a record ~two weeks~ but please check my feed + http://leighalexander.net for recent links! 533026855012794368|Thu Nov 13 22:41:20 +0000 2014|Leaving for Indonesia in the morning. Will miss my friends -- I have the BEST people in my life, just the best stuff going on right now. 533026815364046848|Thu Nov 13 22:41:10 +0000 2014|RT @cynixy: What? @intel is advertising on Gamasutra again? Okay, NOW we're good, @intel. ^^ 533014869491326976|Thu Nov 13 21:53:42 +0000 2014|@fullbright @MituK whenever anyone talks about this, i keep thinking of http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/InterstellarPig.jpg anybody remember this 533012323607523328|Thu Nov 13 21:43:35 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl cheesy bread brand ambassador over here 533011483899465728|Thu Nov 13 21:40:15 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl prob by then i will have left this all behind and be working there tbh 533010676990881792|Thu Nov 13 21:37:02 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl we made it thru the rain, babe 533004872900435970|Thu Nov 13 21:13:59 +0000 2014|@mizanyx @jasonschreier you could try reading the article, which says exactly that 533003855639085056|Thu Nov 13 21:09:56 +0000 2014|Kotaku's @jasonschreier looked into the creepy obsessive 'work' of Celebrinando Guy http://kotaku.com/the-anita-sarkeesian-hater-that-everyone-hates-1658494441 533001451627618304|Thu Nov 13 21:00:23 +0000 2014|@dry_hugs :( 533001131669340160|Thu Nov 13 20:59:07 +0000 2014|@koalaparty @emilyterrible i have loved bad books ever since i found a drawer full of VC Andrews novels while a bored young receptionist 533000949934325760|Thu Nov 13 20:58:23 +0000 2014|@koalaparty @emilyterrible i'm going on a trip tomorrow and my plan is to buy books at the airport that i can throw away as i backpack 533000790320107521|Thu Nov 13 20:57:45 +0000 2014|@OfficialSisQo YES 532999793896095744|Thu Nov 13 20:53:48 +0000 2014|@philippawarr @keefstuart yeah, Keith, haven't you been getting the invites? 532998185724436480|Thu Nov 13 20:47:24 +0000 2014|@philippawarr thank you, we def will xx 532995630487334912|Thu Nov 13 20:37:15 +0000 2014|@MrPope (i mean 'whenever' means 'this happened twice today') 532995560295661569|Thu Nov 13 20:36:58 +0000 2014|@MrPope hooooooooooooooonk 532995513814360064|Thu Nov 13 20:36:47 +0000 2014|"No," she cried apprehensively, suddenly bolting to her feet and running from the room, "No more Vengabus" 532995391130976256|Thu Nov 13 20:36:18 +0000 2014|Whenever I state an intention to do something but am still sitting there 10 minutes later, my boyfriend puts on 'The Vengabus' 532992439158841345|Thu Nov 13 20:24:34 +0000 2014|@wirehead2501 thanks a million! i hope you like it. 532990547229933569|Thu Nov 13 20:17:03 +0000 2014|@HnojMalumvir @EscapeVelo i cannot deny i am very 90s 532980587775414272|Thu Nov 13 19:37:29 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca you may live 532979928351141888|Thu Nov 13 19:34:51 +0000 2014|@hunktears i mean sometimes it's good to just have those transactions happen clearly 532979788223614976|Thu Nov 13 19:34:18 +0000 2014|@zusty I KNEW YOU WOULD FEEL ME ON THIS 532979694157955072|Thu Nov 13 19:33:56 +0000 2014|@hunktears i think i wouldn't be able to resist saying 'can we not have internet memes with our lunch?' 532979476616216576|Thu Nov 13 19:33:04 +0000 2014|Re last tweet: people who say 'om nom nom' are dead to me 532979414557286402|Thu Nov 13 19:32:49 +0000 2014|This is a very good @SLAwrites piece on the importance of language and the trouble with TIME's stupid word poll http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/13/feminist-bae-turnt-time-s-worst-words-list-is-sexist-and-racist.html 532976395908308992|Thu Nov 13 19:20:49 +0000 2014|RT @GIGANTICsequins: GS 1.2's @leighalexander has hers included on this @DazedMagazine list of Tech Age Memoirs: http://ow.ly/EbWrU 532975591197511680|Thu Nov 13 19:17:37 +0000 2014|On this week's Tech Weekly is my interview with @BiellaColeman re her Anonymous book, which I -really- enjoyed http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2014/nov/12/anonymous-gabriella-coleman-tech-weekly-podcast 532973533228724224|Thu Nov 13 19:09:27 +0000 2014|Read the essay I wrote on 'the worst thing I ever did' and teen girl friendship for @juliascheele's riot grrrl zine: http://leighalexander.net/are-you-sure/ 532971322956316674|Thu Nov 13 19:00:40 +0000 2014|@Inanity101 @sokareemie their reply has been 'yeah but this is about the INDUSTRY, not games JOURNALISM' 532971218077769728|Thu Nov 13 19:00:15 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt oh, that makes me really happy to hear, i really enjoyed creating it (will probably add more) 532840617265889280|Thu Nov 13 10:21:17 +0000 2014|@DJ_Phil_Fish get better at this or don't bother -- you could at least be original. things bad at home? 532810795126894592|Thu Nov 13 08:22:47 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch @Quinns108 @AlphaChar @flantz @krystman @nealen @drinkrelaxplay (no) 532810500166647808|Thu Nov 13 08:21:37 +0000 2014|@dtoid_Abel gonna happen 532807939971891200|Thu Nov 13 08:11:26 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster honestly i'm so eager to leave that i might just be like 'fuck it', bring nothing, figure it out when i get there #planning 532807500371070976|Thu Nov 13 08:09:41 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine i mean i play games, and who wouldn't date me 532806710080331778|Thu Nov 13 08:06:33 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca nahh i am not delicate up top like that, tho i WISH 532806384522641408|Thu Nov 13 08:05:15 +0000 2014|RT @Plichta: Have you heard? We heart! http://weheart.github.io/ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2TnVuBCUAAdqkN.png 532806249868705792|Thu Nov 13 08:04:43 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine i always say that but honestly my best relationships are ppl i can play games with UGH 532805615169851392|Thu Nov 13 08:02:12 +0000 2014|@alexhern well i will figure it out after i leave your office which for some reason i am coming to again in a bit 532805018249068544|Thu Nov 13 07:59:50 +0000 2014|@alexhern hern did you just google that, because this is what happened when i googled 'swimsuits in london where are they' 532804480308621312|Thu Nov 13 07:57:41 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca i look p good goth but imo i look p good all the time just saying 532804384577818624|Thu Nov 13 07:57:18 +0000 2014|@_RandomJ_ nah idk i feel being a tourist who gets their hair braided is p basic (also i don't think that's a 'thing' in indonesia haha) 532804148899905536|Thu Nov 13 07:56:22 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca that wouldn't be that bad tbh 532803659047112705|Thu Nov 13 07:54:25 +0000 2014|I think they don't really have swimsuits here, just resigned looks for when accidental puddles are encountered 532803505883713537|Thu Nov 13 07:53:49 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca never 532802288277278720|Thu Nov 13 07:48:59 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca no but you can accidentally step in a puddle or be splashed by a passing bus and sigh sternly 532802169968558080|Thu Nov 13 07:48:30 +0000 2014|Going on ~dream holiday~ tomorrow, expect pics of me swimming up to tropical cocktail bars hashtag you know what 532801817084977152|Thu Nov 13 07:47:06 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol ENGLAND 532801611132051457|Thu Nov 13 07:46:17 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt it goes into a bee ship, there is a gray-faced woman, more stuff from there 532801398023651328|Thu Nov 13 07:45:26 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt yes, that was mine 532801334375088128|Thu Nov 13 07:45:11 +0000 2014|@HarryGrundel oh honey, shh. it'll all be okay someday. 532801019894595584|Thu Nov 13 07:43:56 +0000 2014|Anybody know where on like Oxford Street I could buy sundresses and swimsuits to travel with? Do they even have swimsuits here 532696438304964608|Thu Nov 13 00:48:22 +0000 2014|RT @SeinfeldToday: Elaine is furious when her coworker calls her "basic.” J:"That’s ridiculous!” E:"Thank you.” J:"If anything, you're too … 532692371071598593|Thu Nov 13 00:32:12 +0000 2014|@DanielaOana @elliegibson @helenlewis Lovely to see you! 532692104301277185|Thu Nov 13 00:31:09 +0000 2014|@LisaAyla @elliegibson @helenlewis @TheTroubleClub Thank you for coming! It was nice to meet you! 532636767762255872|Wed Nov 12 20:51:16 +0000 2014|@Agent7Patriarch Lol sorry but insults like this mean shit from an internet nobody who still likes the matrix 532605650774540288|Wed Nov 12 18:47:37 +0000 2014|@post_it_51 Who are you and why are you speaking to me? 532599319778824192|Wed Nov 12 18:22:27 +0000 2014|@scanters No ma, I'm here 532599164098867200|Wed Nov 12 18:21:50 +0000 2014|@mistertoups Just like 2000 of that guy 532592492991217664|Wed Nov 12 17:55:20 +0000 2014|@thevowel @russpitts @KyleOrl IT WAS ALREADY LIKE THAT *defeated cre-e-eak* 532592401458954241|Wed Nov 12 17:54:58 +0000 2014|@scanters also i just tagged you into something neat on fb 532592275822764032|Wed Nov 12 17:54:28 +0000 2014|@scanters @McKelvie i listened to blank space seven times today and watched the video three times 532592169807532032|Wed Nov 12 17:54:03 +0000 2014|@russpitts @KyleOrl I SAID DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO /slams door 532591184515178496|Wed Nov 12 17:50:08 +0000 2014|@stupidandweird @species8472xgn (she is a fan of his tho) 532591023491661824|Wed Nov 12 17:49:29 +0000 2014|@scanters @McKelvie this just means neither of you are coming to MY event, so fails all around imo 532590065948823553|Wed Nov 12 17:45:41 +0000 2014|@Enichan @ChrisDeFisher @FomahlaultStar this is not the kind of thing that really bothers me 532581845461131265|Wed Nov 12 17:13:01 +0000 2014|@alexhern @passingfair let's just grab one off the street and handcuff them together 532581162032828417|Wed Nov 12 17:10:18 +0000 2014|YES. YES. YES. http://www.spin.com/articles/kendrick-lamar-taylor-swift-backseat-shakeoff-mash-up/ 532580480106131456|Wed Nov 12 17:07:35 +0000 2014|@helenlewis @alexhern DO YOUR OWN PODCAST NEXT WEEK, HERN /slams door 532579826092503040|Wed Nov 12 17:05:00 +0000 2014|@MituK yeah. i'm so awed by what humans are able to achieve that it makes it even harder to think about the things they claim are impossible 532579098850500608|Wed Nov 12 17:02:06 +0000 2014|RT @DyingSterotype: @leighalexander It's step 1 in emigrating all the asses off the planet. 532577979155894272|Wed Nov 12 16:57:39 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl i'll be whatever kind of person i want! 532577716751826944|Wed Nov 12 16:56:37 +0000 2014|RT @ch3ryl: successful comet landing! Meet @NASA black female lead scientist for Rosetta: http://ht.ly/Easib #yeswecode 532577637953437697|Wed Nov 12 16:56:18 +0000 2014|we can LAND ON A COMET but there is nothing to be done about online harassment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 532563587194429441|Wed Nov 12 16:00:28 +0000 2014|@elenacresci oh good. 532563322751946752|Wed Nov 12 15:59:25 +0000 2014|RT @PG_kamiya: Repeat: As I've said 10000000000000000000 times, I never need any advice. I do what I wanna do. I am me. U are u. Advising i… 532493905674403840|Wed Nov 12 11:23:35 +0000 2014|There's a demo of the first chapter and everything, don't you think it looks p cute :3 532493756881444864|Wed Nov 12 11:22:59 +0000 2014|Hey! The sweet classic point-&-click adventure that @steishere and I helped with (via @agencyforgames) is on KS now https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blyts/kelvin-and-the-infamous-machine 532491376559390720|Wed Nov 12 11:13:32 +0000 2014|RT @ds_comics: .@McKelvie & @kierongillen are launching The Wicked + The Divine vol 1 at @GoshComics from 7pm tonight http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/comics/news/a609220/ 532490971247046656|Wed Nov 12 11:11:55 +0000 2014|"I am no ordinary woman. MY fanfics are CANON" -- daenerys targaryen 532490675485683712|Wed Nov 12 11:10:44 +0000 2014|@TheCoryDorsey i sure made you famous for whining 532490456396206080|Wed Nov 12 11:09:52 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C @philippawarr @Quinns108 @paullicino oh god this thing looks even more like what we said it looks like than i thought 532490196529737728|Wed Nov 12 11:08:50 +0000 2014|@tarquinrex3 @radicalbytes i think this conversation is a bit out of your league 532308375418064896|Tue Nov 11 23:06:21 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins clearly 532307877495840768|Tue Nov 11 23:04:22 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins what 532307776429895680|Tue Nov 11 23:03:58 +0000 2014|RT @_PromKnight: And if you feel like becoming a patron of my work, lookee here! http://patreon.com/koh Via Patreon, I'm releasing a one-sh… 532290256469762048|Tue Nov 11 21:54:21 +0000 2014|@AdamSholds @patrickklepek holy shit GOTY 532286818642067456|Tue Nov 11 21:40:41 +0000 2014|RT @xMattieBrice: Some thoughts on allyship, and what is often missing when institutions try to work with marginalized people: http://t.co/… 532286282651947008|Tue Nov 11 21:38:33 +0000 2014|@patrickklepek Drop everything you're doing and go watch it now 532285871488512003|Tue Nov 11 21:36:55 +0000 2014|I mean is the 'blank space' video the greatest video of this century or 532279365246386177|Tue Nov 11 21:11:04 +0000 2014|@Axlflack @BelMyMusa @NotASkeleton_ HE DOES IT FOR FREE 532228938874249218|Tue Nov 11 17:50:42 +0000 2014|@sispurrier (just kidding we love our friends and support them [nearly] unequivocally) 532228811384180738|Tue Nov 11 17:50:11 +0000 2014|@sispurrier its oldgoth and doucheplug again OH WAIT THIS ISN'T DM 532228678022090752|Tue Nov 11 17:49:39 +0000 2014|@DMann3D @wtrebella @mintchipleaf @Platypus_Games there's so many cuts but you want 'the one with no voice over' 532228416867950593|Tue Nov 11 17:48:37 +0000 2014|@sispurrier i have to talk at an event also that night so i'm going to miss the Comics Part and just rock up after for the drunk part 532228265101258753|Tue Nov 11 17:48:01 +0000 2014|@wtrebella @Platypus_Games fix this now, you just can't not have seen it 532227948037042177|Tue Nov 11 17:46:45 +0000 2014|@sispurrier see you wednesday night? starting friday i am -- fucking gone (to indonesia)-- for two weeks, but yes, we need each other 532227732428816385|Tue Nov 11 17:45:54 +0000 2014|@sispurrier RIGHT, RIGHT *NODS, THROWS AWAY THE NOTES* 532227428123701248|Tue Nov 11 17:44:41 +0000 2014|@sispurrier *takes religious notes* ok *nod* 532226776182063104|Tue Nov 11 17:42:06 +0000 2014|@sispurrier this is really ace. also do you have any tips for a person who might be writing a genre novel hypothetically 532225714771492865|Tue Nov 11 17:37:53 +0000 2014|@Jo_Livingstone thank you for reading it! x 532225678847246336|Tue Nov 11 17:37:44 +0000 2014|@Platypus_Games @wtrebella oh man i thought he was joking 532225603727261696|Tue Nov 11 17:37:26 +0000 2014|@bowbrick i have another here, if you like that one! :) https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 532222725310652417|Tue Nov 11 17:26:00 +0000 2014|there are tons of these, but this is the best one http://imgur.com/a/0e7PU 532221690169008128|Tue Nov 11 17:21:53 +0000 2014|A cool collection of tech-related memoirs you should definitely read, especially that one in there http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22486/1/geek-out-with-these-tech-age-memoirs 532221544450494466|Tue Nov 11 17:21:19 +0000 2014|@aka_Foamy ONE OF US 532219668032131072|Tue Nov 11 17:13:51 +0000 2014|RT @Jo_Livingstone: ft. the fine works of @blurstoftimes, @leighalexander, @auntiepixelante, @ftrain and a nice man named Kenneth 532219656552329216|Tue Nov 11 17:13:48 +0000 2014|RT @Jo_Livingstone: Guarantee my column is only thing you'll read this week linking to pdf of a memoir by a Network Time Protocol expert ht… 532216424044187648|Tue Nov 11 17:00:58 +0000 2014|@steishere *sigh* 532215320736710657|Tue Nov 11 16:56:35 +0000 2014|i'm so sold on taylor swift now tbh 532214314762244098|Tue Nov 11 16:52:35 +0000 2014|ughhhh you guys i'm going on a two week holiday in 3 days and i do NOT want to meet any of my deadlines or write anything 532212025741803520|Tue Nov 11 16:43:29 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz wait what's wrong with how you sang it 532142919550251008|Tue Nov 11 12:08:53 +0000 2014|@helenlewis @WearyWithToil @TheTroubleClub @elliegibson @EwaSR i should SHOCK THE WORLD by showing up with it flatironed 532141448985321472|Tue Nov 11 12:03:02 +0000 2014|RT @TheTroubleClub: Who's coming along to this tomorrow? http://thetroubleclub.com/product/two-can-play-at-that-game/ @helenlewis @elliegibson @leighalexander #Gaming http://t.… 532140979584000000|Tue Nov 11 12:01:10 +0000 2014|@CrillFactor facebook: the greeat revealer of which acquaintances have crappy opinions! 532132976096980992|Tue Nov 11 11:29:22 +0000 2014|Excited to interview @BiellaColeman today for tomorrow's Guardian Tech Weekly show! 532132486743334912|Tue Nov 11 11:27:26 +0000 2014|http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/artie-lange-twitter-rant-comedy-lindy-west/?tw=dd 532124962912763904|Tue Nov 11 10:57:32 +0000 2014|@kierongillen yeah def, i think having both skillsets is rare 532119913872519168|Tue Nov 11 10:37:28 +0000 2014|@kierongillen i think also it's a mistake to think good storytelling in games comes from a writer rather than a designer 532119203424514050|Tue Nov 11 10:34:39 +0000 2014|@kierongillen (i mean not that ppl writing games stories are not good writers, but i imagine the asker wanting to see LESS of me etc) 532118917549133824|Tue Nov 11 10:33:30 +0000 2014|@kierongillen when people ask me it hurts my feelings because i assume it means they don't think i'm a good writer 532118836754264064|Tue Nov 11 10:33:11 +0000 2014|RT @kierongillen: I'm asked if I'd be interested in writing a videogame. I ramble on my "Generally, no" position: http://kierongillen.tumblr.com/post/102352511132/so-you-have-some-very-strong-connections-to-the 532112457188536320|Tue Nov 11 10:07:50 +0000 2014|@lordmooch thank you! i hope you like it! 531955153084379138|Mon Nov 10 23:42:46 +0000 2014|I'm playing Ths Sailor's Dream on my iPad. It's heartbreakingly beautiful to see, hear & touch. Like childhood memories I don't quite have 531919813002932225|Mon Nov 10 21:22:20 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca oh ew 531895800159563776|Mon Nov 10 19:46:55 +0000 2014|@blackmagic124 lol oh man 531872931509723137|Mon Nov 10 18:16:03 +0000 2014|RT @hentaiphd: if you haven't already seen it, the team video we made for our "how do you Do It?" IGF entry is pretty great http://t.co/3WW… 531844629793345536|Mon Nov 10 16:23:35 +0000 2014|RT @FastCoCreate: See posters for "Blade Runner 2054" and other sequels that never were: http://f-st.co/RLUo4qX by @propjen http://t.co/Njj… 531808714626719744|Mon Nov 10 14:00:52 +0000 2014|RT @steishere: Boys. Only. Want. Love. When it's. Torture. http://vimeo.com/111398079 531783362315567104|Mon Nov 10 12:20:08 +0000 2014|@Vaffeldamen @steishere @runahaukland oh, don't tell him things like that 531782765369655297|Mon Nov 10 12:17:45 +0000 2014|@strictmachine @Wordbeast @Quinnae_Moon @sokareemie the things they THINK feminists want/believe suggest a total lack of actual involvement 531780685741428736|Mon Nov 10 12:09:30 +0000 2014|RT @kawanabesatou: 上司として佐藤の査定せなあかんな 協調性0 順応性0 規律性0 責任性0 積極性0 素行0 技能0 エエとこないな、アイツ(笑) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2FDXUOCYAEtY9b.jpg 531780599363932161|Mon Nov 10 12:09:09 +0000 2014|@elenacresci like, i don't want this guy to write a better apology i want him to NOT BE A HUGE ASSHAT 531780371793588224|Mon Nov 10 12:08:15 +0000 2014|@elenacresci i kind of almost don't WANT this type of person to learn how to write an apology. how else could we tell who is a shithead 531779818665562112|Mon Nov 10 12:06:03 +0000 2014|@strictmachine @Quinnae_Moon @sokareemie it's just the only tactic they have to express their resistance 531779735198912512|Mon Nov 10 12:05:43 +0000 2014|@strictmachine @Quinnae_Moon @sokareemie as time goes on, i don't actually even think they believe what they're saying 531779312077520896|Mon Nov 10 12:04:02 +0000 2014|@strictmachine @Quinnae_Moon @sokareemie they're like zombie-emulating the very community standards that would de-prioritize their needs 531779161552334848|Mon Nov 10 12:03:26 +0000 2014|@strictmachine @Quinnae_Moon @sokareemie yeah, i think it's very telling they pretend to care about 'bigotry' and are using that 531778996460335104|Mon Nov 10 12:02:47 +0000 2014|@BillyKumo well, ideally you could have a slower deck with more ice thanks to this, and you could leave BN advanced for once 531778149986885634|Mon Nov 10 11:59:25 +0000 2014|@Quinnae_Moon @sokareemie i believe in what i wrote more than ever -- this is the extinction burst of an irrelevant group 531777804401389568|Mon Nov 10 11:58:03 +0000 2014|@Quinnae_Moon @sokareemie i think the level of vitriol is coming from the fact that they actually feel powerless, their views ARE minority 531777729302384641|Mon Nov 10 11:57:45 +0000 2014|@Quinnae_Moon @sokareemie maybe i'm being inappropriately optimistic considering what people are going through, but -- 531777546090979330|Mon Nov 10 11:57:01 +0000 2014|@BillyKumo SO good! We were rooting for Timmy, but glad something unexpected like an RP deck won it all. 531774915905859584|Mon Nov 10 11:46:34 +0000 2014|Internet media, phase 1: "Get in the comments, engage with our readers!" Phase 2: "Online harassment is a reality for all our writers, eh?" 531774575257059328|Mon Nov 10 11:45:13 +0000 2014|I went and snipped this out of my Saturday paper to show my Mom http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/07/in-praise-of-leigh-alexander-gamergate-video-games-sexism-bullying 531773409496403968|Mon Nov 10 11:40:35 +0000 2014|There'll be a new Lo-Fi Let's Play this week, pals -- been swamped preparing for ~holiday~. Seen them all? http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/lo-fi-lets-play/ 531770070335516672|Mon Nov 10 11:27:19 +0000 2014|@10rdBen @BRKeogh @hoskingc @vdgmtourism @dangolding @Shrubbette why is Ben Abraham important? 531646554143473665|Mon Nov 10 03:16:30 +0000 2014|@FTG_Steve i play NBN variants religiously, runner is Tenma right now, but I'll be back on (probably reina) anarch soon i think 531645339292676099|Mon Nov 10 03:11:41 +0000 2014|@john_axon not into getting up in front of people right now 531643605522595841|Mon Nov 10 03:04:47 +0000 2014|@FTG_Steve facebook and twitter can be super good for finding folks in your area. 531643566347804672|Mon Nov 10 03:04:38 +0000 2014|@FTG_Steve my coworker @RaveofRavendale just started teaching friends in manchester and ended up putting a regular 'thing' together. 531643205327269889|Mon Nov 10 03:03:12 +0000 2014|@FTG_Steve do you have a local board game shop? your nearest one may have some regular events or a mailing list... 531642599959183360|Mon Nov 10 03:00:47 +0000 2014|RT @DELTAHEAD_: p.s. mis(h)adra, my comic about epilepsy, updates this week; if yr looking to get educated, please give it a try ☆ http://t… 531642014832803840|Mon Nov 10 02:58:28 +0000 2014|@wsaanaw i doubt you get out much. 531641884612247552|Mon Nov 10 02:57:57 +0000 2014|@Closetbrony521 and you are no-one. 531641349960110080|Mon Nov 10 02:55:49 +0000 2014|it's funny that even when a woman JOKES about having any kind of power while she has none, that's taken dead serious and censured 531638150993813505|Mon Nov 10 02:43:07 +0000 2014|RT @DELTAHEAD_: since november is epilepsy awareness month, i made a master post with basic facts + ways to help/spread awareness! ❀ http:/… 531637403971502080|Mon Nov 10 02:40:09 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @tiedtiger & that's prob bc tbh games created this situation through abstinence, bad taste, opportunism, homogenous shit content 531637184802324480|Mon Nov 10 02:39:16 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @tiedtiger only games think there are any 'lessons' here besides 'fuck these ppl' 531637076421537793|Mon Nov 10 02:38:51 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @tiedtiger only games have this angsty, misguided impulse to try to 'repair' a perceived 'rift', to 'study' and handwring etc BS 531636964051914752|Mon Nov 10 02:38:24 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @tiedtiger in the real world this isn't up for discussion. it's 'wow these internet randos are awful, how can we help'; period 531636700712538112|Mon Nov 10 02:37:21 +0000 2014|@tiedtiger @BRKeogh any humane & intelligent person is now solely focused on protecting victims & reducing its impact, not acknowledging it 531636420096827392|Mon Nov 10 02:36:14 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @tiedtiger my policy is to note gamergate as the laughable noise it is. the real world knows it. only games struggle to 'reconcile' 531635845548474369|Mon Nov 10 02:33:57 +0000 2014|@tiedtiger @BRKeogh s'right 531635317129105408|Mon Nov 10 02:31:51 +0000 2014|@tiedtiger @BRKeogh i personally have materially and definitely won this by every perceptible metric, so it's easy for me 531634435909636096|Mon Nov 10 02:28:21 +0000 2014|@tiedtiger @BRKeogh they find a way to rationalize literally everything into a "victory". these are people with tons of time on their hands 531632541108023296|Mon Nov 10 02:20:49 +0000 2014|RT @BRKeogh: Not that what I think in this matters, but I'm pretty happy with the IGF's apology and statement: http://igf.com/2014/11/a_statement_on_igf_inclusivity.html 531631471237545984|Mon Nov 10 02:16:34 +0000 2014|@endgamegames @SmashingPlastic @FFGames that's the kind of thing i want in my midseasons classic nbn 531631179322388480|Mon Nov 10 02:15:25 +0000 2014|@endgamegames @SmashingPlastic @FFGames whoa GOOD CALL 531628816679305216|Mon Nov 10 02:06:01 +0000 2014|@tellahtruth i mean when i don't like someone's views or their work i just ignore them and i don't try to contact them or anything but 531627638964879361|Mon Nov 10 02:01:20 +0000 2014|@tellahtruth also, who cares if they 'like me' -- they don't know me, i'm a person who writes about *videogames* 531627550553165824|Mon Nov 10 02:00:59 +0000 2014|@tellahtruth yeah that's basically just sexist 531625519016853505|Mon Nov 10 01:52:55 +0000 2014|@tellahtruth thanks for understanding that. it seems to be a big ask for lots of people 531623541670961153|Mon Nov 10 01:45:04 +0000 2014|@tellahtruth who'd wanna be nice to them 531623511300005888|Mon Nov 10 01:44:56 +0000 2014|@tellahtruth yeah for sure 531623102242123776|Mon Nov 10 01:43:19 +0000 2014|@shmangitgurl who are you again 531617789069766656|Mon Nov 10 01:22:12 +0000 2014|https://twitter.com/asherjj74/status/531108419516657666 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2Cvj7CCAAEKwq2.png 531616805950083073|Mon Nov 10 01:18:18 +0000 2014|@stevenstrom it's a good one! 531615914878595073|Mon Nov 10 01:14:45 +0000 2014|@stevenstrom http://imgnetrunner.meteor.com/cards/the-supplier-first-contact.png 531614769640652802|Mon Nov 10 01:10:12 +0000 2014|this is one of those news stories that should be a #netrunner card http://www.alternet.org/subprime-lending-car-buyers-fueling-bubble?page=0%2C0 531611428839755777|Mon Nov 10 00:56:56 +0000 2014|@v21 lol when was that 531611044452790272|Mon Nov 10 00:55:24 +0000 2014|RT @SLAwrites: Twitter can afford an eight-story skybridge but they're relying on free labor from women to fix sexist harassment: http://t.… 531609134186369024|Mon Nov 10 00:47:49 +0000 2014|@DCpierson (it's fantasy flight) 531606824597069824|Mon Nov 10 00:38:38 +0000 2014|#GPOY http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2ClltCCYAAetuK.png 531606246743629824|Mon Nov 10 00:36:20 +0000 2014|@Ambient_Malice @ohhaidoggy @ElizSimins ooh we have a professor in the house 531605663458537472|Mon Nov 10 00:34:01 +0000 2014|yes, but not everyone has the resources i have RT @4xisblack @leighalexander but haven't they been doing that to you for years 531604662273589248|Mon Nov 10 00:30:02 +0000 2014|Erase and condemn this shit when low-end trolls try to do it to us. Any conciliatory "both sides" rhetoric is damnable. 531603891037954048|Mon Nov 10 00:26:59 +0000 2014|They will use your constructive community self-policing tactics against you to create an assault. That is capital-level smarm 531603634619162624|Mon Nov 10 00:25:57 +0000 2014|A new tactic of the dangerous, hateful right wing is to take a person's social media profile wildly out of context to rationalize attacks 531600318489194496|Mon Nov 10 00:12:47 +0000 2014|RT @mcclure111: Heart sinking as I learn #gompergate is now targeting the IGF. Expecting IGF will introduce changes to make it even less mi… 531598015476559873|Mon Nov 10 00:03:38 +0000 2014|RT @cynixy: I know we all want to get on with our lives & work after recent drama, but some people don't get that luxury. They're still bei… 531597629420212224|Mon Nov 10 00:02:06 +0000 2014|@flantz YES 531595677256925184|Sun Nov 09 23:54:20 +0000 2014|@kiehlmanniac (Especially these days) 531595610282270720|Sun Nov 09 23:54:04 +0000 2014|@kiehlmanniac NBN decks are fragile, elegant, porous. They live on KNIFE's EDGES. (It ain't all that) 531588117908946946|Sun Nov 09 23:24:18 +0000 2014|@TheArchGerretic I can't even IMAGINE the fortitude it takes to get as far as he did. What an achievement! 531587434006720513|Sun Nov 09 23:21:35 +0000 2014|@TheArchGerretic Please tell him we were cheering for him!! He came across very well (and I love to see Midseasons as splash!) 531586905604120578|Sun Nov 09 23:19:29 +0000 2014|@flantz Man this communal viewing experience is killer http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2CTeVJIIAIYPO3.jpg 531586665664774147|Sun Nov 09 23:18:32 +0000 2014|@stiknork GOOD 531586257458298880|Sun Nov 09 23:16:54 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch @stiknork HE HAD SWEEPS WEEK IN HIS JINTEKI PE 😻 531582168758517760|Sun Nov 09 23:00:40 +0000 2014|@expdotzine The importance of TINY mistakes at high level play is intense 531582058075004928|Sun Nov 09 23:00:13 +0000 2014|@expdotzine SO shit. I saw Quinns lose first place over three credits rezzing an unnecessary Eli in front of a Lotus Field yesterday 531580586818023425|Sun Nov 09 22:54:22 +0000 2014|TIMMY YOU WERE GREAT #netrunner #Worlds 531574020379267072|Sun Nov 09 22:28:17 +0000 2014|@stiknork @doougle @flantz looking forward to the team covenant vids 531573764463804416|Sun Nov 09 22:27:16 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch @stiknork THE BLUE SUN HAS MIDSEASONS 😻 531571621589688320|Sun Nov 09 22:18:45 +0000 2014|@stiknork @Quinns108 Probably storming @RukasuFox's house to complain about NEH 531571050283556865|Sun Nov 09 22:16:29 +0000 2014|.@quinns108 attempts to explain to the room how double elimination works http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2CFDboIMAEbg-Y.jpg 531569607350714368|Sun Nov 09 22:10:45 +0000 2014|@stiknork @Nelsormensch I hope a Jinteki victory will help ppl appreciate how porous, fallible and delicate NBN decks really are *sob* 531569344644653057|Sun Nov 09 22:09:42 +0000 2014|@stiknork @Nelsormensch ALTHOUGH I'm angry at the fast biotic NEH players giving noble NBN a bad name... 531568025343111168|Sun Nov 09 22:04:27 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch BUT WE CAN REPLICATE PERFECTION (good luck Dan) 531567739660677121|Sun Nov 09 22:03:19 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch That's Minh! We love him too (even though he brought Andromeda D:) 531566732033654784|Sun Nov 09 21:59:19 +0000 2014|@adragonbee Oh hey also thanks for tweeting about Railway Children, I donated!!!! 531566592338194434|Sun Nov 09 21:58:46 +0000 2014|@adragonbee Thank you 531566334015197185|Sun Nov 09 21:57:44 +0000 2014|@theglaivemaster Me too. These fast NEH Johnny come latelys are giving us a bad name 531566114778939394|Sun Nov 09 21:56:52 +0000 2014|If my Netrunner tweets are making you curious about the game, here's a piece I wrote while I was learning it http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/test/ 531565757885591552|Sun Nov 09 21:55:27 +0000 2014|@spoonboy42 It's such a good game now, with such a good community! 531565340824961025|Sun Nov 09 21:53:47 +0000 2014|@Mo0man @Nelsormensch We all cheered 531565083684773888|Sun Nov 09 21:52:46 +0000 2014|@theglaivemaster I'm an NBN loyalist (midseasons/psychographics/scorched) and I think it's a CHUMP MOVE to put biotic in your deck 531564798774112257|Sun Nov 09 21:51:38 +0000 2014|S/o if your local meta refers to the new Netrunner card "Incubator" as "Kyuubey" 531564511137116160|Sun Nov 09 21:50:30 +0000 2014|@kyledhebert That's why we are big @teamcovenant fans in our house 531564189702438912|Sun Nov 09 21:49:13 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch Even though we think he has way too many ice walls for a blue sun 531564094143627265|Sun Nov 09 21:48:50 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch Right now we're rooting for the guy who brought Gabe/Blue Sun 531563870868242433|Sun Nov 09 21:47:57 +0000 2014|@Grievy He's like if Zack Galifinakis played a Netrunner player in a movie about card nerds 531563655876603904|Sun Nov 09 21:47:06 +0000 2014|@Grievy EXACTLY. We had this same conversation 531563475844468737|Sun Nov 09 21:46:23 +0000 2014|@expdotzine I want Timmy to win, he's a true rebel with these decks 531550302458380288|Sun Nov 09 20:54:02 +0000 2014|The 2 jinteki decks are at the top of worlds !!! 531548324214886401|Sun Nov 09 20:46:10 +0000 2014|@Krynis Def. main trait of a Netrunner player has to be good sportsmanship! 531547902246920193|Sun Nov 09 20:44:30 +0000 2014|There's very little player personality elements in Netrunner so we have to guess about the competitors based on minute clues 531530485210808321|Sun Nov 09 19:35:17 +0000 2014|@doctaCynthia I'll never be a champ. I can never even remember how many credits I need to escape punitives 531527657604014080|Sun Nov 09 19:24:03 +0000 2014|@DeftMunky "Finally?" My midseasons psychoscorcher would teach you a lesson 531519267150499841|Sun Nov 09 18:50:43 +0000 2014|I think we at NBN can agree as a corporation that you should be able to win without biotic labor so stop being cheap out there 531516298547982336|Sun Nov 09 18:38:55 +0000 2014|RT @mattLarnold: @leighalexander maybe if they played netrunner on a huge Hollywood style mainframe. The corp sits behind a huge desk, dres… 531515083047071744|Sun Nov 09 18:34:05 +0000 2014|Somehow I feel that watching competitive card games will not become a mainstream entertainment http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2BSJtoIAAAKgZF.jpg 531509727596150784|Sun Nov 09 18:12:48 +0000 2014|The lady on the Midseason Replacements card is my true form 531509480887169024|Sun Nov 09 18:11:49 +0000 2014|@formerlymyname That's meeeeee 531507016175734784|Sun Nov 09 18:02:02 +0000 2014|Could this be the beginning of the dream http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2BK0JpIIAE0_aA.jpg 531506829545996289|Sun Nov 09 18:01:17 +0000 2014|@alexhern Just put it in the background 531505860376530944|Sun Nov 09 17:57:26 +0000 2014|I dream of an NBN deck where you can a. Use snoop, data hound & invasion of privacy b. Actually leave tokens on/have traps 531497195011600384|Sun Nov 09 17:23:00 +0000 2014|@Purple_Steve Noise 531496780081672192|Sun Nov 09 17:21:21 +0000 2014|@deadyetliving (it will probably still be going when church finished!) 531496522215874560|Sun Nov 09 17:20:20 +0000 2014|@deadyetliving I mean if god can forgive you for tweeting about Netrunner in church he would prob be cool with you leaving early 531496010292670464|Sun Nov 09 17:18:18 +0000 2014|@deadyetliving Right now! http://Twitch.tv/ffglive 531495634105548802|Sun Nov 09 17:16:48 +0000 2014|I am 110% behind Kenjy J the only Anarch in Worlds finals. He has milkshake-themed sleeves that says "BETTER THAN YOURS". 531494529057431553|Sun Nov 09 17:12:25 +0000 2014|I want to have an 'Andromeda is Dead' party in 2017 and we pretend it's her funeral 531493991750336512|Sun Nov 09 17:10:16 +0000 2014|@experimilk Sick 531493735964868609|Sun Nov 09 17:09:15 +0000 2014|@DanLovatClark @ThoughtBubbleUK @ffgMLarson Well they are both hot discussion in here 531493032672382977|Sun Nov 09 17:06:28 +0000 2014|@GabeJMoss Already is, and with the upcoming releases jinteki is going to stay most popular with us :( 531491581833265152|Sun Nov 09 17:00:42 +0000 2014|Almost don't want a NEH deck to win because I'm tired of everyone whining about it 531491385078472704|Sun Nov 09 16:59:55 +0000 2014|@SurielVazquez I wondered if they were related 531491086154596354|Sun Nov 09 16:58:44 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK No, but the commentators are so good with the game they effectively theorize 531490722479087616|Sun Nov 09 16:57:17 +0000 2014|Dramatic music and camera panning across reserved young men politely shaking hands over their picture cards 531490187575304193|Sun Nov 09 16:55:09 +0000 2014|http://TWITCH.tv/ffglive! It's all kicking off!!! And by 'it's all' I mean 'some pale nonplussed men are milling in a harshly lit card room' 531489785060528130|Sun Nov 09 16:53:34 +0000 2014|@NeonSanctum http://Twitch.tv/ffglive 531489269798678529|Sun Nov 09 16:51:31 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch @ashly_burch We have like, a filing system inside the core set box but *whispers* Quinns started using a BINDER 531479106022825984|Sun Nov 09 16:11:07 +0000 2014|@justinofclark No lie just last night I had a dream I was playing this 531479016822538241|Sun Nov 09 16:10:46 +0000 2014|RT @justinofclark: Did you know what the Spec Ops The Line folks have been working on lately? I didn't, till @leighalexander wrote this: ht… 531478868658774016|Sun Nov 09 16:10:11 +0000 2014|Gonna paint "NEAR EARTH HUB" on my face and yell at the TV I guess 531478734126481411|Sun Nov 09 16:09:39 +0000 2014|Going to have a little get together watching Netrunner Worlds final today. Like a nerd Super Bowl party 531439486484611072|Sun Nov 09 13:33:41 +0000 2014|@Rio_Garcia @jameshmm jealous of your cool life 531436483757236224|Sun Nov 09 13:21:46 +0000 2014|@PissBabyJR prob green 531436380765687808|Sun Nov 09 13:21:21 +0000 2014|@craigspaeth Thank you! I hope you like the book! 531242777838112768|Sun Nov 09 00:32:02 +0000 2014|We are KILLING it on Quiz Up tonight. Thanks for getting me hooked, @DanielaOana 531229614920966144|Sat Nov 08 23:39:44 +0000 2014|@kiehlmanniac @Quinns108 he came fourth in the end. CLOSE. 531229564232822784|Sat Nov 08 23:39:32 +0000 2014|@InfiniteRybicki i like all kinds of things that'd blow their minds if they actually paid attn to me instead of a caricature they made up 531225962164543489|Sat Nov 08 23:25:13 +0000 2014|@ephphathinker both. i mean, of course, i also read it as his dawning horror at suburban capitalist patriarchy, but that's me 531225185169731585|Sat Nov 08 23:22:08 +0000 2014|@obscurement NBN is my faction, but i think it's the most finicky and specific, and would not show a whole picture for a newb 531217575376859136|Sat Nov 08 22:51:54 +0000 2014|@obscurement but a core weyland makes for more comfortable learning (or it did for me!) 531217519806529536|Sat Nov 08 22:51:40 +0000 2014|@obscurement learning to count my way through a classic Replicating Perfection was essential training in my newbie days 531217394564628480|Sat Nov 08 22:51:11 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @marc_remillard you're amazing, Richard! Congratulations! 531217240570748928|Sat Nov 08 22:50:34 +0000 2014|I think of that story to this day anytime I'm in a beach town, and anytime I stow money in my swimsuit, even though I'm far from teen now 531216887703953409|Sat Nov 08 22:49:10 +0000 2014|"A&P" by John Updike has been my favorite short story since I was a teen, and I like it more every time I read http://www.tiger-town.com/whatnot/updike/ 531190214023446528|Sat Nov 08 21:03:10 +0000 2014|@Iroqu0isP1iskin Yeah isn't it?? I love 'Joseph Cornell' 531154339998728192|Sat Nov 08 18:40:37 +0000 2014|@statesidemenace Thanks a million-- so glad you enjoyed! 531130084242227200|Sat Nov 08 17:04:14 +0000 2014|WELL. As of round 3, @Quinns108 seems to be winning his OWN Netrunner tournament #corruption 531129720629645312|Sat Nov 08 17:02:47 +0000 2014|RT @guardian: In praise of … @leighalexander, fighting back against Gamergate http://gu.com/p/4365x/tw 531113161303556097|Sat Nov 08 15:56:59 +0000 2014|@philippawarr Pip. 531109405555978240|Sat Nov 08 15:42:04 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: In praise of … Leigh Alexander http://gu.com/p/4365x 531101948075069440|Sat Nov 08 15:12:26 +0000 2014|@Wordbeast Yes. Blame @Quinns108 531101799256956928|Sat Nov 08 15:11:51 +0000 2014|@McKelvie (Also I think you're like not here?) 531101743598542849|Sat Nov 08 15:11:37 +0000 2014|@McKelvie I was going to invite you to have a drink just now but then I changed my mind 531101468276064256|Sat Nov 08 15:10:32 +0000 2014|There is a really good DJ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B17Z-KYIQAA37V3.jpg 531101331671760896|Sat Nov 08 15:09:59 +0000 2014|I came to a Netrunner tournament just to hang out and not play http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B17Z2NfIMAE_Ksf.jpg 531082912666779648|Sat Nov 08 13:56:48 +0000 2014|Oh hey, The Clientele's Suburban Light got remastered. I love that album! 531079443507593217|Sat Nov 08 13:43:00 +0000 2014|ew what a creeper http://tindersfinestbachelors.tumblr.com/post/101828535893/his-mother-must-be-proud 531073006974820352|Sat Nov 08 13:17:26 +0000 2014|RT @petercoffin: Gamer Bill of Rights Dramatic Reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBZ_kSl34U&noredirect=1 @Spacekatgal @TheQuinnspiracy @femfreq @leighalexander 531067794918756352|Sat Nov 08 12:56:43 +0000 2014|@rickpatterson18 hahah 'target demographic' oh bless you 531064182163390464|Sat Nov 08 12:42:22 +0000 2014|@ToseNikolov again, sweetheart, no one is interested in what you have to say here. 531057905899171840|Sat Nov 08 12:17:26 +0000 2014|@cavgallagher no one's ignoring their right to a reaction, we're just ignoring them 531054932645146625|Sat Nov 08 12:05:37 +0000 2014|@ScrubbestLeague i'm in the uk bro 531038713258971137|Sat Nov 08 11:01:10 +0000 2014|as if the ONLY PLACE they could have a conversation was underneath our articles and not like, in their own spaces (assuming they have any) 531038421129904128|Sat Nov 08 11:00:00 +0000 2014|that's why they cry about 'censorship' as if enduring a violation of their rights, rather than a reminder that no one cares what they think 531038230448439296|Sat Nov 08 10:59:15 +0000 2014|'why don't you have comments on you cowardly bitch, i need you to pay attention to meeeee' 531037989762519040|Sat Nov 08 10:58:17 +0000 2014|like, if you want to know what drives trolls, just watch the SHEER FITS they pitch when comments are off or you release a blockbot 531037887970942976|Sat Nov 08 10:57:53 +0000 2014|there is no greater way to outrage someone with nothing to contribute than to shut off their access to you 531028195856769024|Sat Nov 08 10:19:22 +0000 2014|the degree to which acquaintances claim they know you may fluctuate depending on how fashionable it is to be your friend 531027377552654336|Sat Nov 08 10:16:07 +0000 2014|@Danielleri @_PromKnight we can do this all day 531026854166425600|Sat Nov 08 10:14:02 +0000 2014|@_PromKnight @Danielleri looking forward to your next Thing x 531026023446757376|Sat Nov 08 10:10:44 +0000 2014|@_PromKnight @Danielleri exactly what danielle said 531018767510548480|Sat Nov 08 09:41:54 +0000 2014|yet again, board game reviewer @Quinns108 has borrowed my aviators http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/review-chinatown/ 531016693049720832|Sat Nov 08 09:33:40 +0000 2014|RT @_PromKnight: MY VERY FIRST PATREON-FUNDED COMIC! Hurrah! Thanks a million to everyone who supported the making of this! ♥ http://t.co/w… 531014885787045889|Sat Nov 08 09:26:29 +0000 2014|RT @pushinghoops: my stance on emails is if it was important it wouldve been delivered via candygram 531011762179821569|Sat Nov 08 09:14:04 +0000 2014|RT @BoingBoing: Too Many Cooks: the imaginary, bizarro-world 1980s sitcom http://boingboing.net/2014/11/08/too-many-cooks-the-imaginary.html 531011203876020224|Sat Nov 08 09:11:51 +0000 2014|The fine @casskhaw is rounding up some of the best sci fi short stories online, & wants to do fic roundups regularly http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/6/7154035/short-stories-sci-fi-round-up 531005943614816256|Sat Nov 08 08:50:57 +0000 2014|RT @kawanabesatou: 「今夜はエエのが 入ったんや🎵」 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B16AXiDCQAAjw1w.jpg 531003265711108096|Sat Nov 08 08:40:18 +0000 2014|@endermugen @xMattieBrice lol who the fuck are you lil dude 530872145887649792|Fri Nov 07 23:59:17 +0000 2014|I've watched 'Too Many Cooks' so many times that I swear I saw 'Uncle Jesse' (John Stamos) somewhere in the last third 530871823937064962|Fri Nov 07 23:58:00 +0000 2014|@heyCasperKelly 'too many cooks' changed my life 530871485427384320|Fri Nov 07 23:56:39 +0000 2014|I should go to bed but I'm GLUED to the 'Too Many Cooks' AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2lm9se/we_are_the_gobsmacked_creators_behind_too_many/ 530865165261352960|Fri Nov 07 23:31:33 +0000 2014|@laevantine @wisclassic blood sugar crash, i think. just give yourself some space-out time, plenty of water, healthy snack, lots of care 530864631817203712|Fri Nov 07 23:29:25 +0000 2014|@steishere the penguin was a toy all along. it was his loving imagination. so sweet. 530864222604124160|Fri Nov 07 23:27:48 +0000 2014|RT @acarboni: Also: Too Many Cooks AMA is a real thing go go go https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2lm9se/we_are_the_gobsmacked_creators_behind_too_many/ 530863851303366656|Fri Nov 07 23:26:19 +0000 2014|@laevantine every time i wake up from a long nap i feel super emotionally disrupted :( 530854444486123520|Fri Nov 07 22:48:57 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd that's the worst thing that's been taken away from us lately, our ability to positively debate and discuss without polarization 530854302668320768|Fri Nov 07 22:48:23 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd i'd LOVE if we got back toward a space that encompassed constructive, respectful, exciting disagreements 530854070140284929|Fri Nov 07 22:47:27 +0000 2014|I love Phyllis on the U.S. office, after her wedding to Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration. She really owns that. 530853928251195392|Fri Nov 07 22:46:53 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins please make fun of me 530853444811509761|Fri Nov 07 22:44:58 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins 'check out my self-deprecating feels on facebook ha ha' -- the worst person ever 530853313953411072|Fri Nov 07 22:44:27 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins i made an elaborate and self-deprecating facebook update about all the thoughts/feels it's given me 530852917260353536|Fri Nov 07 22:42:52 +0000 2014|@leigh_books @v21 george, i'm so proud you remembered even if my own bot cannot (cc @steishere ) 530852681666273280|Fri Nov 07 22:41:56 +0000 2014|@reverendanthony i keep thinking about how tough it must have been to vet and gain approval for them to even say as little as they did 530852449951952897|Fri Nov 07 22:41:01 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd keep proving these conversational points with your work you excellent nina <3 530852328703000577|Fri Nov 07 22:40:32 +0000 2014|RT @AndrewNK: same http://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/B130EWECYAERn5R.png 530851854633431040|Fri Nov 07 22:38:39 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @ashtonraze don't mind me, just consultin' *drives away* 530851796894621697|Fri Nov 07 22:38:25 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @ashtonraze a CABOODLES? 530851577691918336|Fri Nov 07 22:37:33 +0000 2014|@MaraWritesStuff we all have one 530850820116729858|Fri Nov 07 22:34:32 +0000 2014|@ftrain this was brilliant. i loved it so deeply. you're a model for how to write about tech and humanity simultaneously. thanks <3 530850694161788928|Fri Nov 07 22:34:02 +0000 2014|RT @ftrain: the story is, a guy who helped me in life died & i began to obsessively emulate old computers & wrote about that. https://t.co/… 530813414562889728|Fri Nov 07 20:05:54 +0000 2014|@mistertoups @108 @Spiffl no. 530812238706532354|Fri Nov 07 20:01:14 +0000 2014|@108 @Spiffl wow timrod you can have that one for free 530812171136286720|Fri Nov 07 20:00:58 +0000 2014|@108 @Spiffl only if you yourself adopt, photograph and emotionally study each hairstyle complete with personal memories 530809405013766145|Fri Nov 07 19:49:58 +0000 2014|i'm a lot of fun at parties. 530809198293291008|Fri Nov 07 19:49:09 +0000 2014|this vaguely familiar, surreal mashup of our late 80s/early 90s TV about suburbia and the home that quickly becomes unhinged represents th 530808796680318978|Fri Nov 07 19:47:33 +0000 2014|bf was like "why can't you just let some things just be what they are" 530808724064313345|Fri Nov 07 19:47:16 +0000 2014|i could go on re "blah blah millennial loss of self half-remembered nostalgia american dream chopped and screwed economic anxiety", but 530808420254109696|Fri Nov 07 19:46:03 +0000 2014|obsessed with 'too many cooks' from adult swim... you should watch the whole thing... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzdRQCnDBlw 530808160802861056|Fri Nov 07 19:45:02 +0000 2014|RT @animalphase: ”a trundling pair of disembodied hairy arms” : one of my favorite lines by @leighalexander http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexanders-understanding-games-do-you-cut-off-your-arm-or-eat-a-baby-876 530808121242181632|Fri Nov 07 19:44:52 +0000 2014|@Spiffl lollll hear that @108 I WON 530791164606435329|Fri Nov 07 18:37:29 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice yeah that must be particularly frustrating for you as there's an extra level(s) of tokenization there 530790478372151296|Fri Nov 07 18:34:46 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice it's frustrating that i need to feel grateful when people who read my work are actually able to propagate my actual ideas 530790404934078464|Fri Nov 07 18:34:28 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice i mean, not universally, for me. but it's true that how commonly this happens is disappointing 530789990784327681|Fri Nov 07 18:32:50 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice i've begun to chafe at being called a 'voice' or hearing my 'voice' is needed, like just the sound of me talking is enough 530788780148789248|Fri Nov 07 18:28:01 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice i wrote a whole article about this that ppl apparently felt great about RTing but many did not actually read 530788703774728193|Fri Nov 07 18:27:43 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice i can't fucking deal with that, and they copy me in too so i can be sure to SEE 530779107077140481|Fri Nov 07 17:49:35 +0000 2014|He doesn't just make sex jokes on twitter -- here is a great list of 21 Amazing Women by @paullicino http://paullicino.tumblr.com/post/102009592626/21-amazing-women-who-are-mysteriously-missing-from 530777737297145856|Fri Nov 07 17:44:08 +0000 2014|@WIZARDISHUNGRY @wochie oh honey go play your call of duty 530724885677760512|Fri Nov 07 14:14:07 +0000 2014|@DCantuBiz Thank you, Diana! 530722227311087616|Fri Nov 07 14:03:33 +0000 2014|@thain1982 so did i. 530722162836262912|Fri Nov 07 14:03:18 +0000 2014|@yarkitude obsessed with defending brands and taking corporations to heart, gamers are like the LEAST punk people ever 530721952772935680|Fri Nov 07 14:02:28 +0000 2014|Yeah I had to, I'm sorry 530721875303755777|Fri Nov 07 14:02:10 +0000 2014|Win #WorldsBestWhisky Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013. Follow @WhiskyExchange & RT to enter. Full info: https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/feature/yamazakiprizedraw 530719359250227200|Fri Nov 07 13:52:10 +0000 2014|earlier this year i wrote about games i thought were genuinely transgressive/subversive (and one big one that wasn't) http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/27/gta-v-transgressive-video-games 530719243315458048|Fri Nov 07 13:51:42 +0000 2014|video games usually think they're 'punk' and miss the mark. this @davidwolinsky article is real good http://killscreendaily.com/articles/sunset-overdrive-thinks-punk-rock-began-blink-182/ 530717559294021632|Fri Nov 07 13:45:01 +0000 2014|RT @aedison: I've been working on something for the past few months. A book. You can buy it for $10 here: http://averyedison.com/rightbodywrongjunk/ http://t.c… 530714575638102016|Fri Nov 07 13:33:09 +0000 2014|@Vicious_pen wooooooooooooooo 530705221409079296|Fri Nov 07 12:55:59 +0000 2014|@rob_sollars not even sure how to SAY that 530705184352378880|Fri Nov 07 12:55:50 +0000 2014|@thrmoptc thanks for the heads up! 530704430812106752|Fri Nov 07 12:52:50 +0000 2014|Oh, I think Snowpiercer is on US Netflix now? Here's my VICE piece on its videogamey vocabulary http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexanders-understanding-games-do-you-cut-off-your-arm-or-eat-a-baby-876 530703431691165696|Fri Nov 07 12:48:52 +0000 2014|going to Bali in just one week #vacation #all #i #ever #wanted 530698352565190656|Fri Nov 07 12:28:41 +0000 2014|I love everything that's happening here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiW5aOPCaas#t=44 530697803677569024|Fri Nov 07 12:26:30 +0000 2014|really love @philippawarr's Lumino City pictures -- a game modeled sweetly in the real world http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/11/06/making-of-lumino-city/ 530695876856262656|Fri Nov 07 12:18:51 +0000 2014|@applecidermage @xoxogossipgita followed for having reality bites cover pic 530638422210543617|Fri Nov 07 08:30:33 +0000 2014|RT @Tom_OBedlam: @NotAllBhas @leighalexander except there's also this http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/04/feminist-t-shirts-made-ethical-conditions-fawcett-society 530638397715775488|Fri Nov 07 08:30:27 +0000 2014|@Tom_OBedlam @NotAllBhas ahhh you know that makes a lot of sense 530638245491929088|Fri Nov 07 08:29:51 +0000 2014|RT @Quinnae_Moon: This tangle of issues is what I was getting at in my Polygon editorial: http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/29/5947661/the-nightmare-is-over-theyre-not-coming-for-your-games About how gamer toxicity e… 530635987488374784|Fri Nov 07 08:20:52 +0000 2014|@nvining @casskhaw (cass is also pretty established if you ask me -- !!) 530635867585789952|Fri Nov 07 08:20:24 +0000 2014|@nvining @casskhaw (that i don't already know) 530632795685937152|Fri Nov 07 08:08:11 +0000 2014|up and coming women writers on games i might be missing? women of color? 530622474451681280|Fri Nov 07 07:27:11 +0000 2014|RT @craigw1701: #FF @leighalexander She's an awesome writer about video games, and she's awesome too! Wrap your eyes around this!!: http://… 530621223420428288|Fri Nov 07 07:22:12 +0000 2014|there needs to be a website that's just 'http://whynotequalism.com' *heavy sigh* https://twitter.com/BOsbun/status/530518260874489856 530621025185464320|Fri Nov 07 07:21:25 +0000 2014|RT @dualhammers: If you are not listening to @leighalexander 's low-fi let's plays you are missing a master class. 530502327451783168|Thu Nov 06 23:29:45 +0000 2014|will the marks and spencer delivery person notice i am not a real dame when i answer the door to my flat in my hoodie and sweatpants 530502124371992577|Thu Nov 06 23:28:57 +0000 2014|RT @TechnicallyRon: It's easy to think Penguins are cute, but what are the real facts? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1v8h9IIYAAsnS0.jpg 530500535020179456|Thu Nov 06 23:22:38 +0000 2014|@jamesgraham the nbn edutainment department cares about every child 530499981585952769|Thu Nov 06 23:20:26 +0000 2014|i ordered pajamas online at marks and spencer and they asked me for my 'title' so i selected 'dame' 530494499299282945|Thu Nov 06 22:58:39 +0000 2014|RT @philrowen: @leighalexander that's more or less why fast/furious is popular again. Like, this just feels cool and refreshing http://t.co… 530493740771979265|Thu Nov 06 22:55:38 +0000 2014|@LunacyHS yeah uh no one thinks that 530493667572985856|Thu Nov 06 22:55:21 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis hey, whatever works ;) 530492887503745024|Thu Nov 06 22:52:15 +0000 2014|RT @stevelecoui: @leighalexander Comics has been dealing with this too. You could have Saga, but no let's just keep lowering the zipper on … 530492398020087809|Thu Nov 06 22:50:18 +0000 2014|sadly, at first i didn't go FULL FEMINIST because it was the right thing to do. i was just bored of the same-ass content by the same-ass ppl 530492003470307329|Thu Nov 06 22:48:44 +0000 2014|everyone whining about getting feminism out of their games doesn't realize how much more ~sexy, fresh & interesting~ diversity makes things 530491668089536512|Thu Nov 06 22:47:24 +0000 2014|@jamesgraham not for like 3 years! 530490822362677248|Thu Nov 06 22:44:02 +0000 2014|@DyingSterotype if i could play it on an ipad or in a browser i would never go anywhere or do anything 530488992912138241|Thu Nov 06 22:36:46 +0000 2014|it's hard to learn & i know some of you are used to just kinda pointing a cursor at things and pulling a trigger but http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/test/ 530488771863912449|Thu Nov 06 22:35:53 +0000 2014|y'all need to start playing card games. netrunner has like, the most cool & diverse universe of any game i currently play or ever did play 530488197093289984|Thu Nov 06 22:33:36 +0000 2014|RT @CorpDraw: Matt knocked it out of the park with this art! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1yosOKIgAEhrdK.jpg 530485374465089536|Thu Nov 06 22:22:23 +0000 2014|@tobyfee i'm glad to hear that! i'll keep working on that! 530484615677759488|Thu Nov 06 22:19:22 +0000 2014|grand tragedy when you try to shop online at marks and spencer but it doesn't understand your american bank card 530475535412248579|Thu Nov 06 21:43:18 +0000 2014|i cannot really tell if this is a joke or not http://thoughtcatalog.com/nicole-mullen/2014/11/actually-its-the-washington-post-thats-bad-2/ 530461264364183554|Thu Nov 06 20:46:35 +0000 2014|That awesome feeling when you have a plentitude of exciting possibilities on your horizon. This'll be the BEST New Year's. 530436107666616320|Thu Nov 06 19:06:37 +0000 2014|@amandaseales @mandystadt @CNN the side-eyes that sliced the patriarchy! i love it! 530432032284110849|Thu Nov 06 18:50:26 +0000 2014|@scanters @mattsheret why do you guys hang out w me 530431992014585856|Thu Nov 06 18:50:16 +0000 2014|RT @scanters: Party like @leighalexander! (by @mattsheret) http://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/B1x4m_-CYAAwdxy.png 530431963921149953|Thu Nov 06 18:50:09 +0000 2014|@scanters @mattsheret HAHAHAHAH 530430708901482496|Thu Nov 06 18:45:10 +0000 2014|@expdotzine SOMEDAY we will get the options we deserve *stares into the horizon, dreaming of using 'data hound' & 'ghost branch'* 530430550021246976|Thu Nov 06 18:44:32 +0000 2014|@expdotzine my main claim to fame is mostly the cards i don't use! 530430409902137345|Thu Nov 06 18:43:59 +0000 2014|@expdotzine it is true that i wouldn't play any other NBN deck besides the one i've made 530429191347785728|Thu Nov 06 18:39:08 +0000 2014|@jersing basically 530429037731385346|Thu Nov 06 18:38:32 +0000 2014|@expdotzine grr 530428711590707200|Thu Nov 06 18:37:14 +0000 2014|#tbt http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1x2Gh_IcAAF2AP.jpg 530427576607838209|Thu Nov 06 18:32:43 +0000 2014|I think the very REASON i'm coming down with this cold is because for the first time in ages I have to travel to an early meeting tomorrow 530411319174787072|Thu Nov 06 17:28:07 +0000 2014|@mightyatom @MammonMachine @hellophia YOU IRL OMG 530411087456645120|Thu Nov 06 17:27:12 +0000 2014|christmas is coming up where can i buy this online http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/05/japan-beats-scotland-to-win-worlds-best-whiskey-title/ 530408081109565440|Thu Nov 06 17:15:15 +0000 2014|@alexhern new nbn asset 530405716109320192|Thu Nov 06 17:05:51 +0000 2014|RT @palakchaval: Great @leighalexander piece on MGS3: gets at the series' paradoxes, its grave intelligence and its gleeful idiocy. http:… 530405512010280960|Thu Nov 06 17:05:03 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae lol it's easy jetta 530403526795472896|Thu Nov 06 16:57:09 +0000 2014|Holy. @jetta_rae made an OKCupid profile posing as GLADoS. What happened next is AMAZING http://www.ravishly.com/2014/11/06/i-responded-okcupid-suitors-nothing-video-game-quotes%E2%80%94-what-happened-next 530400964579430400|Thu Nov 06 16:46:59 +0000 2014|RT @BlackGirlsCode: Volunteers, we need you! Techies, non-techies, humans... sign up here--> http://ow.ly/DLpZQ http://fb.me/1DyKHVpeU 530399828438953984|Thu Nov 06 16:42:28 +0000 2014|@waxpancake IT WAS SO SWEET 530373676915773440|Thu Nov 06 14:58:33 +0000 2014|What it's like being a black woman who works at Google https://medium.com/@ericajoy/the-other-side-of-diversity-1bb3de2f053e 530366836593152000|Thu Nov 06 14:31:22 +0000 2014|Must-read @ftrain piece about retro computing and grief. Stories like this are why I love computers. https://medium.com/message/networks-without-networks-7644933a3100 530348003715194880|Thu Nov 06 13:16:32 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster personally i think this means we're just a better class of people 530346104853106688|Thu Nov 06 13:08:59 +0000 2014|@alexhern MEH 530345364675891201|Thu Nov 06 13:06:02 +0000 2014|well i watched the john lewis penguin ad and i cried. i swear it's just because i'm sick 530342482014658560|Thu Nov 06 12:54:35 +0000 2014|RT @standardman: Gamers are big babies http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1vzykvCcAA_nOj.jpg 530335577942818816|Thu Nov 06 12:27:09 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: Hey! Designer board games appeared in the latest South Park. *continues flying rickety bi-plane towards relevancy* http://t.… 530332572052893696|Thu Nov 06 12:15:13 +0000 2014|RT @TQuillfeldt: 'Metal Gear Solid 3', I Love You with All My Heart http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-decade-of-snake-eating-a-celebration-of-metal-gear-solid-3-273 via @leighalexander @VICE 530136511203655681|Wed Nov 05 23:16:08 +0000 2014|@Hellchick @vravn @twoscooters http://gamasutra.com/view/news/219074/What_did_they_do_to_you_Our_women_heroes_problem.php 530133900723355648|Wed Nov 05 23:05:46 +0000 2014|@DanAshTreeLane yeah, any day! 530132399653285889|Wed Nov 05 22:59:48 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC @tha_rami @Vlambeer remember, they pay your bills 530131547622363137|Wed Nov 05 22:56:25 +0000 2014|@kfan aaaa i'm so glad 530131409428443136|Wed Nov 05 22:55:52 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC @tha_rami your shareholders will be angry that you have alienated your target demographic 530129826712399872|Wed Nov 05 22:49:34 +0000 2014|@kfan thank. you! 530129525007732736|Wed Nov 05 22:48:22 +0000 2014|@tobyfee thank ~you~ 530129469001195520|Wed Nov 05 22:48:09 +0000 2014|@excessionary probably not, no. 530127188948172800|Wed Nov 05 22:39:05 +0000 2014|RT @Bearpigman: I want to take ALL these tears, put them in a hot air vaporizer, and get them directly in my pores http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1tjPp-CUAEBHWH.png 530126562612764672|Wed Nov 05 22:36:36 +0000 2014|@ZackFurniss /salute 530125471124848641|Wed Nov 05 22:32:16 +0000 2014|@christinelove <3 <3 <3 <3 530125410290651136|Wed Nov 05 22:32:01 +0000 2014|solidarity tweets don't help me sleep. read my work, share my articles, buy my books. thank you for your support. https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 530124643416670208|Wed Nov 05 22:28:58 +0000 2014|it's not like i was dipped in fire and came out brunhilde. i was kicking ass already, and i was ugly and human already. that's all. 530124104402493441|Wed Nov 05 22:26:50 +0000 2014|i'm not a 'voice', won't be an iconic martyr. not 'brave'. i'm a writer. roulette landed on me lately, is all, & i wanna get back to work. 530118594911555585|Wed Nov 05 22:04:56 +0000 2014|this feels too real... sort of into 'slowly backing away' from this phase of games crit ... http://thehairpin.com/2014/10/a-cool-book-review-by-a-hip-writer-who-has-definitely-had-sex/ 530117774262419458|Wed Nov 05 22:01:41 +0000 2014|@jersing oh ouch 530116862169083904|Wed Nov 05 21:58:03 +0000 2014|@jersing real life 530116434371022850|Wed Nov 05 21:56:21 +0000 2014|@jersing aaaa <3 530116071106560000|Wed Nov 05 21:54:55 +0000 2014|@jersing 'rose mcgowan is wrong bc my one friend' 530115737361604608|Wed Nov 05 21:53:35 +0000 2014|@DataFran (thank you!) 530115705996582912|Wed Nov 05 21:53:28 +0000 2014|@DataFran i know because i get like 5 tweets a day from you ~ 530115499523600384|Wed Nov 05 21:52:38 +0000 2014|@jersing she was like 'i haven't seen any gay dudes out for women' and i was like 'wait i have ive seen jersing' 530115137773244417|Wed Nov 05 21:51:12 +0000 2014|@g_kayy you think to yourself quietly 'oh, that's cute' and you don't reply 530114278364553217|Wed Nov 05 21:47:47 +0000 2014|never be this guy. never. https://twitter.com/CharlotteNB/status/530107170051088384 530110790800797696|Wed Nov 05 21:33:56 +0000 2014|RT @DeMarko: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1sqJQ1IEAAi4x6.png 530109452801032192|Wed Nov 05 21:28:37 +0000 2014|@jekyllian thank you! i'm really glad you liked it! 530109409155117056|Wed Nov 05 21:28:26 +0000 2014|RT @jekyllian: just finished @leighalexander's "clipping through" & if you want to support awesome writing, go get it: https://t.co/QKh0teB… 530094354099363841|Wed Nov 05 20:28:37 +0000 2014|@sispurrier i had a. v specific subject matter b. niche but v engaged readership = got waaay more out of self-pubbing than a co woulda given 530093906562940928|Wed Nov 05 20:26:50 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @McKelvie EW 530084768009162752|Wed Nov 05 19:50:31 +0000 2014|@scanters that was me i'm in my room 530078912865660930|Wed Nov 05 19:27:15 +0000 2014|RT @RaeBeta: 7 Nihilistic Quotes That Only Brilliant, Misunderstood Young Males On The Internet Will Appreciate http://www.clickhole.com/article/7-nihilistic-quotes-only-brilliant-misunderstood-y-1324 via … 530073528281071617|Wed Nov 05 19:05:52 +0000 2014|@acosmos same. wait 530070693594284032|Wed Nov 05 18:54:36 +0000 2014|@jackalltogether i've been collecting them here and there http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1swfIvIUAALQ3h.jpg 530069243426250753|Wed Nov 05 18:48:50 +0000 2014|the sad part of a vintage games hobby: you hit copy protection, and the means of breaking it is lost to time 530068362790207489|Wed Nov 05 18:45:20 +0000 2014|RT @petercoffin: @leighalexander re: ethical concerns https://twitter.com/petercoffin/status/530066029255204864 https://twitter.com/petercoffin/status/530066341558882304 https://twitter.com/petercoffin/status/530066533741891584 530064347620732928|Wed Nov 05 18:29:23 +0000 2014|@scanters i mean just let me know when the mulling/Drag Race party is (cc @philippawarr @edfear) 530064256356872192|Wed Nov 05 18:29:01 +0000 2014|@scanters mulled Ann 530064207677779968|Wed Nov 05 18:28:49 +0000 2014|RT @stillgray: A list of the real ethical issues that video game journalists and members of the industry face, by @leighalexander http://t.… 530059715389431808|Wed Nov 05 18:10:58 +0000 2014|@RaygunGoth i thought of you today when i had licorice tea 530056899908349952|Wed Nov 05 17:59:47 +0000 2014|@edfear @danthat *lip tremble* 530056756949696512|Wed Nov 05 17:59:13 +0000 2014|@action_points oh hahahahah i didn't even notice that part. thank you @PennyRed <3 <3 530056625005289472|Wed Nov 05 17:58:42 +0000 2014|@acosmos naww, i'mma be in indonesia, on holiday from videogames 530056326387601408|Wed Nov 05 17:57:30 +0000 2014|@fullbright omg stfu 530056255457730561|Wed Nov 05 17:57:13 +0000 2014|@MituK if anyone knows my seasonal emotional weaknesses, it's capitalism 530055860245258240|Wed Nov 05 17:55:39 +0000 2014|Best things re living in UK: a. mulled wine b. waitresses & girl bartenders call me 'babe' c. chips d. mulled wine 530055580715843584|Wed Nov 05 17:54:33 +0000 2014|I've been told that after Nov 5 it becomes seasonally appropriate to start mulling wine. Please please please say it's true #mulledwine 530053015055921152|Wed Nov 05 17:44:21 +0000 2014|@scanters huh 530052088173453313|Wed Nov 05 17:40:40 +0000 2014|@scanters *peels off top, jumps in pool* 530049462098726913|Wed Nov 05 17:30:14 +0000 2014|@archive_girl i know 530048336989257728|Wed Nov 05 17:25:46 +0000 2014|I like this @PennyRed interview re her book on feminism http://flavorwire.com/486614/i-dont-see-anyone-asking-justin-bieber-if-hes-a-feminist-laurie-penny-on-activism-gender-and-her-book-unspeakable-things 530047646753644544|Wed Nov 05 17:23:01 +0000 2014|Got a cold, working late, going to miss all the fireworks this year. Bummer! 530042623663538176|Wed Nov 05 17:03:03 +0000 2014|@MaraWritesStuff the sexy 'twenty nipples in the office' look 530041171478056962|Wed Nov 05 16:57:17 +0000 2014|@failnaut if you follow my cousin on twitter 530040958969470976|Wed Nov 05 16:56:26 +0000 2014|@failnaut not me, no 530040060159467521|Wed Nov 05 16:52:52 +0000 2014|Hey, my cousin @thegreekglutton, food blogger and @FAGEUSA yogurt fanatic, is on Twitter. Say "HI NATI" ~ 530035070598643712|Wed Nov 05 16:33:03 +0000 2014|This week's Tech Weekly, I interview Steven Johnson (and talk about Taylor Swift with @alexhern & @elenacresci) http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2014/nov/05/podcast-tech-weekly-steven-johnson-now 530034156538175488|Wed Nov 05 16:29:25 +0000 2014|@CaseyMalone haha just kidding lol 530034136506175488|Wed Nov 05 16:29:20 +0000 2014|@CaseyMalone this is bullying 529956933613395968|Wed Nov 05 11:22:33 +0000 2014|RT @SamiMauger: Hey @leighalexander have you seen our #QueenOfCode campaign with @CreativeEngland - we think you might like it! http://t.co… 529952882066722816|Wed Nov 05 11:06:27 +0000 2014|@Seniath @alexhern @lisafleisher yeah but si you can't really laugh at that either -- !! 529952702449868801|Wed Nov 05 11:05:44 +0000 2014|@alexhern @Seniath @lisafleisher i was worried you would come in while i was taking the selfie lol 529952421347590144|Wed Nov 05 11:04:37 +0000 2014|@alexhern @Seniath @lisafleisher hern is a lot more intellectually mature than most of us actually 529950420098383872|Wed Nov 05 10:56:40 +0000 2014|@stillgray @Fiohnel my dad who works at nintendo 529950176971333632|Wed Nov 05 10:55:42 +0000 2014|RT @JamieJBartlett: Fascinating article on the people who work to keep dick pics & beheadings off your Facebook feed. http://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/#slide-id-1593139 529806574408437761|Wed Nov 05 01:25:05 +0000 2014|RT @MorganRamsay: The conversation leading up to @leighalexander's infamous article (i.e., context) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzeEqYMCQAEbKLz.png 529756580666155009|Tue Nov 04 22:06:25 +0000 2014|@KyotoNightStick U mad bro 529721306712129536|Tue Nov 04 19:46:15 +0000 2014|@infinite_ammo i guess honestly i still try to be a friend to women who present like this because i can't help it, but i keep arm's length 529721057528520704|Tue Nov 04 19:45:16 +0000 2014|@infinite_ammo but i guess i've learned by now that i can't help them and they're just going to hurt me 529721009189158913|Tue Nov 04 19:45:04 +0000 2014|@infinite_ammo to this day i feel guilty because i stridently avoid ppl with certain overtly-troubled traits, because thye need help 529720623913000961|Tue Nov 04 19:43:33 +0000 2014|@infinite_ammo you totally feel pressured to give extra care, benefit of doubt, etc. also, before you learn that it's how they survive 529711237828214784|Tue Nov 04 19:06:15 +0000 2014|@jersing na na 529710749904826369|Tue Nov 04 19:04:19 +0000 2014|RT @satellitexskin: is no one going to talk about this though http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1jVkAKIIAAAs0H.jpg 529709378820395009|Tue Nov 04 18:58:52 +0000 2014|@andrewryan1984 aw that's great to hear! thanks for watching it! 529707549063647232|Tue Nov 04 18:51:35 +0000 2014|@DeMarko biotic labor is for chumps who don't GET IT 529707405631033345|Tue Nov 04 18:51:01 +0000 2014|@DeMarko IT IS 529704301128859648|Tue Nov 04 18:38:41 +0000 2014|@DeMarko MINE IS DIFFERENT 529696364306124801|Tue Nov 04 18:07:09 +0000 2014|@ellaguro who doesn't do that tho 529695878563758080|Tue Nov 04 18:05:13 +0000 2014|Employee came to clear my salad plate... caught me in the middle of pinching last bits of quinoa from it with my fingers... #classy 529689316533211136|Tue Nov 04 17:39:08 +0000 2014|Found a place to wait out rush hour that: serves salad; has wifi; has outlets; serves cocktails. Feel like I found the Holy Grail. 529688474174373888|Tue Nov 04 17:35:48 +0000 2014|RT @bonzrat: I wrote about some of the games to show to people who think they don't like games or that games are bad http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/11/04/games-for-non-gamers/ 529637410414804992|Tue Nov 04 14:12:53 +0000 2014|Last time ICYMI: round-up of all my recent articles & things http://leighalexander.net/monday-links-11-3-04/ 529617136004898816|Tue Nov 04 12:52:19 +0000 2014|@DataFran prob not up for the level of work required. you actually have to Do Journalism in a case like that not just OOO I'M A WRITER 529612426460033024|Tue Nov 04 12:33:36 +0000 2014|i had an irrational stab of emotion http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/nov/04/us-press-publishing-digital-media?CMP=share_btn_tw 529466310682759169|Tue Nov 04 02:53:00 +0000 2014|RT @deantak: Gaming’s most ridiculous button prompts, including Call of Duty’s ‘Press F to Pay Respects’ http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/03/gamings-most-ridiculous-button-prompts-including-call-of-dutys-press-f-to-pay-respects/?n_play=54583d16e4b0b29ee2113e73 via @GamesB… 529465265206337537|Tue Nov 04 02:48:50 +0000 2014|RT @jon_fischer: Whoa to this @carlzoilus essay: "I Knew About Jian Ghomeshi" http://slate.me/1qmPDRN 529459864897327104|Tue Nov 04 02:27:23 +0000 2014|@metasynthie For some reason I'm not surprised 529449278650208256|Tue Nov 04 01:45:19 +0000 2014|@Hawknitesh you're STILL playing CoD? 529445224230424577|Tue Nov 04 01:29:12 +0000 2014|@scd i did just send a link to @Quinns108 in a kind of HINT HINT way. if we had ten friends and each one found ten scary stories etc 529444146956607488|Tue Nov 04 01:24:55 +0000 2014|wow this game seems awesome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyakumonogatari_Kaidankai 529440373416812544|Tue Nov 04 01:09:56 +0000 2014|Just watched original Shutter film for the first time. HOLY SHIT. One of the jump scares early on is the best jump scare I've ever seen. 529401806665691136|Mon Nov 03 22:36:41 +0000 2014|@fizzbang @chrisremo HAHAHAH 529366206000943106|Mon Nov 03 20:15:13 +0000 2014|RT @tinycartridge: if ur into Netrunner & its competitive scene, I had a long chat w/ lead designer @RukasuFox: http://tmblr.co/ZbdYay1UjV7ey http… 529356563086319616|Mon Nov 03 19:36:54 +0000 2014|@ZeroAsher in my faq 529352679890640897|Mon Nov 03 19:21:28 +0000 2014|@sokareemie aw thank you i feel really good about that one, i'm glad we could express some of that stuff 529350566124986368|Mon Nov 03 19:13:04 +0000 2014|@BinkytheBear i'm not british, smarty 529346576733716480|Mon Nov 03 18:57:13 +0000 2014|@DataFran @McKelvie #wicdiv is a leigh alexander visual quote nahmean 529345554304991232|Mon Nov 03 18:53:09 +0000 2014|Here's a roundup of recent things I've worked on that I wanted to share with y'all http://leighalexander.net/monday-links-11-3-04/ 529325405204140032|Mon Nov 03 17:33:05 +0000 2014|@sokareemie i blinked obtusely and asked 'but if he hadn't done anything wrong then we wouldn't all be in this court right' GONE 529294053528317952|Mon Nov 03 15:28:30 +0000 2014|RT @hollybrocks: Yikes. An Instagram account of men's reactions to women saying "no thanks" on dating sites http://instagram.com/byefelipe 529290544040902656|Mon Nov 03 15:14:34 +0000 2014|oh. my. god https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bullypulpitgames/night-witches (h/t @Quinns108) 529290457994772480|Mon Nov 03 15:14:13 +0000 2014|@ZiggyVertigo sending good vibes to your family x 529289797580640256|Mon Nov 03 15:11:36 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly totally can do 529289533993791488|Mon Nov 03 15:10:33 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly another one called 'deep magic from the dawn of time' was about a unicorn that kept dying and coming back to life 529289430939754497|Mon Nov 03 15:10:08 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly yes, i have to go get it when i go back to NY. it's called 'it's only forever' (like david bowie labyrinth song lyric) 529288925748396032|Mon Nov 03 15:08:08 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly one 'book' i wrote was just about a woman who went on an adventure that took so long she got old and died at the end 529288267829882880|Mon Nov 03 15:05:31 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow @ckunzelman i am v busy with that 529288071528083456|Mon Nov 03 15:04:44 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly my childhood drawings were death-fixated also and i didn't even have the parent excuse 529286753908453376|Mon Nov 03 14:59:30 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell @JimSterling illuminati fistbump 529286516145938433|Mon Nov 03 14:58:33 +0000 2014|@benedictwarner i tried watching one on the train and i fell asleep too 529286411552559104|Mon Nov 03 14:58:08 +0000 2014|RT @mrsambarlow: @leighalexander I wrote about my text input game, mainly to gain your approval & blessing as queen of Lo Fi text - http://… 529286356850475008|Mon Nov 03 14:57:55 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly this is so amazing 529285680846106624|Mon Nov 03 14:55:14 +0000 2014|Oh also, here is a little piece about @metasynthie's hot card game Consentacle. She's so brilliant http://gamasutra.com/view/news/228981/Consensual_tentacles_Naomi_Clarks_provocative_card_game.php 529285430349684737|Mon Nov 03 14:54:14 +0000 2014|@ZiggyVertigo I hope you like it. Sorry to hear about the grief struggles. 529281246833410048|Mon Nov 03 14:37:37 +0000 2014|What have y'all been up to lately? Here are some Monday links to cool things I've done you may have missed http://leighalexander.net/monday-links-11-3-04/ 529272715900121090|Mon Nov 03 14:03:43 +0000 2014|@Smingleigh @Jam_sponge i received a grilled cheese for my birthday instead of cake 529255140935880705|Mon Nov 03 12:53:53 +0000 2014|Market researcher writes about inclusive standards for studying players of games http://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/why-all-gamers-matter/ 529252867467931649|Mon Nov 03 12:44:51 +0000 2014|RT @mbled210: Damn good piece (and hot!) on the enduring strangeness of TWIN PEAKS, from @leighalexander: http://pocket.co/sWp23 529251559788773377|Mon Nov 03 12:39:39 +0000 2014|RT @failnaut: I was interviewed by @keefstuart last week about my work with games, mental health, and safe spaces: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/31/gamecity-interviews-christos-reid-on-depression-and-biography-video 529247817093877760|Mon Nov 03 12:24:47 +0000 2014|RT @juliascheele: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS on Double Dare Ya, the Riot Grrrl book, the London launch party, and a new zine collective HERE: http:/… 529241739455115265|Mon Nov 03 12:00:38 +0000 2014|@etienneshrdlu @oceanclub it's super pitiful 529239964136271872|Mon Nov 03 11:53:34 +0000 2014|@Dissimulen you seem mad 529035685853147138|Sun Nov 02 22:21:51 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @sokareemie @MammonMachine You're an amaaazing writer and interviewer Jetta, please do more 529028640634597376|Sun Nov 02 21:53:51 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @sokareemie @MammonMachine I LOVE these. Best one I've ever done, so happy to have been chosen 529019768050049024|Sun Nov 02 21:18:36 +0000 2014|RT @white: The E.T.-Atari landfill docu premieres Nov. 20 - or you can just read @leighalexander's excellent piece instead http://t.co/Hcm6… 529019272060993537|Sun Nov 02 21:16:37 +0000 2014|Well @Quinns108 just showed me Invisible Inc and I liked it a lot. So happy about all the innovative stealth/hacking games in the works now 528957497995186176|Sun Nov 02 17:11:09 +0000 2014|RT @keefstuart: If you haven't already, please watch my interview with @HonestWilliam and @InternalArt - watch right to the end... https://… 528892756698349569|Sun Nov 02 12:53:54 +0000 2014|Once again I had a wonderful time with great people at @gamecity! I think I'm still drunk from last night, though. 528892453345312769|Sun Nov 02 12:52:41 +0000 2014|@etohehir I'm glad you like them! 528737557342085120|Sun Nov 02 02:37:11 +0000 2014|RT @jetta_rae: My interviews with @leighalexander, @sokareemie, & @MammonMachine http://www.ravishly.com/2014/10/22/breathing-machine-clipping-through-leigh-alexander-gaming-community http://www.ravishly.com/2014/10/24/cats-controllers-agitation-and-academics-my-interview-soha-kareem http://t… 528648890179141632|Sat Nov 01 20:44:51 +0000 2014|RT @doougle: Now that I finally watched Twin Peaks last month, I went and read this recent @leighalexander piece about the show: http://t.c… 528620619672608768|Sat Nov 01 18:52:31 +0000 2014|i read this and I nodded intensely https://storify.com/durgapolashi/ayesha-re and then i read this and nodded a little too https://storify.com/videodante/my-response-to-ayesha-siddiqi-s-read-on-that-stree 528615050387673088|Sat Nov 01 18:30:23 +0000 2014|I want a fav from me to feel truly special 528614723672367105|Sat Nov 01 18:29:05 +0000 2014|I have SO many Twitter favs. I fav so much. I really need to raise my fav standards, but I guess I just love you all too much 528613056306491392|Sat Nov 01 18:22:28 +0000 2014|@LifeInNeon i mean except tweets will tweet for free 528612999268163584|Sat Nov 01 18:22:14 +0000 2014|@LifeInNeon no i don't even put a finger on a keyboard unless money is involved 528612181286617088|Sat Nov 01 18:18:59 +0000 2014|Googling 'how do i make a plot' 'plot making how to do it' 'what is a plot' 528535964533415936|Sat Nov 01 13:16:08 +0000 2014|Wow really good scary stories http://jezebel.com/11-more-of-the-scariest-stories-weve-ever-heard-1653038439/all 528526485356019712|Sat Nov 01 12:38:28 +0000 2014|@severalbees @teenytinylisa Counting down the days until it's time to mull 528520524151160833|Sat Nov 01 12:14:47 +0000 2014|@x_glitch I got bored of that 528519927326838784|Sat Nov 01 12:12:24 +0000 2014|I'm gonna take the couple million I earned this year from my corrupt games journalism and install a sushi conveyor in my home 528517397352050689|Sat Nov 01 12:02:21 +0000 2014|@paullicino @Brendy_C you need to drink water 528516103681900544|Sat Nov 01 11:57:13 +0000 2014|@paullicino @Brendy_C helo 528515938988339202|Sat Nov 01 11:56:33 +0000 2014|@jukiokallio I believe in you 528515489669332993|Sat Nov 01 11:54:46 +0000 2014|@Nicolalah Thanks for watching! 528515039297548288|Sat Nov 01 11:52:59 +0000 2014|@jukiokallio You have the advantage of youth tho, the consequences for being un-pro increase with age 528514099320475648|Sat Nov 01 11:49:15 +0000 2014|Feel mega accomplished waking up on a Saturday after a big party with no hangover because I remembered to drink water 528354236011405312|Sat Nov 01 01:14:00 +0000 2014|RT @acheface: @leighalexander Twitter is a medium for the exchange of information, is it not? That was rhetorical by the way. 528331604083892225|Fri Oct 31 23:44:05 +0000 2014|@ferricide @Laralyn Welcome to my life 528319890785329152|Fri Oct 31 22:57:32 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge @onelifeleft @gamecity Missing you, pal! Next time! 528315514100396032|Fri Oct 31 22:40:08 +0000 2014|People sang the song I wrote for @onelifeleft Marioke ("don't stop believing/games can give us feelings") at @gamecity and I nearly cried 528279691904712704|Fri Oct 31 20:17:48 +0000 2014|These guys (@scanters @byronicman @steishere) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1TTlKSIIAAKmfb.jpg 528267657855107072|Fri Oct 31 19:29:59 +0000 2014|@Cronofan i think it's good to be extra safe, though, it's supposed to be a super welcoming series 528265966514622464|Fri Oct 31 19:23:15 +0000 2014|@GrindingEngrams i guess i should be happy that civil discussion is happening, though 528263820641583105|Fri Oct 31 19:14:44 +0000 2014|everyone at @gamecity should come to Marioke tonight and hang out with us 528263471507730433|Fri Oct 31 19:13:20 +0000 2014|@blurstoftimes kerrigan is a strong woman, proving that every video games article i've ever written and also my lets play videos are rendere 528263111120531456|Fri Oct 31 19:11:55 +0000 2014|@BloodHawk5 when they hear the phrase 'toxic masculinity,' they conclude that men or masculinity (and they themselves) are being attacked 528262834724294656|Fri Oct 31 19:10:49 +0000 2014|@blurstoftimes top tweet, joe b 528262770111045632|Fri Oct 31 19:10:33 +0000 2014|RT @blurstoftimes: @leighalexander everything i know about identity politics i learned from the races in starcraft 528262129607270401|Fri Oct 31 19:08:00 +0000 2014|ppl legit believe that feminists desire 'female supremacy' and want to kill men https://twitter.com/shogogan/status/528261541255446528 528260795327864832|Fri Oct 31 19:02:42 +0000 2014|RT @kamilumin: @leighalexander I Don’t Support Feminism If It Means Murdering All Men http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-dont-support-feminism-if-it-means-murdering-all,37301/ 528259956014055425|Fri Oct 31 18:59:22 +0000 2014|THE LEGENDS COME ALIVE https://twitter.com/Weesiwel/status/528259299462885376 528258329848848384|Fri Oct 31 18:52:55 +0000 2014|@OpaAges yeah, I mean, it's not like I've heard anything good about him 528253060267933696|Fri Oct 31 18:31:58 +0000 2014|@lizzywanders @zoewi @MsMinotaur oh, lizzy too? i can't wait <3 528249716786864128|Fri Oct 31 18:18:41 +0000 2014|@zoewi @MsMinotaur will you come to Marioke later? i want to see you both!~ 528240379934834688|Fri Oct 31 17:41:35 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman Xtreme Flava 528240330618183680|Fri Oct 31 17:41:23 +0000 2014|RT @Laralyn: Creating an industry that encourages and supports women on our teams is a design and usability challenge. http://t.co/FVgR5Hd… 528240164544741376|Fri Oct 31 17:40:44 +0000 2014|@sokareemie @fullbright he's SO nice it fucking sucks, mega annoying 528239663249887232|Fri Oct 31 17:38:44 +0000 2014|@metasynthie i imagine she is seen as reasonable because her primary rhetorical strategy is 'gain male attention and approval' 528235631651344384|Fri Oct 31 17:22:43 +0000 2014|other kids were always saying my (black) dad was 'angry' and 'scary' too 528234301083906050|Fri Oct 31 17:17:26 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine it's so frustrating 528234041196429312|Fri Oct 31 17:16:24 +0000 2014|@marco_castorina yes 528233376231464961|Fri Oct 31 17:13:45 +0000 2014|ah, finally an explanation https://twitter.com/ApersonAlife/status/528232934528909312 528232917114572800|Fri Oct 31 17:11:56 +0000 2014|@shahidkamal wow, yeah. i guess i'm only just learning what a lot of people have already been subjected to in that regard 528232326053261312|Fri Oct 31 17:09:35 +0000 2014|but i keep seeing 'feminism is good, it's the EXTREME ones like leigh alexander that are bad,' & can't work out in which way i'm 'extreme' 528232155462504448|Fri Oct 31 17:08:54 +0000 2014|i'm not only discussing GG either -- became aware i was perceived as 'militant' or 'angry' even prior to all this 528231981013041152|Fri Oct 31 17:08:13 +0000 2014|RT @thefarmisalie: @leighalexander Most of your stuff that I've been aware of has just been extremely positive. Like 'look at this that thi… 528231561578438656|Fri Oct 31 17:06:33 +0000 2014|most of my editorial work on homogeny has argued 'it's boring & creatively stunted', vs 'i'm offended by boobs', and yet 528231134153678848|Fri Oct 31 17:04:51 +0000 2014|it's so weird - people catch the scent of feminism and then LITERALLY INVENT the person as some censorious, raging fiction 528230931765944320|Fri Oct 31 17:04:02 +0000 2014|pretty sure i, a 'perpetually-outraged extremist feminist', have nvr actually written a single article complaining that something is sexist 528187779088658432|Fri Oct 31 14:12:34 +0000 2014|the truly irksome thing for me here was that i never actually wrote 'dead' 528186835760349184|Fri Oct 31 14:08:49 +0000 2014|RT @gamecity: Dear Twitter, Are you a bugle / trumpet player who wants to play in front of LOTS of people at the festival tomorrow? GET IN … 528186590280302593|Fri Oct 31 14:07:51 +0000 2014|@lexicobob sort of. I am in my hotel lying down with a little stomach ache, likely to emerge later 528186403394682880|Fri Oct 31 14:07:06 +0000 2014|@neilyoung77 Thank you! 528183813940461568|Fri Oct 31 13:56:49 +0000 2014|@john_brindle You don't know how many tweets I get where they actually believe that 528183687599226880|Fri Oct 31 13:56:18 +0000 2014|RT @john_brindle: UBM owns ~70 media brands, which are <16% of its business, just spent $1bn http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/10/01/uk-advanstar-m-a-ubm-idUKKCN0HQ37120141001 but ofc "gamers are dea… 528124144068481025|Fri Oct 31 09:59:42 +0000 2014|@kierongillen you're alive? 528121228293206017|Fri Oct 31 09:48:07 +0000 2014|RT @Alscandar: Nice info on AI and digital culture (and a creepy touch for Halloween) on @guardiantw / @leighalexander / https://t.co/UnL… 528115856597733376|Fri Oct 31 09:26:46 +0000 2014|RT @Solivagant: Last night, my experiments with Live Text Adventures. Pretty sure it was @leighalexander on the other side. http://t.co/5Zs… 528110982132822016|Fri Oct 31 09:07:24 +0000 2014|@botherer congratulations!! 528110863337521153|Fri Oct 31 09:06:56 +0000 2014|You can really hear @Quinns108 getting tired by the end of our video -- tons of candy wrapper noises and tea slurps :\ 528110692184764416|Fri Oct 31 09:06:15 +0000 2014|RT @TheUniblogger: @leighalexander A complete playthrough of Colonel's Bequest? Yes please. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/30/lets-play-colonels-bequest/ I find her voice relaxin… 528105969885413377|Fri Oct 31 08:47:29 +0000 2014|I've actually developed a strident affection for NeoGAF in the past few months http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=134839993&postcount=15450 528081416819838976|Fri Oct 31 07:09:55 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: For Halloween @leighalexander and I played through the spooktacular Colonel's Bequest. A slice of gaming history! http://t.c… 528078092322234369|Fri Oct 31 06:56:43 +0000 2014|RT @partytimeHXLNT: To be fair, IGN did first give us ample warning that we should GTFO of their Bratz review. #seriouslyabnormal http://t.… 528001767959982080|Fri Oct 31 01:53:25 +0000 2014|Watching back the murder mystery adventure I did with @Quinns108 -- he forgets Clarence's name EVERY. TIME. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/30/lets-play-colonels-bequest/ 527997934286422016|Fri Oct 31 01:38:11 +0000 2014|@TheLizardbones i wasn't about games, but everyone has been bitter and lonely about something and needs welcome sometimes 527996291801169921|Fri Oct 31 01:31:40 +0000 2014|I bet every last one of us has a story about how we were creepy weirdos until someone else found us http://www.salon.com/2014/10/30/that_creepy_guy_from_the_internet_how_gamergate_shattered_faith_in_the_geek_community/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 527995970542645248|Fri Oct 31 01:30:23 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @mattsheret @CHVRCHES peak jamie 527995865789894656|Fri Oct 31 01:29:58 +0000 2014|@Jeff_Nacht @arthur_affect it's not personal. just like arthur wrote, they're haters for a lifestyle, sad and lost in a corner. 527995170827292673|Fri Oct 31 01:27:13 +0000 2014|@arthur_affect your Salon piece was very touching~ 527992188421287936|Fri Oct 31 01:15:22 +0000 2014|@PDOGGYBALLS i usually prefer to see work when it's all finished i will venture it then 527991955746455553|Fri Oct 31 01:14:26 +0000 2014|@PDOGGYBALLS daphny your smut can be very intense for me 527983513862438912|Fri Oct 31 00:40:53 +0000 2014|@keithburgun @ErnestWAdams Ernest's account is locked, so I'm not sure why I'm being tweeted at 527977548454830080|Fri Oct 31 00:17:11 +0000 2014|@keithburgun @ErnestWAdams his account is blocked, so now we're talking about me on Twitter and I can't even see the context! 527973461818605569|Fri Oct 31 00:00:57 +0000 2014|RT if you've ever come to your senses at midnight, realizing you've just consumed far too much terribly subpar beef 527973138349715456|Thu Oct 30 23:59:40 +0000 2014|@Upstreamism @naxuu wider audiences are dumb tho 527973036029648897|Thu Oct 30 23:59:15 +0000 2014|@sdsolle load bearing flask 527972962608349184|Thu Oct 30 23:58:58 +0000 2014|@naxuu @dry_hugs u get me 527972228806492161|Thu Oct 30 23:56:03 +0000 2014|@dry_hugs @naxuu dont get me wrong, i love lucasarts games, but imo their success slammed doors for the genre, ppl took wrong lessons 527971645009715204|Thu Oct 30 23:53:44 +0000 2014|most fragile noobs need a simple controller and cannot handle parser games 527971482409123841|Thu Oct 30 23:53:05 +0000 2014|@naxuu popular/fashionable comedy/illogical point and click games killed it! look thru the years of IFComp games to find parser excellence 527971255962857472|Thu Oct 30 23:52:11 +0000 2014|Being good at any type of video game is just down to intimately learning, loving and mastering its vocabulary, how to speak and answer it. 527970730450096129|Thu Oct 30 23:50:06 +0000 2014|The latest episode is a complete Colonel's Bequest playthrough, wherein @Quinns108 and I team up and act out voices http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/30/lets-play-colonels-bequest/ 527970471535726595|Thu Oct 30 23:49:04 +0000 2014|Part of why I do the Lo-Fi Let's Play series is to help keep the art of communicating with a game environment by text commands alive! 527969964515655681|Thu Oct 30 23:47:03 +0000 2014|Being able to execute well in an adventure situation against a parser is an incredible skill, on par with having good FPS aim and reaction. 527969376985952256|Thu Oct 30 23:44:43 +0000 2014|I wish I could do live text adventures like the ones we did at @gamecity ALL THE TIME. Thanks to all for a brilliant evening! 527969190154883073|Thu Oct 30 23:43:58 +0000 2014|@10rdBen no lol childran are dommed tell them to rejoin the boate lmao 527962578463383552|Thu Oct 30 23:17:42 +0000 2014|RT @LorenzoPilia: Public libraries in the UK only employ highly qualified personnel (Cc @leighalexander) #GameCity #GameCity9 http://t.co/R… 527962240272859136|Thu Oct 30 23:16:21 +0000 2014|@lexicobob Oh gosh, I sure did! Could someone email leighalexander1 at gmail and tell me where I should pick it up?? 527961981559779329|Thu Oct 30 23:15:20 +0000 2014|@edgeblend Really happy you had fun! So did I! This is what it's all about! 527941789408559104|Thu Oct 30 21:55:05 +0000 2014|@causticsodafizz Live text adventures at the Nottingham GameCity festival! We write as the players play! 527939615361990657|Thu Oct 30 21:46:27 +0000 2014|It's getting hot in here http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1OeSF3CMAE89DD.jpg 527930869177016320|Thu Oct 30 21:11:42 +0000 2014|RT @mikeBithell: This is so cool.. @ian_livingstone, @TheQuinnspiracy, @leighalexander, @kierongillen and @jamesmoran live writing text adv… 527930817213767680|Thu Oct 30 21:11:29 +0000 2014|RT @PanicBarn: @mikeBithell @ian_livingstone @TheQuinnspiracy @leighalexander @kierongillen @jamesmoran http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1OSjNACIAAd05R.jpg 527920469287002112|Thu Oct 30 20:30:22 +0000 2014|Live Text Adventures are beginning at @gamecity in Nottingham tonight! A star-studded cast, and me! Wish us luck! 527905296413229056|Thu Oct 30 19:30:05 +0000 2014|Just explained English pub tipping to @ChrisAvellone, who is adorably worried about being 'too American' in Nottingham 527863879749992448|Thu Oct 30 16:45:30 +0000 2014|@slab64 @Spacekatgal People talk more about my attitude, personality, etc than my work 527863686346838017|Thu Oct 30 16:44:44 +0000 2014|@S0phieH Thank you so much for watching it! 527863573960462337|Thu Oct 30 16:44:17 +0000 2014|Watch @Quinns108 and I play through a classic murder mystery adventure (and perform all the voices!) http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/30/lets-play-colonels-bequest/ 527840228544098304|Thu Oct 30 15:11:31 +0000 2014|RT @SimonParkin: In the late 1970s Richard Bartle designed a game he hoped would change society. Today, he believes it succeeded: http://t.… 527814249985617920|Thu Oct 30 13:28:18 +0000 2014|We act out the voices and everything! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/30/lets-play-colonels-bequest/ 527798100593999873|Thu Oct 30 12:24:07 +0000 2014|@HarrisonTW That's so nice of you! My ticket works, though! 527786344945160192|Thu Oct 30 11:37:25 +0000 2014|RT @tanehisicoates: Tendency to racialize moral critique really is one of those rare cases when "both left and right" is in fact correct. h… 527785429538324480|Thu Oct 30 11:33:46 +0000 2014|@edgeblend But experiencing stress at the slightest provocation is what Brits DO 527784026401038336|Thu Oct 30 11:28:12 +0000 2014|@edgeblend Oh no, it's so good, really. London should be proud of it! 527781273763602432|Thu Oct 30 11:17:16 +0000 2014|The bus I was on broke so I had to get on a different bus. I might find out regardless what happens if I miss my train! 527781083740635137|Thu Oct 30 11:16:30 +0000 2014|RT @helenlewis: Watch me @leighalexander & @elliegibson talk about videogames at @TheTroubleClub at 7pm, on Nov 12 http://thetroubleclub.com/product/two-can-play-at-that-game/ 527779099163787264|Thu Oct 30 11:08:37 +0000 2014|@shahidkamal I had better get there on time now then! (I surrendered to leaving the house) 527624459331842048|Thu Oct 30 00:54:08 +0000 2014|@faePuck Thank you! I've heard it goes well with ZZT. Hope you enjoy! 527605187289296896|Wed Oct 29 23:37:33 +0000 2014|OMG, try Jazzpunk. 527605158432477184|Wed Oct 29 23:37:26 +0000 2014|Tried playing Pathologic for the very first time tonight. Got too creeped -- FINALLY trying Jazzpunk instead. 527586050940866561|Wed Oct 29 22:21:31 +0000 2014|RT @HMEGaming: @leighalexander Alright, see you again for the next obituary update. 527564724339482626|Wed Oct 29 20:56:46 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @megganpez brandon wrong as usual 527541953580498944|Wed Oct 29 19:26:17 +0000 2014|RT @MatZebrowski: @leighalexander Best part of this one: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1Izsb7CEAASw7l.png 527539228713181184|Wed Oct 29 19:15:27 +0000 2014|@DevranUgurlu haha child i was doing shit online before you were born take yr yoda pic to the back of the line 527538423582953473|Wed Oct 29 19:12:16 +0000 2014|@DavidNorthart obvs 527536423738810368|Wed Oct 29 19:04:19 +0000 2014|good night, and good luck 527535667245768705|Wed Oct 29 19:01:18 +0000 2014|i think it's officially over now. or, we can start acting like it is. well done everyone 527535547934597120|Wed Oct 29 19:00:50 +0000 2014|ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha aah ha ha ha ha oh oh okay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr2JPjhtGZA&list=LLo7XpC9JOPJeTbkmXTSoR-g 527514813703127040|Wed Oct 29 17:38:26 +0000 2014|does anybody know what this tweet means https://twitter.com/BLOODNROSESV/status/527514437230403584 527513906886221824|Wed Oct 29 17:34:50 +0000 2014|oh, i spent all day uploading a giant video and 80% of it is glitched 527506167090921472|Wed Oct 29 17:04:05 +0000 2014|I host Tech Weekly at the Guardian again this week! We talk creepypasta & interview @JamieJBartlett on 'the dark web' http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2014/oct/29/jamie-bartlett-dark-net-tech-weekly-podcast 527454952214777856|Wed Oct 29 13:40:34 +0000 2014|@kiehlmanniac For some reason it's the tops of my forearms, not the tendon bit, that failed today. Suspect I might be bad at this 527449251673276416|Wed Oct 29 13:17:55 +0000 2014|@kiehlmanniac I'm trying, haha! 527443118480949249|Wed Oct 29 12:53:33 +0000 2014|Having a tough time at the climbing centre today. Every part of me is ready to climb except my grip is shot. HELD BACK BY FOREARMS 527422448187092992|Wed Oct 29 11:31:25 +0000 2014|I don't think any pair of heels lasts me two months before I walk the heels down to bare pegs. Wtf 527384691536855043|Wed Oct 29 09:01:23 +0000 2014|@LostTurntable Why does that happen 527378945898205184|Wed Oct 29 08:38:33 +0000 2014|*alarm goes off at 8:15* whyyyyy nooooo what a worllllddddd 527378569249710080|Wed Oct 29 08:37:03 +0000 2014|Being a freelancer means that on the one day I have an appointment at 9am I want to cry at how unfair it is 527207805389119489|Tue Oct 28 21:18:30 +0000 2014|@tiffchow @Livelyivy lol i remember when erin visited me in brooklyn and she was like 'UM WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PLACE' 527205287967850496|Tue Oct 28 21:08:30 +0000 2014|@stewartgilray I'm not in Nottingham til Thursday :( 527205230182952962|Tue Oct 28 21:08:16 +0000 2014|@michaelartsxm @kirsteykitten yep that was a @CGSaw joke 527196179290140672|Tue Oct 28 20:32:18 +0000 2014|RT @xpatriciah: so i wrote about the lavender town myth... http://kotaku.com/pokemons-creepy-lavender-town-myth-explained-1651851621 527195479239839747|Tue Oct 28 20:29:31 +0000 2014|@BrianMcCrawley doesn't actually matter what women look like, so long as they're walking alone 527194632829304834|Tue Oct 28 20:26:09 +0000 2014|@TheGhettoGatsby omg really? this is a screencap from a commenter who's being mocked by thousands of people, not from me. learn internet 527192484339003392|Tue Oct 28 20:17:37 +0000 2014|those comments tho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A 527185307213791232|Tue Oct 28 19:49:06 +0000 2014|Our consultancy, @agencyforgames, helped with this dark, communism-inspired sidescroller. We hope it gets funded! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/503519380/black-the-fall 527181744773283841|Tue Oct 28 19:34:57 +0000 2014|LEAVE TAYLOR SWIFT ALONE god 527181485691142144|Tue Oct 28 19:33:55 +0000 2014|New Yorkers are the smartest people in America, but not smart enough to know Taylor Swift PROBABLY did not write the 'vocab words' script 527178857884168192|Tue Oct 28 19:23:28 +0000 2014|@shahidkamal it was the 53. Even when I don't mean to ride the 53, I'm somehow always on the 53. 527176428618788864|Tue Oct 28 19:13:49 +0000 2014|@NYTGQ if you had really seen me, that wouldn't be what you'd say 527168312170790913|Tue Oct 28 18:41:34 +0000 2014|I've been on the same bus for two hours. A bus with the same number is directly behind this bus 527156450255048705|Tue Oct 28 17:54:26 +0000 2014|RT @darrylayo: Honestly do you think that this person over here needs to know that you're talking about them? Good or bad? Does it matter? … 527156391413547008|Tue Oct 28 17:54:12 +0000 2014|RT @darrylayo: Don't twitter @- someone unless you are directly addressing them. It's rude. 527154946517770241|Tue Oct 28 17:48:27 +0000 2014|@CheephackOprah Let me guess: never heard of my work til the piece, no clue what my 'job' really is 527153675953659904|Tue Oct 28 17:43:25 +0000 2014|@CheephackOprah you wouldn't know the first thing about my job, precious 527149043856982016|Tue Oct 28 17:25:00 +0000 2014|RT @OpinionessWorld: Watch @LeighAlexander’s Speech on Games Writing & Culture from XOXO http://www.themarysue.com/leigh-alexander-xoxo/ via @TheMarySue 527148949187330050|Tue Oct 28 17:24:38 +0000 2014|@garywhitta @bdgrabinski I definitely didn't originate that, but I'm happy if I helped popularize it! 527148750423470081|Tue Oct 28 17:23:50 +0000 2014|@RabidWombat9 Yes! 527094005591719936|Tue Oct 28 13:46:18 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @alexhern One of these days I WILL end up coming to a costume party in this country wearing my fanciest dress 527093723310485504|Tue Oct 28 13:45:11 +0000 2014|@Wakeupjake @keefstuart I won't be able to top that, no 527093526194954240|Tue Oct 28 13:44:24 +0000 2014|@BusinessWolfUK Darknet! Creepypasta! *wiggles eyebrows hopefully* 527092852610699264|Tue Oct 28 13:41:43 +0000 2014|I'll be presenting the Guardian's Tech Weekly podcast again this week! Excited to record today. It will be 'dark' and spooky. Probably. 527088570952327169|Tue Oct 28 13:24:42 +0000 2014|@LawrenceFriday_ Me too! 527082902597926912|Tue Oct 28 13:02:11 +0000 2014|@daveisme87 well, that's hypocritical 527066383574925312|Tue Oct 28 11:56:32 +0000 2014|'the anime girl in my avatar should be the model for TRUE feminism' is now my most popular tweet of all time https://twitter.com/leighalexander/status/526716577245569024 527065729338978304|Tue Oct 28 11:53:56 +0000 2014|@kierongillen ha ha 527065624095522816|Tue Oct 28 11:53:31 +0000 2014|@scd it's not even bad stuff, it's just annoying! i wanna be like 'uhhh i don't care' 527064905149861888|Tue Oct 28 11:50:40 +0000 2014|why do people have like, multiple tweet conversations back and forth with each other with me tagged in? insta-mute 527064605840117761|Tue Oct 28 11:49:29 +0000 2014|RT @omf: Beautiful article by @leighalexander on Metal Gear Solid 3, one of the best video games of all time. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-decade-of-snake-eating-a-celebration-of-metal-gear-solid-3-273 527064149969604608|Tue Oct 28 11:47:40 +0000 2014|RT @biaxident: ICYMI, this @leighalexander article on MGS3 rules because she highlights the best part of the game: THE LADDER SCENE http://… 527064045971832832|Tue Oct 28 11:47:15 +0000 2014|@hasschapman @femfreq where are you coming from with this bc it has nothing to do with my tweet? but thanks for the mansplaination 526870398873657344|Mon Oct 27 22:57:46 +0000 2014|@hunktears r-o-w, d-i-e, that's the way we spell 'rowdy'; row-DY, let's get row-DY *handclaps* 526870093142458368|Mon Oct 27 22:56:33 +0000 2014|SERIOUSLY PLEASE, I yelled, clinging to his sleeve and putting on the lights on all the way 526869800057073665|Mon Oct 27 22:55:23 +0000 2014|Just watched first ~30 videos of Marble Hornets for 1st time. Then I couldn't even go into dark hallway to get phone charger without my bf 526834207017148416|Mon Oct 27 20:33:57 +0000 2014|@sokareemie @jetta_rae eeee 526830361914118144|Mon Oct 27 20:18:40 +0000 2014|@saaaaiirr @Mornacale oh ew, i think i had an ugly tone there, apologies 526827102050746368|Mon Oct 27 20:05:43 +0000 2014|@saaaaiirr @Mornacale more like it's pretty funny this guy works with children's toys all day, pal 526804563022864385|Mon Oct 27 18:36:10 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive @gamecity @kierongillen don't promise such things 526803337011036161|Mon Oct 27 18:31:17 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive @gamecity @kierongillen OH SO EXCITED you can come x 526793101206368257|Mon Oct 27 17:50:37 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland @kirkhamilton I want to share without even needing to stop reading 526792722972037120|Mon Oct 27 17:49:07 +0000 2014|@bombsfall Ok 526792616969797632|Mon Oct 27 17:48:41 +0000 2014|@bombsfall moms pay your bills with their clicks 526792260625924097|Mon Oct 27 17:47:16 +0000 2014|@bombsfall I like to fight, one day that will have to be good for something 526792033654947840|Mon Oct 27 17:46:22 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland @kirkhamilton How social is it 526791887944810496|Mon Oct 27 17:45:48 +0000 2014|@bombsfall Way to shit on your target demographic 526791563549368321|Mon Oct 27 17:44:30 +0000 2014|@bombsfall just the kind of censorship I would expect from someone who is pro-bullying moms 526790837045563392|Mon Oct 27 17:41:37 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton @mrwasteland How will you be 'second screening' this experience 526790181274136577|Mon Oct 27 17:39:01 +0000 2014|@alexhern Ayyyyyy 526730626687586304|Mon Oct 27 13:42:22 +0000 2014|RT @Jam_sponge: If you're someone who funds my Patreon, this is a pretty important update about the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV8tDTbiGO4&feature=youtu.be 526720038133596160|Mon Oct 27 13:00:17 +0000 2014|@Papapishu as a tiny fish person who eats ham, ponyo is how women should truly be 526719842955829248|Mon Oct 27 12:59:31 +0000 2014|RT @adragonbee: @leighalexander not feminist: women who produce feminist criticism feminist: this drawing 526718510358335488|Mon Oct 27 12:54:13 +0000 2014|@adragonbee i can't make up something as good as the actual quote 526718271538868224|Mon Oct 27 12:53:16 +0000 2014|@sokareemie it's unbelievable 526716871085944832|Mon Oct 27 12:47:42 +0000 2014|is this real life 526716577245569024|Mon Oct 27 12:46:32 +0000 2014|The anime girl in my avatar who never complains represents TRUE feminism http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B09F731CMAAtQFT.jpg 526588420756627457|Mon Oct 27 04:17:17 +0000 2014|@BebeZeva precious advice 526587924423667712|Mon Oct 27 04:15:19 +0000 2014|@LemonHatchet Whichever look interesting/pretty/nice/good/weird to you! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/lo-fi-lets-play/ 526587257130856448|Mon Oct 27 04:12:40 +0000 2014|The next Lo-Fi Let's Play is a full-length, complete playthrough. AND I brought a friend along, just like the side-by-side days of old. 526580679795298304|Mon Oct 27 03:46:32 +0000 2014|@PennyRed Quinns is reading this right now and loves it. I've read bits of it and it seems super strong! 526575620374147072|Mon Oct 27 03:26:25 +0000 2014|@pomeranian99 @OfTheBoth you know that means tons to me! 526572150728429569|Mon Oct 27 03:12:38 +0000 2014|@pomeranian99 @OfTheBoth thank you so much x 526565836337971200|Mon Oct 27 02:47:33 +0000 2014|@Papapishu i truly know the meaning of this now 526548714467635201|Mon Oct 27 01:39:30 +0000 2014|@hunktears @hentaiphd holy 526548215861366785|Mon Oct 27 01:37:32 +0000 2014|@hunktears @hentaiphd CLOSE ENOUGH 526547238739537920|Mon Oct 27 01:33:39 +0000 2014|@hunktears @hentaiphd do u have screenies on hand 526545639191355392|Mon Oct 27 01:27:17 +0000 2014|here's a very important tumblr http://fysailormoonfashion.tumblr.com/ 526545529761976322|Mon Oct 27 01:26:51 +0000 2014|@hunktears @hentaiphd mamoru sleeves 526545334353543169|Mon Oct 27 01:26:05 +0000 2014|@hunktears @hentaiphd LILLIAN is this your work? omg i'm sorry but this is an urgent public service please continue 526544495010390019|Mon Oct 27 01:22:44 +0000 2014|@hunktears @hentaiphd why even watch crystal. the original was perfect. 526544432318124032|Mon Oct 27 01:22:30 +0000 2014|@hunktears @hentaiphd ME TOO. had a mega flashback to happy kid times just from seeing this pic 526543192972619776|Mon Oct 27 01:17:34 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @m_kopas oh. my. god. 526543114635587587|Mon Oct 27 01:17:15 +0000 2014|RT @videodante: Great interview b/w @jetta_rae and @sokareemie on games, identity, and harassment here: http://www.ravishly.com/2014/10/24/cats-controllers-agitation-and-academics-my-interview-soha-kareem Excellent st… 526542973086216193|Mon Oct 27 01:16:42 +0000 2014|there need to be more events where pajamas are the required attire imo 526542292132573184|Mon Oct 27 01:13:59 +0000 2014|@BexSaltsman @ADAMATOMIC FAMILY PAJAMA EXCURSION 526536338062180353|Mon Oct 27 00:50:20 +0000 2014|@DerekWheatley yeah, i'm coming up from thursday on, doing live text adventures! 526536260538875904|Mon Oct 27 00:50:01 +0000 2014|@therealcliffyb obviously! :D :D 526534478689476608|Mon Oct 27 00:42:56 +0000 2014|@TheSoftestBull same ugh 526534276012339202|Mon Oct 27 00:42:08 +0000 2014|@therealcliffyb that @L337Lauren is a wizard -- i bet making a brilliant seeds roast would be right up her alley 526533554709491713|Mon Oct 27 00:39:16 +0000 2014|online chat has its own set of social worries -- if you're a very fast typer, you worry; if you're a slow typer, you worry 526533045588078593|Mon Oct 27 00:37:15 +0000 2014|@GregRicey @therealcliffyb lovely! there are so many great recipes out there with worcester, paprika, etc (last year i burnt ours. fail) 526532206303662081|Mon Oct 27 00:33:55 +0000 2014|@OfTheBoth so much so, i wrote a book on it! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Breathing-Machine-A-Memoir-Computers-ebook/dp/B00I5X3U10 526531968075571200|Mon Oct 27 00:32:58 +0000 2014|@therealcliffyb promise me y'all will roast the seeds? http://ohsheglows.com/2012/09/17/how-to-roast-perfect-pumpkin-seeds-easy-crunchy-addictive/ 526531777352196099|Mon Oct 27 00:32:12 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz probably similar to what he names his albums 526530859638464513|Mon Oct 27 00:28:34 +0000 2014|it's great when you find those pockets of times that it's still super fun to get to know others by chatting online 526529479972495361|Mon Oct 27 00:23:05 +0000 2014|@Wolverinesclaws @thalestral every writer dreams of being told they make a difference. thanks :) 526528104823816192|Mon Oct 27 00:17:37 +0000 2014|@Wolverinesclaws @thalestral thank you! i'm so appreciative of that. 526527278155829249|Mon Oct 27 00:14:20 +0000 2014|@Wolverinesclaws @thalestral it was a privilege to have an Edge byline for 3 years! i had a good run! 526523576862900224|Sun Oct 26 23:59:37 +0000 2014|@drnormal in the AIRPORT 526523229654228994|Sun Oct 26 23:58:14 +0000 2014|@BexSaltsman @ADAMATOMIC you went to the movies in your pajamas? omg i want to be like you 526518337619374080|Sun Oct 26 23:38:48 +0000 2014|@TrickDempsey i think she'd probably rather have you thank her for doing important work. it's her work she's proud of. 526516157575360512|Sun Oct 26 23:30:08 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE don't worry, i will, and if i can't be strong i'll yell. at the end of the day it's just video games etc 526515251173670912|Sun Oct 26 23:26:32 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE lol sorry for 9 million tweets but yeah, i'm okay <3 526515016959537152|Sun Oct 26 23:25:36 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE and hatred is the sound that women hear more loudly than other types of feedback -- but it's no less easily dismissed 526514913360236544|Sun Oct 26 23:25:12 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE people expecting access to me, entitlement to weigh in, etc. if you create, you learn to treat that noise accordingly 526514841486643200|Sun Oct 26 23:24:55 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE if i were a man, or if i wrote about something else prominently, etc -- there are always commenters, assholes, constantly - 526514749740417025|Sun Oct 26 23:24:33 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE i agree -- anyone who puts anything out there online and in public has to resign to the din of constant uninvited response 526514427349454848|Sun Oct 26 23:23:16 +0000 2014|@KuangEleven to be fair, i don't think this has to do with #gamergate. i think this is just what people do to her. 526514129516122112|Sun Oct 26 23:22:05 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE and while it's sad, the universality of that experience shows me it isn't personal, isn't relevant to me personally etc 526514039653150721|Sun Oct 26 23:21:43 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE sadly 'internet hate' is the fate of any visible woman -- like a dim static or a bad radio signal, you expect it 526513689772687361|Sun Oct 26 23:20:20 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE it gets tough to worry long-term about what the internet says when my life just becomes increasingly joyful & full of love 526513605580427264|Sun Oct 26 23:20:00 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE for me personally, my life is so great, i have so much freedom, increasing opportunities, support from the best people 526513028523900928|Sun Oct 26 23:17:42 +0000 2014|@AngryBread there should be ibooks and kobo versions as well. please email me if you have trouble and i'll sort it 526512746603741184|Sun Oct 26 23:16:35 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE i don't get anything NEAR on her level. but i've had practice for years, ignoring forums and not searching myself etc 526511822913167360|Sun Oct 26 23:12:55 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE the past couple months have helped me, too, draw really strong lines between internet and reality 526511762242543619|Sun Oct 26 23:12:40 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE as long as she doesn't read twitter or weird internet troll-holes, the rest of the world is interested in and supports her 526510044083662848|Sun Oct 26 23:05:51 +0000 2014|The surreal life of Anita Sarkeesian http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2014/10/26/on-friday-anita-sarkeesian-called-out-toxic-masculinity-on-twitter-heres-what-happened-next/ 526509041540141057|Sun Oct 26 23:01:52 +0000 2014|@OfTheBoth i will never buy an album with a name like that 526507460522434561|Sun Oct 26 22:55:35 +0000 2014|i still just refer to of montreal as 'the outback steak house band' 526506848053395458|Sun Oct 26 22:53:09 +0000 2014|i can't stand 'wacky' bands 526504388660330496|Sun Oct 26 22:43:22 +0000 2014|@jhawkansson @emilynussbaum @mollylambert @willapaskin and it's like 'actually no, you're not' 526504349242257409|Sun Oct 26 22:43:13 +0000 2014|@jhawkansson @emilynussbaum @mollylambert @willapaskin they stamp their feet at me, going, 'but we're your TARGET AUDIENCE' - 526501530346983424|Sun Oct 26 22:32:01 +0000 2014|@mollylambert @emilynussbaum @willapaskin if you remotely suggest you can educate them, things get bad 526501459664580609|Sun Oct 26 22:31:44 +0000 2014|@mollylambert @emilynussbaum @willapaskin i think what most men expect of women is for us to nod along and be impressed by their taste 526501314529075200|Sun Oct 26 22:31:09 +0000 2014|@mollylambert @emilynussbaum @willapaskin like, i am paid for being smart about video games. my life is STILL primarily boys undermining me 526501163806777344|Sun Oct 26 22:30:34 +0000 2014|@emilynussbaum @mollylambert @willapaskin yeah perhaps, although i am troubled by the idea that being a tv critic would not help me 526500781755990016|Sun Oct 26 22:29:02 +0000 2014|@ttl_anderson @m_kopas someday i want to confront some dude. imagine 526500534552133632|Sun Oct 26 22:28:04 +0000 2014|@ZedrikCayne wow, in a way that's even more saddo 526500405115891712|Sun Oct 26 22:27:33 +0000 2014|@emilynussbaum @mollylambert @willapaskin there is so much strange friction, so much refusal to accept her taste/expertise etc 526500334588661760|Sun Oct 26 22:27:16 +0000 2014|@emilynussbaum @mollylambert @willapaskin like, as a woman who is a critic for a living and insists on showing boys things 526500275264425985|Sun Oct 26 22:27:02 +0000 2014|@emilynussbaum @mollylambert @willapaskin media viewing is so much more weirdly gendered than i ever realized 526500003229888512|Sun Oct 26 22:25:57 +0000 2014|@m_kopas tell me who it is in private so i can SHUN THEM 526499903003189248|Sun Oct 26 22:25:33 +0000 2014|@m_kopas that happened to me before, i'm sorry if it happened to you 526498071161868288|Sun Oct 26 22:18:16 +0000 2014|@ackbarred some people have issues with the PDF, so if you do, please email me and i'll replace it 526496964469592065|Sun Oct 26 22:13:52 +0000 2014|@Aleks_S SQUAMOUS PLUNKSTERS. going to borrow that one. 526496881967632384|Sun Oct 26 22:13:33 +0000 2014|Bought my bf a tiny plastic box of 'mexican jumping beans' in PDX airport as a joke and now they won't stop ticking inside my drawer 526496706956128256|Sun Oct 26 22:12:51 +0000 2014|@StoryofEverest thank you! i super appreciate that! 526496172253671424|Sun Oct 26 22:10:43 +0000 2014|@StoryofEverest no, i'm sorry! it is available in ibooks, kindle and pdf :D 526495428519673856|Sun Oct 26 22:07:46 +0000 2014|@jhamby yes sir http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/01/lo-fi-lets-play-tass-times-in-tonetown/ 526495130422087682|Sun Oct 26 22:06:35 +0000 2014|guys who come to my twitter page and expressly click on it to read the pinned tweet about my book so they can reply 'no thanks' 526494155779100672|Sun Oct 26 22:02:43 +0000 2014|tonight I'm playing 'altered destiny.' anyone else have any memories of this 1990 game? 526493584015769600|Sun Oct 26 22:00:26 +0000 2014|@Wolverinesclaws @thalestral sadly my column there has been finished for a few months now :( 526477407684165632|Sun Oct 26 20:56:10 +0000 2014|@notquitereal yeswedoo, let's start more bar fights 526475376420466688|Sun Oct 26 20:48:05 +0000 2014|@notquitereal yeah, coming up on thursday ~ i'll be doing the LIVE TEXT ADVENTURES 526470134953951232|Sun Oct 26 20:27:16 +0000 2014|RT @Konami: Via @leighalexander & @VICE "'METAL GEAR SOLID 3', I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART" http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-decade-of-snake-eating-a-celebration-of-metal-gear-solid-3-273 … http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B05kxP2CcAEVeOe.jpg 526467588793311232|Sun Oct 26 20:17:09 +0000 2014|@ChrisCaesar men who have made like tons of ranting weird videos about anita sarkeesian 526467372006510592|Sun Oct 26 20:16:17 +0000 2014|@SusanArendt so good 526467340796706816|Sun Oct 26 20:16:10 +0000 2014|RT @ravishlydotcom: Gaming journalist Leigh Alexander speaks to us about her work, inclusion in games and Texas toast http://t.co/HY6i1JdEZ… 526464461369249792|Sun Oct 26 20:04:43 +0000 2014|HE MOVES THE TOY SKULL BETWEEN SHOTS, I'M CRYING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsdIHK8O5yo&feature=youtu.be 526463507475484672|Sun Oct 26 20:00:56 +0000 2014|Ahahahah this is so funny. A good laugh at the expense of a couple of the world's saddest creeps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsdIHK8O5yo&feature=youtu.be 526462944876720128|Sun Oct 26 19:58:41 +0000 2014|Oh wow, these vintage cosplay photos are so cool! http://www.cvltnation.com/clothing-optional-vintage-cosplay-photos/ 526447336843931648|Sun Oct 26 18:56:40 +0000 2014|my bf looks depressed and reluctant about this. do i dump him y/n 526447003832958978|Sun Oct 26 18:55:21 +0000 2014|hey baby do u want to wear pajamas and play failed obtuse adventures *wiggles eyebrows* 526446567142993921|Sun Oct 26 18:53:37 +0000 2014|me: 'hey baby let's have a hot date tonight' *opens abandonware website to download 1980s games* *wiggles eyebrows* 526442658001350656|Sun Oct 26 18:38:05 +0000 2014|@BenjaminCousins not at all! back atcha! 526441329921118209|Sun Oct 26 18:32:48 +0000 2014|@BenjaminCousins yeah, it would be great if they would actually come out and say that 526439199487324160|Sun Oct 26 18:24:20 +0000 2014|@BenjaminCousins @simoncarless well, sure! we'd love to know about the initiatives you're leading on that front if you ever want to chat 526438356713222144|Sun Oct 26 18:20:59 +0000 2014|@rynvie @gumroad thank you! super hope you enjoy it! 526436890103513088|Sun Oct 26 18:15:09 +0000 2014|@BenjaminCousins @simoncarless anyway, there is no 'pro GG' and 'anti GG'. there's 'frightening internet tantrum' and 'everyone else' 526436754585575425|Sun Oct 26 18:14:37 +0000 2014|@BenjaminCousins @simoncarless primary activities? like 'writing about inclusivity and diversity and receiving threats as a result' 526435477218656256|Sun Oct 26 18:09:33 +0000 2014|@BenjaminCousins @simoncarless how is one simultaneously 'pushing for' and not 'aligning directly for'? 526435056961998848|Sun Oct 26 18:07:52 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive @beckycloonan @Quinns108 quinns climbed perilously close to entering the cave, legitimately worrying stephen 526434518669197313|Sun Oct 26 18:05:44 +0000 2014|@suellentrop @bairfanx @johngreen perceived 'slight' to other nerd thing 526434472431198208|Sun Oct 26 18:05:33 +0000 2014|@suellentrop @bairfanx @johngreen bummer that you made an articulate and thoughtful argument re games culture and ppl are just dwelling on- 526432851366273024|Sun Oct 26 17:59:07 +0000 2014|@bairfanx @johngreen @suellentrop okay, but the whole prob here is that ppl feel spiritually offended by judgments of media, so 526431841990221826|Sun Oct 26 17:55:06 +0000 2014|@bairfanx @johngreen @suellentrop when i started my career i felt the same way, and in the meantime, comics culture has passed us 526431719336202240|Sun Oct 26 17:54:37 +0000 2014|@bairfanx @johngreen @suellentrop it's true that comics fandom and indie comics are currently more diverse and interesting than games 526429835141595136|Sun Oct 26 17:47:07 +0000 2014|@BitSocket the football one seems like a variation on the main pet monster toy 526428468515708928|Sun Oct 26 17:41:42 +0000 2014|@BitSocket i had one like this! 526426377697120256|Sun Oct 26 17:33:23 +0000 2014|Can Video Games Survive? Really good @suellentrop work in the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/opinion/sunday/the-disheartening-gamergate-campaign.html?_r=0 526388878207614976|Sun Oct 26 15:04:23 +0000 2014|RT @N7IRL: @leighalexander Stavros http://www.fullhousereviewed.com/2013/06/14/season-7-episode-18-kissing-cousins/ 526387705354399744|Sun Oct 26 14:59:43 +0000 2014|Wasn't there an episode of Full House where Uncle Jesse had an evil cousin? 526207764683825154|Sun Oct 26 03:04:42 +0000 2014|PC games of the late 1990s work better for me now than they did in their compatibility-troubled heyday, thanks to these folks! 526207425482080258|Sun Oct 26 03:03:21 +0000 2014|Let's take a minute to think of and thank everyone who preserves and archives vintage games so we can always access them <3 526206957078982656|Sun Oct 26 03:01:29 +0000 2014|I really appreciate @GoodOldGames (http://GOG.com) -- lovely installers for many of my childhood favorites, DRM-free!~ 526206781861920768|Sun Oct 26 03:00:47 +0000 2014|@dekkerdreyer same 526206647581282304|Sun Oct 26 03:00:15 +0000 2014|RT @TheMarySue: Watch @LeighAlexander’s Speech on Games Writing and Culture from XOXO http://www.themarysue.com/leigh-alexander-xoxo/ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0z2hQ5CAAAS257.jpg 526206624420331520|Sun Oct 26 03:00:10 +0000 2014|@TheMarySue I sure hate how I look on video, but thank you for finding it worth sharing! 526206481113579520|Sun Oct 26 02:59:36 +0000 2014|2:59 AM: For some reason, I'm installing the original Phantasmagoria game 526186957869973504|Sun Oct 26 01:42:01 +0000 2014|@puppaz that means a lot to me, actually! that was one of my actual first games, period. Good luck! 526186836813959168|Sun Oct 26 01:41:32 +0000 2014|@castellan Thank you! Really hope you enjoy the book! 526091390833688576|Sat Oct 25 19:22:16 +0000 2014|@aedison I just pushed both buttons and thought of you x 525999606409482241|Sat Oct 25 13:17:33 +0000 2014|@Synnah actually, that's real, but i was being facetious 525990783191904256|Sat Oct 25 12:42:29 +0000 2014|@Ash_NR right? i was surprised at the creepiness too! thanks for watching! 525990484804907008|Sat Oct 25 12:41:18 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: .@leighalexander's awesome Metal Gear Solid 3 love letter is now in Spanish. Because Mexicans love games, too. http://t.co/d… 525980655688364032|Sat Oct 25 12:02:15 +0000 2014|'it's about ethics in journalism, which is why we've made a lot of fake tweets to try to destroy women we don't like' 525980499773095936|Sat Oct 25 12:01:38 +0000 2014|@Elisablerb how exciting 525980395494318080|Sat Oct 25 12:01:13 +0000 2014|RT @Elisablerb: So GG'ers are making fake tweets to get a shot at you @leighalexander http://gamergateharassment.tumblr.com/post/100696154224/editor-large-of-gamasutra-everyone-wonder-why 525965843113725953|Sat Oct 25 11:03:23 +0000 2014|RT @femfreq: Our culture is deeply sick when simply asking questions about how toxic forms of masculinity may harm men leads to hours of ha… 525788519030341632|Fri Oct 24 23:18:46 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: RT if u remember real gameing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0v4mU9CUAAYHBO.jpg 525787750310903808|Fri Oct 24 23:15:43 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd Multiple belts are very 1990s... My dream... 525787440058224640|Fri Oct 24 23:14:29 +0000 2014|@causticsodafizz Watch this space! I post everything I make here. It'll be Thursday on RPS! 525783307607605248|Fri Oct 24 22:58:03 +0000 2014|Pretty excited that a colleague and I just spent ~over 3 hours!~ recording a Lo-Fi Let's Play LONGPLAY of The Colonel's Bequest for you 525776721837301760|Fri Oct 24 22:31:53 +0000 2014|@AtomicSpaceKat you can't stop stalking my twitter and reading months of it amirite 525770034476355584|Fri Oct 24 22:05:19 +0000 2014|@causticsodafizz @spiderjtruth @Fyrasec @DeadwingDuck he was really obsessed with posting about GTA V, now anita 525769943942311938|Fri Oct 24 22:04:57 +0000 2014|@causticsodafizz @spiderjtruth @Fyrasec @DeadwingDuck -- sending me messages, posting on my public FB etc re how GTA V was only for men etc 525769892545302528|Fri Oct 24 22:04:45 +0000 2014|@causticsodafizz @spiderjtruth @Fyrasec @DeadwingDuck honestly, he did this before, around when GTA V came out. he kept -- 525762222656462851|Fri Oct 24 21:34:16 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd omfg i have always dreamed of someone saying this to me *eyes shining* 525750584289554432|Fri Oct 24 20:48:01 +0000 2014|@realkrogan it was wednesday actually but i think the celebration is continuing again now that it's the weekend! thank you 525749565933486081|Fri Oct 24 20:43:59 +0000 2014|@causticsodafizz @redlianak @Kuldeltac @nobrainsplz @CelebrinandoBRA *taut, emotional salute* i'm in 525748717606166528|Fri Oct 24 20:40:36 +0000 2014|@intothebleak @problematic5000 @DeadwingDuck @Synthovine @PolandballJr @liquidzer0 @Loblec this is the best birthday gift 525748520570343424|Fri Oct 24 20:39:49 +0000 2014|RT @BrodyBr: That @leighalexander piece is making me want to replay MGS3 again. It's been too long since my last run-through http://t.co/Fo… 525748500337000448|Fri Oct 24 20:39:45 +0000 2014|RT @DataFran: @leighalexander does a marvelous job presenting/hosting The Guardian's Tech Weekly podcast. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2014/oct/22/digital-rights-young-beeban-kidron-tech-podcast 525721462469316608|Fri Oct 24 18:52:18 +0000 2014|@Axlflack @Fyrasec @Loblec @DeadwingDuck @problematic5000 @Synthovine @PolandballJr @liquidzer0 celebrinando guy 'does it for free' macro 525720838528851968|Fri Oct 24 18:49:49 +0000 2014|@IndyinTX31 @_icze4r @InfernalFangirl @nobrainsplz @CelebrinandoBRA @SantosDR3 @DeadwingDuck as you should, if it were actually real 525716572825194496|Fri Oct 24 18:32:52 +0000 2014|@InfernalFangirl @nobrainsplz @CelebrinandoBRA @SantosDR3 @DeadwingDuck and he does it for free 525715847671988224|Fri Oct 24 18:30:00 +0000 2014|@nobrainsplz @DeadwingDuck thank u, white knight shill (jk, nice to connect about something, enjoy your day) 525715438576353282|Fri Oct 24 18:28:22 +0000 2014|@nobrainsplz @DeadwingDuck eyyyyyyy lmao 525715388701900801|Fri Oct 24 18:28:10 +0000 2014|RT @HoppingFun: The 2015 @ifcomp #interactive #Fiction entries not to be missed, says @leighalexander http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/interactive-fiction-awards-games #elit 525715071356653568|Fri Oct 24 18:26:54 +0000 2014|@spiderjtruth @Fyrasec @DeadwingDuck he keeps making like 10 new accounts a day to complain about anita and talk about how he loves GTA V 525713671956496384|Fri Oct 24 18:21:21 +0000 2014|I'd like to thank all the GamerGate users who wished me happy birthday and with whom i am united against CELEBRINANDO GUY 525713439340380160|Fri Oct 24 18:20:25 +0000 2014|@Kuldeltac @nobrainsplz @CelebrinandoBRA @SantosDR3 @DeadwingDuck GG gets blamed for him, everyone else can't stand him. OUR MUTUAL ENEMY 525713261736759297|Fri Oct 24 18:19:43 +0000 2014|@AldoKaido @CelebrinandoBRA he makes like ten new twitter accounts a day 525712757254262784|Fri Oct 24 18:17:43 +0000 2014|@jimgreer well, was i supposed to help with the reddit thread? or RT your thing, surely soliciting more GG interactions for myself? 525712455444746241|Fri Oct 24 18:16:31 +0000 2014|@CelebrinandoBRA @SantosDR3 @DeadwingDuck GO AWAY CELEBRINANDO GUY 525705980194349057|Fri Oct 24 17:50:47 +0000 2014|@Beschizza i don't know if i'll ever be there 525705009330413568|Fri Oct 24 17:46:56 +0000 2014|@BloodHawk5 "that is ABSOLUTE bollocks" -- @Quinns108 525704922386665473|Fri Oct 24 17:46:35 +0000 2014|@BloodHawk5 wow, that's why my hair goes to shit when i'm here 525704742518161408|Fri Oct 24 17:45:52 +0000 2014|@jimgreer ofc you mean well, but democratizing that type of labor onto people presently BEING harassed is less advisable 525704411944058881|Fri Oct 24 17:44:33 +0000 2014|@EmzOLV cheerio 525704329496637440|Fri Oct 24 17:44:13 +0000 2014|@terror_pocket born in MA, 11 years in new york city, been here for 2 years 525704266506596352|Fri Oct 24 17:43:58 +0000 2014|@terror_pocket naw way man, I'm American as shit 525704122008604672|Fri Oct 24 17:43:24 +0000 2014|@XaiaX NEVER 525704078555639809|Fri Oct 24 17:43:14 +0000 2014|@EmzOLV I travel a lot, but it's been almost two years of mainly being here! 525703910007513088|Fri Oct 24 17:42:33 +0000 2014|@ThatPunkEd (they do have chipotle here, just nowhere near me) 525703833973194752|Fri Oct 24 17:42:15 +0000 2014|@BloodHawk5 it is VERY hard to keep stains off my teeth, actually. i think the water here is very metallic 525703701198274560|Fri Oct 24 17:41:44 +0000 2014|@Kiteaton aha!!!! 525703470486388736|Fri Oct 24 17:40:49 +0000 2014|@Kiteaton well, then the welsh get really het up at you 525703366299889664|Fri Oct 24 17:40:24 +0000 2014|@ThatPunkEd there was legit good spanish food of all kinds in my old neighborhood ;_; now i just miss Tex-Mex, which doesn't exist here 525703212175982592|Fri Oct 24 17:39:47 +0000 2014|@lesaboteur87 they simply 'queue'. queue itself is a verb, which does half the work for you in understanding life here 525702850639585280|Fri Oct 24 17:38:21 +0000 2014|@Qualitybeats84 yes, i am originally from the boston area, so i was surrounded by 'gaaaahbidge' pronunciation 525702725204709376|Fri Oct 24 17:37:51 +0000 2014|@Official_RakMan i need to cling onto my freedom. you hate me for my freedom don't you? freedom 525702577225498624|Fri Oct 24 17:37:16 +0000 2014|@Vicas3 i can never do that 525702484854312961|Fri Oct 24 17:36:54 +0000 2014|And every morning, I still rue that the M&S 'Softer Butter' is not meaningfully softer than regular butter #uklife 525702165021863938|Fri Oct 24 17:35:37 +0000 2014|@myfreeweb @legobutts @papierhache but i was only a kid then i swear 525702136358010880|Fri Oct 24 17:35:31 +0000 2014|@myfreeweb @legobutts @papierhache wow suddenly i feel old 525702112538550272|Fri Oct 24 17:35:25 +0000 2014|@myfreeweb @legobutts @papierhache well, the president's affair was used as a political bargaining chip and there was an impeachment 525702001179770880|Fri Oct 24 17:34:58 +0000 2014|Transformation into English person continues. I just got a perverse thrill from throwing my 'rubbish' in the neighbor's 'bin' #uklife 525690448955072512|Fri Oct 24 16:49:04 +0000 2014|@michelmcbride @legobutts and all those FULLY ADULT WOMEN sniping at her feminism while she's going through all this shit 525690118313893888|Fri Oct 24 16:47:45 +0000 2014|@legobutts yeah, i have been following her as she's returned to public life and she's doing incredible work http://www.vanityfair.com/society/2014/06/monica-lewinsky-humiliation-culture 525689730382708736|Fri Oct 24 16:46:13 +0000 2014|@legobutts oh wait i do and they still have homework 525689607242121216|Fri Oct 24 16:45:43 +0000 2014|@legobutts me either, i'm not even sure if i KNOW anyone who is 22 525689041371815936|Fri Oct 24 16:43:28 +0000 2014|@legobutts i feel like, kind of nauseated and horrified when i realize the full extent of what was done to her when i was a kid 525688354277711872|Fri Oct 24 16:40:45 +0000 2014|Monica rules http://www.upworthy.com/monica-lewinsky-gives-her-first-public-speech-in-16-years-and-says-exactly-what-needs-to-be-said?g=2&c=reccon1 525688006456643584|Fri Oct 24 16:39:22 +0000 2014|RT @nictringali: Hadn't seen it yet so sure, why not http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0ucURcIIAENl3N.jpg 525686217493721088|Fri Oct 24 16:32:15 +0000 2014|Games can be excellent at illustrating complex ecosystems and their challenges in the real world http://gamasutra.com/view/news/228463/New_social_issue_games_tackle_education_big_pharma.php 525685184747028480|Fri Oct 24 16:28:09 +0000 2014|@Druhim @happienoodleboy @PenanceFFX me too! SORRY 525676977412669440|Fri Oct 24 15:55:32 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine yeah, there are so many complicated feelings 525676884219428864|Fri Oct 24 15:55:10 +0000 2014|@RobotJoel @gamecity Yes! I'll be participating in the LIVE TEXT ADVENTURES event on Thursday! 525675251565621248|Fri Oct 24 15:48:41 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine i absolutely hated the person i became by the time i walked in the door late at night in new york, dissasociated with fury 525674779366674432|Fri Oct 24 15:46:48 +0000 2014|RT @G4C: New social issue games tackle education, big pharma http://ubm.io/1sXMJ9d via @leighalexander @gamasutra 525674548755456000|Fri Oct 24 15:45:53 +0000 2014|"Few people hold up under this sort of scrutiny... Getting away with expressing complexity is still a privilege." http://www.vice.com/en_se/read/the-surveillance-state-and-you-crabapple-100 525672367427952640|Fri Oct 24 15:37:13 +0000 2014|@mollycrabapple yr articles are so great 525672219561984000|Fri Oct 24 15:36:38 +0000 2014|RT @RachelPerrone: Interesting discussion by @mollycrabapple on who gets away with expressing complexity and/or moral ambiguity. http://t.c… 525671932394749953|Fri Oct 24 15:35:29 +0000 2014|RT @Druhim: @PenanceFFX @leighalexander you have a real persecution complex, don't you? 525654247074197504|Fri Oct 24 14:25:13 +0000 2014|see 525654217131053057|Fri Oct 24 14:25:06 +0000 2014|RT @PenanceFFX: @leighalexander Love how u dump the problem in men's laps & simultaneously tell them they don't get to have a voice in the … 525651185102245888|Fri Oct 24 14:13:03 +0000 2014|@filthy_degen your question was answered in an article i wrote literally yesterday 525650643785351168|Fri Oct 24 14:10:54 +0000 2014|@nickbarreto thank you so much. 525650414906392576|Fri Oct 24 14:09:59 +0000 2014|I interviewed creators of two provocative new games about social issues! On No Pineapple Left Behind and Big Pharma http://gamasutra.com/view/news/228463/New_social_issue_games_tackle_education_big_pharma.php 525648998586384386|Fri Oct 24 14:04:22 +0000 2014|@moryan yes, there were some responses suggesting 'professional victimhood' and that my tone was too bossy to elicit people's interest 525648792893538304|Fri Oct 24 14:03:32 +0000 2014|@no_genius @kurogane no, but the zip comes with a MOBI format you can open with your Kindle. 525648659300745216|Fri Oct 24 14:03:01 +0000 2014|@hypatiadotca @sparkymonster julia! <3 <3 <3 525646917435682816|Fri Oct 24 13:56:05 +0000 2014|@ryan_w_enslow i try to remember it also comes with more money, more opportunities and more support/recognition from the people who matter 525646493718695937|Fri Oct 24 13:54:24 +0000 2014|@ryan_w_enslow *knuckles* i made an effort 525646051337048064|Fri Oct 24 13:52:39 +0000 2014|@sokareemie soha <33 525645916297244672|Fri Oct 24 13:52:07 +0000 2014|@kurogane thank you! please please enjoy x 525644994464722945|Fri Oct 24 13:48:27 +0000 2014|many ppl make sure to inform me that I have an obligation to engage them, and no entitlement to respect from my community 525644710673924097|Fri Oct 24 13:47:19 +0000 2014|People still invoke that in comments sections, indicating they were put off at being told what to do 525644600091099136|Fri Oct 24 13:46:53 +0000 2014|Editorial I wrote last month provoked the most outrage of my entire career. 2nd-most: This, about listening to women http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ 525644163342417920|Fri Oct 24 13:45:09 +0000 2014|@thejumpsuits besides my editorial last month, few things have provoked as much censure as my piece about listening to women 525638762232315904|Fri Oct 24 13:23:41 +0000 2014|"rando amateurs rationalizing their misogyny": it's not 'censorship' to ignore you http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/10/not-censorship-to-ignore-you.html?n_play=5448f9fee4b031a1eb0819a1 525627096396472321|Fri Oct 24 12:37:20 +0000 2014|How sad it must be to feel like no one is listening to you, and not even have the faculties to understand why. 525625880102830080|Fri Oct 24 12:32:30 +0000 2014|@conlan_webster You can thank @tom_hawking for that! 525624337051963393|Fri Oct 24 12:26:22 +0000 2014|@Cyborgwolf You're nothing. 525578679834128385|Fri Oct 24 09:24:56 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: Big changes at Unity with the new CEO… At least fashion-wise, anyway http://ubm.io/1rsyFAV http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0s61yNIIAAXO4T.jpg 525577504841801728|Fri Oct 24 09:20:16 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @kierongillen What's Eating Kieron Grape, starring Leigh and Jamie 525577365804826624|Fri Oct 24 09:19:43 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @kierongillen we're experts in what's wrong with kieron 525576890170736640|Fri Oct 24 09:17:50 +0000 2014|@kierongillen send me 525575323786969088|Fri Oct 24 09:11:36 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno i think it kinda sucks but HEY what can u do etc thank you 525566993236492288|Fri Oct 24 08:38:30 +0000 2014|@Pepyri_ I don't know! Maybe I couldn't. 525566470093537280|Fri Oct 24 08:36:25 +0000 2014|@Pepyri_ yeah, it is. I wonder why I don't talk about it. 525564035828559873|Fri Oct 24 08:26:45 +0000 2014|Nearby the anniversary of MGS3 I wrote a huge love letter to one of my favorite games ever-ever http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-decade-of-snake-eating-a-celebration-of-metal-gear-solid-3-273 525432883943845888|Thu Oct 23 23:45:36 +0000 2014|we had to watch 'parrot confidential' immediately upon completing 'house of the devil' as we were too scared to go to bed 525422107946389505|Thu Oct 23 23:02:47 +0000 2014|Well we just watched 'House of the Devil' and I was SO SCARED. Holy shit what a scary movie. Just masterful. 525421939926786048|Thu Oct 23 23:02:07 +0000 2014|@raiganburns it's in the works! 525397009080258562|Thu Oct 23 21:23:03 +0000 2014|RT @BoingBoing: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0qVuA_IgAAUkV3.png 525385989427298304|Thu Oct 23 20:39:15 +0000 2014|@MrPope @dry_hugs @tinysubversions can i hold the kid 525373393865289728|Thu Oct 23 19:49:12 +0000 2014|RT @SKParkerWard: LOVE. @songadaymann If It's Not About Zoe Quinn, Stop Talking About Her ♫ http://youtu.be/bnbNY1oFZ3o (@Spacekatgal, @femfreq … 525373319496105985|Thu Oct 23 19:48:55 +0000 2014|RT @LaconicLelex: I still can't get over the fact that @leighalexander covered more ethical concerns in one post than GG in 2 months http:/… 525368896921292800|Thu Oct 23 19:31:20 +0000 2014|@metasynthie Doctor Naomi... 525363671988731904|Thu Oct 23 19:10:34 +0000 2014|@flantz Thanks, Chief 525358039428521986|Thu Oct 23 18:48:11 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: .@leighalexander's great Metal Gear Solid 3 piece is now on Vice in the US (@vice), so why not have another read: http://t.c… 525328659146899457|Thu Oct 23 16:51:27 +0000 2014|RT @avestal: I love that @leighalexander focuses on the purity of a no-kill MGS3 game. The gameplay feels elevated, remastered. http://t.co… 525325485547737088|Thu Oct 23 16:38:50 +0000 2014|Well. I stabbed around emotionally trying to write about my favorite game, MGS3. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-decade-of-snake-eating-a-celebration-of-metal-gear-solid-3-273 525325368757329921|Thu Oct 23 16:38:22 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: NEW on @viceuk vs Video Games: @leighalexander on her MOST FAVE GAYM EVA, Metal Gear Solid 3. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-decade-of-snake-eating-a-celebration-of-metal-gear-solid-3-273 http://… 525324885544153088|Thu Oct 23 16:36:27 +0000 2014|@ifcomp @kellyrued @emshort i guess that still requires web, tho 525324819362230272|Thu Oct 23 16:36:11 +0000 2014|@ifcomp @kellyrued @emshort i don't know anything about specs, but i always thought inklewriter games looked really great on a mobile 525320315195641856|Thu Oct 23 16:18:17 +0000 2014|RT @madanabhat: @KenSimonSays @rebeccawatson @leighalexander she called the threats upon herself. She had it coming. Games are a sanctuary … 525318909013262337|Thu Oct 23 16:12:42 +0000 2014|@StarKat99 @ThatSabineGirl @spidey_j @samusclone @vivian_games they have been calling on me to 'debate' her because i like this one game 525317293648412672|Thu Oct 23 16:06:17 +0000 2014|@spidey_j @ThatSabineGirl @samusclone @vivian_games this climate of fear has many ways of paralyzing women's conversations :( 525314475214528512|Thu Oct 23 15:55:05 +0000 2014|@Upstreamism @samusclone @vivian_games thank you for saying that 525311192324390912|Thu Oct 23 15:42:02 +0000 2014|@Pen_Bird @alexhern i know that word because i play crusader kings!!!!! 525310178103922688|Thu Oct 23 15:38:00 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ɪᴛ's ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴇᴛʜɪᴄs ɪɴ ɢᴀᴍᴇs ᴊᴏᴜɴᴀʟɪsᴍ 525309942820274176|Thu Oct 23 15:37:04 +0000 2014|@samusclone @Makofury @vivian_games so yeah eff people's obsessive need to scrutinize, judge and define women online *tapdances away* 525309836750508032|Thu Oct 23 15:36:39 +0000 2014|@samusclone @Makofury @vivian_games if you do this for five more years and you completely change, you'll STILL be 'sad FGC girl' to some. 525308151227486208|Thu Oct 23 15:29:57 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games yes, they are in a hurry to ascribe emotional adjectives to women pundits. the worst thing. 525307724943618049|Thu Oct 23 15:28:16 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games i'm arrogant and domineering bc i tweet rap lyrics 525307690764230656|Thu Oct 23 15:28:07 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games they mean you are sharp/opinionated on twitter. SO annoying how ppl conflate social media presence w work body 525307509377335296|Thu Oct 23 15:27:24 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games 'let's see what this woman is about' *reads one piece* 'hm i dont like her personally' 525307418956537856|Thu Oct 23 15:27:03 +0000 2014|@leyawn @jetta_rae so oedipal 525307137078345730|Thu Oct 23 15:25:55 +0000 2014|@vivian_games @samusclone i know you've been annoyed re being cast as 'gender writer' despite rarely handling that topic 525307058800033792|Thu Oct 23 15:25:37 +0000 2014|@vivian_games @samusclone people talk a lot about me as i'm a 'forerunner', but like... do they read my articles? can they name a recent one 525306954420600833|Thu Oct 23 15:25:12 +0000 2014|@vivian_games @samusclone most upsetting thing re my work is how my personality/identity's been memefied & trialed by ppl who don't know me 525305865390526464|Thu Oct 23 15:20:52 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games need to think of something i disagree with u about 1st 525305750848274433|Thu Oct 23 15:20:25 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games i think i'm not interested in people's 'critiques' of me or my work, respond to my ideas or read something else 525305636297662464|Thu Oct 23 15:19:58 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games bc for me it's just a lot of ppl whispering 'leigh alexander needs to hear criticism' in the background of my life 525305493414498304|Thu Oct 23 15:19:23 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games i see men respectfully and even warmly address each other's IDEAS, even in dueling columns, and i get so jealous 525305362220875776|Thu Oct 23 15:18:52 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games -- i just want to write stuff, i'm not interested in ppl's thoughts on how they think i feel or what i represent 525305249477967872|Thu Oct 23 15:18:25 +0000 2014|@samusclone @vivian_games personally i am exhausted of feeling scrutinized as a concept or set of ideas, like -- 525304486299197440|Thu Oct 23 15:15:23 +0000 2014|@vivian_games @samusclone WHO CRITIQUES THE CRITICS etc 525304430900809728|Thu Oct 23 15:15:10 +0000 2014|@vivian_games @samusclone i wish we were allowed to have respectful differences of opinions without being set up as 'critiquing' each other 525299622873669632|Thu Oct 23 14:56:04 +0000 2014|Our @agencyforgames helped a bit with this dystopic sidescroller. It's about communism. Obvs we hope it gets funded. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/503519380/black-the-fall 525293032338624512|Thu Oct 23 14:29:53 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @alexhern as a complete outsider to politics here, i can't believe uk*p is real 525292514031726592|Thu Oct 23 14:27:49 +0000 2014|@alexhern @McKelvie (at the same time i think 'just don't vote!' is a troubling message to send young ppl w/o enough context) 525292397568483329|Thu Oct 23 14:27:21 +0000 2014|@alexhern @McKelvie yeah, that's fair enough, i would say i 'only just' vote, too. it's not like i sent an away ballot when i was here 525291129181581312|Thu Oct 23 14:22:19 +0000 2014|@alexhern @McKelvie not voting is like those ppl who think they're helping by saying they 'don't see race' 525291000882008065|Thu Oct 23 14:21:48 +0000 2014|@alexhern @McKelvie well, in both cases one is rationalizing one's refusal to productively engage 525290621540782080|Thu Oct 23 14:20:18 +0000 2014|@alexhern @McKelvie political apathy and misogyny are basically the same thing 525287963845218305|Thu Oct 23 14:09:44 +0000 2014|@carrchr the answer to your question has to do with your next most recent tweet. i decided not to help perpetuate. 525274208625258496|Thu Oct 23 13:15:05 +0000 2014|@arthur_affect @OnPointRadio @schemaly i REALLY want ppl to stop tweeting at me re this, every tweet pulls me back into GG conversations 525272716614856704|Thu Oct 23 13:09:09 +0000 2014|RT @ferricide: another day, another DEEP DIVE, this time on rogue legacy: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/228326/Game_Design_Deep_Dive_How_Rogue_Legacy_handles_tutorials_without_being_boring.php and you can find many more here: http://t.… 525272408174129153|Thu Oct 23 13:07:55 +0000 2014|@DuncanFyfe i can beat him up and put him in a locker if he INSISTS 525252638972313600|Thu Oct 23 11:49:22 +0000 2014|@CataAlexandru @gumroad thank you! I hope you enjoy it! 525248982562660352|Thu Oct 23 11:34:50 +0000 2014|@danthat @RaveofRavendale @agencyforgames @steishere wellllll we don't 'do reviews' BUT 525247430586286081|Thu Oct 23 11:28:40 +0000 2014|@NolanRowles @charlesarthur thank you! 525246422502096896|Thu Oct 23 11:24:40 +0000 2014|RT @gamefic: .@leighalexander writes about @ifcomp http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/interactive-fiction-awards-games 525244239299751937|Thu Oct 23 11:15:59 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell @ThatsWhatUGets @Arndreth me and @steishere will sneak up on you with serious expressions and clipboards 525239003252260864|Thu Oct 23 10:55:11 +0000 2014|There is, sadly, no new Lo-Fi Let's Play this week, but check out some you may have missed at @rockpapershot http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/lo-fi-lets-play/ 525238606647275520|Thu Oct 23 10:53:36 +0000 2014|I also did a fun interview with @jetta_rae at Ravishly, who asked me the actual best questions http://www.ravishly.com/2014/10/22/breathing-machine-clipping-through-leigh-alexander-gaming-community 525238417115058176|Thu Oct 23 10:52:51 +0000 2014|Yesterday I got to make my ~presenting debut~ hosting The Guardian's Tech Weekly show. Many good topics! http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2014/oct/22/digital-rights-young-beeban-kidron-tech-podcast 525234302767071232|Thu Oct 23 10:36:30 +0000 2014|@necrosofty @chrisremo Haha perf 525145247324852224|Thu Oct 23 04:42:38 +0000 2014|@PetiteMistress @jetta_rae Thank you! I hope you like the book x 525136313809661952|Thu Oct 23 04:07:08 +0000 2014|@arthur_affect @Bhillyfitch @OnPointRadio @kylenw @Nero pls remove me from this 525131291420012544|Thu Oct 23 03:47:11 +0000 2014|@arthur_affect I did msnbc yesterday and a (different) npr segment a couple weeks ago. How much more should I be heard from, etc 525130423027138560|Thu Oct 23 03:43:43 +0000 2014|@arthur_affect Also this kind of public comment is pretty unfunny. "Lol feminists hate men lol" come on 525129676424224768|Thu Oct 23 03:40:45 +0000 2014|@arthur_affect That they even considered it is enough for me 525129362170187776|Thu Oct 23 03:39:31 +0000 2014|@arthur_affect I am not doing it; that's not in flux 525127896600698880|Thu Oct 23 03:33:41 +0000 2014|@twoscooters @arthur_affect I'm not going on. Tired of donating my uncompensated time to bad reporting 525127303274455040|Thu Oct 23 03:31:20 +0000 2014|@OnPointRadio @arthur_affect Have it without me. I hadn't confirmed, but refuse to participate if this is the circumstance 525075526244110336|Thu Oct 23 00:05:35 +0000 2014|@philippawarr <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 525074530826735616|Thu Oct 23 00:01:38 +0000 2014|RT @nomineeforfail: Happy Birthday @leighalexander Please support https://www.crowdrise.com/HappyBirthdayLeigh in measure of good faith on behalf of #GamerGater… 525040079547674624|Wed Oct 22 21:44:44 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae tandem biking/baking 525039452146917377|Wed Oct 22 21:42:14 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae i'm so happy to hear it. seriously thanks for doing this <3 525038793418874880|Wed Oct 22 21:39:37 +0000 2014|RT @jetta_rae: Breathing Machines and Blue Hawaiis: An Interview with Leigh Alexander aka @leighalexander http://www.ravishly.com/2014/10/22/breathing-machine-clipping-through-leigh-alexander-gaming-community 525038658777128960|Wed Oct 22 21:39:05 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae aaaaah this is so kind and I am so grateful for your attention to my work <3 525037063792754688|Wed Oct 22 21:32:45 +0000 2014|@juliascheele yay yay yay thank you <33333 525028004066775041|Wed Oct 22 20:56:45 +0000 2014|RT @LifeInNeon: Krypteia by @kateri_t is one of the best made twine games I've seen and is featured in @leighalexander's piece on IF: http:… 525026626829303809|Wed Oct 22 20:51:17 +0000 2014|@mightyatom sometimes i open the tiny pots and just have a little and kind of abandon the rest 525026359463378945|Wed Oct 22 20:50:13 +0000 2014|@mightyatom TOAST POINTS 525026072061288449|Wed Oct 22 20:49:04 +0000 2014|@mightyatom i like to have them put the tray directly on my bed 525025352041897985|Wed Oct 22 20:46:13 +0000 2014|@mightyatom i know what you're thinking: 'wow that is truly wild' 525025310799331328|Wed Oct 22 20:46:03 +0000 2014|@mightyatom i do things like order giant pellegrino to my room 525024950147874818|Wed Oct 22 20:44:37 +0000 2014|@mightyatom i take so many selfies in hotels 525024655279939584|Wed Oct 22 20:43:26 +0000 2014|@mightyatom there is nothing more rude and vulgar than a hotel room imo 525024484299145219|Wed Oct 22 20:42:46 +0000 2014|@brilliam no, i changed my plans unfortunately :( 525024210985705472|Wed Oct 22 20:41:41 +0000 2014|@DeMarko thank you!! i hope you like reading it xo 525023411819802624|Wed Oct 22 20:38:30 +0000 2014|@mightyatom ahhhhhh <3333333333 thank you for saying that, you're amazing 525021355092504576|Wed Oct 22 20:30:20 +0000 2014|@HamzaUlHassan Lee. MSNBC got it a bit wrong. 525020270646788096|Wed Oct 22 20:26:01 +0000 2014|My Twitter has been WILD today -- I haven't been able to fav every happy birthday y'all sent me, but I appreciate them nonetheless x 525020011170381824|Wed Oct 22 20:24:59 +0000 2014|RT @noahchestnut: There is a lot of genius in @SimonChris1729's AlethiCorp http://www.alethicorp.com/ h/t @leighalexander via http://t.co/aqK7Q… 524960066114686977|Wed Oct 22 16:26:47 +0000 2014|@Topherocious How've you been x 524953213129478145|Wed Oct 22 15:59:33 +0000 2014|I hosted the Guardian's Tech Weekly program! We talk digital rights, new Apple products & hoverboards! http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2014/oct/22/digital-rights-young-beeban-kidron-tech-podcast 524951740907782144|Wed Oct 22 15:53:42 +0000 2014|@fubarpops @flaneur Hooray for us 🙌 524950877711659008|Wed Oct 22 15:50:17 +0000 2014|RT @MediaREDEF: The joy of text the fall and rise of interactive fiction (@leighalexander - @guardian) http://redef.it/s571 524937560427364353|Wed Oct 22 14:57:21 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: “There is one way in Dog Eat Dog for the natives to coerce the colonisers from their island.” http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/review-dog-eat-dog/ 524936574619099136|Wed Oct 22 14:53:26 +0000 2014|@RedSwirl (no, she pronounced it wrong) 524927517950746624|Wed Oct 22 14:17:27 +0000 2014|@alexhern nice ad hominem 524920391836631041|Wed Oct 22 13:49:08 +0000 2014|RT @JCTXS: @leighalexander Found it for you. https://www.crowdrise.com/HappyBirthdayLeigh It hasn't been going for long, so it is sadly fairly empty. 524916832848076801|Wed Oct 22 13:35:00 +0000 2014|@smestorp thank you!! 524914616741412866|Wed Oct 22 13:26:11 +0000 2014|@smestorp yeah i should instead give it to you in trade for the helix code you gave me because that is more ethical 524913757202677760|Wed Oct 22 13:22:46 +0000 2014|Also, someone told me that some g.amerg.aters made a birthday charity drive for me, but I can't find it... 524913624180334592|Wed Oct 22 13:22:15 +0000 2014|it is my birthday. i will treat any purchases of my book Clipping Through made today as drink purchases https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 524912934062129152|Wed Oct 22 13:19:30 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH da na da na 524912873550925824|Wed Oct 22 13:19:16 +0000 2014|RT @clarafv: A great primer of what Interactive Fiction is by @leighalexander http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/interactive-fiction-awards-games 524898766147837952|Wed Oct 22 12:23:12 +0000 2014|@happienoodleboy i surely will! thank you, i hope you enjoy x 524898176533549056|Wed Oct 22 12:20:52 +0000 2014|@McKelvie you don't have to, i'm worried you'll pull a muscle 524898058434543617|Wed Oct 22 12:20:23 +0000 2014|@MikeSchnier @inkleStudios @ifcomp oops actually i didn't write that article, @RaveofRavendale did ha ha i forgot 524897464193921024|Wed Oct 22 12:18:02 +0000 2014|@McKelvie hey yeah hi Jamie thank you ~ 524897287542427648|Wed Oct 22 12:17:20 +0000 2014|@MikeSchnier @inkleStudios @ifcomp ya here's my article on 80days http://gamasutra.com/view/news/222510/80_Days_Building_the_perfect_text_adventure_for_mobile.php &here's my inklewriter game https://writer.inklestudios.com/stories/2rbj 524897018758848512|Wed Oct 22 12:16:16 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @cymrogav i've had scotch eggs. theoretically i'd like it but they're always kind of crumbly and tepid and stinky when offered me 524896256288915457|Wed Oct 22 12:13:14 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @cymrogav i still have nightmares about that thing 524894502734295040|Wed Oct 22 12:06:16 +0000 2014|@KaraOTR thanks, Kara! 524893347706855424|Wed Oct 22 12:01:40 +0000 2014|I wrote about text games and interactive fiction -- and this year's diverse and accessible @ifcomp -- in the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/interactive-fiction-awards-games 524893141007339520|Wed Oct 22 12:00:51 +0000 2014|@Ljay90 <3 524893120543342592|Wed Oct 22 12:00:46 +0000 2014|RT @Ljay90: Happy birthday to one of my favorite writers @leighalexander You should read her new book, Clipping Through https://t.co/VKLhyd… 524887151100825601|Wed Oct 22 11:37:03 +0000 2014|@sokareemie @S0phieH It DOES 524881520461639680|Wed Oct 22 11:14:40 +0000 2014|.@dukope is amazing http://dukope.itch.io/return-of-the-obra-dinn 524880453103529984|Wed Oct 22 11:10:26 +0000 2014|@cymrogav @Quinns108 my voice is so WEIRD. also quinns can do a california bro accent better than i can now 524879912461946880|Wed Oct 22 11:08:17 +0000 2014|@a_jackanape oh, thank you so much! i shall! 524878944999604224|Wed Oct 22 11:04:26 +0000 2014|@MituK thank you xoxoxoxo 524876015076929536|Wed Oct 22 10:52:48 +0000 2014|I was on a TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pXZ3umA9ww&feature=youtu.be 524873582808416256|Wed Oct 22 10:43:08 +0000 2014|@robertflorence <33 524869843821293568|Wed Oct 22 10:28:17 +0000 2014|@kierongillen i think i have too *nods. your compliment has been accepted to the shrine!* 524867445920890881|Wed Oct 22 10:18:45 +0000 2014|@kierongillen <3 524687787975802880|Tue Oct 21 22:24:51 +0000 2014|RT @bigdatacane: @leighalexander As are a lot of jocks. And scientists. And politicians. And models. There's no excuse for what GG has ena… 524687642991271936|Tue Oct 21 22:24:16 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge agh stop being the best person ever 524685662642270208|Tue Oct 21 22:16:24 +0000 2014|@adambarken I love it, honestly. AND I criticise it. 524684434105466881|Tue Oct 21 22:11:31 +0000 2014|@philippawarr you're NOT? 524684392133042176|Tue Oct 21 22:11:21 +0000 2014|RT @BonziBUDDY_2k: @leighalexander happy birthday from bonzi http://twitter.com/BonziBUDDY_2k/status/524683972077707265/photo/1 524684360273133568|Tue Oct 21 22:11:14 +0000 2014|@Teanah <3 524684169369387008|Tue Oct 21 22:10:28 +0000 2014|despite the fact that the conversation has been distorted by anger and fear and manipulated by right wing pundits 524684094643654657|Tue Oct 21 22:10:10 +0000 2014|i was a lonely kid who felt persecuted for my nerdy interests. i bet a lot of gamergaters are too -- 524683860077211648|Tue Oct 21 22:09:15 +0000 2014|oddly sweet to note how many gamergaters want to wish me happy birthday despite our philosophical differences. thank you. 524683267661103105|Tue Oct 21 22:06:53 +0000 2014|@samusclone @c_gonzalez you can emulate them now! (we weren't wealthy. my dad was a tech journalist which was why we had them, we weren't $) 524681550898950144|Tue Oct 21 22:00:04 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @m_kopas uhhh i uh used to secretly read your askfm/formspring or w/e it was while thinking you were cool before you knew me 524680842774605824|Tue Oct 21 21:57:15 +0000 2014|@oceanclub dying 524680654525849600|Tue Oct 21 21:56:30 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @m_kopas merritt knows that i am a dork and that therefore sounding dorky is not a relevant concern 524680574448201728|Tue Oct 21 21:56:11 +0000 2014|@mintchipleaf eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 524680279940927488|Tue Oct 21 21:55:01 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli HMMMM maybe Spelunky instead of Mario Kart? Or one of each. I would be okay with that. I wish you the best, too. 524679936528101376|Tue Oct 21 21:53:39 +0000 2014|@yuriscience @Chestnut_Rice today mateos prado sousa brings gamergate AND leigh alexander together for BIRTHDAY KEKS 524679484017246210|Tue Oct 21 21:51:51 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli hey, i like that you're a very nice person, even though we're on opposite sides of an issue 524679365247127552|Tue Oct 21 21:51:23 +0000 2014|@br someone is already sending me some... i don't REALLY like sweets except for candy corn, so I can only destroy so much... 524679170245554176|Tue Oct 21 21:50:36 +0000 2014|@thelastseabird ah ha ha ha ha ahhhah 524678792712048641|Tue Oct 21 21:49:06 +0000 2014|@HarryGiles you're totally right, i'm sorry, well noted 524678712772792320|Tue Oct 21 21:48:47 +0000 2014|wait tomorrow is my birthday that was just the preview information, please don't expend all your birthday affection ahead of time, save it 524677875379994624|Tue Oct 21 21:45:28 +0000 2014|@The_B ... this is acceptable to meeeeee 524677742189891584|Tue Oct 21 21:44:56 +0000 2014|JESUS CHRIST I AM STILL GETTING CELEBRINANDO GUY FAKE TWEETS TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY MAKE HIM STOP #GAMERGATE 524677605543649281|Tue Oct 21 21:44:23 +0000 2014|@untitleduser it's all relative. everyone has challenges. 524677342921506816|Tue Oct 21 21:43:21 +0000 2014|@Gregorthecruel OH JEEZ i hope so x 524677185626710017|Tue Oct 21 21:42:43 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol NONE MORE MOTHERFUCKING STEADFAST 524676389094817794|Tue Oct 21 21:39:33 +0000 2014|ayyyyyy lmao i love you and i couldn't do this without you ~ 524676283754872832|Tue Oct 21 21:39:08 +0000 2014|@Howiesbookclub thank you <333 524675722854793216|Tue Oct 21 21:36:54 +0000 2014|@patrickklepek same to you, obvs 524675279755935744|Tue Oct 21 21:35:09 +0000 2014|@SamitSarkar @electrolemon family from the beginning xo 524674819695325184|Tue Oct 21 21:33:19 +0000 2014|@electrolemon HI FORGET THESE OTHER RANDOS HI 524674568771096576|Tue Oct 21 21:32:19 +0000 2014|there are tons of great players, game-makers, writers and readers out there and you keep me going. you are my birthday gift. thanks x 524673872571166720|Tue Oct 21 21:29:33 +0000 2014|@mixtapir i will. happy birthday, birthday twin <3 524673486552567808|Tue Oct 21 21:28:01 +0000 2014|@CGSaw that'd be the actual best way to kill me. however, if i survive, i will kill all neckbros 524673406403608576|Tue Oct 21 21:27:42 +0000 2014|RT @CGSaw: @leighalexander For every book sold, you have to take a shot. RIP Leigh 524672729463914496|Tue Oct 21 21:25:01 +0000 2014|Tomorrow is my birthday! If you buy my book, I will just count it as you've bought me a drink. https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 524670695234887680|Tue Oct 21 21:16:56 +0000 2014|@miyukijane @frankcifaldi @washingtonpost @caitlindewey like sorry i don't mean to be a bitch but how ill-read are you rn @Adobe 524670392167038976|Tue Oct 21 21:15:44 +0000 2014|@Jumbso this shit is basically the laughingstock of the natural world. don't worry about me x 524670156958879744|Tue Oct 21 21:14:47 +0000 2014|@Jumbso how do i deal with it? by like, having a real life, in the context of which 'rando redditor opinions' = very tiny/irrational 524668930057838594|Tue Oct 21 21:09:55 +0000 2014|@Jumbso it's cool how they didn't listen to anything i had been saying about including ppl for like, years 524668195631038465|Tue Oct 21 21:07:00 +0000 2014|@demisaysstuff @electrolemon (i wasn't worried, i liked demi adejuyigbe, i don't like 'gamergaters') 524667397169754112|Tue Oct 21 21:03:50 +0000 2014|@demisaysstuff @Visnes @Totalbiscuit @electrolemon (sorry, I've only ever known one person named Demi) 524665886243053568|Tue Oct 21 20:57:49 +0000 2014|@demisaysstuff @Totalbiscuit old friend electrolemon, is that you? 524634088213577728|Tue Oct 21 18:51:28 +0000 2014|@miyukijane @frankcifaldi @Adobe @washingtonpost @caitlindewey I'm def coming out of this with prejudices re how smart ad sales ppl must be 524620524904013824|Tue Oct 21 17:57:34 +0000 2014|RT @metasynthie: Basically, TFYC's model is "let's get ONE woman into gaming to show sexists it's possible!" Which is like... ohhhkay where… 524620399053897728|Tue Oct 21 17:57:04 +0000 2014|@MrDeVil_909 @DiscordianKitty <3 524616316360359936|Tue Oct 21 17:40:51 +0000 2014|@kiddtic because i said madoka? everyone likes madoka, even awful jerks 524616159359160323|Tue Oct 21 17:40:13 +0000 2014|this moment brought to you by the 'other' inbox, possibly FB's weirdest and worst idea 524615548865626112|Tue Oct 21 17:37:48 +0000 2014|@mizanyx i'm several hours ahead of you and it's not my birthday here yet either! but i mean, if you want to start drinking, i allow it 524614940494401536|Tue Oct 21 17:35:23 +0000 2014|@mizanyx it's tomorrow x 524614853580034048|Tue Oct 21 17:35:02 +0000 2014|that dude's cover photo is the white house and he belongs to 'cats or GTFO' and ALSO 'city dogs rescue volunteering'... ... 524614433621151744|Tue Oct 21 17:33:22 +0000 2014|okay rando http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0fOC_kCUAA5Ajy.jpg 524613109303214080|Tue Oct 21 17:28:06 +0000 2014|whats up i'm a powerful woman who works hard, plays hard and loves kids http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44r3lInkG1qla9g1.jpg 524612401090793472|Tue Oct 21 17:25:17 +0000 2014|if you can understand madoka's mom, you get me http://i52.tinypic.com/2iuxbt5.jpg 524611577535008769|Tue Oct 21 17:22:01 +0000 2014|is it weird to email your friends and ask if you can come over and smell their new babies? 524610667018719232|Tue Oct 21 17:18:24 +0000 2014|@RightwardGamers @femfreq (er, i didn't play or comment on bayonetta 2) 524608593883308032|Tue Oct 21 17:10:10 +0000 2014|@adragonbee oh shii- why werent u here when i needed u 524608328388075520|Tue Oct 21 17:09:06 +0000 2014|asked for this restaurant's internet so i could do important business work but ALSO so that i could google what these italian words are 524592658648670208|Tue Oct 21 16:06:50 +0000 2014|@botherer @philippawarr @CThursten @Jam_sponge @hownottodraw @NathanDitum <3 524551814319210496|Tue Oct 21 13:24:32 +0000 2014|RT @metasynthie: Interesting read on impact (& lack-of-impact) of race+gender diversity in the art/character direction of Netrunner: http:/… 524498017525956608|Tue Oct 21 09:50:46 +0000 2014|the ponies are a beautiful symbol of love and the triumph of ethics 524496794651475968|Tue Oct 21 09:45:55 +0000 2014|what is happening here is beautiful. click the threads. my birthday is tomorrow and this is a gift http://www.reddit.com/r/gamergate/ 524339243934826497|Mon Oct 20 23:19:52 +0000 2014|@MikeDiver i think for some types of pieces, ones i'm not sure how i'll execute on, a drink or two helps me be impulsive and sentimental 524338759601782785|Mon Oct 20 23:17:56 +0000 2014|@MikeDiver *dramatic wave* ohhh stttopppppp 524324793995497472|Mon Oct 20 22:22:27 +0000 2014|No Monday links today, because I was tired from karaoke. But did you really read all of last week's? http://leighalexander.net/monday-links-10-13-04/ 524310909783506947|Mon Oct 20 21:27:16 +0000 2014|@Delafina777 he just keeps making new accounts 524309055867596800|Mon Oct 20 21:19:54 +0000 2014|A massive culture war was today averted when #GamerGate and Leigh Alexander came together to stop Celebrinando Guy 524308796558962689|Mon Oct 20 21:18:52 +0000 2014|Celebrinando Guy (aka 'male crime world') is now making twitter accounts to pose as Anita - whom he assumes talks re herself in 3rd person 524298265991598080|Mon Oct 20 20:37:02 +0000 2014|RT @misterbrilliant: Here's a picture of me in my black belt kung fu outfit ready to take the fight to #gamergate nerds #bringiton http://t… 524298197297295360|Mon Oct 20 20:36:45 +0000 2014|RT @misterbrilliant: First scene from the new series of Firefly has been leaked. #GamerGate http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0KGGhmCEAAHVhb.jpg 524262421704474625|Mon Oct 20 18:14:36 +0000 2014|@expdotzine @SaraJBenincasa @kierongillen @botherer not safe from chest-thumping video game supremacy arguments EVEN AMONG FRIENDS, i see 524260858193776640|Mon Oct 20 18:08:23 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @SaraJBenincasa @botherer ah, contrarianism, that excellent grade-school rhetorican strategy ---! 524220478509309953|Mon Oct 20 15:27:56 +0000 2014|RT @WodgeFTW: @DebonaireToast maybe, just maybe, the game's industry isn't that diverse because some people just aren't as good as others. 524217963441049600|Mon Oct 20 15:17:56 +0000 2014|This is very important http://flavorwire.com/481768/the-most-hilarious-stills-from-lives-i-alone-video 524213934023528448|Mon Oct 20 15:01:55 +0000 2014|@fooblued @PAShortt of the piece using almost the same exact words and tone. 524213874548310017|Mon Oct 20 15:01:41 +0000 2014|@fooblued @PAShortt interestingly, i've had just a few Twitter users -- with whom I've never interacted -- argue against my description 524213652111761408|Mon Oct 20 15:00:48 +0000 2014|@fooblued @PAShortt i thought it was evident even to the author of the piece that her own behavior was also unhealthy and wrong. 524211063425093632|Mon Oct 20 14:50:31 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: I wrote a bit about my worst gaming experience at school. There's a nice ending, though. http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/some-kind-magic/ 524210878326255616|Mon Oct 20 14:49:47 +0000 2014|@DataFran @reverendanthony @ashly_burch (but i can't wait to read this one) 524210840044855298|Mon Oct 20 14:49:38 +0000 2014|@DataFran @reverendanthony @ashly_burch there is room for MANY metal gear solid books (mine would be about the SERIES) 524198331351060480|Mon Oct 20 13:59:55 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions does this mean you'll BE here? 524165674818867201|Mon Oct 20 11:50:10 +0000 2014|@kateri_t i did literally tear up 524165458308890625|Mon Oct 20 11:49:18 +0000 2014|@kateri_t THIS IS SO GOOD 524165420543401984|Mon Oct 20 11:49:09 +0000 2014|RT @kateri_t: @leighalexander i found a thing http://herculeanluxe.tumblr.com/post/100428527068/drake-you-you-dont-hate-me-nicki-minaj-you 524163170857148417|Mon Oct 20 11:40:13 +0000 2014|@maxusy3k they have so many offers on readymeals tho i can always get a lunch or a salad for like 2.50 524160372237144064|Mon Oct 20 11:29:05 +0000 2014|@rowancaister Many of the games I played in the series are at http://virtualapple.org! 524157508433494016|Mon Oct 20 11:17:43 +0000 2014|@rowancaister I use emulators -- there's a javascript one for the IIe games, DOSBOX for everything else so far, like Tass Times & Colonel's 524151479507378176|Mon Oct 20 10:53:45 +0000 2014|@emshort a pile of impulse-bought enviro-friendly totes, avalanching in the background of your kitchen 524149588048236545|Mon Oct 20 10:46:14 +0000 2014|@SOGTrueBeliever love it :) 524147031225679873|Mon Oct 20 10:36:05 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 I filled the spare bag with fallen leaves, so that it just looks like I'm laden with fine local dishes 524146213860696064|Mon Oct 20 10:32:50 +0000 2014|The deep shame upon realising that although you bought two plastic bags at M&S checkout, you probably could have gotten on with one #uklife 524136841675833345|Mon Oct 20 09:55:35 +0000 2014|RT @qwallath: Here's @leighalexander LPing 'The Institution'. Interesting w/r/t depiction of mental health (facilities) in games. https://t… 524124030916632576|Mon Oct 20 09:04:41 +0000 2014|@PutinTaway @BrendonMilligan @TheRalphRetort We stand united against Celebrinando Guy 524120124379660288|Mon Oct 20 08:49:09 +0000 2014|@keefstuart you get to deliver 3 threats before your mom makes you get off the computer 524086941537816576|Mon Oct 20 06:37:18 +0000 2014|RT @vivian_games: this tweet is honestly really pleasant and makes me happy https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/524084564692439042 524084489929388032|Mon Oct 20 06:27:34 +0000 2014|@aanand I know it comes from a place of empathy for me, but 524083695268151296|Mon Oct 20 06:24:24 +0000 2014|@aanand I think my situation seems more ridiculous when one notes I've done games journalism for ~8 years & they never noticed 524083379852312576|Mon Oct 20 06:23:09 +0000 2014|@aanand People keep calling me a 'young woman', which is uncomfortably 'poor thing'-y for me 524077189827162112|Mon Oct 20 05:58:33 +0000 2014|'I'm so annoyed at all these headlines accusing me of being a misogynistic manbaby! I think I'll start a childish sexist internet crusade!' 523985212255248384|Sun Oct 19 23:53:04 +0000 2014|@CelebrinandoNOW You are doing this stuff on twitter so much it's scary. Call a doctor. 523980782470455296|Sun Oct 19 23:35:28 +0000 2014|@likeluke_ dude that was so close to the truth 523904491650027520|Sun Oct 19 18:32:19 +0000 2014|I just ate so much at Yo! Sushi that I had to be extracted face down off the conveyor belt and evacuated 523862298625310721|Sun Oct 19 15:44:39 +0000 2014|RT @GIGANTICsequins: GS 1.2's @leighalexander has a piece up at @BoingBoing about Twin Peaks! Yesss. & we thought we couldn't <3 her more: … 523856867815354369|Sun Oct 19 15:23:04 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis This is really great. I feel the same way about game culture, and almost sad for the people who don't get it 523856474825846784|Sun Oct 19 15:21:31 +0000 2014|@TotaI_biscuit Somehow I don't think you're the real @Totalbiscuit. You might want to find something healthier to do with your time 523850944212402176|Sun Oct 19 14:59:32 +0000 2014|@miyukijane @anildash @tha_rami 'but we cannnnn't', they say 523850369110396928|Sun Oct 19 14:57:15 +0000 2014|@anildash @tha_rami few developers try harder at this than rami does -- despite the fact that many participants willfully don't listen 523850118622375936|Sun Oct 19 14:56:15 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy @kateri_t quinns typed 'reflect on own mortality' and i had to make up a response from the 'parser' 523849736076677121|Sun Oct 19 14:54:44 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy @kateri_t you'll see it's amazing you'll be amazing at it 523849682125357057|Sun Oct 19 14:54:31 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy @kateri_t oh well, you basically just make. our job is just to sort of live-design the experience 523849405112520704|Sun Oct 19 14:53:25 +0000 2014|@kateri_t @TheQuinnspiracy ..... 523849375731445760|Sun Oct 19 14:53:18 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy @kateri_t yeah you have very little experience making text games 523849105924431872|Sun Oct 19 14:52:14 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy @kateri_t i helped test it, there's a sort of set puzzle structure, but we respond to all the inputs however we want 523848911006756864|Sun Oct 19 14:51:27 +0000 2014|@kateri_t @TheQuinnspiracy like, we ARE the game, we write everything that happens to you 523848823580655616|Sun Oct 19 14:51:06 +0000 2014|@kateri_t @TheQuinnspiracy we basically make it up as we go, it's LIVE 523847626689884160|Sun Oct 19 14:46:21 +0000 2014|@aedison i feel so gluttonous and indulgent when i do this 523847454060740608|Sun Oct 19 14:45:40 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy @kateri_t I CANT WAIT FOR THIS 523834531863093248|Sun Oct 19 13:54:19 +0000 2014|@MikeSchnier I don't know, I just randomly found this online I think 523812977842323459|Sun Oct 19 12:28:40 +0000 2014|@vivian_games HER feminism LOVES men unlike the other feminsm which .... something something idk what the other one is 523812597523832832|Sun Oct 19 12:27:09 +0000 2014|@vivian_games they keep referring to me as a 'radical feminist' and i'm like 'i don't think that means what you think it means' 523812422877200385|Sun Oct 19 12:26:28 +0000 2014|@vivian_games if only there were more REAL feminists such as christina hoff sommers http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0T0nxxCIAAYjVe.jpg 523811694259494912|Sun Oct 19 12:23:34 +0000 2014|@vivian_games oh shit, why am i not surprised 523811411307556864|Sun Oct 19 12:22:27 +0000 2014|@vivian_games a lot of the stuff i've seen from graters spells it 'womyn' like they actually think this is 1970 523811063700402176|Sun Oct 19 12:21:04 +0000 2014|@vivian_games that horrible, bitter beyonce and that exacting, combative emma watson speech... visible feminists.... 523808991877812224|Sun Oct 19 12:12:50 +0000 2014|@10rdBen dont worry he also hung out with my exbf once but totally forgets him too 523808935695097856|Sun Oct 19 12:12:36 +0000 2014|@10rdBen hahahah 'why is been abraham important' is the best thing from the entire GG loony pastebins 523808369912864768|Sun Oct 19 12:10:21 +0000 2014|@10rdBen indornesia 523808092392546304|Sun Oct 19 12:09:15 +0000 2014|@10rdBen lol u been reading him along time 523807851958243328|Sun Oct 19 12:08:18 +0000 2014|@10rdBen my bf went there u could ask him abot it 523807795733602304|Sun Oct 19 12:08:05 +0000 2014|@streever i think there's nothing wrong with being obsessed with mariah, that's like, at least normal vs obsessed with videogame critics 523807164876750848|Sun Oct 19 12:05:34 +0000 2014|@10rdBen im gonna be pretty near u actually mabye i could take a boat oh no just kiding 523806852476567553|Sun Oct 19 12:04:20 +0000 2014|@10rdBen 'we are going to get her fired and she is begging in the streets!' 'lol dudes i just got 2 new gigs and bought a trip to asia bye' 523806730934030336|Sun Oct 19 12:03:51 +0000 2014|@10rdBen yeah i've actually started responding with that 523806069051899904|Sun Oct 19 12:01:13 +0000 2014|@streever the only time anyone should compare me to mariah carey showing up is that one weird time she went on TRL with a icea cream truck 523805912243646464|Sun Oct 19 12:00:35 +0000 2014|@10rdBen LITERALLY WHO IS THIS WOMAN LOL? IDK BUT WE SURE HAVE BEEN RAISING HER PROFILE MASSIVELY 523805541089689601|Sun Oct 19 11:59:07 +0000 2014|@10rdBen when you catch them on a creepy delusional tear about a woman's life they turn around and accuse HER of narcisssm 523805032714866688|Sun Oct 19 11:57:06 +0000 2014|i wonder what it must be like for people who tweet obsessively about me all day when i actually reply? 523804725540847616|Sun Oct 19 11:55:53 +0000 2014|RT @QuinnStephens: You can support @critdistance, a wonderful running compilation of thoughtful writing on games: http://www.patreon.com/critdistance 523803879667146752|Sun Oct 19 11:52:31 +0000 2014|@Snarkyname @oconnomiyaki @GamesIGuess you can keep tweeting obsessively at me, but there is nothing for you to've 'won' here :( sorry 523803818891694080|Sun Oct 19 11:52:16 +0000 2014|@Snarkyname @oconnomiyaki @GamesIGuess & you don't know about the real world if you think ads on a website affect a giant corp's market cap 523803599122747392|Sun Oct 19 11:51:24 +0000 2014|@Snarkyname @oconnomiyaki @GamesIGuess you guys are great. I've actually gotten more money and work since you started your sad campaign 523803158892777472|Sun Oct 19 11:49:39 +0000 2014|@Seniath @Quinns108 yes 523601589253451776|Sat Oct 18 22:28:41 +0000 2014|@Pittfurg @Quinns108 so glad you came! 523553410210332672|Sat Oct 18 19:17:14 +0000 2014|@R3nDom Just an inbuilt mic. Hence the Lo-Fi. 523543199512809472|Sat Oct 18 18:36:40 +0000 2014|@baconchin Au contraire, I think I owe you one! 523543016376901632|Sat Oct 18 18:35:56 +0000 2014|@1rainbowstar1 @TheRalphRetort No he isn't. He's a one note creep who is embarrassingly obsessed with me 523516822168276992|Sat Oct 18 16:51:51 +0000 2014|@baconchin I was very flattered actually, thank you x 523472614539657216|Sat Oct 18 13:56:11 +0000 2014|@NikaHarper They don't have it here :(( 523469516547059713|Sat Oct 18 13:43:53 +0000 2014|When I lived in Brooklyn this was always my favorite time of year. CMJ, birthday and Halloween all in the same couple weeks. Homesick. 523459211536396288|Sat Oct 18 13:02:56 +0000 2014|@toymachinesh then i appear and u get a mean tweet #gghorrorfilms #bullying 523433975331962880|Sat Oct 18 11:22:39 +0000 2014|@edfear i want them all. all of them 523433848768831488|Sat Oct 18 11:22:09 +0000 2014|@D_Nye_Griffiths @jawsew @WordMercenary well, speaking from personal experience, they are 523433747107291137|Sat Oct 18 11:21:44 +0000 2014|RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: So sad that a few thousand gamers have set public perception of video games back more successfully than the entire med… 523433178170937345|Sat Oct 18 11:19:29 +0000 2014|i'm going to need like 500 of these little toy birds wearing dapper outfits http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0Obs4-CIAAJd7W.jpg 523422073017094144|Sat Oct 18 10:35:21 +0000 2014|This article about an author who becomes obsessed with her online bully is touching and funny. Parts a bit on point http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/18/am-i-being-catfished-an-author-confronts-her-number-one-online-critic 523410792000290816|Sat Oct 18 09:50:31 +0000 2014|@ZenOfDesign @HPWesterman @Spacekatgal @TheQuinnspiracy @femfreq like, they've never heard of anything that actually matters 523410665957232642|Sat Oct 18 09:50:01 +0000 2014|@ZenOfDesign @HPWesterman @Spacekatgal @TheQuinnspiracy @femfreq so funny they think the fact -they- dont know something makes it irrelevant 523278122696060928|Sat Oct 18 01:03:21 +0000 2014|@TheLizardbones it's ALMOST like it NEVER had to do with that to begin with *shock* *breakingnews* 523277685121122305|Sat Oct 18 01:01:36 +0000 2014|y'all, i love playing games, writing re them, the ppl who make them, the folks who deserve a turn to play, and i just wanna get back to work 523277361064984576|Sat Oct 18 01:00:19 +0000 2014|*furious typing* pardon me miss i must remind you that this is about ethics in journalism which are ruined by some slut lying about videogam 523276581088002048|Sat Oct 18 00:57:13 +0000 2014|the main problem with ethics in games journalism is this woman accused me of sexism but i stalked her on social media and she is the true bu 523275290273796096|Sat Oct 18 00:52:05 +0000 2014|@AnakniKulas no sugar, it's not. you just think it is. 523272643496398850|Sat Oct 18 00:41:34 +0000 2014|sick games, brah, sick. 523272338306265088|Sat Oct 18 00:40:22 +0000 2014|@sotomiru they aren't allowed to talk publicly. 523272112807895041|Sat Oct 18 00:39:28 +0000 2014|@Bohemian_Swag sweetheart, go hug your mother. 523272037461426177|Sat Oct 18 00:39:10 +0000 2014|But 'the working reality of most commercial game developers is rapidly changing' is a fact, and one you can mostly be glad of. 523271874617569280|Sat Oct 18 00:38:31 +0000 2014|Sadly, 'most commercial game developers would vocally choose the right side of history if they could' is not a thing I can confidently say 523270593085714432|Sat Oct 18 00:33:25 +0000 2014|Gamergate doesn't know anything about our industry, our work, or our future. Sail them farewell down the river, like a little peanut-boat. 523270479394906112|Sat Oct 18 00:32:58 +0000 2014|Here, @SimonParkin writes about the grotesque stain on our vibrant history that is Gamergate, & he uses the word "I" http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/gamergate-scandal-erupts-video-game-community?intcid=mod-most-popular 523270197458010112|Sat Oct 18 00:31:51 +0000 2014|@TeddyDief really? that's great! i think you're rad 523266692022300672|Sat Oct 18 00:17:55 +0000 2014|RT @RiotWhiski: No More Heroes “@RobZacny: Oh, God, this is delicious. http://waxy.org/2014/10/gamergate_schadenfreude/ via @TrinAndTonic” 523163314403409921|Fri Oct 17 17:27:08 +0000 2014|Good interview with Anita Sarkeesian in Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/anita-sarkeesian-gamergate-interview-20141017 523159768555589632|Fri Oct 17 17:13:03 +0000 2014|Exploring, roguelike elements, historical figures! I'm excited for more Curious Expedition http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/227634/The_charming_heart_of_darkness_Former_Spec_Ops_teams_Curious_Expedition.php 523143536263577601|Fri Oct 17 16:08:33 +0000 2014|@MrPope <3333 but screw YOU for trying to name some women writers you liked, that one that was drunk one time ruined it 523134581143527425|Fri Oct 17 15:32:58 +0000 2014|Too late. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-17-we-cannot-let-this-become-gaming-culture 523134413669171200|Fri Oct 17 15:32:18 +0000 2014|@Taylor_Leibel as if you even could, mayo 523132104188887040|Fri Oct 17 15:23:07 +0000 2014|@adragonbee I don't rlly know how to use OCTGN I should learn so I can 523131973955751936|Fri Oct 17 15:22:36 +0000 2014|@adragonbee 'Want 2 play Netrunner and discuss our GamerGnate" 523131792564715521|Fri Oct 17 15:21:53 +0000 2014|@BillyKumo I have a boring tenma deck that everyone can beat, and near earth hub deck that usually wins 523131458505166848|Fri Oct 17 15:20:33 +0000 2014|@PelkaSupaFresh Truth 523131100131237888|Fri Oct 17 15:19:08 +0000 2014|@adragonbee well at that point you played less often than me. I'm way behind everyone else now 523130897282129921|Fri Oct 17 15:18:19 +0000 2014|@failnaut (My corp deck is actually quite difficult to beat) 523130669921492992|Fri Oct 17 15:17:25 +0000 2014|@deaco2000 <3 523130645825204224|Fri Oct 17 15:17:19 +0000 2014|RT @deaco2000: I've said it umpteen times before, but @leighalexander's Lo-Fi Let's Plays are the business! Latest on RPS: http://t.co/5nUj… 523130332733005824|Fri Oct 17 15:16:05 +0000 2014|Playing tomorrow in this Netrunner tournament. You can definitely beat me. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/quinns-netrunner-tournament-october-tickets-13247919885 523128118534746113|Fri Oct 17 15:07:17 +0000 2014|@groundflier @JudgementScythe @patrickklepek I'm going to protect all nachos from bullies that want to criticize them. I'm #nachoshield 523127729605332992|Fri Oct 17 15:05:44 +0000 2014|@hacaplus Cultural appropriation??? We will send you to the work camp 523126780639842304|Fri Oct 17 15:01:58 +0000 2014|RT @TheKenton: @leighalexander "Yes yes. a good patriarchy and systemic discrimination to you too, fellow SJW!" 523126665598488576|Fri Oct 17 15:01:30 +0000 2014|@Rokashi @toymachinesh (Me too, back then) 523126191318769665|Fri Oct 17 14:59:37 +0000 2014|@Rokashi @toymachinesh Spent years there back in early 2ks. They're afraid of emotions but are desperately sensitive & lonely 523125894765109248|Fri Oct 17 14:58:27 +0000 2014|@neoeinstein @ThisAmerLife @ShutUpShow I'm American :) and they play Street Wars in USA. It began there. 523124463525986304|Fri Oct 17 14:52:45 +0000 2014|@geeoharee @keewa @alexhern Yep, and they call eg me a 'radfem' because they don't know what that is 523124175268233216|Fri Oct 17 14:51:37 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow from a boring commercial Hollywood property 523123536945512449|Fri Oct 17 14:49:05 +0000 2014|"Don't give it away by making it obvious" haha oh treasure 523123159307157505|Fri Oct 17 14:47:34 +0000 2014|I also like their shut-in's best guess at what feminist criticism is actually about 523122977530216448|Fri Oct 17 14:46:51 +0000 2014|This will never work, because they always spell 'misogynist' wrong http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0KBk4gIUAAKBbV.jpg 523115447814979584|Fri Oct 17 14:16:56 +0000 2014|RT @agencyforgames: We've been working with Sand Sailor Studio, the team behind Black The Fall, and it looks gorgeous. Kickstarter: https:/… 523074099384705024|Fri Oct 17 11:32:38 +0000 2014|@streever that will be the cover of my BAD FEMINIST album 523073892680998912|Fri Oct 17 11:31:48 +0000 2014|@streever once, in horrified curiosity, i sat on a e3 duke nukem throne and had my picture taken with the promotional models 523072618707316738|Fri Oct 17 11:26:45 +0000 2014|@TessStenson nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 523070386364502017|Fri Oct 17 11:17:52 +0000 2014|shit are we NOT supposed to like cool sexy bodies AND justice at the same time. shit. y'all i fucked this up 523069869496213504|Fri Oct 17 11:15:49 +0000 2014|@smestorp oo i would like to get him the vapor cube one 523069657088270336|Fri Oct 17 11:14:59 +0000 2014|@pattheflip nobody tell them about the times @kinucakes and i colluded 523069555254775808|Fri Oct 17 11:14:34 +0000 2014|@pattheflip lol nobody tell them that i think @kinucakes art is perfect 523069119504347136|Fri Oct 17 11:12:50 +0000 2014|@adragonbee yeah i think it is gonna be way rad 523068582523990017|Fri Oct 17 11:10:42 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge it's all him this time 523068240688582656|Fri Oct 17 11:09:21 +0000 2014|@alexhern that was the best thing 523068077211385856|Fri Oct 17 11:08:42 +0000 2014|I'm contributing an essay to this wicked zine. I'm behind deadline on it but I am TOTALLY DOING IT right now https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/double-dare-ya-a-riot-grrrl-inspired-super-zine#activity 523067595411705856|Fri Oct 17 11:06:47 +0000 2014|bf is filming today and he is excited because he got a new shirt. 'the internet is going to think i'm so handsome,' says he, sincerely 523065776048447488|Fri Oct 17 10:59:33 +0000 2014|@directhex @alexhern @adragonbee yes, because otherwise they'd actually have to engage with my arguments 523065359688294400|Fri Oct 17 10:57:54 +0000 2014|@LeaderGrev i don't care, it's either a clever viral campaign for something else or garbage, but either way, disinterested 523064323649077249|Fri Oct 17 10:53:47 +0000 2014|@Zkrizt i'm glad you're okay now! 523063827542581248|Fri Oct 17 10:51:49 +0000 2014|stunning. 'every respected individual and institution is wrong and there's a conspiracy' instead of 'we're wrong' http://waxy.org/2014/10/gamergate_schadenfreude/ 523063338218291200|Fri Oct 17 10:49:52 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: So far ~50 responses to my piece yesterday from #gamergate people http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/16/gamergate-abuse-feminist-new-york-times-anita-sarkeesian Want to guess how many engaged with … 523063090511101953|Fri Oct 17 10:48:53 +0000 2014|RT @PG_kamiya: REPEAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN : As I've told you 1000000000000000000000000000000000 times take your argument elsewhere or… 523062928120229888|Fri Oct 17 10:48:14 +0000 2014|@hazelcills these boots are made for walkin'... across their accursed backs. yep, that's the Hazel Highway 523062776374513664|Fri Oct 17 10:47:38 +0000 2014|@philrowen @ImCAntonio that's a terrible way to feel. you're safe right now, right? 523062579900735489|Fri Oct 17 10:46:51 +0000 2014|@Sombreri go do your homework 523059217323008000|Fri Oct 17 10:33:30 +0000 2014|coding certain qualities as 'feminine' and then hating those qualities really hurts men, too http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-stiff-upper-lip-is-killing-british-men-344?utm_source=vicefbuk 523058225584029696|Fri Oct 17 10:29:33 +0000 2014|@alexhern @adragonbee it's almost like instead of having a point, they're creepy panting stalkers! 523057995031523328|Fri Oct 17 10:28:38 +0000 2014|@alexhern @adragonbee amusingly, not a single one has found the times years ago i wrote that GTA was not sexist/racist & feminists were mean 523057737941659648|Fri Oct 17 10:27:37 +0000 2014|@alexhern @adragonbee -- is more relevant to their cause than apparently reading a single thing i actually wrote 523057638557638656|Fri Oct 17 10:27:13 +0000 2014|@alexhern @adragonbee THIS is the most hilarious part. screencapping things from 2011 or the time i printed an email from 'daddypuffpuff' -- 523057233576599552|Fri Oct 17 10:25:37 +0000 2014|"sometimes it is possible to feel sorry for [useful idiots]" -- earnest gamergnats argue with chat bot http://www.newstatesman.com/future-proof/2014/10/ultimate-weapon-against-gamergate-time-wasters-1960s-chat-bot-wastes-their-time 523052482055110656|Fri Oct 17 10:06:44 +0000 2014|@keefstuart @laurenlaverne No EXPRESS YOURSELF 523048802077659136|Fri Oct 17 09:52:06 +0000 2014|Read about Curious Expedition, a love letter to exploring from former Spec Ops devs http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/227634/The_charming_heart_of_darkness_Former_Spec_Ops_teams_Curious_Expedition.php 523048239944441856|Fri Oct 17 09:49:52 +0000 2014|@kittystryker They genuinely believe the problem is that THEY have been bullied and victimized by evil women game journalists 522923317414858752|Fri Oct 17 01:33:28 +0000 2014|@ashly_burch Can I replace ice cream with cheese fries though 522920516760645633|Fri Oct 17 01:22:21 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman @PositronicWoman NO. NOBODY BUT ME. I mean the PLAYER. Only the player can like crack the veneers or whatever 522920295649542144|Fri Oct 17 01:21:28 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman @KrisLigman I feel like you might be making fun of me instead of really being on board w this great concept 522919889708003328|Fri Oct 17 01:19:51 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman @PositronicWoman Yknow just like a feature request nbd 522919818006376449|Fri Oct 17 01:19:34 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman @PositronicWoman Can they all have obscure and intimate grudges against one another & be plagued by their dark pasts/their pride 522919055645495296|Fri Oct 17 01:16:32 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman @PositronicWoman Leigh Alexander's 12 Asshole Barons, by Kris Ligman 522918297264996352|Fri Oct 17 01:13:32 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman @KrisLigman *startled expression, blush, haunting midi plays, credits roll* 522917982125948928|Fri Oct 17 01:12:16 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman @KrisLigman Maybe like one dark rogue one who was slightly dissolute but no more accessible *squeal* 522917781143310336|Fri Oct 17 01:11:29 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman @KrisLigman My ideal dating sim would have only austere, troubled barons with rarefied complexes 522917565912608769|Fri Oct 17 01:10:37 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman @KrisLigman No there has to be a little dere but only once you crack the elegant veneer like at the end 522915250572890112|Fri Oct 17 01:01:25 +0000 2014|@PistolDill It is about ethics 522914132673433601|Fri Oct 17 00:56:59 +0000 2014|@PistolDill I mean, I don't really see him being quoted in mainstream publications re the legitimacy of his childish abuse hashtag soo 522912624414326784|Fri Oct 17 00:50:59 +0000 2014|@PistolDill Aw he got scared of me 522911952046424065|Fri Oct 17 00:48:19 +0000 2014|@CrashUSN oh, you poor impotent no-one 522911781686362113|Fri Oct 17 00:47:38 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman @christinelove Yes, that's the uncomfortable alien diplomacy sim for ios 522911513896828929|Fri Oct 17 00:46:34 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman @PositronicWoman it's just ALL the cold snobby 'royal' archetype *swoon* 522910773832851457|Fri Oct 17 00:43:38 +0000 2014|@CrashUSN I'm American you creep, please stuff your useless political opinions where they belong 522905629883904000|Fri Oct 17 00:23:11 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman I'm sorry but when you are asking me re dating sim you will have to be more specific than just 'creepy' ._. 522904991053668352|Fri Oct 17 00:20:39 +0000 2014|They literally can't even spell 'misogynist' *heavy sigh* 522904001390870528|Fri Oct 17 00:16:43 +0000 2014|@SluggerBro never heard of u 522888667745255424|Thu Oct 16 23:15:47 +0000 2014|@samusclone @doogie2k @DataFran WHOA AMAZING WOW finally wa ha ha ha ha (yes the facts all look right to me) 522888401964371969|Thu Oct 16 23:14:44 +0000 2014|RT @7thDayHeathen: RT @GamePolitics @LeighAlexander Lists Ethical Concerns With the Video Game Industry http://bit.ly/1wemca5 #eca http:/… 522849628094353408|Thu Oct 16 20:40:40 +0000 2014|@DataFran @samusclone and the unforgettable intro: "leigh alexander is a professional, female gaming journalist" 522849576332451841|Thu Oct 16 20:40:27 +0000 2014|@DataFran @samusclone yes, someone on destructoid made me one in 2008 with the citations wrong 522849390319267841|Thu Oct 16 20:39:43 +0000 2014|@samusclone lets collude via email maybe i can make yrs and you can make mine 522849153471098880|Thu Oct 16 20:38:46 +0000 2014|@samusclone now i just have to deal with ppl sending me that cricket player's wikipedia page many times per week as if i hadnt seen it 522849070566490112|Thu Oct 16 20:38:27 +0000 2014|@samusclone but also if i had one people would just deface it all the time so probably it's better this way 522849011246444546|Thu Oct 16 20:38:13 +0000 2014|@samusclone i sort of feel like i deserve a wikipedia page? like, is that bad.... 522847998334603264|Thu Oct 16 20:34:11 +0000 2014|@AdamSessler @russpitts i'll give both of you guys locks of my hair for your birthdays, now that i know that's what you dearly want 522847638220447744|Thu Oct 16 20:32:45 +0000 2014|A new Lo Fi Let's Play crash-landed at @rockpapershot today, friends. This one is weird and ugly as hell. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/16/lo-fi-lets-play-the-institute 522847200221478913|Thu Oct 16 20:31:01 +0000 2014|@MtthwWtsn i think lots of y'all should at least learn to spell 'misogyny' if you're gonna make fun of us about it 522846413676228608|Thu Oct 16 20:27:53 +0000 2014|@russpitts @twitter @verified i'm sorry. i didn't mean to be insensitive (<3) 522845248901226496|Thu Oct 16 20:23:15 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE @twitter @verified no all i do is tweet complainingly why can't that work 522845045410390017|Thu Oct 16 20:22:27 +0000 2014|@symon @verified nepotism #twittergate 522844975977877504|Thu Oct 16 20:22:10 +0000 2014|i mean, all i have actually done is complain and tweet at @verified about it, so i can't really be mad at twitter 522844743848300545|Thu Oct 16 20:21:15 +0000 2014|soo annoying i'm in all these mainstream articles re how harassers bully/impersonate games women but @twitter still won't have me @verified 522836977540796416|Thu Oct 16 19:50:23 +0000 2014|@m_kopas oh i am going to buy this when i get home i dont have my bank card rn 522836759885799426|Thu Oct 16 19:49:32 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: last time i'll mention it today: here is a zine you can buy that i made with my bare hands https://gumroad.com/l/thesewerefree1 http://t.co… 522835639360692224|Thu Oct 16 19:45:04 +0000 2014|@slimekat the person just disintegrated 522835200032534528|Thu Oct 16 19:43:20 +0000 2014|@slimekat let's pool our energy 522834692471414784|Thu Oct 16 19:41:19 +0000 2014|oh no... the quizmaster asked who blanche, dorothy, rose and sophia are and a drunk english guy yelled out 'BRAZILIAN DRAG QUEENS'... 522832973758877696|Thu Oct 16 19:34:29 +0000 2014|oh god, the only quiz question i knew for sure so far was a cricket question. wtf @steishere 522831603018383360|Thu Oct 16 19:29:02 +0000 2014|@MisterBinky *high five* 522831098032582656|Thu Oct 16 19:27:02 +0000 2014|"from what sort of plant is the spice vanilla obtained?"...all these pub quiz questions are about flavors, which are tough stuff here 522830876955013121|Thu Oct 16 19:26:09 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis oh just listening 522830843123757058|Thu Oct 16 19:26:01 +0000 2014|"which herb, combined with onion, is commonly used as a stuffing for poultry and meat" 522830717479182336|Thu Oct 16 19:25:31 +0000 2014|"question 2: what symbol on a road sign indicates an unspecified danger lying ahead?" #omg #uklife #pubquiz 522830483445399553|Thu Oct 16 19:24:35 +0000 2014|'for your first 2 points, arrange three english counties in order of which has the highest population. a. dorset b. devon c. somerset' 522829900730748929|Thu Oct 16 19:22:16 +0000 2014|i'm so excited for this pub quiz and i'm not even participating 522828095980457985|Thu Oct 16 19:15:06 +0000 2014|oh my gosh i came to work at the pub and it's PUB QUIZ NIGHT and omg england is such a cute place 522827543410249728|Thu Oct 16 19:12:54 +0000 2014|@DoUEvenPraise @SweatyLlama go and hug your mom, child 522805321950306304|Thu Oct 16 17:44:36 +0000 2014|@ThatPunkEd well, my mother looks really young for her age too, and she is the white parent 522804968458579968|Thu Oct 16 17:43:12 +0000 2014|@samusclone @ScottMadin wouldn't it be neat if even i had said 'death' 522804692586618880|Thu Oct 16 17:42:06 +0000 2014|@alexhern i should have just gone along with it 522804548591951872|Thu Oct 16 17:41:32 +0000 2014|@aeiowu @flantz @ADAMATOMIC @ChrisBellDesign @raphkoster naw you just need people experienced at games of this kind 522804469537710080|Thu Oct 16 17:41:13 +0000 2014|@samusclone *handwave* we're all basically the same person anyway right 522803973095714816|Thu Oct 16 17:39:15 +0000 2014|s/o @OlayUS thanks for everything 522803446190452736|Thu Oct 16 17:37:09 +0000 2014|I've just learned it's even more flattering to be told you are considered for a '30 under 30' list when you are NOT under 30. 522798769839300608|Thu Oct 16 17:18:34 +0000 2014|Cool LAT piece about IndieCade~ wish I could have gone http://herocomplex.latimes.com/games/indiecade-pushes-gaming-industry-buttons-by-promoting-alternatives/#/9 522796226237169664|Thu Oct 16 17:08:28 +0000 2014|RT @helenlewis: Me on how to fight trolls: "No villain knows he’s the villain. He thinks he’s the hero in a different film" http://t.co/zgL… 522796158113316864|Thu Oct 16 17:08:11 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC @flantz @ChrisBellDesign @raphkoster everyone also likes coup now, but for some reason i sure didn't 522796102740094976|Thu Oct 16 17:07:58 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC @flantz @ChrisBellDesign @raphkoster i like avalon better! as long as there's 7 or fewer players 522795302651453440|Thu Oct 16 17:04:47 +0000 2014|@flantz @ChrisBellDesign @raphkoster but i like avalon the best 522795144173879298|Thu Oct 16 17:04:10 +0000 2014|@flantz @ChrisBellDesign @raphkoster quinns prefers 2 rooms and a boom now to all of these 522794642765795328|Thu Oct 16 17:02:10 +0000 2014|@m_kopas i just remembered when you were tweeting all those great geek and gamer items from the tmnt wiki 522794537266446336|Thu Oct 16 17:01:45 +0000 2014|@m_kopas heres 20 different baby groot figurines because can u get enough of this action movie promo item because i sure cant. also turtles 522792826963509249|Thu Oct 16 16:54:57 +0000 2014|@sokareemie 'hi i would like to talk about super mari--' 'EXCUSE ME HI ITS ME AGAIN BEIN AN ABUSIVE CREEP' 522792735640928256|Thu Oct 16 16:54:35 +0000 2014|@sokareemie why did he even enter that thread 522791196008398848|Thu Oct 16 16:48:28 +0000 2014|@Wesley_Copeland i don't think the person meant harm or was aggressive like that, but basically yeah 522789454575337472|Thu Oct 16 16:41:33 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae "EITHER ONE IS FINE, THANKS JETTA" 522788520692547584|Thu Oct 16 16:37:50 +0000 2014|i was like no 522788502883561472|Thu Oct 16 16:37:46 +0000 2014|once i went to a party with her and someone asked if she was with me so they could share things they wished she did with her videos instead 522788308708249600|Thu Oct 16 16:37:00 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @femfreq i could start composing a weekly digest of 'people who asked me for you' and mailing her it 522787768012124160|Thu Oct 16 16:34:51 +0000 2014|so many people email me asking to be introduced to @femfreq that i should become her secretary 522777532102627329|Thu Oct 16 15:54:11 +0000 2014|@EbethO it's like a punch in the gut. 522775913306791936|Thu Oct 16 15:47:45 +0000 2014|"this is what the rest of the world knows about your industry" -- yep quoting my own article again https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0E8B7CIUAE9zW2.png:large 522775658817400832|Thu Oct 16 15:46:44 +0000 2014|RT @BuckSexington: Instead of sharing Hatred's shitty attempt at being controversial, share Curious Expidition's trailer instead: http://t.… 522737138711158785|Thu Oct 16 13:13:40 +0000 2014|RT @ncroal: Front page of today's NY Times, below the fold, right under "Royals Reach the World Series" #GameOverGate http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0DVhJQIIAAOS4E.jpg 522736729716162560|Thu Oct 16 13:12:03 +0000 2014|This week's Lo-Fi Let's Play is of 'The Institute' -- weird horror, crap stereoypes, what an odd artifact http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/16/lo-fi-lets-play-the-institute/#comment-1707461 522713698289614848|Thu Oct 16 11:40:31 +0000 2014|@TheOneTAR @Jam_sponge not this time 522713202904530944|Thu Oct 16 11:38:33 +0000 2014|@TheOneTAR @Jam_sponge i left out the part where he was holding a samurai sword, bc it belongs to our housemates 522712101526441984|Thu Oct 16 11:34:11 +0000 2014|bf just walked in here, said 'i need to find a woman who can appreciate a warrior man,' posed dramatically, walked out 522704264398131200|Thu Oct 16 11:03:02 +0000 2014|If you never tried a text-only game before but you like romantic space operas and game dev in-jokes do play this http://www.ifcomp.org/1123/content/CreaturesSuchasWeIFComp2014.htm 522703461910331392|Thu Oct 16 10:59:51 +0000 2014|@JakeAshmore that one is a bit too mean for my liking 522702951006343169|Thu Oct 16 10:57:49 +0000 2014|There is a lot of fun in there for super BioWare fans I think 522702852360507392|Thu Oct 16 10:57:26 +0000 2014|Lynnea Glasser's 'Creatures Such as We' is a space dating sim basically about... being a fan of space dating sims. http://www.ifcomp.org/1123/content/CreaturesSuchasWeIFComp2014.htm 522688554250817536|Thu Oct 16 10:00:37 +0000 2014|@senadhi_r thank you for buying the book! I hope it doesn't disappoint x 522681532402909184|Thu Oct 16 09:32:42 +0000 2014|@scanters those suckers can EAT OUR DUST 522681111454167040|Thu Oct 16 09:31:02 +0000 2014|@scanters or wine STOPPERS. who opens the wine but then saves some for later? 522681067468505088|Thu Oct 16 09:30:52 +0000 2014|@scanters i never understood the point of wine glasses 522680981577564160|Thu Oct 16 09:30:31 +0000 2014|oh man i've had such a month *odd, raw laughter* 522680832776216576|Thu Oct 16 09:29:56 +0000 2014|*furiously typing* to whom it may concern of the esteemed NYT, i am offended by this line of questioning as it implies that i, a white man, 522680127864709120|Thu Oct 16 09:27:08 +0000 2014|*furiously typing* i am anti harassment but respectfully, milady, if you cannot take the 'heat' so to speak, then exit the kitchen, so to sp 522679596161171456|Thu Oct 16 09:25:01 +0000 2014|@robertflorence nice ad hominem in your libelous tweets, someone will soon sue you for your bias, top kek 522679122053832704|Thu Oct 16 09:23:08 +0000 2014|*furiously typing* greetings sir and madam of the new york times but even asking this question is a logical fallacy for not all men are accu 522678875839791104|Thu Oct 16 09:22:09 +0000 2014|fedora: *furiously typing* yes hello i would like to report sexism against men for when i attempted to play devils advocate in a debate i wa 522678689843392512|Thu Oct 16 09:21:25 +0000 2014|The NYT wants to hear about your experiences of sexism in games http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/15/technology/women-in-video-game-industry.html?ref=technology&_r=2 522674764264251392|Thu Oct 16 09:05:49 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: Did you know we had @leighalexander on our podcast yesterday? We did! IT WAS GREAT: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2014/oct/15/honda-asimo-domestic-robot-tech-weekly-podcast 522499477920178176|Wed Oct 15 21:29:17 +0000 2014|@IshmaelDummy thank you! i hope you like it! 522467843183763456|Wed Oct 15 19:23:35 +0000 2014|@onelifeleft VARIOUS 522466318432608257|Wed Oct 15 19:17:31 +0000 2014|Hi, new followers -- I wrote a book of personal stories about games and the people who work in them https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 522436978496012288|Wed Oct 15 17:20:56 +0000 2014|RT @chrisremo: I missed this Deadspin piece on the current culture war; its scope and depth are the most ambitious I've read so far. http:/… 522436805917155332|Wed Oct 15 17:20:15 +0000 2014|RT @DeMarko: Hey, one of the smartest women I know is raising funds so she can travel to and present at her first ever conference https://t… 522436209852043264|Wed Oct 15 17:17:53 +0000 2014|@rossweight @TimVonPatriarch @alexlifschitz let's not be presumptuous 522434249472086017|Wed Oct 15 17:10:06 +0000 2014|@HandsofaDream their 'a hashtag won't do anything' argument is v ironic 522433453976219648|Wed Oct 15 17:06:56 +0000 2014|"Why anything but games matters" -- @ibogost at IndieCade re provincialism & our little cultural backwater http://bogost.com/writing/blog/why-anything-but-games-matters/ 522432174403117056|Wed Oct 15 17:01:51 +0000 2014|RT @v21: http://bogost.com/writing/blog/why-anything-but-games-matters/ As always, the question is : How do we show games to people who aren't from games? 522431714204090369|Wed Oct 15 17:00:01 +0000 2014|@TimVonPatriarch @alexlifschitz how old are you? go and hug your mom. 522430792459616256|Wed Oct 15 16:56:21 +0000 2014|RT @alexlifschitz: GG's only identifying trait is SJ targets and terror tactics. The other conversations have been happening for years. #St… 522430754664742912|Wed Oct 15 16:56:12 +0000 2014|RT @frankcifaldi: #StopGamerGate2014 because their reaction to school shooting threats is always "you can't prove that's us!" and never "wo… 522430475789688832|Wed Oct 15 16:55:06 +0000 2014|RT @aanand: #StopGamerGate2014, in the words of someone who left GG behind. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=134394158&postcount=12200 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0AGVbsIcAE5SRr.png 522429744537944064|Wed Oct 15 16:52:12 +0000 2014|RT @Spacekatgal: I call upon @Intel to take a stand against #Gamergate by restarting their ad campaign with @Gamasutra. Please RT. http://t… 522422037588242432|Wed Oct 15 16:21:34 +0000 2014|@kylenw I really appreciate your good work 522421795857895424|Wed Oct 15 16:20:36 +0000 2014|RT @kissane: “the certainty that someone else's victimhood is nothing more than a profitable pose” http://deadspin.com/the-future-of-the-culture-wars-is-here-and-its-gamerga-1646145844 522421687468691456|Wed Oct 15 16:20:11 +0000 2014|@manveerheir @Laralyn INPOSSIBLe 522381030012223489|Wed Oct 15 13:38:37 +0000 2014|RT @imransiddiquee: Men who feel outcast by "alpha male" culture often end up replicating the same limiting, awful hierarchy in new places … 522367313283391488|Wed Oct 15 12:44:07 +0000 2014|@robinashe @HurricaneJesus you are so stupid that you think that ads on a website affect a gigantic, multi-tiered corporation's stock price? 522358642692349953|Wed Oct 15 12:09:40 +0000 2014|RT @sokareemie: shoutout to @PandaLeeGames whose response to threats of a school shooting is “well but Anita is wrong” https://t.co/gWzGvRA… 522345566505013248|Wed Oct 15 11:17:42 +0000 2014|@betterthemask @PennyRed @rosefox LAURIE play 80days 522341125362044928|Wed Oct 15 11:00:03 +0000 2014|@deadspin you did a good job, thank you 522341083230244864|Wed Oct 15 10:59:53 +0000 2014|RT @bainard: "Tomorrow's Lee Atwater will work through sock puppets on IRC." Kyle Wagner goes hard on g a m e r g a t e. http://t.co/IGTK4b… 522340196197888000|Wed Oct 15 10:56:22 +0000 2014|@wpwend42 @Slate yeah, it's hot garbage. like i said, the writer is being slimy, pandering for pats on the back from trolls 522340116162179072|Wed Oct 15 10:56:02 +0000 2014|@wpwend42 @Slate also adam baldwin 'an actor' and not 'actor who STARTED HASHTAG in response to leigh alexander and devin faraci's articles' 522339836980891648|Wed Oct 15 10:54:56 +0000 2014|@wpwend42 @Slate i like how if you are 'pro gamergate' you can slam me for joining IN a joke devin faraci started 522339724997189632|Wed Oct 15 10:54:29 +0000 2014|gamergnate is doing a shit job http://deadspin.com/the-future-of-the-culture-wars-is-here-and-its-gamerga-1646145844 522338229274836992|Wed Oct 15 10:48:33 +0000 2014|@wpwend42 @Slate he will have to beg his gamergate friends for the screencaps they religiously keep of everything i say 522338137759297536|Wed Oct 15 10:48:11 +0000 2014|@wpwend42 @Slate i blocked him on twitter, so the next time he wants to turn my joking with people about right wing bullshit into news -- 522337848830476288|Wed Oct 15 10:47:02 +0000 2014|@wpwend42 @Slate he did that a few days ago. i think david auerbach really just wants to be liked/accepted 522328472627478528|Wed Oct 15 10:09:46 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi @krisgraft Digital pencils 522328002588581888|Wed Oct 15 10:07:54 +0000 2014|@SecretGamerGrrl I've seen that. Slimy pandering shit. 522185246478172160|Wed Oct 15 00:40:39 +0000 2014|@partytimeHXLNT you are so right tho 522185154132193280|Wed Oct 15 00:40:17 +0000 2014|fine, i'll play valhalla, vanishing of ethan carter, and alien isolation. 7/10 metacritic 522185020963057665|Wed Oct 15 00:39:45 +0000 2014|ughhhhhhhhhhh i guess SOMETIMES i have to play videogames that were released after 2004 522173337465004032|Tue Oct 14 23:53:19 +0000 2014|in less exciting news, all of my hilarious 'world of gor' research in the past few days has ruined joni mitchell's 'hejira' for me 522173182053462017|Tue Oct 14 23:52:42 +0000 2014|@Foxmcloud555 we've all been there <3 522172735859220480|Tue Oct 14 23:50:56 +0000 2014|@HeyAnnieMok @jetta_rae @sokareemie like... sexy locust plague...? 522172455453220865|Tue Oct 14 23:49:49 +0000 2014|@aegies well, me too 522172419768057856|Tue Oct 14 23:49:41 +0000 2014|there is no reason to be impressed with me. i have it easy. you have all been protecting me. 522172174485176322|Tue Oct 14 23:48:42 +0000 2014|i remain astonished and grateful that people with tons to lose risked their health and safety to stand up for me in the past month. 522172042393964544|Tue Oct 14 23:48:11 +0000 2014|@Zasz *salute* 522171982826438656|Tue Oct 14 23:47:56 +0000 2014|the women who inspire me most are less visible and more vulnerable than i am. i worry that calling them out just sets them up for attacks :( 522171616101662720|Tue Oct 14 23:46:29 +0000 2014|@Makofury haha, katawa shojo, my great legacy 522171548774715394|Tue Oct 14 23:46:13 +0000 2014|@Harbinger00 yay! every good gamer knows about lucasarts games, but i hope to show some things you may have missed :D 522170007862935552|Tue Oct 14 23:40:05 +0000 2014|@christinelove @MammonMachine *dramatic handwaving* nahhhhhhhhhh 522169614982455296|Tue Oct 14 23:38:32 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine haha aevee lol stop i cant handle when ppl say things like that 522168819658551297|Tue Oct 14 23:35:22 +0000 2014|@SamanthaZero <3333 522168793079250945|Tue Oct 14 23:35:16 +0000 2014|@tonitonirocca <3333 522167329321648128|Tue Oct 14 23:29:27 +0000 2014|@Doctoe *knuckles* 522158523762106368|Tue Oct 14 22:54:27 +0000 2014|if it's not too tacky to say, i'm equally pleased with the thing I did for TIME just after that http://time.com/3274247/video-game-culture-war/ 522157659987116033|Tue Oct 14 22:51:02 +0000 2014|i feel more confident about my editorial -- you know, the one that launched all the ships -- than ever. 522157430185414656|Tue Oct 14 22:50:07 +0000 2014|RT @SimonParkin: It is heartbreaking. 522157409998241792|Tue Oct 14 22:50:02 +0000 2014|RT @SimonParkin: The current threats aim to close down those new rooms of expression and of conversation, and to kick some people out of th… 522157392168247296|Tue Oct 14 22:49:58 +0000 2014|RT @SimonParkin: During the past few years new rooms of creativity and conversation have opened up in and around the video game medium. 522155813771948033|Tue Oct 14 22:43:41 +0000 2014|@justcrazyenough @femfreq i do not agree with dismissing her criticism as a 'non issue'. you can disagree without dismissing 522153399543160833|Tue Oct 14 22:34:06 +0000 2014|@Livelyivy @reverendanthony i treasure the memories of our experience and i will dedicate my next video to you and say how much you loved th 522152865717301249|Tue Oct 14 22:31:58 +0000 2014|@justinofclark it's not the first time she's gone on stage despite a threat, ive seen her do it two other times :( 522151788892680192|Tue Oct 14 22:27:42 +0000 2014|@auntiepixelante @SecretGamerGrrl @tonitonirocca @mightyatom we have all touched the world of gor, and been touched by gor 522151259684732929|Tue Oct 14 22:25:36 +0000 2014|@Papapishu this is only like, a 10th of the reason, bro 522151027479695360|Tue Oct 14 22:24:40 +0000 2014|@Papapishu cutest is truth-est 522150987319238656|Tue Oct 14 22:24:31 +0000 2014|@Papapishu also remember someone asked anno re his favorite eva character and he said 'asuka, because she's cute' 522150873573883904|Tue Oct 14 22:24:04 +0000 2014|@Papapishu that's actually exactly how i feel about bulbasaur and why i prefer him the most 522150094007967744|Tue Oct 14 22:20:58 +0000 2014|@SteampunkKanye basic losers and their basic asses 522149922091839488|Tue Oct 14 22:20:17 +0000 2014|@Bohemian_Swag k well maybe that would be a criticism you could levy in an environment where she didn't get actual bomb threats many times 522149749383004160|Tue Oct 14 22:19:35 +0000 2014|@themojowire it's okay it's okay! thank you for being helpful! 522148546066518016|Tue Oct 14 22:14:49 +0000 2014|@themojowire no worries, sorry, just touchy about people ascribing positions to me on twitter :3 522147904438669312|Tue Oct 14 22:12:16 +0000 2014|@themojowire about the character, the first game, etc. i haven't seen the new stuff and i wasn't 'debating' anita's work 522147706895364096|Tue Oct 14 22:11:29 +0000 2014|@pattonoswalt <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 522147496320311296|Tue Oct 14 22:10:38 +0000 2014|@themojowire (it does not help anyone when people generalize about our work without actual examples/facts) 522147377642496001|Tue Oct 14 22:10:10 +0000 2014|@themojowire (i have not said anything at all about bayonetta 2. an old article of mine re bayonetta 1 is circulating.) 522146224754159616|Tue Oct 14 22:05:35 +0000 2014|ALL SHE WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE SOM BASIC AND INCREDIBLY INOFFENSIVE NON-INFLAMMATORY EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS http://www.standard.net/Police/2014/10/14/Utah-State-University-student-threatens-act-of-terror-if-feminist.html 522144318191308800|Tue Oct 14 21:58:01 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @HeyAnnieMok @sokareemie hmmmmm yes okay i know what all these things are okay 522143492286726144|Tue Oct 14 21:54:44 +0000 2014|RT @ericeidelstein: When Nelly Furtado comes up on Spotify do you also think "Hazel Cills™?" @hazelcills 522143246907363328|Tue Oct 14 21:53:45 +0000 2014|@Dryaxx oh i forgot you're not interested in truth you're just interested in sending angry tweets to women you don't know 'for some reason' 522143103189549056|Tue Oct 14 21:53:11 +0000 2014|@SindreOpsahl thank you! i'm excited! 522143054359445506|Tue Oct 14 21:52:59 +0000 2014|@Dryaxx find one time that i harassed someone. random tweets you found from 2011 don't count 522141597946085376|Tue Oct 14 21:47:12 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @HeyAnnieMok @sokareemie um is it valid if i just LOOK really tough and get other people to fight FOR me 522141447068594176|Tue Oct 14 21:46:36 +0000 2014|@HeyAnnieMok @jetta_rae @sokareemie OR http://trioqueentravel.com/ 522141300033060865|Tue Oct 14 21:46:01 +0000 2014|@HeyAnnieMok @jetta_rae @sokareemie IS IT THIS http://lyrichord.com/mozartthe1788trios-thequeenschambertrio.aspx 522140769097101312|Tue Oct 14 21:43:54 +0000 2014|@sokareemie fjhefsjhgdwh <3 522140511097065472|Tue Oct 14 21:42:53 +0000 2014|Here is a little digest of fun things I worked on last week ~ http://leighalexander.net/monday-links-10-13-04/ 522140337918459904|Tue Oct 14 21:42:12 +0000 2014|@doougle @getdizzzy *WALKS AWAY FROM U FOREVER* 522138757966069761|Tue Oct 14 21:35:55 +0000 2014|RT @gamebits: Great @Gamasutra article on the ethical/legal requirements of disclosure for paid YouTube reviews/endorsements http://t.co/fc… 522136790556504064|Tue Oct 14 21:28:06 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton i can't get uninvited to work the way i ideally would like it to UGH 522133549571637248|Tue Oct 14 21:15:13 +0000 2014|@keefstuart race you for who can be trashier 522133492524924929|Tue Oct 14 21:15:00 +0000 2014|@avestal i may do the mac version, DOS doesn't emulate nicely 522131857224507392|Tue Oct 14 21:08:30 +0000 2014|@avestal no, no, 87 DOS 522131233300824064|Tue Oct 14 21:06:01 +0000 2014|Decided my Halloween-themed Let's Play plan. I'll play The Uninvited this week; next week, Phantasmagoria 1, week after, Phantasmagoria 2 522113921642397698|Tue Oct 14 19:57:13 +0000 2014|@EvdorTheMighty even back then? you flatter me. 522109223673815041|Tue Oct 14 19:38:33 +0000 2014|a nightmarish horror game: you're a games writer doing let's play videos. everyone wants to know if you heard of oregon trail or kings quest 522108572252241922|Tue Oct 14 19:35:58 +0000 2014|@EvolveTom yes joke is on you if i need anything i'll ask wa ha ha 522108164180041729|Tue Oct 14 19:34:21 +0000 2014|@EvolveTom as if i had not bought them all already via GOG wa ha ha ha 522108052330143744|Tue Oct 14 19:33:54 +0000 2014|i can't BELIEVE you guys want amazing and famous horror let's plays MORE than you want games that only i have heard of *cries in a corner* 522107586922151936|Tue Oct 14 19:32:03 +0000 2014|My loves, I could do horror games that are 10+ years old from now til Christmas. Wouldn't that be cool? 522107072104906752|Tue Oct 14 19:30:00 +0000 2014|You MIGHT get Phantasmagoria and Gabriel Knight, but only because it's a holiday. and THEN back to crude text games you never heard of. OK? 522106936175898624|Tue Oct 14 19:29:28 +0000 2014|@radiomaru @mightyatom apologies milord 522106594004566017|Tue Oct 14 19:28:06 +0000 2014|-- to include primitive concepts of 'horror' within the adventure genre? Even if it brought us into the 1990s? Halloween gift? 522106432603553793|Tue Oct 14 19:27:28 +0000 2014|Lo-Fi Let's Play has primarily focused on the adventures of the 1980s. Would you be ok if, for the month of October, I expanded them -- 522093811070406656|Tue Oct 14 18:37:19 +0000 2014|@auntiepixelante @tonitonirocca @mightyatom No hell no I just know about it 522087200453062657|Tue Oct 14 18:11:03 +0000 2014|@sophcw 'sweet' 522077037423779841|Tue Oct 14 17:30:40 +0000 2014|@gazornonplat wow, that's some next level 522076853407072256|Tue Oct 14 17:29:56 +0000 2014|@gazornonplat stone cold 522076109072904192|Tue Oct 14 17:26:58 +0000 2014|@StuHorvath @noahjnelson neither would i, but susan works at joystiq now 522074922978672640|Tue Oct 14 17:22:15 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @mightyatom this is too real tho MAINTAIN YOUR COMPOSURE IN THE MEETING GIRL 522073990245154817|Tue Oct 14 17:18:33 +0000 2014|@mightyatom SHE SHALL RECEIVE HER JUST COMEUPPANCE FOR HER FEMALE WEAKNESS WHEN THE HAND OF GOR DESCENDS UPON THIS CRUEL WORLD *modem noise* 522073555308388352|Tue Oct 14 17:16:49 +0000 2014|@mightyatom the sound of the god's hammer consecrates your ritual just kidding it is his stepmom pounding on the basement door 522073139170529282|Tue Oct 14 17:15:10 +0000 2014|@StuHorvath @meganreilly while interviewing him about his 'side' of 'things' for his publication 522073043875934208|Tue Oct 14 17:14:47 +0000 2014|@StuHorvath @meganreilly alexander macris crowdfunded a leading gamergater's world of gor RPG #irony #lol #gor #milord 522072783879426050|Tue Oct 14 17:13:45 +0000 2014|@mightyatom we have earned our brand and must kneel and present our something somethingsghsghsha 522072217044410369|Tue Oct 14 17:11:30 +0000 2014|@mightyatom we've had too much internet 522070885709406208|Tue Oct 14 17:06:13 +0000 2014|RT @brandonnn: whoa, new @lizzywanders DLC for SOUND SHAPES --> http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/10/14/sound-shapes-ultimate-bundle-new-dlc-update/ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bz69_LKIEAElHE6.jpg 522070075936079874|Tue Oct 14 17:03:00 +0000 2014|@mightyatom YOUR SPINE UNCOILS IN A PERFECT COLUMN AS BART DETERMINES U HAVE MASTERED THE PLEASURE ARTS. U HAVE 12 MORE ORGASMS OBVS 522069744984551425|Tue Oct 14 17:01:41 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis I would want anywhere from 950 to 1200 words if they are REALLY GOOD WORDS. print is more strict, though. 522069523034554369|Tue Oct 14 17:00:48 +0000 2014|@mightyatom BUT OFC U SECRETLY LIKE IT BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME BART IS GAZING UPON U AS U LEARN WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE A COMPLETE WOMA 522068957201956864|Tue Oct 14 16:58:33 +0000 2014|@christinelove @MammonMachine this is all my fault MILADIES 522068554162921472|Tue Oct 14 16:56:57 +0000 2014|@EditorLiam @femfreq or no maybe we could just like and dislike different things without that being an issue of major remark 522068197529640961|Tue Oct 14 16:55:32 +0000 2014|@mightyatom YOUR BODY JUST STARTS SPASMING AND YOU'RE HAVING 10 ORGASMS BC HE TOLD YOU TO AS HE LOOMS OVER YOU STROKING HIS NECKBEARD 522067119320866816|Tue Oct 14 16:51:15 +0000 2014|@mightyatom I KNEEL BEFORE MY MASTER TARL FUCKERTON 522066677794889728|Tue Oct 14 16:49:30 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton @StuHorvath me at CKII: "oh hey i'm king what'sisname, time to conquer shit, oops i died" 522066582772924416|Tue Oct 14 16:49:07 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton @StuHorvath i think honestly the only way i'll appreciate history is via GoT, because i don't know enough real history 522066375511392256|Tue Oct 14 16:48:18 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis yes! 522065706993872896|Tue Oct 14 16:45:38 +0000 2014|@kayleibristol @DebonaireToast hahahaha oh mannnn 522065616082329600|Tue Oct 14 16:45:17 +0000 2014|@metasynthie but i bet the fans are assholes irl 522065551301312514|Tue Oct 14 16:45:01 +0000 2014|@metasynthie yeah i'm getting that impression... just reading about the books and the guy who wrote them i felt kind of sorry for them 522064281941311488|Tue Oct 14 16:39:58 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton not yet! that's gonna be my reward for when i really get a good mastery of the systems. 522064170125385728|Tue Oct 14 16:39:32 +0000 2014|@kayleibristol yesssssssssss @debonairetoast was just saying the same thing 522063989942284289|Tue Oct 14 16:38:49 +0000 2014|@DebonaireToast AOL. 522063939124101120|Tue Oct 14 16:38:37 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton yeah. i'm playing it right now -- i became the king of ireland, but all my sons want to kill each other 522063786111696896|Tue Oct 14 16:38:00 +0000 2014|@metasynthie awww but i feel guilty making fun of them, is it really that bad 522063613667057665|Tue Oct 14 16:37:19 +0000 2014|@theMirai just because people have corny submission fantasies doesn't mean they're bad people 522063539679526912|Tue Oct 14 16:37:01 +0000 2014|@theMirai well, in all honesty, i am uncomfortable making fun of other people's fantasies too 522063435119747072|Tue Oct 14 16:36:37 +0000 2014|@DebonaireToast i was in those! lot of goreans in those chat rooms 522063284883963905|Tue Oct 14 16:36:01 +0000 2014|@QuinnStephens thank you! I'm so glad you liked it well enough to recommend. 522063204516909056|Tue Oct 14 16:35:42 +0000 2014|@feliciaday and when i was 12 i would roleplay in AOL chat rooms, receiving v confusing, demanding IMs about my 'silks' and 'kolars' 522062138316443648|Tue Oct 14 16:31:27 +0000 2014|"It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery." -- Magicians of Gor p 465 #ahahah 522062026487914496|Tue Oct 14 16:31:01 +0000 2014|The most hilarious thing about http://tmblr.co/Zt44-p1T8bcvn is that now my bf knows what 'world of gor' is and keeps emailing me quotes 522061602741551104|Tue Oct 14 16:29:20 +0000 2014|RT @jasonschreier: Video game hype montages are a good place to find words and phrases to ban from your writing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bz68HdNIYAARGbN.png 522060324665851905|Tue Oct 14 16:24:15 +0000 2014|The waitress just noticed me unraveling my elegant cucumber ribbon from inside this drink and biting it. She was nice about it 522059085265793024|Tue Oct 14 16:19:19 +0000 2014|@sophcw ohhhh yeah. and you were like 'i was at your party' and i'm sure i didn't remember. 522055090870689794|Tue Oct 14 16:03:27 +0000 2014|@sophcw i think at dinosaur feathers 522055003364950017|Tue Oct 14 16:03:06 +0000 2014|@sophcw it's always the same week as my birthday. ALSO ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN I MET YOU 522052455836971008|Tue Oct 14 15:52:59 +0000 2014|@RabbitCube @kunikos @smashtheshell i thought that might be the case (i don't have a reddit account either) 522052313092210688|Tue Oct 14 15:52:25 +0000 2014|@stregaskis Really nice meeting you too! Thanks for welcoming me! 522047499411132416|Tue Oct 14 15:33:17 +0000 2014|@waxpancake @ibogost Yeah, someone says that every time I post one! 522014163368173568|Tue Oct 14 13:20:49 +0000 2014|@kunikos @smashtheshell It seems like a community where a polite request would be heard out... 522013748291444736|Tue Oct 14 13:19:10 +0000 2014|RT @matthewglidden: Another fun @leighalexander Let's Play (Sierra's "The Colonel's Bequest"), love all the cinematic names & scenes http:/… 522004405139566592|Tue Oct 14 12:42:03 +0000 2014|@smashtheshell it made me uncomfortable also but i felt unsure -- sorry for helping spread it 521989009044930560|Tue Oct 14 11:40:52 +0000 2014|RT @SecretGamerGrrl: Nope, nothing at all alarming about 50 brand new twitter accounts faving all my posts after one message to @leighalexa… 521976301889290240|Tue Oct 14 10:50:22 +0000 2014|@SecretGamerGrrl @TheQuinnspiracy i was like yeah no 521976164072841217|Tue Oct 14 10:49:50 +0000 2014|@SecretGamerGrrl @TheQuinnspiracy @zoequinnzel no, scott. response to my no was just "NO!!! are you sure you can't work something out :)" 521975113013796864|Tue Oct 14 10:45:39 +0000 2014|Here is yesterday's EXCITING LINKS DIGEST http://leighalexander.net/monday-links-10-13-04/ 521974257094787072|Tue Oct 14 10:42:15 +0000 2014|@HonestFeminist what did your mom do to you :( 521974059303993344|Tue Oct 14 10:41:28 +0000 2014|@hunktears @TheQuinnspiracy oh i'll ask her if she wants to go 521973843876134912|Tue Oct 14 10:40:36 +0000 2014|@hunktears @TheQuinnspiracy who are the other guests 521973507140648960|Tue Oct 14 10:39:16 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy omg they asked me to be on this too, and when i declined the conversation was really weird 521973144756965377|Tue Oct 14 10:37:50 +0000 2014|RT @SecretGamerGrrl: http://8chan.co posters planning attacks against women in all their other hobbies after they "win" #gamergate: … 521971878681133056|Tue Oct 14 10:32:48 +0000 2014|@hunktears yr soul gem lookin hella fresh & clean imo 521971359229181952|Tue Oct 14 10:30:44 +0000 2014|kekeke http://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/ 521966559678701568|Tue Oct 14 10:11:40 +0000 2014|RT @Jordan_Mallory: *standing outside the courtroom, fedora flapping in the breeze* "They never considered that the murderer may have had g… 521800323774832641|Mon Oct 13 23:11:06 +0000 2014|@hunktears THATS RIGHT 521800204354584577|Mon Oct 13 23:10:37 +0000 2014|@Stellarcrete @ElizSimins where can you point out elizabeth or i discussing 'misogynistic tropes' 521799905443319808|Mon Oct 13 23:09:26 +0000 2014|the 'feminists want to censor videogames' narrative conveniently lets dudes keep slamming doors in our faces, no matter what we believe 521799825487310848|Mon Oct 13 23:09:07 +0000 2014|@SakuyaRed0 @MetroidThief shhh. shhhhhhh. shhhhhhhhhh. 521799760291049473|Mon Oct 13 23:08:52 +0000 2014|@hunktears *sobbing* 521799526957715457|Mon Oct 13 23:07:56 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata same 521799248376233984|Mon Oct 13 23:06:50 +0000 2014|also, i'm a big, passionate fan of a lot of problematic media, because i'm a real human being with flaws who enjoys criticism and psychology 521798509276987392|Mon Oct 13 23:03:53 +0000 2014|@hunktears true story: i dreamed that she and i were on a date and riding a bus LAST NIGHT #kstew 521798304556785664|Mon Oct 13 23:03:05 +0000 2014|@MixedUpzombies i don't remember what i said about it. i bet it would be different than what i would say today. 521797862946906112|Mon Oct 13 23:01:19 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @tonitonirocca @sokareemie aaahhh thanks same to you i'm p happy to get to talk to you 521797715387510784|Mon Oct 13 23:00:44 +0000 2014|@hunktears no one understands me re that but you 521797265158311937|Mon Oct 13 22:58:57 +0000 2014|it upsets the fuck out of me when people think what i'm about comes down to 'covering up bodies' and 'erasing sexy women' 521797041824202752|Mon Oct 13 22:58:03 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @tonitonirocca @sokareemie i read your pinball girlfriend piece like back when you wrote it and i thought it was wicked 521796696934981632|Mon Oct 13 22:56:41 +0000 2014|i actually rlly like bayonetta, personally... just wanna remind everyone that feminism doesn't mean' 'women's bodies are bad' 521795558366007296|Mon Oct 13 22:52:10 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @sokareemie need to reread when i'm not drinking, but nope, not 'missing' any point imo x 521794928322805761|Mon Oct 13 22:49:40 +0000 2014|RT @MammonMachine: ~petite tomboys constantly put into danger is not a more mature or nuanced characterization of women~ @leighalexander ht… 521791491396886528|Mon Oct 13 22:36:00 +0000 2014|RT @IvanDashSmith: @ChrisWarcraft Here is "A list of real ethical concerns in video games:" http://leighalexander.net/list-of-ethical-concerns-in-video-games-partial/ by @leighalexander 521786918145888256|Mon Oct 13 22:17:50 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland YES GOD THANKS 521786636418711552|Mon Oct 13 22:16:43 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen is this to do with my 9 days away birthday because 521785996212711424|Mon Oct 13 22:14:10 +0000 2014|@dualhammers @mrwasteland *sobbing as confetti descends* omg thank u 521785806814334976|Mon Oct 13 22:13:25 +0000 2014|@UrWaifuIsShit 'learn english'? try crawling back in your hole, creep 521779089514852354|Mon Oct 13 21:46:43 +0000 2014|orange cheese product flowing over salted carbohydrates, flecked with bacon 521778960569360386|Mon Oct 13 21:46:13 +0000 2014|vulgar, peaty scotch; veiny blue cheese, rank, fat caviar, plush grapes, garlicky flatbread, black sesame vinegar rice 521778794072272896|Mon Oct 13 21:45:33 +0000 2014|@pian0 i would much rather scotch from the UK, sadly 521778301929414656|Mon Oct 13 21:43:36 +0000 2014|good: scotch, caviar, brie, olives, flatbread, smoked salmon; nachos, potato skins; bad: pie, cake, cookie, candy, cupcake, ice cream 521777358286503936|Mon Oct 13 21:39:51 +0000 2014|@ElPrezAU @locust9 gross 521776959710179328|Mon Oct 13 21:38:16 +0000 2014|@locust9 I HATE ALL DESSERTS 521776515189469184|Mon Oct 13 21:36:30 +0000 2014|@locust9 god even more disgusting than cake and pie fetishism is the attempt to replace fat and sugar in those things with fake stuff 521776410386395137|Mon Oct 13 21:36:05 +0000 2014|@adragonbee good 521776183625539584|Mon Oct 13 21:35:10 +0000 2014|@locust9 SWEETS ARE GROSS 521775395134132224|Mon Oct 13 21:32:02 +0000 2014|@Lesmocon ALLERGIC TO CITRUS 521774629992816640|Mon Oct 13 21:29:00 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae thank you so much for respecting my culinary boundaries 521774373116858368|Mon Oct 13 21:27:59 +0000 2014|@samusclone if anyone gives me SWEETS i will mail them all to you 521774256523603970|Mon Oct 13 21:27:31 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae JETTA <3 521773966151921665|Mon Oct 13 21:26:22 +0000 2014|@m_kopas lies 521773665315459075|Mon Oct 13 21:25:10 +0000 2014|@acosmos i live to be him 521773439628361728|Mon Oct 13 21:24:16 +0000 2014|@m_kopas you mean the part where you like sweets and i do not 521773358401458177|Mon Oct 13 21:23:57 +0000 2014|@IwanLehnert NO 521773247046909952|Mon Oct 13 21:23:30 +0000 2014|sorry to be so forceful about it but everyone is always like 'BUT U NEED BIRTHDAY CAKE' and insists on me eating sweets and i dont like it 521773138141802497|Mon Oct 13 21:23:04 +0000 2014|my birthday is the 22nd. I AM ALLERGIC TO CHOCOLATE AND I HATE SWEETS/CANDY/PASTRY. if you give me any of this i'll throw it out 521769511029329920|Mon Oct 13 21:08:40 +0000 2014|@patrickklepek @fullbright @austin_walker thanks <3 521769475344187393|Mon Oct 13 21:08:31 +0000 2014|RT @patrickklepek: We talked about what happened to Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) on today’s show, but it deserved space on our site, too. http… 521759353767215104|Mon Oct 13 20:28:18 +0000 2014|the guy goes 'good luck with your paper' when they left 521753245946232833|Mon Oct 13 20:04:02 +0000 2014|@sophiaaar my hair doesn't exactly flip, but i'll twirl a curl 521747122027524097|Mon Oct 13 19:39:42 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno (another moment brought to me by olay skincare tbh) 521747076062142464|Mon Oct 13 19:39:31 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno (NOR WILL IT EVER) 521746962740441089|Mon Oct 13 19:39:04 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC this is an OUTRAGE she beamed 521746522057478144|Mon Oct 13 19:37:19 +0000 2014|also, i pretend i'm mad when people mistake me for a college student but let's be real ~ 521746343673745408|Mon Oct 13 19:36:36 +0000 2014|@TsumeiMeyren to be TOTALLY fair i think he was mostly just trying to impress me by showing he knew tech things 521746030824783872|Mon Oct 13 19:35:21 +0000 2014|i think all most dudes in bars want is a 'woooooow!' or two 521745501625257985|Mon Oct 13 19:33:15 +0000 2014|it seems like he is hanging out with his dad so i escaped further talk about how google is bugged and androids send data to governments 521745205364805632|Mon Oct 13 19:32:05 +0000 2014|@ChrisGarratty @SwiftOnSecurity maybe bit over his head 521745180215771136|Mon Oct 13 19:31:59 +0000 2014|@ChrisGarratty @SwiftOnSecurity i mean, he's explaining about how google is bugged and androids send data to the government so 521744258085437440|Mon Oct 13 19:28:19 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol not this 521744182185320449|Mon Oct 13 19:28:01 +0000 2014|i told him i work in tech and now he's explaining to me what infosec is 521743729070460929|Mon Oct 13 19:26:13 +0000 2014|laptop at the pub. guy asked me if i'm doing coursework. oh bless the boy. 521740759406747649|Mon Oct 13 19:14:25 +0000 2014|RT @untimelygamer: Remember Brianna Wu made a game. It has a free demo. Maybe the best thing you can do for her tonight is play it? https:/… 521739301709959168|Mon Oct 13 19:08:37 +0000 2014|@oliviataters thank you SO much liv i can do it because of you 521739226455769088|Mon Oct 13 19:08:19 +0000 2014|i think i can say 'sokrovenno', though, which is the best part of the game 521738805104349185|Mon Oct 13 19:06:39 +0000 2014|i will write a mgs3 article tonight so long as i never have to try to pronounce 'ponizovje' and 'krasnogorje' out loud 521738506637697024|Mon Oct 13 19:05:28 +0000 2014|@freebsdgirl thank you, i'd appreciate it x 521734660335095808|Mon Oct 13 18:50:11 +0000 2014|RT @CarlMuckenhoupt: Reminder: The proverb about "a few bad apples" is not "A few bad apples is nothing to worry about, the rest of the bar… 521722077490188288|Mon Oct 13 18:00:11 +0000 2014|@ShaneWatch @avestal http://instagram.com/p/rprWZGsDCb/?modal=true 521721186573881344|Mon Oct 13 17:56:38 +0000 2014|@fubarpops no, it's clammy and humid because everyone is wet. it will be very cold in your flat tho #uklife #england #wtf 521720483914743809|Mon Oct 13 17:53:51 +0000 2014|@fubarpops it's pouring and it's disgusting 521720359461355521|Mon Oct 13 17:53:21 +0000 2014|@fubarpops 'quite drizzly' 'quite warm' 521719364702072832|Mon Oct 13 17:49:24 +0000 2014|@avestal @ShaneWatch i know it's not perfect, but to me it is 521719056127508480|Mon Oct 13 17:48:10 +0000 2014|@ultrabrilliant 'the self-consciousness' doesn't exactly strike fear upon the battlefield 521718731836522496|Mon Oct 13 17:46:53 +0000 2014|don't get too excited you guys but i'm trying to write about mgs3 again 521718395520446464|Mon Oct 13 17:45:33 +0000 2014|Reply to @noneconomical @botherer what except for the fiercest of absolute love would make us fight so hard for so long? 521717810071097344|Mon Oct 13 17:43:13 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen @jameshmm @flaneur i just saw a james blunt poster on the back of a bus. i'm sorry that makes me think of you guys now 521710699173916672|Mon Oct 13 17:14:58 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @m_kopas @outofsequences i am laughing bc i don't know what else to do, but i'm sorry you experienced this 521710476280201216|Mon Oct 13 17:14:05 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @m_kopas @outofsequences in ~5 years he will learn what privilege is, proudly explain it and be hailed as BRAVE AND INSIGHTFUL 521709948959727617|Mon Oct 13 17:11:59 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @m_kopas oh god 521709567525523457|Mon Oct 13 17:10:28 +0000 2014|@Fortress_Inman Austin does have KILLER food that england just would not understand 521709373262135297|Mon Oct 13 17:09:42 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @m_kopas then you get to be infuriated by having the same ideas/messages embraced when someone w more privilege than you says em 521708684758773760|Mon Oct 13 17:06:57 +0000 2014|@thewillofb yeah but like 'nice cheddars' NO I WANT AMERICAN "CHEESE" 521708431426985984|Mon Oct 13 17:05:57 +0000 2014|@Fortress_Inman i don't know, actually, if Texas Toast actually has anything to do with Texas or is just a big type of bread in the USA 521707881998348288|Mon Oct 13 17:03:46 +0000 2014|@Fortress_Inman it just won't be what i want. http://firesidetapandgrill.com/sites/firesidetapandgrill/files/styles/large/public/shutterstock_68588434_0.jpg?itok=YWohenGq 521707260008226816|Mon Oct 13 17:01:18 +0000 2014|@sayitaintsho i love welsh rarebit. but sometimes, sometimes... 521707145717624833|Mon Oct 13 17:00:51 +0000 2014|@Seniath i tried ordering one in portland and was disappointed they had ruined it by piling chorizo all over everything 521707033062821888|Mon Oct 13 17:00:24 +0000 2014|@Seniath no, see, you aren't supposed to do a trick with it, it's just supposed to be a pure, perfectly toasted american cheese sandwich 521706737930620930|Mon Oct 13 16:59:13 +0000 2014|@Seniath http://tollyho.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/GC.png 521706582569414657|Mon Oct 13 16:58:36 +0000 2014|@Seniath I don't know how. My grilled cheeses never come out like the restaurant ones 521706432585285633|Mon Oct 13 16:58:01 +0000 2014|@Fortress_Inman but it'll prob be all sharp tasting and then they'll put like worcestershire on it or onion remoulade or something 521706019895132161|Mon Oct 13 16:56:22 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae *holds salute position, eyes filling with tears* 521705767851008000|Mon Oct 13 16:55:22 +0000 2014|@MjStrwy some of them are very specifically focused on design analysis of vintage game forms. i hope they are useful! 521705645477994497|Mon Oct 13 16:54:53 +0000 2014|Things i miss when i'm in England, #239842: Big brick-sized grilled cheese sandwich with orange melty cheese, Texas toast 521705105524293632|Mon Oct 13 16:52:44 +0000 2014|@MjStrwy I'm glad you enjoy the series! 521703729750618112|Mon Oct 13 16:47:16 +0000 2014|@DELTAHEAD_ omg 521703485658902529|Mon Oct 13 16:46:18 +0000 2014|@DELTAHEAD_ http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130210100231/jjba/images/a/a7/Foo_Fighters.png 521701345309757440|Mon Oct 13 16:37:48 +0000 2014|@ravacholgames (oh i know, that's why it's a funny joke that i'd want to go) 521701274916782080|Mon Oct 13 16:37:31 +0000 2014|@otomotopia @FauxBenBen i work for MYSELF bro 521700713945366529|Mon Oct 13 16:35:17 +0000 2014|@FauxBenBen i know like what other reasons could there possibly be 521700123223814144|Mon Oct 13 16:32:56 +0000 2014|@FauxBenBen that's right. they just hate my freedom 521700054730825729|Mon Oct 13 16:32:40 +0000 2014|@RogerRiga it's so upsetting when a loved one is missing. i hope they find her soon. 521699906567016449|Mon Oct 13 16:32:05 +0000 2014|or like, i'm not allowed to go because all the awards would have to be awarded to me. it's cool i understand i have to share i got it 521699713020874752|Mon Oct 13 16:31:18 +0000 2014|i wasn't even INVITED to the GMAs. i guess i'm TOO AMERICAN 521699543969460224|Mon Oct 13 16:30:38 +0000 2014|RT @shehitsback: Still looking for our lost friend. Please help #findkaylyn by sharing her info. http://www.gofundme.com/fk6zdo http://t.co/baeUOjB… 521699078934368256|Mon Oct 13 16:28:47 +0000 2014|RT @MjStrwy: Classic adventure #letsplays w commentary by @leighalexander ? Yes please! Lo-Fi Let's Play 15 The Colonel's Bequest http://t.… 521667129364332546|Mon Oct 13 14:21:50 +0000 2014|RT @Spacekatgal: Both @TheQuinnspiracy and I are represented by @SenWarren. RT if you think we should all talk about what's happening to wo… 521658674922938368|Mon Oct 13 13:48:14 +0000 2014|@aefreemansmith WICKED. 521658455103635456|Mon Oct 13 13:47:22 +0000 2014|@RaveofRavendale YES 521654724509306880|Mon Oct 13 13:32:32 +0000 2014|@philyburkhill there's nothing to debate. you have nothing at all to say. everyone is tired of you. 521652491243753472|Mon Oct 13 13:23:40 +0000 2014|RT @CThursten: Reminder: http://arevideogamesruined.com 521652323538706432|Mon Oct 13 13:23:00 +0000 2014|@Uninsertuser I like that way of putting it! 521650215288582145|Mon Oct 13 13:14:37 +0000 2014|@Uninsertuser i would definitely disagree with that 521642988800585728|Mon Oct 13 12:45:54 +0000 2014|@DataFran thank you. in all seriousness, it's been a watershed moment for my values and my career. 521642227895107584|Mon Oct 13 12:42:53 +0000 2014|More offensive than harassment to me is slimy, pandering 'both sides' rhetoric. Great Jon Stone piece in the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/13/gamergate-right-wing-no-neutral-stance 521634810666975233|Mon Oct 13 12:13:25 +0000 2014|@nikoheikkila Thank you! I hope you enjoy it! 521632811170942976|Mon Oct 13 12:05:28 +0000 2014|@alexhern LIBERTY FOR SWANS 521631229381459969|Mon Oct 13 11:59:11 +0000 2014|@alexhern all the swans belong to the queen 521630153773154304|Mon Oct 13 11:54:54 +0000 2014|@alexhern i can see TWO out the window right now. they're my favorite thing about being here~ 521629239670738944|Mon Oct 13 11:51:16 +0000 2014|New links for Monday, 10-13 ~ http://leighalexander.net/monday-links-10-13-04/ 521629144632025088|Mon Oct 13 11:50:54 +0000 2014|RT @hollybrocks: 50 inspirational women to follow on Twitter - last 7 suggestions are mine :) http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2014/10/shinyshinys-50-inspirational-women-follow-twitter.html @shinyshiny 521629132590186496|Mon Oct 13 11:50:51 +0000 2014|@hollybrocks @emmasexton @cindygallop @Lexialex @DefenceGirl @HollieBelton @gogreen18 thank you! 521445664681910272|Sun Oct 12 23:41:49 +0000 2014|RT @kenjimurasame: LOL you know you're shit when the Daily Mail calls you a harassment campaign 521441402119802881|Sun Oct 12 23:24:52 +0000 2014|@m_kopas sorry quoting lyrics from almost any point in the 90s basically summons me 521441176202002432|Sun Oct 12 23:23:58 +0000 2014|@m_kopas What about tongue piercing 521335359586992128|Sun Oct 12 16:23:30 +0000 2014|@TheDietCanadian i've been trying to just fix it by stretching but i think i've just over-extended and made it worse 521333475102961664|Sun Oct 12 16:16:01 +0000 2014|@TheDietCanadian it's iliopsoas syndrome, actually 521332662976647168|Sun Oct 12 16:12:47 +0000 2014|according to my research, the cure for my back pain is to go back to those exercises; a return to serving lunch 521332420076134401|Sun Oct 12 16:11:49 +0000 2014|at conservatory our dance class teacher used to advise us on hip turn-outs: "serve lunch on that inner thigh" 521329445828042752|Sun Oct 12 16:00:00 +0000 2014|@Garbage_Bear thank you! i'm doing very well, actually. i appreciate the thought. 521315524459102208|Sun Oct 12 15:04:41 +0000 2014|@jayd3fox @futuremonkey @SabrinaLianne -- through (often self-aware) performances of power/arrogance. 'kanye westing it', so to speak 521315386181300224|Sun Oct 12 15:04:08 +0000 2014|@jayd3fox @futuremonkey @SabrinaLianne it's common for women, minorities, etc. to try to cope with the strain of hi-visibility roles -- 521314043282620416|Sun Oct 12 14:58:48 +0000 2014|@m_kopas 'it worked' (one or both of us definitely wishfully lied) 521313983459250176|Sun Oct 12 14:58:33 +0000 2014|@m_kopas true story: when i was in 3rd grade my best friend and i bought all these astral books and meditated to try to do this 521313698548580352|Sun Oct 12 14:57:25 +0000 2014|@8bitscholar you can't. 521313643582218240|Sun Oct 12 14:57:12 +0000 2014|@m_kopas how come i didnt get to dream i was hanging out with you 521313534043750400|Sun Oct 12 14:56:46 +0000 2014|@m_kopas oh man why isnt it true 521309275134889985|Sun Oct 12 14:39:51 +0000 2014|@kierongillen same! 521305500605222913|Sun Oct 12 14:24:51 +0000 2014|@stevemullis that's funny, all that's happened to me is i've gotten MORE work and more bylines out of this. thank you for all the attn 521303357483659264|Sun Oct 12 14:16:20 +0000 2014|RT @GavinDYoung: I've been reading @leighalexander's work for a while, but had no idea she was doing Lo-Fi Let's Plays. Great stuff! http:/… 521291392283594753|Sun Oct 12 13:28:47 +0000 2014|@oliviataters @hannanimal omg i want to 521265568901758976|Sun Oct 12 11:46:10 +0000 2014|@ryan_w_enslow i didn't realize i had become a symbol... now i hope for people to make propaganda posters feat. me. dream come true *sigh* 521265417483202560|Sun Oct 12 11:45:34 +0000 2014|@ryan_w_enslow thank you x 521264553255247872|Sun Oct 12 11:42:08 +0000 2014|@10rdBen splenky 521262146513293312|Sun Oct 12 11:32:34 +0000 2014|@akwinters it is 521262019266478081|Sun Oct 12 11:32:04 +0000 2014|@StephenAtWar re ethics list i wrote i've had people earnestly demanding to know what the war agenda items 'have to do' with 'anything' 521261316083052544|Sun Oct 12 11:29:16 +0000 2014|ppl who say 'keep politics out of games,' just mean they don't want to think/talk about it. & that they don't know what 'politics' means. 521260518238347264|Sun Oct 12 11:26:06 +0000 2014|Missed this, but worth a read -- @Manpuncher on how ALL game creation, play and product is political http://midnightresistance.co.uk/articles/game-design-always-political-im-not-even-exaggerating-here 521258372335935488|Sun Oct 12 11:17:35 +0000 2014|If you missed it, this week's Lo-Fi Let's Play is one of my favorites! Hope you enjoy for Sunday soothing - http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/09/the-colonels-bequest/ 521256111933239296|Sun Oct 12 11:08:36 +0000 2014|@PersistentID why thank you! 521255961596796928|Sun Oct 12 11:08:00 +0000 2014|fellow mixed girls, I NEED A NEW FLATIRON. recommendations please? 521088893865963520|Sun Oct 12 00:04:08 +0000 2014|There'll be a new Labyrinth movie? In this video, I revisit the early 80s game -- and the themes of the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzg7o-TF7gA 521074486138118144|Sat Oct 11 23:06:53 +0000 2014|@ivanmussa RPS proudly proclaims its aggressive mod policy. Some articles don't allow comments at all. 521072590698577922|Sat Oct 11 22:59:21 +0000 2014|@acarboni 🙏 521071828421595136|Sat Oct 11 22:56:19 +0000 2014|Read it again http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bzs4ESpIEAAKIse.jpg 521071651656851456|Sat Oct 11 22:55:37 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol I said it ~ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bzs36AHIQAArORI.jpg 521070408251224064|Sat Oct 11 22:50:41 +0000 2014|RT @kanyewest: not smiling makes me smile 521070310448459776|Sat Oct 11 22:50:17 +0000 2014|RT @ibogost: The most terrifying person is not the one with hostile motives, but the one for whom no clear motives can be discerned. 521057399814496256|Sat Oct 11 21:58:59 +0000 2014|RT @Jam_sponge: People who speak out against the harassment going on become enemies of the cause, and then end up receiving serious threats… 521053016850710528|Sat Oct 11 21:41:34 +0000 2014|every1 let just focus on the GAMES and makeing all the FUN for we the gamers ;-)))) 521052279794065409|Sat Oct 11 21:38:38 +0000 2014|RT @ArtThouBored: THANK YOU @stephentotilo and @Kotaku FOR WRITING THIS ARTICLE #TakeAStand http://kotaku.com/another-woman-in-gaming-flees-home-following-death-thre-1645280338 521052228652900355|Sat Oct 11 21:38:26 +0000 2014|RT @kirkhamilton: Another woman in games, driven from her home by death threats http://kotaku.com/another-woman-in-gaming-flees-home-following-death-thre-1645280338 this has got to stop and I don’t kno… 521051894773735425|Sat Oct 11 21:37:07 +0000 2014|this is why we videogaming 521025063928471552|Sat Oct 11 19:50:30 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata I'm cool with that 521024649082441728|Sat Oct 11 19:48:51 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins 🎉 521024504261525504|Sat Oct 11 19:48:16 +0000 2014|@Visnes Same, personally 521024167077220352|Sat Oct 11 19:46:56 +0000 2014|I hope for a world where gender isn't a relevant concept to the acceptance of your love 521023865154457600|Sat Oct 11 19:45:44 +0000 2014|Also, talking about your sexuality is always your choice, and a hashtag shouldn't change that. Love one another x 521023668147990529|Sat Oct 11 19:44:57 +0000 2014|The person I fell in love with happens to be a dude, but I've loved ladies, too. Happy National Coming Out Day! 521022933058473985|Sat Oct 11 19:42:02 +0000 2014|@krisgraft Of all the things ppl had to say re my piece this is the element I wish they'd engaged with 521020627382435840|Sat Oct 11 19:32:52 +0000 2014|RT @untimelygamer: Journalism should always be pissing someone off. Polygon, Gamespot, and Giant Bomb all don’t want to piss any one off, n… 520978191578857472|Sat Oct 11 16:44:14 +0000 2014|@alexhern although today I refused to climb a route unless he would WATCH MEEEE 520978064818569217|Sat Oct 11 16:43:44 +0000 2014|@alexhern No way, I barely get past my 'never exercise in front of ppl' rule with Q :0 520977829673324544|Sat Oct 11 16:42:48 +0000 2014|RT @frankcifaldi: @leighalexander @madamluna if only there was some kind of profession that stood for truth and spoke for the oppressed hmm… 520977283956609024|Sat Oct 11 16:40:38 +0000 2014|@thatJaneNg That person is a creep who makes 9 million new accounts so he can constantly spam women with his bad GTA articles 520976682782842880|Sat Oct 11 16:38:15 +0000 2014|@madamluna @frankcifaldi Yes 520976484459368448|Sat Oct 11 16:37:27 +0000 2014|It's also very game-designed, in terms of how you level up and try different-colored routes along walls 520976304217538560|Sat Oct 11 16:36:44 +0000 2014|Recently took up bouldering and it is SO fun. Really good euphoria-inducing exercise, and kicks your ass. 520913005161496576|Sat Oct 11 12:25:13 +0000 2014|@StephenAtWar I don't really play it, I mostly watch, which makes me feel like a zoologist 520912727548911617|Sat Oct 11 12:24:07 +0000 2014|@StephenAtWar it's an object of simultaneous fascination and horror 520912625971257344|Sat Oct 11 12:23:42 +0000 2014|@JeanLeggett oh! Thanks for reminding me! If you don't hear from me in a week, would you kindly follow up? 520912027699929088|Sat Oct 11 12:21:20 +0000 2014|How do you know there's PSN maintenance? The soft strains of Destiny menu music punctuated with repeated 'WHY?!' drift from our living room 520906457945210880|Sat Oct 11 11:59:12 +0000 2014|@10rdBen #gamergatersareover #escapistsucks #shutuplosers 520905028304113664|Sat Oct 11 11:53:31 +0000 2014|RT @BenKuchera: If your first thought when this happens is to defend yourself or your movement, and not help to keep someone's life safe, t… 520904538753347584|Sat Oct 11 11:51:34 +0000 2014|I have a lot of concerns re an unethical website doing shit journalism https://storify.com/alexlifschitz/escapist-drama 520692588790419456|Fri Oct 10 21:49:21 +0000 2014|@geigerjd Thank you for reading the book. Yes, E3 is a branding show for retailers; GDC is where the industry goes. 520692401338580994|Fri Oct 10 21:48:37 +0000 2014|@aka_kdolo @MarkOosterveen @helenlewis do i even want to know how you came up with such a stupid supposition? 520688981919682560|Fri Oct 10 21:35:01 +0000 2014|RT @boysinbarrettes: http://transhousingnetwork.com is so important, please promote it even if you aren't able to offer a space 520688867700408320|Fri Oct 10 21:34:34 +0000 2014|@notquitereal @legobutts TEARED UP 520688613261316097|Fri Oct 10 21:33:33 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze on iTunes and on demand here http://www.magnetreleasing.com/honeymoon/#watchondemand 520686713031913472|Fri Oct 10 21:26:00 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze (but i love her) 520686672288423936|Fri Oct 10 21:25:51 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze that's the one! it took me half the film to get over her 'doing an accent' 520686124281638912|Fri Oct 10 21:23:40 +0000 2014|@Papapishu let's do it! SE-BRO 520686062830891009|Fri Oct 10 21:23:25 +0000 2014|@untitleduser hmmmmm basically. i guess feel ambivalent about it but would suggest other people watch it so i can know what they think 520685763626012672|Fri Oct 10 21:22:14 +0000 2014|well. i watched 'the honeymoon' the other night. it's one of those horror films i can't talk about because then it would be a spoiler 520685106558955520|Fri Oct 10 21:19:37 +0000 2014|@Papapishu omg i want to optimize my SEO 520683357852938240|Fri Oct 10 21:12:41 +0000 2014|@JessicaMerizan i'm sorry you're having a bad day. i think you're super x 520682211935539201|Fri Oct 10 21:08:07 +0000 2014|@helenlewis man, i hadn't heard that one yet. your guess is as good as mine! 520681802177191937|Fri Oct 10 21:06:30 +0000 2014|@MarkOosterveen @helenlewis i say that too, but any protest of the insularity/incestuousness of games is considered an attack on 'identity' 520681410215292928|Fri Oct 10 21:04:56 +0000 2014|@helenlewis product vocabulary wasn't helping the player anymore, which was why i pushed for cultural dialogue. & trad 'consumers' hate it! 520681232934645760|Fri Oct 10 21:04:14 +0000 2014|@helenlewis these days there are thousands of vertices for what is 'good' and one person's buy is another's skip, etc. 520681154266300416|Fri Oct 10 21:03:55 +0000 2014|@helenlewis maybe 20 years ago when games were much simpler and 'performance' was less of a known quantity, but -- 520680412977594368|Fri Oct 10 21:00:58 +0000 2014|@helenlewis this is the thing i've been trying to explain until i'm hoarse. yet they only want the one, feel threatened by the other. 520679768510169088|Fri Oct 10 20:58:25 +0000 2014|@helenlewis spoiler: no 520679558270697474|Fri Oct 10 20:57:35 +0000 2014|@TannerPR in the end this kind of thing just makes me prouder. and tougher. 520679251142787072|Fri Oct 10 20:56:21 +0000 2014|@rotredrod @GamerGateRules oh jesus how sad is that that i couldn't tell 520679192229605377|Fri Oct 10 20:56:07 +0000 2014|@DarthRahu all this has ever been about is great love, at least for me 520679086025605120|Fri Oct 10 20:55:42 +0000 2014|@robertflorence oh, yes. the roar of their silence has been noted, each one. 520678746563821568|Fri Oct 10 20:54:21 +0000 2014|@DarthRahu it's never wrong to have feelings. it's been a dark time. hang in there. 520678537112875008|Fri Oct 10 20:53:31 +0000 2014|@GamerGateRules it's good you're being honest about the fact you don't read 520678006055264257|Fri Oct 10 20:51:25 +0000 2014|i feel a lot closer to other games writers than i did before. i think a lot of us have grown in respect and admiration of one another. 520677629167693824|Fri Oct 10 20:49:55 +0000 2014|@TormenticRising @JimSterling yes it is, because we are terrible liars who are ruining your fun (just kidding, we like you back) 520676520223076354|Fri Oct 10 20:45:30 +0000 2014|@DanAshTreeLane i think the site owes him a lot, and that he's definitely outgrown it 520676177426800643|Fri Oct 10 20:44:09 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi @krisgraft sobbing. 520675766766665728|Fri Oct 10 20:42:31 +0000 2014|@krisgraft HONK 520675590270382080|Fri Oct 10 20:41:49 +0000 2014|@The_Reckonist probably 520675079504818176|Fri Oct 10 20:39:47 +0000 2014|Me & Jim Sterling used to fight like cats and dogs, but we've both grown up over the years and I think his work is fucking wicked 520674656853184512|Fri Oct 10 20:38:06 +0000 2014|@archon @keewa @EffNOVideoGames idk, at this point you wouldn't have had to have said 'cultural marxism' for me to think you were right-wing 520672567498399744|Fri Oct 10 20:29:48 +0000 2014|RT @EffNOVideoGames: "Cultural Marxism" is an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory popular in the extreme right-wing. http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2003/summer/reframing-the-enemy http… 520670948731932673|Fri Oct 10 20:23:22 +0000 2014|@AlecMachet @JimSterling @RandomCallsign i'm really sorry for whatever happened in your life that you never saw jokes online before 520668952226451456|Fri Oct 10 20:15:26 +0000 2014|@Paladinlost @peat yeah. he apologized profusely, but it was still highly unfortunate stuff about getting 'karma' instead of raises 520666204336582656|Fri Oct 10 20:04:31 +0000 2014|RT @peat: RT if you can spot the four mistakes in this photo. #ghcmanwatch http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzeKlMUCcAAHtco.jpg 520664551801765889|Fri Oct 10 19:57:57 +0000 2014|RT @JimSterling: I love gamers, I want more ethical conduct, I will always be a consumer advocate for what *I* believe in. I don't need or … 520663942491029506|Fri Oct 10 19:55:32 +0000 2014|@brunodion yeah :(((((( 520663397642547200|Fri Oct 10 19:53:22 +0000 2014|@PixelGuff pretty sure i argued with that editor in the past about similar things, found him awful 520662895609540609|Fri Oct 10 19:51:22 +0000 2014|@robertflorence it's such a shame to see a brand go bad like that. seriously, it sucks for the people who still work there :( 520662311154225152|Fri Oct 10 19:49:03 +0000 2014|@keewa agree. some things have sure changed there 520662247891566592|Fri Oct 10 19:48:47 +0000 2014|@PixelGuff and the childish, short-sighted 'defense' of that. eugh! 520661761742368769|Fri Oct 10 19:46:52 +0000 2014|@Anzekay he's bigger than them now, anyway 520661342169337857|Fri Oct 10 19:45:12 +0000 2014|RT @frankcifaldi: If you're an editor with any budget free, now would be a good time to give an assignment to your favorite Escapist writer… 520661104205496321|Fri Oct 10 19:44:15 +0000 2014|RT @EffNOVideoGames: Known harassers, vocal GGate supporters, and an MRA defend an anti-feminist hate campaign. Classy, @TheEscapistMag. 520657663513092096|Fri Oct 10 19:30:35 +0000 2014|RT @Amoebic: Brunch with @leighalexander's Lo-Fi Let's Play of The Colonel's Bequest, one of my alltime favourites. Sierra Love! http://t.c… 520657419442343937|Fri Oct 10 19:29:36 +0000 2014|@DetectiveHyde @GDSocky @b0ink @AneiDoru awwwww, honey. if a big shot like you says it, it must be true! 520653614466232321|Fri Oct 10 19:14:29 +0000 2014|@anime1973 @InputForJohnny5 Hey anime 1973 lol 520648109370900480|Fri Oct 10 18:52:37 +0000 2014|@ThatJBrown @bruce_arthur all the world's most-read & established outlets are wrong, and only TRUE GAMERS can stop the madness 520647015802609664|Fri Oct 10 18:48:16 +0000 2014|@reverendanthony @PCSutfin @femfreq @TheQuinnspiracy Hahah I'm sorry :( 520608685492817921|Fri Oct 10 16:15:57 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi Also, secret complicity. I imagine loads of them also just want to get back to all the fun and GAM3Z etc 520608427241123841|Fri Oct 10 16:14:56 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi 'Ooh boohoo what if I had to get a few days worth of what these women get all the time?' 520599756297752576|Fri Oct 10 15:40:28 +0000 2014|@InputForJohnny5 I know. I've also been obsessed with gaming since 1985 ;) not gonna let these ppl ruin it for us! 520589572800253952|Fri Oct 10 15:00:00 +0000 2014|@HenroidT I wish they did realize that! 520586733470363648|Fri Oct 10 14:48:43 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @ShutUpShow @paullicino "Myself and" :( 520586099585200129|Fri Oct 10 14:46:12 +0000 2014|@Natashacide And even then, I've had a progressive focus for years. They were never the audience for it. 520585766599426048|Fri Oct 10 14:44:53 +0000 2014|@Upstreamism I understand that, actually. & they sure stepped up to assist in confirming them, disappointingly 520584486883713024|Fri Oct 10 14:39:48 +0000 2014|To the average reader my article was not especially controversial or surprising 520584116052701184|Fri Oct 10 14:38:19 +0000 2014|Gawker does a great job explaining GamerGnate to the rest of the world http://gawker.com/what-is-gamergate-and-why-an-explainer-for-non-geeks-1642909080 520582728102993920|Fri Oct 10 14:32:49 +0000 2014|@thisisaJo But i mean it's true tho 520580041600954368|Fri Oct 10 14:22:08 +0000 2014|RT @simoncarless: So happy that @evilpaul_atebit set up @demos_we_care, based on my @games_we_care concept - follow it for MUCH demo-scene … 520577838353629184|Fri Oct 10 14:13:23 +0000 2014|@Papapishu LETS DO THIS 520577734985404417|Fri Oct 10 14:12:58 +0000 2014|@Papapishu Bro. Bro. I got this. 520577504978153473|Fri Oct 10 14:12:03 +0000 2014|RT @Papapishu: Oh by the way, if you've never watched Utopia, it is the best show on TV. Hands down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01VGtX9xfh0 520577093923766272|Fri Oct 10 14:10:25 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK I know we fucking ruin everything 520576752624893952|Fri Oct 10 14:09:04 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK Vile. I'll never watch that !!!! 520575535773401088|Fri Oct 10 14:04:14 +0000 2014|Utopia is cancelled. I guess I have to write about utopia now so you all buy DVDs and so it can come back 520575235079553024|Fri Oct 10 14:03:02 +0000 2014|@Papapishu THIS IS THE BEST TV IN THE WORLD AND NOW 520575049791979521|Fri Oct 10 14:02:18 +0000 2014|@Papapishu I KNOW WHAT WHY HELP FFFFFFFFF 520567422005551105|Fri Oct 10 13:31:59 +0000 2014|@textfiles @szakulec @internetarchive <333 520559780470226944|Fri Oct 10 13:01:37 +0000 2014|Customized birthday adventure book given to @quinns108 for 7th birthday. Happy birthday Quintin! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzlmXLHIAAAePQc.jpg 520558300082241536|Fri Oct 10 12:55:44 +0000 2014|RT @Jam_sponge: Let me just check my Feminist Agenda https://vine.co/v/Oa7jWTl5Fgq 520556223834632192|Fri Oct 10 12:47:29 +0000 2014|RT @nickreynoldsatw: "The ethics of digital: round up #4" http://wp.me/p8anC-KP HT and credit to @leighalexander @ModelViewCulture 520544316855681024|Fri Oct 10 12:00:11 +0000 2014|@botherer @philippawarr @Quinns108 i refuse to eat this thing NO 520544145702928385|Fri Oct 10 11:59:30 +0000 2014|@CThursten @philippawarr i'm in the wrong line of work 520543628314570752|Fri Oct 10 11:57:26 +0000 2014|@philippawarr @CThursten pip, this is terrifying what is happening to that bear 520542994756542464|Fri Oct 10 11:54:55 +0000 2014|@philippawarr @CThursten still do not understand what this is 520542948208181248|Fri Oct 10 11:54:44 +0000 2014|@Seniath @alexhern @Quinns108 'quinns shall i plan you a party' 'no, i'm going to plan my own thing' (now he is working) 520541929529167873|Fri Oct 10 11:50:41 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @tinysubversions no quims thats not how u do it 520535429951803393|Fri Oct 10 11:24:52 +0000 2014|@adragonbee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z5Mk2_PtCk 520535129677369344|Fri Oct 10 11:23:40 +0000 2014|RT @derElbi: "Y U excited for @gamecity?" http://sched.co/1qZnPoR @TheQuinnspiracy, @leighalexander, @ChrisAvellone & @kierongillen. In just… 520535026409422848|Fri Oct 10 11:23:16 +0000 2014|Life is so, so good, you guys. 520534372014120961|Fri Oct 10 11:20:40 +0000 2014|@failnaut @Quinns108 working 520533713281880064|Fri Oct 10 11:18:02 +0000 2014|It's @Quinns108's birthday ~ 520321417041436673|Thu Oct 09 21:14:27 +0000 2014|@Gossenphilosoph @jeremywils0n Oh my god, you really need my attention? Here is a tweet for you. Have a fun day x 520316042477076480|Thu Oct 09 20:53:06 +0000 2014|@AlfordV1 Glad you enjoyed! 520315498643603456|Thu Oct 09 20:50:56 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC That's right, I'm only a parent to my work *sobs brokenly* 520313615547924480|Thu Oct 09 20:43:27 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC I get like 11 hours of sleep a night haha 520308670224416768|Thu Oct 09 20:23:48 +0000 2014|@tesseractiv @nrrrdcore @adriarichards @femfreq @shanley (Appreciate the excellent company!) 520305738326237185|Thu Oct 09 20:12:09 +0000 2014|"Have you played OlliOlli? It's my favorite game" -- @ollymoss 520297286824644608|Thu Oct 09 19:38:34 +0000 2014|@ColonelKillaBee Actually, I'm laughing at you for a living 520286242010050561|Thu Oct 09 18:54:41 +0000 2014|@Remedy_9 @LetsSailHatan @Kingofpol I'm not scared. Your slimy troll shit is beneath me, that's all. Cry more. 520254626588000258|Thu Oct 09 16:49:03 +0000 2014|I mean, you really could do a Twin Peaks themed Twine jam called Twine Peaks. That idea is for FREE y'all 520253424303345664|Thu Oct 09 16:44:16 +0000 2014|@locust9 @AllanSchumacher *half-lidded eyes, dry, languid yawn* 520252995297370113|Thu Oct 09 16:42:34 +0000 2014|@dlberes makes me happy to hear you like it! 520252345847128065|Thu Oct 09 16:39:59 +0000 2014|And I know you're probably sick of hearing about it, but little over a month ago I wrote a book about life in games https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 520251968942768128|Thu Oct 09 16:38:29 +0000 2014|@litrock do it do it 520251386177814528|Thu Oct 09 16:36:10 +0000 2014|@patrickklepek Twine Peaks 520251025253744640|Thu Oct 09 16:34:44 +0000 2014|I wrote an essay about the modern context of Twin Peaks -- would police be good guys in TV made today, for example? http://boingboing.net/2014/10/07/twin-peaks-and-suspicion-in-sm.html 520250639428124673|Thu Oct 09 16:33:12 +0000 2014|I made you a new Lo-Fi Let's Play of the Colonel's Bequest, one of my favorite adventure game murder mysteries http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/09/the-colonels-bequest/ 520250517659086848|Thu Oct 09 16:32:43 +0000 2014|I spoke to Twine creator Chris Klimas about the wholly-unexpected Twine revolution, & what's next for the tool in 2.0 http://gamedeveloper.com/view/news/227313/Game_creation_for_the_masses_Whats_next_for_Twine.php 520250253568905217|Thu Oct 09 16:31:40 +0000 2014|This week, I interviewed A Dark Room creator @continuities about Gridland, which mixes match-3 and survival http://gamedeveloper.com/view/news/227131/A_Dark_Room_creator_brings_us_a_new_puzzle_with_Gridland.php 520245600965885954|Thu Oct 09 16:13:11 +0000 2014|@samusclone @laevantine i um karaoked it in sweden WHILE 'dancing' on a pole 520244401348820992|Thu Oct 09 16:08:25 +0000 2014|@samusclone @laevantine don't act like i -- OK OK I'LL STOP 520244257517748224|Thu Oct 09 16:07:51 +0000 2014|@stephentotilo @crecenteb @MikeMcWhertor @owengood <333333333333333333333 congratulations on your anniversary! <33333333333333333333 520244109647572992|Thu Oct 09 16:07:16 +0000 2014|@samusclone @laevantine (like i would even show up to that fake shit) 520240253689671680|Thu Oct 09 15:51:56 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl here u go http://clickerheroes.com 520233060751917056|Thu Oct 09 15:23:21 +0000 2014|@circadianwolf you're right, 'often' is definitely an overstatement. sorry. 520220524799361025|Thu Oct 09 14:33:33 +0000 2014|RT @mollygos: @leighalexander the price is in £, so wouldn't 01/11/2014 mean they're coming out in november? :O january seems like a strang… 520220464145510401|Thu Oct 09 14:33:18 +0000 2014|@Rokashi IT'S NOVEMBER. stupid english date format 520218618047766528|Thu Oct 09 14:25:58 +0000 2014|@Flippinpony @christinelove they will, this is all my fault, i forgot the dates would be in uk format (so, nov 1, not jan 11) 520216626986491905|Thu Oct 09 14:18:03 +0000 2014|@Yellow_Bulldog (i got confused by english dates) 520216036017471488|Thu Oct 09 14:15:42 +0000 2014|@zero_geek (it is. my forgetting english date format strikes again) 520213724259688448|Thu Oct 09 14:06:31 +0000 2014|@necrosofty @docky it is too, it's just generally for girl kid clothes 520213526875762688|Thu Oct 09 14:05:44 +0000 2014|@docky @necrosofty in america a jumper is a sort of play-dress for kids that goes over a jersey and leggings 520212485920792577|Thu Oct 09 14:01:36 +0000 2014|@christinelove i swear i dont know i just emailed to cancel it 520211620069666816|Thu Oct 09 13:58:09 +0000 2014|@Random_Factor here's the part where i admit i read the date wrong because england 520210117195997184|Thu Oct 09 13:52:11 +0000 2014|@arconic OH WAIT 520209177839677440|Thu Oct 09 13:48:27 +0000 2014|why 520207781581033472|Thu Oct 09 13:42:54 +0000 2014|@midnight_te4 and no, the sequel had a much different vibe, museum mystery, big city, etc. 520207603411210240|Thu Oct 09 13:42:12 +0000 2014|@midnight_te4 most of the games i played showed women as less capable, so i must have derived not wanting to be one 520207372208603136|Thu Oct 09 13:41:17 +0000 2014|@midnight_te4 truthfully, i disliked and resisted them as a kid also. i guess i must have internalized some of the values of 'geek culture' 520206786276892672|Thu Oct 09 13:38:57 +0000 2014|@midnight_te4 yeah, hm, maybe the environment of fear makes it easier for players to connect to laura. did you play the sequel? 520206511319298049|Thu Oct 09 13:37:51 +0000 2014|@Skanker thank you! i just might. 520206396445687808|Thu Oct 09 13:37:24 +0000 2014|@JimSterling @dontdoxmebro_ hahaha i'm sorry this is just funny now. it's gone entirely, entirely comical. 520205896123973633|Thu Oct 09 13:35:25 +0000 2014|@danclarke i am going to HAVE to check this out. Thanks for the reco! 520205783502716928|Thu Oct 09 13:34:58 +0000 2014|@midnight_te4 that's interesting! do you remember what about laura's character appealed to you? 520205448126136320|Thu Oct 09 13:33:38 +0000 2014|@awashtell it's more sophisticated than kq4, i think, and that says a lot 520205373710794752|Thu Oct 09 13:33:20 +0000 2014|@danclarke no! what is that one? 520205298393702400|Thu Oct 09 13:33:02 +0000 2014|@ThePhantom i tried it, but i think my version had a bug. there was always a part i'd get stuck at where an event never triggered 520204772822241280|Thu Oct 09 13:30:57 +0000 2014|@richardcobbett @noneconomical well, it is technically non-canonical, but it does help set the tone, maybe 520204286249431040|Thu Oct 09 13:29:01 +0000 2014|@ElPrezAU it's not real-time exactly 520203953712431105|Thu Oct 09 13:27:42 +0000 2014|You'll thank yourself for checking out this elaborate, challenging murder mystery, friends! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/09/the-colonels-bequest/ 520203661524627456|Thu Oct 09 13:26:32 +0000 2014|SO excited about this week's Lo-Fi Let's Play. The Colonel's Bequest, probably my #1 favorite adventure game http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/09/the-colonels-bequest/ 520203233571373056|Thu Oct 09 13:24:50 +0000 2014|@WrathfulOgre it took me longer than it should have to get over my own entitlement and persecution complex, but i'm trying to make up for it 520182970905542656|Thu Oct 09 12:04:19 +0000 2014|@Kingofpol ah yes, the level of education and analytical ability i would expect from 'kingofpol' 520182068819816448|Thu Oct 09 12:00:44 +0000 2014|@Darth_Krytie ah phew haha thank you 520181722198343681|Thu Oct 09 11:59:21 +0000 2014|@Darth_Krytie i assume you're joking, because obvs i don't have to imagine 520180812197933056|Thu Oct 09 11:55:44 +0000 2014|"co-opts Mansouri & Muslim women generally into a... practical joke that we Americans get to play on our enemies" http://www.vox.com/2014/10/8/6918485/the-overt-islamophobia-on-american-tv-news-is-out-of-control 520177833780723712|Thu Oct 09 11:43:54 +0000 2014|omg someone needs to do something like this with my book & the garmergrot hashtag http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/i-accidentally-fooled-conservative-twitter-with-a-fake-lena-dunham-quote-106?utm_source=vicefbuk 520176244215021568|Thu Oct 09 11:37:35 +0000 2014|@jacodemon well observed -- v much explains the apparently high % of outspoken libertarians/stated atheists etc among trolls 520176138409496577|Thu Oct 09 11:37:10 +0000 2014|RT @jacodemon: @leighalexander I also suspect that to the dogmatically individualistic, as to a fundamentalist liberatarian, "inequality" c… 520173795609698304|Thu Oct 09 11:27:51 +0000 2014|@Pequeo_Perdedor well, the children of abusers often become abusers. people demonstrate the behaviors they learned. 520172756210831361|Thu Oct 09 11:23:44 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge @Dave_Guest_ (sorry kidding kidding) 520172688237953025|Thu Oct 09 11:23:27 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge @Dave_Guest_ more like DORKSTINY *pushes u into locker* 520171668782993409|Thu Oct 09 11:19:24 +0000 2014|@Jalapenocopter exactly. good point. 520171547638890497|Thu Oct 09 11:18:55 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge me too, actually, which makes my view of 'games fandom' even more off-putting and dissonant, as it has no relationship 520171200614772736|Thu Oct 09 11:17:33 +0000 2014|@Genevieve of COURSE you weren't. it was maura sullivan who made the most fun of me. she was prob insecure about her own FACE 520170983244972033|Thu Oct 09 11:16:41 +0000 2014|even if you don't like dagron and space ship or bikini metal lady or troll or magic laser gun you should be able to feel escape and joy 520170779464728576|Thu Oct 09 11:15:52 +0000 2014|i have a vision of games and fantasy and imaginary worlds as meaningful places for -every- person in trouble, not just self-styled 'geeks' 520170217675431936|Thu Oct 09 11:13:38 +0000 2014|@StephenAtWar yeah, that's a really strong piece as well 520170180622974976|Thu Oct 09 11:13:30 +0000 2014|RT @StephenAtWar: @leighalexander "Postmodern geekdom as simulated ethnicity" http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc54.2012/SolesKunyoGeedom/ This, but they use it to justify f… 520169882235965441|Thu Oct 09 11:12:18 +0000 2014|@gileadslostson me too, in the end. but i must confess it took me a long, long time to get over my own entitlement and resentment. 520169735594721280|Thu Oct 09 11:11:43 +0000 2014|anyway i think that's why GG tactics involve accusing others of being the TRUE 'ists' (even as they mock 'sjws').they need to feel oppressed 520169384724430848|Thu Oct 09 11:10:20 +0000 2014|just fyi when i was in 7th grade i was teased about my class paper where i described pretending 'dark crystal' gelflings were my friends... 520168924605071360|Thu Oct 09 11:08:30 +0000 2014|maybe clinging insistently to the identity of 'persecuted' lets geeks avoid responsibility for using their power to repair actual inequities 520167742037831680|Thu Oct 09 11:03:48 +0000 2014|@Random_Factor so many people are committed to identifying as persecuted because it justifies not changing/having shit beliefs 520167097209724928|Thu Oct 09 11:01:14 +0000 2014|this is how i feel a lot of the time. everyone, everyone deserves protection. how did we fail to notice our power? http://petewarden.com/2014/10/05/why-nerd-culture-must-die/ 520158126021292033|Thu Oct 09 10:25:35 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: Read @viceuk vs Video Games for excellent words by @AoifeLockhart @Jam_sponge @caraellison @leighalexander + more http://t.c… 519982851807522816|Wed Oct 08 22:49:07 +0000 2014|@squigglesnc ah, really glad you liked it well enough to recommend. thank you for reading! 519981464025583617|Wed Oct 08 22:43:36 +0000 2014|@TrickDempsey @hentaiphd it was too long since i watched it for me to confidently advocate for whether it treats them 'well', but i enjoyed 519981271569928192|Wed Oct 08 22:42:50 +0000 2014|@TirnanCP fully admit 519978328561045504|Wed Oct 08 22:31:08 +0000 2014|@0komi what's a people carriers? 519973874101137408|Wed Oct 08 22:13:26 +0000 2014|@SneakersSO i wholly respect and embrace your right to hate my work! at least we can both agree on wishing TB good health :) 519971104207953920|Wed Oct 08 22:02:26 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @joshscherr @BRKeogh @Gangles @IndieCade @mittense IM NOT, JUST THIS THO 519970280794767360|Wed Oct 08 21:59:10 +0000 2014|@joshscherr @ckunzelman @BRKeogh @Gangles @IndieCade @mittense YOU GUYS LOOK IM EXCITED ABOUT AN UPCOMING VIDOGAME 519969595537764352|Wed Oct 08 21:56:26 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @ckunzelman @Gangles @IndieCade @mittense i was at gamescom hating every second but then i saw that and it was all better 519969519650226176|Wed Oct 08 21:56:08 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @ckunzelman @Gangles @IndieCade @mittense WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE DIMENSIONS 519968981185490945|Wed Oct 08 21:54:00 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @BRKeogh @Gangles @IndieCade @mittense IVE SEEN IT IT'S WICKED 519968793733627904|Wed Oct 08 21:53:15 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd oh man it's still basically my favorite series you NEED to watch it 519968394851155968|Wed Oct 08 21:51:40 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd or maybe we had ramen and watched welcome to the nhk, i can't remember because it was BEFORE YOU WERE A FAMOUS GAME DEVELOPER 519968256535588865|Wed Oct 08 21:51:07 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd yes, remember when we had dumplings and watched kuragehime 519961603572523008|Wed Oct 08 21:24:41 +0000 2014|@tenfootfangs how do you think i feel 519959235296505858|Wed Oct 08 21:15:16 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton HEYO THAT EARTH LOOKS GOOD 519958730352259072|Wed Oct 08 21:13:16 +0000 2014|i like to sort recycling ~ ♫ no diggity ♫ ~ i like to bag it up 519950956264321024|Wed Oct 08 20:42:22 +0000 2014|@jay_akers @kirkhamilton where i'm barrett 519950104099172353|Wed Oct 08 20:38:59 +0000 2014|@DeadlyHarvestG I didn't know.I already apologized; he showed interest in the convo before, but I didn't mean to be insensitive 519948670847168513|Wed Oct 08 20:33:17 +0000 2014|@AnjinM you did?! that's amazing! congratulations! you did it!! 519945725497860096|Wed Oct 08 20:21:35 +0000 2014|happy birthday @kirkhamilton you are the best bro 519944991733731329|Wed Oct 08 20:18:40 +0000 2014|RT @auntiepixelante: http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/515-sun-kil-moon-yells-at-cloud-the-problem-with-male-pattern-violence/ i dunno who mark kozelek is but this is a great piece on the retalation of fading dude celebrit… 519932708286640128|Wed Oct 08 19:29:52 +0000 2014|@Badassperger I appreciate the thought, but I said everything I had to say to NPR and won't do more recorded appearances about it. 519932503835295744|Wed Oct 08 19:29:03 +0000 2014|@Badassperger thanks for letting me know. i didn't mean to be insensitive! 519931923561742337|Wed Oct 08 19:26:45 +0000 2014|@Badassperger oh man, i didn't realize that now was the time. sorry @Totalbiscuit, hope all goes smoothly! 519931667948265473|Wed Oct 08 19:25:44 +0000 2014|RT @mathewkumar: A wee reminder that @GoFundMe sucks an incredible amount http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/08/1335171/-After-refusing-to-end-hate-driven-campaigns-GoFundMe-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-critics 519931072059297793|Wed Oct 08 19:23:22 +0000 2014|i'd love to see folks like @Totalbiscuit study this impactful breakdown of the 'consumer revolt' fallacy http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/we-will-force-gaming-to-be-free/ 519929885524250624|Wed Oct 08 19:18:39 +0000 2014|"their inability to discern right from wrong is what is at issue here." http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/we-will-force-gaming-to-be-free/ 519928869588312064|Wed Oct 08 19:14:36 +0000 2014|i know nobody cares about/wants to read about gamergnate anymore, but this is such a good essay http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/we-will-force-gaming-to-be-free/ 519911720601812992|Wed Oct 08 18:06:28 +0000 2014|@Paladinlost thank you so much. I'm so glad you enjoyed it enough to recommend. 519911625542107137|Wed Oct 08 18:06:05 +0000 2014|@idbrii i bet i will eventually! 519870506036908033|Wed Oct 08 15:22:42 +0000 2014|@Laralyn @continuities i'm stuck as well. but i like a little mystery! 519869819328688130|Wed Oct 08 15:19:58 +0000 2014|I interviewed A Dark Room creator Michael Townsend (@continuities) about his new supply chain puzzle, Gridland http://gamasutra.com/view/news/227131/A_Dark_Room_creator_brings_us_a_new_puzzle_with_Gridland.php 519869633768460288|Wed Oct 08 15:19:14 +0000 2014|@grumpygamer thank you, Ron! 519869587853422592|Wed Oct 08 15:19:03 +0000 2014|RT @grumpygamer: Brilliant article on nostalgia and Twin Peaks by @leighalexander: http://boingboing.net/2014/10/07/twin-peaks-and-suspicion-in-sm.html 519861853716234241|Wed Oct 08 14:48:19 +0000 2014|@moryan well, behind all this past month i've definitely been inspired to expand into some other arenas. appreciate the encouragement! 519858447752626177|Wed Oct 08 14:34:47 +0000 2014|@moryan thank you! i do it from time to time (my tastes are pretty specific i guess), but i ALWAYS enjoy it. 519851578682261504|Wed Oct 08 14:07:29 +0000 2014|@oliviataters @anildash @narwhalynn liv is spot on as usual 519851491277152256|Wed Oct 08 14:07:08 +0000 2014|@toughshank eyebrows. HOW. omg. amazing. 519846612018143232|Wed Oct 08 13:47:45 +0000 2014|@Horseofcourseya don't pretend that you give a shit about that when your whole feed is saying you hate social justice 519828265788518400|Wed Oct 08 12:34:51 +0000 2014|RT @acdha: Kathy Sierra should make everyone in tech uncomfortable at how many self-styled free thinkers fell for weev's spin: http://t.co… 519823806043803648|Wed Oct 08 12:17:07 +0000 2014|@Fiohnel well, exactly 519823340564148224|Wed Oct 08 12:15:16 +0000 2014|i can't imagine what it must be like to do writing/crit where people argue with your ideas instead of against the value of your existence 519822246001778688|Wed Oct 08 12:10:55 +0000 2014|"...the most dangerous time for a woman with online visibility is the point at which others are seen to be listening" http://seriouspony.com/trouble-at-the-koolaid-point 519821919059988480|Wed Oct 08 12:09:38 +0000 2014|RT @Glinner: Long but compelling explanation of why the advice "don't feed the trolls" is, at best, inadequate. http://seriouspony.com/trouble-at-the-koolaid-point 519821863137312768|Wed Oct 08 12:09:24 +0000 2014|@VagendaMagazine @EdStern WHOA 519802461411115008|Wed Oct 08 10:52:18 +0000 2014|@DaveBigger @flaneur no. 519612177750052865|Tue Oct 07 22:16:11 +0000 2014|@snpsnpsnp SIGH 519610725459718145|Tue Oct 07 22:10:25 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible the spinning skull gif was truly alive !!!!!!! the priest threw holy water at the screen and the lights went out and a midi p 519610323397926912|Tue Oct 07 22:08:49 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible http://www.warrens.net/Animations/skull.gif 519610299544907776|Tue Oct 07 22:08:43 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible emily EMILY THAT WAS WHAT I WAS ON 519609760467800065|Tue Oct 07 22:06:35 +0000 2014|@j_zimms someone should place this conversation behind a flashing 'WARNING' banner with animated blood drops to either side 519609393092911104|Tue Oct 07 22:05:07 +0000 2014|@j_zimms i laughed out loud at your tweet and then made a kind of sobbing sound 519608916229890049|Tue Oct 07 22:03:14 +0000 2014|i hope they don't show any SPOOKY GEOCITIES PAGES 519608831983091712|Tue Oct 07 22:02:54 +0000 2014|so i mean, things are probably going to go really well when we go to http://www.ghoststoriestheshow.co.uk/ this weekend 519608603322245120|Tue Oct 07 22:01:59 +0000 2014|just feel like i should admit i get scared reading websites with animated flame icons, blood-red giant times new roman, and background midis 519607824603549696|Tue Oct 07 21:58:53 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow i scare pretty easily 519607803590082560|Tue Oct 07 21:58:48 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow ok so i dont want to say but it was on a website with animated flame icons, red times new roman and a background midi, so 519607488069386242|Tue Oct 07 21:57:33 +0000 2014|@jells_ yeah. i love gaming and i can't stand to see that harm grow in volume. that's why i'm so mad all the time. 519607273878867969|Tue Oct 07 21:56:42 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi i cant find a version that has rlly good controls without a joystick, i dont have a joystick :( 519606835150462976|Tue Oct 07 21:54:57 +0000 2014|@MrPope AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *slams door, hides in room, 'goodnight sweetheart' echoing everywhere* 519606497118941185|Tue Oct 07 21:53:37 +0000 2014|The ghost story was scary, Colonel's Bequest is pretty scary 519606438851649536|Tue Oct 07 21:53:23 +0000 2014|WELL, I was about to do a Let's Play of Colonel's Bequest, but then I had to go and read a ghost story and scare myself and now I'm scared 519591400396951552|Tue Oct 07 20:53:38 +0000 2014|@mummey my writing itself is generally pretty tame. 90% of it is distanced, even. but i'm not actually being evaluated on my work. 519584520945692674|Tue Oct 07 20:26:17 +0000 2014|@JonHelfrich @vectorpoem @hplemke it's true it's definitely a tricky area where care and respect is required. didn't mean to sound flip. 519584167915302915|Tue Oct 07 20:24:53 +0000 2014|@LauKorsgaard yeah, there's that, too. now who has a 'victimisation complex' and is 'looking for something to be offended by'? sigh 519580074710822912|Tue Oct 07 20:08:37 +0000 2014|@Ortizgames well, my viewpoint is that no civil victories were ever won by groups politely playing along, were they? 519579779586981889|Tue Oct 07 20:07:27 +0000 2014|@Lee_Allott Hi Lee (NAME TWINS) -- yes, Lo-Fi Let's Plays will slowly encompass all the 80s & 90s, and many, many of these will be covered! 519579520446128128|Tue Oct 07 20:06:25 +0000 2014|@ginahelfrich #highfive! 519579408596615168|Tue Oct 07 20:05:58 +0000 2014|@Ortizgames i'm largely disinterested in whether or not i'm 'liked'; i want to be supported, and that means empathy for anger 519577911079084034|Tue Oct 07 20:00:01 +0000 2014|@TsumeiMeyren not proud of it but sometimes it's SO HARD TO RESIST 519577804766081025|Tue Oct 07 19:59:36 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC yep, that's been my life for a month actually, one big tone argument 519577471843172352|Tue Oct 07 19:58:17 +0000 2014|@bigheadzach whoa. good quote. 519576900876791809|Tue Oct 07 19:56:01 +0000 2014|@DataFran @Kirtaner -- none of which are even REMOTELY borne out by the diplomatic, educational tone of her work 519576839157604352|Tue Oct 07 19:55:46 +0000 2014|@DataFran @Kirtaner they can easily create compressed straw men of her views -- she 'hates men' she 'wants to censor games' etc etc 519576638036516866|Tue Oct 07 19:54:58 +0000 2014|Everyone's like 'well you incite them' or 'you should act more professional', but this is a great example of how that doesn't actually help 519575901130874880|Tue Oct 07 19:52:02 +0000 2014|@Kirtaner agree. plus, she's only one critic; i find demands that she do nine million more, different things with her videos tough to handle 519575716526972929|Tue Oct 07 19:51:18 +0000 2014|@untitleduser nice. i've always wondered what reaction of these people is when they find out the real world is horrified by their beliefs 519575528563421185|Tue Oct 07 19:50:33 +0000 2014|RT @ginahelfrich: @leighalexander Currently has more thumbs-down than thumbs-up. Maybe we can fix that. 519575265081434112|Tue Oct 07 19:49:31 +0000 2014|@mummey yep. i know i make attacks on myself easier BY being emotional, but it's kinda maddening to know being 'professional' wouldn't help 519574969634652160|Tue Oct 07 19:48:20 +0000 2014|@untitleduser scary, isn't it? 519574897580728320|Tue Oct 07 19:48:03 +0000 2014|@Kirtaner i'm feel ppl who say that have prob never really seen her work & just rebel against the very IDEA of criticizing games at all 519573915123716097|Tue Oct 07 19:44:09 +0000 2014|@untitleduser yeah, that's been the crap bit since this all started going down for me 519573706008305665|Tue Oct 07 19:43:19 +0000 2014|@untitleduser what was his call-out? she didn't spend enough hours of her life playing hitman? geez. 519573026455580672|Tue Oct 07 19:40:37 +0000 2014|@tyunderwood whoa 519572683495702528|Tue Oct 07 19:39:15 +0000 2014|(I mean, I'm aware some people see a reasoned analysis of common tropes as 'controversial', but) 519572509100756993|Tue Oct 07 19:38:34 +0000 2014|My work/public persona can be controversial/aggressive; Anita's isn't, and yet she's harassed worse than me. No matter what, they find a way 519572094250524672|Tue Oct 07 19:36:55 +0000 2014|@Yuecake thank you! 519571906232467459|Tue Oct 07 19:36:10 +0000 2014|Anita Sarkeesian's XOXO talk on tactics used to silence & discredit feminist criticism is a must-see. Helped me tons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah8mhDW6Shs 519571387782930432|Tue Oct 07 19:34:06 +0000 2014|@Anon9589504 that sounds like a really useful and productive thing to do with your time, friend 519570926753427456|Tue Oct 07 19:32:16 +0000 2014|@moryan <33 thanks for sharing that <33 ! 519570460975984640|Tue Oct 07 19:30:25 +0000 2014|@CGSaw mine too! 519568776916787200|Tue Oct 07 19:23:44 +0000 2014|@pilky the compatibility issue you need to consider is usually the emulator you use, not the game itself. usually. 519568510276497408|Tue Oct 07 19:22:40 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata @BillZoeker i hope that attn/interest in classic creators and designs at least increases the chance for future opportunities 519568304466178052|Tue Oct 07 19:21:51 +0000 2014|@SeanTheBaptiste I had that one when I was little!! I didn't even understand what was going on! 519567999238283265|Tue Oct 07 19:20:38 +0000 2014|Another resource beloved to me has been http://virtualapple.org. Nearly all my Lo-Fi Let's Plays so far come from there. 519567343916023808|Tue Oct 07 19:18:02 +0000 2014|@BillZoeker they explain it in the faq. in most cases the games cannot be sold anymore, but the actual legality does depend. 519566774736416768|Tue Oct 07 19:15:46 +0000 2014|I'm increasingly indebted to the people who devote time, energy and love to maintain archives and databases online, of games or anything 519566273554825216|Tue Oct 07 19:13:47 +0000 2014|It's a great resource, and if you were born in the nineties, you missed so much fun! You should explore! 519566119930060800|Tue Oct 07 19:13:10 +0000 2014|As they refuse donations, how about a big thanks to My Abandonware, an indispensable trove of classic game downloads http://www.myabandonware.com/ 519564619031932928|Tue Oct 07 19:07:12 +0000 2014|@ChrisBaker1337 these are the questions I really need answers to 519557785475108864|Tue Oct 07 18:40:03 +0000 2014|@necrosofty @frankcifaldi @pattheflip @krisgraft @jennatar it's almost like she thought we were acting weird or something 519557752805658624|Tue Oct 07 18:39:55 +0000 2014|@necrosofty @frankcifaldi @pattheflip @krisgraft @jennatar jenn was on the boat but she mainly kind of calmly avoided participating 519556733241675777|Tue Oct 07 18:35:52 +0000 2014|I wrote about Twin Peaks http://boingboing.net/2014/10/07/twin-peaks-and-suspicion-in-sm.html 519555739493629953|Tue Oct 07 18:31:55 +0000 2014|RT @MammonMachine: #INeedDiverseGames Alpha 6 is a super diverse group of folx paying their rent making super fun stuff http://t.co/Q1qVuM… 519506429481607169|Tue Oct 07 15:15:59 +0000 2014|@CGSaw hour and a half, maybe? 519503718358974464|Tue Oct 07 15:05:13 +0000 2014|RT @distinctivename: I think @leighalexander nails that TWIN PEAKS' charming anachronism isn't the flannel but the attitude towards police … 519503673073086464|Tue Oct 07 15:05:02 +0000 2014|RT @destiny_ebooks: From their main stronghold on Venus, they launch endless waves of metal armies toward everywhere possible in an Imperia… 519493664918470656|Tue Oct 07 14:25:16 +0000 2014|@locks some of my favorite things i've written have been on BB 519492114158460930|Tue Oct 07 14:19:06 +0000 2014|Why did my generation decide to turn back to and get ‘into’ Twin Peaks as young adults? http://boingboing.net/2014/10/07/twin-peaks-and-suspicion-in-sm.html 519477692883042304|Tue Oct 07 13:21:48 +0000 2014|@TimJMGuitar if you really are interested in my viewpoints, you can find my writing on my website and in the links i post on this feed. 519477451211436032|Tue Oct 07 13:20:50 +0000 2014|@TimJMGuitar i think it would be more constructive if your default response to viewpoints you disliked wasn't 'internet stalking'. good luck 519476998490845185|Tue Oct 07 13:19:02 +0000 2014|@TimJMGuitar i have no problem with people disliking my work or disagreeing with my opinion, but your tactics are creepy and misguided. 519476858430447616|Tue Oct 07 13:18:29 +0000 2014|@TimJMGuitar what have you proved or accomplished? what would i prove about you by reading things you posted on forums ~5 years ago? 519475715474202624|Tue Oct 07 13:13:56 +0000 2014|@TimJMGuitar weird. well, now you've dug into ancient elements of my social network that even i didn't know existed. congratulations? 519474762805178368|Tue Oct 07 13:10:09 +0000 2014|@TimJMGuitar I said something people disagreed with and now they're borderline stalking me. how is this okay? 519474370574819328|Tue Oct 07 13:08:35 +0000 2014|@TimJMGuitar is digging into my years-old personal conversations useful to whatever it is you think you're trying to do year? 519474288957861888|Tue Oct 07 13:08:16 +0000 2014|@TimJMGuitar i can hardly remember using Buzz, but I did it generally within an intimate context of friends who understood my humor, so 519473223474642946|Tue Oct 07 13:04:02 +0000 2014|@10rdBen same 519472788886020096|Tue Oct 07 13:02:18 +0000 2014|No one trusts the police anymore: I wrote an essay about the modern context of Twin Peaks http://boingboing.net/2014/10/07/twin-peaks-and-suspicion-in-sm.html 519472310357860352|Tue Oct 07 13:00:24 +0000 2014|@TimJMGuitar I think that's a pretty horrible thing to say 519433652644896768|Tue Oct 07 10:26:48 +0000 2014|@robert_hamer there is a commenter saying 'ebert said games weren't art that time, so his opinion doesn't count' :( 519432653221937152|Tue Oct 07 10:22:49 +0000 2014|"Siskel and Ebert made their own 'tropes vs women' video in 1980" -- http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/29/6864379/siskel-ebert-criticism-games 519388432783904768|Tue Oct 07 07:27:06 +0000 2014|RT @Carin_McLeoud: #AdviceForLife http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzRiMJFCUAAndOa.png 519388267591270400|Tue Oct 07 07:26:27 +0000 2014|RT @mollylambert: get Netflix to bring back The Critic 519387071816146945|Tue Oct 07 07:21:42 +0000 2014|@chuuuer i still can't, i reckon 519385559329169409|Tue Oct 07 07:15:41 +0000 2014|@chuuuer also medusa heads in castlevania 519385483869425666|Tue Oct 07 07:15:23 +0000 2014|@chuuuer ummm... i hate having to fight volgin in the shagohod during no-kill games 519275663468298240|Mon Oct 06 23:59:00 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins well, it did take me many years to feel good about it, but taking care of your instrument in every way 'counts' 519275086374006785|Mon Oct 06 23:56:42 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins have i built the spaces i want? do i have the people around me that i want? am i healthy/fit? do i do good self care? etc 519275018552107009|Mon Oct 06 23:56:26 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins yes. and because as a freelancer i'm uniquely responsible for my own overall quality of life, i can also use other metrics 519274530561605633|Mon Oct 06 23:54:30 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins each year i have a few abstract goals (make a book, do a short story, start doing videos) and if i do those things, i feel good 519274452958588929|Mon Oct 06 23:54:11 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins honest answer? 'am i proud' and 'am i growing.' 519272679220969472|Mon Oct 06 23:47:09 +0000 2014|@Chuck_Nasty_ no, because thesauruses show you synonyms for words, they do not contain facts... good luck 519271483965964288|Mon Oct 06 23:42:24 +0000 2014|@fd1017 @Deadhead839 @StormOfSnow keep being obsessed w everything i do, it's weirdly flattering 519270433619992576|Mon Oct 06 23:38:13 +0000 2014|@Deadhead839 @StormOfSnow oh no, more of your crazy twitter archive screencaps are sure to have a meaningful effect on my life, keep going 519269817963278336|Mon Oct 06 23:35:46 +0000 2014|@StormOfSnow it's embarrassing to be seen engaging with you at all 519269684555026434|Mon Oct 06 23:35:15 +0000 2014|@dreamachineries completely unrelated -- if your avi is really you and that's your real hair i am SO IMPRESSED, total mermaid 519269515793039360|Mon Oct 06 23:34:34 +0000 2014|¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 519267958057873408|Mon Oct 06 23:28:23 +0000 2014|RT @ElizSimins: And here is http://thewomansplainer.com in @TheCut filed to "public services" 💘 !! http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/10/confused-dudes-a-womansplainer-service.html 519254982651285504|Mon Oct 06 22:36:49 +0000 2014|Dating the Bear of your Dreams https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1286005138/bear-senpai-date-the-bear-of-your-dreams 519251849799430144|Mon Oct 06 22:24:22 +0000 2014|@paolo board games are an amazing and fruitful space for me right now relative to other kinds of design culture 519251673471258624|Mon Oct 06 22:23:40 +0000 2014|@flaneur erm well i have thrown a lot of things but i feel pretty triumphant overall let's say 519251266518921216|Mon Oct 06 22:22:03 +0000 2014|@flaneur ASAP 519250771909824512|Mon Oct 06 22:20:05 +0000 2014|Though if you're a teacher of adolescents, teens and young adults, you should have them play Dog Eat Dog to help them understand colonialism 519250417390473216|Mon Oct 06 22:18:41 +0000 2014|I played Dog Eat Dog for the first time tonight. For some reason its rudimentary exercises in 'power structures' were not entertaining 519250108626767875|Mon Oct 06 22:17:27 +0000 2014|As always @emshort's analyses of IF works are a treasure. Here she is on Begscape http://ht.ly/ClNey 519249201499484160|Mon Oct 06 22:13:51 +0000 2014|RT @mikesacco: @xXxADHDxXx @vivian_games @FakeRobotGamer Shigeru Miyamoto is actually Leigh Alexander in disguise and has been since 2003 519248875132309504|Mon Oct 06 22:12:33 +0000 2014|RT @GrahamWJenkins: @leighalexander http://twitter.com/GrahamWJenkins/status/519241098330669056/photo/1 519248731305410560|Mon Oct 06 22:11:59 +0000 2014|*month-long facepalm* 519248611457400833|Mon Oct 06 22:11:30 +0000 2014|RT @AcousticProton: @gamerfortruth @leighalexander @8BitBecca @femfreq Harassment goes all ways. The problem today is inflated stories of h… 519244485856088064|Mon Oct 06 21:55:07 +0000 2014|@Patashu0 @vihartvihart Why would I have anything to apologize for nor to explain to such people 519240968311422976|Mon Oct 06 21:41:08 +0000 2014|(Just so you GamerGate kids know that was a castlevania quote, castlevania is a famous old video game) 519240755433705472|Mon Oct 06 21:40:17 +0000 2014|Die monster, you don't belong in this world 519232743021244417|Mon Oct 06 21:08:27 +0000 2014|RT @AcousticProton: @8BitBecca @leighalexander @femfreq Gender has nothing to do with taking someone seriously, especially in business in 2… 519218218465255424|Mon Oct 06 20:10:44 +0000 2014|@caseyjohnston makes me happy you liked it! Thank you! 519195560944091137|Mon Oct 06 18:40:42 +0000 2014|@Trachalio ABSOLUTELY listen to @term7. The tournament vids and card discussions by @teamcovenant are also essential 519192827197407232|Mon Oct 06 18:29:50 +0000 2014|This is a good time to remember the best halloween costume i ever put together #damnfinecoffee #twinpeaks http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzSLH9vIQAAzH0y.jpg 519192397277069312|Mon Oct 06 18:28:08 +0000 2014|@StarSefam @Phoenix_Blue @Personifried @Totalbiscuit oh wait, probably not, lol 519192349310976001|Mon Oct 06 18:27:56 +0000 2014|@StarSefam @Phoenix_Blue @Personifried @Totalbiscuit do you understand global politics and what an inappropriate thing that is to say? 519190575627898880|Mon Oct 06 18:20:53 +0000 2014|@NatiCabrera15 @Totalbiscuit "no" 519173706795745280|Mon Oct 06 17:13:52 +0000 2014|@SamMaggs @quirkbooks aww this is so lovely 519172033075503104|Mon Oct 06 17:07:13 +0000 2014|RT @Bro_Pair: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzR35a7CEAAR_PG.jpg 519156225452544000|Mon Oct 06 16:04:24 +0000 2014|@v21 of course he never watched as far as the James Hurley Arc 519156153989611520|Mon Oct 06 16:04:07 +0000 2014|@v21 i warned quintin in advance about james hurley. except he is a contrarian and he decided he feels sorry for/likes James Hurley 519156068581396480|Mon Oct 06 16:03:46 +0000 2014|RT @v21: This is a glorious day for people who enjoy hating James Hurley. 519155406980251649|Mon Oct 06 16:01:09 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton ok deal 519155015219691521|Mon Oct 06 15:59:35 +0000 2014|@aanand god damn it aanand i had a full 30 seconds of being happy before seeing your tweet 519154834709430274|Mon Oct 06 15:58:52 +0000 2014|who should i ask to hire me to write twin peaks season 3 recaps ? ? ? 519153433463771136|Mon Oct 06 15:53:18 +0000 2014|i want to write about twin peaks now 519153346960433152|Mon Oct 06 15:52:57 +0000 2014|is there really a twin peaks season 3? WELP 519131167115980801|Mon Oct 06 14:24:49 +0000 2014|@ReallyFlibberdy there'll be something new in a couple months :) 519126768947826688|Mon Oct 06 14:07:21 +0000 2014|@applecidermage i have been taking a break from them, but i always consider -- my email address is on my website 519126180868681728|Mon Oct 06 14:05:01 +0000 2014|RT @philippawarr: There's a Venusian jellyfish game where the devs let you pay with artwork - take a look http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/06/deep-under-the-sky-art-to-play/ 519125611932319744|Mon Oct 06 14:02:45 +0000 2014|If you're media and you'd like a complimentary copy of Clipping Through: One Mad Week in Video Games to consider covering, get in touch! 519125267298930688|Mon Oct 06 14:01:23 +0000 2014|Wrote a book about the complex, emotional experience of life and work in the games industry before this all blew up https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 519123362757758976|Mon Oct 06 13:53:49 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton it's been so weird to have people INSIST they are my 'meal ticket' and INSIST they are my 'target demographic' 519116931593674752|Mon Oct 06 13:28:15 +0000 2014|@lilbioboy other people's absurd behavior is my fault? 519108736909332481|Mon Oct 06 12:55:42 +0000 2014|@TheLizardbones it is a shock to me too 519097142166970368|Mon Oct 06 12:09:37 +0000 2014|@1114cole @Glinner are you joking? kid, go hug your mom. 519096640045854720|Mon Oct 06 12:07:37 +0000 2014|@GregDean23 @Afal you don't have to battle them. just have a laugh at them, like the rest of the world. 519095473685422080|Mon Oct 06 12:02:59 +0000 2014|@DavidNorthart they say he has all KINDS of repressed issues of his own 519093906315960320|Mon Oct 06 11:56:46 +0000 2014|RT @Afal: Thought GGers had no trusted outlets left after they posted their blacklist/boycott list? Heres reddit to the rescue! http://t.co… 519093275815575552|Mon Oct 06 11:54:15 +0000 2014|Good article in case anyone asks you what the baffling, embarrassing little gamergate hydra is about http://jonstonechannel2.tumblr.com/post/99246356388/why-bother-with-gamergate 519090531096600576|Mon Oct 06 11:43:21 +0000 2014|@Franpaccio @randomfox maybe he is bitter because he didn't have access to education ... that would be sad.... 519090451379683328|Mon Oct 06 11:43:02 +0000 2014|@Franpaccio @randomfox i love how he speaks with absolute confidence on issues he has zero education about 519088605487452161|Mon Oct 06 11:35:42 +0000 2014|RT @taleoftales: We are looking for a 3d modeller and concept artist to work with us on SUNSET! could it be you? get in touch… http://t.co/… 519086913220009984|Mon Oct 06 11:28:58 +0000 2014|bf is listening to 'otome no policy' while working cc @MammonMachine @christinelove @hentaiphd 519086781736955904|Mon Oct 06 11:28:27 +0000 2014|@Steuph @directhex perfect design innovation 519085166636314625|Mon Oct 06 11:22:02 +0000 2014|@directhex ONLY astral power crystals you get at the feminist retreat in the woods where we talk about the moon. SORRY. only way. 519084831263965184|Mon Oct 06 11:20:42 +0000 2014|@directhex well they won't, you see. in my new utopia only text games about lesbians are allowed. no graphics 519083853156483072|Mon Oct 06 11:16:49 +0000 2014|@PylonFactory @Mornacale did you have anything interesting to say, or 519083765327757312|Mon Oct 06 11:16:28 +0000 2014|@joonturbo goty 519082910679564288|Mon Oct 06 11:13:04 +0000 2014|@joonturbo sounds good i'm in 519082863019720704|Mon Oct 06 11:12:53 +0000 2014|@EwanBMiller *delete* *delete* *delete* 519082243953000448|Mon Oct 06 11:10:25 +0000 2014|when will gamergnat target important issues such as why do people send pitches and story info to my linkedin mailbox 519079957595979776|Mon Oct 06 11:01:20 +0000 2014|@Vahn16 @jimrossignol @boomtopper i quit the group because many people were offended by my anger at being placed on a 'hottest list' 519078525702512640|Mon Oct 06 10:55:39 +0000 2014|@Paavi @JyriKilpelainen i have never been to finland before and i'm super excited 519078419917979649|Mon Oct 06 10:55:13 +0000 2014|@TheAllThing @Quinns108 @gamecity we will! we would! 519078139436470272|Mon Oct 06 10:54:07 +0000 2014|@PaulinaCumming so glad you liked it x 519077998948274176|Mon Oct 06 10:53:33 +0000 2014|@Mornacale *deep sigh* you know me, always instigating those race wars and stuff, that's what i'm about 519077850826407937|Mon Oct 06 10:52:58 +0000 2014|@BangBangClick no, it was just words i read in order from some shop in the game 518899783675965440|Sun Oct 05 23:05:23 +0000 2014|@APichuPlaya @AmateurDan I don't approve blogs. i didn't even see it before it got taken down. if you're gonna be a troll try being smart 518898030213603329|Sun Oct 05 22:58:25 +0000 2014|COVER OF NO TOMORROWS the fiercest contest lies ahead this is irrefutable VEST OF NO TOMORROW war is the struggle to exist #destiny 518897596203819008|Sun Oct 05 22:56:42 +0000 2014|RT @AmateurDan: Here's a list of actual problems in the games industry, courtesy of @leighalexander: http://leighalexander.net/list-of-ethical-concerns-in-video-games-partial/ … 518897456676102144|Sun Oct 05 22:56:08 +0000 2014|Future War Cult Jester Apogee The Chance Hand Cannon Vest of No Tomorrow #destiny 518885077384957952|Sun Oct 05 22:06:57 +0000 2014|I can't find a way to 'win' this but if you do, share your tips! http://www.alethicorp.com/ 518882245340561408|Sun Oct 05 21:55:42 +0000 2014|@adragonbee click university and take the haka course omg 518880110167199744|Sun Oct 05 21:47:13 +0000 2014|This is a game. Register, apply for a job, and see how you do... http://www.alethicorp.com/ 518870308510781441|Sun Oct 05 21:08:16 +0000 2014|It's the most wonderful time of the year -- a whole new batch of 2014 IF Comp entrants to play! http://www.ifcomp.org/ballot 518868970645229569|Sun Oct 05 21:02:57 +0000 2014|@fubarpops @felix_cohen *bursts out of duck pond clutching canned condensed milk* HI 518867069736329216|Sun Oct 05 20:55:24 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine milady *tips fedora, rides away on vespa* 518866978371829760|Sun Oct 05 20:55:02 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine ...of a loss of 'power' to feminism 518866934457458688|Sun Oct 05 20:54:51 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine -overcoming social impairment or triumphing over an unnatural fixation on fantasy. this prob represents the encroaching fear 518866846435778560|Sun Oct 05 20:54:30 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine in the past ~5 years anime has been increasingly reflective of the concerns of its audiences, dealing with themes like- 518866317257216000|Sun Oct 05 20:52:24 +0000 2014|@Makofury @theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton livestream as we teach him how to make his OWN twine game. would the tears flow then 518866086989950976|Sun Oct 05 20:51:29 +0000 2014|@Makofury @theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton we should all pool our resources and teach him how to play the yawhg or something 518865670537498625|Sun Oct 05 20:49:50 +0000 2014|@Makofury @theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton seriously. realizing how sad we need to feel for him makes it a little easier 518865602631708672|Sun Oct 05 20:49:34 +0000 2014|@Makofury @theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton not to get all gatekeepy, but i'd be shocked if he knew how to play one 518865350809911296|Sun Oct 05 20:48:34 +0000 2014|@theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton and his current work is held in nearly universal disdain by the people he wishes approved of him 518865290411929601|Sun Oct 05 20:48:19 +0000 2014|@theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton that's a strong assessment. his first enterprise folded in disgrace -- 518864827717255169|Sun Oct 05 20:46:29 +0000 2014|@theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton there's no other answer besides he is crying for help 518863762229825536|Sun Oct 05 20:42:15 +0000 2014|@theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton i had heard that one also. really sad if so... 518862146558767104|Sun Oct 05 20:35:50 +0000 2014|@theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton you can practically hear him stomping his little feet going 'but daddy has MONEY' 518862070998372353|Sun Oct 05 20:35:32 +0000 2014|@theMirai @ToneDeezy @t3dy @HazelMonforton he's a right-wing smarm-blogger depressed he can't buy his way into the respect of uk press 518861809311547393|Sun Oct 05 20:34:29 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis @tonitonirocca https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxKhZCPIEAALKLg.jpg:large 518860179358883840|Sun Oct 05 20:28:01 +0000 2014|@FerrousTerran i sure ain't perfect but i try to help 518860065596780544|Sun Oct 05 20:27:34 +0000 2014|RT @mattzollerseitz: I wonder how much pain is caused in the world by training young men never to admit when they're hurt. 518859521830424577|Sun Oct 05 20:25:24 +0000 2014|@acosmos i aspire to be one among many thank you xx 518859356600008704|Sun Oct 05 20:24:45 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton i worked with the alt lit community early on, i am familiar with it 518858487456354304|Sun Oct 05 20:21:17 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton i know this seems nuts but... what IF ppl who enjoy lit don't feel compelled to identify as a consumer demographic....?! 518858446188601344|Sun Oct 05 20:21:08 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis i love it. it is a more wholesome adult life than the one i had in brooklyn. 518858133020901376|Sun Oct 05 20:19:53 +0000 2014|@m_kopas merritt it sounds like you are advocating doxxing are you advocating doxx*EXPLODES* 518857953823428609|Sun Oct 05 20:19:10 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton 'blood literature' ...!! 518857869366935552|Sun Oct 05 20:18:50 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton sadly enduring harassment as a woman in public is just normal, not special-making. your work sounds interesting too... 518857615808692225|Sun Oct 05 20:17:50 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis i moved here from new york city, which has the same problem with a much larger country! GUILTY AS CHARGED 518857491078463488|Sun Oct 05 20:17:20 +0000 2014|@Hacker_Slasher @FartToContinue @JudgyBitch1 lol you're so obsessed with me 518857143240654848|Sun Oct 05 20:15:57 +0000 2014|@theMirai @HazelMonforton also he's been to high court for ethics problems soooooo. it's ALMOST like this isn't even about that!?!?11 518857053688045570|Sun Oct 05 20:15:36 +0000 2014|@theMirai @HazelMonforton milo yiannopoulos wrote articles openly hateful of games, worse language than mine 518856883785175040|Sun Oct 05 20:14:55 +0000 2014|@theMirai @HazelMonforton they're so fond of digging into people's past correspondences, but missed the five or six times -- 518856555459248129|Sun Oct 05 20:13:37 +0000 2014|@HazelMonforton it's so strange to be billed as an 'outsider' by people who are younger and less acquainted than i am 518856382297440256|Sun Oct 05 20:12:56 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis i often make the mistake of assuming ~everyone~ is nearby! yes, the train prices here are ridiculous. i'll owe you one. 518856176688443395|Sun Oct 05 20:12:07 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen board games and christmas cocktails and mulled wine omg 518855774219821056|Sun Oct 05 20:10:31 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen basically when should we have a holiday drinks party is what this is about 518855537556205570|Sun Oct 05 20:09:34 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen i make a sick stovetop honey hot toddy but i mean my recipes are not in MAGAZINES 518855405334966272|Sun Oct 05 20:09:03 +0000 2014|@TheAnndddyyyy *knuckles* 518855193304510464|Sun Oct 05 20:08:12 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis come to one of @quinns108's netrunner tournaments sometime. you don't have to be good at it (i'm not, really) 518854886805737472|Sun Oct 05 20:06:59 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen (my pumpkin pie recipe also calls for condensed milk, @Seniath & @Quinns108 had never had it before) 518854800604413952|Sun Oct 05 20:06:38 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen IT'S CONDENSED MILK SEASON 518854677933613057|Sun Oct 05 20:06:09 +0000 2014|@RC_ephemeral thank you. as i keep saying, in a lot of ways i appreciate support in the face of respectful disagreement more than anything 518854554189053952|Sun Oct 05 20:05:40 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen my first longterm bf was puerto rican, i learned to make coquito from him and i have done ever since http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coquito 518854116005916672|Sun Oct 05 20:03:55 +0000 2014|last week i made tons of 'pumpkin spice' food for uk friends. will i have to be responsible for the egg nog also? 518853954500063232|Sun Oct 05 20:03:17 +0000 2014|@chartier hope you enjoy! 518853887810617344|Sun Oct 05 20:03:01 +0000 2014|@jells_ @abyssborn @SeanieSkykiller *sob* *sob* 518853672378572801|Sun Oct 05 20:02:09 +0000 2014|@chartier no, but I am selling a book! https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 518853547761598464|Sun Oct 05 20:01:40 +0000 2014|@tressiemcphd I've learned so much from your work also. thank you so much for your support! 518853152037408768|Sun Oct 05 20:00:05 +0000 2014|@jells_ @abyssborn @SeanieSkykiller EXCUSE ME THEY ARE NOT BORING THEY ARE WORKS OF VINTAGE ART *flings self onto bed, cries* 518852994696507392|Sun Oct 05 19:59:28 +0000 2014|@botherer @philippawarr do they really not have it here? you at least have to try this way http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coquito 518852495779831808|Sun Oct 05 19:57:29 +0000 2014|The new Sup Holmes with @TronKnotts is about to begin and I'm excited, because @hentaiphd is the guest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1b8afwKWzY 518852150961922049|Sun Oct 05 19:56:07 +0000 2014|@feliciaday @moryan @tressiemcphd if all this has accorded me the opportunity to connect with people i respect so much it's worth it! 518851616062341120|Sun Oct 05 19:53:59 +0000 2014|@tressiemcphd @moryan wow. i'm so, so touched by that. thank you. 518849345782022144|Sun Oct 05 19:44:58 +0000 2014|@moryan thanks a ton, Mo! 518832241070575616|Sun Oct 05 18:37:00 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl just write about it, problem solved 518829990675480577|Sun Oct 05 18:28:03 +0000 2014|@rafflasher holy shit 518827261748056065|Sun Oct 05 18:17:13 +0000 2014|@awesomonster KQIV is a true timeless classic. i think you've inspired me to make my next let's play vid Colonel's Bequest, also v scary 518826991290970112|Sun Oct 05 18:16:08 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl do it 518826740484173826|Sun Oct 05 18:15:08 +0000 2014|@awesomonster i still basically lose it if i am spotted by the giant behind his house, too 518825837429542912|Sun Oct 05 18:11:33 +0000 2014|@awesomonster you even got the trees part which is def the scariest part 518824994944860161|Sun Oct 05 18:08:12 +0000 2014|@Isfet you saw this right http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-for-the-end-of-tgi-fridays-endless-ap-1606122925 518824838421811200|Sun Oct 05 18:07:35 +0000 2014|@awesomonster thank you! your twitter header and pic game is STRONG, friend 518824210379321344|Sun Oct 05 18:05:05 +0000 2014|@Isfet re olive garden it's like, the salad and breadsticks are meant to be appetizers/not part of the 'real' menu so it's even weirder 518824108721963009|Sun Oct 05 18:04:41 +0000 2014|@Isfet what about endless salad and breadsticks at the olive garden. salad is good 518823582609440768|Sun Oct 05 18:02:36 +0000 2014|@Isfet it's such a like, philosophical, existential word 518819988657160193|Sun Oct 05 17:48:19 +0000 2014|RT @ElizSimins: Wondering why it's offensive to ask me to write a FAQ because you don't feel like googling a thing? Let me explain: http://… 518819686247845888|Sun Oct 05 17:47:07 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @sparkymonster i really want to retweet this but figure i should ask first given the condition of my TL 518815291334488067|Sun Oct 05 17:29:39 +0000 2014|RT @EricBadguy: @Rinaxas @Ninouh90 @leighalexander I bet she hasn't even watched Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I've never met a woman who … 518814513232371713|Sun Oct 05 17:26:33 +0000 2014|@ViNull thank you! i hope you get something out of it and enjoy it x 518813193226190848|Sun Oct 05 17:21:19 +0000 2014|RT @aeleitch: http://leighalexander.net/list-of-ethical-concerns-in-video-games-partial/ An excellent partial list of actual ethical concerns in games, by @leighalexander 518797443933437953|Sun Oct 05 16:18:44 +0000 2014|@sparkymonster (don't worry -- i get almost an embarrassing number of those right now and i block/filter much of the bad shit) 518793453065736192|Sun Oct 05 16:02:52 +0000 2014|now that i've stated something fairly mild and obvious, please enjoy my vile and childish replies feed 518787721788424192|Sun Oct 05 15:40:06 +0000 2014|@erupton thank you. oddly it would be easier to deal with if it were only me and not a textbook pattern suffered by hundreds 518787473397534720|Sun Oct 05 15:39:06 +0000 2014|@erupton exactly. rhetorical sophistication of grade school 518784283327340545|Sun Oct 05 15:26:26 +0000 2014|@SteampunkKanye ...seems actually like they mastered it quite easily when they needed to use it to hurt others 518784224422559744|Sun Oct 05 15:26:12 +0000 2014|@SteampunkKanye all this time we're told 'well, people would care but they find the 'vocabulary' of social justice hard' 518784148522430464|Sun Oct 05 15:25:54 +0000 2014|RT @SteampunkKanye: @leighalexander and their dishonest appropriation of social justice lingo, the language one uses for the important shit… 518784072148353024|Sun Oct 05 15:25:36 +0000 2014|RT @kevinmarks: @leighalexander I wrote about twitter's design choices that amplified this http://www.kevinmarks.com/twitterhatespeech.html 518783443480870912|Sun Oct 05 15:23:06 +0000 2014|newest tactic: asshole mobs now billing themselves as the TRUE victims of marginalization and social oppression. rich. 518783199041044481|Sun Oct 05 15:22:07 +0000 2014|they whittle away at your spirit, then get to say you deserve mistreatment because you're 'reactionary' or temperamental 518782724631711744|Sun Oct 05 15:20:14 +0000 2014|'can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen, bitch' for decades -- stand up for yourself once and 'wahhh, she's a bully, she's just as bad' 518782224884588544|Sun Oct 05 15:18:15 +0000 2014|they will belittle, distort and needle any woman in tech for years. if she takes it quietly, they win. if she publicly retaliates, she loses 518782004947873793|Sun Oct 05 15:17:23 +0000 2014|instead you should just consider the right to privacy of people who send you rude/harassing messages from throwaway accounts #no 518781695236263936|Sun Oct 05 15:16:09 +0000 2014|if you get a hilarious aggressive email from a comedy email address and you post it to your followers to laugh at youre accused of 'doxxing' 518768301640790016|Sun Oct 05 14:22:56 +0000 2014|I wrote a profile of @partytimeHXLNT's interesting work earlier this year -- learn more http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/05/girly-games-history-of-pink-rachel-weil 518768164059242496|Sun Oct 05 14:22:23 +0000 2014|You can now get @partytimeHXLNT's Electronic Sweet-N-Fun Fortune Teller via itch.io http://partytimehexcellent.itch.io/electronic-sweet-n-fun-fortune-teller 518766477235978240|Sun Oct 05 14:15:41 +0000 2014|@M_Franchetti @kierongillen @cake4000 is that 'red'? hm 518762077419495424|Sun Oct 05 13:58:12 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @cake4000 i hope you get many gold for your actions (although there is no red company fyi) 518761947882618880|Sun Oct 05 13:57:41 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @charliesaidthat @piratemoggy @alexhern http://undergroundmgzn.com/2014/04/15/man-ruins-game-thrones-series-novels-full-spoilers/ when will the madness end 518760194214748160|Sun Oct 05 13:50:43 +0000 2014|@PlanetofFinks @HiFiHair luckyyyyy 518759503391895552|Sun Oct 05 13:47:58 +0000 2014|@piratemoggy @kierongillen @charliesaidthat @alexhern & he just ran off with the boats and she was like oh well *pours wine* 518759401835200512|Sun Oct 05 13:47:34 +0000 2014|@piratemoggy @kierongillen @charliesaidthat @alexhern in the books cersei gives the lannister navy away to a criminal by accident 518757034276425729|Sun Oct 05 13:38:09 +0000 2014|@piratemoggy @kierongillen @charliesaidthat @alexhern i still cant use the boats so 518728847999922176|Sun Oct 05 11:46:09 +0000 2014|RT @BritishReaction: *spreadable* "Is it fuck" http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzIU3wOIQAALfrN.jpg 518727500315508736|Sun Oct 05 11:40:48 +0000 2014|@scotchka @agentpalido aw this guy's feed is so full of sputtering impotent rage it's almost adorable 518725931415113728|Sun Oct 05 11:34:34 +0000 2014|RT @frogworth: Meanwhile @leighalexander (writing for Time!) says noone's winning http://time.com/3274247/video-game-culture-war/ Both are excellent articles, sayin… 518725694793482240|Sun Oct 05 11:33:37 +0000 2014|@agentpalido stop following me then you fucking creep 518581656169746433|Sun Oct 05 02:01:16 +0000 2014|@SusanArendt lanzarote is someplace i REALLY want to get to go visit 518581289952509953|Sun Oct 05 01:59:48 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C @philippawarr RELIGIOUSLY ENTER EVERYTHING we miss you 518579252330258432|Sun Oct 05 01:51:43 +0000 2014|@jennatar idk who this is but enjoy your break 518579044024344576|Sun Oct 05 01:50:53 +0000 2014|it's been a hard month but i'm proud to work in games and to love them with y'all <3 518578448621895680|Sun Oct 05 01:48:31 +0000 2014|@BlackLoisLane @christinelove she gets mad about how much i love it because it's 'old work' to her, but it's SO GOOD 518578363347529729|Sun Oct 05 01:48:11 +0000 2014|the volume of support for my work and outrage on my behalf makes the dim hum of BS usually caught by my twitter filters almost funny. 518578016331788288|Sun Oct 05 01:46:48 +0000 2014|i feel immensely supported by my readers, colleagues and industry folks and am doing great. just saying thanks yet again x 518577774886670336|Sun Oct 05 01:45:50 +0000 2014|@HelpIamaCabbage @Quinnae_Moon @necrosofty that, i am actually unsure about, but it could be easily verified 518577113713356800|Sun Oct 05 01:43:13 +0000 2014|@HelpIamaCabbage @Quinnae_Moon which brandon (@necrosofty) wrote a year prior and afaik he was not widely harassed or threatened over it 518576332171919360|Sun Oct 05 01:40:06 +0000 2014|@strictmachine @Quinnae_Moon no, please don't, they might notice me and then -- oh wait (go ahead) 518575628602572800|Sun Oct 05 01:37:19 +0000 2014|@Quinnae_Moon that one might have been the first, yes 518575086690127872|Sun Oct 05 01:35:09 +0000 2014|@Quinnae_Moon in fact, mine was not even first. 518574832641118208|Sun Oct 05 01:34:09 +0000 2014|@jonbeilin ah finally some facts and science 518574121433976832|Sun Oct 05 01:31:19 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch was he in that performance fleece commercial maybe 518572007223734272|Sun Oct 05 01:22:55 +0000 2014|I'm not sure if that 'checkmate' guy is actually in the Navy or if he means he SHOPS AT Old Navy 518571729707618304|Sun Oct 05 01:21:49 +0000 2014|@GameDesignerBen ahahahaha of COURSE 518570881912942592|Sun Oct 05 01:18:27 +0000 2014|@ThatCarlGuy he shops at old navy 518569576192561152|Sun Oct 05 01:13:16 +0000 2014|@a_jackanape *raises sparkling glass of GG tears to toast you* 518569400312803328|Sun Oct 05 01:12:34 +0000 2014|@SamanthaZero no 518569344331423745|Sun Oct 05 01:12:20 +0000 2014|RT @fender_splendor: "Grilled Salmon Caesar style/Beta Keys, Key Largo/Leigh Alexander speed dial, immune to embargo" - Rick Ross ft. Futur… 518569250777493504|Sun Oct 05 01:11:58 +0000 2014|is that guy really in the Navy? oof 518568970795110401|Sun Oct 05 01:10:51 +0000 2014|@McKelvie leigh alexander is a mean bully who is currently dancing to the music of her skyrocketing per word rate 518568497245605890|Sun Oct 05 01:08:58 +0000 2014|@Gregorthecruel thank you. the outpouring of support has been really validating and wonderful and encouraging 518568203744985089|Sun Oct 05 01:07:48 +0000 2014|*languidly lowers self into luxurious bathtub full of tears* 518567978049503233|Sun Oct 05 01:06:55 +0000 2014|RT @scd: @leighalexander I bet he said "Checkmate" because he's a gamer and that's from games called chess or something. 518567601904320512|Sun Oct 05 01:05:25 +0000 2014|hahahahah oh my god 518567534824796160|Sun Oct 05 01:05:09 +0000 2014|RT @StrongarmLegacy: @leighalexander You should know that #Gamers outnumber you 1 to millions. Dox me bitch, there's a prize in it for you … 518533509628301313|Sat Oct 04 22:49:57 +0000 2014|@directhex @Steuph @Spacekatgal whereas like, commercial games are basically playing with a laser pointer and pushing a button 518532332366856193|Sat Oct 04 22:45:16 +0000 2014|@onthevraydar @wpwend42 it's language from the PUA community. As PUA stuff gamifies sex for resentful nerds yousee why there's a big overlap 518531796984934400|Sat Oct 04 22:43:08 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @mrwasteland i mean i don't see the problem you should have one 518528853850193920|Sat Oct 04 22:31:27 +0000 2014|@Steuph @directhex @Spacekatgal YOU'VE UNCOVERED MY EVIL PLANS 518528077044142081|Sat Oct 04 22:28:22 +0000 2014|RT @Polygon: P.T. has been out close to three months. Here's why we're still captivated by it: http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/3/6904453/p-t-silent-hills-kojima http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzIubNPCMAEMFFy.jpg 518518983843414016|Sat Oct 04 21:52:14 +0000 2014|@ki11deer @CommanderKitten oh honey 518517528679960577|Sat Oct 04 21:46:27 +0000 2014|RT @CommanderKitten: @leighalexander this feels relevant. http://bitchsandwich.tumblr.com/ 518517517011394562|Sat Oct 04 21:46:24 +0000 2014|@CommanderKitten exactly 518516564476571648|Sat Oct 04 21:42:37 +0000 2014|@retrocombine despite the shitty headline i think it's somewhat worth reading 518515838086033409|Sat Oct 04 21:39:44 +0000 2014|However, I'm not convinced that there is nothing unique to games and how they're built &marketed that has bred this https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/10/in-defense-of-gamers/ 518515417439281152|Sat Oct 04 21:38:03 +0000 2014|This article is really good https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/10/in-defense-of-gamers/ 518511199538122752|Sat Oct 04 21:21:18 +0000 2014|RT @MammonMachine: You know @mrwasteland's article on consumer kings is exatly descriptive of the position gaters are fighting for http://t… 518500508974465024|Sat Oct 04 20:38:49 +0000 2014|@The_TimelessOne @Quinnae_Moon lol if you think that refusing anonymity to harassers is 'doxxing' 518498770062163968|Sat Oct 04 20:31:54 +0000 2014|@PilotLightIsOut it was ok 518498520329121792|Sat Oct 04 20:30:55 +0000 2014|@Ree_Cee_Babez can you read or click on the light-up links, honey? or have you not finished that part of school yet? 518498018392551424|Sat Oct 04 20:28:55 +0000 2014|@PilotLightIsOut yeah 518496303803015168|Sat Oct 04 20:22:06 +0000 2014|@metasynthie my dad isnt even white lol 518496274027675648|Sat Oct 04 20:21:59 +0000 2014|RT @metasynthie: This is the most astounding hate-screed (received by a woman in games) I've seen in a while. FULL HOMUNCULUS, Y'ALL! http:… 518494106126143488|Sat Oct 04 20:13:22 +0000 2014|@wpwend42 a rapidly-aging fedora who still thinks 'f*ggots' is a hilarious word wrote 'her bf must be an omega' hahah ok dr. friendzone 518492763177119744|Sat Oct 04 20:08:02 +0000 2014|@bfod the extra funny part is my filters are so advanced i never even see most of it and they're just yelling at nothing 518491315747958784|Sat Oct 04 20:02:17 +0000 2014|@thevowel no justice in this world 518489264133525504|Sat Oct 04 19:54:08 +0000 2014|EXACTLY RT @paolo @leighalexander Oscillates between how Avengers is the best movie of all time with tweets about Obamacare Death Squads 518488808091058178|Sat Oct 04 19:52:19 +0000 2014|but srsly, most heartbreaking thing is to get a hate tweet and read the feed and it's like 'when is quantum of solace gunna be on netflix' 518488311258939392|Sat Oct 04 19:50:21 +0000 2014|either that or it's a continuous foam-mouthed fixation on imaginary 'gamer causes' and anti-feminism, which is sad in itself :( 518488152735227904|Sat Oct 04 19:49:43 +0000 2014|my new favorite hobby is reading the twitter feeds of people who post rude shit at me. it's ALWAYS sad life & middling movie tweets 518486903709270016|Sat Oct 04 19:44:45 +0000 2014|@TwinPeaksArchve hawk is the only one who could possibly have the mental fortitude required 518485900364615680|Sat Oct 04 19:40:46 +0000 2014|@floofyscorp @CaptainCrabs @Quinnae_Moon @PixieJenni whoa your halloween name is really spooky 518484702454611968|Sat Oct 04 19:36:00 +0000 2014|Culture war and why we're winning, from @PennyRed's book http://boingboing.net/2014/10/04/social-justice-warriors-and-th.html 518484301856636929|Sat Oct 04 19:34:25 +0000 2014|Decoherent Engram Special Weapon Engram #destiny 518480027168829440|Sat Oct 04 19:17:26 +0000 2014|@MikeSchnier @TheQuinnspiracy good work 518479951851716608|Sat Oct 04 19:17:08 +0000 2014|RT @MikeSchnier: @TheQuinnspiracy For those who don't have the attention span for @leighalexander's article: http://leighalexander.net/list-of-ethical-concerns-in-video-games-partial/ http://… 518476893684002817|Sat Oct 04 19:04:58 +0000 2014|@80lbGorilla no, because that's not how to pronounce my name 518409030507966464|Sat Oct 04 14:35:19 +0000 2014|@Berklee @AN4RCHID @BRKeogh it's not courteous to tag me into these things 518408912132120576|Sat Oct 04 14:34:50 +0000 2014|@CakeHatSparrow does yours know you're a creepy delusional internet weirdo? 518401587254140928|Sat Oct 04 14:05:44 +0000 2014|RT @janamakesgames: In this post, @leighalexander elegantly articulates the major ethical problems in the games industry. http://t.co/q22DF… 518395411523207168|Sat Oct 04 13:41:12 +0000 2014|RT @ibogost: Well, here's the Desert Golfing song you didn't know you were waiting for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mHxHC75Sw8 518378386239262721|Sat Oct 04 12:33:32 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: Intel: “We don’t support misogynists, we just want their money”. Statement released 5:30pm on a Friday, the cowards. http://t… 518313721220063232|Sat Oct 04 08:16:35 +0000 2014|@hunktears someone serves me a bloody mary 518313455334744064|Sat Oct 04 08:15:32 +0000 2014|i am not going to change my name to a 'spooky halloween name' bc my name already strikes terror in men's hearts 518311596796694528|Sat Oct 04 08:08:09 +0000 2014|@ShadowAngle yes, for posting a list of links on my personal website i made about 2.2 million dollars that is my buiseness model ;-))) 518311038824222720|Sat Oct 04 08:05:56 +0000 2014|@devincf these are completely reasonable ethical questions and the ongoing avoidance of a public dialogue confirms he likely jacks off goats 518309205712064512|Sat Oct 04 07:58:39 +0000 2014|@devincf that is the only explanation for him 518308962140454912|Sat Oct 04 07:57:40 +0000 2014|@devincf it seems like he probably does 518210490817081344|Sat Oct 04 01:26:23 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl omg 518210296444645376|Sat Oct 04 01:25:37 +0000 2014|RT @E_McNeill: Read http://gamasutra.com/view/news/219588/Lets_revisit_Final_Fantasy_X_Anyone.php or http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/test/ or http://gamasutra.com/view/news/128916/Opinion_Metal_Gear_Solid_3s_moments_are_the_franchises_pinnacle.php and marvel at how much @leighalexander loves… 518210235920830464|Sat Oct 04 01:25:22 +0000 2014|RT @BRKeogh: An important list of actual ethical concerns in videogames, by @leighalexander: http://leighalexander.net/list-of-ethical-concerns-in-video-games-partial/ 518173308375011328|Fri Oct 03 22:58:38 +0000 2014|RT @gaffe_tape: http://leighalexander.net/list-of-ethical-concerns-in-video-games-partial/ @leighalexander has graciously compiled a real list of ethical concerns instead of...whatever #gamer… 518136188457476097|Fri Oct 03 20:31:08 +0000 2014|RT @AndrewWrites: A (partial) list of (actual) ethical concerns in game journalism and the wider game industry, by @leighalexander: http://… 518135994907111424|Fri Oct 03 20:30:22 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol @frankcifaldi @sokareemie +++++ 518112047754928128|Fri Oct 03 18:55:12 +0000 2014|RT @wigglin: @Luvvok @MammonMachine @leighalexander I am a gamer and think denigrating this label is more significant than war or labor exp… 518100536344985600|Fri Oct 03 18:09:28 +0000 2014|@mthsblgr @Totalbiscuit I think TB's work is exceptional and don't believe he personally is an unethical content creator 518099562444361728|Fri Oct 03 18:05:36 +0000 2014|@garywhitta @warrenellis @DarickR SORTED, thanks gentlemen 518097156239265793|Fri Oct 03 17:56:02 +0000 2014|am I spider jerusalem yet 518096575101673472|Fri Oct 03 17:53:43 +0000 2014|I wanted to record that as spoken word with the sound of crackling flames in the background but I'm on my mobile 518095338742509569|Fri Oct 03 17:48:49 +0000 2014|@MituK Thank you!! Your enjoyment makes me glad x 518095066934820864|Fri Oct 03 17:47:44 +0000 2014|List of ethical concerns in video games (partial) http://leighalexander.net/list-of-ethical-concerns-in-video-games-partial/ 518076073507295232|Fri Oct 03 16:32:15 +0000 2014|RT @pcgamer: Crusader Kings 2's free weekend is go! You can spend the next three days lording it up. http://bit.ly/1mYq1OH http://t.co/X9Y… 518076012224339968|Fri Oct 03 16:32:01 +0000 2014|RT @sotomiru: "Games are just mindless fun! Don't take them so seriously!" *CoD dudebro advises US to promote police state via marketing* 518055140486828032|Fri Oct 03 15:09:05 +0000 2014|@kierongillen <3 518055117820805120|Fri Oct 03 15:08:59 +0000 2014|RT @kierongillen: Oh man. Just remembered how good @leighalexander's ebook CLIPPING THROUGH is. We're very lucky to have her. http://t.co/u… 518048139753050112|Fri Oct 03 14:41:16 +0000 2014|RT @e_svedang: Going out into the wilderness for the FINAL #ElseHeartBreak work marathon. For updates, see http://postcardsfromdorisburg.tumblr.com 517996590385356800|Fri Oct 03 11:16:25 +0000 2014|@kierongillen LIKE YOU'D KNOW WHAT FLIRTING LOOKS LIKE etc 517996417370300416|Fri Oct 03 11:15:44 +0000 2014|Like most of the world NYT also seems shocked about the hot vein of garbage running through game culture http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/02/intel-pulls-ads-from-site-after-gamergate-boycott/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1& 517995888833462272|Fri Oct 03 11:13:38 +0000 2014|@kierongillen *eye twitch* 517995804087582720|Fri Oct 03 11:13:18 +0000 2014|@kierongillen i only want to hear about talented writers i should be reading, not children's garbage 517994587022172160|Fri Oct 03 11:08:28 +0000 2014|@kierongillen kieron, no, i don't know it. there are so many little blogs these days. (BUT I LOVE MITCHELL AND WEBB) 517853203002843136|Fri Oct 03 01:46:39 +0000 2014|RT @jskylerinc: Worth repeating: You can enjoy media that is problematic and acknowledge critiques of said media as truthful and valid. Do … 517852618539139072|Fri Oct 03 01:44:20 +0000 2014|@Totalbiscuit @chrisremo I'll pass the note along 517852183577247746|Fri Oct 03 01:42:36 +0000 2014|@amandamarcotte I'm 32, but being called young in your piece was nice, like getting carded! :) 517851288219156481|Fri Oct 03 01:39:02 +0000 2014|@Totalbiscuit @chrisremo I haven't been director in like 3 years 517851161031106560|Fri Oct 03 01:38:32 +0000 2014|@Totalbiscuit @chrisremo While we're all hype about 'facts' it's incredibly easy to find my website bio 517850838903955457|Fri Oct 03 01:37:15 +0000 2014|RT @chrisremo: The New York Times has published a blog post on Intel's retraction of ad money from Gamasutra under gamer pressure: http://t… 517845091965480960|Fri Oct 03 01:14:25 +0000 2014|@ThorinMoffatt Go hug you mother, internet creeper 517844164713906176|Fri Oct 03 01:10:44 +0000 2014|@DaleNorth Trust me on this one. Sea salt and coarse black pepper when it comes out. 517843194848243712|Fri Oct 03 01:06:53 +0000 2014|Pour over cooked pasta, add grated cheddar, bread crumbs, bake in oven 517843000932986883|Fri Oct 03 01:06:07 +0000 2014|Canned pumpkin, block of cream cheese, couple tbsp powdered mustard, cup or two of milk, smoked cheddar, combine in saucepan 517818141926518786|Thu Oct 02 23:27:20 +0000 2014|@spambot Oh that's so wonderful, I love that 517818057029611520|Thu Oct 02 23:27:00 +0000 2014|RT @spambot: I made a gif of the rad dog running around animation on @leighalexander's latest LoFi Let's Play http://gifyoutube.com/gif/vZp69q 517787722438963200|Thu Oct 02 21:26:27 +0000 2014|@kasavin I try to live like him but alas I am only woman 517774290289446912|Thu Oct 02 20:33:05 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: listen to this episode of @onelifeleft with the incredible @MituK and @leighalexander http://www.onelifeleft.com/2014/10/01/one-life-left-s10e11-229-ann-life-left-iii/ 517750443305611265|Thu Oct 02 18:58:19 +0000 2014|I am at my friend's house making pumpkin mac & cheese and pumpkin pie 517715648232058881|Thu Oct 02 16:40:03 +0000 2014|@CThursten well, no one said anything this time. HEADED OFF AT THE PASS 517715503054598144|Thu Oct 02 16:39:29 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine <33 ugh aevee i love you i feel very supported by you please be safe <33 517714344029999104|Thu Oct 02 16:34:52 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @10rdBen ERSTE https://31.media.tumblr.com/45f81f51deb040ba93c568a2477cbc6b/tumblr_miiq43sOJQ1s5yo0yo6_500.gif 517713387112124416|Thu Oct 02 16:31:04 +0000 2014|@fatachrestic @TheSquink it IS the same thing http://cjr.org/behind_the_news/how_misinformation_goes_viral.php 517713045599301633|Thu Oct 02 16:29:43 +0000 2014|@brett_douville well, i played it for years before i understood the CQC, and i still need some warm-up with it when i've been away 517712910689517568|Thu Oct 02 16:29:11 +0000 2014|@JeffGrubb if i was there'd be no otacon 517712732016373760|Thu Oct 02 16:28:28 +0000 2014|@snpsnpsnp <3333333333333333333333333333333333333333 517712683811241985|Thu Oct 02 16:28:17 +0000 2014|@brett_douville definitely 517712326573953026|Thu Oct 02 16:26:51 +0000 2014|@zusty @hentaiphd nina dont playtest with putzes 517712202460303360|Thu Oct 02 16:26:22 +0000 2014|@laevantine that's tonight 517712106855346176|Thu Oct 02 16:25:59 +0000 2014|i forgot i can't say something like that without cueing helpful tips and instructions from dudes who assume i never played it before 517711934255550464|Thu Oct 02 16:25:18 +0000 2014|ok gonna play mgs3 probably have a good cry 517711259895341056|Thu Oct 02 16:22:37 +0000 2014|RT @catcookgreim: also a (+) thing you could do to continue increasing diversity in games is support @GirlsMakeGames at http://t.co/kOIe97C… 517711205277106177|Thu Oct 02 16:22:24 +0000 2014|RT @GirlsMakeGames: 11 hours and counting! Please consider a #humblebundle to support #GirlsMakeGames and girl developers! https://t.co/j… 517711118060769280|Thu Oct 02 16:22:03 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd @zusty i'm sorry. you know that's a useless, ignorant thing for someone to say and you don't deserve it 517710511543443456|Thu Oct 02 16:19:39 +0000 2014|@zusty @hentaiphd 'well then YOURE not really a playtester' *shoves person back outside, slams door* 517694409018974209|Thu Oct 02 15:15:40 +0000 2014|@Laralyn It's amazing you're still trying to explain. They don't care about reality or context, just about making women look like bullies 517691100384223233|Thu Oct 02 15:02:31 +0000 2014|Intel buckles to anti-feminist campaign http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/2/6886747/intel-buckles-to-anti-feminist-campaign-by-pulling-ads-from-gaming 517690716982878208|Thu Oct 02 15:00:59 +0000 2014|@alex_navarro @MrPope @CaseyMalone @grmartin CONSPIRACY! *gets back in helicopter, leaving jessie j and ariana grande behind* 517690575609675777|Thu Oct 02 15:00:26 +0000 2014|@alex_navarro @MrPope @CaseyMalone @grmartin nicki comes in at the climax, spits an assertive verse, & is then disrespected by her industry 517677177903800320|Thu Oct 02 14:07:11 +0000 2014|@likeluke_ yeah, i love this complete edition but i do miss the colors from the graphic novels 517668333840506880|Thu Oct 02 13:32:03 +0000 2014|RT @HandEyeSociety: New #WordplayFest Jury members @leighalexander and @molleindustria ! Have a writerly game? Submit it to WordPlay: http:… 517667413945753600|Thu Oct 02 13:28:23 +0000 2014|RT @onelifeleft: It's a must listen episode of OLL! Not just because there's no Ste or Simon... Ann Life Left III - http://bit.ly/OLL_229 517663310117076993|Thu Oct 02 13:12:05 +0000 2014|@GSD_SteVB @piratemoggy 'dared disagree'. right. here's a new insult: you're being a fucking creep. 517662436217065472|Thu Oct 02 13:08:37 +0000 2014|@aweraw @GSD_SteVB @piratemoggy WE COMBED HER TWEETS BACK TO 2010 AND FOUND A TWEET WE CAN USE TO UNDERMINE HER ACTIVISM 517653562223255552|Thu Oct 02 12:33:21 +0000 2014|Here's a collection of the articles I'm most proud of having written http://leighalexander.net/selected-links/ 517650710830518272|Thu Oct 02 12:22:01 +0000 2014|RT @ludicpoop: can you find the part here where it says anything to the effect of "all gamers are dicks"? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/By8OSkSCMAEYzJN.png 517649870627557376|Thu Oct 02 12:18:41 +0000 2014|@brett_douville he keeps calling skywise 'skyfall' but otherwise we're good 517649232057339904|Thu Oct 02 12:16:09 +0000 2014|we got the complete elfquest and my bf is reading it for the first time and i'm so happy 517644479323705344|Thu Oct 02 11:57:15 +0000 2014|@codejill you can very easily download and emulate it using DOSBOX. I think it's really wonderful and still holds up 517644374004727809|Thu Oct 02 11:56:50 +0000 2014|Anyway, hi new followers, I wrote an intimate and personal ebook about life and work in the games industry I love https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 517643925906264065|Thu Oct 02 11:55:03 +0000 2014|@justrockythings no, i want to use the power of social justice to destroy them (just kidding. it's love.) 517643809589854208|Thu Oct 02 11:54:36 +0000 2014|@10rdBen #leenally 517643757983109121|Thu Oct 02 11:54:23 +0000 2014|RT @10rdBen: Here's the letter I'm sending @intel in support of @gamasutra and @leighalexander especially. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/By5Z0ixCUAAP6II.png 517641826921381888|Thu Oct 02 11:46:43 +0000 2014|@TearsofMalice please go outside and make some friends 517641175382360064|Thu Oct 02 11:44:08 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen i mean, i'm just a freelancer and not the person in charge so i don't wait you know what yes yes def deal 517639404920528897|Thu Oct 02 11:37:06 +0000 2014|this is another time when the civilized world hears about video games only to wonder why in the world anyone would work with them. good job 517638593951838208|Thu Oct 02 11:33:52 +0000 2014|i feel increasingly confident in the strong language of my article as it is borne out to the letter 517638272420691968|Thu Oct 02 11:32:36 +0000 2014|i woke up and they still think the processor tweets were real 517637705141088256|Thu Oct 02 11:30:20 +0000 2014|@scootlebootle you should really be embarrassed at how stupid you are for thinking that was serious 517527749855309824|Thu Oct 02 04:13:25 +0000 2014|@jejejaykie love your cover photo so much 517523152726151168|Thu Oct 02 03:55:09 +0000 2014|@joshez_ mostly i see reasons why @selmaleh is best <3 517521869545930754|Thu Oct 02 03:50:03 +0000 2014|@individualchic ohhhh i might get there in time! 517521067175583744|Thu Oct 02 03:46:52 +0000 2014|@selmaleh <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 517521004407820288|Thu Oct 02 03:46:37 +0000 2014|@beckyjewell thank you. it'll be okay. 517520563414532096|Thu Oct 02 03:44:52 +0000 2014|@tylerglaiel so do we 517517135439224833|Thu Oct 02 03:31:14 +0000 2014|RT @jbradfield: @leighalexander i tore the intel inside sticker off but I'm pretty sure there's still an intel hiding in there somewhere pl… 517516436643004416|Thu Oct 02 03:28:28 +0000 2014|they think the processor tweets were serious 517516153594589185|Thu Oct 02 03:27:20 +0000 2014|@DoombotBL @AndreaBettis_ oh my god do you even understand joke tweets? quick, screencap some more of them 517513681912201216|Thu Oct 02 03:17:31 +0000 2014|@individualchic I've done it, actually! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzg7o-TF7gA&list=UUmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA 517510296412639232|Thu Oct 02 03:04:04 +0000 2014|@10rdBen RESIGN 517509319450193920|Thu Oct 02 03:00:11 +0000 2014|@TekCenter (oh, i'm just kidding, i'm not actually having computer problems, i am self-mocking) 517508815903031297|Thu Oct 02 02:58:11 +0000 2014|@kikakos good luck! share what you make if you feel comfortable! 517508758847909889|Thu Oct 02 02:57:57 +0000 2014|@CmdrEdem (i know. sigh. *puts away hammer and nails*) 517508536306528257|Thu Oct 02 02:57:04 +0000 2014|@Iworshipjsbach i imagine so, coming from 'iworshipjsbach'! wow, thank you :) 517508310275481600|Thu Oct 02 02:56:10 +0000 2014|@kikakos yes! you can try Twine or Inklewriter -- both will let you easily make your own text-based games. I have 0 skills and even I can! 517508103357882369|Thu Oct 02 02:55:21 +0000 2014|@AxeloftheKey *insert abstract hammering and chainsaw sounds* 517507819294453760|Thu Oct 02 02:54:13 +0000 2014|'computer help took processor out why wont it work' 517507678802038785|Thu Oct 02 02:53:40 +0000 2014|googling 'can u take out your intel i7 what AMD to replace it with computer help lines' 517507319127900160|Thu Oct 02 02:52:14 +0000 2014|@HurdyIV that makes me happy to hear. 517506793443176450|Thu Oct 02 02:50:09 +0000 2014|let's play a fun cool game together http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/01/lo-fi-lets-play-tass-times-in-tonetown/ 517504902160211968|Thu Oct 02 02:42:38 +0000 2014|@ScottMadin careful, that kind of implication gets me tarred as a hegemonic bully who is oppressing people 517503512880898049|Thu Oct 02 02:37:06 +0000 2014|@krisgraft @frankcifaldi @pattheflip @Bboy_Izilla @megganpez the day you learned to make gifs healed pain of losing @chrisremo photoshops 517502794681819136|Thu Oct 02 02:34:15 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @Samagain2 @FruzsE @FartToContinue @sabin1981 @gamasutra literally scrolled thru years of activist tweets to find 'gotchas' 517499833536745473|Thu Oct 02 02:22:29 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi @krisgraft @pattheflip @Bboy_Izilla @megganpez randy loves his family, pocket full of snails 517499728154857473|Thu Oct 02 02:22:04 +0000 2014|@danctheduck thank you! i know how you feel about games writers so i'm EXTRA EXCITED 517499515667247106|Thu Oct 02 02:21:13 +0000 2014|boots on the ground for years. 517498779420094464|Thu Oct 02 02:18:18 +0000 2014|@krisgraft @pattheflip @frankcifaldi @megganpez xaitcontrol 2.0 517497241154904065|Thu Oct 02 02:12:11 +0000 2014|@krisgraft @megganpez i missed this. link please? 517495809915756544|Thu Oct 02 02:06:30 +0000 2014|@Mister__Fister @patrickklepek that's cool tho, find four year-old tweets with 0 context and use them to discredit person's entire position 517495607616086016|Thu Oct 02 02:05:42 +0000 2014|@ashly_burch NO WAY ahhhhh 517495334122299392|Thu Oct 02 02:04:36 +0000 2014|@feliciaday @jennatar here's @brett_douville's letter he submitted via enclosed corporate responsibility page link http://www.brettdouville.com/mt-archives/2014/10/an_open_letter.html 517493272823230464|Thu Oct 02 01:56:25 +0000 2014|@jennatar i didn't even say 'death', that was the several other people who wrote pieces in the wake of mine that concurred. BUT HEY 517480275820158977|Thu Oct 02 01:04:46 +0000 2014|@ohboyvidya @brett_douville @Samagain2 @FruzsE @FartToContinue @gamasutra like you care about racism anyway. you're a right-wing hate mob. 517479793089327104|Thu Oct 02 01:02:51 +0000 2014|@TOPolk me too. 517479632720130048|Thu Oct 02 01:02:13 +0000 2014|@FruzsE fruszina, i tweeted nicki minaj lyrics and they believed they were genuine, threatening statements which originated with me lol 517479101771169792|Thu Oct 02 01:00:06 +0000 2014|@TOPolk especially in light of the fact you don't usually agree with me, i appreciate your analysis of the situation! 517478931566321665|Thu Oct 02 00:59:26 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @Samagain2 @FruzsE @FartToContinue @sabin1981 @gamasutra (once 'my old out of context tweets' became their main argument) 517478815673909248|Thu Oct 02 00:58:58 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @Samagain2 @FruzsE @FartToContinue @sabin1981 @gamasutra (there were over 90k until i deleted everything prior to 2012) 517478525172215808|Thu Oct 02 00:57:49 +0000 2014|@TOPolk possible explanation a. many, many leading voices interested in this line of thought b. CONSPIRACY 517477418408239104|Thu Oct 02 00:53:25 +0000 2014|@MsMinotaur @Kid_Desimo @SpiltMilkStudio and that day, we shall truly have won 517477117194698752|Thu Oct 02 00:52:13 +0000 2014|@MsMinotaur @Kid_Desimo @SpiltMilkStudio we also iterate on it every time we meet 517476428213153792|Thu Oct 02 00:49:29 +0000 2014|@FruzsE my out of context joke tweets are all they have in their tantrum about how they're still the world's best consumer demographic 517474924932263936|Thu Oct 02 00:43:30 +0000 2014|@Samagain2 @FruzsE @FartToContinue @sabin1981 @brett_douville @gamasutra that's a fucking boston sports reference, you idiot 517473222766247936|Thu Oct 02 00:36:45 +0000 2014|@MikeLeiderman really hope you like it! i poured my heart into it. 517473023465512960|Thu Oct 02 00:35:57 +0000 2014|@xuhulk thank you! i really hope you enjoy the book *knuckles* 517471581002428416|Thu Oct 02 00:30:13 +0000 2014|@real_chris_paul cheers, enjoy the pizza tracker for me 517467249779552256|Thu Oct 02 00:13:01 +0000 2014|@FruzsE @brett_douville @gamasutra it's real, believe me 517466891833446401|Thu Oct 02 00:11:35 +0000 2014|RT @cynixy: Nice to see so many people who have been saying "This is about journalism, not dev" finally see how it affects them. 517464743737430016|Thu Oct 02 00:03:03 +0000 2014|@jkohlmann you can support Gamasutra by contacting intel's corporate responsibility line directly x 517464425616244736|Thu Oct 02 00:01:47 +0000 2014|@aefreemansmith thank you tons! I hope you enjoy the book! 517464022065491968|Thu Oct 02 00:00:11 +0000 2014|RT @brett_douville: I contacted Intel through their corp. responsibility page to support @gamasutra and @leighalexander. My letter here: ht… 517463790728650752|Wed Oct 01 23:59:16 +0000 2014|@jkohlmann thank you tons and tons! I hope you enjoy the book! 517462609507794945|Wed Oct 01 23:54:34 +0000 2014|@samturri @intel @gamasutra yes 517462533649604608|Wed Oct 01 23:54:16 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @gamasutra thank you <3 517462374370914306|Wed Oct 01 23:53:38 +0000 2014|@TonicBH thank you. honestly, support from people who disagree means most of all. 517460597017821184|Wed Oct 01 23:46:34 +0000 2014|@vanaman @Pepyri_ i don't even know what this rivalry was. was it caused by @fullbright 517460080300552192|Wed Oct 01 23:44:31 +0000 2014|@vanaman @Pepyri_ i ate an ENTIRE QUESADILLA with you, sean 517459521917026304|Wed Oct 01 23:42:18 +0000 2014|@vanaman @Pepyri_ wait how did we become enemies 517459085013159936|Wed Oct 01 23:40:34 +0000 2014|@JosephPantaleo clearly i was not wrong lol 517458902846152706|Wed Oct 01 23:39:51 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz thank you known coldtittyman 517458494941696000|Wed Oct 01 23:38:13 +0000 2014|@Quinnae_Moon then it's all been worth it <3 517458179416788992|Wed Oct 01 23:36:58 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine meguca... 517458064333475841|Wed Oct 01 23:36:31 +0000 2014|RT @andrewcrawshaw: Going to Intel's Buzz Workshop for gamedevs in London Oct 2nd? Read this first: http://techraptor.net/2014/10/01/gamasutra-intel/ cc/ @gamasutra @… 517457627542855680|Wed Oct 01 23:34:46 +0000 2014|So grateful for the support for me, for Gamasutra, and for all provocative/dissenting, progressive games writers http://31.media.tumblr.com/91170f722db2e769c9606e8a0a77afd9/tumblr_ms32iqznqQ1r2oiuyo5_250.gif 517457181566697472|Wed Oct 01 23:33:00 +0000 2014|@laura_hudson <3 517453623970652160|Wed Oct 01 23:18:52 +0000 2014|RT @TheQuinnspiracy: a lot of people seem shocked today so I'll leave this informative guide on how astroturfing campaigns work here http:/… 517452446012940288|Wed Oct 01 23:14:11 +0000 2014|@Megan_Nicolett @kirkhamilton i don't remember 'geeked out.' i remember you were totally nice and it was awesome to meet you <3 517452288135540736|Wed Oct 01 23:13:33 +0000 2014|@sarahljaffe @kierongillen giiiirl <3 <3 <3 517452223291224064|Wed Oct 01 23:13:18 +0000 2014|RT @EdStern: I support @gamasutra, and @leighalexander. I welcome a full and immediate statement from @Intel on what they did or did not do… 517451709166391298|Wed Oct 01 23:11:15 +0000 2014|@DataFran *whiskey 517451544179249152|Wed Oct 01 23:10:36 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton @Megan_Nicolett ME EITHER. IT HAS NOT ALL BEEN FOR NOTHING THEN 517451248576897025|Wed Oct 01 23:09:26 +0000 2014|@ohnoproblems thanks for your work, keeping me INSPIRED 517451115751677952|Wed Oct 01 23:08:54 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh oh stop <3 <3 <3 517450696166088705|Wed Oct 01 23:07:14 +0000 2014|RT @kfan: The fact that scared gamer babymen got @intel to pull its ads from @Gamasutra just proves how awesome & powerful @leighalexander … 517450550447964160|Wed Oct 01 23:06:39 +0000 2014|@NSSteph <3 <3 <3 517450397166739456|Wed Oct 01 23:06:03 +0000 2014|@EC_DanielFloyd that's so good to hear right now 517450260881240065|Wed Oct 01 23:05:30 +0000 2014|TRUTH RT @nickchester Now might be a good time to let everyone know that I MADE @leighalexander. 517450118379741184|Wed Oct 01 23:04:56 +0000 2014|@acosmos @xMattieBrice omg <3 <3 <3 <# 517449845645541378|Wed Oct 01 23:03:51 +0000 2014|RT @fullbright: @intel support game developers, the games industry, @leighalexander, @gamasutra instead of an internet hate mob. 517449602237497344|Wed Oct 01 23:02:53 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi i miss you so much 517448569565896705|Wed Oct 01 22:58:47 +0000 2014|RT @10rdBen: Hey everyone tweeting support for @leighalexander please also take a sec to email @intel and LET THEM KNOW https://t.co/q0c2Cy… 517448496446963713|Wed Oct 01 22:58:29 +0000 2014|@bombsfall i'm like a jrpg boss i just come back with better bigger hair and more undead god version 517448149972320256|Wed Oct 01 22:57:07 +0000 2014|RT @onidavin: Sad to see @intel bow to pressure from a harassing mob. Much love to @gamasutra and @leighalexander. 517448123476873217|Wed Oct 01 22:57:01 +0000 2014|@patrickklepek patrick. <3 <3 thank you. 517447873915785216|Wed Oct 01 22:56:01 +0000 2014|RT @RBryant2012: .@leighalexander's writing always makes me stop and think. Shame on @intel for pulling Gamasutra ads over her work. 517447839421829120|Wed Oct 01 22:55:53 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice thank you so very much for saying that 517447344481374209|Wed Oct 01 22:53:55 +0000 2014|@dllvllHllvllb no, but I have a book for sale! https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 517447181150986241|Wed Oct 01 22:53:16 +0000 2014|RT @Easy_Chowder: Damn, how did I miss that @leighalexander article? The world needs many many many more articles like this. #AGAB 517447138020974592|Wed Oct 01 22:53:06 +0000 2014|@The_Katbot intel pulled ads from gamasutra, after gamergaters mobbed them with hateful shit to do with my controversial article 517446941991788546|Wed Oct 01 22:52:19 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice if my writing had anything to do with your writing i can feel like i haven't been wasting my time here x 517446827978010624|Wed Oct 01 22:51:52 +0000 2014|@bombsfall *knuckles* oh nothin' just intel pulling ads from gamasutra over my article thanks to garmeargrat mobs 517446636038291456|Wed Oct 01 22:51:06 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice MATTIE <3 517446557839659008|Wed Oct 01 22:50:47 +0000 2014|RT @PistolDill: @leighalexander I read your articles. GG and Intel didn't. If they refuse to support best practices for the industry, I'll … 517446244470644737|Wed Oct 01 22:49:33 +0000 2014|@laevantine @Quinnae_Moon @captain_panties @MammonMachine donotlink it, i need a nicki copter gif 517445768702345216|Wed Oct 01 22:47:39 +0000 2014|@Vahn16 ah <3 <3 t 517445716638441472|Wed Oct 01 22:47:27 +0000 2014|@captain_panties @MammonMachine my personal totem is nicki minaj arriving in a helicopter at the end of bang bang, un-basic-ing it all 517444790552911872|Wed Oct 01 22:43:46 +0000 2014|RT @glomag: I support @leighalexander and @gamasutra. Gamergaters are hypocrites, shouting down opinions they don't like while whining abou… 517443152941416448|Wed Oct 01 22:37:15 +0000 2014|RT @JimSterling: Again, I feel I should reiterate that trying to push voices out of games media, especially fringe voices, helps nobody and… 517442974465417216|Wed Oct 01 22:36:33 +0000 2014|@laevantine coincidentally, tomorrow i'm going to my friend @Seniath house to bake a pecan pie. if only you could come to London. 517442826125471744|Wed Oct 01 22:35:58 +0000 2014|@Manpuncher support my right to say mean things to belittling sexist harasser random #92882941 of the day 517442600769703937|Wed Oct 01 22:35:04 +0000 2014|@Manpuncher were they mostly nicki minaj lyrics? 517442170664796161|Wed Oct 01 22:33:21 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine (i am not acquainted with his friend) 517442116575035392|Wed Oct 01 22:33:08 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine ...'hate his trans friend' ...??!? 517442081447755777|Wed Oct 01 22:33:00 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine i have personally never seen this before -- some guy the other day was saying i'm a 'motherfucking bitch' because i... 517441657474932738|Wed Oct 01 22:31:19 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine they never read me until now, actually, they spend a lot of time telling me they never heard of me and i'm no one etc. 517441534531473408|Wed Oct 01 22:30:50 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine ''-- of feminism and safe space." oh, it's chilling the extent to which they have it (and have twisted it) 517441426037424129|Wed Oct 01 22:30:24 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine the fascinating thing is all this time it's been like 'well, they aren't bad people, they just don't have the vocabulary -- 517441047988015104|Wed Oct 01 22:28:54 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine I NEVER EVEN SAID DEATH that was the like 8 other people who as usual wrote the same things as me 517440639051763712|Wed Oct 01 22:27:16 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine they sure found the best poss way to undermine/defeat/caricaturize me 517437107368108032|Wed Oct 01 22:13:14 +0000 2014|RT @fizzbang: If you think GG lacks internal consistency, you've forgotten their real goal is to drive women out of games. Does @intel supp… 517433471372115969|Wed Oct 01 21:58:47 +0000 2014|'someone should do something' 517433198868189185|Wed Oct 01 21:57:42 +0000 2014|@10rdBen cool thanks 517432822567809024|Wed Oct 01 21:56:12 +0000 2014|@10rdBen they can't hear you like this 517432497802850304|Wed Oct 01 21:54:55 +0000 2014|@expdotzine subtweeting doesn't have any effect, direct contact seems to work 517428211136090112|Wed Oct 01 21:37:53 +0000 2014|@m_kopas <3 <3 517428180274380800|Wed Oct 01 21:37:46 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: have you been watching @leighalexander's lo-fi let's plays? they're the opposite of the usual LP and totally great http://t.co… 517424857550974977|Wed Oct 01 21:24:34 +0000 2014|RT @fiddlecub: G-g-gate: now succeeding in getting @intel to pull ads from Gamasutra for its "controversial" stances. https://t.co/zSy8Uj0C… 517418317951557633|Wed Oct 01 20:58:34 +0000 2014|@fubarpops it's a pretty good excuse for most things 517416749533511680|Wed Oct 01 20:52:20 +0000 2014|@WingZero351 @Kotaku @koTAYku great article! I can't get enough SotN <3 517416524613971968|Wed Oct 01 20:51:27 +0000 2014|RT @WingZero351: Thanks to @leighalexander for the insight! My @Kotaku @koTAYku article on why SOTN is so great! http://tay.kotaku.com/game-of-the-week-an-incredible-little-pile-of-secrets-1641069940 517414674338693120|Wed Oct 01 20:44:06 +0000 2014|@fubarpops OH OH bake off ok got it sorry i'm american 517412597868797953|Wed Oct 01 20:35:51 +0000 2014|@fubarpops I don't even know what GBBO is so yes 517412255949156353|Wed Oct 01 20:34:29 +0000 2014|@MattGrandis I never experienced it in its time, but loved the heck out of it on a first visit this past week. 517410982986268674|Wed Oct 01 20:29:26 +0000 2014|Tass Times in Tonetown was a distinctive 1986 adventure that played with 80s new wave and surrealism http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/01/lo-fi-lets-play-tass-times-in-tonetown/ 517410401911595008|Wed Oct 01 20:27:07 +0000 2014|@katrinaville @teamjude it's the only way to be safe 517410215101468673|Wed Oct 01 20:26:23 +0000 2014|RT @natazilla: WHAT A BAKA CHOICE PHARRELL http://pbs.twimg.com/media/By41IYFCcAA657c.png 517405602273042433|Wed Oct 01 20:08:03 +0000 2014|@anamanaguchi same 517375860090089473|Wed Oct 01 18:09:52 +0000 2014|RT @auntiepixelante: http://wizardofvore.itch.io/lesbian-spider-queens-of-mars LESBIAN SPIDER-QUEENS OF MARS UNCENSORED now on sale for windows&mac! (image by @Cherry_Cupid) … 517368995889315841|Wed Oct 01 17:42:35 +0000 2014|RT @CBCCommunity: Women who talk video games on social media risk abuse, harassment and threats http://www.cbc.ca/1.2784181 http://t.co/h6iU4Vr7… 517358590617600000|Wed Oct 01 17:01:14 +0000 2014|I was invited on the Guardian's podcast with @keefstuart, about horror games! @ChineseRoom & Sigourney Weaver also! http://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2014/oct/01/sigourney-weaver-alien-isolation-horror-computer-games-podcast 517353374417551360|Wed Oct 01 16:40:31 +0000 2014|now i just use his steam account anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/ 517353258772201472|Wed Oct 01 16:40:03 +0000 2014|we just noticed that apparently the person who is now my boyfriend sent me a steam friend request 789 days ago that i never answered 517330836211761152|Wed Oct 01 15:10:57 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @mattsheret this is you avoiding it? 517330612596666370|Wed Oct 01 15:10:04 +0000 2014|RT @keefstuart: This week's Tech Weekly is a horror games special, starring @leighalexander, @danpinchbeck and Sigourney Weaver! http://t.c… 517330573811924992|Wed Oct 01 15:09:54 +0000 2014|@DamianSommer @christinelove then no. also if you have to ask the internet whether you should consider dating someone then probably no 517326519409344512|Wed Oct 01 14:53:48 +0000 2014|@kierongillen FINE SEE YOU NEVER 517326304627404800|Wed Oct 01 14:52:57 +0000 2014|@kierongillen urgh i forgot about nycc 517324697399484417|Wed Oct 01 14:46:33 +0000 2014|@kierongillen WHEN are we drinking i said 517320054271377408|Wed Oct 01 14:28:06 +0000 2014|@mikepatterson11 hey, cool! I loved this game, too! 517307410999181312|Wed Oct 01 13:37:52 +0000 2014|Noelle Stevenson's Nimona is a very, very fun and cool comic! http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/page-1 517306821300977664|Wed Oct 01 13:35:31 +0000 2014|@Upstreamism @Fiohnel yes, let's twist 'people want other choices' into 'hate movement' against the most privileged dominant paradigm :0 517285896539090944|Wed Oct 01 12:12:23 +0000 2014|Linked in the RPS article for this week's video is the Tonetown Times, an essential NEWSPAPER that came with the game 517284718518476801|Wed Oct 01 12:07:42 +0000 2014|Let's take a funky trip to a new-wave world! This week's Lo-Fi Let's Play is much-requested Tass Times in Tonetown http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/01/lo-fi-lets-play-tass-times-in-tonetown/ 517271838033207297|Wed Oct 01 11:16:31 +0000 2014|@KatNicoleB that's scary! i am from the northeast so we didn't have the evangelical aspect. 517270970453983232|Wed Oct 01 11:13:04 +0000 2014|@mrmikejohnson @KaraOTR Glad you liked the piece, Kara. Unfortunately sharing it is the fastest way to attract MRAs 517270576864698368|Wed Oct 01 11:11:30 +0000 2014|@KatNicoleB wait what, that was a real thing you saw? 517266493101588480|Wed Oct 01 10:55:16 +0000 2014|whoa. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/the-love-school-wembley-alex-horne-769 517262895848374272|Wed Oct 01 10:40:59 +0000 2014|@DaltonLGilbert @RogueStarGamez not 'my readership', just you 517117052348551168|Wed Oct 01 01:01:27 +0000 2014|games are fun because theyre about making numbers go up and you killing more things 517116562588041217|Wed Oct 01 00:59:30 +0000 2014|hi i believe video games are a mature something something well back to clicker heroes the only game i care about http://www.clickerheroes.com/ 517114032453849091|Wed Oct 01 00:49:27 +0000 2014|@mallelis i was so embarrassed that i hid the pants i had been wearing in my room and never wore them again 517113953005342721|Wed Oct 01 00:49:08 +0000 2014|@mallelis in 4th grade i pull my pants down as a joke because SURPRISE I HAD TIGHTS ON but i was lectured by a teacher for 'mooning' 517060582210818049|Tue Sep 30 21:17:03 +0000 2014|@SusanArendt @Sliwinski what?! sounds like a hostile work environment 517057834522259456|Tue Sep 30 21:06:08 +0000 2014|RT @vivian_games: "Post-Modern Geekism as Simulated Ethnicity" http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc54.2012/SolesKunyoGeedom/ I'm reading through this and so far it's really good. 517005685926932480|Tue Sep 30 17:38:55 +0000 2014|RT @Papapishu: Pharrell is now an anime. http://kotaku.com/pharrells-new-music-video-is-part-anime-part-video-gam-1640726020 http://twitter.com/Papapishu/status/516995465641197568/photo/1 516968994814038018|Tue Sep 30 15:13:07 +0000 2014|@bonzrat ahhhhhhh 516959924837158912|Tue Sep 30 14:37:05 +0000 2014|Should this week's Let's Play be Tass Times in Tonetown? I'm feeling loving toward you all. 516945820110061568|Tue Sep 30 13:41:02 +0000 2014|@keefstuart I just emailed you... 516899477173833728|Tue Sep 30 10:36:53 +0000 2014|@keefstuart yeah i cannot give away all my BRILLIANT GEMS on twitter now 516896888344551424|Tue Sep 30 10:26:36 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @mikeBithell yeah, because I care about your question I'll warn you the single quotes will alienate people from answering 516896625407827968|Tue Sep 30 10:25:33 +0000 2014|@keefstuart it was the first game in the series to just be about trad male power and not 'survival' 516747183430049792|Tue Sep 30 00:31:43 +0000 2014|@sayakanaya are you sincerely crying or is 'crying' like an abstract sentiment, i know i wonder about this a lot, congrats on yr fdj 516745978184220672|Tue Sep 30 00:26:56 +0000 2014|@leigh_books good idea, my bot 516744349213032448|Tue Sep 30 00:20:28 +0000 2014|@fitzthemighty i feel 'your empire falls' probably would more likely refer to privileged homogeny/hegemony but YMMV 516727631681978368|Mon Sep 29 23:14:02 +0000 2014|@fitzthemighty not paying attn/not interested 516623211883421696|Mon Sep 29 16:19:06 +0000 2014|RT @BenjaminCousins: Sony should have shared more data about Home. I think people would be really surprised, comparing users & revenue with… 516619797925478400|Mon Sep 29 16:05:32 +0000 2014|RT @sarahjeong: There is no gender on the internet, only data http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByaBbAuIMAAnjlt.png 516617839680425984|Mon Sep 29 15:57:45 +0000 2014|RT @atduskgreg: In answer to @leighalexander’s call I made this. RT @destiny_ebooks: Cabal soldiers collapse loudly and squirt dark oil fro… 516605458304757760|Mon Sep 29 15:08:34 +0000 2014|RT @dukope: "Watch this." http://twitter.com/dukope/status/516603775495069696/photo/1 516571768396734465|Mon Sep 29 12:54:41 +0000 2014|@BRIGHTPRIMATE *knuckles* 516562329606316032|Mon Sep 29 12:17:11 +0000 2014|@bfod @demanrisu (this was yesterday!) 516562292251820032|Mon Sep 29 12:17:02 +0000 2014|@bfod @demanrisu queue to get into tube station lift. not everyone could fit. lady near me muttered to no-one, 'try losing some weight.' 516562135133212672|Mon Sep 29 12:16:24 +0000 2014|@demanrisu @bfod well, cutting in line isn't exactly approved-of in the states either, but someone will be like 'HEY EXCUSE ME' if you do 516561387435589633|Mon Sep 29 12:13:26 +0000 2014|@demanrisu @bfod i wouldn't go that far, but loss of control, inconsistency, etc is SO not allowed here 516560602119278592|Mon Sep 29 12:10:19 +0000 2014|@bfod legit wondering if this has begun influencing me, or if the recent 'you are too aggressive' thing is just sexism/antiprogressivism 516557661752803328|Mon Sep 29 11:58:38 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @cymrogav help 516557219765424129|Mon Sep 29 11:56:53 +0000 2014|@MituK this is perfect 516556797088641024|Mon Sep 29 11:55:12 +0000 2014|Everyone needs to stop about the tea. I was born in Massachusetts and you KNOW what we do to tea there 516556106106429441|Mon Sep 29 11:52:27 +0000 2014|now the 'joke' tweets about how I should simply be forced to drink the tea... the english have a secret, scary side... #uklife 516555729172701184|Mon Sep 29 11:50:57 +0000 2014|@Mazloum i think it's allowed from an american 516555330592198656|Mon Sep 29 11:49:22 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge we both just laughed brokenly and sighed 'oh no' 516555255967141888|Mon Sep 29 11:49:04 +0000 2014|Hard to concentrate as I've been interrupted by offers of tea FOUR TIMES in the hour that I'm getting to work (I don't drink tea) #uklife 516540676826497024|Mon Sep 29 10:51:08 +0000 2014|RT @destiny_ebooks: Shaxx oversees those who seek to forge themselves. Within it Warlocks have long studied the Traveler, mastering some of… 516534424016801792|Mon Sep 29 10:26:18 +0000 2014|@onelifeleft will they finally give it to you, just so they don't have to clean up all your flipped tables again? 516533472517955584|Mon Sep 29 10:22:31 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly i support your battles as well 516533435306106880|Mon Sep 29 10:22:22 +0000 2014|Here's my latest links digest -- plus a free audio chapter from Clipping Through, loosely about MGS 'and stuff' http://leighalexander.net/perfect-stealth/ 516533164903514112|Mon Sep 29 10:21:17 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly i have forearm scars from pulling pizzas out of the oven with my BARE HANDS 516529743873990656|Mon Sep 29 10:07:42 +0000 2014|Wow -- @destiny_ebooks is real. Thank you @atduskgreg 516364175153856512|Sun Sep 28 23:09:47 +0000 2014|@hunktears im so lucky not to have these concerns i just look at the show 516363963471515648|Sun Sep 28 23:08:57 +0000 2014|@hunktears :( wow rude 516363617462390784|Sun Sep 28 23:07:34 +0000 2014|@hunktears oh no really??? not being in communities or anything idk... who is the archetypical sterek fan....? 516363251505180672|Sun Sep 28 23:06:07 +0000 2014|@hunktears sterek 516361365850947584|Sun Sep 28 22:58:37 +0000 2014|@simoncarless my dad totally wrote 'your digital doberman' re similar topics in the 90s 516350839343292416|Sun Sep 28 22:16:48 +0000 2014|RT @jonathanshainin: My favorite American holiday is the annual unveiling of our new enemy. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByohrpbIYAAShph.png 516347468108562433|Sun Sep 28 22:03:24 +0000 2014|@vivian_games how old is this person 516343462552412160|Sun Sep 28 21:47:29 +0000 2014|I swam around a 17 degree celsius pond today. It was invigorating. 516197017484533761|Sun Sep 28 12:05:34 +0000 2014|@fubarpops @flaneur @felix_cohen try saying like 'a true artist would never drinkshame ANYONE' 516192783334641664|Sun Sep 28 11:48:44 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen @flaneur i mean, i'm sorry though, that still sounds like a rad time to me 516191886173016064|Sun Sep 28 11:45:10 +0000 2014|RT @botherer: What a pretty pickle it is when a Tory MP's sexploits take place on technology too confusing for the newspapers: http://t.co/… 516191410937425920|Sun Sep 28 11:43:17 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen @flaneur i liked being in zurich because it didn't seem embarrassing to buy smirnoff ice 516186438988492800|Sun Sep 28 11:23:31 +0000 2014|@smestorp keep in mind i don't really actually play it, i just look at and listen to it 516050997349978112|Sun Sep 28 02:25:20 +0000 2014|I hope y'all don't think I don't like Destiny... it really is weirdly postmodern, poetic, a prog rock album cover (but no songs) 516050561792499713|Sun Sep 28 02:23:36 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @m_kopas WOW really 516045547615293440|Sun Sep 28 02:03:40 +0000 2014|Someone make a Destiny bot that makes random sentences from words like Hive, Hellmouth, Shrine, Ocean, Vanguard, Engrams and 'of' and 'the' 516043526988386304|Sun Sep 28 01:55:39 +0000 2014|RT @avestal: @leighalexander The Writer of The Destiny uses The Definite Article to add The Gravitas 516043429705687040|Sun Sep 28 01:55:15 +0000 2014|RT @Manpuncher: @leighalexander The Queen is the ruler of The Awoken, guarded by The House Of Wolves who are members of The Fallen untainte… 516043402228793344|Sun Sep 28 01:55:09 +0000 2014|RT @GameDesignDan: @leighalexander The Cryptarch is the Guardian for the Traveler, whose Ghost comes from the second Black Garden on the th… 516042614907629569|Sun Sep 28 01:52:01 +0000 2014|@24thdoor i did it again back in 2012 and was actually just impressed with it all over again 516042525841567744|Sun Sep 28 01:51:40 +0000 2014|anyway, back to destiny. 'hi, i'm the queen's emissary' 'we have a queen?' 'i'm a cryptarch' 'what's that -- wait nm who cares' 516041668626493442|Sun Sep 28 01:48:16 +0000 2014|@Wordbeast yeah, i remember what you told me when i met you 516041431073689601|Sun Sep 28 01:47:19 +0000 2014|@DISTACTION yeah just scared/uncomfortable 516041223799570433|Sun Sep 28 01:46:29 +0000 2014|I still so love Silent Hill. 2 in particular is among the precious few video games i think has actual 'adult themes' 516040248045109248|Sun Sep 28 01:42:37 +0000 2014|@DISTACTION i don't think i could play a whole game like this it's so nauseating 516039972751966208|Sun Sep 28 01:41:31 +0000 2014|The 'final puzzle' conspiracies are out of this world, though (HUGE SPOILERS OBVS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUTTCfZe8Yc 516039852694192128|Sun Sep 28 01:41:03 +0000 2014|WELL. We finally did P.T. I could only make it through the first third myself before having to hand it off. 515988156328718336|Sat Sep 27 22:15:37 +0000 2014|@PersistentID absolutely 515963758754398208|Sat Sep 27 20:38:40 +0000 2014|RT @CoopFogg: One of the best shirts I've ever seen. Says it all. #Ferguson http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByWQM43IMAIJVpj.jpg 515961115650834432|Sat Sep 27 20:28:10 +0000 2014|RT @davidoreilly: http://www.reddit.com/r/thehedgehog/ 515960535343714305|Sat Sep 27 20:25:52 +0000 2014|@jetta_rae @MammonMachine @christinelove for aevee's birthday she should get a collage of all of our aeveesploitive selfies 515959840574021632|Sat Sep 27 20:23:06 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @christinelove no i wasn't making fun i was trying to look cute like you 515958541015072768|Sat Sep 27 20:17:56 +0000 2014|@christinelove @MammonMachine here check it out i did an aevee face #selfies4christine http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BykNju6IQAAL21N.jpg 515958281668661248|Sat Sep 27 20:16:55 +0000 2014|@christinelove @MammonMachine fufufufufu... 515957149177249792|Sat Sep 27 20:12:25 +0000 2014|@christinelove @MammonMachine will selfies heal you? should we #selfies4christine? 515953410701803520|Sat Sep 27 19:57:33 +0000 2014|according to the ghost we found // there is an ancient knight // you'll have to face him to find the grave -- destiny, SO prog rock 515950396750438401|Sat Sep 27 19:45:35 +0000 2014|RT @sundownmotel: holy shit every person in Imagine Dragons is just a macklemore from a different universe http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfmj1YDCAAA2ChG.png 515950385719435265|Sat Sep 27 19:45:32 +0000 2014|@sundownmotel @AmyDentata it's like orphan black but with macklemore 515944716861710337|Sat Sep 27 19:23:00 +0000 2014|RT @rich_lem: Check out this amazing games and feminism syllabus, on @thenewinquiry http://thenewinquiry.com/features/tni-syllabus-gaming-and-feminism/ Thanks to my brilliant friend fo… 515944298366648321|Sat Sep 27 19:21:21 +0000 2014|@etrian_veteran thank you, anna! hope you find it worthwhile! 515926588161277953|Sat Sep 27 18:10:58 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: god this piece by @tinysubversions on small things is still so good http://tinysubversions.com/2014/05/thoughts-on-small-projects/ 515907475128991744|Sat Sep 27 16:55:01 +0000 2014|@unusualcadence this is so much more hooky than cookie clicker, too 515905275136864257|Sat Sep 27 16:46:17 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC @S0phieH I'm sorry 515903076323303424|Sat Sep 27 16:37:33 +0000 2014|don't look for me http://www.clickerheroes.com/ 515881520465465344|Sat Sep 27 15:11:53 +0000 2014|@Staryx that would be even more beautiful and amazing 515878014425780224|Sat Sep 27 14:57:57 +0000 2014|RT @CalmDownTom: @leighalexander "You fear nothing, and nothing will not fear you." Description of Void Walker class. Idiot poetry. Outside… 515877371321520129|Sat Sep 27 14:55:24 +0000 2014|l'we captured this old accelerator from an unknown fallen house' ... 'it had to be the guardian's ghost'... #dadaestiny 515843769850408960|Sat Sep 27 12:41:53 +0000 2014|@tamriilin it's vaguely biblical, yeah 515841457656459264|Sat Sep 27 12:32:42 +0000 2014|yes http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByijEmWIIAAH-DP.jpg 515840720964710400|Sat Sep 27 12:29:46 +0000 2014|@vdgmtourism right?? 515838257150820352|Sat Sep 27 12:19:58 +0000 2014|@scd it's actually less alienating, as a result of its alien-ness, than if it tried to make sense. and it's pretty. 515837049547804672|Sat Sep 27 12:15:11 +0000 2014|RT @JimSterling: @leighalexander The Traveler needs you to fight the Darkness and the Hive and the Fallen and the Cabal. Let's go to the To… 515837039661817856|Sat Sep 27 12:15:08 +0000 2014|RT @Stiif: @leighalexander The Cabal and Vex are after the construct! The Speaker wants us to activate Rasputin to counter the Hive! #okay 515835649430413312|Sat Sep 27 12:09:37 +0000 2014|'fallen are tearing into machiiiiiines all over the cosmodrome' 515834980996763648|Sat Sep 27 12:06:57 +0000 2014|I guess it's a good way to build a universe that's supposed to last 'forever' -- your sense of place is weird white noise 515833985684242432|Sat Sep 27 12:03:00 +0000 2014|It feels like the kind of thing you would make up, if you didn't know what videogames were, to sound videogamey 515833867375505408|Sat Sep 27 12:02:32 +0000 2014|Every bit of text and spoken word in Destiny is, like, this oddly poetic hum of total abstract nonsense 515695521349259264|Sat Sep 27 02:52:48 +0000 2014|@m_kopas right? 515692496060309504|Sat Sep 27 02:40:46 +0000 2014|@m_kopas milady 515662794998693888|Sat Sep 27 00:42:45 +0000 2014|@ThatPunkEd the funny thing about charisma is if you just ignore it, you check back a bit later and it's ratcheted up and you dunno why 515661422765027329|Sat Sep 27 00:37:18 +0000 2014|@ThatPunkEd i surrender to chaos. it does what it wants. you look fantastic x 515659661220282368|Sat Sep 27 00:30:18 +0000 2014|@lebkin the number of requests for that are few, but I'm considering it for the next short story -- thank you for listening! 515658464152920064|Sat Sep 27 00:25:32 +0000 2014|@CaseyMalone @tinysubversions my Analysis don't 515657393414631424|Sat Sep 27 00:21:17 +0000 2014|@MaraWritesStuff (this via a person with an actual dopamine tattoo) 515657242545516545|Sat Sep 27 00:20:41 +0000 2014|@MaraWritesStuff Mara, with all due respect, I'm about to escalate this for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUHxWhvb4ng 515655999043018752|Sat Sep 27 00:15:45 +0000 2014|ehh, fuck it, though. i've already got too much social media in my life https://aralbalkan.com/notes/ello-goodbye/ 515651238734462976|Fri Sep 26 23:56:50 +0000 2014|@_ValentineSmith you did this on fb and twitter, therefore you are the MOST excellent xoxoxo 515640725221163008|Fri Sep 26 23:15:03 +0000 2014|@hudcrab @mvandevander thank you <3 515635901154983936|Fri Sep 26 22:55:53 +0000 2014|@mvandevander @hudcrab (you're very kind! the next thing I release will probably have a bonus audio element...) 515629339267067905|Fri Sep 26 22:29:49 +0000 2014|@AdamOwenFTW @JimSterling @HelpIamaCabbage @TronKnotts next time you come home, Jim, South London board game party! 515628254339022848|Fri Sep 26 22:25:30 +0000 2014|@HelpIamaCabbage @TronKnotts he does look slightly like my dad... Looper... also I live in the area where @JimSterling was born... Looper 515627851861983233|Fri Sep 26 22:23:54 +0000 2014|RT @serafinowicz: God this #DarkSouls2 video made me laugh. THE PEEPER RETURNS http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/2hhkb3/the_peeper_returns/ 515627597825597440|Fri Sep 26 22:22:53 +0000 2014|@TronKnotts @HelpIamaCabbage MORE people hated it though :( 515627405323821056|Fri Sep 26 22:22:07 +0000 2014|@jennatar @samusclone @TronKnotts sometimes people think i'm jenn too... career high... 515627329885069312|Fri Sep 26 22:21:50 +0000 2014|@HelpIamaCabbage @TronKnotts WE DID 515627299396653057|Fri Sep 26 22:21:42 +0000 2014|@samusclone @TronKnotts do they really think i'm you? #flatteredtoo 515625899837128707|Fri Sep 26 22:16:09 +0000 2014|RT @hudcrab: I could listen to @leighalexander talk about games indefinitely https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23376336/Pigeon.mp3 515596670869209088|Fri Sep 26 20:20:00 +0000 2014|@CGSaw NO SHAME 515594869130420225|Fri Sep 26 20:12:50 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman "gal" 515594434193666048|Fri Sep 26 20:11:07 +0000 2014|RT @ThePlaylist: Watch: The excellent "Withnail & I" is getting restored and has a new trailer http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-trailer-for-restored-withnail-i-the-finest-cult-film-known-to-humanity-20140926 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByeStxuIIAAGENj.png 515594291008512000|Fri Sep 26 20:10:32 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman jesus hun 515589748577292288|Fri Sep 26 19:52:29 +0000 2014|@thatkookyseth @Phoenix_Blue @SC2MagicGunner (referring to street harassment. wording was def ignorant/shitty, tho.) 515588232378318848|Fri Sep 26 19:46:28 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @bombsfall i had an extended hospital stay when younger and became infuriated that all the staff called me 'alexandra' 515587987728789504|Fri Sep 26 19:45:30 +0000 2014|@Wordbeast i don't know any way they could address me that wouldn't be 515587706592952320|Fri Sep 26 19:44:23 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @bombsfall wow, siminsa elizabeth, i have never seen that one 515587609884893184|Fri Sep 26 19:44:00 +0000 2014|@CGSaw @bombsfall i think i tweet a lot about how to pronounce my name and that that's not it, and also that i loathe puns 515587437905854464|Fri Sep 26 19:43:19 +0000 2014|@bombsfall 'miss alexander' is belittling to a 32 year-old, so would you believe 'ms alexander' is prob the least offensive address 515587193956757504|Fri Sep 26 19:42:20 +0000 2014|@bombsfall at the same time, i'm disturbed when trolls just use my familiar first name, especially when bookended by commas, leigh 515587084422508544|Fri Sep 26 19:41:54 +0000 2014|@bombsfall well, people use my full name now, and that unsettles me 515586849096863746|Fri Sep 26 19:40:58 +0000 2014|@gregalor well, they may be. i'm not in the business of disputing people's identities, at least. 515586627524390912|Fri Sep 26 19:40:05 +0000 2014|@ollymoss let me try to outdo you with facts i read on wikipedia about games that my mom wouldn't let me play when i was in 3rd grade 515585935648759809|Fri Sep 26 19:37:20 +0000 2014|@spambot thanks, thanks, thank you! 515585497914437632|Fri Sep 26 19:35:36 +0000 2014|@jersing damn u parents cold 515584534143057920|Fri Sep 26 19:31:46 +0000 2014|@spambot no, actually, i think these people are quite a bit younger honestly 515584406061596672|Fri Sep 26 19:31:16 +0000 2014|@DebonaireToast or when your multi-billion dollar fandom has genuinely marginalized and outcast people 515583512905515009|Fri Sep 26 19:27:43 +0000 2014|@DanielMadison78 Thank you! I hope you enjoy it! 515582862897463297|Fri Sep 26 19:25:08 +0000 2014|@DanielMadison78 that piece was the work of @ohnoproblems, if I'm not mistaken 515580188433068033|Fri Sep 26 19:14:30 +0000 2014|Relevant: When I wrote about the Proteus Paradox, I explored the limitations of virtual worlds and virtual reality http://www.cjr.org/critical_eye/games_people_play.php?page=all 515577281159655424|Fri Sep 26 19:02:57 +0000 2014|@S0phieH cmonnnnnnnn 515567995402596352|Fri Sep 26 18:26:03 +0000 2014|@robertpeacock22 that would be the dream 515567761700175872|Fri Sep 26 18:25:07 +0000 2014|I'm serious, gonna get crunk and tear it up in PSHome tonight #friday 515567671526817792|Fri Sep 26 18:24:46 +0000 2014|@bfod ahahahah you were a 'noob' at being advertised to while doing nothing 515567574269304833|Fri Sep 26 18:24:23 +0000 2014|@S0phieH i'm obsessed with failed adverts 515566199615524864|Fri Sep 26 18:18:55 +0000 2014|@cryobiotic exactly! 515565967699898368|Fri Sep 26 18:18:00 +0000 2014|The only interesting "virtual world" is one that is about to die. Finally, time to try PlayStation Home, everyone! http://kotaku.com/playstation-home-finally-closing-down-1639565927 515565652757991424|Fri Sep 26 18:16:45 +0000 2014|@TimOfLegend feel well soon! 515564182910296065|Fri Sep 26 18:10:54 +0000 2014|RT @ashly_burch: This Humble Bundle supports scholarships for the young women involved with @GirlsMakeGames! Woop wooop female devs! https:… 515563292413399040|Fri Sep 26 18:07:22 +0000 2014|@KyraKat well, as much as I miss them, I think the wealth of user-contributed resources and communities online is awesome in its own way 515562390315106304|Fri Sep 26 18:03:47 +0000 2014|@slacktron my guy just got so depressed that suicide became a viable plot for him to undertake 515561980632240128|Fri Sep 26 18:02:09 +0000 2014|@TheWesterFront I only get to graduate to that when I feel truly prepared 515561752957034496|Fri Sep 26 18:01:15 +0000 2014|@kittystryker COMING TO YOUR PARTY somehow 515561438828822528|Fri Sep 26 18:00:00 +0000 2014|@slacktron because now i am that imbecile son 515561394650247168|Fri Sep 26 17:59:49 +0000 2014|@slacktron well, i didn't notice that my eldest son was an imbecile, i just bequeathed him everything and now i'm screwed 515561217742880769|Fri Sep 26 17:59:07 +0000 2014|@JonathanBolding gained 100 piety 515560549200199680|Fri Sep 26 17:56:28 +0000 2014|@kittystryker omg i have ALWAYS wanted to have the 70s party with weird seafood towers and loafs 515560272002842625|Fri Sep 26 17:55:22 +0000 2014|Google search: "ILL-RULER CRUSADER KINGS 2 WHY" 515560123553820672|Fri Sep 26 17:54:46 +0000 2014|@TheWesterFront If history had gone only a little differently, you would live in Leighland 515558818361913346|Fri Sep 26 17:49:35 +0000 2014|@TheWesterFront I have a claim on Lapland, you know 515545187561799680|Fri Sep 26 16:55:25 +0000 2014|@radiomaru if you wanna borrow my ps4 i just put it behind the back tire of yr car 515536176405831680|Fri Sep 26 16:19:37 +0000 2014|@Tanukitsune i cant hear you over the sound of me throwing my ps4 in a flaming barrel in the front yard 515535859576471553|Fri Sep 26 16:18:21 +0000 2014|@acarboni this entire machine has just become useless 515535244355964928|Fri Sep 26 16:15:55 +0000 2014|@TheWesterFront NOT NEARLY. Wait until I can conquer something besides Ireland. 515535125841711104|Fri Sep 26 16:15:26 +0000 2014|wait are there not psone classics on ps4? *boxes it up, returns it to store* 515529803253153792|Fri Sep 26 15:54:17 +0000 2014|@krystman @idlethumbs I'm too much of a control freak. I'd be boring. 515528775241859072|Fri Sep 26 15:50:12 +0000 2014|@krystman i forget my Twitch password. 515514891760050176|Fri Sep 26 14:55:02 +0000 2014|@Thairyn TRU STORY: getting 'nolite te bastardes carborundorum' written on me in a few weeks 515513952395341824|Fri Sep 26 14:51:18 +0000 2014|@laevantine @emeraldskies @mapledaroni i had one but i lost it 515512920986615808|Fri Sep 26 14:47:12 +0000 2014|@emeraldskies @mapledaroni prob like Target 515512845443010561|Fri Sep 26 14:46:54 +0000 2014|RT @scanters: I recorded a chapter of @leighalexander's book, Clipping Through, with her and you can listen here: http://leighalexander.net/perfect-stealth/ 515512482748964864|Fri Sep 26 14:45:28 +0000 2014|@emeraldskies @mapledaroni right now i got pajama bottoms with dogs on and the dogs are drinking because they are 'party animals' 515511979998720000|Fri Sep 26 14:43:28 +0000 2014|@cynicalmonkey why be a feminist when you could have THAT 515510629227311105|Fri Sep 26 14:38:06 +0000 2014|@spaceleftblank i mean, don't get me wrong, i wish it WAS 1992, i really do 515509892216807424|Fri Sep 26 14:35:10 +0000 2014|LADIES, renounce your beliefs and get to be with an adult man who wears a t-shirt over a longsleeve in 2014 515508697830010881|Fri Sep 26 14:30:25 +0000 2014|@DawnHFoster i'd renounce all my beliefs for a man still wearing a t-shirt over a longsleeve in 2014. wait no i wouldn't hahah 515508296036663296|Fri Sep 26 14:28:50 +0000 2014|RT @DawnHFoster: LADIES. MAKE YOUR CHOICES. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByaTSbHIgAAyCG9.jpg 515492101799555072|Fri Sep 26 13:24:29 +0000 2014|@nyxtaki thank you! not this book, but maybe the next one :) 515481395666640896|Fri Sep 26 12:41:56 +0000 2014|Also, if you like when I read, I also recorded the story of the time I was a watergun assassin for @ShutUpShow http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcast/episode/spoken-articles-2/ 515480997585248256|Fri Sep 26 12:40:21 +0000 2014|Listen to a free audio chapter from my new book! Let me read to you http://leighalexander.net/perfect-stealth/ 515480615463178240|Fri Sep 26 12:38:50 +0000 2014|@bombsfall i moved away ~1yr ago 515463314382786560|Fri Sep 26 11:30:05 +0000 2014|@SnakeFromHell this is my future 515463219830616064|Fri Sep 26 11:29:43 +0000 2014|@fitzthemighty it's always symphony of the night 515462643701018625|Fri Sep 26 11:27:25 +0000 2014|@failnaut @Sabrepulse can you guys pretend youre my security detail 515462449823514624|Fri Sep 26 11:26:39 +0000 2014|@Gredlen missing chances to declare ill-advised impulse wars and to stab the wrong heirs, lemme tell ya 515462302599233536|Fri Sep 26 11:26:04 +0000 2014|@fitzthemighty oh man, sometimes replacing it with a PSX game is my life too 515462175406956544|Fri Sep 26 11:25:34 +0000 2014|@Sabrepulse well, i told @failnaut just now 'NOTHING TO DO WITH VIDEO GAMES' but MAYBE. 515461457908363264|Fri Sep 26 11:22:43 +0000 2014|1. complain re no plans 2. friends kindly invite you 3. realize you're secretly excited to drink/play CK2 alone & just enjoy complaining 515445604953374720|Fri Sep 26 10:19:43 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive @Quinns108 well, they weren't IN the puddings, they were just kind of next to them. Also hey wait no they were not puddings i 515441528920346624|Fri Sep 26 10:03:31 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 is that the thing we had on top of the sausages because that was not a pie either 515441443620798465|Fri Sep 26 10:03:11 +0000 2014|Now, you can listen to a free audio chapter from Clipping Through! http://leighalexander.net/perfect-stealth/ thank you, @scanters <3 515441072475213824|Fri Sep 26 10:01:42 +0000 2014|There is a jar in our cabinet that is definitely gravy but it says 'pie' on it. #UKlife 515431224467521536|Fri Sep 26 09:22:34 +0000 2014|@culturekills @Brendy_C my nephews are ALL danish princes 515430564154064896|Fri Sep 26 09:19:57 +0000 2014|@wtrebella @TheQuinnspiracy @ElizSimins that is SO high quality, i too want one 515288417870290945|Thu Sep 25 23:55:07 +0000 2014|what is a man? companion reading for the game i just tweeted https://medium.com/mammon-machine-zeal/your-asshole-dads-castle-is-back-again-2623a02f0cb0 515288367404445696|Thu Sep 25 23:54:55 +0000 2014|@m_kopas NO it wasn't obtuse i just tweeted before i got involved with it 515287931893080064|Thu Sep 25 23:53:11 +0000 2014|very important, date night happens only once per century http://mkopas.net/files/deesbignight.html 515287590422212608|Thu Sep 25 23:51:49 +0000 2014|@m_kopas OMG I GET IT 515287241405771776|Thu Sep 25 23:50:26 +0000 2014|@m_kopas i AM very interested in meat and money orgies 515286433566064640|Thu Sep 25 23:47:14 +0000 2014|RT @WhoIsDo: Kanye West as he enters the Mortal Kombat tournament. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByZ1pzyCMAA4CGw.jpg 515285900801368064|Thu Sep 25 23:45:06 +0000 2014|RT @ffvii_blazed: CLOUD: did she leave with all our weed BARRET: i have it CLOUD: ok cool CLOUD: i didn’t even say goodbye TIFA: you did yo… 515277292411822082|Thu Sep 25 23:10:54 +0000 2014|@sotomiru @Brendy_C my nephews are all danish princes and i'll make them the guardians 515276068954329090|Thu Sep 25 23:06:02 +0000 2014|@sotomiru @Brendy_C i have been buying them all out of red opinion points and giving them corny-ass honorary titles... just waiting to feast 515275249102094336|Thu Sep 25 23:02:47 +0000 2014|@sotomiru @Brendy_C naw no i just died and now it's my son's gigantic de jure claim on all of ireland 515274457083281409|Thu Sep 25 22:59:38 +0000 2014|@sotomiru @Brendy_C somehow i now have NEGATIVE prestige... everyone hates the heir.. 515273256858034177|Thu Sep 25 22:54:52 +0000 2014|@sotomiru the other boys get to 'lead the armies'.... 515273186272083968|Thu Sep 25 22:54:35 +0000 2014|@sotomiru well, i have primogeniture so my oldest boy will get all eight (?!) of my holdings and share some with his heir 515272904016404481|Thu Sep 25 22:53:28 +0000 2014|@tjamesmartin @Brendy_C THEYRE FROM THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE AKA MY UNCLE'S HOUSE 515272864266997760|Thu Sep 25 22:53:18 +0000 2014|@tjamesmartin @Brendy_C whatever thats what my imported spymasters are for 515272621202874368|Thu Sep 25 22:52:20 +0000 2014|@sotomiru not if i shank them first 515272551111860224|Thu Sep 25 22:52:04 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C few years of spending all this gold on gifts and making people my swans keepers and seneschals and things 515272473752125440|Thu Sep 25 22:51:45 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C well, i mean, i own 51% of it, i have de jure on the rest, but i died and everyone hates my heir so 515259093393883137|Thu Sep 25 21:58:35 +0000 2014|OMG (cc @Brendy_C) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByaRahVCAAA5IIf.jpg 515239702472163328|Thu Sep 25 20:41:32 +0000 2014|RT @PixieJenni: @vivian_games @leighalexander Just a minor correction - it's not 92%, it's 74% (and they've said extra stuff: http://t.co/b… 515238692248887296|Thu Sep 25 20:37:31 +0000 2014|RT @vivian_games: The Fine Young Capitalists aren't actually helping women get into the games industry - So, there’s been a... http://t.co/… 515238589673000961|Thu Sep 25 20:37:07 +0000 2014|@Hadji402 @Danielleri @BenKuchera (i too prefer aliens) 515238437163917312|Thu Sep 25 20:36:30 +0000 2014|@mollylambert idk i really liked it 515236583663210499|Thu Sep 25 20:29:08 +0000 2014|Here @Beschizza intros 'The Complete Elfquest'. CAN FINALLY ADMIT AM SUPERFAN http://boingboing.net/2014/09/24/elfquest-paperback.html 515234189499985921|Thu Sep 25 20:19:38 +0000 2014|@laura_hudson but in comment culture every voice is valued and it's egalit--ashfjghhgs lol sorry no i cant 515232391112441856|Thu Sep 25 20:12:29 +0000 2014|People are doing free labor, sometimes at the expense of their mental health to protect your data https://medium.com/message/how-i-explained-heartbleed-to-my-therapist-4c1dbcbe1099 515230386335809537|Thu Sep 25 20:04:31 +0000 2014|RT @quinnnorton: A wonderful story by @maradydd, guest posting at The Message “How I Explained Heartbleed To My Therapist” https://t.co/q1… 515230035062816768|Thu Sep 25 20:03:07 +0000 2014|@AgentTinsley i was so blinged out 515229996005462016|Thu Sep 25 20:02:58 +0000 2014|@AgentTinsley claire's was mine 515229928535896065|Thu Sep 25 20:02:42 +0000 2014|RT @CousinDangereux: Was Ursula a lesbian? Today on @dailydot, I wrote about queer-coding, fatphobia, and femmephobia in Disney movies: htt… 515228670802161665|Thu Sep 25 19:57:42 +0000 2014|@AgentTinsley the last thing i remember is it was my little sister's favorite place to shoplift (cross stitch sets, iirc) 515228371400527872|Thu Sep 25 19:56:30 +0000 2014|@ElConquistadork *knuckles* 515212320457641985|Thu Sep 25 18:52:44 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: secrets agent made me laugh a lot and tear up a little, please check it out http://kittakaj.itch.io/secrets-agent 515207848339730432|Thu Sep 25 18:34:57 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins i admit it 515207340606619648|Thu Sep 25 18:32:56 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins elizabeth i think you're very funny 515207180338081792|Thu Sep 25 18:32:18 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins i thought this was a joke but no 515202802038358016|Thu Sep 25 18:14:54 +0000 2014|RT @pattheflip: i liked this @leighalexander article on @bfod and speed chess and especially the bit at the end re: momofuku http://t.co/66… 515170371835006978|Thu Sep 25 16:06:02 +0000 2014|Helena Bonham Carter as Marla Singer made it ok to wear unwashed dresses and sloppy jackets to the corner store, forever 515169914240647168|Thu Sep 25 16:04:13 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @kierongillen what's this weird pang... could it actually be... sympathy for jamie....? nah impossible 515161047544913920|Thu Sep 25 15:28:59 +0000 2014|@metasynthie @RPGsbebroke your dreams are pretty spot on 515149927161528320|Thu Sep 25 14:44:48 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: Bread, eggs, and video game design (by @bfod) http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/226382/The_very_good_reasons_for_Bennett_Foddys_mad_Speed_Chess.php2025 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByYt9VHIIAA3-87.jpg 515145721671327744|Thu Sep 25 14:28:05 +0000 2014|Neil Gaiman writing about his friend Terry Pratchett and anger as the impetus to write is really beautiful http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/24/terry-pratchett-angry-not-jolly-neil-gaiman 515141911800479744|Thu Sep 25 14:12:57 +0000 2014|"We should all make our own versions of Pong (which is eggs), and chess (which is bread)." http://ubm.io/1sZGTRX http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByYm1p0CIAA8XJn.jpg 515132297772015616|Thu Sep 25 13:34:45 +0000 2014|RT @molleindustria: I backed No Pineapple Left Behind, a game about de-unionized schools and tropical fruit by @SubalternGames https://t.co… 515131134049800192|Thu Sep 25 13:30:07 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @McKelvie 'is that leigh alexander' -- leigh alexander 515130465641316352|Thu Sep 25 13:27:28 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @kierongillen yeah really kieron 515126956686589953|Thu Sep 25 13:13:31 +0000 2014|@continuities hello! i'd like to interview you, but I don't have your email address. Where should I contact? 515106413312737280|Thu Sep 25 11:51:53 +0000 2014|@GabrielJ_W it's almost like they don't actually have a logical position and are just sexist 515104533283094528|Thu Sep 25 11:44:25 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: I love the way @leighalexander is approaching demands for disclosure http://gamasutra.com/view/news/226382/The_very_good_reasons_for_Bennett_Foddys_mad_Speed_Chess.php http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByYEiV8CAAE58zj.png 515104465196953600|Thu Sep 25 11:44:09 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol hallelujah! can we get an amen?! 515103777490501632|Thu Sep 25 11:41:25 +0000 2014|@10rdBen guess we can add NPR to our list of biased, corrupt blogs 515103632703123456|Thu Sep 25 11:40:50 +0000 2014|@BinsterUK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. 515103119077044225|Thu Sep 25 11:38:48 +0000 2014|@EmzOLV here it is -- I super hope it turns out to be worth the wait :) https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 515102653672861696|Thu Sep 25 11:36:57 +0000 2014|'glorified blogger' & 'mega-bitch' leigh alexander was also on NPR with more slanderous lies about gaming http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/09/24/349835297/-gamergate-controversy-fuels-debate-on-women-and-video-games?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=business 515102338982629378|Thu Sep 25 11:35:42 +0000 2014|I asked @bfod WHY he had to go and make 16-player Speed Chess. He had some pretty good reasons. http://gamasutra.com/view/news/226382/The_very_good_reasons_for_Bennett_Foddys_mad_Speed_Chess.php 515096847095197696|Thu Sep 25 11:13:53 +0000 2014|@MikeChannell and after a while you can no longer feel them and have to move your apple device to a better vein 515096758612131840|Thu Sep 25 11:13:31 +0000 2014|@philippawarr yo that is PERF 514922888777199616|Wed Sep 24 23:42:38 +0000 2014|Here is Ian Bogost on 'Future Ennui'. Yeah. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/future-ennui/380099/ 514922435481993217|Wed Sep 24 23:40:50 +0000 2014|@flaneur as you might have divined from the radio, I could use a drinks night soon. Let's try to collect one! 514921988608262145|Wed Sep 24 23:39:03 +0000 2014|@flaneur hello! have an excellent trip! 514898207340777473|Wed Sep 24 22:04:33 +0000 2014|@femfreq 'supreme females' 514895416299892737|Wed Sep 24 21:53:28 +0000 2014|@devinconnors super nice of you! 514894537832292352|Wed Sep 24 21:49:58 +0000 2014|@devinconnors @therealcliffyb we'll see. I'd really like to develop the series, try some things, test the audience etc before I try $$ 514893580440465408|Wed Sep 24 21:46:10 +0000 2014|@devinconnors @therealcliffyb that's a good point. may save stuff like that for backers if i ever monetize the vids? dunno yet. 514892807392481281|Wed Sep 24 21:43:06 +0000 2014|@devinconnors @therealcliffyb maybe. the idea is to do games people haven't already done tons about, to create a fuller landscape of the 80s 514891885622882304|Wed Sep 24 21:39:26 +0000 2014|@therealcliffyb http://virtualapple.org mainly! CLASSIC GEMS, cliff 514891121500377088|Wed Sep 24 21:36:24 +0000 2014|@joshscherr well, the same for me! 514889513059901440|Wed Sep 24 21:30:00 +0000 2014|@faePuck *knuckles* 514887936677273600|Wed Sep 24 21:23:44 +0000 2014|@Bboy_Izilla @ElizSimins shock, etc. 514881904576045056|Wed Sep 24 20:59:46 +0000 2014|Let's curl up under autumn blankets and look at some wizards, everyone http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/24/lo-fi-lets-play-man-eng-master-of-evil/ 514881596328280064|Wed Sep 24 20:58:33 +0000 2014|Official @califonemusic season has officially begun 514864213991645184|Wed Sep 24 19:49:28 +0000 2014|@WingZero351 of course! Thanks for your interest! 514854289052041216|Wed Sep 24 19:10:02 +0000 2014|@puppaz Maybe a special episode one day, assuming it's one that I know that I won't get stuck on. Or a Twitch show where everyone helps! 514851539924815872|Wed Sep 24 18:59:07 +0000 2014|@jostewart worth looking into! Thank you! 514850259701604352|Wed Sep 24 18:54:02 +0000 2014|@jostewart yeah, i've seen a lot of dubious things myself via that service. Thanks for the reminder. 514846882141855744|Wed Sep 24 18:40:36 +0000 2014|@foxesinfiction new record is so good, friend <3 <3 514842294550560768|Wed Sep 24 18:22:22 +0000 2014|One of the great ones needs some help to get well. http://www.gofundme.com/excvko 514841669016256513|Wed Sep 24 18:19:53 +0000 2014|@carriejill @gumroad thank you! i really hope you enjoy! 514832568001495040|Wed Sep 24 17:43:43 +0000 2014|@fubarpops *runs ahead* 514830402155196416|Wed Sep 24 17:35:07 +0000 2014|@fubarpops HAPPY BIRTHDAY 514827333002604545|Wed Sep 24 17:22:55 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd ok good 514826260846243840|Wed Sep 24 17:18:40 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd seriously i'm now in an awkward squat in my living room generating spirit energy so 514825624608067584|Wed Sep 24 17:16:08 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd i will lend you my energy 514825569310375936|Wed Sep 24 17:15:55 +0000 2014|@savasavasava @m_kopas oh yeah benadryl 514825384224100352|Wed Sep 24 17:15:11 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd just do it, you can sophisticate it later if necessary GO NINA ~superstar~ 514825225520021504|Wed Sep 24 17:14:33 +0000 2014|@radiomaru because i love you 514825150668488705|Wed Sep 24 17:14:15 +0000 2014|@davidSEIBEI @m_kopas do they have Nytol in Canada? most sleep meds seem to cause intense dreams rather than stop them 514823572410601472|Wed Sep 24 17:07:59 +0000 2014|@cSchons I hoped so too. I felt like there was so much I finally had the ability to share, say and be honest about after all this time. 514821744952373249|Wed Sep 24 17:00:43 +0000 2014|@cSchons so pleased to hear you enjoyed it! thanks so much <3 514821695908347904|Wed Sep 24 17:00:31 +0000 2014|RT @cSchons: Finally made time for @leighalexander 's Clipping Through. Great essays about life, GDC, and games. Go buy it! https://t.co/Ay… 514797460729122816|Wed Sep 24 15:24:13 +0000 2014|@naxuu hahahah 514796606349385728|Wed Sep 24 15:20:50 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @PennyRed kieron, your rhetorical level is improving! 514796184892747777|Wed Sep 24 15:19:09 +0000 2014|@bhhardin Amazing! 514796166899580928|Wed Sep 24 15:19:05 +0000 2014|RT @bhhardin: @leighalexander I found a tiny bit on the Chiang brothers. They were in Cali, and did a few other games http://lostclassics.apple2.info/wp-content/files/SSII/SSII-V1I3TF.pdf 514795694092476416|Wed Sep 24 15:17:12 +0000 2014|@PennyRed this is basically everyone's favorite undermining tactic, like 'no you are.' approx. rhetorical level: primary school 514792581042307072|Wed Sep 24 15:04:50 +0000 2014|@philippawarr fun game where you have to grind for days before you can actually have any fun and play with your friends 514792227592478721|Wed Sep 24 15:03:26 +0000 2014|Let's learn to solve adventure game mazes using the body of a mouthy dead bat http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/24/lo-fi-lets-play-man-eng-master-of-evil/ 514790398762696705|Wed Sep 24 14:56:10 +0000 2014|RT @Foxmcloud555: @felix_cohen @leighalexander Headline - 5 Crushed As Horde Rush to Defend Shitty Art From Humorous Ribbing 514789179134607360|Wed Sep 24 14:51:19 +0000 2014|@batzradio @RiotWhiski The Bitters' first EP is still one of my faves ever. Also those ones he did with his roommate e.g 'back to the sun' 514785358245289986|Wed Sep 24 14:36:08 +0000 2014|RT @RiotWhiski: A few years back @leighalexander included Cindy's Gonna Save Me on a mixtape. The breakdown at 2:35 still wrecks me. https:… 514775506970222592|Wed Sep 24 13:56:59 +0000 2014|i will say character art and what the characters are wearing is never going to be the hill i'm going to die on, y'know 514771651050094593|Wed Sep 24 13:41:40 +0000 2014|RT @felix_cohen: #ComicGate http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByTWAO8IgAAoxRC.png 514749130472960000|Wed Sep 24 12:12:10 +0000 2014|@JimSterling people keep saying that! I guess I cannot ASMR myself. 514747990666661888|Wed Sep 24 12:07:39 +0000 2014|This week's Lo-Fi Let's Play: Who IS 'Man-Eng, Master of Evil'?! Where did he come from? Why is that bat insulting me http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/24/lo-fi-lets-play-man-eng-master-of-evil/ 514746583314100224|Wed Sep 24 12:02:03 +0000 2014|@Rob_Zed -- there is something deep & personal that they're missing here, i think, and i feel like it's got little to do with games anymore 514746484810850305|Wed Sep 24 12:01:40 +0000 2014|@Rob_Zed i don't think so. there are a lot of 'patriot moms,' and kids searching for men they can 'trust' as 'true leaders' -- 514743463095857153|Wed Sep 24 11:49:39 +0000 2014|@Rob_Zed it's so weird that so few people in the 'movement' notice they have been utterly hijacked by right-wingers. standard politics. 514740270878195712|Wed Sep 24 11:36:58 +0000 2014|@Rob_Zed also someone who 'opposes all alien amnesty' (?!?) is so keen to prove i am a racist? those ppl love racists! sockpuppet imo 514740004116242432|Wed Sep 24 11:35:55 +0000 2014|@Rob_Zed How can that even be a real account? What mom would just RT GG stuff all day long? 514734755787853824|Wed Sep 24 11:15:03 +0000 2014|@reverendanthony can't return your DM! if you msg me an email address I'll send a reply there! 514571403547664385|Wed Sep 24 00:25:57 +0000 2014|@songadaymann @waxpancake it is pretty hard not to be creeped out by their level of attention into people's words, movements, etc. 514570751161434112|Wed Sep 24 00:23:22 +0000 2014|@songadaymann @waxpancake brilliant 514569439778721792|Wed Sep 24 00:18:09 +0000 2014|@legobutts i find wine hangover risk doubles on plane so drink lots of waterrrr 514569368395862016|Wed Sep 24 00:17:52 +0000 2014|@legobutts it depends on what time it will be when you get there and what you have to do then 514565526316920832|Wed Sep 24 00:02:36 +0000 2014|@dclingman @RicChivo oh my god -- Ric circa 1983, bringing true modern badassery to this wimpy medieval experience 514563301167337473|Tue Sep 23 23:53:45 +0000 2014|Making a new Lo-Fi Let's Play for tomorrow. Anyone know how to defeat this guy http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByQYl3vIQAA4f5C.jpg 514547868515188736|Tue Sep 23 22:52:26 +0000 2014|@semanticpoetry sheez ;-) 514547814396096512|Tue Sep 23 22:52:13 +0000 2014|RT @Blackratticism: This @leighalexander & @Quinns108 post about learning Netrunner is absolutely beautiful - & I don't say that lightly: h… 514450489388564480|Tue Sep 23 16:25:29 +0000 2014|@ja2ke @bonzrat don't be silly boys, the only ethical concerns to worry about are women and the free games they like to write about 514440434975010816|Tue Sep 23 15:45:32 +0000 2014|RT @ColinNorthway: Steam is now pay-to-play (#1 curator giving spaces for $$). Professionally the worst thing I can imagine happening to in… 514440422056546304|Tue Sep 23 15:45:29 +0000 2014|RT @Xxspe: "Top curator (TotalBiscuit) has his top recommended game as Planetside 2. Review says "This is part of a paid-for promotion"" A… 514438682787717121|Tue Sep 23 15:38:34 +0000 2014|@innautico high five! i hope the future stays exciting to you, & email any time if there's any way i can help. 514388195623309312|Tue Sep 23 12:17:57 +0000 2014|@innautico seriously hope you like it! 514388045672755200|Tue Sep 23 12:17:21 +0000 2014|Also, I'm contributing an essay to the excellent @juliascheele's Riot Grrrl super-zine https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/double-dare-ya-a-riot-grrrl-inspired-super-zine 514386598377832449|Tue Sep 23 12:11:36 +0000 2014|Art & really good afterword provided by the brilliant Liz Ryerson, too https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 514386269926080512|Tue Sep 23 12:10:18 +0000 2014|You could totally buy my personal, biased, subjective memoir about life, work and relationships in the games biz https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 514383104472256513|Tue Sep 23 11:57:43 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz @betterthemask harvest mooooon 514380257152229377|Tue Sep 23 11:46:24 +0000 2014|@christinelove good luck christine <3 <3 <3 i'll be cheering for you 514376080887533568|Tue Sep 23 11:29:48 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge a lot of fans seem to rationalize all their shitty opinions with the belief that they are always being attacked 514188464531963904|Mon Sep 22 23:04:17 +0000 2014|@AlmightyBoob @Quinns108 yeah i think that's it 514188170809081856|Mon Sep 22 23:03:07 +0000 2014|@AlmightyBoob @Quinns108 my plan is to shrug and just start taking it to the laundrette but mr. diligent here 514187425141506048|Mon Sep 22 23:00:09 +0000 2014|.@Quinns108 is reading a WikiHow entry about 'mildew smell on clothes' and muttering 'yep,' ruefully/repeatedly http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/c/cd/Remove-Mildew-Smell-from-Clothing-Step-1-Version-2.jpg/670px-Remove-Mildew-Smell-from-Clothing-Step-1-Version-2.jpg 514175410574491648|Mon Sep 22 22:12:25 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis @Smingleigh @Brendy_C yes, it was probably when i was trying to stab baby brendan 514174779901751296|Mon Sep 22 22:09:55 +0000 2014|@scanters @steishere he was my first bf too :( 514174524729098240|Mon Sep 22 22:08:54 +0000 2014|@scanters @steishere R.I.P. 514174425600913409|Mon Sep 22 22:08:30 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis @Smingleigh @Brendy_C king quinn did have to stab his brother baby brendan ii over a minor barony 514173256036024321|Mon Sep 22 22:03:51 +0000 2014|@steishere @scanters important: which pigeon did you choose 514172697971286016|Mon Sep 22 22:01:38 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C their names were brendan, brendan II, quinn and ruairi 514172652949606400|Mon Sep 22 22:01:28 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C i started crying it had been 11 hours for me to become a petty king and i had nurtured those sons so carefully 514169258797191168|Mon Sep 22 21:47:58 +0000 2014|@Lum_ i made sure all my sons had strong alliances with euro kingdoms. then when i died they all just fought each other to death #strategy 514168266680700928|Mon Sep 22 21:44:02 +0000 2014|@AntMinotaurus Ireland is supposed to be the easiest and I can't even handle that. Oh well, I've only been playing for one day 514167057051820032|Mon Sep 22 21:39:13 +0000 2014|Spend all day trying to become the King of Ireland, see kid on YouTube manage it in like 40 mins #CK2 514165755995492352|Mon Sep 22 21:34:03 +0000 2014|@DataFran @Brendy_C NOT REALLY SURE HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TO SAY THAT PEOPLE MAKING PUNS OUT OF MY NAME DRIVES ME NUTS 514165149826285568|Mon Sep 22 21:31:39 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C well, i gave different things to my different sons then when i died they all started fighting and my petty kingdom collapsed 514120051050676224|Mon Sep 22 18:32:26 +0000 2014|@Smingleigh @Brendy_C brendan has become gluttonous and is going to marry a scottish princess 514107401231138816|Mon Sep 22 17:42:10 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByJ59NkCcAAioxt.jpg 514104551189004288|Mon Sep 22 17:30:51 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C up date well my demesne is now TOO BIG emergency i repeat i own too much of ireland help 514072039427440640|Mon Sep 22 15:21:39 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C i can not conquer ireland no one will support my plot to revoke the earl of desmond what is happening to me 514034517972369409|Mon Sep 22 12:52:34 +0000 2014|@Arminposts just ireland 514034469003886592|Mon Sep 22 12:52:22 +0000 2014|@keewa i can't see exactly where or how to do this (tho relations with my vassals are good) 514033294510686208|Mon Sep 22 12:47:42 +0000 2014|So far my experience is I manage to be able to claim every county around me, but they always have more troops than me. Advice? #CK2 513994494577225728|Mon Sep 22 10:13:31 +0000 2014|@lucyamorris someone told me there is a mod that removes that penalty... 513994319007449090|Mon Sep 22 10:12:49 +0000 2014|@CaelynEllis yeah. that's what i am doing. if i stay in ireland i might actually learn to conquer some stuff 513821065198706688|Sun Sep 21 22:44:22 +0000 2014|@AdamBearsdale i've watched 2-3 hours of @Arumba07 videos today 513819960540680192|Sun Sep 21 22:39:59 +0000 2014|"what does a duchy do?" "i don't know, i just want one." 513810436030861313|Sun Sep 21 22:02:08 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C @InnerPartisan well the guy i am now has way more money and his court actually likes him so maybe it was for the best 513810012737904641|Sun Sep 21 22:00:27 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C @InnerPartisan i was such a weak ruler that another guy came and deposed my whole family. now i'm him 513785101176832001|Sun Sep 21 20:21:28 +0000 2014|another crusader kings 2 question: my 13 yo fiancee's dad won't let my dad be her teacher so should i kill her dad? thanks 513784793818210304|Sun Sep 21 20:20:15 +0000 2014|@sotomiru no no it's okay i'm a total newb 513784551953690624|Sun Sep 21 20:19:17 +0000 2014|@hunktears @alexlifschitz i mean, i saw a couple anim gifs and heard about the reptile transformation sex fic so i feel up to speed 513784456898166785|Sun Sep 21 20:18:54 +0000 2014|@sotomiru i thought i went straight to the liege (guy whose name was in my claim, too) but maybe the liege had a liege and i didn't look 513784320159653888|Sun Sep 21 20:18:22 +0000 2014|@Stoffern i went straight to the liege and the county was yellow and everything and when i hovered it said i had a cause/claim & everything 513784178933239811|Sun Sep 21 20:17:48 +0000 2014|@InnerPartisan @Brendy_C her dad wouldn't let my dad be her teacher so should i kill her dad? thanks 513783648852905984|Sun Sep 21 20:15:42 +0000 2014|@InnerPartisan @Brendy_C meanwhile i'm just standing there waiting for my 13 year old welsh fiancee to be old enough for the wedding 513783588568174593|Sun Sep 21 20:15:27 +0000 2014|@InnerPartisan @Brendy_C they sure look like they are marching around besieging each other 513783442694492160|Sun Sep 21 20:14:53 +0000 2014|@hunktears @alexlifschitz now i'm psychoanalyzing the anger & helplessness of kids born after the age when college led to work 513783313639936001|Sun Sep 21 20:14:22 +0000 2014|@hunktears @alexlifschitz a JOURNALISM degree will solve everything 513783019954786304|Sun Sep 21 20:13:12 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl OKAY SO DO YOU HAVE ONE OR NOT 513782871614816257|Sun Sep 21 20:12:36 +0000 2014|well, i'm playing on Newbie Island (home of @brendy_c) and it won't let me declare war even tho it says i have a claim. whyy #CK2 513782209426509825|Sun Sep 21 20:09:59 +0000 2014|@nameoftheyear so far i managed to a. marry a 12 year old b. march into a county and just kind of stand there not knowing what i do 513756460380348416|Sun Sep 21 18:27:39 +0000 2014|@J_Casssssidy @MaraWritesStuff my friend didn't like to say 'white girl problems' so she says 'gwyneth paltrow problems' 513736492976717824|Sun Sep 21 17:08:19 +0000 2014|RT @emilyterrible: have you heard the good/great news? if you're possessed in Crusader Kings 2, the devil can make you turn gay: http://t.c… 513735994362052608|Sun Sep 21 17:06:20 +0000 2014|@krisgraft i'm watching like a 20 part video hahahah #cool #weekend 513735887273066496|Sun Sep 21 17:05:54 +0000 2014|@Scrw_Loose well, it was ironically-humorous restatement of some bizarre criticisms i was getting at the time, not like, a real statement 513718951621431296|Sun Sep 21 15:58:37 +0000 2014|@Astrophilia oh that's really good to know -- someone in my TL had that problem 513718732108345344|Sun Sep 21 15:57:44 +0000 2014|@kierongillen i'm going to have so many de jure territories 513718587358732288|Sun Sep 21 15:57:10 +0000 2014|@kierongillen no actually, he's in the living room playing local co-op with his friends like a FILTHY CASUAL while i reorganise my units 513718275944222722|Sun Sep 21 15:55:56 +0000 2014|@Astrophilia oh i KNOW. going to cut my teeth on the regular game first and then MOD MOD MOD 513717731024437248|Sun Sep 21 15:53:46 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible heyooooo, etc 513717610006196225|Sun Sep 21 15:53:17 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible WAIT WHAT that can happen? you've just reinvigorated my motivation to learn this 513707642708303872|Sun Sep 21 15:13:40 +0000 2014|@Jon_Ore @TheQuinnspiracy @botherer @meteotrix b. they know me from the internet and like me c. IT'S MY IMAGINATION I'M SO SELF-CONSCIOUS 513707548302901248|Sun Sep 21 15:13:18 +0000 2014|@Jon_Ore @TheQuinnspiracy @botherer @meteotrix let's play 'why is that person looking at me?' a. they know me from the internet and hate me- 513706844536471552|Sun Sep 21 15:10:30 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy @botherer @meteotrix i think conventions are a panic-inducing environment for many of us 513706619503652864|Sun Sep 21 15:09:36 +0000 2014|@m_kopas @michael_deforge omg 513706196185120768|Sun Sep 21 15:07:56 +0000 2014|@CleverCrumbish card games are SO hard to learn and it's SO hard to find people to play with that i think everyone's grateful to one another 513705669409898496|Sun Sep 21 15:05:50 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch thank you! i'm excited to 'invest' 513704930230943744|Sun Sep 21 15:02:54 +0000 2014|@CleverCrumbish luckily card game scene tends to be very... humane? like, when i tell an opponent that i need a minute, they're nice 513704223977254912|Sun Sep 21 15:00:05 +0000 2014|@CleverCrumbish same for me with netrunner. there are some styles of play that i still avoid for the same reason. 513703548555886592|Sun Sep 21 14:57:24 +0000 2014|@Daniel_Joseph sweet i'm glad it didn't spoil in the sun 513703400983523329|Sun Sep 21 14:56:49 +0000 2014|@CleverCrumbish did you manage to get into MTG? 513703148566085632|Sun Sep 21 14:55:49 +0000 2014|@couchesrob omg i love this <3 <3 <3 sorry about your match! 513701748645855232|Sun Sep 21 14:50:15 +0000 2014|@somethingofarec in most games numbers are always really just shorthand, but i still get intimidated at the sight of them 513700582616752128|Sun Sep 21 14:45:37 +0000 2014|I'll have to throw myself into Crusader Kings II against my greatest game weaknesses the same as I did with Netrunner http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/test/ 513697495621574656|Sun Sep 21 14:33:21 +0000 2014|@bfod ok i will move onto this when i find out 'what are all these numbers' 513697182772658176|Sun Sep 21 14:32:07 +0000 2014|@Gredlen no worries, i can find some for sure 513696463768264704|Sun Sep 21 14:29:15 +0000 2014|@Gredlen that's a good tip! do you have a favorite CK2 Let's Play-er? 513695993473560576|Sun Sep 21 14:27:23 +0000 2014|Entire flight from Zurich to London spent with Crusader Kings II tutorial. I now know what 'demesne' means, and little else. MUST PERSIST 513695484020789248|Sun Sep 21 14:25:22 +0000 2014|@raliaga i've always talked funny as a result of 'speech classes' in acting school, but living here definitely hasn't helped it. 513695300532584448|Sun Sep 21 14:24:38 +0000 2014|@Arminposts i'm still figuring out what all these words mean 513644310890557441|Sun Sep 21 11:02:01 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli everyone has some awful comment in their past that doesn't represent 'em. distorting me to undermine my views is their job :( 513643475175485440|Sun Sep 21 10:58:42 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli (even other brits seem to have trouble with him, but i sympathize -- if you are a visible person, everyone has an opinion) 513642399634305024|Sun Sep 21 10:54:25 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli well, speaking of old tweets, he apparently said i was 'insufferable' in 2010, so he may not be interested :) 513642297272324096|Sun Sep 21 10:54:01 +0000 2014|@fitzthemighty @Brendy_C king brendan the great, prince brendan the II, lil brendy the palace guard 513642204024537088|Sun Sep 21 10:53:39 +0000 2014|@yuusharo @TheBotticelli that's a kind thing to say. thank you. 513641266958303233|Sun Sep 21 10:49:55 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli i really just want to get back to work. ppl are free not to read it, of course, but i reckon they weren't reading it before 513640609371160576|Sun Sep 21 10:47:18 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli -- more visibility for me will just escalate the hatred they have decided i deserve. i don't want to talk about it anymore. 513640530191081472|Sun Sep 21 10:47:00 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli honestly, i don't feel safe enough for that. i think a lot of people have made up their minds about me, and -- 513639955617181696|Sun Sep 21 10:44:43 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul @bando1988 maybe inappropriately, in the past i used my twitter in a personal way (ie someone was a jerk to me, i was one back) 513639277729972225|Sun Sep 21 10:42:01 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C gonna name everyone BRENDAN 513639213011845120|Sun Sep 21 10:41:46 +0000 2014|@gojonstonego @Thidran (there is room for both, but so far the inquest has focused on indies with opinion columns, not 'the system') 513638852444295168|Sun Sep 21 10:40:20 +0000 2014|CRUSADER KINGS II downloaded in time for my flight. Thank you, Skype WiFi 513637108914061312|Sun Sep 21 10:33:24 +0000 2014|@esdin it seems you had the exciting opportunity to experience 'try explaining all this to a regular person' 513636872149803008|Sun Sep 21 10:32:27 +0000 2014|@gojonstonego thank you for noticing. it can be quite destabilizing to do a thing, and then have hundreds of strangers say you haven't done 513635981862658049|Sun Sep 21 10:28:55 +0000 2014|@gojonstonego i really don't have any intention of ever engaging with that 513635941001756672|Sun Sep 21 10:28:45 +0000 2014|@gojonstonego no, they have primarily imposed a narrative about me (and others) based on partial truths that serve their agenda 513635777373548544|Sun Sep 21 10:28:06 +0000 2014|@gojonstonego but you're mainly right, i think. i'm glad to see more people noticing the manipulative right-wing hijacking, too. 513635520925433856|Sun Sep 21 10:27:05 +0000 2014|@gojonstonego i've been experimenting with talking to a few people here and there, mostly for my own sense of well-being/to process all this 513634979700822016|Sun Sep 21 10:24:56 +0000 2014|@gojonstonego (and in fact, evidence to the contrary mounts every day) 513634854156910593|Sun Sep 21 10:24:26 +0000 2014|@gojonstonego (i have no evidence that all this is about anything other than twisting, discrediting & humiliating women & progressives) 513634492297535488|Sun Sep 21 10:23:00 +0000 2014|@gojonstonego (i actually spoke about this same thing yesterday, but instead of reading my actual feed, ppl are engaging w a spectre of me) 513633575456210945|Sun Sep 21 10:19:21 +0000 2014|@TeddyDief @acarboni you guys are some of my favorite people too <3 <3 513633453493870592|Sun Sep 21 10:18:52 +0000 2014|@esdin hahahah wow yeah, they're all the same, those loud women with their biased opinions 513632628306886656|Sun Sep 21 10:15:36 +0000 2014|@TeddyDief @acarboni awww i def wish i was there, we had so much fun in portland 513632513504575489|Sun Sep 21 10:15:08 +0000 2014|@esdin who wanted to know if i am a sociopath? 513632416322564097|Sun Sep 21 10:14:45 +0000 2014|@DanHayesGamer I might do. Internet has made me anxious re events but abstractly I'd like to 513631316899028992|Sun Sep 21 10:10:23 +0000 2014|@esdin oh, uh... nice to know i'm in people's thoughts? :\ 513592823846014976|Sun Sep 21 07:37:25 +0000 2014|Back to London today after a series of trips that has broken the boundaries of my understanding of jet lag. Couldn't be more excited 513592228732997632|Sun Sep 21 07:35:04 +0000 2014|@Whoobie77 that mirror selfie looks wicked tho brah 513500678518747136|Sun Sep 21 01:31:16 +0000 2014|RT @aliceffekt: Waste some time, or forever. http://neuromaencer.tumblr.com http://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByBQORJCIAAEaSu.png 513496376395968513|Sun Sep 21 01:14:11 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @PennyRed @TriciaLockwood no YOU /slams door 513496057905696770|Sun Sep 21 01:12:55 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @PennyRed @TriciaLockwood hey go to bed jamie 513495371566575616|Sun Sep 21 01:10:11 +0000 2014|RT @twmerrigan: Feminist listicles make the best listicles, aka a thing I wrote: 9 Feminist Arguments from 'Unspeakable Things' http://t.co… 513490012835696640|Sun Sep 21 00:48:53 +0000 2014|RT @ffvii_blazed: AERIS: hee hee CLOUD: oh hi AERIS: you want to go on a date? CLOUD: what? AERIS: a DA-TE! or haven’t you ever gone on one… 513489013387587584|Sun Sep 21 00:44:55 +0000 2014|RT @thecoolestsmart: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx-PdGXCcAAWXBP.png 513469467951890433|Sat Sep 20 23:27:15 +0000 2014|@Gregorthecruel i appreciate that 513467987031252992|Sat Sep 20 23:21:22 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz IF YOU CHOOSE NOT 2 DECIDE U STILL HAVE MADE A CHOICE 513461486296264704|Sat Sep 20 22:55:32 +0000 2014|s/o if you can watch this without experiencing a particular ache https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAAQeNnC-E 513453805456080896|Sat Sep 20 22:25:01 +0000 2014|@gameculture_ch in the morning :( i wish i had more time to enjoy! 513450818587348992|Sat Sep 20 22:13:09 +0000 2014|@nebil well, i think he is swiss, actually 513448970086264834|Sat Sep 20 22:05:48 +0000 2014|@gameculture_ch well, if i ever get one, i promise to do it from now on 513448674752757760|Sat Sep 20 22:04:38 +0000 2014|@m_kopas he said, gently, 'have you ever seen a swiss military knife? you should get one while you are here' 513448495236542464|Sat Sep 20 22:03:55 +0000 2014|.@ckunzelman's 'reading EGM' suddenly seems like the most important statement on the trajectory of games journalism http://readingegm.tumblr.com/ 513448063688794113|Sat Sep 20 22:02:12 +0000 2014|@ExcuseMySarcasm creepiness? from a brony on the gg hashtag? i'm truly shocked 513447548347244544|Sat Sep 20 22:00:09 +0000 2014|@fullbright cats totally know when you need them 513446977456324608|Sat Sep 20 21:57:53 +0000 2014|I'm in Zurich. Asked for a bottle opener, man produced Swiss army knife #real 513441693564416003|Sat Sep 20 21:36:53 +0000 2014|@Sabrepulse @chipzel switzerland :( 513437295341735936|Sat Sep 20 21:19:25 +0000 2014|@uglymachine cool sofa imo 513436903228837888|Sat Sep 20 21:17:51 +0000 2014|@Sabrepulse @chipzel heyyyyyyyy 513430429521965058|Sat Sep 20 20:52:08 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli maybe we're all used to pressing a button to cause a reaction, and that's why we're all like this :) 513430344130117633|Sat Sep 20 20:51:47 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli well, i'm sure lots of people who play games profoundly disagree with one another. that should be welcomed, i think 513428548078796800|Sat Sep 20 20:44:39 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli and yes, definitely. i've played games since childhood, and i was also alienated and stuff for my nerdy interests 513428407561228289|Sat Sep 20 20:44:06 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli feel defensive anymore or act like a jerk because of it. but i have to think about why i failed at that main point. 513428248223842304|Sat Sep 20 20:43:28 +0000 2014|@TheBotticelli i understand that. the main thing i wanted to communicate was that gaming has become so normalized that no one needs to -- 513423831827218432|Sat Sep 20 20:25:55 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul i'd actually love to have a real conversation re ethics once this dies down. but i don't believe that's really why this happened. 513423254552588288|Sat Sep 20 20:23:37 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul i'm sure we disagree on many of these issues but i appreciate your respectful approach to sharing your concerns 513423080216334336|Sat Sep 20 20:22:55 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul i'm sad that disagreement with my views ad to become a referendum on my personality, hunting thru my years-old feed, etc. 513422898665897985|Sat Sep 20 20:22:12 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul not saying what i said was right, but the context of my 'threats' was always interaction with ppl saying sexist things 513422802985443328|Sat Sep 20 20:21:49 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul memes and performative aggression are often how outspokem women cope with being constantly belittled/undermined 513422441587412992|Sat Sep 20 20:20:23 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul i had no idea the reaction would be what it was. lesson for me! 513422353263755264|Sat Sep 20 20:20:02 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul in all honesty, it probably was equally anger-fueled. the treatment of zoe and attacks on indies making free games infuriated me. 513422196275159040|Sat Sep 20 20:19:25 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul when people genuinely want to have a constructive conversation about my work i'm happy to. mostly that's not what i'm hearing tho 513422030642106368|Sat Sep 20 20:18:45 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul but since so many people did feel insulted, i'm definitely thinking about different and possibly more constructive approaches 513421912266268672|Sat Sep 20 20:18:17 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul i feel ppl who are interested in solutions understood that i was being actually specific, rather than insulting innocent people 513420955067379712|Sat Sep 20 20:14:29 +0000 2014|@zeblatoul all this nonsense has proved to me that the cultural problems i spoke about are real. but i do take this feedback seriously. 513407997708886016|Sat Sep 20 19:22:59 +0000 2014|@SBourden thank you for the feedback, i will take that on board 513407657227845632|Sat Sep 20 19:21:38 +0000 2014|i really liked hearing @Pentadact talk about his work on the fantastic arcade stream http://www.twitch.tv/venuspatrol 513395759673520128|Sat Sep 20 18:34:22 +0000 2014|@joonturbo @brandonnn yeah that's basically what made me share it 513395006909210624|Sat Sep 20 18:31:22 +0000 2014|I am enjoying Fantastic Arcade livestream and so can you http://www.twitch.tv/venuspatrol 513394330548322304|Sat Sep 20 18:28:41 +0000 2014|@eevee @mcclure111 @theMirai hello, hm, well, i had not previously believed in chemtrails, but please share your information with me 513392466863882240|Sat Sep 20 18:21:17 +0000 2014|@theMirai lately i've been considering arguments that ordinarily would offend or amuse me just bc the person is calm and thoughtful 513391832177602560|Sat Sep 20 18:18:45 +0000 2014|@theMirai but they expressed themselves constructively, which i appreciate like water in the desert right now 513391689449635842|Sat Sep 20 18:18:11 +0000 2014|@theMirai the writer also said they felt that i hated all men 513391434909884417|Sat Sep 20 18:17:11 +0000 2014|@TheSoftestBull thanks, even that understanding is very helpful 513391288985845763|Sat Sep 20 18:16:36 +0000 2014|i guess the crux is that's the stuff people read the most of; everything recent on my site is about games/creators http://leighalexander.net/ 513390853709373441|Sat Sep 20 18:14:52 +0000 2014|@Krynis sorry to hear that. sadly i think a lot of people are in the same boat :( 513390744317730816|Sat Sep 20 18:14:26 +0000 2014|@theMirai yes, that could be true, also 513390683286417408|Sat Sep 20 18:14:11 +0000 2014|RT @TheSoftestBull: @leighalexander might that focus have shifted because those consumers were so caustic and defensive *about* your focus … 513390668149161986|Sat Sep 20 18:14:08 +0000 2014|@TheSoftestBull yes, surely, but maybe I let myself be provoked too much 513390390196842496|Sat Sep 20 18:13:02 +0000 2014|@MatlockJAB it... is? 513390020833443840|Sat Sep 20 18:11:33 +0000 2014|@Krynis yeah, it is. i've always written as a way of expressing my feelings, and my feelings are absolutely affected by my surroundings 513389527046823937|Sat Sep 20 18:09:36 +0000 2014|i'm going to get something good out of all this if it kills me 513389426190581760|Sat Sep 20 18:09:12 +0000 2014|"you used to have more theories about the art, without a personal focus on the consumers of the art" -- actual useful email i just received 513386760198717440|Sat Sep 20 17:58:36 +0000 2014|@uglymachine i used to love it so much 513386336632709120|Sat Sep 20 17:56:55 +0000 2014|@uglymachine like, the most fervently pro-gamergate people i've found in my field are also like climate change deniers and anti-immigration 513385830334070785|Sat Sep 20 17:54:54 +0000 2014|@uglymachine there is this clutch of right-wing people name-searching glarmergort targets and just freaking out at them 513385287830237184|Sat Sep 20 17:52:45 +0000 2014|@BluegillRises @uglymachine ...says someone whose bio is devoted to kicking 'illegal aliens' out of the country? sheesh 513378673442185216|Sat Sep 20 17:26:28 +0000 2014|@MatlockJAB @benedictfritz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2dhc1tyVOc 513378477832429568|Sat Sep 20 17:25:41 +0000 2014|@McKelvie tomorrow, mercifully 513377426110689281|Sat Sep 20 17:21:31 +0000 2014|@McKelvie hashtag #typical 513377173412270080|Sat Sep 20 17:20:30 +0000 2014|@McKelvie you forgot to hashtag #basic 513376982445600769|Sat Sep 20 17:19:45 +0000 2014|RT @benedictfritz: Videogames were dead, but now I’m not so sure anymore http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx_W7yRIUAArSRV.png 513355678640275459|Sat Sep 20 15:55:06 +0000 2014|Oh no.... http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/the-week-in-gossip-avril-lavigne-and-chad-kroeger-a-canadian-tragedy/ 513352101528100864|Sat Sep 20 15:40:53 +0000 2014|#keepmakinggames is a cool hashtag 513351901417848834|Sat Sep 20 15:40:05 +0000 2014|@fubarpops I would have just played along 513345203454103553|Sat Sep 20 15:13:28 +0000 2014|@fullbright @MituK Is just being human, I think 513344920489586688|Sat Sep 20 15:12:21 +0000 2014|@Dead_Eater Also true for me 513337085479378945|Sat Sep 20 14:41:13 +0000 2014|@chrisfurniss Yes this 513325491353559040|Sat Sep 20 13:55:08 +0000 2014|@uglymachine amid all this bullshit I'm torn between feeling like I need to be gentler and restating the instruction to 'be a good girl' 513324344022671360|Sat Sep 20 13:50:35 +0000 2014|@uglymachine Yeah ppl can def be alienated by feeling like to be a feminist they have to think/act like the others they see 513320870895710208|Sat Sep 20 13:36:47 +0000 2014|@keefstuart @jennatar SO true re that N64 513320820429836288|Sat Sep 20 13:36:35 +0000 2014|RT @keefstuart: The wonderful @jennatar on her love of video games: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/20/women-gamers-new-concept-community (and Jenn, we will continue to coax you out of r… 513320270439120896|Sat Sep 20 13:34:24 +0000 2014|@jasonschreier truly crying 513315721347354626|Sat Sep 20 13:16:19 +0000 2014|@emshort Yeah definitely. 513308221168439296|Sat Sep 20 12:46:31 +0000 2014|@TabuthaRasa i'm sorry you had that kind of experience of the people you were working with 513307770322702336|Sat Sep 20 12:44:43 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal would have been me, i think. it helps me to remember that, actually 513307655029665793|Sat Sep 20 12:44:16 +0000 2014|@PunkrawkBbob i've been needing to change the way i use twitter, and i'm not having a fun time or anything, but i have everything i need <3 513307115185000448|Sat Sep 20 12:42:07 +0000 2014|@DuncanFyfe (thank you) 513306783562338305|Sat Sep 20 12:40:48 +0000 2014|@innautico well, me too, clearly 513306593254199296|Sat Sep 20 12:40:03 +0000 2014|probably a lot of us hold our beliefs so strongly as a way of healing from having been 'sociopolitically misinformed' most of our lives 513305993196097536|Sat Sep 20 12:37:40 +0000 2014|i did some thinking and realised i probably would have been 'anti SJW' when i was a teenager. prob even in my early 20s. wince. 513303581379031040|Sat Sep 20 12:28:05 +0000 2014|@alexhern yeah 513303459639345152|Sat Sep 20 12:27:36 +0000 2014|@RectalRavager maybe i will, Rectal Ravager, maybe i will <3 513302517502193665|Sat Sep 20 12:23:51 +0000 2014|@DuncanFyfe i said 'ok' GOD 513302396844646400|Sat Sep 20 12:23:22 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @scanters i think i'm going to go straight home and to bed on sunday, but 'in a few days' 513302281178320896|Sat Sep 20 12:22:55 +0000 2014|it's good to think about what we were all like when younger & how people are always growing. maybe even these ppl can have that opportunity 513301198817210368|Sat Sep 20 12:18:37 +0000 2014|@scanters @kierongillen can i lock myself in it for a while 513300799100047360|Sat Sep 20 12:17:01 +0000 2014|@SteampunkKanye @AkumaHokoru @linopena (in all honesty, i was mocking a little bit, but calling ppl you don't know terrible is rude!) 513299602876153858|Sat Sep 20 12:12:16 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @metasynthie it does look gorgeous *sulk* 513298955183325184|Sat Sep 20 12:09:42 +0000 2014|@kierongillen coming home tomorrow. could use drinks. 513296721326407680|Sat Sep 20 12:00:49 +0000 2014|"be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about" http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx-YomHIMAAQ1zv.jpg 513295994780659712|Sat Sep 20 11:57:56 +0000 2014|it's been a terribly weird few weeks for me and a few others but we are doing ok 513295659714506752|Sat Sep 20 11:56:36 +0000 2014|@shun_geki_satsu probably often 513294866814873602|Sat Sep 20 11:53:27 +0000 2014|when i get virulent tweets i sometimes read the feed & always find either a. statements re pain in their life b. extreme right-wing beliefs 513290269819949056|Sat Sep 20 11:35:11 +0000 2014|@Arminposts @TinyMaster ...same 513090311560896513|Fri Sep 19 22:20:37 +0000 2014|@BigSee123 srry i know this is a radical opinion from a KNOWN HATED PERSON but i like your twitter cover 513089143233335297|Fri Sep 19 22:15:59 +0000 2014|Challenged @Arminposts to wine drinking contest. Lost (on a technicality, but still). 513088973364019200|Fri Sep 19 22:15:18 +0000 2014|@maura giving me my life 513023805552594945|Fri Sep 19 17:56:21 +0000 2014|@jaypullman that's my 90s mega mix! Enjoy! 512988367093780480|Fri Sep 19 15:35:32 +0000 2014|RT @TheMarySue: Meet Nina Slunky, @FeliciaDay's pick for winner of our design contest with @WeLoveFine! http://www.themarysue.com/wlf-design-contest-nina-slunsky/ http://t.co/… 512980957440536576|Fri Sep 19 15:06:05 +0000 2014|kind of embarrassed about how fast i clicked on this, but these ARE cool http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/09/game-of-thrones-characters-get-a-disney-makeover.html 512976632974704640|Fri Sep 19 14:48:54 +0000 2014|@greglas thank you! since i published it i have barely been able to feel safe using twitter, so that's cool 512973167259049984|Fri Sep 19 14:35:08 +0000 2014|@kromovaracian (i don't believe ppl want to actually have conversation re my beliefs in 2011, but fwiw i meant 'against street harassment') 512917630345543681|Fri Sep 19 10:54:27 +0000 2014|@jennatar @LevelTwoRogue i sometimes accidentally neg brits because i can't get over using 'quite' to mean 'very' 512917459771596801|Fri Sep 19 10:53:46 +0000 2014|@jennatar yeah hmm it doesn't really work 512917367178153984|Fri Sep 19 10:53:24 +0000 2014|@jennatar 'you have the face of a bread pudding' 512917267131416576|Fri Sep 19 10:53:00 +0000 2014|Sorry there was no Lo-Fi Let's Play (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/lo-fi-lets-play/) at RPS this week -- I'm traveling too much! Normal service resumes next week. 512916706348781568|Fri Sep 19 10:50:46 +0000 2014|@jennatar like all we get is 'lol here is a typoed slur pertaining to a lie about you' not 'i have elegantly dissected your actual failures' 512916595384262656|Fri Sep 19 10:50:20 +0000 2014|@jennatar yeah, me too. it's not hatred that bothers me, it's that they don't do a good job and get it right 512916059343835136|Fri Sep 19 10:48:12 +0000 2014|@jennatar i'm reading jc herz 'surfing on the internet' from 1995 and even then she says they write the best flames 512905054610030592|Fri Sep 19 10:04:28 +0000 2014|Grindr users are asked for their thoughts on Scottish independence (h/t @elliegibson) http://machotrouts.tumblr.com/post/97748597900/morihaventgotshitonme 512899362226454528|Fri Sep 19 09:41:51 +0000 2014|Oh, this is cool -- @krisgraft talks to Rockstar's former art director, Ian Bowden, about tips for game artists http://gamasutra.com/view/news/225357/Tips_for_game_artists_from_Rockstars_former_art_director.php 512897271323975681|Fri Sep 19 09:33:33 +0000 2014|RT @Fengxii: Good alternatives to The Fine Young Capitalists: @girlsmakegames @PixellesMtl @BlackGirlsCode @CodeLiberation 512702277446934529|Thu Sep 18 20:38:43 +0000 2014|@GoodEnoughForMe i'm feeling a stunning groundswell of gratitude toward the author myself 512701920524242944|Thu Sep 18 20:37:18 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman this might be why you like me bc same 512700770945224704|Thu Sep 18 20:32:44 +0000 2014|srsly too real rn http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/09/ask-polly-i-hate-my-job-what-should-i-do.html 512699677305610240|Thu Sep 18 20:28:23 +0000 2014|"every oversensitive kid can understand that trajectory." http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/09/ask-polly-i-hate-my-job-what-should-i-do.html 512689543980396544|Thu Sep 18 19:48:07 +0000 2014|falling in love all over again with you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT3dyanB3pk 512687650310868994|Thu Sep 18 19:40:35 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow @robertflorence no DS. play 'subsistence' edition, HD collection ideal 512685103613349888|Thu Sep 18 19:30:28 +0000 2014|@robertflorence @mrsambarlow truth. and rab and i don't routinely agree on things like this. 512684980263084032|Thu Sep 18 19:29:59 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow @robertflorence i view my ongoing failure to properly critique why MGS3 rates as my actual biggest 'journalistic failing' 512673153168846848|Thu Sep 18 18:42:59 +0000 2014|@bysusanlin (thank you) 512646258163740672|Thu Sep 18 16:56:07 +0000 2014|We are in Zurich and @RaveofRavendale is explaining Oasis to the other delegates 512595613205413889|Thu Sep 18 13:34:52 +0000 2014|@Rio_Garcia @scanters oh happy birthday harjeet i didn't know it was your birthday i hope ann sits downwind on the roller coaster 512592474452529152|Thu Sep 18 13:22:24 +0000 2014|@fatmanatee i really hope you enjoy it. i put a lot of heart in. 512588377175384064|Thu Sep 18 13:06:07 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh whoa 512525620790972416|Thu Sep 18 08:56:44 +0000 2014|that's how they get ya... you inhale the spores, and then suddenly BAM. conscripted *gazes wistfully out window across dystopia* 512525271959109632|Thu Sep 18 08:55:21 +0000 2014|before the sjw brain parasites got to me i was not so different from you, my friend... not so different *spins around in chair, smokes pipe* 512512665777086464|Thu Sep 18 08:05:16 +0000 2014|Played Nightmare Cooperative on the plane. It is sort of like Hoplite but with more friends 512511175389880320|Thu Sep 18 07:59:20 +0000 2014|@SanfordsTwats i think actually what is obvious to you or i is sadly necessary entry-level material for folks just learning 512508657981214720|Thu Sep 18 07:49:20 +0000 2014|@mattagnello interestingly i'm not even in that group 512353267322327040|Wed Sep 17 21:31:52 +0000 2014|@magicalinternet ok u can refriend me 512351912847372288|Wed Sep 17 21:26:29 +0000 2014|@magicalinternet HEAVY PRIVATE lockdown 512336377200263168|Wed Sep 17 20:24:45 +0000 2014|@jonbeilin @brandonnn @ultrabrilliant good work dude 512335943928659968|Wed Sep 17 20:23:02 +0000 2014|RT @ultrabrilliant: Sim Peaks http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxwphoDIcAEmcdm.png 512317395453898752|Wed Sep 17 19:09:20 +0000 2014|@archive_girl yes 512316467149553664|Wed Sep 17 19:05:38 +0000 2014|@evongvisith yes 512315483111325696|Wed Sep 17 19:01:44 +0000 2014|A new U2 song begins to bleat insistently from the speakers at the Newark Liberty airport sushi restaurant 512311958285344768|Wed Sep 17 18:47:43 +0000 2014|@ShamsJorjani i feel like you 'get' me right now 512309686335733760|Wed Sep 17 18:38:42 +0000 2014|@emshort i can believe anything right now 512309007940587521|Wed Sep 17 18:36:00 +0000 2014|I can also now add 'sushi at Newark Airport' to my list of terrible life choices. 512306892832788482|Wed Sep 17 18:27:36 +0000 2014|Boingo wireless is a crime against humanity 512013339744952321|Tue Sep 16 23:01:07 +0000 2014|@philippawarr and in the game 512012404293509121|Tue Sep 16 22:57:24 +0000 2014|desert golfing #goty2014 512011609292550144|Tue Sep 16 22:54:15 +0000 2014|@ZenOfDesign they may have been in the third grade during all of that. 511989934589091840|Tue Sep 16 21:28:07 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: What do game developers think of the Microsoft-Mojang deal? We gathered their Twitter reactions: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/225653/Developers_react_Microsoft_buys_Mojang.php 511982502303387648|Tue Sep 16 20:58:35 +0000 2014|"Even when Kanye's screwing up, he's still a savvy social critic" http://flavorwire.com/477497/even-when-kanyes-screwing-up-hes-still-a-savvy-social-critic 511966450802634756|Tue Sep 16 19:54:48 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK I don't know what agar plates are but I'd probably score it a 7/10 511963337601462272|Tue Sep 16 19:42:26 +0000 2014|Here's @EvNarc with a look at six really excellent-looking games coming out of NYU @NYUGameCenter's incubator http://kotaku.com/after-learning-to-make-video-games-what-comes-next-1634945718 511936243001999360|Tue Sep 16 17:54:46 +0000 2014|Hey Portland: I ate here last night and it was incredible. Feels like I had an amazing dream http://www.andinarestaurant.com/food/ 511928150704812032|Tue Sep 16 17:22:36 +0000 2014|@garywhitta i KNOW but it was about a ISLAND 511860562997686273|Tue Sep 16 12:54:02 +0000 2014|@adragonbee solid 511857863526842368|Tue Sep 16 12:43:19 +0000 2014|@D_Nye_Griffiths @piratemoggy @charliesaidthat if only garmergrot was about 'the top' and not like 'a loud woman and some indies' 511855266703216642|Tue Sep 16 12:33:00 +0000 2014|@jamielowesdev I'M SORRY i couldn't resist 511855048406478848|Tue Sep 16 12:32:08 +0000 2014|@10rdBen that make it sound more perf bc then the sea can carry me away B-) 511854323123232768|Tue Sep 16 12:29:15 +0000 2014|Saving up http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2750403/Yours-140-000-Caves-beaches-94-acres-pristine-land-private-island-costs-average-UK-home-reach-boat-helicopter-good-weather.html 511851476944039936|Tue Sep 16 12:17:56 +0000 2014|@NikaHarper i had oysters last night! 511846372987785216|Tue Sep 16 11:57:39 +0000 2014|RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: Meanwhile, @zenofdesign, who is on something of a roll, watches @femfreq and has some criticisms. http://t.co/39kwJfAh… 511776101022969856|Tue Sep 16 07:18:25 +0000 2014|@10rdBen @kirkhamilton "you're a jerk, and you're making jerk sounds... where's my teammates?" -- kirk's external monologue 511775954213953536|Tue Sep 16 07:17:50 +0000 2014|RT @jimrossignol: Informative classified ad from Steve Aylett's The Caterer: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu2p-hyCIAAfLQc.jpg 511775556560359424|Tue Sep 16 07:16:15 +0000 2014|@10rdBen @kirkhamilton yeah just a couple days sorry no scoops 511774931164467200|Tue Sep 16 07:13:46 +0000 2014|@10rdBen @kirkhamilton idk should i make a tumblr about it 511774440632221696|Tue Sep 16 07:11:49 +0000 2014|@10rdBen @kirkhamilton did u see the penguin sax snap i sent 511772446337159168|Tue Sep 16 07:03:54 +0000 2014|"I'm chilling out. It's a chill game. You just cruise around & shoot stuff." -- @kirkhamilton playing Destiny, wearing world's largest smile 511771926419611648|Tue Sep 16 07:01:50 +0000 2014|@dtoid_Abel it seems like English people think American colloquialisms are kinda cute, in my experience 511771150506942464|Tue Sep 16 06:58:45 +0000 2014|@dtoid_Abel I'm American! 511771063693225984|Tue Sep 16 06:58:24 +0000 2014|"Evaluating guardians... VANGUARD TIGER STRIKE PLAYLIST" -- Destiny is strangely poetic 511769828370022400|Tue Sep 16 06:53:29 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @kirkhamilton (he's on a first name basis with marty) 511769796979855360|Tue Sep 16 06:53:22 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @kirkhamilton 'the primary orchestral stuff is fucking incredible... marty is a talented dude' 511766668813430784|Tue Sep 16 06:40:56 +0000 2014|@LukePlunkett @kirkhamilton 'engrams ARE rad' 511765532354158592|Tue Sep 16 06:36:25 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @kirkhamilton 'I think it's very good' 511765196113592320|Tue Sep 16 06:35:05 +0000 2014|I'm at @kirkhamilton's house watching him play Destiny. He's hella into it 511706846596710400|Tue Sep 16 02:43:13 +0000 2014|@davidkallison well, i think it's just healthy for me not to expect it all the time :) 511705159605317632|Tue Sep 16 02:36:31 +0000 2014|@davidkallison i'm so happy you enjoyed it <3 511701922215391232|Tue Sep 16 02:23:39 +0000 2014|@McKelvie that is not very hard 511701838790680576|Tue Sep 16 02:23:19 +0000 2014|@zusty <3 511701330671312896|Tue Sep 16 02:21:18 +0000 2014|@BikkiViking yes, clearly he is wrong about me and you and a bunch of internet strangers are right and know the real me 511634315277373440|Mon Sep 15 21:55:01 +0000 2014|@acosmos omfg 511632766706794497|Mon Sep 15 21:48:51 +0000 2014|@HYPARC @toughshank ok 511632416734072832|Mon Sep 15 21:47:28 +0000 2014|@cymrogav how do we know you're not just making it up 511628631928344576|Mon Sep 15 21:32:26 +0000 2014|@BrendanAdkins what have you done 511627880715911168|Mon Sep 15 21:29:27 +0000 2014|.@krisgraft talks Microsoft's platforming strategy, & the 'bigger than video games' context of the Mojang acquisition http://gamasutra.com/view/news/225643/Understanding_what_Minecraft_really_means_to_Microsoft.php 511622389147246592|Mon Sep 15 21:07:37 +0000 2014|@McKelvie you're pure evil 511621371281940480|Mon Sep 15 21:03:35 +0000 2014|@christinelove @MammonMachine stop being so cute 511621263693860864|Mon Sep 15 21:03:09 +0000 2014|@McKelvie i hope you do http://media.foodbabe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/FB_SBPumpkinSpiceLatte_5-2.jpg 511609276742119424|Mon Sep 15 20:15:31 +0000 2014|"I was just reading that tweet and thinking, 'that tweet is OK, but I bet Leigh's really proud of it" -- bf 511607465939451906|Mon Sep 15 20:08:19 +0000 2014|@AlexKerscher (even though this sucks sometimes there isn't anything else i'd rather do) 511607225731670016|Mon Sep 15 20:07:22 +0000 2014|@AlexKerscher a self-employed writer is worth virtually no money, and if she stops writing, nothing at all! 511605006882320384|Mon Sep 15 19:58:33 +0000 2014|I relate to Notch... he just wants to get away from all the creepers 511601612263931904|Mon Sep 15 19:45:04 +0000 2014|@crecenteb @MojangTeam @Minecraft hey, nifty work! 511600490316984320|Mon Sep 15 19:40:36 +0000 2014|@m_kopas @TronKnotts (well, me either) 511599969875140608|Mon Sep 15 19:38:32 +0000 2014|@m_kopas @TronKnotts @Chris_Rock damn i thought there was a chance she was gonna 'get' it right away 511595171587190784|Mon Sep 15 19:19:28 +0000 2014|Here are some things I've written to do with Destiny http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/01/what-would-social-video-games-look-like-gamers & http://m.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexander-understanding-video-games-column-destiny-105 511594619516121089|Mon Sep 15 19:17:16 +0000 2014|RT @tinycartridge: please comment http://stupidmiiverseposts.tumblr.com/post/97466099450 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxmMROXIgAIw7Zd.jpg 511584065305067520|Mon Sep 15 18:35:20 +0000 2014|RT @ferricide: ICYMI: my in-depth look at the history of the TurboGrafx-16 went up friday: pre-release to death, 1987 - 1994 http://t.co/kq… 511583800183107584|Mon Sep 15 18:34:17 +0000 2014|@BlendoGames bummed i missed saying hello to you! 511572373581987840|Mon Sep 15 17:48:53 +0000 2014|RT @chetprtr: sneak peak at @UrbanOutfitters new fall line http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxlXO5mCUAAiM1D.jpg 511428340704505856|Mon Sep 15 08:16:32 +0000 2014|@jennatar i mean seriously right now thank you 511426208647491585|Mon Sep 15 08:08:04 +0000 2014|@jennatar i definitely adore you 511343688450990080|Mon Sep 15 02:40:10 +0000 2014|RT @saladinahmed: This is why I won't argue with you on twitter. (by @ziobrando) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxineusCAAEFnjl.jpg 511342369396899840|Mon Sep 15 02:34:55 +0000 2014|@Zennistrad someone was circulating the full thing around -- i did RT it within the last week, but I'm not like, keeping this stuff on hand 511338411605508096|Mon Sep 15 02:19:12 +0000 2014|@Zennistrad @jennatar sexist arguments w game developers in public are pretty likely to damage your career, sorry that's a bold assertion 511338240419180544|Mon Sep 15 02:18:31 +0000 2014|@Zennistrad @jennatar i also like how nobody noticed that the 2 people i 'threatened' were saying sexist shit to me/others in a public forum 511336095812812800|Mon Sep 15 02:10:00 +0000 2014|@marryingmrdarcy i found them in the bathroom of my hotel room. AWKWARD, lose my top wit card etc 511284478824562688|Sun Sep 14 22:44:53 +0000 2014|@Veronica thank you! 511284115568472064|Sun Sep 14 22:43:27 +0000 2014|thank you to everyone at #xoxo for the warm reception and your support and interest 511283545575145472|Sun Sep 14 22:41:11 +0000 2014|@jordieasmith thank you! 511282868333461504|Sun Sep 14 22:38:29 +0000 2014|@sokareemie thank you, i'm so glad it did that, i'm looking forward to supporting your work too <3 511250080393732096|Sun Sep 14 20:28:12 +0000 2014|@metasynthie eugh i gotta give a talk in a couple hours and i JUST put my eye makeup on 511245716497256448|Sun Sep 14 20:10:51 +0000 2014|@metasynthie that just makes me sad right now, thinking she would experience the consequences of that 511238387877957632|Sun Sep 14 19:41:44 +0000 2014|@xpatriciah @ellaguro i mean, she routinely launches creepy/obsessive campaigns against me, so i wasn't buying 'ooo i changed' to begin with 511237727954538496|Sun Sep 14 19:39:07 +0000 2014|@metasynthie i wanna hang out with your sister 511237548060839937|Sun Sep 14 19:38:24 +0000 2014|@ellaguro she said i was a misandrist who is racist against white people and then she sent me a friend request... um no 511235201444245504|Sun Sep 14 19:29:04 +0000 2014|@daphaknee no denyin' 511220856597774337|Sun Sep 14 18:32:04 +0000 2014|RT @xuhulk: Earlier, I competed in aggressive pianoforte with @bfod @laura_hudson @acarboni and @leighalexander as Fran Drescher. http://t.… 511209981396267008|Sun Sep 14 17:48:52 +0000 2014|RT @you_could_try: silently weeping at the state of your life 511207455624138754|Sun Sep 14 17:38:49 +0000 2014|@ashly_burch @BostonFIG @selmaleh congratulations! i can't wait to hear more about how it went. 511195052970749952|Sun Sep 14 16:49:32 +0000 2014|@marryingmrdarcy hello! i fear i might have left my eyeglasses on your table while playing there last night. maybe did you find them? 511186667890155522|Sun Sep 14 16:16:13 +0000 2014|@MissIscariot yeah, i think it has to be the final salvo, as it's the most classic, and they tried most other things 511184411673391104|Sun Sep 14 16:07:15 +0000 2014|@gamerfathergeek basically my life right now 511183991362179072|Sun Sep 14 16:05:35 +0000 2014|@sketchseven @GregDean23 of course i don't think that! who would think that! i was probably making fun of myself :( 511182590053605376|Sun Sep 14 16:00:01 +0000 2014|@jarodmaclellan thank you! i hope you like it! 511182299308638208|Sun Sep 14 15:58:52 +0000 2014|@ScottMadin @TheLaq oh that was so good 511178901117075456|Sun Sep 14 15:45:21 +0000 2014|@ncroal you should just have my twitter account 511178331140538369|Sun Sep 14 15:43:06 +0000 2014|@ncroal clearly i should have had this advice from the beginning 511177349480456192|Sun Sep 14 15:39:11 +0000 2014|@GregDean23 i don't either, but it's certainly possible there is a context for them, like i thought i was being funny or something 511175631829086208|Sun Sep 14 15:32:22 +0000 2014|@Shadling @songadaymann oh wow 511170870291619840|Sun Sep 14 15:13:27 +0000 2014|@MaraWritesStuff i wish i could RT this but yknow right now 511166365823008768|Sun Sep 14 14:55:33 +0000 2014|@MiyakaLee thank you 511164436128612352|Sun Sep 14 14:47:53 +0000 2014|'gamergate' now turns to address major issues such as 'what kind of person i am' 511164334903283712|Sun Sep 14 14:47:29 +0000 2014|RT @MrStabby87: I'msure that if I was working in a restaurant, serving someone like @leighalexander I would personally make sure the busboy… 511091905715650560|Sun Sep 14 09:59:40 +0000 2014|@mikepatterson11 no... i don't resent destiny's cultural position in the same way 511090558257741824|Sun Sep 14 09:54:19 +0000 2014|are you ready for my review of destiny. well here it is: IT'S FINE. boom 511089836174753792|Sun Sep 14 09:51:27 +0000 2014|@IAMLenaHeadey i would watch this movie 511089654603333632|Sun Sep 14 09:50:43 +0000 2014|you... usin' LABYRINTH? on me.....?!?! stone cold man https://twitter.com/GwendolynsDream/status/511087442276134912 511060936224817152|Sun Sep 14 07:56:36 +0000 2014|@hunktears thanks you know what lillian you might have inspired me to turn this into an illustrated short or something good work 511060542589374464|Sun Sep 14 07:55:03 +0000 2014|@hunktears tl;dr TRIED TO HAND REPAIR OWN CONSOLE FOUND STRANGER'S PUBE IN IT 511060000312012801|Sun Sep 14 07:52:53 +0000 2014|@hunktears ya whatev it was either 'figure out how to fix shit' or 'not see that shitty ff8 town where laguna is the mayor' 511059701342023680|Sun Sep 14 07:51:42 +0000 2014|@hunktears a crystal tear rolls down my cheek as i stare out the window... "eventually i bought my own, new ps1" 511059588850806784|Sun Sep 14 07:51:15 +0000 2014|@acarboni @NikaHarper @femfreq gee u think 511059517782503425|Sun Sep 14 07:50:58 +0000 2014|@acarboni @NikaHarper you missed ur true love mr. binbag tho 511059036934914049|Sun Sep 14 07:49:04 +0000 2014|@hunktears *warm, friendly narrator voice* and you know what? sure enough... someone did. *camera pan out on disassembled playstation* 511058790465040385|Sun Sep 14 07:48:05 +0000 2014|@acarboni @NikaHarper esscuse me i became JANE MOTHERFUCKIN AUSTEN and my score was higher than yours u mad bro/ 511058644331278337|Sun Sep 14 07:47:30 +0000 2014|@hunktears i found a completely unfamiliar pubic hair inside /fin 511058610143518720|Sun Sep 14 07:47:22 +0000 2014|@hunktears i disassembled my ps1, i had trimmed the requisite metal strip, i had the right sort of glue, and when i opened the machine 511058527113080832|Sun Sep 14 07:47:02 +0000 2014|@hunktears from a mac floppy, you know, the hard plastic with the metal casing, you used some of that metal, and pasted over the groove 511058391108558849|Sun Sep 14 07:46:30 +0000 2014|@hunktears this happened while i was 2/3 through ff8 which would NOT fucking fly. so i read online you could use a snipped metal strip 511058307297976320|Sun Sep 14 07:46:10 +0000 2014|@hunktears lens part would carve a groove into the metal sled drive apparatus, and it would sit wrong, and it would read discs badly 511058171125723136|Sun Sep 14 07:45:37 +0000 2014|@hunktears i got a first-gen playstation one bc my dad was a journalist. all 1st gen ps1 had a defect -- if you played enough, the 511057902887370752|Sun Sep 14 07:44:33 +0000 2014|@acarboni @NikaHarper anthony got some basic-ass husband in the end #sad #basic 510896480727490560|Sat Sep 13 21:03:07 +0000 2014|@mattshotcha did you really feel i was talking about you? 510891426985410563|Sat Sep 13 20:43:02 +0000 2014|@kateri_t they are a safe place for me, too. 510890676712534016|Sat Sep 13 20:40:03 +0000 2014|lol no you fucking won't https://twitter.com/Oboromusha/status/510890028583882752 510887597854306304|Sat Sep 13 20:27:49 +0000 2014|me: 'gamer culture seems pretty toxic' response: 'lol shut up bitch we'll kill you' 510887050715746305|Sat Sep 13 20:25:39 +0000 2014|@Hawknitesh i said that gamer culture was toxic, actually 510886669629681664|Sat Sep 13 20:24:08 +0000 2014|@theshums it's true though, i do hate gamers in the mail 510886560653266944|Sat Sep 13 20:23:42 +0000 2014|@directhex it's cool, i know that 510886164765487104|Sat Sep 13 20:22:08 +0000 2014|@SecretGamerGrrl @Cyphy3 @a_man_in_black @HallSama seems like 510885173739544576|Sat Sep 13 20:18:11 +0000 2014|https://twitter.com/ImThePatriarchy/status/510884571974746112 gamers are so cool 510880644050587648|Sat Sep 13 20:00:11 +0000 2014|@kfan *googles* YES are they at walgreens omg cancel my talk hold all my calls don't look for me 510879897149911040|Sat Sep 13 19:57:13 +0000 2014|@kfan no. what. i need this now. i'm not kidding. 510877850379907072|Sat Sep 13 19:49:05 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 @AmyDentata oh wow where is that bc that's something i say a lot 510818601649983488|Sat Sep 13 15:53:39 +0000 2014|@m_kopas only ppl who don't know what goodness is have to default to 'good' as an adjective 510809533413728256|Sat Sep 13 15:17:37 +0000 2014|@AdamSessler i would guess that's an implicit rather than an explicit thing, inherent to the 'tone' 510807464682348544|Sat Sep 13 15:09:24 +0000 2014|@AdamSessler it's really good context for the tantrum happening in our field 510805571037962240|Sat Sep 13 15:01:53 +0000 2014|"individual citizen’s most important economic role is ...inhaling products, services & entertainment, electronically" http://www.salon.com/2014/09/12/the_death_of_adulthood_is_really_just_capitalism_at_work/ 510804881792184320|Sat Sep 13 14:59:08 +0000 2014|'...role has changed and they don’t know what the hell to do about it' -- re 'death of adulthood', capitalism/feminsm http://www.salon.com/2014/09/12/the_death_of_adulthood_is_really_just_capitalism_at_work/ 510803742224961536|Sat Sep 13 14:54:37 +0000 2014|@TroyGoodfellow @samusclone @BRKeogh @ckunzelman it is VERY ikea, in that it's a biz model before it's a game imo http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/01/what-would-social-video-games-look-like-gamers 510803543637233665|Sat Sep 13 14:53:49 +0000 2014|@_RandomJ_ @samusclone @BRKeogh @ckunzelman hahahahahahahah YES pls just publish that with a pic 510802990307872768|Sat Sep 13 14:51:37 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @ckunzelman @samusclone also what is billy bookshelf 510802780965961728|Sat Sep 13 14:50:47 +0000 2014|@ScottMadin @ckunzelman @samusclone i think i wrote 'less dorky than usual,' which is a huge compliment from me 510802162331316224|Sat Sep 13 14:48:20 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @samusclone it is the ur-void, the ultimate video game 510802110695227394|Sat Sep 13 14:48:08 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @samusclone i wrote about aspects of it in VICE & Guardian, but you're right, it's only interesting relative to other things 510801596901363712|Sat Sep 13 14:46:05 +0000 2014|@tauriqmoosa @jennatar 'ironically', a hero with ethics problems http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/mar/01/the-kernel 510800998516809728|Sat Sep 13 14:43:42 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @samusclone implausibly there's like, not one confident, proper take on destiny out there yet, which is like what 510799348985102336|Sat Sep 13 14:37:09 +0000 2014|@EllenPageLOL considering it! 510797302504517632|Sat Sep 13 14:29:01 +0000 2014|@EmperorPigeon @JimSterling thanks to @Quinns108 for that one 510796516273844224|Sat Sep 13 14:25:54 +0000 2014|@v21 oh wicked, thank you, i really hope you like it 510794987974311936|Sat Sep 13 14:19:49 +0000 2014|@locust9 not on a saturday. doesn't count on a saturday. 510794886786740224|Sat Sep 13 14:19:25 +0000 2014|my new book is biased journalism about my interpersonal connections in what should be a neutral and inhuman space https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 510782564789792768|Sat Sep 13 13:30:27 +0000 2014|@m_kopas oh my god 510774755171905537|Sat Sep 13 12:59:26 +0000 2014|@SecretGamerGrrl for me too. thanks. 510695867867615232|Sat Sep 13 07:45:57 +0000 2014|still strong for you ~ thank you x 510690948947271680|Sat Sep 13 07:26:25 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 a quality online narrative experience *the piece of paper smiles at u* 510690443122573312|Sat Sep 13 07:24:24 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 girl i dont ENTER CONTRACTS i AM the contract *turns into piece of paper* 510689875276742656|Sat Sep 13 07:22:09 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 we can make anything happen. we MADE everything happen. NVR 4GET 510689598456877056|Sat Sep 13 07:21:03 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 ya 510689488834555904|Sat Sep 13 07:20:36 +0000 2014|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P63HKPYSY2w 510687771342536704|Sat Sep 13 07:13:47 +0000 2014|RT @sexualsiduction: Why is feminism not called equalism? Why is there no white history month? Why are there no cemeteries for alive people… 510601922231808000|Sat Sep 13 01:32:39 +0000 2014|@bombsfall @cleodee whoa 510601547294584832|Sat Sep 13 01:31:10 +0000 2014|@bombsfall @cleodee i might have just run away 510599462297686016|Sat Sep 13 01:22:52 +0000 2014|@bombsfall @cleodee well i was worried as i left off on the interview we were supposed to do and now i don't have to awk explain in person ~ 510598680005447680|Sat Sep 13 01:19:46 +0000 2014|@bombsfall @cleodee oh no what i thought i was going to meet you 510598546521735168|Sat Sep 13 01:19:14 +0000 2014|@kellieparker pen with a cap on! 510597130390478848|Sat Sep 13 01:13:36 +0000 2014|@oksoda @cabel @zusty i did think of you 510592490643001344|Sat Sep 13 00:55:10 +0000 2014|RT @leigh_books: I am only up and relevant and just admit they're weird nice toys for weird children will grow up to be an internet comment… 510586741888004097|Sat Sep 13 00:32:20 +0000 2014|Received a rare, vintage OK Soda print as gift from @cabel. It has made me feel better about the internet (w. @zusty) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxX374gCYAA6zOO.jpg 510585961671966720|Sat Sep 13 00:29:14 +0000 2014|@cabel You have made my whole week. Seriously!!!! 510577020972326912|Fri Sep 12 23:53:42 +0000 2014|@m_kopas I would be in a slow-mo rescue sequence at the end for you x 510545661423415297|Fri Sep 12 21:49:05 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 !!!!!!! 510532569461293056|Fri Sep 12 20:57:04 +0000 2014|For some reason this is cracking me up http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxXGqrWCAAAzsfD.jpg 510497889240358912|Fri Sep 12 18:39:16 +0000 2014|ariel was right; dinglehopping is really good for your hair 510497265543168000|Fri Sep 12 18:36:47 +0000 2014|s/o if you ever 'Ariel'd it' 510497216251695104|Fri Sep 12 18:36:35 +0000 2014|Well, I left my comb at home, and my hair was really tangled, so I swiped my fork from my room service tray and 'Ariel'd it' 510488949685362688|Fri Sep 12 18:03:44 +0000 2014|friends at #xoxofest -- my talk is on Sunday please come see me x http://2014.xoxofest.com/conference/ 510488746001567745|Fri Sep 12 18:02:56 +0000 2014|@kyletothejones @BeezNeezSausage @BlendoGames thank you! 510488204722450432|Fri Sep 12 18:00:47 +0000 2014|RT @DLYDJ: New #NYVGCC managing editor @KevitoClark responds 2 @LeighAlexander's "Who Are We" piece for @VICE || http://nygamecritics.com/2014/09/12/when-we-play-video-games-we-are-everything/ || … 510481339401773056|Fri Sep 12 17:33:30 +0000 2014|@probablyabsent no worries -- no, I don't have a patreon, and no, I have not been fired from anywhere 510453035860910081|Fri Sep 12 15:41:02 +0000 2014|typo of the day: "hyper-captitalistic" 510452944836116480|Fri Sep 12 15:40:40 +0000 2014|RT @DifferentGames: @leighalexander meditates on games and identification: When We Play Video Games, Who Are We? | VICE http://t.co/ejhJ75J… 510452728368074752|Fri Sep 12 15:39:48 +0000 2014|@mdofl1 no, I'm afraid Gumroad doesn't take PayPal and I can't personally, but it's DRM-free, so feel free to borrow one from someone :) 510434355848556545|Fri Sep 12 14:26:48 +0000 2014|RT @MattGunther87: Loving @leighalexander's work for @VICEUK. More please! http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexander-understanding-video-games-column-destiny-105 510420447561666560|Fri Sep 12 13:31:32 +0000 2014|RT @MrTrollham: @leighalexander unless your writing is about statics of metal health issues in all humans you are leaning towards being bia… 510261696300982272|Fri Sep 12 03:00:43 +0000 2014|I watched the movie 'Wadjda' on the plane here and it was just stunning. Loved it. 510256913431293953|Fri Sep 12 02:41:42 +0000 2014|@jennatar @laevantine you guysssssssssss 510254793340628993|Fri Sep 12 02:33:17 +0000 2014|@Mr_Joyboy @jennatar i've def done a lot of hypothetical diagnoses on these people too, so 510254370923876352|Fri Sep 12 02:31:36 +0000 2014|@davidsgallant @jennatar @Mr_Joyboy espoused by like, eggs w 8 followers confident they ruined my life/career? man. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxTJpX7CUAAX1hq.jpg 510253772140851200|Fri Sep 12 02:29:13 +0000 2014|@davidsgallant @jennatar @Mr_Joyboy they cannot decide whether i am a power-mad bully or 'delusional' & do not matter 510253617421381634|Fri Sep 12 02:28:37 +0000 2014|@Mr_Joyboy @jennatar thank you, me too 510253382372569088|Fri Sep 12 02:27:41 +0000 2014|@jennatar @Mr_Joyboy for a few days it was the red-lined 'ethical corrections' and now it's just devolved into diagnosing my personality 510253264894324736|Fri Sep 12 02:27:13 +0000 2014|@jennatar @Mr_Joyboy i'm a 'narcissist' bc i fight back, and 'bipolar' because i make jokes. that's literally all my feed has been lately 510251943114321920|Fri Sep 12 02:21:57 +0000 2014|@JinSaotome idk, probably like, cut up some creepy toys and glue them together and sell them on msg boards lol 510213975078739968|Thu Sep 11 23:51:05 +0000 2014|@passingfair I think that can happen! Lemme DM when I'm actually settled there in a few hours 510202125507235840|Thu Sep 11 23:04:00 +0000 2014|@passingfair Portland~ 510194418968567809|Thu Sep 11 22:33:23 +0000 2014|@thevowel @BeechersSeattle I am at B -- let's see how much time is left in my layover! 510193878599598080|Thu Sep 11 22:31:14 +0000 2014|Really looking forward to a time when my mentions aren't hysterical/abusive consumers, although they do validate most of my writing 510193640530919425|Thu Sep 11 22:30:17 +0000 2014|@jennatar @reverendanthony @TTYLshow @femfreq @TheQuinnspiracy @Gingerhazing <3 thanks 510193534201122816|Thu Sep 11 22:29:52 +0000 2014|My first time ever in Seattle and I'll only just get to see the airport 510191168312082433|Thu Sep 11 22:20:28 +0000 2014|@BuddyAcker It would be really terrible if my employer found out I was working there 510020273685692416|Thu Sep 11 11:01:23 +0000 2014|@strictmachine @Aktivarum @ZedrikCayne @Lion_Martinez We sure don't do it for the money :) 510010530678206464|Thu Sep 11 10:22:40 +0000 2014|@daphaknee @KrisLigman @jennatar this convo is getting too anatomically intense for me 510010355809263616|Thu Sep 11 10:21:59 +0000 2014|@adamesat i have made up enough information to qualify for the 1.5 hours in the past, too 510010032717840384|Thu Sep 11 10:20:41 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman @daphaknee @jennatar he can't have been genuinely mad. do you know how many things the rest of us have broken 510008120626917376|Thu Sep 11 10:13:06 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman i forgive you THIS TIME ~ ~ 510007732230184960|Thu Sep 11 10:11:33 +0000 2014|@daphaknee why isn't it called daphny international airport 510007229043720192|Thu Sep 11 10:09:33 +0000 2014|@daphaknee i am going to portland, i'm sorry, this is mainly because there's no airport at your house 510006726574473216|Thu Sep 11 10:07:33 +0000 2014|@daphaknee @KrisLigman @jennatar i'm in an airport having a champagne fizz for breakfast. also, don't be sad. we got this. 510005829760991232|Thu Sep 11 10:03:59 +0000 2014|@jennatar @KrisLigman i find it can depend on what you drink. used to be all sailor jerry all the time til i noticed rum makes me angry 510004343211581440|Thu Sep 11 09:58:05 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 no *swirls away in a cape* 510004112029937664|Thu Sep 11 09:57:10 +0000 2014|the beauty of world travel... is you can almost become a different person... http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxPmCXWIAAEeGoH.jpg 510003892374224896|Thu Sep 11 09:56:18 +0000 2014|@KrisLigman i'm a little bit insulted by that presumption. 510000255421526016|Thu Sep 11 09:41:50 +0000 2014|Heathrow terminal 2 is 'the queen's terminal'? She already owns all the swans in the city, she needs an airport terminal too? 509993432165908480|Thu Sep 11 09:14:44 +0000 2014|@kierongillen As I can hang out with You People anytime, we will be in Indonesia for TB :( 509980285493325824|Thu Sep 11 08:22:29 +0000 2014|@kierongillen Portland now, Switzerland from there, club immediately after. 509963606549880832|Thu Sep 11 07:16:13 +0000 2014|@mollylambert The 'flutie pass' is like an on ramp behind the Natick mall 509955495051137024|Thu Sep 11 06:43:59 +0000 2014|@kinucakes I love you back, yr wicked x 509947773396213760|Thu Sep 11 06:13:18 +0000 2014|@swwaldie 'fraid not, but there is a sort-of abridged version here http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/198376/grunge_grrrls_and_video_games_.php 509947220775682048|Thu Sep 11 06:11:06 +0000 2014|@unsecretcrush that's the first Transylvania in the series, I think... I read that there's an iOS version of that out! 509831858503548928|Wed Sep 10 22:32:41 +0000 2014|Let's go back in time to a game that explains my actual, lingering fear of elevators http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/10/lo-fi-lets-play-critical-mass/ 509811645070442496|Wed Sep 10 21:12:22 +0000 2014|Well @Quinns108 has often been confiding his wish to be adopted by @flantz lately 509777218588131328|Wed Sep 10 18:55:34 +0000 2014|@samusclone next tweet after urs in my feed https://twitter.com/yingfish/status/509769871199338496 509776964962766849|Wed Sep 10 18:54:34 +0000 2014|RT @ellaguro: how do we establish an idea, or construction of 'videogames' & build a language around them that is totally new and much more… 509776953571016705|Wed Sep 10 18:54:31 +0000 2014|RT @ellaguro: obvs we don't mean all digital games should die, otherwise we wouldn't even care. so the real challenge is what is to be salv… 509776914970861568|Wed Sep 10 18:54:22 +0000 2014|@ellaguro no liz it mean u are bullying and humiliate the gamers and u dont believe in gaming 509775858526322689|Wed Sep 10 18:50:10 +0000 2014|@CritComposer (of course i have already played those, but am considering re-doing, as it's the most appropriate for long journey) 509774065113243648|Wed Sep 10 18:43:02 +0000 2014|RT @stuartbrighton: Great article by @leighalexander Everybody is losing in the culture war over video games http://ti.me/1uD8R8y 509757478046023680|Wed Sep 10 17:37:08 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl no 509750489593151488|Wed Sep 10 17:09:22 +0000 2014|@michaelfossbakk (did already) 509748303274450944|Wed Sep 10 17:00:40 +0000 2014|I've actually not played Danganrompa yet so I'mma do that I think 509746049653932032|Wed Sep 10 16:51:43 +0000 2014|@rodolfor well, me too, but unfortunately i share it with my partner and he gets to keep it here while i travel :( 509745607549136896|Wed Sep 10 16:49:58 +0000 2014|If you had a 10 hour plane journey ahead, what would YOU want to play on your Vita? 509728650661728256|Wed Sep 10 15:42:35 +0000 2014|@bombsfall my cat was called yorda, my friends adopted her when i went to uk 509728251649196032|Wed Sep 10 15:41:00 +0000 2014|RT @danthat: "99.55% of the output of professional video-game journalists has nothing to do with feminism, sexism, or misogyny" https://t.c… 509727954369531904|Wed Sep 10 15:39:49 +0000 2014|@bombsfall cat pic 509727799696166912|Wed Sep 10 15:39:12 +0000 2014|@GoHalvesOnGames it was a fun time! glad you enjoyed the cast! 509727736102141952|Wed Sep 10 15:38:57 +0000 2014|RT @GoHalvesOnGames: I dare you - Listen to this podcast without holding your breath for at least a minute. Bravo @leighalexander http://t.… 509708298850152449|Wed Sep 10 14:21:43 +0000 2014|http://31.media.tumblr.com/91170f722db2e769c9606e8a0a77afd9/tumblr_ms32iqznqQ1r2oiuyo5_250.gif 509706486738849793|Wed Sep 10 14:14:30 +0000 2014|@Jumbso 'who does she think she is' 'she probably doesn't play video games' etc 509706108995653632|Wed Sep 10 14:13:00 +0000 2014|@Jumbso i am an editor in chief and an investor??? whoa 509702298675974145|Wed Sep 10 13:57:52 +0000 2014|@AdamSessler perf 509701920836292608|Wed Sep 10 13:56:22 +0000 2014|@AdamSessler i call triangle 509700886617403392|Wed Sep 10 13:52:15 +0000 2014|@AdamSessler @HonestWilliam the conspiracy is true 509699534868729856|Wed Sep 10 13:46:53 +0000 2014|@ncroal 'for promotional use only' 509684168281030656|Wed Sep 10 12:45:49 +0000 2014|RT @SpiltMilkStudio: Another cracking Game Design Deep Dive, this time from @ImageForm on #Steamworld Dig's ace digging http://t.co/F6idQvY… 509675388868771841|Wed Sep 10 12:10:56 +0000 2014|@Philpax_ oh, thanks! fixed 509673324809826304|Wed Sep 10 12:02:44 +0000 2014|In my newest Lo-Fi Let's Play at RPS, we travel the world to stop a nuke. I mean, I think we do. We try. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/10/lo-fi-lets-play-critical-mass/ 509670402474672128|Wed Sep 10 11:51:07 +0000 2014|Flying to Portland for XOXO tomorrow. I've never had a 10-hour flight before. Grievously frightened of the jet lag. 509658278574718976|Wed Sep 10 11:02:57 +0000 2014|@diglyme glad they are useful for you! thank you! 509656670897987584|Wed Sep 10 10:56:33 +0000 2014|Lots of new followers lately! You can see some favorite selections of my work here at my website http://leighalexander.net/selected-links/ 509649726346911745|Wed Sep 10 10:28:58 +0000 2014|@AegeriDnD this. 509647842907262976|Wed Sep 10 10:21:29 +0000 2014|@HonestWilliam hey @AdamSessler will you get william some coffee 509647160313655296|Wed Sep 10 10:18:46 +0000 2014|http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxKhZCPIEAALKLg.jpg 509645246511476736|Wed Sep 10 10:11:10 +0000 2014|@alexhern no, you'd better fucking not 509643822775934976|Wed Sep 10 10:05:30 +0000 2014|https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxIzm4BCYAAXTQ4.png:large 509625532926132224|Wed Sep 10 08:52:50 +0000 2014|@samusclone @truenamehere at least they got my name right hahahaha this is awesome thanks 509624583633530880|Wed Sep 10 08:49:03 +0000 2014|@scanters @casstronauts @steishere noooo i'll be away noooooo fffffffffffffff 509486313532567552|Tue Sep 09 23:39:37 +0000 2014|@samusclone @truenamehere can u guys please send me a screencap of this, i can't be bothered with all that dross but i want a new fb cover 509372172994088960|Tue Sep 09 16:06:04 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 interesting 509371927681839104|Tue Sep 09 16:05:05 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 that was my hypothesis for why it was much worse for me vs my friends (i'm mixed race kinda 'ethnic looking' etc) 509371761516097536|Tue Sep 09 16:04:26 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 i always sort of hypothesized that the massive racial tensions in nyc play a role in how men assert themselves 509371650710986753|Tue Sep 09 16:03:59 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 nowhere is as bad as NY in my experience 509371553730277376|Tue Sep 09 16:03:36 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 i feel a bit guilty as i am obvious about it, but hey 509371448621031425|Tue Sep 09 16:03:11 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 lived in ny 11 years, 1/2 in bk 1/2 in manhattan & to this day i just don't like any men walking behind me, any time 509371242357719041|Tue Sep 09 16:02:22 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 but when i landed back in NY for the first visit back i was being hissed at in baggage claim. it's how NY is imo 509371117933711360|Tue Sep 09 16:01:52 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 when i came to england nobody made any attempts like that, and i thought 'well i got too old i guess' 509370963637862400|Tue Sep 09 16:01:16 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 it happened to me most days. i was upset and shaking every night i walked home late 509370408173580288|Tue Sep 09 15:59:03 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @mcclure111 nothing is worse than new york 509367021935812609|Tue Sep 09 15:45:36 +0000 2014|@LouisDieudonneX try instead http://toftc.wikispaces.com/file/view/defarges.gif/34539587/240x376/defarges.gif 509362243268792320|Tue Sep 09 15:26:36 +0000 2014|@evil_avatar hahaha 509360987448049664|Tue Sep 09 15:21:37 +0000 2014|@evil_avatar i guess i was never good enough to be hired by prestigious 'evil avatar' 509359933025181696|Tue Sep 09 15:17:26 +0000 2014|@kierongillen even still *heavy sigh* 509359111092584448|Tue Sep 09 15:14:10 +0000 2014|@kierongillen i still have the pair i got in 8th grade bc grunge. still intact, still fit, faint traces of crush's name on sole in pen 509355632341032961|Tue Sep 09 15:00:20 +0000 2014|@justinofclark @SimonParkin @TheQuinnspiracy no, of course not. you'd think that might tell them something 509350492452175872|Tue Sep 09 14:39:55 +0000 2014|RT @SimonParkin: The truth about @TheQuinnspiracy's Depression Quest, the video game that's inspired a cavalcade of abuse: http://t.co/ck7j… 509344892993417216|Tue Sep 09 14:17:40 +0000 2014|Hey, Montreal --I'm keynoting MIGS this year. See you in November! 509324289129328640|Tue Sep 09 12:55:48 +0000 2014|RT @LaurakBuzz: An article on GamerGate by @leighalexander that does a great job at explaining everything to my non gaming parents http://t… 509320277915090944|Tue Sep 09 12:39:51 +0000 2014|@likeluke_ i'm really excited, i've never been 509319713391116288|Tue Sep 09 12:37:37 +0000 2014|@plante this is PERFECT. sobbing, i tell you 509294494005878784|Tue Sep 09 10:57:24 +0000 2014|i'm talking at XOXO this weekend, along with some other good people http://2014.xoxofest.com/conference/ 509291620131676160|Tue Sep 09 10:45:59 +0000 2014|RT @PennyRed: Girls, Games and the New Culture War. A blog. http://laurie-penny.com/why-were-winning-social-justice-warriors-and-the-new-culture-war/ 509291585214099456|Tue Sep 09 10:45:50 +0000 2014|RT @pugsplz: Really interesting article by @leighalexander on viewing ourselves as the protagonist of games. Check it out. http://t.co/HUEC… 509287633777065984|Tue Sep 09 10:30:08 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: .@leighalexander's latest Understanding Games has moved to Vice US, which gives me another reason to plug it here: http://t.… 509287578898796544|Tue Sep 09 10:29:55 +0000 2014|@Vahn16 at least that would teach them to pronounce my name right in their creepy panting basement videos 509287455946964992|Tue Sep 09 10:29:26 +0000 2014|@PistolDill thank you. i hope you enjoy it! 509145989073338368|Tue Sep 09 01:07:17 +0000 2014|RT @AllanSchumacher: If anyone wants full context of @tha_rami and @leighalexander "attacking" a student, go here: https://twitter.com/IncrediRoe/status/464526542853640192 … 509115850637733889|Mon Sep 08 23:07:32 +0000 2014|@willbrooker @marksutherland thank you, that is somewhat the intent 509112583581089792|Mon Sep 08 22:54:33 +0000 2014|RT @marksutherland: While usually great, @leighalexander's latest Lo-Fi Let's Play on Neuromancer is a masterclass in subtle put-downs http… 509061715968155648|Mon Sep 08 19:32:25 +0000 2014|RT @ffvii_blazed: CLOUD: this is like the most profound experience of my entire life BUGENHAGEN: ho ho hooooo! another hit? CLOUD: yes CLOU… 509051830815703040|Mon Sep 08 18:53:08 +0000 2014|@revierypone @LanaTheGun101 @samusclone @laevantine @sparklebliss (not all women) 509046628553355264|Mon Sep 08 18:32:28 +0000 2014|@samusclone @laevantine @sparklebliss @LanaTheGun101 immaturity in men = celebrated/protected; same in women = punished even when imaginary 509046140919357440|Mon Sep 08 18:30:32 +0000 2014|@samusclone @laevantine @sparklebliss @LanaTheGun101 default belief is 'hysterical little girl' even when i am in 3 international magazines 509045699116564480|Mon Sep 08 18:28:46 +0000 2014|@samusclone @laevantine @sparklebliss @LanaTheGun101 'acting like a child' 'little girl' 'honey' etc 509045646016643072|Mon Sep 08 18:28:34 +0000 2014|@samusclone @laevantine @sparklebliss @LanaTheGun101 much of the 'criticism' of my work' lately has been that specific -- 509037277885263873|Mon Sep 08 17:55:19 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive @Quinns108 as you do 509034256648396800|Mon Sep 08 17:43:18 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive @Quinns108 miss you much -- see you during gamecity, we hope x 509028280872493056|Mon Sep 08 17:19:34 +0000 2014|RT @laura_hudson: The only way to stop online harassment is for communities to change their social norms, not abdicate responsibility: htt… 509025656601341952|Mon Sep 08 17:09:08 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive @Quinns108 go get 'im, handsome 509015884745433089|Mon Sep 08 16:30:18 +0000 2014|@grmartin aw, i think that's sweet. 509015605836804097|Mon Sep 08 16:29:12 +0000 2014|He is choosing her skin colour, hair colour, lip colour. It's not like I'm jealous of a video game character. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexander-understanding-video-games-column-destiny-105 508994828454350848|Mon Sep 08 15:06:38 +0000 2014|@D_Nye_Griffiths @alexhern @_sadwhitegirl Let's Play Myself 508993673489809408|Mon Sep 08 15:02:03 +0000 2014|the things that truly matter RT @_sadwhitegirl http://change.org petition to get @leighalexander @verified 508980316628070400|Mon Sep 08 14:08:58 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C @PennyRed yeah we prob have too many axes anyway 508980131646676992|Mon Sep 08 14:08:14 +0000 2014|@Manpuncher one con. blogger mentioned in that piece made a gamergate video, even. hashtag effectively started by right-wing actor, etc 508979923445612544|Mon Sep 08 14:07:24 +0000 2014|@Manpuncher it's actually a good study in right wing astroturf tactics http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/how_misinformation_goes_viral.php 508979371546533889|Mon Sep 08 14:05:13 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C @PennyRed so do we have your axe or not brendan 508976143849246720|Mon Sep 08 13:52:23 +0000 2014|@Manpuncher when i saw that one i felt sad? like, one is either very young & relatively helpless-feeling or worse to see the world this way 508975832711585792|Mon Sep 08 13:51:09 +0000 2014|@PennyRed back at you, obvs 508966319010889728|Mon Sep 08 13:13:21 +0000 2014|RT @Brendy_C: "...personal identity is not a fixed, immovable character class that we select at the start of our life" http://t.co/eGpM1mc0… 508965814821978112|Mon Sep 08 13:11:21 +0000 2014|I'm doing an essay for @juliascheele's upcoming Riot Grrrl Anthology http://www.juliascheele.co.uk/double-dare-ya-riot-grrrl-book-project-update/ 508948561242107904|Mon Sep 08 12:02:47 +0000 2014|thank you for this, @PennyRed http://laurie-penny.com/why-were-winning-social-justice-warriors-and-the-new-culture-war/ 508948352810373121|Mon Sep 08 12:01:57 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly people might have gone looking for coolio and found me instead? nothing could be more perfect 508947120330899456|Mon Sep 08 11:57:03 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly really terrified to discover this side of coolio, whom we last saw performing with kids on nickelodeon :( 508946186217455616|Mon Sep 08 11:53:21 +0000 2014|@TimOfLegend @tha_rami and i'm a bully for saying denying sexism might have public consequences! *high five* rad 508938507377971200|Mon Sep 08 11:22:50 +0000 2014|RT @semanticpoetry: Just finished @leighalexander's wonderful Clipping Through. Utterly beautiful writing and narrative. https://t.co/kWkUP… 508938479179694080|Mon Sep 08 11:22:43 +0000 2014|@semanticpoetry thank you so much. makes me really happy you enjoyed it! 508937592965173250|Mon Sep 08 11:19:12 +0000 2014|Watching my boyfriend choose the right shade of lip color for his Destiny woman made me think re our 'self' in games http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexander-understanding-video-games-column-destiny-105 508931316679970816|Mon Sep 08 10:54:16 +0000 2014|RT @Mazloum: @leighalexander Hey! Techcrunch just called you 'possibly the most gifted writer operating in the gaming media' http://t.co/B2… 508931210673139712|Mon Sep 08 10:53:50 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: Who are we, REALLY, when we're videogaming? @leighalexander on digital identities on @viceuk - http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexander-understanding-video-games-column-destiny-105 http:/… 508732628573642752|Sun Sep 07 21:44:45 +0000 2014|RT @CleftClips: Really smart & cool pop culture, gender & gaming talk among @mollylambert @emilyyoshida & @leighalexander http://t.co/MYBKK… 508360620090335233|Sat Sep 06 21:06:31 +0000 2014|@JeffGrubb @jennatar eerie 508359182559756290|Sat Sep 06 21:00:48 +0000 2014|@rich_lem thanks, richard. hope you're doing well! 508355867465760769|Sat Sep 06 20:47:38 +0000 2014|@jennatar & no one is concerned about integrity of information, just partial truths that serve the tonal outcome they want 508354315174830080|Sat Sep 06 20:41:28 +0000 2014|interesting & relevant CJR piece on astroturfing tactics from right-wingers who prey on ignorance http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/how_misinformation_goes_viral.php 508346745957650432|Sat Sep 06 20:11:23 +0000 2014|@ricleichtung @pcmus as they say here, 'wicked' 508343175984193540|Sat Sep 06 19:57:12 +0000 2014|@kenruze same 508342783246348288|Sat Sep 06 19:55:38 +0000 2014|'this is why we video gaming' (lyrics adapted from my 'review', song by jonathan mann) is still a cheerful resource https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HZ21Lsw5WE 508337869015232513|Sat Sep 06 19:36:07 +0000 2014|@smestorp @Quinns108 @nealen @zimmermaneric @aireye @helvetica @robdubbin @flantz i had 508337022810222592|Sat Sep 06 19:32:45 +0000 2014|@smestorp @Quinns108 @nealen @zimmermaneric @aireye @helvetica @robdubbin remember when you hoarded all the pink candies *wipes tear* 508336660636262400|Sat Sep 06 19:31:19 +0000 2014|RT @Leggetron: Good morning. Here's my latest for Kotaku about the fascinating and inspiring story of @SeanTheBaptiste :) http://t.co/47ONI… 508335560151531520|Sat Sep 06 19:26:56 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @nealen @zimmermaneric @aireye @helvetica @robdubbin 'that you've been to twice' 508330036827795456|Sat Sep 06 19:04:59 +0000 2014|@MrPope <3 508330023435390976|Sat Sep 06 19:04:56 +0000 2014|RT @MrPope: "Twitter exposes us all to the vocabulary of extremes" right on, @leighalexander. http://time.com/3274247/video-game-culture-war/ 508313633177493504|Sat Sep 06 17:59:48 +0000 2014|@Sabrepulse in my better moment i try to remember: of course they're virulently defensive about video games, may be all they have in life 508313269296431105|Sat Sep 06 17:58:22 +0000 2014|@Sabrepulse when you have read a lot of it, you realize it's just the world's saddest people, and it stops bothering 508310948437045248|Sat Sep 06 17:49:08 +0000 2014|elegant juxtaposition http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bw3iHO9CUAExI5E.jpg 508300958699638785|Sat Sep 06 17:09:27 +0000 2014|RT @jordanclaire: Remember when my dad brought home a TG16 about 25 yrs ago. This @leighalexander piece made me miss it & him so much https… 508241339201622017|Sat Sep 06 13:12:32 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt my little corner of Paradise is one of my favorite things I have written in a while! 508239183434231809|Sat Sep 06 13:03:58 +0000 2014|@plante this must feel like just the right time for you to be expanding into writing about other things. all the congratulations <3 508237758260068352|Sat Sep 06 12:58:18 +0000 2014|i know it's shocking there may be an addressable audience for games and games writing besides the hysterical young consumer, but try to cope 508237587048566784|Sat Sep 06 12:57:38 +0000 2014|'why are you alienating your meal ticket,' gloat gamers who are also bragging they have never heard of me or read me before 508229833017786369|Sat Sep 06 12:26:49 +0000 2014|'there is a repugnant little vacuum around video game culture.' 'NO THEIR ISNT U BITCH FAKE JOURNALIST' ah, okay then, thank you. 508229664113197057|Sat Sep 06 12:26:09 +0000 2014|certainly if people keep tweeting me their aggressive attempts to 'put me in my place,' i will soon realize they are smart, and i am wrong 508227886030262273|Sat Sep 06 12:19:05 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt thanks for making great work; i hope to continue to write articles that inform people about your great work #corruption 508227719159898112|Sat Sep 06 12:18:25 +0000 2014|RT @kelleycalkins: "Video games & way we talk about them are growing up. Their old-school fans are kicking & screaming." http://t.co/Vgi2f9… 508026944311812096|Fri Sep 05 23:00:36 +0000 2014|@sokareemie @BloodyBHoney rlly flattered you got thru my book ~ thank you 507951341000753152|Fri Sep 05 18:00:11 +0000 2014|RT @TIME: .@leighalexander for TIME: Everybody is losing in the culture war over video games http://ti.me/1uoOLzR 507940125251489792|Fri Sep 05 17:15:37 +0000 2014|RT @ibogost: @leighalexander Systems thinker is a great new euphemism for paranoiac, btw. 507939079225630720|Fri Sep 05 17:11:28 +0000 2014|@ibogost which is clear by the niche subject matter of the article ofc but you are a 'tweets without reading' I read about ur kind on Slate 507938234069180416|Fri Sep 05 17:08:06 +0000 2014|Everybody is Losing in the Culture War Over Video Games http://time.com/3274247/video-game-culture-war/ me for @TIME 507885871941832705|Fri Sep 05 13:40:02 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @extran67 @jennatar @Upstreamism @Manpuncher (pls remove me, incidentally) 507883565321699328|Fri Sep 05 13:30:52 +0000 2014|@extran67 @jennatar @Upstreamism @Manpuncher another intelligent argument from gamergate, proving it is not all trolls and jerks ha ha ha 507881422405660672|Fri Sep 05 13:22:21 +0000 2014|@jennatar @extran67 @Upstreamism @Manpuncher woman who quits real job for passionate upstart gaming magazine accused of 'not understanding' 507878918947209216|Fri Sep 05 13:12:24 +0000 2014|@metasynthie @Upstreamism @Manpuncher @jennatar the outraged insistence that yes they *are* our audience, foot-stamp, as we move on 507876009857650688|Fri Sep 05 13:00:51 +0000 2014|@abestein sure. but the context is game journalism, and at the moment i'm fine with discouraging people from thinking it's watergate 507875900780584961|Fri Sep 05 13:00:25 +0000 2014|@Upstreamism @jennatar nice work, and evidence of a compassion that has eluded me under these circumstances 507874283259834369|Fri Sep 05 12:53:59 +0000 2014|@jennatar aha, an interview. evidence of corruption 507873658413387776|Fri Sep 05 12:51:30 +0000 2014|That Rhodes piece is excellent in that it humanely tries to provide the complainants with information their intentions seem to miss 507873314736320512|Fri Sep 05 12:50:08 +0000 2014|Here, L Rhodes attempts the noble undertaking of sorting out what the hashtag activist gamers want to achieve https://medium.com/@upstreamism/to-fair-minded-proponents-of-gamergate-7f3ce77301bb 507872621900214272|Fri Sep 05 12:47:23 +0000 2014|RT @AwesomEmergency: Very Cool Video Game Hoodies Pod this week ft @leighalexander @emilyyoshida @mollylambert http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/girls-in-hoodies-podcast-gaming-journalism-and-the-nude-photo-scandal-with-guest-leigh-alexander/ http:… 507872504304521216|Fri Sep 05 12:46:55 +0000 2014|RT @matthewglidden: Reliving "Neuromancer" via latest @leighalexander Let's Play. I always started by selling my gall bladder & a kidney. h… 507871779931447297|Fri Sep 05 12:44:02 +0000 2014|@RaveofRavendale HIGH FIVE 507673109705797633|Thu Sep 04 23:34:36 +0000 2014|regretful if my tone alienated non-neurotypical ppl. i had a lot of challenges re social norms as a child & games were my safe place, too <3 507672200359727104|Thu Sep 04 23:30:59 +0000 2014|@kierongillen walking around playing imaginary violins 507671933450993664|Thu Sep 04 23:29:55 +0000 2014|RT @pattheflip: good post about how dismissive tone re: "gamers" can alienate not-neurotypical folks: http://pastebin.com/g0Rtm3xQ 507670587423334402|Thu Sep 04 23:24:34 +0000 2014|@OfficialSisQo hey thanks for the follow, i really really love you 507662816099454977|Thu Sep 04 22:53:41 +0000 2014|RT @sls1231: Fantastic #GirlsInHoodies podcast about the BS that is #gamergate with @leighalexander @emilyyoshida + @mollylambert: http://t… 507661383455215616|Thu Sep 04 22:48:00 +0000 2014|@kierongillen u mad bc i beat u a long time ago *thong violins playing* 507661230698688512|Thu Sep 04 22:47:23 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton i've visualized this... just gonna be like 'yeahhhhhhhhh' (KEY CHANGE) 507660655001075712|Thu Sep 04 22:45:06 +0000 2014|im sorry i dont mean to distract from important issues but i'm literally only about 250 twitter followers away from matching sisqo 507659949909217280|Thu Sep 04 22:42:18 +0000 2014|RT @onidavin: It's a good time to plug @leighalexander's piece on how to combat online sexism. http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ 507648057924538368|Thu Sep 04 21:55:03 +0000 2014|RT @statesidemenace: absolutely loved this Girls in Hoodies podcast with @leighalexander @emilyyoshida @mollylambert discussing rad things … 507644722194567168|Thu Sep 04 21:41:48 +0000 2014|RT @cleodee: A commissioned squid family. I sewed magnets in the tentacles so they could hug every which way. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwuDvquIYAA7Seq.jpg 507642380129157120|Thu Sep 04 21:32:29 +0000 2014|RT @Solivagant: Thank you @leighalexander for this essential Let’s Play of Neuromancer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrY_89BNfS0 507642365264531456|Thu Sep 04 21:32:26 +0000 2014|@DicksCottons yo, what up H-town?! 507641984694366208|Thu Sep 04 21:30:55 +0000 2014|@0uttaS1TE hahahahah 507641702312853504|Thu Sep 04 21:29:48 +0000 2014|RT @Grantland33: Girls in Hoodies: @emilyyoshida and @mollylambert talk gaming journalism and photo hacking with @leighalexander http://t.c… 507641653390503936|Thu Sep 04 21:29:36 +0000 2014|RT @emilyyoshida: Dude, @leighalexander brought fire to the Hoodies pod today. (@mollylambert brought earth. I brought heart?) http://t.co/… 507641613917913089|Thu Sep 04 21:29:26 +0000 2014|@drhayes thanks so much x 507562724231233538|Thu Sep 04 16:15:58 +0000 2014|@songadaymann @waxpancake @danbruno @tinysubversions http://25.media.tumblr.com/b577feb75eb946edc48bfd68d9f2246f/tumblr_mhgloqjcGY1rbrys3o1_500.gif 507553725351985152|Thu Sep 04 15:40:12 +0000 2014|@VincetheB http://31.media.tumblr.com/91170f722db2e769c9606e8a0a77afd9/tumblr_ms32iqznqQ1r2oiuyo5_250.gif 507541534292848640|Thu Sep 04 14:51:46 +0000 2014|@petterm try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Defarge 507538727833722880|Thu Sep 04 14:40:36 +0000 2014|@BjornGrainger that's totally what i am imagining in order to get myself back to work 507535236100788224|Thu Sep 04 14:26:44 +0000 2014|me http://www.pscave.com/ps2/enemies/images/motherbrain.gif 507534472343207936|Thu Sep 04 14:23:42 +0000 2014|silly kids. i AM game journalism 507521429173452800|Thu Sep 04 13:31:52 +0000 2014|@maxusy3k i can't be moved. 507518646915452928|Thu Sep 04 13:20:49 +0000 2014|Here is @kezamacdonald on being an adult pokemon fan http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/still-love-pokemon-234 -- and me too, from awhile back http://thoughtcatalog.com/leigh-alexander/2011/05/i-am-an-adult-pokemon-fan/ #tbt 507516670886543360|Thu Sep 04 13:12:58 +0000 2014|RT @manveerheir: Very cool to see a big time developer admitting flaws and attempting to do better regarding sexism in games. http://t.co/c… 507516178349457408|Thu Sep 04 13:11:00 +0000 2014|RT @David_Mullich: A look back at Sierra Online's Mystery House, which I got to see BEFORE Sierra was formed in 1979 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/27/lo-fi-lets-play-mystery-house/… 507515661225320449|Thu Sep 04 13:08:57 +0000 2014|@Purple_Yeti thank you, that's nice to hear! 507487826330804224|Thu Sep 04 11:18:21 +0000 2014|Let's unwind by delving gently into a cyberpunk world together. The promises of the Net... http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/03/lets-play-neuromancer/ 507487148229263360|Thu Sep 04 11:15:39 +0000 2014|RT @RaveofRavendale: RE @leighalexander's tweet, here's when I delved into the world of YouTuber ethics http://ubm.io/1rksp0P and got shou… 507486373205774336|Thu Sep 04 11:12:34 +0000 2014|@ABigDumbBaby this is the part that's blowing my mind. do they not read, like, anything else? 507484821132959744|Thu Sep 04 11:06:24 +0000 2014|Failing to disclose when paid by company to do a video = who cares, it's entertainment; Writing op-ed re someone you know = CORRUPTION 507483827678494720|Thu Sep 04 11:02:27 +0000 2014|@Arminposts haha, that's awesome, thank you so much for buying it and i'm thrilled it didn't disappoint x 507483750146785280|Thu Sep 04 11:02:09 +0000 2014|RT @Arminposts: Reading @leighalexander's book Clipping Through. Really great, would especially recommend it to travelling game devs https:… 507483678881370112|Thu Sep 04 11:01:52 +0000 2014|Remember last month when @RaveofRavendale and @SimonParkin explored the ethics of YouTuber revenue & everyone said it didn't matter 507238434399080448|Wed Sep 03 18:47:21 +0000 2014|@sXmXpinkstonIII but you're right, you're all very normal and not terrible people at all 507221442296307712|Wed Sep 03 17:39:50 +0000 2014|(resuming hiatus) 507221392899969024|Wed Sep 03 17:39:38 +0000 2014|revisited twitter, immediately exposed to several people aggressively complaining about how i blocked them instead of acknowledged them 507216366467039233|Wed Sep 03 17:19:40 +0000 2014|RT @Bboy_Izilla: Max Appropriation Points RT@kungfulasers no stop http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bwn3qHKIQAA3G8B.png 507215803994107904|Wed Sep 03 17:17:25 +0000 2014|@alexhern @keefstuart i like how every real website is on this list, 3 rando blogs are 'approved' and the situation is still unclear to them 507215460858085379|Wed Sep 03 17:16:04 +0000 2014|@StuHorvath shh, no, just quietly reading 507208220763750400|Wed Sep 03 16:47:17 +0000 2014|@Fireproof_Barry yeahhhhhh! 507205327344115712|Wed Sep 03 16:35:48 +0000 2014|@Tanglebonitis maybe as a reward for backers if i ever patreon-ise it in future, but no immediate plans for that 507167742156632064|Wed Sep 03 14:06:27 +0000 2014|@locust9 touche 507167288567808000|Wed Sep 03 14:04:38 +0000 2014|Remember when games & the internet felt like a magic possibility space? New Lo-Fi Let's Play of Neuromancer, friends http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/03/lets-play-neuromancer/ 506944915134500865|Tue Sep 02 23:21:01 +0000 2014|@woodelijah thanks also for RTing my Turbo Grafx-16 piece. if there's an easy way for me to send you a couple of my digital books, lmk x 506944688201687040|Tue Sep 02 23:20:06 +0000 2014|@woodelijah oh, thank you! been a weirdly tough week, so your compliment means tons! 506944371200368640|Tue Sep 02 23:18:51 +0000 2014|@feliciaday @aaronlinde you are also enduring it longer than i could... take... this torch... carry... on *resumes enforced twitter break* 506445651312652289|Mon Sep 01 14:17:07 +0000 2014|seriously, look at my replies, where are their moms and dads 506445575953596416|Mon Sep 01 14:16:49 +0000 2014|@Le_Lazy_Alvaro @_FantasticMrFox someone learned some big words today 506445084922236930|Mon Sep 01 14:14:52 +0000 2014|@cheenaroonie i liked that one 506423528632365057|Mon Sep 01 12:49:12 +0000 2014|@_FantasticMrFox it's an immature and simplistic discussion of the problem I think 506423393198301184|Mon Sep 01 12:48:40 +0000 2014|@_FantasticMrFox -- betrays a clear bias 506423365864026113|Mon Sep 01 12:48:33 +0000 2014|@_FantasticMrFox it's terribly written, & treating 'SJW' as if it were some real 'faction' is irresponsible. Phrase 'infected by SJW' -- 506422749733347328|Mon Sep 01 12:46:07 +0000 2014|@_FantasticMrFox @Kotaku @Polygon @rockpapershot @stephentotilo this article is embarrassingly bad 506420631261696000|Mon Sep 01 12:37:42 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 hi I'm gonna wash dish then come join u will u change my twitter pw immidatly pls 506419169085370370|Mon Sep 01 12:31:53 +0000 2014|I will also show you around Sierra's old crappy Mystery House http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/27/lo-fi-lets-play-mystery-house/ 506418657023778816|Mon Sep 01 12:29:51 +0000 2014|Anyway, last week I lavished a personal retrospective upon the Turbo Grafx-16 http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/turbografx-16-a-quarter-century-of-gaming-excellen.html 506414608949981184|Mon Sep 01 12:13:46 +0000 2014|“@AlessandroCynic: "anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or damagingly misrepresents."....kinda like your articles.” & AGAIN 506414320746786816|Mon Sep 01 12:12:37 +0000 2014|“@KingMaxim: would it really help if people called you out for libel instead of slander? You insulted many and now get called out on it.” 506414157106016256|Mon Sep 01 12:11:58 +0000 2014|@TheManko UK, ofc 506412950853517312|Mon Sep 01 12:07:10 +0000 2014|tried imagining them needing hugs 506412784792641536|Mon Sep 01 12:06:31 +0000 2014|I watched the first ep of utopia last night & tried to imagine them like that -- people on a forum w reasonable anxieties & inner lives 506412485176737792|Mon Sep 01 12:05:19 +0000 2014|RT @jvdgoot: @leighalexander the way they’ve totally appropriated marketing language and have taken it seriously is really scary 506411865208287233|Mon Sep 01 12:02:52 +0000 2014|How dare you imply I'm not a relevant market demographic and that you may have other consumers, etc 506411719724658688|Mon Sep 01 12:02:17 +0000 2014|The thing that's most shocking re my twitter 'feedback' is angry gamers insisting they ARE my 'target audience' thus i'd better toe the line 506408199898284033|Mon Sep 01 11:48:18 +0000 2014|@SoLforlife it's really hard for you to grasp that people read my articles & enjoy games without being nerds, isn't it. Deep breaths. 506407741460840448|Mon Sep 01 11:46:28 +0000 2014|RT @RandalsMonday: Lo-Fi Let’s Play: Mystery House by @leighalexander http://ow.ly/AOApl Charming old adventure! 506407671017521152|Mon Sep 01 11:46:12 +0000 2014|“@roykalzone: @leighalexander If their stating facts and backing it up with evidence, I would say those "nerds" aren't liable.” Exhibit A 506203578944749570|Sun Aug 31 22:15:12 +0000 2014|Imagine a legal service just devoted to teaching nerds what "libel" actually means 506183720173588480|Sun Aug 31 20:56:17 +0000 2014|@MarkM447 go outside 506183564942393344|Sun Aug 31 20:55:40 +0000 2014|@aedison of course, it is our way 506183391008784384|Sun Aug 31 20:54:59 +0000 2014|@EthanSaberi @YitanLi @AdamBaldwin 'head of a PR agency'? jesus what 506152715953897472|Sun Aug 31 18:53:06 +0000 2014|RT @arstechnica: Games are meant to be fun; fun is hopefully part of a healthy community. No excuse for senseless attacks like this http:/… 506146274627043328|Sun Aug 31 18:27:30 +0000 2014|RT @cynixy: This great post by Tadhg Kelly helped me understand the Gamer situation much better. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/TadhgKelly/20140831/224548/The_Sorry_State_Of_Gamings_Truthers_And_Their_Gamergate.php 506145676406054912|Sun Aug 31 18:25:07 +0000 2014|@ReallyFlibberdy i'm sorry :( 506142526953492480|Sun Aug 31 18:12:36 +0000 2014|i'm off to the sjw headquarters to further discuss how i can ruin games for a troubled demographic 506138928899186688|Sun Aug 31 17:58:18 +0000 2014|RT @Chairmanofspace: @daphaknee please help spread true #GamerGate awareness http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17721700 http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1007/s00040-006-0863-z 506137808160169984|Sun Aug 31 17:53:51 +0000 2014|@m_kopas be careful he will come after u with the true facts of gamers 506137590349955072|Sun Aug 31 17:52:59 +0000 2014|@jackalltogether how hella weird is that 506137086731513856|Sun Aug 31 17:50:59 +0000 2014|even if they are FULL GROWN ADULTS circulating conspiracy videos about people in video games 506136864198524929|Sun Aug 31 17:50:06 +0000 2014|wow never make jokes re minor actors apparently 506135525905141760|Sun Aug 31 17:44:47 +0000 2014|@YitanLi @AdamBaldwin i thought it was really shitty how you treated my friends. this is really weird behavior for someone in your position. 506135015529668608|Sun Aug 31 17:42:45 +0000 2014|@mizanyx is that really what you got out of the piece, or are you looking for something to feel self-righteous about? 506133752180146178|Sun Aug 31 17:37:44 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman thank you <33 506133316605853698|Sun Aug 31 17:36:00 +0000 2014|it's really heartening to publish editorial and have the response reaffirm your own rightness so beautifully. thanks dudes 506133219243474947|Sun Aug 31 17:35:37 +0000 2014|gamers RT @NewmanBiggio: @leighalexander How many shekels is it? 506132525581074432|Sun Aug 31 17:32:52 +0000 2014|@veeeeceeee yep! 506132144255954945|Sun Aug 31 17:31:21 +0000 2014|@veeeeceeee yes, i changed it when i realized everyone w anime avatars is a jerk on twitter & decided to #reclaimanimeavatars 506128191355117568|Sun Aug 31 17:15:38 +0000 2014|these days most of my questions about practical adult life go to @ibogost instead of my dad 506119513122021376|Sun Aug 31 16:41:09 +0000 2014|RT @NotFaulty: Gamer Gate, Gamer Outlet Covers, Gamer Monitors, Gamer Harness, Gamer Locks, Secure Gamer Playpens 506118558137745408|Sun Aug 31 16:37:22 +0000 2014|RT @alicemazzy: list of sjws to avoid #GamerGate http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwTlKgGCEAA_ca3.jpg 506117433804210176|Sun Aug 31 16:32:54 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman so THAT's why there is so much CREED in it etc etc 506114748250083328|Sun Aug 31 16:22:13 +0000 2014|@Sedreen_Valorn no, hyouka 506104263651913728|Sun Aug 31 15:40:34 +0000 2014|“@robertashley: And so It was foretold from within the very butthole of the Internet: http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2f233w/zoe_quinn_false_flag_at_pax/” WHAT THE 506103723673014272|Sun Aug 31 15:38:25 +0000 2014|@BAKKOOONN @MarcLaidlaw lol 506102335354175488|Sun Aug 31 15:32:54 +0000 2014|@thefarmisalie yes 506102007317676032|Sun Aug 31 15:31:36 +0000 2014|@DanAshTreeLane we hardly know each other 506101939822936064|Sun Aug 31 15:31:20 +0000 2014|It's been a bizarre couple days, so thanks for being with me, having fun with me, reading my stuff & enjoying cool games & devs together 506101508195512320|Sun Aug 31 15:29:37 +0000 2014|@DanAshTreeLane I've only been in London for maybe a year! 506100980719833088|Sun Aug 31 15:27:31 +0000 2014|An example for all games websites to follow http://games.on.net/2014/08/readers-threatened-by-equality-not-welcome/ 506100826730135553|Sun Aug 31 15:26:54 +0000 2014|@DanAshTreeLane @st33d americano 506096144016220161|Sun Aug 31 15:08:18 +0000 2014|RT @st33d: An entertaining lesson on game design by @leighalexander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdcyEU-x0n4 506076788708360193|Sun Aug 31 13:51:23 +0000 2014|@TechnicalRah this is how they prove I'm wrong about them 506075423621791744|Sun Aug 31 13:45:58 +0000 2014|@Cheshyr thank you so much. Please enjoy! X 506062470344364032|Sun Aug 31 12:54:29 +0000 2014|RT @rhipratchett: This is a thoughtful critique of FF's 'Women as Background Decoration: Part 1' Insightful, measured and non-shouty. http:… 506053537722548225|Sun Aug 31 12:19:00 +0000 2014|@danthat like child-safe gate or pet gate 506048915524042752|Sun Aug 31 12:00:38 +0000 2014|@fubarpops @McKelvie no you must have just been really drunk 506048511293808640|Sun Aug 31 11:59:01 +0000 2014|RT @stopthatgirl7: Some folks have ZERO understanding of scale or appropriateness. I can not. RT @ami_angelwings: O_O #whut http://t.co/cD… 506048124973252608|Sun Aug 31 11:57:29 +0000 2014|RT @SliceofKris: @leighalexander Thankyou for showing us this email however did you reply before posting this on the internet did you at le… 506042558083268609|Sun Aug 31 11:35:22 +0000 2014|@Sir_jamesalot no they actually haven't bc ALL U NEED IS GAMEING ;-) 506040878360981504|Sun Aug 31 11:28:41 +0000 2014|@steinuil isn't it clearly an opinion? Jesus h 506040718209859584|Sun Aug 31 11:28:03 +0000 2014|I guess to have an opinion about my afro you would have to have stalked my Instagram before emailing me to 'debate my opinions' 506037426629124096|Sun Aug 31 11:14:58 +0000 2014|Putting my opinions in an article is unethical and similar to being racist 506037246546690048|Sun Aug 31 11:14:15 +0000 2014|@jennatar he must talk to a lot of walls 506037188648513536|Sun Aug 31 11:14:02 +0000 2014|Here's this enlightened response that incorporates an incorrect judgment of my race in a dialogue about 'gamers' http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwXOI-fIAAAEyhN.jpg 506036721604374528|Sun Aug 31 11:12:10 +0000 2014|“@SJWInquisitor: @leighalexander i bet you dont even play games, you are just a parasite” the SJW inquisitor to the rescue 506036105192669185|Sun Aug 31 11:09:43 +0000 2014|@BenParfitt but how 506035545848709120|Sun Aug 31 11:07:30 +0000 2014|Here's a look in my inbox.... really really wanted this guy to break down my article & explain why I'm wrong.... http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwXMpQiCMAAqEVp.jpg 506035292416274432|Sun Aug 31 11:06:30 +0000 2014|My feed is still a thing to behold 506029582932525057|Sun Aug 31 10:43:48 +0000 2014|@revolveradamska ...that's the joke, but thanks for playing 505878426210009088|Sun Aug 31 00:43:10 +0000 2014|RT @flantz: @KestrelPi @leighalexander Bithell EGM Nintendo Power Gamasutra Hentai Monthly Alexander ZZT Internet 505862115274805248|Sat Aug 30 23:38:21 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @grmartin skindl 505861386480934913|Sat Aug 30 23:35:27 +0000 2014|@SteampunkKanye you are super nice to keep trying to talk to this person but it's probably not worth it 505861164296060928|Sat Aug 30 23:34:34 +0000 2014|RT @wpwend42: @leighalexander women having sincere feels about stuff is obvs a CONSPIRACY #dundundun 505861034679468032|Sat Aug 30 23:34:03 +0000 2014|@limewizard i have like FIVE JOBS #ethics #videogmaes 505860807713099776|Sat Aug 30 23:33:09 +0000 2014|you won, internet detectives 505860755649224704|Sat Aug 30 23:32:57 +0000 2014|you know that i consult on some games and i write about others, and in both cases i personally believe in the projects, right? SCANDLE 505858904220520448|Sat Aug 30 23:25:35 +0000 2014|RT @KestrelPi: @leighalexander Aha! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwUrsidIEAEls_K.png 505858757252091904|Sat Aug 30 23:25:00 +0000 2014|@SteampunkKanye @trioxVsstuff right. i work on some games, i write about others, never do the twain meet 505858600481607680|Sat Aug 30 23:24:23 +0000 2014|if you want to know what it's like working in games instead of talking/making weird videos about it, buy my book https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 505857573091028995|Sat Aug 30 23:20:18 +0000 2014|a woman is talking and it makes us feel bad. quick let's make screencaps and videos about our ETHICAL CONCERNS 505856819462672385|Sat Aug 30 23:17:18 +0000 2014|http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwPszkoCcAAqhIW.jpg 505855480041074688|Sat Aug 30 23:11:59 +0000 2014|@aedison toward the end she will have an understated and nondenominational but nonetheless heteronormative marriage ceremony 505854699401379840|Sat Aug 30 23:08:53 +0000 2014|@aedison some kind of sacrifice thing that gives everyone else some nebulous sense of 'purpose' etc etc etc moving on 505854351748124672|Sat Aug 30 23:07:30 +0000 2014|@aedison SHE JUST DOESN'T KNOW AND WHEN SHE COMES INTO FLOWER LET ME TELL U 505853763425669120|Sat Aug 30 23:05:10 +0000 2014|@aedison only one very special person, who would have been otherwise doomed, but instead was demarcated for some special trait? 505853376446595072|Sat Aug 30 23:03:37 +0000 2014|@aedison and also something something america? 505853326920257538|Sat Aug 30 23:03:26 +0000 2014|@aedison what if it's like kind of in our perception but only like a little bit beyond it 505852980336525312|Sat Aug 30 23:02:03 +0000 2014|RT @ElineMuijres: @jennatar @leighalexander @gregalor the protest: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwPszkoCcAAqhIW.jpg 505852883720749056|Sat Aug 30 23:01:40 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge stretch languidly, pour drink, meditate upon how much happy feelings and good sex you've had than they'll ever, etc 505852586139086848|Sat Aug 30 23:00:29 +0000 2014|is it weird to feel super happy that the weird video conspiracy theorist at least pronounced my name correctly 505852141555433472|Sat Aug 30 22:58:43 +0000 2014|people have made insane videos about me... i've become an official 'gamer celebrity' 505851823790768128|Sat Aug 30 22:57:27 +0000 2014|@TheIvyClover @mundanematt google about what consulting is. it might help you in your 'fight' 505851437591826432|Sat Aug 30 22:55:55 +0000 2014|@jennatar i wish you could hug me today 505850614795206656|Sat Aug 30 22:52:39 +0000 2014|@CousinDangereux any tweet that starts with 'doesn't' and 'but doesn't 505850500986966016|Sat Aug 30 22:52:12 +0000 2014|@gregalor did it not happen? 505848267989848064|Sat Aug 30 22:43:19 +0000 2014|little prince curry 505847291362967552|Sat Aug 30 22:39:27 +0000 2014|@LukePField i just wonder what side i would have been on when i was 15 and feel uncomfortable not being totally sure 505845794952720384|Sat Aug 30 22:33:30 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: all you SJW saying gaming has no culture... what do u say to THIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuX5_OWObA0 505845695514157057|Sat Aug 30 22:33:06 +0000 2014|@AlexaRayC <3 <3 <3 505844968666451968|Sat Aug 30 22:30:13 +0000 2014|maybe everyone you got a blunt, shitty, hateful message from today will go on to heal a bit, enjoy adulthood, even help others in future 505844608212172800|Sat Aug 30 22:28:47 +0000 2014|i couldn't stand behind literally anything i did, wrote, posted 10-15 years ago, it'd be deeply upsetting to you all 505844435461341184|Sat Aug 30 22:28:06 +0000 2014|i was a really unhappy kid and i just try to think that maybe people who say terrible shit on the internet are just hurting like i was 505843677823246336|Sat Aug 30 22:25:05 +0000 2014|It's sad. Like, the saddest. 505843629928505344|Sat Aug 30 22:24:54 +0000 2014|I try to remember that I was once young, depressed, lonely, had no friends, and was an asshole on the internet too as a result 505842771933298689|Sat Aug 30 22:21:29 +0000 2014|@kylebrussell and honestly i've always loved the world's unwanted people, felt strongly on their behalf 505842697014620161|Sat Aug 30 22:21:11 +0000 2014|@kylebrussell i just ignore them really, it's just a bizarre museum display case of the world's strangest and saddest people 505842580073218048|Sat Aug 30 22:20:43 +0000 2014|@robertflorence you were there? only read about it. seemed ace. 505841929658335233|Sat Aug 30 22:18:08 +0000 2014|@papierhache thank you for everything <333 keep rocking that j-law doppelgang 505841719121039360|Sat Aug 30 22:17:18 +0000 2014|@ibogost help 505841645292904448|Sat Aug 30 22:17:00 +0000 2014|@brandonnn and violent 505841496634195968|Sat Aug 30 22:16:25 +0000 2014|@BebeZeva hi beeb i'm having a tough time too hope you are alright ilu 505841360931684352|Sat Aug 30 22:15:53 +0000 2014|@brett_douville i started it :3 505841268984119297|Sat Aug 30 22:15:31 +0000 2014|RT @ShipForecast: Lw mid Atlntc 976 exp'd 200 mi SW of Iclnd 963 by 1200 tmrw. Hi F'roy 1024 slw mvng w/ lttl... http://is.gd/wXatA1 505840940318461952|Sat Aug 30 22:14:12 +0000 2014|RT @Anzekay: Every time I read one of @leighalexander's tweets right now I read them in the voice of a very energetic highschooler. #reclai… 505840587292303362|Sat Aug 30 22:12:48 +0000 2014|it'd be so fun to band together with some indie devs and make some kind of 'conspiracy' arg together that we disseminate across social media 505839897161498626|Sat Aug 30 22:10:04 +0000 2014|@ianwexl0rz sad also 505839458596691968|Sat Aug 30 22:08:19 +0000 2014|true ppl have made bizarre youtubes full of hatespeech about u but if you make fun of them for being basement trolls then you are the TRUE h 505838772211441664|Sat Aug 30 22:05:35 +0000 2014|@Woodfella15 i love those old games and they are so important to me. thanks for the reminder. 505838704758620160|Sat Aug 30 22:05:19 +0000 2014|RT @Woodfella15: Like games? Ignore the chronic bullshittery and relax with one of @leighalexander 's lovely let's plays before bed https:/… 505838479100895232|Sat Aug 30 22:04:26 +0000 2014|i just disagree with your VIEWS said the man who had made his 3rd egg twitter account in order to argue with zoe, anita, and leigh 505838291376422913|Sat Aug 30 22:03:41 +0000 2014|do not generalize us all as antisocial creeps said the man who had made some videos and photoshops to expose the problems of feminism in gam 505837387684253696|Sat Aug 30 22:00:05 +0000 2014|the professor tenderly placed her hand on the student's head 'you will do great things' she said 'yes i will expose gaming journalism conspi 505836992744423424|Sat Aug 30 21:58:31 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @bombsfall never feel bad about alienating yourself from people who are objectively worthless losers 505836801592807424|Sat Aug 30 21:57:46 +0000 2014|@bombsfall @ElizSimins why didn't you spill food into his lap and leave 505836529445777408|Sat Aug 30 21:56:41 +0000 2014|lol chill out bro 505836474760437760|Sat Aug 30 21:56:28 +0000 2014|i've literally had a day where some rando tried to tag me in their 'conspiracy' facebook posts four times, then tried to friend request me 505836154474995713|Sat Aug 30 21:55:11 +0000 2014|RT @Jam_sponge: Here is the video of our @ShutUpShow adventures at GenCon. It's quite likely to be incredibly mental. I'm excited! http://t… 505835863910404096|Sat Aug 30 21:54:02 +0000 2014|conversely, if you want a lens on how mad and insular the rabbit hole, just read my stunning at-replies all day 505835560507027456|Sat Aug 30 21:52:50 +0000 2014|the mild chuckles of real world people will put things in perspective 505835468471406592|Sat Aug 30 21:52:28 +0000 2014|if the videogames internet stresses you out too much, try showing your twitter feed to your regular friends in a pub 505831705513844736|Sat Aug 30 21:37:31 +0000 2014|RT @radiatastories: @PixelMetal @Brad_D80 @leighalexander Like jane jensen yoko shinomuta and ayami kojima 505809864292327425|Sat Aug 30 20:10:43 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: A MILLION PER CENT FUCK off. 505808709399093249|Sat Aug 30 20:06:08 +0000 2014|RT @mikeBithell: Their role includes zero promotion or pr, and they will of course do no previews/reviews of the game. They 'just' helped i… 505808702688223232|Sat Aug 30 20:06:06 +0000 2014|RT @mikeBithell: Leigh and Ste has done some (awesome) design consultation on volume, and have made it significantly more awesome as a resu… 505808289234690048|Sat Aug 30 20:04:28 +0000 2014|@trioxVSstuff darling I think you need to ask your mom to help you look up what consulting is in a biiiig dictionary 505807867090583552|Sat Aug 30 20:02:47 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell don't worry about it. It's like literally 2 mad people who should not get to affect real work 505770306553020416|Sat Aug 30 17:33:32 +0000 2014|RT @RikerGoogling: how long do betazoids live 505748762091085825|Sat Aug 30 16:07:55 +0000 2014|RT @Give_me_a_donut: @leighalexander Because you make wide generalizations about people like a racist does. 505748447115624448|Sat Aug 30 16:06:40 +0000 2014|@Nicendeth I usually do. 505740402696404993|Sat Aug 30 15:34:42 +0000 2014|How DARE she attempt to suggest I'm not a defined market demographic 505740090447257601|Sat Aug 30 15:33:28 +0000 2014|WHY WONT YOU LET PEOPLE JUST RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH YOUR STANCE IN FAVOR OF GROWTH & INCLUSIVITY, BITCH 505739629283532800|Sat Aug 30 15:31:38 +0000 2014|“@RefresherDev: @leighalexander Leigh, your conduct is completely broken. You can't respond to people with harassment.” Lol 505739547075178496|Sat Aug 30 15:31:18 +0000 2014|@DJackson9919 right here obviously 505738350645743616|Sat Aug 30 15:26:33 +0000 2014|Gamers will put you in your place 505738256382955520|Sat Aug 30 15:26:11 +0000 2014|My twitter is full of wound up nerds proving my point ALL DAY 505737524325527552|Sat Aug 30 15:23:16 +0000 2014|RT @DelioPera: How is it that we get labeled as bigots when @leighalexander attacks Gamers? Saying we're all meme loving basement trolls. #… 505728606870712320|Sat Aug 30 14:47:50 +0000 2014|RT @leyawn: list of sjw game journalists!! do NOT support these writers or their publications http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwSzdggIcAABXUI.jpg 505707306626326529|Sat Aug 30 13:23:12 +0000 2014|Is he like 'not really a Baldwin' the way that Ramsay Snow is 'not really a Bolton' 505705738023743488|Sat Aug 30 13:16:58 +0000 2014|I'm in the anime community 505704181530116096|Sat Aug 30 13:10:47 +0000 2014|RT @ICELEVEL: do NOT support these SJW writers http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwKp781IAAE4Jo8.png 505699694065250304|Sat Aug 30 12:52:57 +0000 2014|RT @Dext2121: @leighalexander I treat all people the same but, because I am a gamer I must be a a Shity person and all gaming journalist ge… 505457576411406337|Fri Aug 29 20:50:51 +0000 2014|@sarahovenall I don't know, but email me :) 505447787283369984|Fri Aug 29 20:11:57 +0000 2014|@Sebbal <3 505447768375451648|Fri Aug 29 20:11:53 +0000 2014|RT @aidaakl: @gamasutra @leighalexander 'Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over by Leigh Alexander http://t.co/MfrPSbD… 505389979628228608|Fri Aug 29 16:22:15 +0000 2014|@happienoodleboy @SamPrell annoyed that all the dick comments were from anime avatars so I decided to #reclaimanimeavatars 505383958029537280|Fri Aug 29 15:58:19 +0000 2014|RT @battsignal: Excellent piece of writing by @leighalexander about the horrorshow that's going down in 'game culture' at the moment. http:… 505383848239439873|Fri Aug 29 15:57:53 +0000 2014|@TheRalphRetort no, that is not what that means 505379828389122048|Fri Aug 29 15:41:55 +0000 2014|RT @Wryyydiculous: So when is someone gonna bust @leighalexander out on having an anime avatar? 505359851938410496|Fri Aug 29 14:22:32 +0000 2014|@metasynthie what a mental image 505358690942476288|Fri Aug 29 14:17:55 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC and ppl saying 'how dare you insult me, your TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC.' like even suggesting they are not a market segment upsets them 505358586386845697|Fri Aug 29 14:17:30 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC i've had so many replies to the effect of 'WELL IF GAMERS ARENT THE AUDIENCE THEN WHO IS' 505358251735932928|Fri Aug 29 14:16:11 +0000 2014|RT @Game_Drive: @EvaldoRossi @leighalexander Hard Core Gamers as a definition shouldn't exist. For it is is used to describe COD players an… 505358156105785344|Fri Aug 29 14:15:48 +0000 2014|RT @CaseyMalone: @senshaij @leighalexander @HSW3K i heard if you try to log into leigh alexander's xbox live account you die three days lat… 505357902727888896|Fri Aug 29 14:14:47 +0000 2014|@stephanieschopp but having an anime avatar is making it so hard not to get into internet fights 505357518219280385|Fri Aug 29 14:13:16 +0000 2014|woman who devotes entire life, career, to video games told by fans that she does not understand gaming 505357005595631616|Fri Aug 29 14:11:13 +0000 2014|AU CONTRAIRE. 505356982958956544|Fri Aug 29 14:11:08 +0000 2014|RT @senshaij: @HSW3K @leighalexander I'm not sure fearless is quite right. Being a gamer is a lifestyle and culture that she doesn't seem t… 505351942873571328|Fri Aug 29 13:51:06 +0000 2014|@ScottMadin right, that 505350751334711296|Fri Aug 29 13:46:22 +0000 2014|@GriddleOctopus can't say things like that where i am from 505350448048779264|Fri Aug 29 13:45:10 +0000 2014|Someone on FB said my article was disrespectful to them as a US Marine :( 505349204957724672|Fri Aug 29 13:40:14 +0000 2014|@steishere no 505347591593537536|Fri Aug 29 13:33:49 +0000 2014|@archive_girl @kierongillen no it took til now for me to be able to keep liquids down 🎉🎊 505346576144166912|Fri Aug 29 13:29:47 +0000 2014|@GriddleOctopus considering my wretched performance all morning I'm lucky he hasn't left me as it is 505346368278630400|Fri Aug 29 13:28:57 +0000 2014|RT @aliceffekt: Ledoliel is now available for iPad. http://wiki.xxiivv.com/Ledoliel:changelog http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwNZSUcIQAEGt97.jpg 505346192570855424|Fri Aug 29 13:28:15 +0000 2014|@GriddleOctopus I hate this country 505346112744853505|Fri Aug 29 13:27:56 +0000 2014|@kierongillen help I'm so wrecked I'm amazed nobody had to physically carry me (well @archive_girl kind of did) 505345821899235329|Fri Aug 29 13:26:47 +0000 2014|@GriddleOctopus hey I'm not getting out of bed 505345777011789824|Fri Aug 29 13:26:36 +0000 2014|@Humble_Badger yes pls deliver 505345573839704064|Fri Aug 29 13:25:48 +0000 2014|@TheChopper1209 thank you x 505344252050948098|Fri Aug 29 13:20:33 +0000 2014|I just want a plate of fries, cheese, meat 505343821346267139|Fri Aug 29 13:18:50 +0000 2014|RT @kickstarter: The return of @GaymerX, a gaming convention for everyone: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaymercon/gx3-everyone-games 505342659008135168|Fri Aug 29 13:14:13 +0000 2014|RT @docky: “They’re still scared: Of girls, of popular kids, of losing the kingship over the sandcastle…” @leighalexander's 'Breathing Mach… 505304946162806785|Fri Aug 29 10:44:21 +0000 2014|It really is harder not to be mean on the internet since I changed to an anime avatar... 505304784090714114|Fri Aug 29 10:43:43 +0000 2014|@ginobrancazio @ShutUpShow yes! Thanks! 505302111085932544|Fri Aug 29 10:33:06 +0000 2014|RT @ginobrancazio: Don't believe everything you read folks, please add a dash of common sense. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwMqoUbIMAEVgDZ.jpg 505301273814777856|Fri Aug 29 10:29:46 +0000 2014|@bozzie_ you sure brought me in line 505294750598307841|Fri Aug 29 10:03:51 +0000 2014|@Xenomorphica ooh send me more videos when you get home from school 'xenomorphica' 505243172554170368|Fri Aug 29 06:38:53 +0000 2014|Nooo, please keep writing comments & sending your 'side' I realllllly care pleaaaaase 505242732101910528|Fri Aug 29 06:37:08 +0000 2014|@aaronlinde @Vahn16 WHAT 505242552485019648|Fri Aug 29 06:36:26 +0000 2014|I glanced at my comments and they were people arguing about jews & me being called an 'extremist' by a YouTuber 505241520250052610|Fri Aug 29 06:32:20 +0000 2014|RT @ianwexl0rz: @leighalexander "Let me tell you of a time... when an audience was 'people'" *children gasp* 505241210567815168|Fri Aug 29 06:31:06 +0000 2014|RT @jimrossignol: @leighalexander INTERNET: ˈɪntənɛt/ noun - A DEVICE FOR REMOVING NUANCE FROM ARGUMENTS 505240901569245184|Fri Aug 29 06:29:52 +0000 2014|I've seriously gotten so many replies to effect of 'well if GAMERZ aren't the audience for games then WHO IS' 505240682462982145|Fri Aug 29 06:29:00 +0000 2014|RT @benkovalik: Great Gamasutra article from @leighalexander on the decreasing relevance of "core gamers" gaming as a whole - http://t.co/N… 505240344360132608|Fri Aug 29 06:27:39 +0000 2014|@aaronlinde I noticed the only idiot replies I've been getting were from anime avatars, started #reclaimanimeavatars 505240071692623872|Fri Aug 29 06:26:34 +0000 2014|My head hurts. Really would like to thank my friends for basically carrying me home/not letting me buy things from randos on York Way 505238071106088960|Fri Aug 29 06:18:37 +0000 2014|@ABigDumbBaby yesss 505237786048626688|Fri Aug 29 06:17:29 +0000 2014|@RoryDoesPhonics shhhh 505237766020812801|Fri Aug 29 06:17:24 +0000 2014|RT @RoryDoesPhonics: @leighalexander 's sarcastic retweets of anti-games journo trolls are awesome. Time to learn why I am scum and unethic… 505236903755808768|Fri Aug 29 06:13:59 +0000 2014|@JamesWatch noooo please I really want to read your critique 505236809056813056|Fri Aug 29 06:13:36 +0000 2014|“@JamesWatch: @leighalexander I was going to write short critique of your article but I think a simple "fuck you" is more appropriate.” Lol 505235952194035712|Fri Aug 29 06:10:12 +0000 2014|RT @Crunchepillar: @alinmagn @tha_rami @leighalexander Its not an altogether bad article. I almost feel like "Young white men" is meant as … 505234909284544512|Fri Aug 29 06:06:03 +0000 2014|RT @SnstrMephisto: @gamasutra @leighalexander @stephentotilo @necrosofty The gaming press are treating gamers like Fox News treats black pe… 505145279751159809|Fri Aug 29 00:09:54 +0000 2014|RT @krisgraft: Heartened by the positive Twitter response to @leighalexander's article today. Proud to BLEED GRADIENT GREEN with her http:/… 505145183294742528|Fri Aug 29 00:09:31 +0000 2014|RT @ElisaRockDoc: .@winnersusedrugs (http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/28/6074131/fallout-sexuality) and @leighalexander (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php) delivering some amazing reads tod… 505144643739475968|Fri Aug 29 00:07:22 +0000 2014|RT @HSW3K: @leighalexander is so goddamn fearless. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php 505105104706732032|Thu Aug 28 21:30:16 +0000 2014|RT @stuartjeff: Thanks for writing this @leighalexander http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php This is the message I want the public to hear about our indu… 505105059907383296|Thu Aug 28 21:30:05 +0000 2014|RT @NickRobots: In other @leighalexander news, read her damn article on Gamasutra! It's a goodun. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php 505104942840176640|Thu Aug 28 21:29:37 +0000 2014|RT @harrywasmuth: @leighalexander Finally the dream of having an anime avatar without being judged as an asshole can come true. #reclaimani… 505103807446282240|Thu Aug 28 21:25:06 +0000 2014|RT @NickRobots: uguu @leighalexander-senpai please notice meee~~ #reclaimanimeavatars 505102889174700032|Thu Aug 28 21:21:27 +0000 2014|RT @pikapies: 100% behind @leighalexander's #reclaimanimeavatars Sailor Mars <3 505102848590626818|Thu Aug 28 21:21:18 +0000 2014|@acosmos I love you too 505101957955321857|Thu Aug 28 21:17:45 +0000 2014|RT @limewizard: yes yes @leighalexander #reclaimanimeavatars 505101940821598208|Thu Aug 28 21:17:41 +0000 2014|RT @remeranAuthor: @soundslikekei @leighalexander Congrats, Leigh. You now have THE HELP. OF KYOJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! 505101890481561600|Thu Aug 28 21:17:29 +0000 2014|MINNA #reclaimanimeavatars 505101818939342849|Thu Aug 28 21:17:12 +0000 2014|RT @TheTankPolice: Bang bang bang. Hear that? That's the sound of @leighalexander just killin' it. #reclaimanimeavatars 505101802082402305|Thu Aug 28 21:17:08 +0000 2014|RT @Lum_: @leighalexander let me tell you about games and ethics and your article and why you make life so hard for male gamers #reclaiman… 505101251554844672|Thu Aug 28 21:14:57 +0000 2014|RT @PeterVervloet: @leighalexander I already was using one but I'll gladly help #reclaimanimeavatars 505101238191816705|Thu Aug 28 21:14:54 +0000 2014|RT @maullarmaullar: @0x0acebabe a show of solidarity with @leighalexander clearly 505101227659911168|Thu Aug 28 21:14:51 +0000 2014|RT @digitalclover: “@Vahn16: yeah sure, let's do this, @leighalexander #reclaimanimeavatars” Done. 505101125146927104|Thu Aug 28 21:14:27 +0000 2014|RT @soundslikekei: @leighalexander Oh heck yes, a cause I can get behind. 505101114308820992|Thu Aug 28 21:14:24 +0000 2014|RT @tommyhoffmann2: omg @leighalexander #takebackanimu 505101101818183680|Thu Aug 28 21:14:21 +0000 2014|RT @ThatPunkEd: @leighalexander Yes, the animu will rise and take over. #reclaimanimeavatars 505099333659021313|Thu Aug 28 21:07:20 +0000 2014|@Kheapathic lol who are you 505098057118384128|Thu Aug 28 21:02:15 +0000 2014|RT @JackAConnell: Now here's a cause I can get behind! @leighalexander #reclaimanimeavatars 505095903599157249|Thu Aug 28 20:53:42 +0000 2014|RT @tenfootfangs: @leighalexander is using a Chitanda avatar and dissed someone’s Steins;Gate reference as “too mainstream.” So impressed r… 505095880316563456|Thu Aug 28 20:53:36 +0000 2014|Don't even let them have animu #reclaimanimeavatars 505095796690542592|Thu Aug 28 20:53:16 +0000 2014|RT @Vahn16: yeah sure, let's do this, @leighalexander #reclaimanimeavatars 505091024226906114|Thu Aug 28 20:34:19 +0000 2014|RT @thewillennium: Right on, @leighalexander - Gaming is growing up, even if "gamers" aren't. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php 505090945780826112|Thu Aug 28 20:34:00 +0000 2014|@fullbright change your avatar to someone from kuragehime 505090792755834881|Thu Aug 28 20:33:23 +0000 2014|@blurstoftimes @naughtysecrets I don't remember that at all #drugs 505089698449330177|Thu Aug 28 20:29:02 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @blurstoftimes at the McKibben lofts iirc 505089495113674752|Thu Aug 28 20:28:14 +0000 2014|RT @blurstoftimes: once i watched @leighalexander take a break from a wild party to draw an anime girl on the wall in sharpie. most animu t… 505089166229909504|Thu Aug 28 20:26:55 +0000 2014|@drcakey lol 505089074974457856|Thu Aug 28 20:26:34 +0000 2014|@CorySchmitz too mainstream 505088995702079488|Thu Aug 28 20:26:15 +0000 2014|IM CURIOUS! about ethics 505088934029037568|Thu Aug 28 20:26:00 +0000 2014|@acosmos IM CURIOUS... about ethics 505088763937427459|Thu Aug 28 20:25:20 +0000 2014|RT @thelastseabird: @leighalexander Welcome to animu, let me tell you of our hated allies, the eggs 505088650217279488|Thu Aug 28 20:24:52 +0000 2014|Uuuuu 505088422869209089|Thu Aug 28 20:23:58 +0000 2014|I actually really like animu 505085959692877824|Thu Aug 28 20:14:11 +0000 2014|Lol 505085885856382976|Thu Aug 28 20:13:53 +0000 2014|RT @Ninouh90: Wow, @leighalexander claims to know more about anime than 4chan. I'm in the fucking anime community and I think that's a Bold… 505076888600322048|Thu Aug 28 19:38:08 +0000 2014|@TurinAramaia start up? Already started! 505076774091632640|Thu Aug 28 19:37:41 +0000 2014|RT @aanand: @leighalexander Are you a bad enough dude to help the president remove gender discrimination from wait damn it 505076754843992064|Thu Aug 28 19:37:36 +0000 2014|@adragonbee yes he's a gamer 505075935360843776|Thu Aug 28 19:34:21 +0000 2014|Even the president is getting involved #GamerGate http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwJj4ojIEAAwttj.jpg 505073792310595586|Thu Aug 28 19:25:50 +0000 2014|@guru8bit all 94 of your followers are changing the world lil pal 505072393317261312|Thu Aug 28 19:20:17 +0000 2014|@Papapishu so funny I know more about anime than them too 505070799213322240|Thu Aug 28 19:13:56 +0000 2014|The animu avatars are coming to let us know how the real world works 505069907453960193|Thu Aug 28 19:10:24 +0000 2014|RT @aanand: @leighalexander https://twitter.com/dril/status/446657942754832384 505069806715142144|Thu Aug 28 19:10:00 +0000 2014|@mark_POTS go away nerd 505068864947097600|Thu Aug 28 19:06:15 +0000 2014|@KKMM612 don't you get it? Gaming isn't FOR nerds. Go away 505068729055854593|Thu Aug 28 19:05:43 +0000 2014|always animu avatar “@KKMM612 Please don't blame @leighalexander, she is just doing her job as an 'activist' 'journalist' with an agenda.” 505068478660104192|Thu Aug 28 19:04:43 +0000 2014|@efighter3 I do hate you tho 505063903035162625|Thu Aug 28 18:46:32 +0000 2014|@glietzsche NEVER SURRENDER 505063811205058560|Thu Aug 28 18:46:10 +0000 2014|@09mshatraw on the contrary, I hope call of duty continues to exist for the people who like it 505063479641116672|Thu Aug 28 18:44:51 +0000 2014|@pajakt @charltonbrooker thanks for the RT, Charlie x 505055127246749696|Thu Aug 28 18:11:40 +0000 2014|@PennyRed gonna email you asap 505053595516305409|Thu Aug 28 18:05:35 +0000 2014|@PennyRed hey xoxox 505053556970627073|Thu Aug 28 18:05:26 +0000 2014|RT @PennyRed: 'There is what’s past and there is what’s now.' @leighalexander is fierce, brave and smart on toxic 'Gamer' culture. http://t… 505053344306835456|Thu Aug 28 18:04:35 +0000 2014|RT @lgreatorex: Clipping Through by @leighalexander on @Gumroad: https://gum.co/aisCU bought! I'm v.slow at reading but that just means … 505053268201197569|Thu Aug 28 18:04:17 +0000 2014|RT @TheBratterz: Important watching/reading from @Jam_sponge & @leighalexander: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD0_DfvutM4 // http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php 505048949045329920|Thu Aug 28 17:47:07 +0000 2014|@dtoid_Abel have fun 505048843499880448|Thu Aug 28 17:46:42 +0000 2014|@ELIOTMW if you feel ashamed, then you should 505048237284556800|Thu Aug 28 17:44:17 +0000 2014|@kierongillen see you soon let's drink to burning it x 505048189830180865|Thu Aug 28 17:44:06 +0000 2014|RT @kierongillen: And @leighalexander killing it on "gamer" culture - http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php 505045262558322688|Thu Aug 28 17:32:28 +0000 2014|@nhyphenc @tanehisicoates I'm just giggling stupidly on a train now 505045053241573376|Thu Aug 28 17:31:38 +0000 2014|@nhyphenc let's not exaggerate. @tanehisicoates is my favorite. 505044915362213889|Thu Aug 28 17:31:05 +0000 2014|@bluedelliquanti me either. Also hi, I love your comic, please keep up the great work! 505044821812449280|Thu Aug 28 17:30:43 +0000 2014|@brett_douville he's making a really cool dungeon roguelike it'll be done soon he swears 505044618120282113|Thu Aug 28 17:29:54 +0000 2014|RT @ironpencilgames: @leighalexander She did it. She killed video games. 505044486939222016|Thu Aug 28 17:29:23 +0000 2014|@brett_douville I bet I'll keep my job in games longer than commenter, too 505044230528856065|Thu Aug 28 17:28:22 +0000 2014|@brett_douville I'm totally entitled 505043180908462081|Thu Aug 28 17:24:12 +0000 2014|@Daniel_Joseph *bump* 505043130820087809|Thu Aug 28 17:24:00 +0000 2014|@directhex no? Read it. 505043008321236992|Thu Aug 28 17:23:31 +0000 2014|RT @alicemazzy: "Traditional 'gaming' is sloughing off, culturally and economically, like the carapace of a bug." - @leighalexander http://… 505042581122990080|Thu Aug 28 17:21:49 +0000 2014|@ThatSabineGirl <333 505041644165791744|Thu Aug 28 17:18:05 +0000 2014|@stillgray thank you 505041224458588160|Thu Aug 28 17:16:25 +0000 2014|@CThursten it is. Scared to look much 505041072419270656|Thu Aug 28 17:15:49 +0000 2014|RT @AdamSessler: @leighalexander reminds me of G4 when I asked to have PSA's on online game behavior. Was told "we don't want to alienate … 505040842999226369|Thu Aug 28 17:14:54 +0000 2014|https://vine.co/v/Ml2luXWI0OZ 505039591330824192|Thu Aug 28 17:09:56 +0000 2014|RT @ibogost: "Game culture: buying things, spackling over in-jokes repeatedly, getting mad on the internet." @leighalexander http://t.co/lt… 505039546615365632|Thu Aug 28 17:09:45 +0000 2014|@CThursten 🚨🚨🚨 505037885100523520|Thu Aug 28 17:03:09 +0000 2014|Hell yeah, I think I'm better than this. I think we're all better than this. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php 505037530186928128|Thu Aug 28 17:01:45 +0000 2014|@DrNerdLove @MaraWritesStuff http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php 505037433860554752|Thu Aug 28 17:01:22 +0000 2014|Nolite te bastardes carborundorum, girls 505037326775762944|Thu Aug 28 17:00:56 +0000 2014|Here I go: Gamers don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224400/Gamers_dont_have_to_be_your_audience_Gamers_are_over.php 505036914437922816|Thu Aug 28 16:59:18 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins that's my favorite reply, when randos on twitter start telling me about the games media i'm like wait why are you following me 505036336324435968|Thu Aug 28 16:57:00 +0000 2014|RT @seriouspony: @alexdecampi @leighalexander horse trainer here and agree 10000%. The patterns in harassment are pretty much textbook oper… 505035576056508416|Thu Aug 28 16:53:59 +0000 2014|RT @alexdecampi: Gaming: in dog training, we call this an "extinction burst" -- when a negative behavior stops being rewarded it grows shar… 505034454105333761|Thu Aug 28 16:49:31 +0000 2014|@LouisGorenfeld i will never 505025772932038656|Thu Aug 28 16:15:01 +0000 2014|@DrNerdLove @MaraWritesStuff this. I have an editorial exactly to this effect going up in about 45 minutes. 505009154084585472|Thu Aug 28 15:08:59 +0000 2014|RT @krisgraft: "Let's retire the word 'gamer'": @necrosofty wrote this over a year ago: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192107/Opinion_Lets_retire_the_word_gamer.php 505008825435688960|Thu Aug 28 15:07:41 +0000 2014|Do you really think there's anything to 'debate'? Christ. 505008739272097792|Thu Aug 28 15:07:20 +0000 2014|You don’t want to ‘be divisive?’ Who’s being divided, except ppl who are cool with an infantilized cultural desert of shit & ppl who aren’t? 505004312201031680|Thu Aug 28 14:49:45 +0000 2014|RT @ElizSimins: i really wish the games press would cover misogynist trolls like this, rather than equivocating & caving to demands: http:/… 504987068096069632|Thu Aug 28 13:41:13 +0000 2014|@DavidRepuri @kierongillen @weefz i looked again and the number had changed to 13 i dont trust these analytics 504985490144382976|Thu Aug 28 13:34:57 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: games for rough times calm: http://mkopas.net/files/spacerlullaby/ strength: http://mkopas.net/files/incantation.html hugs: http://mkopas.net/files/HUGPUNX/ 504985435480031232|Thu Aug 28 13:34:44 +0000 2014|Ellie Gibson is so great. On her way out of Eurogamer, she revisits the actual worst games ever. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-28-the-worst-games-ive-ever-played-by-ellie-gibson 504979897224540160|Thu Aug 28 13:12:44 +0000 2014|@mbhulo thank you! Hope you enjoy it. 504979655829782528|Thu Aug 28 13:11:46 +0000 2014|RT @mbhulo: I got Clipping Through: One Mad Week In Video Games, a book by Leigh Alexander from @leighalexander on @Gumroad: https://t.co/r… 504976291360419840|Thu Aug 28 12:58:24 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC @mcclure111 I've noticed this too -- very creepy/worrying 504975930260221952|Thu Aug 28 12:56:58 +0000 2014|@PixelGuff or tracking down a Turbo Xpress 504974985480654849|Thu Aug 28 12:53:13 +0000 2014|@kurogane there are some recordings, try searching 'audio' on my site 504974716533506048|Thu Aug 28 12:52:09 +0000 2014|All week the answer to editors saying 'Hi Leigh have you got anything for me today' feels like 'no & maybe never again' #horizontallife :( 504972785392054272|Thu Aug 28 12:44:28 +0000 2014|@Dan_Forever @weefz I guess on the bright side that means there are a lot of guys out there who don't feel alienated by feminism 504972587882250241|Thu Aug 28 12:43:41 +0000 2014|Let's explore Sierra's Mystery House, hardly a virtuoso work, but it launched the company anyway http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/27/lo-fi-lets-play-mystery-house/ 504972142770147329|Thu Aug 28 12:41:55 +0000 2014|At Paste I did a retrospective on the Turbo Grafx-16, a little black box full of strange memories http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/turbografx-16-a-quarter-century-of-gaming-excellen.html 504971423027589121|Thu Aug 28 12:39:03 +0000 2014|RT @twoscooters: I wrote a new blogpost on http://elizabethsampat.com. The Truth About Zoe Quinn: http://elizabethsampat.com/the-truth-about-zoe-quinn/ 504970351810736128|Thu Aug 28 12:34:48 +0000 2014|@weefz yeah. I only have 9%. Holy crap 504799342285557760|Thu Aug 28 01:15:16 +0000 2014|RT @chillsitch: a baby deer that is just jumping around totally safe and fine 504797281166827520|Thu Aug 28 01:07:05 +0000 2014|<3 <3 <3 RT @m_kopas: made this today: incantation, a ritual for power and reassurance. take care, everyone http://mkopas.net/files/incantation.html 504794102421274625|Thu Aug 28 00:54:27 +0000 2014|@Johngroot5ever that's a very nice thing to say. thank you so much, and i'm glad you enjoyed the book. 504786316828356608|Thu Aug 28 00:23:31 +0000 2014|RT @jigsawjones: Also pretty great: @leighalexander 's new book CLIPPING THROUGH. https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 504778884844625920|Wed Aug 27 23:53:59 +0000 2014|@WURRWALF kind 504749189243207680|Wed Aug 27 21:55:59 +0000 2014|Just watch it. http://instagram.com/p/sN7MYsMDC3/ 504725185787080704|Wed Aug 27 20:20:36 +0000 2014|RT @rardraider: @PasteGames @leighalexander @St1ka Also: The 16 Best TurboGrafx-16 Games http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-16-best-turbografx-16-games.html via @pastemagazine 504725120544694273|Wed Aug 27 20:20:20 +0000 2014|RT @AngelMcCoy: The awesome @leighalexander on how to respond when some is suffering from sexism. http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ 504725106825105409|Wed Aug 27 20:20:17 +0000 2014|RT @robinsloan: This piece by @leighalexander is just wonderful. Remembering a very strange game console: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/turbografx-16-a-quarter-century-of-gaming-excellen.html 504705597686968321|Wed Aug 27 19:02:46 +0000 2014|@SleepyBeeMon404 @craigperko daisy 504705553260871680|Wed Aug 27 19:02:35 +0000 2014|RT @gyabou: I'm reading @leighalexander's Clipping Through right now and a lot of it is certainly resonating with the events of the last fe… 504685417531465729|Wed Aug 27 17:42:34 +0000 2014|RT @craigperko: Hm! So far, I'm enjoying @leighalexander 's Lo Fi Let's Plays. They could stand to be more popular, I think. http://t.co/N5… 504666536842657793|Wed Aug 27 16:27:33 +0000 2014|RT @dcraig814: Get lost in @leighalexander's memories again:TurboGrafx-16: A Quarter Century of Gaming Excellence http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/turbografx-16-a-quarter-century-of-gaming-excellen.html vi… 504653554137968640|Wed Aug 27 15:35:57 +0000 2014|Sierra's first game was hardly a revolution upon the form. Kind of a funny experience for me, though http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/27/lo-fi-lets-play-mystery-house/ 504642646812676096|Wed Aug 27 14:52:37 +0000 2014|RT @dlmrky: ‘@leighalexander retrospective on the Turbo Grafx-16 http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/turbografx-16-a-quarter-century-of-gaming-excellen.html’ I loved reading this, the TG16 is like an alien wo… 504639669444026368|Wed Aug 27 14:40:47 +0000 2014|@GriN_be you can always email team@agencyforgames and let us know what you're looking for! 504639521670320130|Wed Aug 27 14:40:12 +0000 2014|The work we do with @agencyforgames helps developers find their strengths, execute on their vision and communicate better. Proud of it. 504639160003866624|Wed Aug 27 14:38:46 +0000 2014|Our company @agencyforgames is helping with Moon Hunters, a gorgeous co-op RPG I'm suuuuuuper into personally https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kitfoxgames/moon-hunters-a-myth-weaving-rpg 504604541086887936|Wed Aug 27 12:21:12 +0000 2014|RT @jjc_uk: Really nice read from @leighalexander about dealing with sexism. A guide to challenging unfairness, even persecution http://t.c… 504601171479494656|Wed Aug 27 12:07:48 +0000 2014|RT @CousinDangereux: Morning! A reminder that @femfreq could not sleep in her own home last night because she critiques the representation … 504600039692709888|Wed Aug 27 12:03:19 +0000 2014|This look at Mystery House is one of my favorite Lo-Fi Let's Plays I've done so far. Aimed to combine experiential stuff with crit analysis. 504599890673291265|Wed Aug 27 12:02:43 +0000 2014|In honor of the Sierra label revival, let's do an in-depth video exploration (!!) of its first game, Mystery House http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/27/lo-fi-lets-play-mystery-house/ 504598720143691777|Wed Aug 27 11:58:04 +0000 2014|@RaveofRavendale what tf does that even mean 504595502353367040|Wed Aug 27 11:45:17 +0000 2014|Here is an affordable little book I wrote about the intense experience of working in games. https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 504594950454267904|Wed Aug 27 11:43:05 +0000 2014|Here's @Quinns108 on pretending to spend an entire day in a alien war http://kotaku.com/10-things-i-learned-acting-out-xcom-in-real-life-1625678793?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow 504591244157542400|Wed Aug 27 11:28:22 +0000 2014|David Auerbach in Slate: 'We've forgotten that LGBTQ nerds shaped online life as we know it' http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/08/lgbtq_nerds_and_the_evolution_of_life_online.html 504587536493457408|Wed Aug 27 11:13:38 +0000 2014|I wrote an elaborate personal retrospective on the Turbo Grafx-16, my most favorite machine, for its 25th anniversary http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/turbografx-16-a-quarter-century-of-gaming-excellen.html 504443047149834240|Wed Aug 27 01:39:29 +0000 2014|@TheMadMoai screengrab my tweets for forum fame! that will make you popular. 504422551465263107|Wed Aug 27 00:18:02 +0000 2014|@MikeMcWhertor i do the venting for others, i guess (and take the heat/high volume, i guess). i can't stay away forever <3 504422411199320064|Wed Aug 27 00:17:29 +0000 2014|@TheSquink and thank you, too! <3 504422374583046144|Wed Aug 27 00:17:20 +0000 2014|@godfree you too <3 504422162439360513|Wed Aug 27 00:16:29 +0000 2014|@m_kopas i'll be on fb and we can always talk there 504421990632259584|Wed Aug 27 00:15:48 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi def, i'll still use fb 504421883060953089|Wed Aug 27 00:15:23 +0000 2014|@pkollar thank you, the very same to you <3 <3 504421842372022273|Wed Aug 27 00:15:13 +0000 2014|@twoscooters i'll get to see you soon <3 <3 504421810180747266|Wed Aug 27 00:15:05 +0000 2014|@christinelove thank you, tons of hearts <3 504421771744137216|Wed Aug 27 00:14:56 +0000 2014|@m_kopas i'm really fond of you 504421666488074240|Wed Aug 27 00:14:31 +0000 2014|twitter isn't good for my work/emotional well-being at the moment. back to links only for the next couple weeks -- be good to one another! 504421348035559425|Wed Aug 27 00:13:15 +0000 2014|odd to allow oneself to dutifully observe the rules of engagement set by corporations, but reject those set by starving marginalized indies 504418013777768449|Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 +0000 2014|@joonturbo fak u dolan 504417355494346752|Tue Aug 26 23:57:23 +0000 2014|@joonturbo oh do not worry that's what i am doing 504416795370209280|Tue Aug 26 23:55:10 +0000 2014|@joonturbo giving me life tonight thank you 504416765779398657|Tue Aug 26 23:55:03 +0000 2014|RT @joonturbo: @leighalexander oh god I found this also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2dhc1tyVOc 504416425793306624|Tue Aug 26 23:53:42 +0000 2014|wise words will help me now https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSisQo/posts/10152595043705659?fref=nf 504416194133516288|Tue Aug 26 23:52:46 +0000 2014|@joonturbo yes. okay things are ok now snaic 504416087841443841|Tue Aug 26 23:52:21 +0000 2014|RT @joonturbo: @leighalexander ok play dis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20aH44vz85c 504415530938560513|Tue Aug 26 23:50:08 +0000 2014|@joonturbo joon help me #pray4sanic 504415401934336000|Tue Aug 26 23:49:38 +0000 2014|deep breaths http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwALIbNIMAAeFeD.jpg 504407484103393280|Tue Aug 26 23:18:10 +0000 2014|RT @ChrisGarratty: Just finished @leighalexander #ClippingThrough. At times I felt like I was reading my own thoughts. Like I've tricked th… 504406120036048896|Tue Aug 26 23:12:45 +0000 2014|RT @tszetela: "Black as a beetle, sleek as an animal, elegantly compact" 25 years of TurboGrafx-16 from @leighalexander http://t.co/YW0Nbxa… 504405652941586433|Tue Aug 26 23:10:53 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC <3 thank you 504405016648876033|Tue Aug 26 23:08:22 +0000 2014|RT @christinelove: You know, I still really like videogames, and I really like the people I meet making them, and I’m really excited to kee… 504402902019219456|Tue Aug 26 22:59:57 +0000 2014|@Mootations @mousefountain there are some really excellent longplays on YouTube where you can see it all! 504402810155581440|Tue Aug 26 22:59:35 +0000 2014|@laevantine no one should make puns on anybody else's name. at this point i don't care how well someone knows me, i'll block them 504402607759441920|Tue Aug 26 22:58:47 +0000 2014|RT @ibogost: Here's @leighalexander paean to the TurboGrafx-16: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/turbografx-16-a-quarter-century-of-gaming-excellen.html 504401747620945920|Tue Aug 26 22:55:22 +0000 2014|@Golwar there's no 'but' 504401553915392001|Tue Aug 26 22:54:36 +0000 2014|@mousefountain there really isn't any plot stuff, sadly 504400645966024704|Tue Aug 26 22:50:59 +0000 2014|@BangBangClick @mcclure111 yeah, seriously. no one is safe from the consumer (pictured) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv_9tq1IQAERjVe.jpg 504400269795663872|Tue Aug 26 22:49:30 +0000 2014|@mousefountain SAME 504399271626825728|Tue Aug 26 22:45:32 +0000 2014|@tiedtiger sorry what 504399171701735424|Tue Aug 26 22:45:08 +0000 2014|i'm going to try hard to have empathy for them every day, even if they adapt poorly and it makes them toxic 504399058640044032|Tue Aug 26 22:44:41 +0000 2014|it must be sad to be an outsider, inventing fantasies of the people you wish you could be, the space where you wish you could work 504398948526981120|Tue Aug 26 22:44:15 +0000 2014|@stooovie lol, 'i'm afraid' not 504397973456187393|Tue Aug 26 22:40:22 +0000 2014|i guess positively, it's a good thing some of these troubled people have games to replace the real-life interactions they clearly lack 504397395569156096|Tue Aug 26 22:38:05 +0000 2014|RT @ElizSimins: the future of games journalism: lock journalists in lightsafe boxes, not just when they're reviewing games but also the res… 504396902545502210|Tue Aug 26 22:36:07 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins you are PURE ETHICS 504394130097971200|Tue Aug 26 22:25:06 +0000 2014|@alexhern sexual assault survivors evidently, so i'm not like, super interested in the 'BUT THE MEN THEY TRUSTED WERE HARMED' argument 504394042638368769|Tue Aug 26 22:24:45 +0000 2014|@alexhern this is literally the first series i've ever watched where many women are complicated and interesting w/o being -- 504393835372634112|Tue Aug 26 22:23:56 +0000 2014|@alexhern but like yeah no one like abused paul in the story trust me 504393611044454400|Tue Aug 26 22:23:02 +0000 2014|@alexhern well, he had been violating beth all the while by pretending to be her bf while he was in fact her mandated 'monitor' 504393464759746560|Tue Aug 26 22:22:27 +0000 2014|@alexhern yeah i think so 504392691221016577|Tue Aug 26 22:19:23 +0000 2014|@alexhern she lied to paul about who she was and he also completely misrepresented himself to her, so that's just like, the plot 504392492687822848|Tue Aug 26 22:18:36 +0000 2014|@danthat yeah but he was also lying to her so fair play 504392325465124864|Tue Aug 26 22:17:56 +0000 2014|@alexhern 'but what about the MEN' -- alex hern 2014 504392049245052928|Tue Aug 26 22:16:50 +0000 2014|WHAT KIND OF DARK-ASS WITCHCRAFT ALLOWS WOMEN TO HAVE COMPLEX PLOTLINES *AND* SEXUAL AGENCY AT THE SAME TIME #explodes 504391935499718656|Tue Aug 26 22:16:23 +0000 2014|orphan black is cool bc there is action, fighting, violence, storylines for women and NO SKETCHY NONCONSENSUAL SCENES 504391572398813185|Tue Aug 26 22:14:56 +0000 2014|@m_kopas the Cult of Blackberry & Bramble feels that Tinder is genuinely a platform for starting fires with dry, fruitful forest brush 504389385820069888|Tue Aug 26 22:06:15 +0000 2014|RT @mcclure111: …Tho when that conversation *does* happen,I'll want to talk about the "integrity" of journalists who let their followers be… 504389357038739457|Tue Aug 26 22:06:08 +0000 2014|RT @mcclure111: I don't want talking about actual cliquishness/nepotism/corruption to confuse the matter *their* conversation is about none… 504389301292244992|Tue Aug 26 22:05:55 +0000 2014|RT @mcclure111: …then, well, I don't want to have a real conversation about cliquishness or nepotism or journalistic integrity at that time. 504389270652850176|Tue Aug 26 22:05:47 +0000 2014|RT @mcclure111: If some people want to use "integrity" or "nepotism" as a code word for "we want to push types of people we don't like out … 504389151278759936|Tue Aug 26 22:05:19 +0000 2014|alison is my favorite orphan black 504388515518746624|Tue Aug 26 22:02:47 +0000 2014|@twoscooters omg cant be allowed #ethics 504388218448777216|Tue Aug 26 22:01:37 +0000 2014|@twoscooters def wasn't me #info #disclosure #nepotism #drinks #lovedrinks 504383055872942080|Tue Aug 26 21:41:06 +0000 2014|@battsignal @McKelvie @kierongillen @Quinns108 @flaneur @antonyjohnston I will be here! Let us know what you'd like to do x 504378957220048896|Tue Aug 26 21:24:48 +0000 2014|@TheSquink me too. 504378636976529410|Tue Aug 26 21:23:32 +0000 2014|@aeleitch luckily i don't work for them 504378542957010944|Tue Aug 26 21:23:10 +0000 2014|@TheSquink i think there's prob a way for everyone whomsoever to rationalize themselves out of owning their experience, whatever it is :( 504378043105038336|Tue Aug 26 21:21:11 +0000 2014|Nurse Nancy is inspired to explore a new career http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv_pKAMIMAA1rT3.jpg 504377928697020416|Tue Aug 26 21:20:43 +0000 2014|RT @twoscooters: Feeling really appreciative of the men who have our backs today. Thank you, @TimOfLegend, @mikeBithell, @AlexDJones, et al… 504377907176017920|Tue Aug 26 21:20:38 +0000 2014|@aeleitch well, i'm not disinterested, ever 504377598517194755|Tue Aug 26 21:19:25 +0000 2014|@TheSquink i wish i knew a solution for that, but i'm relatively privileged among the marginalized, if i'm 'marginalized' at at all 504377427469303808|Tue Aug 26 21:18:44 +0000 2014|@TheSquink that makes sense -- the more one has suffered and been excluded, the harder it is to trust and to welcome 504377268719079425|Tue Aug 26 21:18:06 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman you mean you respect the great veterans who paved the way???? 504375890047156224|Tue Aug 26 21:12:37 +0000 2014|@Eric_Cintron yes, the Xpress 504375245978214400|Tue Aug 26 21:10:04 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman tuxedo mask 504375098716213248|Tue Aug 26 21:09:29 +0000 2014|@TheSquink and that mutual fear runs especially high, improbably, among people who are assumed to be philosophical allies! ODD I SAY. 504374946236481536|Tue Aug 26 21:08:52 +0000 2014|@TheSquink Over the past couple GDCs I've learned everyone is as scared of you/me as we are of them 504374734952226817|Tue Aug 26 21:08:02 +0000 2014|The gray shape we see in the vicinity of our hero is called a "happy face" http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/turbografx-16-a-quarter-century-of-gaming-excellen.html http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv_mJOXIQAAQXce.jpg 504374084692889601|Tue Aug 26 21:05:27 +0000 2014|@TheSquink -- and then when I finally get to talk with them, I learn they for some reason felt the same about me. Odd. 504374011691028480|Tue Aug 26 21:05:09 +0000 2014|@TheSquink I myself don't feel like an impostor, but I notice the ways I assume I'm not wanted or trusted by certain people -- 504373885132107777|Tue Aug 26 21:04:39 +0000 2014|@TheSquink i know lots of people are affected by impostor syndrome, but i think this is something else -- social combat, inherent mistrust 504373555619192832|Tue Aug 26 21:03:21 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch or similarly, to focus inappropriately on an assumed volume of 'enemies' (and by doing so, actually give them relevance) 504373374723051520|Tue Aug 26 21:02:37 +0000 2014|@TheSquink i think everyone feels that way, even those we assume are 'insiders'. we get a false impression of 'community.' 504373247807606784|Tue Aug 26 21:02:07 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch i've had to radically alter the ways i use twitter after the 'ground-shaking' revelation what i see here isn't totally real 504373135286992896|Tue Aug 26 21:01:40 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch i think most people erroneously assume social media is an accurate assumption of the entire landscape, too 504372719585349632|Tue Aug 26 21:00:01 +0000 2014|@daphaknee @AlexJaffe god i perversely want to know what's involved with this, please update your fans at poopdoggyballs dot com 504372244009975808|Tue Aug 26 20:58:08 +0000 2014|@philippawarr probably because i'm dropping subtweets into a bigger conversation going on in my main feed 504372028129153024|Tue Aug 26 20:57:16 +0000 2014|@TheSquink i wish that would get discussed too, but i feel i don't have the right, oddly 504371941567111168|Tue Aug 26 20:56:56 +0000 2014|@TheSquink yes, there are a lot of downsides to the 'popularity contest' mode of talent promotion and support in the dev community 504371862823251968|Tue Aug 26 20:56:37 +0000 2014|I don't think modern YouTubers are any more/less ethical than glossy-magazine writers who cynically stuck numbers on things in my generation 504371244079529985|Tue Aug 26 20:54:10 +0000 2014|@Astromarine well. i'm flattered. looks like i'm the ONLY ONE you should read ;-) 504371138043342848|Tue Aug 26 20:53:44 +0000 2014|@MikeMcWhertor @jennatar they are using a stick-figure argument in order to vent less rational views, i think 504371022091788288|Tue Aug 26 20:53:17 +0000 2014|@TheSquink the end lesson, i think, is that GAMES ARE THINGS PEOPLE MAKE AND DO and not products with ratings! hopefully this is good! 504370922275758081|Tue Aug 26 20:52:53 +0000 2014|@TheSquink it's an interesting tension now, with most people 'developing in public', and both creators and readers wondering whom to trust 504370779895922688|Tue Aug 26 20:52:19 +0000 2014|@jennatar and as much as it would gall me to write that way, i often find myself at a gamespot or IGN looking for a buy-or-not, so 504370530083168256|Tue Aug 26 20:51:19 +0000 2014|@jennatar commercial games and their historical modes of coverage are fundamentally about conquering and attainment 504370373702729729|Tue Aug 26 20:50:42 +0000 2014|you know me, you know how i feel and what i do, and if you don't trust me, there are 100 other writers on the same topic 504370280639528961|Tue Aug 26 20:50:20 +0000 2014|I'm always very aware that I'm one of innumerable perspectives, many great, on games. i've got no need to be an authority, just to be myself 504370011176464385|Tue Aug 26 20:49:16 +0000 2014|@jennatar i guess i have to write about this, jenn 504369851193102336|Tue Aug 26 20:48:37 +0000 2014|it's very rare that my work is at all related to instructions about what people should buy or not buy. 504369424133271552|Tue Aug 26 20:46:56 +0000 2014|@funwithbill kato & ken, yeah 504369205010264064|Tue Aug 26 20:46:03 +0000 2014|@pattheflip exactly. 504369047744835584|Tue Aug 26 20:45:26 +0000 2014|do you expect ppl to be honest, raw, ethical, unless they're personally invested, y'know? i DON'T trust the people for whom it's just a job 504368909030793218|Tue Aug 26 20:44:53 +0000 2014|@funwithbill try kicking above the stump, chump 504368816009543680|Tue Aug 26 20:44:31 +0000 2014|@acarboni third circle: people who don't know how actual acquaintance and social networking work in practice 504368635784486912|Tue Aug 26 20:43:48 +0000 2014|in a way, unless you want to be acquainted and to create -- if you want to maintain total detachment -- how good are you at this, anyway 504368138331623425|Tue Aug 26 20:41:49 +0000 2014|I mean, unless you believe all games are business-oriented consumer products, which, if you do, you're unlikely to be reading me personally 504367959222288385|Tue Aug 26 20:41:06 +0000 2014|Not that I'm pro-cronyism, just don't think all intimacy with the human work of game development is negative 504367884400087040|Tue Aug 26 20:40:49 +0000 2014|Thought: It can be hard to challenge the work of someone you know well, but it's even harder to be smart about the work of ppl you don't 504367550424440832|Tue Aug 26 20:39:29 +0000 2014|@johntdrake @nickchester @steishere i assume everyone saw this http://www.mtv.com/news/1911222/taylor-swift-crying-over-beyonce-gif/ 504366399989768193|Tue Aug 26 20:34:55 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge i fav'd for positive vibes, not as a method of 'liking' your stress 504365495983030272|Tue Aug 26 20:31:19 +0000 2014|@preacher9mm no, i never do PAX 504364780745138176|Tue Aug 26 20:28:29 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi great now i'm 'stuck' watching this immense longplay again 504364325029818368|Tue Aug 26 20:26:40 +0000 2014|@Snakester95 it's not always easy, but nothing worthwhile is, and it definitely does make me happy. Thank you! 504363845348261889|Tue Aug 26 20:24:46 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi CAN YOU PAY? IF NOT GO BACK. 504363748925407232|Tue Aug 26 20:24:23 +0000 2014|@Snakester95 do your own thing, do it truthfully & uniquely. that way even if you're unlikely to make a living, you're guaranteed joy. 504363191183626240|Tue Aug 26 20:22:10 +0000 2014|@funwithbill not at all. it was the pack-in title for the system. 504363143586660352|Tue Aug 26 20:21:58 +0000 2014|@frankcifaldi she says like 'JUMP UP TO HUT' or something really constructive that isn't true 504363072837144576|Tue Aug 26 20:21:41 +0000 2014|@daphaknee daphny i'm sorry to intrude but i am curious re 'dragon' element in what way is your boyfriend a dragon boyfriend 504362698319331328|Tue Aug 26 20:20:12 +0000 2014|@Snakester95 absolutely. nobody really modulates my perspective, so I can write 'as myself' at pretty much all times. 504362275344773120|Tue Aug 26 20:18:31 +0000 2014|I'm pretty lucky as a freelance journalist that I can closely select what I write about, and it's only stuff I genuinely find interesting. 504362119262138369|Tue Aug 26 20:17:54 +0000 2014|-- but I'll make sure you know where I'm coming from, always. 504362000022257665|Tue Aug 26 20:17:26 +0000 2014|As you see, I write about many games and I help advise on some others. In both cases I'm sharing enthusiasm for things I care about -- 504361269194145792|Tue Aug 26 20:14:31 +0000 2014|@bombsfall i think this is the only zone to be in 504360852548780032|Tue Aug 26 20:12:52 +0000 2014|Via @agencyforgames, @steishere & I are helping @SQEXCollective & @KitfoxGames' Moon Hunters. We think it looks rad. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kitfoxgames/moon-hunters-a-myth-weaving-rpg?ref=category 504360278499553281|Tue Aug 26 20:10:35 +0000 2014|wow cool tip, great foresight, thank you http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv_Y_wjIgAAXI3N.jpg 504359229718007808|Tue Aug 26 20:06:25 +0000 2014|Recommended: Let this run as you read my article. Keith Courage was bad, but had AMAZING music (esp. underworld) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ldb8F_4F6g 504353688153243648|Tue Aug 26 19:44:24 +0000 2014|@AxiomVerge @PasteMagazine CPU, GPU, more like peepee-you (thank you) 504353443000369153|Tue Aug 26 19:43:25 +0000 2014|My favorite TG-16 anecdote in there is why my little sister thought boss-oriented 2D game "Monster Lair" was called "Monster, Later' 504353003865141248|Tue Aug 26 19:41:41 +0000 2014|It's still probably my favorite machine of all time. 504352946059218944|Tue Aug 26 19:41:27 +0000 2014|I've written a personal retrospective on the Turbo Grafx-16 for its 25th anniversary, over at @PasteMagazine http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/turbografx-16-a-quarter-century-of-gaming-excellen.html 504344894442569729|Tue Aug 26 19:09:27 +0000 2014|@brandonnn i ran it thru an anagrams maker with 1000 results and i still didnt figure it out on my own 504343521554612225|Tue Aug 26 19:04:00 +0000 2014|@brandonnn http://www.rubbercat.net/simpsons/jeremysiron.png 504329944852623360|Tue Aug 26 18:10:03 +0000 2014|@alexhern yes 504328676646068224|Tue Aug 26 18:05:01 +0000 2014|@grmartin i am coming over your house to play it when i'm in town next just fyi 504328313146707970|Tue Aug 26 18:03:34 +0000 2014|@grmartin i just watched like a half hour youtube video of devil's crush earlier today, so class 504328003548364800|Tue Aug 26 18:02:20 +0000 2014|@grmartin good job i fully agree with this list 504327789357858817|Tue Aug 26 18:01:29 +0000 2014|@grmartin dragon's curse is one of my alltime faves, i still play it on the wii 504327545832370176|Tue Aug 26 18:00:31 +0000 2014|RT @grmartin: when I was 13 I sold my NES & Game Boy to buy a TurboGrafx-16. 20+ years later I wrote a list of the best TG16 games. http://… 504325930433933312|Tue Aug 26 17:54:06 +0000 2014|@TimOfLegend he sure showed you 504323974592217089|Tue Aug 26 17:46:20 +0000 2014|@sispurrier nearly every fashion comment @Quinns108 gets on his videos etc is down to the un-acknowledged theft of my accoutrements 504323470902456320|Tue Aug 26 17:44:20 +0000 2014|@sispurrier @alexdecampi @Quinns108 those were my aviators 504321808695566336|Tue Aug 26 17:37:43 +0000 2014|The person who hoarded "multiple Nobel Prizes" was of course @Brendy_C 504321534283251712|Tue Aug 26 17:36:38 +0000 2014|Here is @Quinns108 with "10 Things I Learned Acting Out XCOM in Real Life" http://kotaku.com/10-things-i-learned-acting-out-xcom-in-real-life-1625678793 504321339738841088|Tue Aug 26 17:35:51 +0000 2014|Here is @ibogost full of pathos about Swing Copters, of course http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/08/swing-copters/379117/ 504281398371692545|Tue Aug 26 14:57:09 +0000 2014|RT @ShayMakesGames: "GAMES ARE REAL ART, GAME JOURNALISM SHOULD BE MORE RIGOROUS" "OK here's feminist criticism, like every single artist… 504264971656912896|Tue Aug 26 13:51:52 +0000 2014|I'm recording a new Lo-Fi Let's Play and our neighbor downstairs, the concert pianist, is practicing. Wonder if the mic will pick it up. 504261139388452867|Tue Aug 26 13:36:39 +0000 2014|why did this happen to me RT @Brendy_C: sugar lung https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20149169/sugar%20lung.html 504260491590778881|Tue Aug 26 13:34:04 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C oh sweet, another malachy o'flanaflaps masterpiece 504260102921416704|Tue Aug 26 13:32:31 +0000 2014|@jasonschreier @RaveofRavendale rlly love the faint desperation of "I can't stop it from happening" 504259494093029377|Tue Aug 26 13:30:06 +0000 2014|This is a serious problem to have. Please send your best wishes to @RaveofRavendale https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1017069 504258760286941185|Tue Aug 26 13:27:11 +0000 2014|Why make a game a week? Lessons in persistence, bravery & improving your design practice from @MsMinotaur http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/223979/Why_make_a_game_a_week_Learning_game_development_in_public.php 504253668611588096|Tue Aug 26 13:06:57 +0000 2014|@CorrenceC how did i sign it? 504253440823148544|Tue Aug 26 13:06:03 +0000 2014|I like how the continuous rain this week has been an excuse for me to procrastinate exercise AND work 504250283908935680|Tue Aug 26 12:53:30 +0000 2014|Colleague and I have had a Real Business for about a year now, but still sort of thrilled at email re 'Our Lawyer' #adult 504075135763361792|Tue Aug 26 01:17:32 +0000 2014|RT @10rdBen: @leighalexander **knock knock kncok** who dere? ***knock knock knock*** PENURY 504075081115774977|Tue Aug 26 01:17:19 +0000 2014|@10rdBen my fave part of SHELDOR perfomance is how he is only thinkin bout the science ;-)) every1 a lil bit awkwerd some times :) 504074781130772480|Tue Aug 26 01:16:07 +0000 2014|@10rdBen lol funnyest show on tv and some thing in there for every1 esp the NERDS like u & me. BASISPO 504066380984221696|Tue Aug 26 00:42:44 +0000 2014|i decided i watched enough orphan black and went to sleep. 5mins later i got up and put it back on 504063198610599936|Tue Aug 26 00:30:06 +0000 2014|@10rdBen it is good he has video games to make him feel accepted & powerful, as real ppl have almost certainly universally rejected him :( 504062305773293568|Tue Aug 26 00:26:33 +0000 2014|@Gamecheat13 lol you look like a little wisp of meringue. stay behind your computer tough guy 504050804480016385|Mon Aug 25 23:40:51 +0000 2014|I've watched 10 episodes of orphan black in 1 day 504038300370628608|Mon Aug 25 22:51:10 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: .@leighalexander talks to @MsMinotaur about why she made a game a week, and what she learned by doing it http://t.co/gognGi7… 504026575801942018|Mon Aug 25 22:04:34 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed I'M GOING TO SNIFF SO MANY OF THEM, AND HAVE SO MANY DEEP THOUGHTS 504026490619834368|Mon Aug 25 22:04:14 +0000 2014|RT @auteurtheory: Four years later, "Analysis: Is The Game Industry A Happy Place?" by @leighalexander is as relevant as ever. http://t.co/… 504026451596046336|Mon Aug 25 22:04:05 +0000 2014|@auteurtheory wow, good memory -- i'd even forgotten about that! 504001143513825280|Mon Aug 25 20:23:31 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow @brandonnn @fredrick_med_ck "STEAL PIES" 503999754624569344|Mon Aug 25 20:18:00 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @mrsambarlow @fredrick_med_ck ENTER LODGE, PLAY GUITAR 503999529134608384|Mon Aug 25 20:17:06 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @mrsambarlow @fredrick_med_ck 'WALK IN TRAFFIC' 'JUMP OFF FALLS' 'HUG LELAND' 503999393704734720|Mon Aug 25 20:16:33 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @mrsambarlow @fredrick_med_ck the game is just you guiding james hurley into ever more elaborate deaths 503978536299167744|Mon Aug 25 18:53:41 +0000 2014|RT @mrsambarlow: @leighalexander Too easy, unless the aim of the game is 'redeem this f**cker' http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv565haCEAMsgbk.jpg 503978516594323456|Mon Aug 25 18:53:36 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow OMG 503970336107659264|Mon Aug 25 18:21:06 +0000 2014|@samusclone lee alex, gamer and professor 503969607410266112|Mon Aug 25 18:18:12 +0000 2014|@samusclone ::long slo mo shot of me strolling down the beach:: 503968724098252801|Mon Aug 25 18:14:41 +0000 2014|@samusclone know which picture of a monster from "RAMPAGE" they are. this is a fascinating phenomenon 503968586097262592|Mon Aug 25 18:14:08 +0000 2014|@samusclone me casually in my office being an expert 'i've treated hundreds of cases of 'cabinet identity loss' where the subject does not 503968266927489024|Mon Aug 25 18:12:52 +0000 2014|@samusclone OMG YES 503968088195612672|Mon Aug 25 18:12:10 +0000 2014|@samusclone same 503967996931768320|Mon Aug 25 18:11:48 +0000 2014|@TrickDempsey @Quinns108 i don't really think your presumption of an assumption to that effect is accurate 503967161774518272|Mon Aug 25 18:08:29 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow well, now i'm thinking about what if you DID have to play an ensemble games as the WORST PERSON IN IT 503967090743967744|Mon Aug 25 18:08:12 +0000 2014|RT @mrsambarlow: @leighalexander "We were inspired by Twin Peaks. It's a whole game about James Hurley. The soundtrack is 'Just You and I' … 503966756957069313|Mon Aug 25 18:06:52 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @gregmoore23 i think most ppl want an easy way to feel good, not to think about how issues are complicated or require scrutiny 503966546591756290|Mon Aug 25 18:06:02 +0000 2014|@jaypullman i know right 503966080025772034|Mon Aug 25 18:04:11 +0000 2014|@EvNarc there are no black people in the black lodge... seems pretty deceptive 503965157023035392|Mon Aug 25 18:00:31 +0000 2014|@mollygos we're literally getting as bad as fans who 'just want zelda again' 503964574874599424|Mon Aug 25 17:58:12 +0000 2014|@ShamsJorjani to be fair if someone made a 'golden girls inspired game' i would be really excited about that too 503964110737137664|Mon Aug 25 17:56:21 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman you're that person 503963641688129536|Mon Aug 25 17:54:30 +0000 2014|like, i'm that person. 503963493322997761|Mon Aug 25 17:53:54 +0000 2014|i'm pretty embarrassed re how easy it is for game devs to get me interested in them just by saying 'twin peaks ' http://kotaku.com/a-look-at-a-weird-game-coming-from-some-of-the-people-w-1626538237 503958420379406336|Mon Aug 25 17:33:45 +0000 2014|@BillZoeker i'll never go to PAX 503957779682689025|Mon Aug 25 17:31:12 +0000 2014|RT @tinysubversions: Canadian game dev history buffs: my book about the Ottawa-based development of Jagged Alliance 2 (1999) is out today! … 503957519237406720|Mon Aug 25 17:30:10 +0000 2014|that feeling when you were already excited to go to an event but then you found out even more people you like are going too 503951277483905024|Mon Aug 25 17:05:22 +0000 2014|@BillZoeker @MsMinotaur it's the only way to avoid #corruption besides only writing about people i'm not interested in and don't like 503948825481183232|Mon Aug 25 16:55:37 +0000 2014|@MsMinotaur we also ate cheese together and had a nice time #nepotism #scandal 503944353417789440|Mon Aug 25 16:37:51 +0000 2014|@LifeInNeon @samusclone <3 503944107493163008|Mon Aug 25 16:36:52 +0000 2014|RT @MsMinotaur: At gamescom, @leighalexander sat down with me and let me ramble at her for a long time :) http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/223979/Why_make_a_game_a_week_Learning_game_development_in_public.php 503922108322557952|Mon Aug 25 15:09:27 +0000 2014|@Gangles @Nelsormensch @BRKeogh omg @Quinns108 503887996270432256|Mon Aug 25 12:53:54 +0000 2014|colonel's bequest is one of the best games ever tho 503885410641399808|Mon Aug 25 12:43:38 +0000 2014|@Aghartastudio i didn't know about those! thanks for the recos. 503884521054679041|Mon Aug 25 12:40:06 +0000 2014|RT @mass_digi: Why make a game a week? Learning game development in public http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/223979/Why_make_a_game_a_week_Learning_game_development_in_public.php#.U_sudWR0YgQ.twitter by @leighalexander via @gamasutra 503881044962340865|Mon Aug 25 12:26:17 +0000 2014|@basvanduren really do love that damn game 503880081140645888|Mon Aug 25 12:22:27 +0000 2014|@Arminposts YAY thank you! please let me know what you think, really hope you dig it <3 503879659994746880|Mon Aug 25 12:20:47 +0000 2014|@Arminposts *sobs quietly* 503879597541564416|Mon Aug 25 12:20:32 +0000 2014|@basvanduren that is a very late adventure, not an early one 503878889723400192|Mon Aug 25 12:17:43 +0000 2014|Here is a great new article about Sierra games by @laura_hudson http://www.wired.com/2014/08/activision-sierra/ 503878631027142656|Mon Aug 25 12:16:41 +0000 2014|As a huge, enormous Sierra fan it's getting harder and harder to avoid admitting their early adventures had smarter contemporaries 503878180210741248|Mon Aug 25 12:14:54 +0000 2014|"Talk People" "I don't understand what you mean" wow this party sucks 503877140576997376|Mon Aug 25 12:10:46 +0000 2014|this is how i plan all my party guest lists http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv4hlh3IYAAINqc.jpg 503871866046787584|Mon Aug 25 11:49:49 +0000 2014|If you are having a rainy holiday in the UK like we are CONSIDER curling up with a game industry memoir I wrote https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 503871739584331776|Mon Aug 25 11:49:18 +0000 2014|@professorrev oop, wrong link, thank you! 503869729418002432|Mon Aug 25 11:41:19 +0000 2014|@mattlaschneider all due respect to the creator, but it is, as prose gives me much fewer limitations 503869253741985792|Mon Aug 25 11:39:26 +0000 2014|@sispurrier (you can WAIT until later) 503868902653562880|Mon Aug 25 11:38:02 +0000 2014|@sispurrier It's raining. You see your computer. You see Leigh's email address here. 503868745417510914|Mon Aug 25 11:37:24 +0000 2014|that's what i'm doing for a date tonight btw #sizzling #babe 503868554182414336|Mon Aug 25 11:36:39 +0000 2014|my new thing i'm all about doing is making up a text game/story in a chat window while someone types commands to me 503680292583145475|Sun Aug 24 23:08:34 +0000 2014|RT @Papapishu: *looks at video game news* http://twitter.com/Papapishu/status/503650300763570176/photo/1 503672813186998272|Sun Aug 24 22:38:51 +0000 2014|@paullicino @Jam_sponge @Quinns108 we got in okay -- did you? 503662675134394368|Sun Aug 24 21:58:34 +0000 2014|It's Ann's world we all just live in it http://instagram.com/p/sGNIZkMDLX/ 503578516974493696|Sun Aug 24 16:24:09 +0000 2014|Indiana jones pinball all weekend https://vine.co/v/MLYL96PA7z5 503574148711723008|Sun Aug 24 16:06:47 +0000 2014|@RaygunGoth def! 503563683457683457|Sun Aug 24 15:25:12 +0000 2014|@garywhitta @kezamacdonald me neither 503563581238300672|Sun Aug 24 15:24:48 +0000 2014|RT @ckunzelman: This is the REAL PROBLEM with INTEGRITY in JAMES GURNALISM http://readingegm.tumblr.com/post/93812899536/egm-107-enough-with-the-kid-stuff-enough-with 503563416028844032|Sun Aug 24 15:24:08 +0000 2014|@garywhitta @kezamacdonald we did kayak in a river as sheep yelled at us about how well we were rowing (baaaaad) 503562242697474048|Sun Aug 24 15:19:29 +0000 2014|@kezamacdonald we are in PETERBOROUGH 503526412276748289|Sun Aug 24 12:57:06 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @scanters terrifying 503525902534578176|Sun Aug 24 12:55:04 +0000 2014|@scanters PUNS 503525471762792448|Sun Aug 24 12:53:22 +0000 2014|Mom was right trampolines are danger (w @Ann Scantlebury https://vine.co/v/MLVJtuTubIx 503521635987906560|Sun Aug 24 12:38:07 +0000 2014|@paullicino I like the bit you can see of the actual children looking on 503518627187150848|Sun Aug 24 12:26:10 +0000 2014|@_RandomJ_ blockable offenses: puns on my name; puns that pronounce my name WRONG 503514645228167169|Sun Aug 24 12:10:20 +0000 2014|@auriea that's right, me and Joan Didion two peas in a pod 503514514219077633|Sun Aug 24 12:09:49 +0000 2014|In the dream, @philippawarr asked me for Kristen's email address & I realized I didn't know it and our love might be a lie 503514327107002368|Sun Aug 24 12:09:05 +0000 2014|I had a romantic dream about Kristen last night #otp http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvzXnJhIMAAVK0K.jpg 503512918118637568|Sun Aug 24 12:03:29 +0000 2014|@Rio_Garcia should have stopped in and said hey 503510689940787200|Sun Aug 24 11:54:37 +0000 2014|@auriea yaaaay thank you! 503510617907802112|Sun Aug 24 11:54:20 +0000 2014|@Doctoe @SimonParkin that proves how cool it is 503494048754442240|Sun Aug 24 10:48:30 +0000 2014|@SimonParkin it's in TEEN WOLF 503414979828412417|Sun Aug 24 05:34:18 +0000 2014|“@bossrushmode: @fangbreaker @leighalexander "Your fandom is not your identity" speak for yourself, bitch.” Wow dude get help 503285467077705728|Sat Aug 23 20:59:40 +0000 2014|RT @drewmmichaels: I just got Clipping Through: One Mad Week In Video Games, a (presumably rad) book by @leighalexander, on @Gumroad: http:… 503278791289225216|Sat Aug 23 20:33:08 +0000 2014|@SusanArendt eventually I quit watching to help the hostess with dishes ALL GOOD 503267710172549121|Sat Aug 23 19:49:07 +0000 2014|@SusanArendt @Evercaptor lovable crap? 503267262036705280|Sat Aug 23 19:47:20 +0000 2014|@itsunclecarl tough 503267189349429248|Sat Aug 23 19:47:02 +0000 2014|@SusanArendt I am loyal to soooo many shows that have un-representative ridiculous episodes tho, I know the feeling 503266956280365058|Sat Aug 23 19:46:07 +0000 2014|@thetgjohnson same 503266449893629952|Sat Aug 23 19:44:06 +0000 2014|@SusanArendt I'm someone's guest. There is 0 need to be offended when ppl don't like something you like, esp when they enjoy you liking it 503262924161695745|Sat Aug 23 19:30:05 +0000 2014|I found a more fun activity and it's washing all the dishes 503261768438009857|Sat Aug 23 19:25:30 +0000 2014|You will not change my mind this will never happen pls end this now 503261529417203714|Sat Aug 23 19:24:33 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman no I can't I'm a guest in someone home and the plan is we all watch this 503261440116285440|Sat Aug 23 19:24:12 +0000 2014|I think he just said 'planet of the pudding brains' and there's a dinosaur please someone stop this from continuing 503261228463304704|Sat Aug 23 19:23:21 +0000 2014|@bearloga @chrisremo no 503261170556764160|Sat Aug 23 19:23:07 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz Laura I ... I hate wacky... can you stop this 503261065657221120|Sat Aug 23 19:22:42 +0000 2014|why is this happening to me 503261023324110848|Sat Aug 23 19:22:32 +0000 2014|HES NOT EVEN A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL EITHER 503260893388759040|Sat Aug 23 19:22:01 +0000 2014|@auntiepixelante made this same pun in my 2nd grade diary, furious a relative had given me 'Sorry' for my birthday 503260660672000000|Sat Aug 23 19:21:06 +0000 2014|Why is there a dinosaur 503260596977299456|Sat Aug 23 19:20:51 +0000 2014|Stop this 503260499589754880|Sat Aug 23 19:20:27 +0000 2014|@chrisremo make it stop 503260459097927680|Sat Aug 23 19:20:18 +0000 2014|Why 503260339891601409|Sat Aug 23 19:19:49 +0000 2014|Help 503260275492282368|Sat Aug 23 19:19:34 +0000 2014|How long does an episode of dr who go on 503248877827674113|Sat Aug 23 18:34:17 +0000 2014|RT @gyabou: Just successfully got some books from the Humble Bundle and @leighalexander's Clipping Through on my kindle and shouted "It's p… 503223570466476034|Sat Aug 23 16:53:43 +0000 2014|This board game is scary http://instagram.com/p/sDFcw1sDDl/ 503222287911645184|Sat Aug 23 16:48:37 +0000 2014|Violent board games https://vine.co/v/MLFhIxBVAm1 503200247091580928|Sat Aug 23 15:21:02 +0000 2014|RT @RikerGoogling: captain picard ice bucket challenge 503197045772275712|Sat Aug 23 15:08:19 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze yeah. Lesson re always being careful who one works with I guess 503183384823463936|Sat Aug 23 14:14:02 +0000 2014|@twoscooters weren't you recently tweeting about pitbull's cologne? 503183219119099904|Sat Aug 23 14:13:22 +0000 2014|RT @katrinaville: Welcome to the English seaside. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvuoZ87CIAQp5M0.jpg 503146425744912385|Sat Aug 23 11:47:10 +0000 2014|RT @sistersome: 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvR3RznIYAAhIWs.jpg 503146237701685248|Sat Aug 23 11:46:25 +0000 2014|“ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvR3RznIYAAhIWs.jpg” 🙏🙏🙏 503109964156923904|Sat Aug 23 09:22:17 +0000 2014|Turn to @Jam_sponge for all of your British Bulldogs victory strategies & tips 503102493984043008|Sat Aug 23 08:52:36 +0000 2014|@scanters @Jam_sponge living on the edge 503097842450567168|Sat Aug 23 08:34:07 +0000 2014|@scanters @Jam_sponge we are at Benito's Hat because Quintin has completed his burrito stamp card 503086970000932864|Sat Aug 23 07:50:55 +0000 2014|RT @BrittneySabo: Women's body types: pear, apple, hour glass, egg timer, waffle cone, ipad mini, lycanthrope, two women mashed together, 1… 503086726018248704|Sat Aug 23 07:49:57 +0000 2014|@patriciaxh but excuse me milady there are many themes you might not have consider ;-) 😉 503086423411785729|Sat Aug 23 07:48:44 +0000 2014|@CousinDangereux ahahah aha omg 503073752280997889|Sat Aug 23 06:58:23 +0000 2014|RT @MammonMachine: Please please read @mrwasteland's article on consumer-kings and the why gamer identity is in opposition to journalism ht… 502967482651783168|Fri Aug 22 23:56:07 +0000 2014|@brandonnn u got this bro... 502967231178104833|Fri Aug 22 23:55:07 +0000 2014|@aanand yep exactly 502966393558818816|Fri Aug 22 23:51:47 +0000 2014|At any given time I like to imagine Leland Palmer in the background singing 'getting to know you' #chillin 502941843496386560|Fri Aug 22 22:14:14 +0000 2014|@CaseyMalone it's so funny when i make tweets like ~1 minute apart and the 'narrative thread' can still be lost 502941280381726722|Fri Aug 22 22:12:00 +0000 2014|RT @Douchetoevsky: @leighalexander Play dixit ya nerds 502941234215026689|Fri Aug 22 22:11:49 +0000 2014|@CaseyMalone oh haha for a sec i was like 'what are you a cards against humanity lover what' 502940909022244864|Fri Aug 22 22:10:31 +0000 2014|@CaseyMalone >>? 502940874301788160|Fri Aug 22 22:10:23 +0000 2014|@NEwertKrocker thank you 502940403784744960|Fri Aug 22 22:08:31 +0000 2014|@daphaknee @MammonMachine yesssssss 502940255256064000|Fri Aug 22 22:07:55 +0000 2014|disappointing ppl are interested in such a gross lazy designer when there are so many other interesting people in the tabletop space 502939924069625856|Fri Aug 22 22:06:36 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine i want to be surrounded by flames like conchita wurst 502939807895793667|Fri Aug 22 22:06:09 +0000 2014|cards against humanity sucks anyway 502939280520794112|Fri Aug 22 22:04:03 +0000 2014|RT @mikegon: .@leighalexander burning bridges this week and I'm lovin' it (BUY HER NEW BOOK, TORRENT HER OLD ONE) http://leighalexander.net/love-always/ 502939000337088512|Fri Aug 22 22:02:56 +0000 2014|@kidkoexist dunno. it's probably not worth the stress 502938668332773377|Fri Aug 22 22:01:37 +0000 2014|@kidkoexist yeah 502938639559843840|Fri Aug 22 22:01:30 +0000 2014|@2Disc thank you so much! 502938529388044291|Fri Aug 22 22:01:04 +0000 2014|@kidkoexist yeah :( 502925157720395776|Fri Aug 22 21:07:56 +0000 2014|@metasynthie gag 502922880741806080|Fri Aug 22 20:58:53 +0000 2014|@swwaldie you should torrent breathing machine and enjoy it. if you want, make it up to me by buying Clipping Through on gumroad. 502921586111168512|Fri Aug 22 20:53:44 +0000 2014|Just sent an update to buyers of my 2nd book via Gumroad, but if you missed 'news' re my 1st book, this is important http://leighalexander.net/love-always/ 502921136276250624|Fri Aug 22 20:51:57 +0000 2014|@_danilo i hate racism and transphobia! please steal and enjoy :) 502920513321439232|Fri Aug 22 20:49:28 +0000 2014|@pattheflip rude 502920492299603969|Fri Aug 22 20:49:23 +0000 2014|@Ravenlock thank you! 502920363748392961|Fri Aug 22 20:48:53 +0000 2014|@aquito thank you so much! I really hope you enjoy it ~ 502920173205336065|Fri Aug 22 20:48:07 +0000 2014|@pattheflip i would NEVER recommend such a thing pirates are evil etc etc 502920093689737216|Fri Aug 22 20:47:48 +0000 2014|@angstygaijin i hope it doesn't disappoint! 502916056852488192|Fri Aug 22 20:31:46 +0000 2014|@Shake_Well @scanters yes 502915538524573696|Fri Aug 22 20:29:42 +0000 2014|i like the part of my night where i just emailed @scanters to inform her about my personal hygiene plans for the weekend 502905285410050048|Fri Aug 22 19:48:58 +0000 2014|I love game development, so I wrote this book about being among it. I hope it'll be uplifting to ppl who need it now https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 502904489264054272|Fri Aug 22 19:45:48 +0000 2014|RT @sokareemie: MUST-READS: @leighalexander's "But WHAT CAN BE DONE" http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ & @xMattieBrice's "How Do I Help?" http://t.co/… 502873539926843393|Fri Aug 22 17:42:49 +0000 2014|ok bye everyone, going to watch tg16/pc engine longplays for the rest of the daylight hours #cool #hot 502873359664046080|Fri Aug 22 17:42:06 +0000 2014|RT @philippawarr: A framed gift from when I worked at aol http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvqIEgQIEAAmCd2.jpg 502873341305573376|Fri Aug 22 17:42:02 +0000 2014|@philippawarr congratulations 502873296434905088|Fri Aug 22 17:41:51 +0000 2014|@philippawarr omfg 502872856582426624|Fri Aug 22 17:40:06 +0000 2014|RT @max_read: two years of police shootings http://gawker.com/what-ive-learned-from-two-years-collecting-data-on-poli-1625472836 502872754463735808|Fri Aug 22 17:39:42 +0000 2014|@DeMarko just dont 502872655293612032|Fri Aug 22 17:39:18 +0000 2014|RT @fatalencounters: My story on Gawker http://ow.ly/ACySD #fatalencounters 502872450989051904|Fri Aug 22 17:38:29 +0000 2014|@DeMarko noise IS absurd and stupid 502871724724326400|Fri Aug 22 17:35:36 +0000 2014|RT @grmartin: that's on the timeless King Drool / King K. Rool confusion 502871688934334465|Fri Aug 22 17:35:28 +0000 2014|RT @grmartin: .@leighalexander: "how could i confuse a crocodile with a crown who hates a monkey with a t-rex with a crown who hates a cave… 502859795406548992|Fri Aug 22 16:48:12 +0000 2014|RT @laura_hudson: I've always wanted to explain how Sierra adventure games changed my life, and today I did: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/activision-sierra/ 502855402758103041|Fri Aug 22 16:30:45 +0000 2014|RT @_danilo: Do NOT miss @leighalexander’s powerful tale of otherness, alienation and a road to self-acceptance: http://leighalexander.net/on-twerking-and-being-mixed-race/ 502849503964430336|Fri Aug 22 16:07:18 +0000 2014|RT @SamanthaZero: I made a game about making music. It's called Sentris. I just released it to Early Access! http://store.steampowered.com/app/303530/ http://… 502842442211950593|Fri Aug 22 15:39:15 +0000 2014|@rvj128 possible -- i'm in London at the minute, but email me at leighalexander1 at gmail dot com 502827680082173952|Fri Aug 22 14:40:35 +0000 2014|my friends give me shit bc i'll avoid listening to things based on who else i know who listens to it but come on it's a logical fear 502827540801937408|Fri Aug 22 14:40:02 +0000 2014|@paratactician thank you so much. really glad you enjoyed it. 502827498640781313|Fri Aug 22 14:39:52 +0000 2014|RT @paratactician: spent lovely afternoon yesterday w/ @leighalexander's new Clipping Through, wishing I'd made GDC. y'all shld read it. ht… 502827153713803266|Fri Aug 22 14:38:30 +0000 2014|i fear investing in bands/artists bc there's always a 50-50 chance that in 3 years their shows will be full of white girls in headdresses 502826838700617730|Fri Aug 22 14:37:15 +0000 2014|@sophcw yeah truth 502826575818395648|Fri Aug 22 14:36:12 +0000 2014|RT @ShutUpShow: Our ENORMOUS Gen Con preview article is up! Featuring XCOM, Sheriff of Nottingham and Dead of Winter. http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/gen-con-14-previewsplosion/ 502826009365065728|Fri Aug 22 14:33:57 +0000 2014|I know Yeasayer is like 'car commercial music' these days but I still really enjoy All Hour Cymbals 502798772863508481|Fri Aug 22 12:45:43 +0000 2014|@babelfishwars @felix_cohen yes, oddly i have had people insist i am russian, also (my mom's side of the fam, i guess?) 502796305182502912|Fri Aug 22 12:35:55 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen OH YOU <3 502793624921583616|Fri Aug 22 12:25:16 +0000 2014|@SinanKubba well done, congratulations! 502790314739105792|Fri Aug 22 12:12:07 +0000 2014|@EdStern you've caused me to RT my own compliments again 502790267775496192|Fri Aug 22 12:11:55 +0000 2014|RT @EdStern: Not just blowing smoke, this @leighalexander piece is amazing, and you should read it http://leighalexander.net/on-twerking-and-being-mixed-race/ 502789017780629505|Fri Aug 22 12:06:57 +0000 2014|@auritech thank you! yes, you should! 502785849965428737|Fri Aug 22 11:54:22 +0000 2014|@notjez thank you for reading it! 502785102783721472|Fri Aug 22 11:51:24 +0000 2014|@LemonHatchet you get me 502784087967690752|Fri Aug 22 11:47:22 +0000 2014|@ThunderousOlaf thank you! i will! 502783287283437568|Fri Aug 22 11:44:11 +0000 2014|also thanks again to everyone buying & supporting Clipping Through, which is a personal celebration of game dev https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 502771991330693120|Fri Aug 22 10:59:18 +0000 2014|I'm struggling to even start a list. When I came into your world, it saved my life. If you make games, thank you so much. #welovegamedevs 502770644002811905|Fri Aug 22 10:53:57 +0000 2014|The people who create against incredible odds should fear absolutely nothing from those who only tear down #welovegamedevs 502770306759815169|Fri Aug 22 10:52:36 +0000 2014|You raised me from childhood & defined the architecture of my dreams. You're why I do this no matter how it sucks sometimes #welovegamedevs 502769704780713984|Fri Aug 22 10:50:13 +0000 2014|You're doing the work. This is your space. You are the only ones who really matter to games #welovegamedevs 502767371619434496|Fri Aug 22 10:40:57 +0000 2014|RT @BRKeogh: So isn’t taking long for #WeLoveGameDevs to be latched onto by those who didn’t dare speak out about the harassment these last… 502766989300211713|Fri Aug 22 10:39:25 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: #welovegamedevs hashtag brings the love to game developers http://bit.ly/1nhY0Mz 502766714715914240|Fri Aug 22 10:38:20 +0000 2014|@scanters <33333 <44444 <555 502766623678554112|Fri Aug 22 10:37:58 +0000 2014|RT @scanters: I just finished @leighalexander's new book, Clipping Through and I absolutely recommend you read it. https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 502766598483349504|Fri Aug 22 10:37:52 +0000 2014|RT @ellaguro: once again, def check out my post if you wanna understand more about this whole situation http://ellaguro.blogspot.com/2014/08/on-right-wing-videogame-extremism.html 502763358761017344|Fri Aug 22 10:25:00 +0000 2014|RT @chairkicker: You must prepare a massive gin & tonic and read @leighalexander's "Clipping Through: One Mad Week In Video Games" http://t… 502696957996187648|Fri Aug 22 06:01:09 +0000 2014|@ComradeOgilvy lol u sure 'told' me 502696748192907264|Fri Aug 22 06:00:19 +0000 2014|RT @anthonnnyyy: .@leighalexander wrote a book called Clipping Through (https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU), here's a youtube double she mentions http… 502621010148208640|Fri Aug 22 00:59:21 +0000 2014|@jennatar jenn nobody regrets that come on 502615469330006017|Fri Aug 22 00:37:20 +0000 2014|This is the best thing ever and I feel like they're singing to me http://vimeo.com/103402656 502607461967478787|Fri Aug 22 00:05:31 +0000 2014|@rare_basement for a second i thought you meant eagle eye cherry 502603629359271936|Thu Aug 21 23:50:17 +0000 2014|@EdKuehnel @RDansky @rhipratchett @tomabernathy i always feel i'm interloping when i'm invited to hang out with The Writers 502603156392792065|Thu Aug 21 23:48:25 +0000 2014|@gsdeangelis thank you! I really hope it delivers :) 502603067851026434|Thu Aug 21 23:48:03 +0000 2014|@EdKuehnel ~in.~ 502599819383541762|Thu Aug 21 23:35:09 +0000 2014|if you think my beliefs are 'im offended by boobs and butts' you should probably try, like, reading 502599268512043009|Thu Aug 21 23:32:58 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman you are too kind to me x 502599191265550336|Thu Aug 21 23:32:39 +0000 2014|funny when ppl think feminism means you DONT like women's bodies, sex, fearless displays of self-ownership 502598456201207808|Thu Aug 21 23:29:44 +0000 2014|@yakityyakblah it sounds like you think you know me. cute. 502598113237151744|Thu Aug 21 23:28:22 +0000 2014|@Megasilver6 as if you did 502597702962929664|Thu Aug 21 23:26:44 +0000 2014|@CRB_Aych ughhh field hockey~ 502596667695443968|Thu Aug 21 23:22:38 +0000 2014|@twoscooters like in 3 weeks elizabeth seriously 502596356339666945|Thu Aug 21 23:21:23 +0000 2014|tangential: when you google 'leigh alexander twerking' you arrive at the following article about my race http://leighalexander.net/on-twerking-and-being-mixed-race/ 502596109521666048|Thu Aug 21 23:20:24 +0000 2014|it's interesting that in this context nicki has surrendered her aggressive 'pink barbie' aesthetic in favor of primal elegance 502595972489576450|Thu Aug 21 23:19:52 +0000 2014|those of us who are not 'skinny bitches' are asked to analyze our urges for primacy in the club, relative to our sociopolitical positions 502595766964469760|Thu Aug 21 23:19:03 +0000 2014|it protests appropriation by multiple forces at once while holding up what i believe is a self-aware lens to internalized misogyny 502595544381140992|Thu Aug 21 23:18:10 +0000 2014|Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' is a political text 502595424352755713|Thu Aug 21 23:17:41 +0000 2014|@TronKnotts i just watched some atari jaguar 'ultra vortek' vids 502594409100492801|Thu Aug 21 23:13:39 +0000 2014|@AnjinM yes, probably. at this rate i'm sure i'll never read watchmen. 502594322609762304|Thu Aug 21 23:13:18 +0000 2014|@Andy60ten hes my 2nd favorite 502584861010706432|Thu Aug 21 22:35:43 +0000 2014|RT @gyabou: @leighalexander Cooper & Truman throw rocks in buckets while Hawk is researching things, tracking down leads, throwing knives l… 502582412942274560|Thu Aug 21 22:25:59 +0000 2014|@ElPrezAU pretty much the BEST hawk part 502582097631277058|Thu Aug 21 22:24:44 +0000 2014|http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyfsb8WPZd1qdnwiro1_500.gif 502581951971467266|Thu Aug 21 22:24:09 +0000 2014|@laura_hudson when an evil wizard loves his kingdom very much, he sends his skeleton warriors and his meat warriors to be together and 502581663415959552|Thu Aug 21 22:23:00 +0000 2014|@CaeruleanSea see people tell me that which is why i DON'T watch it 502581455353315330|Thu Aug 21 22:22:11 +0000 2014|@laura_hudson what if a meat warrior and a skeleton warrior fell in love... could they become a whole warrior or 502581306749104129|Thu Aug 21 22:21:35 +0000 2014|@oliviataters that's a really reasonable way to think about things, liv. 502581202302558208|Thu Aug 21 22:21:10 +0000 2014|@DavidBernardH silent hill 2 is repellent, you will not 'like' playing it 502581105040834560|Thu Aug 21 22:20:47 +0000 2014|@laura_hudson yeah whoever came up with those had the worst ideas 502580988757966848|Thu Aug 21 22:20:19 +0000 2014|it looks like in spite of us all, @RPGsbebroke is still starting petitions to change things for the better https://www.change.org/p/ign-and-gamespot-and-kotaku-and-tumbler-and-reddit-and-youtube-and-4chan-and-neogaf-and-anita-sarkeesian-and-zoe-quinn-and-pill-fish-end-white-knight-journalism 502580746834706432|Thu Aug 21 22:19:22 +0000 2014|@AdamSessler i mean, i fully deserve it, don't i. 502580604773617664|Thu Aug 21 22:18:48 +0000 2014|probably best to approach recommendations with minimal hype, 'you probably won't get it', etc in future 502580525379637249|Thu Aug 21 22:18:29 +0000 2014|@tom_laurie see, he saw that and didn't start hating james, which makes me really worried about our future 502580460242100226|Thu Aug 21 22:18:13 +0000 2014|@AdamSessler oh god you're making it way worse 502580231237283840|Thu Aug 21 22:17:19 +0000 2014|@DavidBernardH actually, there is probably a similar issue there, alienation that is capricious and may not translate for mod audiences 502579809139310593|Thu Aug 21 22:15:38 +0000 2014|@DavidBernardH i think actually i hyped it up too much, that is a problem i have 502579767540215808|Thu Aug 21 22:15:28 +0000 2014|my favorite character is hawk tbh 502579717191790593|Thu Aug 21 22:15:16 +0000 2014|he says 'how can you love big ed but hate james hurley? they'er basically the same person but at different ages' :0 502579572660264961|Thu Aug 21 22:14:42 +0000 2014|@GabrielKFD oh god, if he makes it that far that's gonna be the end 502579301750161408|Thu Aug 21 22:13:37 +0000 2014|as much as i love the series i am really having a hard time 'selling it' to people who would be seeing it for the first time now 502579184385142786|Thu Aug 21 22:13:09 +0000 2014|i have to say there is a sort of 'packet loss' in the blu-ray, where the clarity of the images are off-putting, i miss the moire 502579082769727488|Thu Aug 21 22:12:45 +0000 2014|we've just finished episode 13 and my bf wants to know when twin peaks gets good ... 502565407958777857|Thu Aug 21 21:18:25 +0000 2014|@expdotzine I understand 502563068195655681|Thu Aug 21 21:09:07 +0000 2014|@jennatar @aegies I had to block kikinami already, if you feel sad for them you're a better person than me (but you knew that) 502562387451727872|Thu Aug 21 21:06:24 +0000 2014|@jennatar @aegies yeah, that person has been busy trolling everyone all day what a loser 502562103014981635|Thu Aug 21 21:05:17 +0000 2014|@expdotzine sorry I made an offensive joke, I didn't intend for suicide to be the source of the humor 502549003960320002|Thu Aug 21 20:13:14 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine we're riding that limo 502548325451956224|Thu Aug 21 20:10:32 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine same 502548242354405377|Thu Aug 21 20:10:12 +0000 2014|@m_kopas @patriciaxh ahhhhhhhh so like your life basically 502548180492644352|Thu Aug 21 20:09:57 +0000 2014|@daleof you know a lot of people that hate MGS3? lol what's their lives stop being their friend 502547960199397376|Thu Aug 21 20:09:05 +0000 2014|@patriciaxh @m_kopas i too wish to know this 502547334870626304|Thu Aug 21 20:06:36 +0000 2014|@McKelvie just bein a bestie, jamie 502546871735570433|Thu Aug 21 20:04:45 +0000 2014|@McKelvie doing a good job of pretending you understand how these things work 502546361653690368|Thu Aug 21 20:02:44 +0000 2014|@jambajooce thank you! thank you thank you! :) 502546040697151489|Thu Aug 21 20:01:27 +0000 2014|@jambajooce v grateful. if you already have Clipping Through, feel free to wait til the next release in a couple months! 502545883981164544|Thu Aug 21 20:00:50 +0000 2014|@ianhoopes (most people do, they just don't want to say so) 502545822064865282|Thu Aug 21 20:00:35 +0000 2014|@deirdrakiai omg 502544965504106498|Thu Aug 21 19:57:11 +0000 2014|@jambajooce but thanks for being thoughtful! 502544925670379520|Thu Aug 21 19:57:01 +0000 2014|@jambajooce if you want to. seriously at this point i just want many people to enjoy and love breathing machine <3 502544462393135104|Thu Aug 21 19:55:11 +0000 2014|@gamesbyplaydate you've lost control again, etc 502544326317342720|Thu Aug 21 19:54:38 +0000 2014|but yeah, i bet these guys have never heard of joy division anyway. they probably prefer new order. oh god 502544140681609216|Thu Aug 21 19:53:54 +0000 2014|@legobutts that's right 502544025975812097|Thu Aug 21 19:53:27 +0000 2014|i mean. YOU guys aren't idiots you know what i mean 502543539226832896|Thu Aug 21 19:51:31 +0000 2014|you idiots, if journalists didn't sleep with artists ian curtis would have been boring as hell 502542533998948352|Thu Aug 21 19:47:31 +0000 2014|@riseofthefish i am sorry it isn't finished yet :( 502542455120879616|Thu Aug 21 19:47:12 +0000 2014|@jdcollado @ashtonraze everything is controlled by a shiba in space, anyway 502541854534299649|Thu Aug 21 19:44:49 +0000 2014|@magisterlarry if i had an easy way to provide that, i would 502541116986494976|Thu Aug 21 19:41:53 +0000 2014|@TheEvilBread @ashtonraze i'm all about anything with sobbing maternal holes in it *serious nod* 502540344052170752|Thu Aug 21 19:38:49 +0000 2014|@BloodyBHoney lol only for like $100 per person 502540160001933313|Thu Aug 21 19:38:05 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze 4 gets a raw deal, i liked 4 even 502539863493980160|Thu Aug 21 19:36:54 +0000 2014|SH2, like MGS3, is one of those games I love beyond love, yet haven't been able to find the right words for in journalism. Maybe in fiction 502539095508545536|Thu Aug 21 19:33:51 +0000 2014|If you're interested in codependency, Silent HIll 2, and the grotesqueness of human nature you will like it 502538937517506561|Thu Aug 21 19:33:14 +0000 2014|The next project I'll self publish on my storefront will be an illustrated short story in about the $2 range, more accessible for many 502538830252367872|Thu Aug 21 19:32:48 +0000 2014|@thefightingdoll me too! 502538781812326402|Thu Aug 21 19:32:36 +0000 2014|RT @thefightingdoll: @leighalexander It was great! I hope you'll be able to publish some more books and support your career this way. 502537778396430339|Thu Aug 21 19:28:37 +0000 2014|So much love for friends, colleagues, etc who have supported me by buying a copy of CLIPPING THROUGH https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 502532646770343936|Thu Aug 21 19:08:14 +0000 2014|@cynixy @D_Nye_Griffiths I was really just giving you/Daniel a hard time. I dunno what word is better either. Thanks for this list x 502529685595901952|Thu Aug 21 18:56:28 +0000 2014|@cynixy @D_Nye_Griffiths (not literally) 502529635465592832|Thu Aug 21 18:56:16 +0000 2014|@cynixy @D_Nye_Griffiths I'm offended by being called a 'reviewer' 502526786010619904|Thu Aug 21 18:44:56 +0000 2014|RT @waxpancake: I'm so very excited to announce the lineup for this year's @XOXO Arcade! http://blog.xoxofest.com/post/95388451140/announcing-xoxo-arcade 502526435366809601|Thu Aug 21 18:43:33 +0000 2014|RT @megganpez: We talked to some of our GDC Advisory board members about submissions advice! Check it out: http://www.gdconf.com/news/gdc_board_members_share_advice.html 502522866253193216|Thu Aug 21 18:29:22 +0000 2014|@sashmorky now you are the hooker with a heart... of explode 502522613449904129|Thu Aug 21 18:28:22 +0000 2014|When you wake up after an unexpected 4hr nap & have to decide whether to go out 502521758671716352|Thu Aug 21 18:24:58 +0000 2014|Nothing ensures I'll fall asleep with my boyfriend's cold like promising my friends I'll see them tonight 502477558961954817|Thu Aug 21 15:29:20 +0000 2014|@JoeMOwens yeah that's basically the only time in my career I'll ever share real estate w @MargaretAtwood 502476852024193025|Thu Aug 21 15:26:31 +0000 2014|@Laralyn lol yeah that happens all the time (no) 502476048068788224|Thu Aug 21 15:23:20 +0000 2014|@sokareemie u mean game journalism ethics???? 502475930036887552|Thu Aug 21 15:22:51 +0000 2014|@sophcw luckily i ignored it. Also have you listened to neijah lanae's EP bc that is really great feminist pop 502475570304020480|Thu Aug 21 15:21:26 +0000 2014|@Laralyn I don't think they think that. I think all along they thought reviewers' 7s, 8s & 9s were always purchased by shit PR swag 502475039237603328|Thu Aug 21 15:19:19 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd entitled creeperfest 2014 502474930802688000|Thu Aug 21 15:18:53 +0000 2014|@christinelove that won't work anymore, xtine 502474609963585538|Thu Aug 21 15:17:37 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd the only reason i would go there would be abundant supply of free drugs necessary to endure sharing air with those bros 502473951206207488|Thu Aug 21 15:15:00 +0000 2014|@christinelove next you're going to have bleached roots and black tips, xtine 502473799594700800|Thu Aug 21 15:14:23 +0000 2014|@sophcw you'll like her I thought of you 502473562863976448|Thu Aug 21 15:13:27 +0000 2014|@camharr NEXT TIME, HARRIS #cirruption #corription 502472962470322176|Thu Aug 21 15:11:04 +0000 2014|If you're investigating corruption in games journalism here's a hot tip for you: *i only write about developers i find interesting* ~gasp~ 502472353507729408|Thu Aug 21 15:08:39 +0000 2014|Delve into scandal of how many game developers I like & have gotten drunk with in my new book. Expose the corruption https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 502471666375872512|Thu Aug 21 15:05:55 +0000 2014|@metasynthie Naomi Clark drank with me in a bar one time then I wrote about her #curoption #corripton #currepitin 502471449995923456|Thu Aug 21 15:05:03 +0000 2014|@christinelove going hella dark this is your 'xtine' phase 502471198178312194|Thu Aug 21 15:04:03 +0000 2014|@pillowfort ya that's what I would think if I saw me looking at my own pics of myself tbh 502470829079535617|Thu Aug 21 15:02:35 +0000 2014|Person next to me on bus just noticed me perusing Instagram & ostensibly gazing lovingly at a selfie I just took 502468869135806464|Thu Aug 21 14:54:48 +0000 2014|@Sabrepulse @chipzel @shirobon HIT UP THE GROCERY STORE there's no mayo on anything #usa 502437831185530880|Thu Aug 21 12:51:28 +0000 2014|@smestorp FINE ugh 502437086130343938|Thu Aug 21 12:48:30 +0000 2014|@LV54Spacemonkey misandry 502436996556816385|Thu Aug 21 12:48:09 +0000 2014|@GivingEver1Tips @3xMoose @BRKeogh thanks, i will. i love sex acts. potentially you might one day meet someone special, too 502436655576662017|Thu Aug 21 12:46:48 +0000 2014|@KikiNami1 @3xMoose @BRKeogh oohhh, you're right. you changed my ways, 'kikinami1'. thanks for teaching me respect 502435607092944896|Thu Aug 21 12:42:38 +0000 2014|@sugarat22775 thank you! 502433518912540672|Thu Aug 21 12:34:20 +0000 2014|@OlayUS my mother also used 'oil of olay' back in the day and she looks pretty young too :) 502432910000287744|Thu Aug 21 12:31:55 +0000 2014|RT @Creat1veGames: RT @Creat1veGames: New Post: Love Always http://bit.ly/1pMaC2U via @leighalexander 502428550390366209|Thu Aug 21 12:14:35 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata "just drink water" 502425738096939009|Thu Aug 21 12:03:25 +0000 2014|@3xMoose @BRKeogh I mean, it'll probably be really hard at first for you to enjoy things WITHOUT being an internet creep, but I believe in u 502425614515970048|Thu Aug 21 12:02:55 +0000 2014|@3xMoose @BRKeogh as it is my job & not yours, here is a tip: try being interested in games and tech WITHOUT being a loser about it. Try! 502424870920396800|Thu Aug 21 11:59:58 +0000 2014|Anyway today's 'mistaken for ten years younger' moment brought to you by @OlayUS, whose skin care I've sworn by for a decade 502424372817428481|Thu Aug 21 11:57:59 +0000 2014|RT @RaveofRavendale: Example: Let's say 40 Wii U games are preordered, and 200 PS4 games are preordered. 8% rise for Wii U is 3 games. 5% r… 502424369910804481|Thu Aug 21 11:57:59 +0000 2014|RT @RaveofRavendale: So Wii U game pre-orders rising by 8.67% doesn't mean more people are pre-ordering them than PS4/Xbone games. Please d… 502424101311770625|Thu Aug 21 11:56:55 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata should have said yes then stole their money 502423778803335168|Thu Aug 21 11:55:38 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata sorry 502423483146850304|Thu Aug 21 11:54:27 +0000 2014|@MrTom misandry 502423201897807872|Thu Aug 21 11:53:20 +0000 2014|@D_Nye_Griffiths stop censoring me 502423167122804736|Thu Aug 21 11:53:12 +0000 2014|@D_Nye_Griffiths they just can't handle my edgy pedo humor & satire 502422862154960897|Thu Aug 21 11:51:59 +0000 2014|RT @tombramwell: Those @john_brindle tweets are better than I could have put anything if I had been around. 502422267461373952|Thu Aug 21 11:49:37 +0000 2014|Being hit on by school kids rules 502422098829381632|Thu Aug 21 11:48:57 +0000 2014|God bless these kids on the bus for thinking I'm 22 god bless them 502420412098428928|Thu Aug 21 11:42:15 +0000 2014|Well I watched 'maleficent' & it turns out sleeping beauty was only asleep for like 20 minutes 502412241501966336|Thu Aug 21 11:09:47 +0000 2014|@sophiaaar i woke up with it in my head. i think it helps at times like this 502412118260744192|Thu Aug 21 11:09:18 +0000 2014|@ComradeOgilvy it'll be hard for you at first but you can do it 502412082873376768|Thu Aug 21 11:09:09 +0000 2014|@ComradeOgilvy you should try it! just, like, play tons of games and enjoy them, but then DON'T be a creep on the internet after 502411963885174784|Thu Aug 21 11:08:41 +0000 2014|@ComradeOgilvy no, i don't write for nerds, i write for cool well adjusted people who enjoy video games but DON'T act like dickbags about it 502409062047547392|Thu Aug 21 10:57:09 +0000 2014|@jennatar jenn you're hella loved including by me hi jenn <3 502408524937580545|Thu Aug 21 10:55:01 +0000 2014|@antonyjohnston awriiiiiight ~ 502403155007913984|Thu Aug 21 10:33:41 +0000 2014|it was future dreams day at the elementary school. 'do u want to be a doctor' 'no i will grow up to fight social justice and protect videeog 502402467418890240|Thu Aug 21 10:30:57 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell i seriously just asked who he was this morning and my timeline filled up with weird randos 502401065493725184|Thu Aug 21 10:25:22 +0000 2014|'dont worry honey' she whispered to her baby 'someday you will have a magnificent neckbeard and no one will be able to insult your hobbys' 502396406825775104|Thu Aug 21 10:06:52 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh literally cannot understand nerds 502396099785928704|Thu Aug 21 10:05:38 +0000 2014|@10rdBen hahaha lol 502395679403417600|Thu Aug 21 10:03:58 +0000 2014|@jennatar actually, 'singualirt' 502394734204448769|Thu Aug 21 10:00:13 +0000 2014|@ShutUpShow @teamcovenant 'the replicating perfection card was in the other player's deck... is this a new meta...' 502394568139374593|Thu Aug 21 09:59:33 +0000 2014|RT @ShutUpShow: Here's a still from our upcoming Gen Con video that should make a few of you lose your minds. cc @teamcovenant http://t.co/… 502390787137863680|Thu Aug 21 09:44:32 +0000 2014|@gamesbyplaydate did you read the post? i can't take paypal, but you can buy the other book at whatever price you like on gumroad :) 502385781554839552|Thu Aug 21 09:24:38 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman <3 <3 <3 502385290745761792|Thu Aug 21 09:22:41 +0000 2014|so if you felt like torrenting my first book, breathing machine, which has been leaked onto torrents by evil pirates, i won't stop you 502385126865928193|Thu Aug 21 09:22:02 +0000 2014|ICYMI: I completely condemn thought catalog's stance & refuse to be associated w racism, transphobia http://leighalexander.net/love-always/ 502225146808397824|Wed Aug 20 22:46:20 +0000 2014|@kadybat @SteveCuff nope, didn't even say that haha 502222388525006849|Wed Aug 20 22:35:22 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell @charltonbrooker YES 502222134123696129|Wed Aug 20 22:34:22 +0000 2014|the times ive been harrassed on the internet were for a. being drunk b. sonic the hedgehog #staywoke 502221951453368323|Wed Aug 20 22:33:38 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C someone 'songified' a dramatic audio recording i made of a fake/satire review and the internet went apeshit at me & i loved it 502221419917635584|Wed Aug 20 22:31:32 +0000 2014|@ibogost stop 502221180590645248|Wed Aug 20 22:30:34 +0000 2014|@ibogost 'all the domains' 502220808664920064|Wed Aug 20 22:29:06 +0000 2014|@ibogost i cant take you seriously re social media memes, ian 502220656948576256|Wed Aug 20 22:28:30 +0000 2014|@chrisremo @bfod @ADAMATOMIC idk my 'i finally snapped' tweets were great i think 502219649178959872|Wed Aug 20 22:24:30 +0000 2014|RT @creatorsdilemma: Late night smooth listening from @leighalexander -https://soundcloud.com/leighalexander1/review-of-gta-v-this-is-why-we 502216874734944256|Wed Aug 20 22:13:28 +0000 2014|this is why we video gaming ... games are about feeling powerful & abt u getting yr way... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HZ21Lsw5WE 502216685013970944|Wed Aug 20 22:12:43 +0000 2014|RT @ianhoopes: @leighalexander getting shades of “this is why we video gaming” 502216649261744128|Wed Aug 20 22:12:34 +0000 2014|@GriddleOctopus @JoeThreepwood @Quinns108 @paullicino corruption 502215214985920513|Wed Aug 20 22:06:52 +0000 2014|@metasynthie YES thank you i'm so excited you'll read it eeeee 502214832800952320|Wed Aug 20 22:05:21 +0000 2014|okay, that's it for me! please buy my book https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bvg5uljIYAAqVIg.png 502214279840673792|Wed Aug 20 22:03:09 +0000 2014|@anthonnnyyy happy to hear that! and thanks for supporting it. 502212036433313792|Wed Aug 20 21:54:14 +0000 2014|@KommanderKlobb its here to round the clock expose the curoption 502211305542270976|Wed Aug 20 21:51:20 +0000 2014|@Vahn16 @_ValentineSmith she always seems to know when i had a stressful day as well 502210261072506880|Wed Aug 20 21:47:11 +0000 2014|@KommanderKlobb the more u talk to me the more it becomes clear u like me thereby render any thing i write about your game as corrupton 502210049729916929|Wed Aug 20 21:46:21 +0000 2014|sometimes my housemate @_ValentineSmith appears and says 'do you want a glass of wine' and she's just the best 502209905441640448|Wed Aug 20 21:45:46 +0000 2014|@KommanderKlobb this is corruption where u know leeight alexander is about to dowload HOHOLKUM and your praising her to get a good score 502208111848198144|Wed Aug 20 21:38:39 +0000 2014|@jimrossignol hey get to go to events for free and play games for free and all they have to do is give their opinions i am forced to read th 502207823485612032|Wed Aug 20 21:37:30 +0000 2014|RT @Jam_sponge: The @ShutUpShow live podcast is up. We talk about the XCOM game, and other things. Also, 300 people is LOADS. http://t.co/K… 502205880344248320|Wed Aug 20 21:29:47 +0000 2014|RT @aliceffekt: Ledoliel on iPad. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvgxjNHIMAE9cuX.png 502205785884340224|Wed Aug 20 21:29:24 +0000 2014|@AntonM that episode is awesome and this episode today sucks 502205693412528129|Wed Aug 20 21:29:02 +0000 2014|@SamMaggs @TheMarySue yeahhhhh! congrats ! 502204722968002562|Wed Aug 20 21:25:11 +0000 2014|the sun set on justice today ... a battered batman arkham city manual drifted sadly to the ground and blew across the land scape 502204503824007169|Wed Aug 20 21:24:18 +0000 2014|the brave renegades toured the museum of video gmaes 'remember games' 'yes it is a shame corrupt journalist and women made them extinct' 502204172247527425|Wed Aug 20 21:22:59 +0000 2014|@kidkoexist au contraire milord it is the Harpys of game journalism corruption (HP: 210) who are killing games Roll for initiative 502203742025183232|Wed Aug 20 21:21:17 +0000 2014|@kidkoexist it is bc of woman in gameing and u need to take a stand decide your THAC0 and 502203509438439424|Wed Aug 20 21:20:21 +0000 2014|@WastelandHound well said 502203407676227586|Wed Aug 20 21:19:57 +0000 2014|@Yuecake @rojano17 i will avenge your death with justice. game journalism justice 502203042083930112|Wed Aug 20 21:18:30 +0000 2014|RT @keefstuart: @leighalexander he looked out over the city, ever watchful. "Somewhere out there are journalists giving unreliable scores" … 502202891508387840|Wed Aug 20 21:17:54 +0000 2014|@gatornips yeah nice try if you think i'm shaming anxiety sufferers and not 'people who are internet abusers' 502202599597428736|Wed Aug 20 21:16:44 +0000 2014|THANK GOD the tone police are here officer help me RT @rojano17: @leighalexander Is antagonizing people a better way to deal with an issue? 502201417051160577|Wed Aug 20 21:12:02 +0000 2014|the warlord called his mom 'hi mom i been working hard well i cant tell u what it is but its to do with justice ;-) game journalism justice' 502201276177068033|Wed Aug 20 21:11:29 +0000 2014|stand in a corner monitoring reddit on ur smart phone. those ppl staring at u are the TRUE sexist and bullys and your making the most diff 502201046174015488|Wed Aug 20 21:10:34 +0000 2014|@NissaCam & probably will never have the opportunity to 502200963458170880|Wed Aug 20 21:10:14 +0000 2014|greetings said the warlord are u prepared to make a difference in the wworld of gaming journalism and anti justice? well sit at this comput 502200804955394048|Wed Aug 20 21:09:37 +0000 2014|to signup to the anti social justice and pro game journalism justice brigade look for THE_WARLORD he will be the one in the internet meme t- 502200556212191232|Wed Aug 20 21:08:37 +0000 2014|@adragonbee i love you too phoebe 502200446032044032|Wed Aug 20 21:08:11 +0000 2014|lost and lookin for a positive direction in your life? well join the battle against social justice bc justice is bad and u roll ur D20 to st 502200185557352449|Wed Aug 20 21:07:09 +0000 2014|@sokareemie every so often i cant help it 502199725723222017|Wed Aug 20 21:05:19 +0000 2014|if you are a person who has no friends and no real hobbys the gaming journalism justice brigade will welcome ur efforts towards truth and ju 502199435527737344|Wed Aug 20 21:04:10 +0000 2014|you must SPEAK OUT about corruption in VIDEO GAMES JOURNALISM like it's fucking watergate or else VIDEO GAMES will be LOST TO TIME and suffe 502199104731357184|Wed Aug 20 21:02:51 +0000 2014|@JohnnyCullen YES the guy i just tweeted about. read his feed, it's gold 502199011726852096|Wed Aug 20 21:02:29 +0000 2014|@warslaw i just found that one too so good 502198951584755712|Wed Aug 20 21:02:15 +0000 2014|"i wish i ran gaming journalism justice" hahah 502197781596237825|Wed Aug 20 20:57:36 +0000 2014|@AtrusHomeboy tsk. and here you join without any reading comprehension. i hadn't said a word about that situation. really sad. 502197653938372608|Wed Aug 20 20:57:05 +0000 2014|@Laralyn @shift9 not sure whether to laugh or cry honestly 502197468403359746|Wed Aug 20 20:56:21 +0000 2014|@Sdborcha @henry_pixel this is probably the closest thing we can give him to the attention and affection he needs :( 502196357915246592|Wed Aug 20 20:51:56 +0000 2014|@alikchialeika @henry_pixel forever alone 502196162741694465|Wed Aug 20 20:51:10 +0000 2014|i look at the feeds of forever alones like @henry_pixel and i look at the things they spend time on and i laugh so hard 502196019879510018|Wed Aug 20 20:50:36 +0000 2014|@henry_pixel hahaha omfg look at you, your whole twitter is devoted to this, you must literally have no life 502195892402028545|Wed Aug 20 20:50:05 +0000 2014|@henry_pixel @Vahn16 no, but i've fucked more people than you literally ever will in your life, enjoy your aloneness 502167537501872129|Wed Aug 20 18:57:25 +0000 2014|@Vahn16 <3 502160942638313473|Wed Aug 20 18:31:13 +0000 2014|@suellentrop there but for the grace of god go we, etc 502159016425168898|Wed Aug 20 18:23:33 +0000 2014|@suellentrop truth 502158394393133056|Wed Aug 20 18:21:05 +0000 2014|there is a long list of favorite games i haven't had time to write about :( :( 502158177753104384|Wed Aug 20 18:20:13 +0000 2014|Here, @D_Nye_Griffiths takes on 80Days, one of my top favorite games I haven't had time to write about http://www.forbes.com/sites/games/2014/08/20/80-days-review-a-pocket-sized-journey-around-the-world/ 502157410778492928|Wed Aug 20 18:17:11 +0000 2014|@RaveofRavendale @notch not again 502156841758244865|Wed Aug 20 18:14:55 +0000 2014|@RaveofRavendale @notch I think Mike is going to do this (just kidding no I don't) 502151096169934848|Wed Aug 20 17:52:05 +0000 2014|@kayleibristol i do have a public one here https://www.facebook.com/leigh.alexander.readers 502150937042235392|Wed Aug 20 17:51:27 +0000 2014|@kayleibristol i try to limit my fb as much as possible to folks i hang out with regularly irl, but i appreciate the sentiment -- 502148990759337984|Wed Aug 20 17:43:43 +0000 2014|GDC would like to know about how you market and promote your games with this quick survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YSQHGDP 502141434175438848|Wed Aug 20 17:13:41 +0000 2014|If you like theatre, my housemates are doing a very cool project that could use backing https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1161959771/the-faction-does-reptember 502137620349337600|Wed Aug 20 16:58:32 +0000 2014|@kayleibristol i forgive you <3 502137134527283200|Wed Aug 20 16:56:36 +0000 2014|RT @legobutts: Uh holy shit the shirt has almost met its goal?!!? Cuties unite!!! http://Teespring.com/cuties Youre all amazing <3 <3 <3 502133358626107392|Wed Aug 20 16:41:36 +0000 2014|@aguycalleddaves I get most of my reads from my friends who curate and aggregate things on Twitter. There are some cool Medium channels... 502132202533318658|Wed Aug 20 16:37:00 +0000 2014|RT @szakulec: @leighalexander Just read a great book here: https://archive.org/details/BreathingMachine Hope you like it! 502124038647717888|Wed Aug 20 16:04:34 +0000 2014|@richardcobbett @RaveofRavendale @scannerbarkly thank you! 502122462323421185|Wed Aug 20 15:58:18 +0000 2014|@marmaladegirl <333 502120971621642241|Wed Aug 20 15:52:23 +0000 2014|RT @BossFightBooks: Video Game Bundle 4.0 is live from @storybundle. Feat #ChronoTrigger by @theunfakempw and #ZZT by @auntiepixelante: htt… 502119623522009088|Wed Aug 20 15:47:01 +0000 2014|@sokareemie i am so exhausted of making this point, even ppl who RT my thing then go on and do that 502119535319982080|Wed Aug 20 15:46:40 +0000 2014|@JoeMOwens linked in my piece 502119125033168897|Wed Aug 20 15:45:02 +0000 2014|@JoeMOwens ^5 502119069060177921|Wed Aug 20 15:44:49 +0000 2014|@alexhern @Quinns108 I DON'T KNOW we'll see we're going to try 502118667312979968|Wed Aug 20 15:43:13 +0000 2014|@waxpancake piracy is bad who would do such a thing wasn't me etc etc etc 502118419169570816|Wed Aug 20 15:42:14 +0000 2014|@WednesdayQuest i have no idea who would do such a thing what a terrible thing etc 502117819904167936|Wed Aug 20 15:39:51 +0000 2014|@garythellama thank you, thank you, thank you for the support! <3 502117748194160640|Wed Aug 20 15:39:34 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed sending [[[[{{virtual hug}]]]] like it's 1997 502117450352431104|Wed Aug 20 15:38:23 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed your friendship helps make me someone i am happy to be <3 502116824524533761|Wed Aug 20 15:35:54 +0000 2014|RT @foxesinfiction: always be careful with who you chose to work with, no matter what you do. 502116639656411136|Wed Aug 20 15:35:10 +0000 2014|@garythellama i hope you enjoy it! thank you! 502115838359773185|Wed Aug 20 15:31:59 +0000 2014|@joeryantweets not yet. trying to figure out how and whether i can do that is an enormous project i am not able to spend time on at the mo 502114943966412800|Wed Aug 20 15:28:26 +0000 2014|@laevantine love you back, of course 502114676898287616|Wed Aug 20 15:27:22 +0000 2014|@glittervelocity it's not exactly hard. now steal my book please :) 502114078236868609|Wed Aug 20 15:24:59 +0000 2014|i 110% condemn thought catalog's stance and will not tolerate association with racism, transphobia, other hate speech http://leighalexander.net/love-always/ 502113733519618048|Wed Aug 20 15:23:37 +0000 2014|@Ravenlock thanks for your support. yeah, i am incredibly upset by the site's choices and can not further associate with them 502111926428893185|Wed Aug 20 15:16:26 +0000 2014|@AJ_Swan thank you so much for your support! 502108714414125056|Wed Aug 20 15:03:40 +0000 2014|RT @acarboni: Some wonderful words from @TronKnotts about the culture of outrage on the Internet. http://dtoid.it/1pJH7yW 502106050594873344|Wed Aug 20 14:53:05 +0000 2014|@fullbright <3 502105562147209216|Wed Aug 20 14:51:09 +0000 2014|@Dyslexorist <3 502104598266806273|Wed Aug 20 14:47:19 +0000 2014|@Dyslexorist no, but you can buy/donate via Gumroad to my future work, if you like 502102763426562048|Wed Aug 20 14:40:02 +0000 2014|@alexhern @Quinns108 @EdStern iremember this from my childhood. i understood the death perfectly, but was alarmed/confused by crying adults 502102657583296512|Wed Aug 20 14:39:36 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: “And I really, really want people to be able to enjoy it without giving any of their money to Thought Catalog.” http://t.co/W… 502097076852113408|Wed Aug 20 14:17:26 +0000 2014|@benosteen @Quinns108 but you still havent read the actual link have you 502096456711680000|Wed Aug 20 14:14:58 +0000 2014|@benosteen @Quinns108 ...did you read the actual link 502094241443897344|Wed Aug 20 14:06:10 +0000 2014|@SeanTheBaptiste thank u ver much i am truly troubled and suffering from these events and i cannot believe there is such true evil in this w 502093651951251456|Wed Aug 20 14:03:49 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl despite writing a book about computers i have no idea how to resolve this situation so i am just going to shrug helplessly 502093172898824192|Wed Aug 20 14:01:55 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl but it was not me i am truly the victim here i do not know how this happened 502093111238348800|Wed Aug 20 14:01:40 +0000 2014|@AlexLemcovich can't be helped 502092489424379904|Wed Aug 20 13:59:12 +0000 2014|RT @Aquagaze: The nicest article on entitled gamer douchebags I've ever read. RT http://www.destructoid.com/outrage-culture-is-pretty-silly-278665.phtml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter On outrage culture, by @TronKnotts … 502092203158962176|Wed Aug 20 13:58:04 +0000 2014|@jersing oh shiiiit 502091881472589824|Wed Aug 20 13:56:47 +0000 2014|@jersing why do i need help 4 this imo #perfect 502091671111475201|Wed Aug 20 13:55:57 +0000 2014|@hjsbaker buy the other book via gumroad 502091352218533888|Wed Aug 20 13:54:41 +0000 2014|@ldodds doesn't matter http://leighalexander.net/love-always/ 502090860738400256|Wed Aug 20 13:52:44 +0000 2014|@jersing hate the fame 502090807831433216|Wed Aug 20 13:52:31 +0000 2014|@garywhitta the injustice, etc *shakes fist* 502090405807403009|Wed Aug 20 13:50:55 +0000 2014|oh no, my book BREATHING MACHINE has been pirated it seems like http://leighalexander.net/love-always/ 502086462880624640|Wed Aug 20 13:35:15 +0000 2014|@duncangeere (but i hope so, too) 502086436250980352|Wed Aug 20 13:35:09 +0000 2014|@duncangeere not totally sure -- we might have over-committed this weekend 502085954539380736|Wed Aug 20 13:33:14 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @chrissywilliams why did you even present the choice then? FALSE CHOICE. 502085007775911936|Wed Aug 20 13:29:28 +0000 2014|@kierongillen dim sum 502084646046535680|Wed Aug 20 13:28:02 +0000 2014|@szakulec er uh i mean no i think that would be uh etc 502084436461359104|Wed Aug 20 13:27:12 +0000 2014|@szakulec nothing i can do about it, right? ;-) 502083309082804225|Wed Aug 20 13:22:43 +0000 2014|@m_kopas yeah. i really hoped for that, it was a repository for a lot of my own 'what am i doing' feelings 502080522831810560|Wed Aug 20 13:11:39 +0000 2014|@m_kopas <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 502077432497967104|Wed Aug 20 12:59:22 +0000 2014|Here are some updates on my work -- and my comment on this Thought Catalog situation http://leighalexander.net/love-always/ 502066423037181952|Wed Aug 20 12:15:37 +0000 2014|Lo-Fi Let's Plays at RPS -- this week, lets go RADICAL LATE 80S with Dream Zone http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/20/lo-fi-lets-play-dream-zone/ 502064827410690048|Wed Aug 20 12:09:17 +0000 2014|@DataFran thanks, it is for justice 501864805037527043|Tue Aug 19 22:54:28 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @Nelsormensch @Quinns108 we might need help 'implementing basic macros' but will advise when we get there xoxoxo 501862397565739008|Tue Aug 19 22:44:54 +0000 2014|@DeMarko @Quinns108 Dannel there's gonna be SO much pathos 501862300937388033|Tue Aug 19 22:44:31 +0000 2014|@scanters @TinyMaster cool bc all I have right now is what I wrote on my palm with a biro & I can't exactly read it 501862082573520897|Tue Aug 19 22:43:39 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch @Quinns108 we might actually need your wisdom... Going to sketch out 'critical path' first and will apprise x 501860470325014531|Tue Aug 19 22:37:14 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster @scanters we should be part of a group study on this diagnosis 501860172135157760|Tue Aug 19 22:36:03 +0000 2014|Well, "SPACE CAMP" might possibly be an upcoming Twine game by @Quinns108 and me about Netrunner. If y'all are good 501847298683723776|Tue Aug 19 21:44:54 +0000 2014|@LeppasJari @caraellison it's my main policy in fact 501812728735236096|Tue Aug 19 19:27:32 +0000 2014|@steishere hey there Ricky Fonting 501812674565771264|Tue Aug 19 19:27:19 +0000 2014|(Enby is what I call my oft-victorious 'NBN making news' deck, this is a slightly modified 'NBN near earth hub', hence cousins know sorry) 501812035303510016|Tue Aug 19 19:24:47 +0000 2014|S/o if you make tweets that 3 ppl in the world would understand 501811929791598592|Tue Aug 19 19:24:21 +0000 2014|"I'm Emby. Be careful of my cousin." #twinpeaksxnetrunner 501775002983993345|Tue Aug 19 16:57:37 +0000 2014|@simogo yes 501765525400485890|Tue Aug 19 16:19:58 +0000 2014|Going to wash my hair and then DRENCH MYSELF in @Moroccanoil, the elixir of life 501765446790819840|Tue Aug 19 16:19:39 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch i've fallen so far behind and out of practice, but trying the new cards has made me excited again! 501764978748432385|Tue Aug 19 16:17:47 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch shhh they don't have it in the UK yet, sneaked some back from the US 501764588392951808|Tue Aug 19 16:16:14 +0000 2014|Anxiously made some minor, temporary tweaks to my NBN deck so I could try new cards. She's now Enby's cousin, Maddy Ferguson 501755179101085697|Tue Aug 19 15:38:51 +0000 2014|It's @selmaleh's birthday. She's one of my very best friends & very best people. Have a wonderful day, darling! 501754558390214656|Tue Aug 19 15:36:23 +0000 2014|@haikus_by_KN @TeddyDief omg thanks for reminding me I need to see this 501732496095326208|Tue Aug 19 14:08:43 +0000 2014|@krystman I said I was making another corp deck not leaving NBN #never 501699396996968449|Tue Aug 19 11:57:12 +0000 2014|@BenjaminMaltbie man, you shoulda seen me a few years ago. everyone learns and grows. 501698921299980289|Tue Aug 19 11:55:18 +0000 2014|RT @NewStatesman: From @leighalexander: a helpful guide to what you should and shouldn’t do when a woman is being harassed on Twitter http:… 501698889649766400|Tue Aug 19 11:55:11 +0000 2014|@savetherobot i think that's exactly the right sort of response <3 501698718195003392|Tue Aug 19 11:54:30 +0000 2014|@10rdBen cool #teens 501698517728231424|Tue Aug 19 11:53:42 +0000 2014|@auriea i'm in weird pains since cologne and i'm just lucky i have a little extra cash for the minute 501698388153622528|Tue Aug 19 11:53:11 +0000 2014|@10rdBen you told me that made you think of me like over a year before it 'made it' over to our end of the world 501697399208034304|Tue Aug 19 11:49:15 +0000 2014|I have a lot of things to do today, but instead I stared at the computer for two hours and then booked a massage 501697284149882880|Tue Aug 19 11:48:48 +0000 2014|RT @v21: And I am looking forward to playing @radiatoryang's Intimate, Infinite later. http://radiatoryang.itch.io/intimate-infinite More Borges games, always, pl… 501691366360223744|Tue Aug 19 11:25:17 +0000 2014|@alexhern we are missing our calling here 501691022980964352|Tue Aug 19 11:23:55 +0000 2014|@alexhern it would be so fun to write like, a modern version of this book, full of speculative fiction and weird jargon about old internet 501690489201229824|Tue Aug 19 11:21:48 +0000 2014|@alexhern i just ordered a hardcover edition 501690216009445376|Tue Aug 19 11:20:43 +0000 2014|@alexhern http://www.amazon.com/Surfing-Internet-J-C-Herz/dp/0316359580/ 501690024300384256|Tue Aug 19 11:19:57 +0000 2014|@alexhern i sort of like the idea of you making a bold stylistic decision to do 2005-style internet writing 501689723975651328|Tue Aug 19 11:18:45 +0000 2014|@lgreatorex not yet, but coming soon! stay tuned :) 501685550353743872|Tue Aug 19 11:02:10 +0000 2014|before tweeting re something you see happening, ask yourself if your increased volume about the scenario will help the person involved 501685077726986240|Tue Aug 19 11:00:18 +0000 2014|Here's a guide I wrote regarding some dos and dont's for supporting women on social media during harrassment episodes http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ 501682542702260224|Tue Aug 19 10:50:13 +0000 2014|@mattsheret instantly followed 501679530147610625|Tue Aug 19 10:38:15 +0000 2014|@alexhern pretty sure everyone just did 501679409724948480|Tue Aug 19 10:37:46 +0000 2014|@StevenBeargal one of us! 501676147546284032|Tue Aug 19 10:24:48 +0000 2014|@NikaHarper hahaha yes 501670975235448832|Tue Aug 19 10:04:15 +0000 2014|RT @SimonParkin: Refuse to be called a 'gamer': http://www.newstatesman.com/if-you-love-games-you-are-not-a-gamer 501670768691118080|Tue Aug 19 10:03:26 +0000 2014|@LukeD I forgot mine. Turns out @Quinns108 took my runner deck to GenCon anyway 501669658169450497|Tue Aug 19 09:59:01 +0000 2014|'What made Leigh finally make a completely new corp deck?" "She saw the Weyland 'space camp' card & it was all over" 501499581864361985|Mon Aug 18 22:43:12 +0000 2014|RT @sarahkendzior: Protesters did not "loot" McDonalds. They broke in to get milk to pour on faces of those gassed by the police https://t.… 501499160336797697|Mon Aug 18 22:41:31 +0000 2014|@jasonschreier aw man thanks so much for spending time with it, I am super happy you liked it! 501466762924552194|Mon Aug 18 20:32:47 +0000 2014|@aedison @szakulec omg 501465661219282946|Mon Aug 18 20:28:25 +0000 2014|“Pendulum” by @FKAtwigs is my new jam. Listen: http://t.thisismyjam.com/leighalexander/_8t6u2sa 501464517633904640|Mon Aug 18 20:23:52 +0000 2014|Why Search when you can Find with AOL NetFind(tm)? https://web.archive.org/web/19970605155353/http://www.aol.com/new/ (via @drewdupont ) 501462352941047808|Mon Aug 18 20:15:16 +0000 2014|omg I need this book http://www.amazon.com/Surfing-Internet-J-C-Herz/dp/0316359580/ (h/t @szakulec) 501452497404583936|Mon Aug 18 19:36:06 +0000 2014|@davidSEIBEI @anamanaguchi i feel fucking dehumanized 501452411752681472|Mon Aug 18 19:35:46 +0000 2014|@locust9 *presses teleport button, disappears* 501451952291872768|Mon Aug 18 19:33:56 +0000 2014|@locust9 they're incompatible with my core setup 501451864026910723|Mon Aug 18 19:33:35 +0000 2014|@anamanaguchi i felt COMPLETELY DEHUMANIZED even thinking about that thing behind ichi 501451640122384384|Mon Aug 18 19:32:42 +0000 2014|@anamanaguchi fuck HB http://i.imgur.com/AOpJG4I.png 501451521276796928|Mon Aug 18 19:32:13 +0000 2014|@locust9 (I'll probably never not play Netrunner and it is my only Total Dork Slot, I think) 501451104794988545|Mon Aug 18 19:30:34 +0000 2014|I just looked at Heinlein City Grid and it made me want to never play Netrunner again 501447504064684032|Mon Aug 18 19:16:16 +0000 2014|RT @rare_basement: WAIT. CNN'S LEGAL ANALYST ON THIS CASE RIGHT NOW IS GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEY??? I CANT GO SEE MYSELF BC IM NOT WATCHI… 501444749887561729|Mon Aug 18 19:05:19 +0000 2014|RT @TricksAndHacks: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvV7BvgIIAAQut7.jpg 501430324019347458|Mon Aug 18 18:08:00 +0000 2014|RT @nickadamsweb: A black teenager with weed in his system? Oh no! Gotta murder him before he grows up to be the fucking President or somet… 501429049420701696|Mon Aug 18 18:02:56 +0000 2014|@Jstans12 http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com/2013/06/04/the-war-on-marijuana-is-deeply-racist/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/marijuana-prohibition-racist_n_4590190.html http://www.eastbayexpress.com/LegalizationNation/archives/2013/01/23/racism-led-to-100-year-war-on-pot-in-california read before you talk 501428818767511552|Mon Aug 18 18:02:01 +0000 2014|@frostblaze868 http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com/2013/06/04/the-war-on-marijuana-is-deeply-racist/ 501428466584412160|Mon Aug 18 18:00:37 +0000 2014|@lateralus2801 @PHIL_FISH but you turned out to be one anyway looks like 501421559849164800|Mon Aug 18 17:33:10 +0000 2014|@ibogost how are things going at Ian Bogost? 501420686855127040|Mon Aug 18 17:29:42 +0000 2014|RT if you shoplifted and smoked weed as a teen without it ever even occurring to you that you could be shot 501420327013212160|Mon Aug 18 17:28:16 +0000 2014|@ASAPM1LES they also are much less-armed, there are fewer guns here in general 501418558040313856|Mon Aug 18 17:21:14 +0000 2014|@joshez_ racism 501418310593171456|Mon Aug 18 17:20:15 +0000 2014|@BriProv omg 501418080715952128|Mon Aug 18 17:19:21 +0000 2014|a notable percentage of the american population probably presently 'has weed in their system', as it takes many weeks to exit 501418023744716800|Mon Aug 18 17:19:07 +0000 2014|@steishere your mileage may vary 501417419441983489|Mon Aug 18 17:16:43 +0000 2014|RT @PeterMolydeux: Imagine a game where you have to justify shooting your victims afterwards. For example finding a video of them dropping … 501416975864971265|Mon Aug 18 17:14:57 +0000 2014|RT @joshez_: Look, every excuse they come up with to justify having killed Mike Brown is completely irrelevant. 501416942499278848|Mon Aug 18 17:14:49 +0000 2014|RT @jasonschreier: @leighalexander well you see, weed is a gateway drug, a gateway to being murdered by cops 501416221536169984|Mon Aug 18 17:11:57 +0000 2014|RT @michelmcbride: @leighalexander The sickest part is there will be people in prison for selling weed STILL SERVING THEIR TERMS while whit… 501416186580856832|Mon Aug 18 17:11:49 +0000 2014|@BloodyBHoney it blows my mind 501416144797196288|Mon Aug 18 17:11:39 +0000 2014|RT @BloodyBHoney: @leighalexander There are weed startups with state funded money while people arrested for pot in those SAME STATES still … 501415916077613056|Mon Aug 18 17:10:44 +0000 2014|or in some cases, as excuses to shoot them 501415858640805888|Mon Aug 18 17:10:31 +0000 2014|when marijuana is inevitably decriminalized, a lot of white dudes will earn wealth from the very product they used to jail black dudes 501415117607944192|Mon Aug 18 17:07:34 +0000 2014|the criminalization of weed basically does nothing for society except further racism 501414769543610369|Mon Aug 18 17:06:11 +0000 2014|RT @reverendanthony: Weird, the cop who came into my classroom during DARE education never mentioned weed's side effect of putting ten bull… 501414343716904960|Mon Aug 18 17:04:30 +0000 2014|@anildash my life 501412985123123200|Mon Aug 18 16:59:06 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions cmon yes it can 501404587631583232|Mon Aug 18 16:25:44 +0000 2014|"Has that woman on your Wicked and Divine poster been punched in the eye? Is that because Jamie McKelvie hates women?" -- @steishere 501367857683660801|Mon Aug 18 13:59:46 +0000 2014|@molleindustria @FellatiaGeisha it says page not found oh noooo 501366591930773504|Mon Aug 18 13:54:45 +0000 2014|@rawrsoft thank you! i'm really glad to hear that! 501364280886054913|Mon Aug 18 13:45:34 +0000 2014|Yo check it out, my friend @tom_hawking is in the Guardian writing about the incredible Dev Hynes http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/16/blood-orange-dev-hynes-producer-songwriter 501359759644430338|Mon Aug 18 13:27:36 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed collect tears, add food coloring, make art on the desk 501336819775320064|Mon Aug 18 11:56:26 +0000 2014|Last week Tameem Antoniades of Ninja Theory gave this revealing look at what the studio's been through http://gamasutra.com/view/news/223169/Independent_AAA_Ninja_Theory_announces_new_project_new_path.php 501336421240958976|Mon Aug 18 11:54:51 +0000 2014|@insomnaut thank you! hope you enjoy! 501336299635474433|Mon Aug 18 11:54:22 +0000 2014|Also, find out how much money Goat Simulator fans have literally, physically thrown at its creators http://gamasutra.com/view/news/223159/The_hilarious_success_story_of_Goat_Simulator.php 501335847808270337|Mon Aug 18 11:52:35 +0000 2014|In this interview about his new book SECONDS, I threaten to psychoanalyze @radiomaru http://boingboing.net/2014/08/12/interview-bryan-lee-omalley.html 501327765640331264|Mon Aug 18 11:20:28 +0000 2014|@sophiaaar yay! Happy you enjoy! 501327709931601920|Mon Aug 18 11:20:14 +0000 2014|RT @sophiaaar: I'm about halfway through reading @leighalexander's new book, and it's just so ENJOYABLE to read. Go buy it: https://t.co/Hw… 501151047281573889|Sun Aug 17 23:38:15 +0000 2014|@techn0madic @mcclure111 i lost synesthesia probably by the time i was 5 or 6 :( 501150352671248384|Sun Aug 17 23:35:29 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 @techn0madic im def not that smart 501143570116771840|Sun Aug 17 23:08:32 +0000 2014|@yifatshaik whoa. thanks for telling me. 501143202729312256|Sun Aug 17 23:07:04 +0000 2014|@MikeDiver play too bluntly, i think. but perhaps if someone updated the 'game feel' 501142929067745280|Sun Aug 17 23:05:59 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 i wonder if my identifying numbers and letters similarly as 'people' when a child is why i can't do math as an adult 501142843252305920|Sun Aug 17 23:05:39 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 i was a child synesthete and ascribed colors, gender, personality to numbers, seven was definitely a violet woman 501142367198801920|Sun Aug 17 23:03:45 +0000 2014|@GreatDismal @PennyRed i think that settles that, LP <3 501142053284495360|Sun Aug 17 23:02:30 +0000 2014|@MikeDiver i mean for me it's klax, klax and klax, but i recognize i'm virtually alone in that opinion 501141966512721920|Sun Aug 17 23:02:10 +0000 2014|@MikeDiver they all play so blunt and clumsy. i can't think of one i would recommend to a modern player. 501140910311485443|Sun Aug 17 22:57:58 +0000 2014|RT @yifatshaik: @leighalexander it's an Israeli cover, cause a lot of controversy because of appropriation (most of the band is eastern Eur… 501140898894610432|Sun Aug 17 22:57:55 +0000 2014|@yifatshaik ah, thanks, i just made a cursory assessment based on the youtube description, bad mistake 501139911911936001|Sun Aug 17 22:54:00 +0000 2014|@ellaguro well, this is up there, all of a sudden, but i like tori's a lot i guess, i'm easy 501139704155500545|Sun Aug 17 22:53:10 +0000 2014|got chills. 501139609850748928|Sun Aug 17 22:52:48 +0000 2014|My bi-annual search for good covers of Karma Police has led me to this Middle Eastern one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xt4ObtKas 501138809036484608|Sun Aug 17 22:49:37 +0000 2014|@acosmos @legobutts oh it's called 'hyouka' it's p cute imo 501138438696239104|Sun Aug 17 22:48:09 +0000 2014|@acosmos @legobutts im watching that one about avoidant kid solving mysteries for curious girl 501138090980020225|Sun Aug 17 22:46:46 +0000 2014|@legobutts honestly i tried the same not long ago and went 'i'm too old for this kind of anime now' i need quiet animes about school 501137933030924288|Sun Aug 17 22:46:08 +0000 2014|@10rdBen weather is not a #teenally 501135344826585088|Sun Aug 17 22:35:51 +0000 2014|just gonna leave this here http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/watch-tori-amos-sensual-scary-live-cover-of-radioheads-creep-20140815 501133380088762369|Sun Aug 17 22:28:03 +0000 2014|RT @MSCLquotes: "What is the big deal with staying with the group? I mean, what if Amelia Earhart had stayed with the group?" "Or Diana Ro… 501128776039010305|Sun Aug 17 22:09:45 +0000 2014|@bonzrat but no i can't, there are some types of games i have NEVER played by myself and i don't plan to start 501128098772189184|Sun Aug 17 22:07:03 +0000 2014|@noneconomical @BinsterUK yep! 501128066702524416|Sun Aug 17 22:06:56 +0000 2014|update: things i've googled today are 'hip flexor fatigue' 'how to decalcify a toilet' AND 'fear of success' 501127964906770432|Sun Aug 17 22:06:32 +0000 2014|@bonzrat it's probably the thing i've been waiting all my 'games life' for and i can't play until quinns gets home 501127875043794946|Sun Aug 17 22:06:10 +0000 2014|@radiomaru sobbing 501127472059281408|Sun Aug 17 22:04:34 +0000 2014|@BinsterUK yes, that sort of thing exactly 501126692526891008|Sun Aug 17 22:01:28 +0000 2014|@radiomaru omg why does no one ever talk about making a quantum leap game 501117756608348160|Sun Aug 17 21:25:58 +0000 2014|Old adventure games, many modern parser games have that lack of access to information about one's own role as a key mechanic 501117602849357824|Sun Aug 17 21:25:21 +0000 2014|watching first episode of Orphan Black -- <3 the game-like quality of having to figure out who 'you' are based on environment 501109920012718080|Sun Aug 17 20:54:49 +0000 2014|@ibogost then you add your h20 501108892353712128|Sun Aug 17 20:50:44 +0000 2014|@ibogost is this a wendy's hot drinks reference again 501108825437794305|Sun Aug 17 20:50:28 +0000 2014|@brandonnn you now owe it to me to name Lucca 'Leigh'. i'll accept naming Ayla 'Leigh' if it's too late. well good luck have fun 501108310201094144|Sun Aug 17 20:48:25 +0000 2014|@brandonnn lol what fake geek boy lmao 501108063894794240|Sun Aug 17 20:47:27 +0000 2014|my existence can be best summed up by the tension between two urges: finally start 'orphan black', or continue 'pokemon indigo league' 501103419571318784|Sun Aug 17 20:28:59 +0000 2014|@ChrisFarley21 yay! 501100217836777472|Sun Aug 17 20:16:16 +0000 2014|i had a great weekend in london with many of my friends here each day. it's nice that i've found so many wonderful people in a new place. 501087969781235712|Sun Aug 17 19:27:36 +0000 2014|@mister_raroo !! <3 501086709606780929|Sun Aug 17 19:22:35 +0000 2014|@sparkymonster i never remember to do them with any kind of commitment 501086282211397634|Sun Aug 17 19:20:54 +0000 2014|@sparkymonster i am sorry that you are well versed in these matters too 501085213481762817|Sun Aug 17 19:16:39 +0000 2014|@sparkymonster i am unnaturally flexible so i think this is ALL caused by the fact i don't have ANY core muscles 501084828851511299|Sun Aug 17 19:15:07 +0000 2014|@sparkymonster i know how to stretch them i just wish my back would stop hurting 501084757183455233|Sun Aug 17 19:14:50 +0000 2014|@sparkymonster i have been overactive lately and carrying heavy things so i got a 'locked short psoas' it feels like 501084175467032577|Sun Aug 17 19:12:31 +0000 2014|things i've googled today: 'hip flexor fatigue' 'how to decalcify a toilet' how is your sunday 501079822958096384|Sun Aug 17 18:55:14 +0000 2014|@aedison looking at this now and I really like that you made a personal link list just for me. i really liked hanging with you too x 501078754446553089|Sun Aug 17 18:50:59 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz good u better 501078698666524672|Sun Aug 17 18:50:46 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz http://www.ticalc.org/pub/83plus/basic/games/ 501078322458402817|Sun Aug 17 18:49:16 +0000 2014|@fart @alexlifschitz my friend @necrosofty calls it 'buca di birthday' because every time you go there it's someone's birthday 501076313730727936|Sun Aug 17 18:41:17 +0000 2014|@MaraWritesStuff still not totally sure what quaaludes 'do' 501075077962936320|Sun Aug 17 18:36:22 +0000 2014|i played 'drug wars' on my TI-83 before i even knew what all of the drugs in it 'were' 501074468576722944|Sun Aug 17 18:33:57 +0000 2014|everyone, fund this so that we can demand @rupazero write about 'drug wars' on the TI-83 calculator https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-history-of-mobile-games-1998-2008 501071715401990145|Sun Aug 17 18:23:01 +0000 2014|I seem to have a lot of new followers again. Assuming you are not robots, please enjoy lots of articles at http://leighalexander.net <3 501068441173123073|Sun Aug 17 18:10:00 +0000 2014|@papierhache lol how pathetic 501065837084950528|Sun Aug 17 17:59:39 +0000 2014|@scanters @mattsheret last night was just SO good I liked when i handed out cake and twerked 501065647137488896|Sun Aug 17 17:58:54 +0000 2014|RT @scanters: I liked it last night when @mattsheret had to take down the smoke alarm in the middle of the party because the smoke machine … 501061475776352256|Sun Aug 17 17:42:19 +0000 2014|@brett_douville thanks a ton. Means loads to me x 501061370151186432|Sun Aug 17 17:41:54 +0000 2014|@philippawarr & yes I sure enough DID just retweet and fav a picture of myself 501061269311733761|Sun Aug 17 17:41:30 +0000 2014|RT @philippawarr: My girl @leighalexander http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvQKR5SIcAIrNlt.jpg 501061250865168384|Sun Aug 17 17:41:26 +0000 2014|@philippawarr <333333 501061163489443842|Sun Aug 17 17:41:05 +0000 2014|@m_kopas I'm thinking it will be what I get in the afterlife maybe 501038985381433344|Sun Aug 17 16:12:57 +0000 2014|@m_kopas thats the reason i got into this thing and i'm still waiting 501037214466576384|Sun Aug 17 16:05:55 +0000 2014|@philippawarr the one you did of me was really ace also 501036713561817090|Sun Aug 17 16:03:55 +0000 2014|@brett_douville oh sheesh <3 501032615181553664|Sun Aug 17 15:47:38 +0000 2014|@brett_douville i'm really honored that you're giving my work such a thorough read. thank you so much for your time. 501006995194134529|Sun Aug 17 14:05:50 +0000 2014|RT @brett_douville: Re-reading @leighalexander's "Breathing Machine" this morning (in prep for "Clipping Through"), beautifully captures ch… 500831229542158336|Sun Aug 17 02:27:24 +0000 2014|RT @reIatabIe: SNOOP WENT 0-100 REAL QUICK 😧💀 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvM5S0ZIYAArexD.jpg 500830606868357120|Sun Aug 17 02:24:56 +0000 2014|@uglymachine @samojoh @Matt_Hecht whoaaaa hella bella 500757063845175297|Sat Aug 16 21:32:42 +0000 2014|"Hashtag SimonSelfie. Let's get this trending" -- @byronicman http://instagram.com/p/rxjz_NMDAx/ 500740359392333824|Sat Aug 16 20:26:19 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz there is no rush and no apology needed! Thanks!! 500739746386415618|Sat Aug 16 20:23:53 +0000 2014|@aedison heck yeah! So cool meeting/hanging 500739649334431744|Sat Aug 16 20:23:30 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz oh Laura, thanks for saying that! Looking forward to your thoughts x 500666101014216705|Sat Aug 16 15:31:15 +0000 2014|@m_kopas thank you for reading it Merritt I hope you like it 500665897481404416|Sat Aug 16 15:30:26 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: reading @leighalexander's clipping through and damn http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvK2RcpIgAED4Jy.png 500622752836255744|Sat Aug 16 12:39:00 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster @sispurrier @kierongillen @mattsheret @jamesbridle @scanters your true friends are the ones you can drink and ramble to imo 500622546409373698|Sat Aug 16 12:38:10 +0000 2014|@FigaroMario @BangBangClick let this be a lesson to you 500622423658868736|Sat Aug 16 12:37:41 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster @sispurrier @kierongillen @mattsheret @jamesbridle @scanters well, so should most of us, right? #same 500622364242358272|Sat Aug 16 12:37:27 +0000 2014|@twoscooters @Quinns108 be careful you do not choose by accident FALSE dungeon there are 2 dungeons and the wrong one will lead to a boss fi 500617649534287872|Sat Aug 16 12:18:43 +0000 2014|@sispurrier trunks as coffee tables = SO hot right now, a trend that began in blackheath & spread through s london 500609335937208320|Sat Aug 16 11:45:41 +0000 2014|I am PRETTY sure tweeting at me with imperatives is prob the fastest way to be arbitrarily blocked 500605703363772418|Sat Aug 16 11:31:15 +0000 2014|@TheMoldyCrow uh why did you think that was what I was implying? chill 500597836481064960|Sat Aug 16 10:59:59 +0000 2014|RT @alicemazzy: @leighalexander There is literally a commenter berating him for being "15% gamer" and claiming w/o a hint of irony to be "3… 500591259644612608|Sat Aug 16 10:33:51 +0000 2014|and then there is a 200+ comment discussion on the 'issue' 500591152181936131|Sat Aug 16 10:33:25 +0000 2014|depressing to be in a field where it is warranted to do a whole editorial on the fact you have other interests http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/15/6006185/gaming-balance-development-writing 500589414591242240|Sat Aug 16 10:26:31 +0000 2014|@sispurrier @KellyKanayama @willbrooker is everybody going as ninja turtles 500587634843217920|Sat Aug 16 10:19:27 +0000 2014|@willbrooker he was a cajun crocodile iirc 500587487593791488|Sat Aug 16 10:18:52 +0000 2014|@willbrooker Leatherhead WAS a villain on ninja turtles 500587107191369728|Sat Aug 16 10:17:21 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C when is are you guys come home tomorrow and do you comie at the same plane/time pls advice me and god bless 500583058626838528|Sat Aug 16 10:01:16 +0000 2014|@sispurrier @TinyMaster @kierongillen @mattsheret @jamesbridle @scanters yeah, it really was a good one! 500580176561180672|Sat Aug 16 09:49:49 +0000 2014|@hunktears & hungry & bitchy 500579900852813824|Sat Aug 16 09:48:43 +0000 2014|@hunktears au contraries my role model is you 500578592984940544|Sat Aug 16 09:43:31 +0000 2014|@hunktears same 500431764507357184|Sat Aug 16 00:00:04 +0000 2014|@ButteriMansecks glad it touched you <3 500423316021448704|Fri Aug 15 23:26:30 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch nels i'm watching this and flipping out 500423068876308480|Fri Aug 15 23:25:31 +0000 2014|@teamcovenant but please tell me: did @Quinns108 get the chance to be owned at NR with you 500422221253595137|Fri Aug 15 23:22:09 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch @Quinns108 @teamcovenant i'm literally exploding i'm so stoked 500421650807267328|Fri Aug 15 23:19:53 +0000 2014|IM SO JEALOUS 500421431747166208|Fri Aug 15 23:19:01 +0000 2014|OMG @Quinns108 was interviewed by @teamcovenant so it's like i met @teamcovenant by proxy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEpgUClRtKM&app=desktop 500405116114325506|Fri Aug 15 22:14:11 +0000 2014|RT @skullface: just finished @Leighalexander’s honest & funny & insightful self-published book~ way recommend if you like videogames http:/… 500359131862425600|Fri Aug 15 19:11:27 +0000 2014|@Red_Stalker I'm afraid to ask what is it 500358983836659714|Fri Aug 15 19:10:52 +0000 2014|This is @kierongillen nonchalantly suggesting to @@sispurrier that he has the biggest beard at the… http://instagram.com/p/ruuyToMDLA/ 500352219347427328|Fri Aug 15 18:43:59 +0000 2014|@jaysmeek yep 500350798636023808|Fri Aug 15 18:38:21 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions I WISH you were too 500350754918760448|Fri Aug 15 18:38:10 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @sokareemie @rupazero my friend would prob walk away from you at this point if you were hitting on her in a party :((((( 500350583870865408|Fri Aug 15 18:37:29 +0000 2014|They want to know if there's anything 'past' home run #uklife 500350482138038272|Fri Aug 15 18:37:05 +0000 2014|On the roof of a garage explaining 'the bases' to @kierongillen @tinysubversions @sispurrier @mattsheret @scanters http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvGaGu4IMAEGPuw.jpg 500350166407610368|Fri Aug 15 18:35:50 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @sokareemie @rupazero my friend says 'lifetime learner' is code for 'grad student' 500337487815127040|Fri Aug 15 17:45:27 +0000 2014|@DataFran feh 500337358278262784|Fri Aug 15 17:44:56 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @sokareemie @rupazero learning STINKS 500337295904751618|Fri Aug 15 17:44:41 +0000 2014|@unwinnable in bed with entire Dominos pizza and drip of Jameson 500336897286496256|Fri Aug 15 17:43:06 +0000 2014|RT @KitfoxGames: ANNOUNCEMENT: Moon Hunters is launching its Kickstarter campaign August 26th! Ready to build your mythology? http://t.co/d… 500310416992796673|Fri Aug 15 15:57:53 +0000 2014|@antonyjohnston @warrenellis @kierongillen you effing men and your effing money someday i'll show you 500310148393742336|Fri Aug 15 15:56:49 +0000 2014|@warrenellis @kierongillen i've been on the same pair of tights since my partner's dad's funeral. wearing those and h&m dress. be right over 500309660931751936|Fri Aug 15 15:54:53 +0000 2014|@warrenellis @kierongillen of course i will. he has been like bursting to tell me about it anyway and i've been playing demure 500308664922951680|Fri Aug 15 15:50:55 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @antonyjohnston @warrenellis @McKelvie can never tell if you secretly want to confess or if you feel guilty, when you say this 500298145348067329|Fri Aug 15 15:09:07 +0000 2014|Wow, I love this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlDCoCcCt1Q#t=65 500296219672195073|Fri Aug 15 15:01:28 +0000 2014|@BigMeanInternet see, i didn't even know you could be underwrought 500292297402368000|Fri Aug 15 14:45:53 +0000 2014|@ButteriMansecks thank you! hope you enjoy it! 500249166061531136|Fri Aug 15 11:54:30 +0000 2014|@jawsew - even if we're on 'good behavior'. this has been a hard one for me to come to terms with too :( 500249070427185152|Fri Aug 15 11:54:07 +0000 2014|@jawsew a. i like you and i don't think you make a bad impression b. it's v important to accept we can't control what others think of us - 500227691724148737|Fri Aug 15 10:29:10 +0000 2014|RT @Awkward_Duck: #whiteprivilege http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu2Bmc7CQAAvBUQ.jpg 500216755374276609|Fri Aug 15 09:45:42 +0000 2014|Next door neighbors were rude to my bf once so now I always put my recycling in their bins. Surely I qualify for citizenship now #uklife 500212139995701248|Fri Aug 15 09:27:22 +0000 2014|If you want to know more about Activision's Sierra reboot, I did an interview while I was in Cologne http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/223477/Sierras_hunt_for_the_right_indie_devs_for_its_reboot.php 500208208586100737|Fri Aug 15 09:11:45 +0000 2014|Do not worry @steishere and I are professionals http://instagram.com/p/rtqONMMDHT/ 500207729215307776|Fri Aug 15 09:09:50 +0000 2014|RT @jonswaine: Highway patrol captain Ron Johnson is leading protesters on a march through Ferguson. A corner turned? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvCFnjCCUAAIybi.jpg 500207569731076096|Fri Aug 15 09:09:12 +0000 2014|@scanters @Rio_Garcia it's true i am but i just want to see people who are on their own choose more practical locations to spin around in 500205709884420096|Fri Aug 15 09:01:49 +0000 2014|@Rio_Garcia why would you spin around in circles on that is what i need to know 500203901216641024|Fri Aug 15 08:54:38 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy i probably would end up physically hitting someone who did that 500196143037685760|Fri Aug 15 08:23:48 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @mcdaldno @twoscooters look at how quinns cutely attached the 1 to the area code like 1317 500064357481734144|Thu Aug 14 23:40:08 +0000 2014|@McKelvie but some of them might be though... 500061608983683072|Thu Aug 14 23:29:12 +0000 2014|@jennatar @jason_wilson it was the easiest procedure of any kind i have ever had and an endoscopy is probably easier still <3 500061177494638592|Thu Aug 14 23:27:30 +0000 2014|RT @aarynb: #HandsUpDontShoot Sab Diego vigil for #MikeBrown and #toomanyothers http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvCShs4CcAAg1vY.jpg 500061153771659264|Thu Aug 14 23:27:24 +0000 2014|RT @EcoSexuality: Right now in Union Square #HandsUpDontShoot #momentofsilence http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvCScNzIYAEQP_i.jpg 500060602136817665|Thu Aug 14 23:25:12 +0000 2014|@jennatar i had a gastroscopy once and i remember liking the drugs they gave me. partyyyyyyyyyyy 500060275811557376|Thu Aug 14 23:23:55 +0000 2014|@jennatar happy birthday jenn, you're an excellent human being 500057502231572480|Thu Aug 14 23:12:53 +0000 2014|'we should never stop waiting for injustice to cease ON ITS OWN' http://www.clickhole.com/blogpost/how-many-more-black-teenagers-have-die-racism-just-774?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=facebook 500056663836336128|Thu Aug 14 23:09:33 +0000 2014|@deadyetliving @Quinns108 @Gamechurch richard 'not a rando' clark 500056359237595136|Thu Aug 14 23:08:21 +0000 2014|@deadyetliving @Quinns108 @Gamechurch (i like richard) 500053218366590976|Thu Aug 14 22:55:52 +0000 2014|RT @ClaraJeffery: part II :( http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvCHk4XCUAAY7S9.png 500053191317528576|Thu Aug 14 22:55:46 +0000 2014|RT @ClaraJeffery: .@kvirella telling a remarkable story of the "patience" blacks have to practice all the time: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvCG88XCcAAR_AO.png 500052962971222017|Thu Aug 14 22:54:51 +0000 2014|@tone_def that is AWESOME 500051008152948738|Thu Aug 14 22:47:05 +0000 2014|@flaneur yes, it's interesting, people here don't seem to have that purist/nostalgia fetishism for london, that urban loyalty NY engenders 500048898833264640|Thu Aug 14 22:38:42 +0000 2014|@vravn nope. there is just something weird about my features whereby anyone who has curly hair and light eyes is mistaken for me 500047578269245440|Thu Aug 14 22:33:27 +0000 2014|This seems like a cool job for some of you game designy types http://www.lego.com/da-dk/jobs/jobdescriptionpage?title=Interaction+Designer&id=52123415 500044870061686784|Thu Aug 14 22:22:42 +0000 2014|@necrosofty yeah and interesting stuff is just replaced by chain shit owned by corporations, taking neighborhoods away from people 500043542925180928|Thu Aug 14 22:17:25 +0000 2014|@necrosofty yeah, still sad :( i like old things 500043437606187008|Thu Aug 14 22:17:00 +0000 2014|@sampy @Brendy_C wining at solitaire 500042609612836866|Thu Aug 14 22:13:43 +0000 2014|This blog is so sad http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.co.uk/ 500040846121893889|Thu Aug 14 22:06:42 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C thank u 4 this exiting update 500039254949777409|Thu Aug 14 22:00:23 +0000 2014|Here's A Fucking Anime Quiz http://www.clickhole.com/quiz/heres-fucking-anime-quiz-754?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=facebook 500020724158173185|Thu Aug 14 20:46:45 +0000 2014|@Sosowski too bad I'm in London! Have fun! 499957252426854400|Thu Aug 14 16:34:32 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: Gamasutra's top stories from GDC Europe 2014 http://bit.ly/Y98hoF 499950281380352000|Thu Aug 14 16:06:50 +0000 2014|@DeMarko @CorySchmitz me too 499942334604533761|Thu Aug 14 15:35:15 +0000 2014|@Radstronomical aw MAN i wouldn't feel bad about killing me! 499942113757626368|Thu Aug 14 15:34:23 +0000 2014|RT @Crommunist: Here's a fun fact: "Until the late 1940s, blacks weren’t allowed to live in most suburban St. Louis County towns" http://t.… 499942103573856256|Thu Aug 14 15:34:20 +0000 2014|RT @Crommunist: Leaving aside, for the moment, the fact that home ownership didn't stop #MikeBrown from getting murdered by a police office… 499942091603329024|Thu Aug 14 15:34:17 +0000 2014|RT @Crommunist: The mayor of #Ferguson says that black people should stop renting and buy homes so that they "become part of the community" 499941452458504192|Thu Aug 14 15:31:45 +0000 2014|@RamiroCorbetta (but yes. stupid pigs just wanted to feel tough & frighten people. http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/saw-ferguson ) 499941215002189824|Thu Aug 14 15:30:48 +0000 2014|RT @Radstronomical: In case you missed it, here's the gifset I made yesterday: http://www.playsunburn.com/post/94654392416/heres-a-little-sunburn-gameplay-overview-all-of spent a lot of time on that one. 499940861472702464|Thu Aug 14 15:29:24 +0000 2014|@RamiroCorbetta CLEARLY they did not play MGS3 bc if they had they would know that the SPLITTER camo is ideal for urban warfare not DESERT 499940327537778688|Thu Aug 14 15:27:17 +0000 2014|RT @mcclure111: Ferguson is usually framed as PD attacking "protesters" but from eyewitness accts it's more just anyone living there https:… 499935912223338497|Thu Aug 14 15:09:44 +0000 2014|@everyartisugly same, that's sort of why i was asking. the thought that only a minority liberal tech savvy crowd knows about this scares me 499935734498099201|Thu Aug 14 15:09:02 +0000 2014|@cheshster ah i hope you enjoy them! thank you! 499935048821641216|Thu Aug 14 15:06:18 +0000 2014|RT @cheeriogrrrl: Now that we've met the #Ferguson #Police Dept, does anyone believe the officer politely asked Michael & his friend to mov… 499934452072869888|Thu Aug 14 15:03:56 +0000 2014|@AlphaBovine but i want to know what people who have only basic internet acquaintance know. 499934080084238336|Thu Aug 14 15:02:27 +0000 2014|look at all of this information. is it true this hasn't shown up on american TV/papers yet? http://jezebel.com/ferguson-disgrace-police-fire-on-unarmed-crowds-attac-1621352164 499931747791159297|Thu Aug 14 14:53:11 +0000 2014|@laevantine @kierongillen @ibogost yeah. i'm content with my legitimacy, so i am indifferent to the job title convo 499931452247900160|Thu Aug 14 14:52:01 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster @kierongillen @mattsheret @sispurrier ah! i once met @stml, when i was looking at a gallery show with @PennyRed! neat 499930986298490880|Thu Aug 14 14:50:10 +0000 2014|@dinosaurrparty @ibogost the word has lost all meaning to me in re myself/games etc 499930302480142336|Thu Aug 14 14:47:27 +0000 2014|@ibogost well for me it's not i 'demand' it, but 'games writer' always makes me sound like i write games, for not about etc 499924395654397952|Thu Aug 14 14:23:58 +0000 2014|@norm_robinson or media naturally reflects the times in which it's created, often unconsciously 499924259360477185|Thu Aug 14 14:23:26 +0000 2014|@norm_robinson well, i'm sure it wasn't purposeful, but it's not pure coincidence either, if you know what i mean 499923761177825280|Thu Aug 14 14:21:27 +0000 2014|RT @TheDiLLon1: Can we tell CNN we lost an airplane or a vacationing white woman in Ferguson? Maybe we'll get some more coverage. 499923288542683136|Thu Aug 14 14:19:34 +0000 2014|@CorySchmitz i clicked hoping they would be netrunner decks 499921549508751360|Thu Aug 14 14:12:40 +0000 2014|RT @Soulibon: Tried tuning into @CNN, @MSNBC, even @FoxNews to watch coverage on #Ferguson. Nothing. All are talking about party politics. … 499921059865706496|Thu Aug 14 14:10:43 +0000 2014|@sispurrier i will text her! thank you x 499920965296734208|Thu Aug 14 14:10:20 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins i can't even, there is like, only the thinnest brittle filament containing my ABSOLUTE FUCKING OUTRAGE at the mo 499920808224247808|Thu Aug 14 14:09:43 +0000 2014|@mattsheret @scanters AHHH that'll be brilliant, okay that is that 499920715517558784|Thu Aug 14 14:09:21 +0000 2014|@sispurrier @mattsheret @kierongillen yes please, i had been chatting to kieron about hanging so maybe we can consolidate? 499920589659074560|Thu Aug 14 14:08:51 +0000 2014|I AM ABOUT TO LOSE IT RT @ElizSimins: Lmao http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvATCG5CEAAoq6t.jpg 499920029077757952|Thu Aug 14 14:06:37 +0000 2014|@mattsheret @kierongillen i never hear these stories. i will have to ply you for some. let's hang out tomorrow, as he is away 499919678563954688|Thu Aug 14 14:05:14 +0000 2014|@PennyRed @kierongillen @robertflorence @Quinns108 laurie we can workshop this 499919591272116224|Thu Aug 14 14:04:53 +0000 2014|@robertflorence @kierongillen @Quinns108 well, me too, honestly 499917835981045760|Thu Aug 14 13:57:54 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @robertflorence @Quinns108 we are now much more corrupt than you, alas 499917311336538112|Thu Aug 14 13:55:49 +0000 2014|RT @jelani9: Here is my dispatch from #Ferguson. The municipal version of Shock and Awe: http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/saw-ferguson 499916889070788608|Thu Aug 14 13:54:09 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @robertflorence @Quinns108 is THIS how you weaponised him 499915689306882048|Thu Aug 14 13:49:23 +0000 2014|RT @TheAnonMessage: We have video of Mike Brown's body being shoved into the back of a PD SUV. No EMS was on the scene at all as we first t… 499914604626329600|Thu Aug 14 13:45:04 +0000 2014|RT @lpolgreen: Why do Ferguson police look like US troops in Iraq? Handy graphic from @nytgraphics tells the story best. http://t.co/0c33JT… 499911260105105408|Thu Aug 14 13:31:46 +0000 2014|@cymrogav oh man! were you scared? it got SCARY here. i was in a HAILSTORM is your boat ok 499910859461001216|Thu Aug 14 13:30:11 +0000 2014|@sokareemie ahahahahah 499910546960183296|Thu Aug 14 13:28:56 +0000 2014|@Andrew_Reiner i did also hear a loud alarm from far away 499909846247149569|Thu Aug 14 13:26:09 +0000 2014|@shun_geki_satsu also i can't believe nobody drinks tap water. it was great water but restaurants always forced me to buy water 499909039674126336|Thu Aug 14 13:22:57 +0000 2014|update: a slow drip of water has begun from the ceiling 499908219935137792|Thu Aug 14 13:19:42 +0000 2014|it just turned to hail! 499907870084050944|Thu Aug 14 13:18:18 +0000 2014|@alexhern IT'S RAINING SIDEWAYS IM FLOORED I HAVE NEVER SEEN RAIN LIKE THIS 499907639099523072|Thu Aug 14 13:17:23 +0000 2014|This rain is unbelievable https://vine.co/v/MYTXnPJInrm 499907244646215680|Thu Aug 14 13:15:49 +0000 2014|@sispurrier it's not FAIR 499907158344237056|Thu Aug 14 13:15:29 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK I AM LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW AT SIDEWAYS RAIN SIDEWAYS RAIN 499906877074202624|Thu Aug 14 13:14:21 +0000 2014|RT @Brendy_C: Are you at GenCon and want to hang about @ShutUpShow ? We are doing this tomorrow night! http://whatareweplaying.com/ 499906761630154752|Thu Aug 14 13:13:54 +0000 2014|RT @ndilettante: PLEASE RT THERE IS TOO MUCH MISINFORMATION GOING ON. #Ferguson http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu_hma8CAAIbq95.jpg 499906383660466176|Thu Aug 14 13:12:24 +0000 2014|as soon as i started playing this incredible music video the sky just opened up outside. RAD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gorH56ndY 499905936153407488|Thu Aug 14 13:10:37 +0000 2014|RT @x_Foxley: If you don't think racism is still a huge problem, go look at the #Ferguson hashtag, and then look at what they're showing on… 499905111481942016|Thu Aug 14 13:07:21 +0000 2014|@shun_geki_satsu i think there were too many sausages and beers for my liking 499905060999266304|Thu Aug 14 13:07:08 +0000 2014|@shun_geki_satsu i didn't really get to experience very much of it as i was in the same area all the time, but it seemed nice. 499903416051990528|Thu Aug 14 13:00:36 +0000 2014|RT @David_EHG: Just. Wow. Police in #Ferguson fire tear gas at Al Jazeera, take cameras when journalists flee. Photos by @CassFM http://t… 499901630691958784|Thu Aug 14 12:53:31 +0000 2014|@christinelove Thank you for your support! 499895310056185856|Thu Aug 14 12:28:24 +0000 2014|@zoewi @br <333333 499888077931048960|Thu Aug 14 11:59:39 +0000 2014|Lots of folks I met in Cologne had kind things to say about Clipping Through. I am so so happy and appreciative people like it. <3 499887592742334464|Thu Aug 14 11:57:44 +0000 2014|Home after another conference. If you like my work, please read about how you can support it by buying my new book! http://leighalexander.net/clippingthrough/ 499882461640536064|Thu Aug 14 11:37:20 +0000 2014|RT @tanayj: People in #Gaza are tweeting advice on how to deal with tear gas to people in #Ferguson. Wow. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu-ZdbbCMAATI07.png 499882265233870848|Thu Aug 14 11:36:34 +0000 2014|@twoscooters @Quinns108 I'm beyond thrilled that you might be able to meet each other 499881503535693824|Thu Aug 14 11:33:32 +0000 2014|@twoscooters omg Elizabeth please hug @Quinns108 for me so he can bring me home a hug from you 499872908991557632|Thu Aug 14 10:59:23 +0000 2014|@robertflorence NONSENSE I am 19-20 499872837717721089|Thu Aug 14 10:59:06 +0000 2014|@robertflorence then again I think almost everyone looks like a d-bag on them 499872659803766784|Thu Aug 14 10:58:23 +0000 2014|@robertflorence yes. Sorry. 499872381226467328|Thu Aug 14 10:57:17 +0000 2014|@leigh_books whoa chill out 499871525424881664|Thu Aug 14 10:53:53 +0000 2014|Back in London. Trying to figure out what was going on in each of an archive of incredibly drunk photos I seem to have taken 499870091811770368|Thu Aug 14 10:48:11 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive @Quinns108 eeee 499870008412217344|Thu Aug 14 10:47:51 +0000 2014|RT @PageFortyFive: Exquisite designs! @Quinns108 & @leighalexander sent me the mischief-inducing games they taught me! http://t.co/ZV1gFKAw… 499826921531015168|Thu Aug 14 07:56:39 +0000 2014|@MarcLaidlaw absolutely ridiculous 499826885149601792|Thu Aug 14 07:56:30 +0000 2014|RT @MarcLaidlaw: WSJ: It's not the protests that turned violent. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu-9WfFCMAAVsbK.png 499825307168555008|Thu Aug 14 07:50:14 +0000 2014|RT @mitchprothero: When do all the armed white 'patriots' show up to protect the unarmed black american kids from oppressive big government… 499825247827558400|Thu Aug 14 07:50:00 +0000 2014|RT @jackfrombkln: The Civil Rights Act is 50 years old. These two pictures were taken 50 years apart. Behold our progress. #Ferguson http:/… 499823833193656320|Thu Aug 14 07:44:22 +0000 2014|creepers w generally low intelligence + high control issues tbh http://mashable.com/2014/08/13/ferguson-police-protests-vs-iraq/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfdWVodDk5ZTZlM2toYXhqdCJ9 499822662521466880|Thu Aug 14 07:39:43 +0000 2014|RT @Ladyy_Rhe: #MikeBrown deserves to have these pictures circulating. Contribute to the movement #Ferguson #IfTheyGunnedMeDown http://t.co… 499822242206060544|Thu Aug 14 07:38:03 +0000 2014|well, successfully made it to the airport, but... i did enter security and passport control & then GO OUT AGAIN so i could go find mcdonalds 499821696447442944|Thu Aug 14 07:35:53 +0000 2014|@BangBangClick @TrentKusters theoretical conversation between jimmy and bruce about their anxious struggle for power 499729003037880322|Thu Aug 14 01:27:33 +0000 2014|@christinelove I MUSTN'T SLEEP THROUGH MY FLIGHT! I MUSTN'T SLEEP THROUGH MY FLIGHT...! I MUSTN'T SLEEP THROUGH MY FLIGHT... 499728811454636032|Thu Aug 14 01:26:47 +0000 2014|@christinelove I-I... I cannot let anyone down! I must trust in myself and this time... this time... 499727809640931328|Thu Aug 14 01:22:48 +0000 2014|some of the actual best people ever: @johntdrake @amgo @nickchester 499725897025744897|Thu Aug 14 01:15:12 +0000 2014|i mean normally it's like 'just don't go to sleep', except i've been on the verge of fainting from fatigue since 3pm OMG I'LL NEVER MAKE IT 499725731984048128|Thu Aug 14 01:14:33 +0000 2014|EVERYONE, GIVE ME YOUR ENERGY (to get to the airport) *gathers spirit bomb tediously* 499725361132101632|Thu Aug 14 01:13:05 +0000 2014|@christinelove this from you, the 1 person who has seen me fail 499724907300007936|Thu Aug 14 01:11:17 +0000 2014|The quiet terror of stumbling home drunk at 3:10 AM; realizing that your flight is at 9:25 *pray4LFA 499724051594903552|Thu Aug 14 01:07:53 +0000 2014|RT @AdriaandeJongh: Favorite moment of the evening: @leighalexander screaming "YO SHUT UP WHEN I'M SINGING" in the middle of "Genie in a bo… 499718473686482944|Thu Aug 14 00:45:43 +0000 2014|RT @tha_rami: Nuclear Throne is now a Tomb Raider-like "exclusive". Only on Playstation. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu9bQA6IYAAV3Tv.jpg 499712947347009536|Thu Aug 14 00:23:45 +0000 2014|RT @AntonM: Women in the #games industry (with mention of @leighalexander!) "I have a fucking right to be here": http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/13/5996261/one-reason-to-be-gdc-europe via… 499712580626432001|Thu Aug 14 00:22:18 +0000 2014|@szakulec @BossFightBooks nope, I def earn more self publishing than a trad publisher could furnish. 499701895322415104|Wed Aug 13 23:39:50 +0000 2014|RT @usebomswisely: Favorite thing I've read in a while: @leighalexander's account of playing Street Wars, a watergun game of assassins. htt… 499701864070668290|Wed Aug 13 23:39:43 +0000 2014|@michyboo I'm in UK from tmw too -- OMG can we please hang 499701651205525504|Wed Aug 13 23:38:52 +0000 2014|@Spielheld no, going to London again tomorrow morning 499701559669047296|Wed Aug 13 23:38:30 +0000 2014|@tha_rami @Kristige @RaveofRavendale @mikeBithell lol 499666912801202176|Wed Aug 13 21:20:50 +0000 2014|@nickchester @tha_rami @auriea @doubleanna @michyboo @MsMinotaur gonna arrive soon hope y'all is there 499666790868611072|Wed Aug 13 21:20:20 +0000 2014|@nickchester @tha_rami @auriea @doubleanna @michyboo @MsMinotaur not a joke Thai Royal come along 499666628007972864|Wed Aug 13 21:19:42 +0000 2014|@tha_rami @Kristige @RaveofRavendale @mikeBithell ok ok we are coming 499655845823926272|Wed Aug 13 20:36:51 +0000 2014|@Demruth @steishere there is one at thai royal apparently, i'm going to head there imminently 499654096836919296|Wed Aug 13 20:29:54 +0000 2014|@auriea @doubleanna @nickchester @michyboo @msminotaur @tha_rami darlings, it seems people are convening upon Thai Royal for karaoke 499653497185652736|Wed Aug 13 20:27:31 +0000 2014|RT @steishere: Update: there seems to be karaoke at Thai Royal. We are going there in 20 mins. 499652896838144001|Wed Aug 13 20:25:08 +0000 2014|RT @wjlroe: Finished Clipping Through by @leighalexander today, great read. Get it. https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 499652355496108032|Wed Aug 13 20:22:59 +0000 2014|RT @dfh1979: @leighalexander remarrying in a poly ceremony with that weird guy down the street who collects old toys 499652025102393344|Wed Aug 13 20:21:40 +0000 2014|can everyone help me process these emotions 499651957930598400|Wed Aug 13 20:21:24 +0000 2014|what if your parents divorced when you were 8 and someone just now told you they are remarrying? this is how i feel re kojima silent hills 499649986561593345|Wed Aug 13 20:13:34 +0000 2014|i wish they would hire Agency to work on it... sigh... 499649704809226241|Wed Aug 13 20:12:27 +0000 2014|@hazelcills lol hazel your twitter cover pic rules 499649557094232064|Wed Aug 13 20:11:52 +0000 2014|@AlmightyBoob i despise film directors being invited into our medium as if they understood it 499649301229080577|Wed Aug 13 20:10:51 +0000 2014|@glietzsche *stares off into the distance* 499649097360764928|Wed Aug 13 20:10:02 +0000 2014|i mean, if you met younger leigh and you asked her 'what is your greatest wish' she might dare to say KOJIMA SILENT HILL #poignant #reflect 499648308005326848|Wed Aug 13 20:06:54 +0000 2014|it's disconcerting how old my deep, abiding affection for mgs3 makes me feel. maybe you guys will get that metal gear book from me yet 499648183128301568|Wed Aug 13 20:06:24 +0000 2014|@JohnnyCullen it's in my top 2, too 499647738137821184|Wed Aug 13 20:04:38 +0000 2014|Take everything I say about MGS with a grain of salt, as I have an ACTUAL MGS3 TATTOO like a weirdo http://instagram.com/p/rprWZGsDCb/ 499646834357592064|Wed Aug 13 20:01:02 +0000 2014|@steishere start a party in our hotel bar then 499646795077922816|Wed Aug 13 20:00:53 +0000 2014|RT @steishere: UPDATE: the karaoke bar is closed and life is ruined 499646626986995712|Wed Aug 13 20:00:13 +0000 2014|naw though can't lie mgs and silent hill are ... like... maybe the two franchises i loved the most... in a different life... as a girl.. 499646404785344512|Wed Aug 13 19:59:20 +0000 2014|it's brilliant that kojima is making a silent hill, because at least silent hill is supposed to be vaguely creepy and make little sense 499645666566868992|Wed Aug 13 19:56:24 +0000 2014|@dinosaurrparty @scanters hi ann i sang this in cologne last night i will retroactively dedicate it to you 499643565392535552|Wed Aug 13 19:48:03 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK STOP because i wish it was 499643514880532481|Wed Aug 13 19:47:51 +0000 2014|Sometimes I'm tempted to produce a string of breathless consumerist tweets about some game company just to see if you people believe them 499643094674202625|Wed Aug 13 19:46:11 +0000 2014|@TrentKusters @BangBangClick jimmy rules 499642412776816641|Wed Aug 13 19:43:28 +0000 2014|well i guess i should like, figure out what this mgs5 situation is 499604139778002944|Wed Aug 13 17:11:23 +0000 2014|Not to be included in the final article: @MsMinotaur's extensive ideas on the virtues of orange juice 499603963675955200|Wed Aug 13 17:10:41 +0000 2014|Sitting down to interview with @MsMinotaur. There is a beautiful view 499589288024371200|Wed Aug 13 16:12:22 +0000 2014|@glietzsche @GravityPixel oof, my last tweet didn't send :( I may miss you, as I'm off to another meeting in a few... 499582730121011200|Wed Aug 13 15:46:19 +0000 2014|@DrJarajski oh thank you, I'm exhausted 499573716393947138|Wed Aug 13 15:10:30 +0000 2014|@rebelswimmers thank you for coming, and glad you dug the book! 499573023314571264|Wed Aug 13 15:07:45 +0000 2014|is someone saying that food will take five minutes when it is taking more than that a reason to start crying in public 499572617477496832|Wed Aug 13 15:06:08 +0000 2014|@LucidGamesLtd demand somebody bring you pizza before they can see the game 499572285993680897|Wed Aug 13 15:04:49 +0000 2014|@LucidGamesLtd no problem! can't imagine how tough it is to show games all day. 499570624659202049|Wed Aug 13 14:58:13 +0000 2014|RT @prof_carrington: The modesty of these demands is heartbreaking RT @AntonioFrench: Flier being distributed at the protest in #Ferguson h… 499570118431891456|Wed Aug 13 14:56:12 +0000 2014|@GravityPixel I am desperately trying to eat something, but I will be back there soon 499567008921694208|Wed Aug 13 14:43:51 +0000 2014|@LucidGamesLtd just went! 499559514212159488|Wed Aug 13 14:14:04 +0000 2014|@steishere hi I've arrived at the UKIE stand 499559332137402369|Wed Aug 13 14:13:20 +0000 2014|There are women providing chair massages at gamescom. I feel less sorry for myself when I imagine the days they face ahead 499558037842309120|Wed Aug 13 14:08:12 +0000 2014|I got to see the new Geometry Wars which looks really gorgeous and fun, I'm obsessed with geometry wars 499547272263503873|Wed Aug 13 13:25:25 +0000 2014|@jemalexander @twitgera me and Emily should switch twitter accounts for a day & see what happens 499546983192096768|Wed Aug 13 13:24:16 +0000 2014|*i walk up to pearly gates* 'ms Alexander thank u for all your hard work as a reward u spend eternity in a neverending GAMES EVENT!' Noooo 499546564789305345|Wed Aug 13 13:22:36 +0000 2014|@mkerstein oh I am leaving tomorrow 499546490503970816|Wed Aug 13 13:22:19 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell @georgbacker I too will be there soon 499545931407437824|Wed Aug 13 13:20:05 +0000 2014|Is this what hell is like 499536965382193152|Wed Aug 13 12:44:28 +0000 2014|OH at #Gamescom: "the game they're making bears no relation to the game they want to make." Your problem too? Ping @agencyforgames ! 499511597241741312|Wed Aug 13 11:03:39 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen oh my god i cannot wait to come home 499511276192940032|Wed Aug 13 11:02:23 +0000 2014|I must be exhausted bc I just emailed something mean to @McKelvie and then actually took it back 499509336931311617|Wed Aug 13 10:54:41 +0000 2014|fragile stomach pounding head, little desire to experience videogame showfloor but NO CHOICE #drama 499509003056332801|Wed Aug 13 10:53:21 +0000 2014|@Seniath @alexhern yeah it is 499508847565082624|Wed Aug 13 10:52:44 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C @Quinns108 warning brendom quinns may have been compromsed many clones have been sighted 499490732122865664|Wed Aug 13 09:40:45 +0000 2014|RT @BRKeogh: Gee whiz it sure isn't a problem that the next Battlefield is gonna glorify the militarisation of police forces huh http://t.c… 499482687632338944|Wed Aug 13 09:08:47 +0000 2014|@MrPope @NSSteph @nickchester @bwinfrey @steishere it WAS magical. 499264750908612608|Tue Aug 12 18:42:47 +0000 2014|@alexhern @tinysubversions yesss *RUNS AWAY FEELING VALIDATED* 499264376751534080|Tue Aug 12 18:41:17 +0000 2014|@alexhern @tinysubversions did you see when i wrote about RANDOM SHOPPER http://boingboing.net/2012/12/26/if-you-give-a-bot-a-gift-card.html 499263775921692674|Tue Aug 12 18:38:54 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt omg 499263542231842816|Tue Aug 12 18:37:58 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt <33333333333 499261600147451904|Tue Aug 12 18:30:15 +0000 2014|@acosmos same 499260723579850752|Tue Aug 12 18:26:46 +0000 2014|...it's nothing... 499260664947703808|Tue Aug 12 18:26:33 +0000 2014|Sony can almost hear the sound of a beating heart, imagines a floorboard thrumming insistently, as if the Vita were still alive underneath 499259219095609344|Tue Aug 12 18:20:48 +0000 2014|@jersing @Moroccanoil "It Happened To Me: I dipped my entire body and hair in a bathtub of Moroccan Oil -- by Leigh Alexander" 499258681293144064|Tue Aug 12 18:18:40 +0000 2014|@jersing i love @Moroccanoil i feel i deserve some media free samples 499257112602873857|Tue Aug 12 18:12:26 +0000 2014|@jasonschreier what is a jrpg 499255803887763456|Tue Aug 12 18:07:14 +0000 2014|@auriea @steishere this is a ste question 499254874157350912|Tue Aug 12 18:03:32 +0000 2014|@rexbox @michyboo HOORAY FOR YOU <33 499254241232715777|Tue Aug 12 18:01:01 +0000 2014|@byronicman @steishere @plentyspace it is raining and i am suddenly starving -- gong to eat in my room, will you keep me posted 499254055823486976|Tue Aug 12 18:00:17 +0000 2014|@michyboo ON MY TV 499252046332047360|Tue Aug 12 17:52:18 +0000 2014|Special thanks to @RaygunGoth for saving the day and being the best by delivering me black salt licorice 499250947730976768|Tue Aug 12 17:47:56 +0000 2014|And one of CLIPPING THROUGH ('the new book') by @AlexLemcovich http://decidedlybritishramblings.com/2014/08/11/clipping-through-one-mad-week-in-video-games-my-initial-thoughts/ 499250741723545600|Tue Aug 12 17:47:07 +0000 2014|Thoughtful, amazing review of BREATHING MACHINE ('the old book') by @annalisacaprice http://repsnea.wordpress.com/2014/08/12/reps-recommends-breathing-machine-a-memoir-of-computers/ ... 499250200364732416|Tue Aug 12 17:44:58 +0000 2014|RT @inkleStudios: Our metacritic score has passed Monument Valley's, Thomas Was Alone, and FTL. Anyone in the mainstream media want to writ… 499248894522699776|Tue Aug 12 17:39:46 +0000 2014|@juan0tron thank you ❤️ 499248823404093440|Tue Aug 12 17:39:29 +0000 2014|@annalisacaprice @repsnea oh my gosh! Thank you so much for spending such kind time with it. 499248352643801088|Tue Aug 12 17:37:37 +0000 2014|@RKRigney @jasonschreier @KyleOrl that's right, it doesn't matter, buy your exclusive sequels have fun 499217068827607040|Tue Aug 12 15:33:18 +0000 2014|RT @MrPope: RELEVANT. RT @leighalexander: Loved it: @NinjaTheory announces new project, new path for 'independent AAA' http://t.co/LGiP9fEd… 499217050003603456|Tue Aug 12 15:33:14 +0000 2014|RT @Nintendo_Legend: Consider supporting @leighalexander by purchasing her cool new book, or at least read her compelling words here -- htt… 499217032098095104|Tue Aug 12 15:33:10 +0000 2014|@freakingmuse really nice meeting you x 499216982928281600|Tue Aug 12 15:32:58 +0000 2014|RT @jamiestrachan: Having @leighalexander talk to @radiomaru about his new book is like peanut butter and chocolate for my mind: http://t.c… 499189564297068546|Tue Aug 12 13:44:01 +0000 2014|RT @PG_kamiya: All console warriors, STUDY HARD AND EARN MONEY. 499188936540192768|Tue Aug 12 13:41:31 +0000 2014|@CodySchliebe thanks! i hope you enjoy it! 499186881478021121|Tue Aug 12 13:33:21 +0000 2014|@Arminposts you can't expect me to just leave that one out there undocumented, armin 499186641119248384|Tue Aug 12 13:32:24 +0000 2014|I interviewed @radiomaru about SECONDS, a book about a strong, self-absorbed gal pushing the boundaries of spacetime http://boingboing.net/2014/08/12/interview-bryan-lee-omalley.html 499185561689931776|Tue Aug 12 13:28:06 +0000 2014|@jasonschreier @KyleOrl but why be pro-consumer when we can sympthize with corporations and take them at face value :\ 499183155887493120|Tue Aug 12 13:18:33 +0000 2014|Loved it: @NinjaTheory announces new project, new path for 'independent AAA' http://gamasutra.com/view/news/223169/Independent_AAA_Ninja_Theory_announces_new_project_new_path.php 499175767851671552|Tue Aug 12 12:49:11 +0000 2014|@Punchkickblog @NinjaTheory of course i'll write an article. wait five minutes. 499174374407430144|Tue Aug 12 12:43:39 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl i want to hack in 499173892536414209|Tue Aug 12 12:41:44 +0000 2014|it is v funny to juxtapose my experience of Tameem Antoniades' excellent critique of the AAA machine w ppl's tweets from MSFT presser 499173785309024256|Tue Aug 12 12:41:19 +0000 2014|RT @HiFiHair: "I'm going to be using the word exclusive a lot in the next few minutes" trumpets Harrison, like it's not a hugely anti-consu… 499173394806751232|Tue Aug 12 12:39:46 +0000 2014|@Arminposts @NinjaTheory oh that is obviously more important then 499172264676691968|Tue Aug 12 12:35:16 +0000 2014|@thrmoptc @NinjaTheory point 499171821867266049|Tue Aug 12 12:33:31 +0000 2014|Is everyone really off watching Call of Duty trailers instead of listening to @NinjaTheory's 'independent AAA' talk & biz model ideas? :( 499168463915847680|Tue Aug 12 12:20:10 +0000 2014|@laevantine i like both dantes. new one reminds me of my bf 499167585527922688|Tue Aug 12 12:16:41 +0000 2014|@nickchester @NinjaTheory had no idea the studio had to fight so hard at every turn. plucky as f 499163924609380352|Tue Aug 12 12:02:08 +0000 2014|even though vergil had a fedora 499163802567704576|Tue Aug 12 12:01:39 +0000 2014|i loved ninja theory's dmc 499157093421948928|Tue Aug 12 11:34:59 +0000 2014|@alexhern theres only ONE THRONE 499156417040113664|Tue Aug 12 11:32:18 +0000 2014|@Liinelol @Arminposts ah :( will do! 499153230035963904|Tue Aug 12 11:19:38 +0000 2014|@nickchester @steishere @amgo you two in particular have jobs that require an amount of energy i'm not sure anyone else is capable of 499153048892354560|Tue Aug 12 11:18:55 +0000 2014|@Liinelol let's say hi later if we're in the same place! 499152913907081216|Tue Aug 12 11:18:23 +0000 2014|@nickchester @steishere @amgo i am impressed and will be EXTRA IMPRESSED if you can karaoke after 499152512847712256|Tue Aug 12 11:16:47 +0000 2014|@nickchester @steishere @amgo ste is the karaoke situation captain but i expect it'd be like 10ish so that people can go to party first 499151995128000512|Tue Aug 12 11:14:44 +0000 2014|@nickchester @steishere we will. is @amgo here ask her too 499151693054214144|Tue Aug 12 11:13:32 +0000 2014|@nickchester @steishere it probably cannot happen without you, chester 499151647436980224|Tue Aug 12 11:13:21 +0000 2014|@doubleanna i have to miss your talk today but i really hope i see you later! good luck! 499151315935973378|Tue Aug 12 11:12:02 +0000 2014|RT @steishere: OK. It feels like tonight is karaoke night, GDCE, so if you are here and that is your thing we should talk. 499142522942521344|Tue Aug 12 10:37:05 +0000 2014|@Rx_Pixel idk kind of like when you accidentally light the filter instead of the business end of a cigarette i think 499142400624066560|Tue Aug 12 10:36:36 +0000 2014|(no, i have never smoked crack, i just lived in new york for 10 years) 499142291924471808|Tue Aug 12 10:36:10 +0000 2014|I know it's whatever burners they use to heat the (awful) food, but the press room here REALLY smells like crack 499138400835092480|Tue Aug 12 10:20:42 +0000 2014|Goat Simulator's success story is hilarious and amazing <3 http://gamasutra.com/view/news/223159/The_hilarious_success_story_of_Goat_Simulator.php 499132559465664512|Tue Aug 12 09:57:30 +0000 2014|"2 people came up and literally threw money at us. They threw, like, $17. That's the first money we made from Goat Simulator." -@Arminposts 499129072417767424|Tue Aug 12 09:43:38 +0000 2014|" I think we bought the goat for $20 dollars on the internet. It was on sale, 75 percent off." -- @Arminposts 499128980587683840|Tue Aug 12 09:43:17 +0000 2014|"we actually bought all the graphical assets off the internet." -- @Arminposts 499126497521971200|Tue Aug 12 09:33:25 +0000 2014|RT @WiGNL: #1ReasontoBe panel today at #gdceurope w/ @br @leighalexander @siobhanreddy @auriea @zoewi @aakoo @machineers. http://t.co/efky… 499101459729117184|Tue Aug 12 07:53:55 +0000 2014|RT @ultrabrilliant: LucasArts x True Detective http://lazerhorse.tumblr.com/post/94428388490/dd-45-lucasarts-presents-true-detective (by @thelazerhorse) 499096677534691328|Tue Aug 12 07:34:55 +0000 2014|@bombsfall :((((((((((((( 499096388710707200|Tue Aug 12 07:33:46 +0000 2014|@bombsfall ugh 498956879926947840|Mon Aug 11 22:19:25 +0000 2014|@tpizza totes 498956298080501760|Mon Aug 11 22:17:06 +0000 2014|@DELTAHEAD_ @dirtbit i dont know what game is this perversely curious 498956184691695616|Mon Aug 11 22:16:39 +0000 2014|@DELTAHEAD_ @dirtbit WHAT 498956109311668224|Mon Aug 11 22:16:21 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy it will all be worth it in the end 498955939459104768|Mon Aug 11 22:15:40 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy yeah i dont care what i have to do tell them GUESS WHAT http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZBBZNqzIvs8/UXqnVj0cJkI/AAAAAAAANU8/g35Oy6kSVZ8/s640/3p1u2s.jpg 498955686681014272|Mon Aug 11 22:14:40 +0000 2014|@dirtbit @DELTAHEAD_ yeah rlly worried about this format like what is this game what are we starting up 498955356115312640|Mon Aug 11 22:13:21 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy im not even joking about how much playing phantasmagoria 2 with me will change your life for the better i promise 498954830044758016|Mon Aug 11 22:11:16 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy i have to make this happen i just have to stay over here ahhhh 498954557465321474|Mon Aug 11 22:10:11 +0000 2014|@TheQuinnspiracy zoe WHEN is phantasmagoria 2 sobbing over here tbh 498953579399757825|Mon Aug 11 22:06:18 +0000 2014|@tpizza no i will not kill you toni pizza you can do it 498952846277378048|Mon Aug 11 22:03:23 +0000 2014|Kind, generous and thoughtful review of my new book, Clipping Through, by @AlexLemcovich http://decidedlybritishramblings.com/2014/08/11/clipping-through-one-mad-week-in-video-games-my-initial-thoughts/ 498952632300752896|Mon Aug 11 22:02:32 +0000 2014|@AlexLemcovich alex, i am so glad you enjoyed the book and SO, so touched by the time you spent on this review. thank you. 498951843306024960|Mon Aug 11 21:59:24 +0000 2014|@paullicino so happy you got to go and enjoy that, paul <3 498951455618125824|Mon Aug 11 21:57:51 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster the comics that i'm familiar with have never quite captured the creepy juxtapositions of this man playing with bat toys always 498951355432972288|Mon Aug 11 21:57:27 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster for me it's complicated by the fact i get profoundly uncomfortable anytime i have to talk about 'Bat [thing]' 498950517545259009|Mon Aug 11 21:54:08 +0000 2014|@SpiltMilkStudio no worries, i have been unexpectedly dead-pixel-headed since i got here, too 498949912214904833|Mon Aug 11 21:51:43 +0000 2014|@auntiepixelante @hentaiphd *mascara-streaked wreck, tumbledown hair, sobbing as she clings to the trophy* YOU CANT HAVE IT 498946986587209728|Mon Aug 11 21:40:06 +0000 2014|@miniboone 'come and dance on our floor' 498946584995168256|Mon Aug 11 21:38:30 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster i thought i was literally the only person in the world who didnt enjoy myself with it 498946420855283713|Mon Aug 11 21:37:51 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster it's 'well designed' and for some people that equates to 'quality use of my time' ' 498946299111411712|Mon Aug 11 21:37:22 +0000 2014|@miniboone fucking yes hi five me too 498945732230279168|Mon Aug 11 21:35:07 +0000 2014|shout out to anyone in a foreign country currently googling 'threes company intro' at 11:32 pm 498944631221272578|Mon Aug 11 21:30:44 +0000 2014|@TinyMaster corny, repetitive, but flashy enough that EVERY DORK is in love. sad. 498941522134728704|Mon Aug 11 21:18:23 +0000 2014|RT @BlendoGames: Thanks @rockpapershot & @gnomeslair for the lovely writeup on my space loser game EXPAT http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/11/freeware-garden-expat 498936605261185027|Mon Aug 11 20:58:51 +0000 2014|RT @frankcifaldi: I'm shaking my head the more I look at the NIght Trap Kickstarter. They're going to manufacture and deliver Xbox 360 game… 498935115914153985|Mon Aug 11 20:52:56 +0000 2014|@tom_hawking same tho 498935059504955393|Mon Aug 11 20:52:42 +0000 2014|@kariemil @tom_hawking shocked 498934201467797504|Mon Aug 11 20:49:18 +0000 2014|@tom_hawking it's understandable tho, and is far from a prevailing or powerful opinion 498933702798626816|Mon Aug 11 20:47:19 +0000 2014|@expdotzine that has always been my problem too so i switched to criminal ha ha ha 498932363683168256|Mon Aug 11 20:41:59 +0000 2014|@tom_hawking DEEPER SIGH when ppl fail to have empathy for occasionally-irrational responses to incredibly overt power structures tho 498931896240574464|Mon Aug 11 20:40:08 +0000 2014|@expdotzine your deck made someone throw a childish tantrum it's prob p good 498931805643616256|Mon Aug 11 20:39:46 +0000 2014|@expdotzine yeah that's just really bad sportsmanship. if you know what you're doing you always know why you lost before it even happens 498930675907833856|Mon Aug 11 20:35:17 +0000 2014|@expdotzine people who actually understand/play the game can always articulate/appreciate why they lost. this person sucked 498930524560564225|Mon Aug 11 20:34:41 +0000 2014|@expdotzine way to identify bad netrunner players: they always have some bs rationale for why they lost, and they point out luck factors 498929317007855616|Mon Aug 11 20:29:53 +0000 2014|RT @Erinys: Hey @GeekGirlCon and @leighalexander! A feminist literary journal needs feminist game reviews & essays. Canya help? http://t.c… 498926227726827520|Mon Aug 11 20:17:36 +0000 2014|@AnjinM well, now you know you would pay for it because you've already read it. What if I re-released a beautiful illustrated PDF version? 498924616484921344|Mon Aug 11 20:11:12 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice @Daniel_Joseph house of knives is the one that made me all like 'WAIT FUCK JINTEKI MAN' 498922113093627904|Mon Aug 11 20:01:15 +0000 2014|@HeyAnnieMok ah, I didn't realize I wasn't following! Fixed, and thanks! 498918916941684736|Mon Aug 11 19:48:33 +0000 2014|@TinyConstruct @LevelTwoRogue i already RTed this, careful not to mistake my coverage of other people's work for my own personal feelings 498918118497218560|Mon Aug 11 19:45:23 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze ooh bookmarked for later 498917908073185280|Mon Aug 11 19:44:33 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze @notquitereal no~ 498916308227219457|Mon Aug 11 19:38:11 +0000 2014|I did just write a travelogue-book lately, but this short story i wrote a few months ago is still very dear to me http://leighalexander.net/the-unearthing/ 498916120557256704|Mon Aug 11 19:37:27 +0000 2014|RT @translabyrinth: @leighalexander @ellaguro Hope y'all don't mind, but I took the liberty of throwing the book up on Goodreads. :) https:… 498916068807962624|Mon Aug 11 19:37:14 +0000 2014|@translabyrinth @ellaguro thank you! 498915707095367681|Mon Aug 11 19:35:48 +0000 2014|@steviemacuk same 498915388961599489|Mon Aug 11 19:34:32 +0000 2014|@notquitereal btw i really LOVED your last twine, w the museum,i need to spend more time with it but you're so talented it was so evocative 498915280958283776|Mon Aug 11 19:34:07 +0000 2014|@notquitereal i want a game that can do for me what reading, like, madeline l'engle did for me as a kid. PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE. 498912733312843777|Mon Aug 11 19:23:59 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze oh, show me the one you are going to play 498912253861957634|Mon Aug 11 19:22:05 +0000 2014|lately i've been very interested in video games that make you feel engaged but also peaceful/cared for, like 80Days 498912144206102529|Mon Aug 11 19:21:39 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze urgh regretting that i didnt bring my gamepad to cologne bc this sounds like a good idea 498911819843764224|Mon Aug 11 19:20:21 +0000 2014|@IPugsley @xMattieBrice @MTGLadySociety i personally have been really comfortable in NR community, amazing vs other competitive games 498911262815059968|Mon Aug 11 19:18:09 +0000 2014|RT @BenKuchera: League of Legends critics are trying to sell themselves, not fix the game http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/11/5991115/league-of-legends-riot-monetization 498910168462397440|Mon Aug 11 19:13:48 +0000 2014|I'd like to say I'm proud to work with my friends at @ShutUpShow bc of their commitment to an inclusive community/their respect for my work 498909973179822080|Mon Aug 11 19:13:01 +0000 2014|netrunner community is the best community (via @DeMarko) http://www.reddit.com/r/Netrunner/comments/2d8v9e/division_of_gender_in_netrunner_players/cjn85vz 498909679674986497|Mon Aug 11 19:11:51 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @torahhorse abstract music plays as a single tear climbs whimsically from my cheek down one of my curl-spirals into the rhein 498908774049263616|Mon Aug 11 19:08:15 +0000 2014|can i just play with @torahhorse donut county RIGHT NOW instead of later http://venuspatrol.com/2014/08/hole-new-world-ben-espositos-kachina-becomes-donut-county/ 498896767103291393|Mon Aug 11 18:20:32 +0000 2014|@steishere JUST returned hotel 498884716523945984|Mon Aug 11 17:32:39 +0000 2014|Half asleep at a mixer 498884492594253825|Mon Aug 11 17:31:46 +0000 2014|@patrickklepek the link is so kind of you, thank you! 498881831048318978|Mon Aug 11 17:21:11 +0000 2014|RT @ultrabrilliant: New Call of Duty trailer starts with an Inception honk, as if to announce that there are no new ideas here. 498881706657841152|Mon Aug 11 17:20:42 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: oh my gosh this is perfect http://boredangry.tumblr.com/post/94445616272/clockest-i-havent-stopped-laughing-at-this 498880463277395968|Mon Aug 11 17:15:45 +0000 2014|RT @mthsblgr: @leighalexander 'Schleckmuschel'... makes for a messy sticky face exactly as it's name insinuates. 498877354559549440|Mon Aug 11 17:03:24 +0000 2014|Our continuing adventures in German candy... The green part is hard and the yellow part is not edible http://instagram.com/p/rkNBP5MDP0/ 498875800251535360|Mon Aug 11 16:57:14 +0000 2014|@MarcLaidlaw @K2theSwift oh my gosh 498870603454365697|Mon Aug 11 16:36:35 +0000 2014|RT @WingZero351: My @leighalexander book review is featured in @Kotaku TAY roundup. It's cool to be noticed :) http://tay.kotaku.com/clipping-through-one-mad-week-in-video-games-the-tay-r-1618557485 498850819954204672|Mon Aug 11 15:17:58 +0000 2014|@laevantine i didn't see it as cynical, more like 'warning: what works for riot works only bc of its scale, & won't work for you' 498850205060845569|Mon Aug 11 15:15:31 +0000 2014|@davidkfried 'biased'? he was giving an opinion of how a monetization strategy functions 498849933928435712|Mon Aug 11 15:14:27 +0000 2014|"Optimizing monetization is not [Riot's] priority." http://gamasutra.com/view/news/223071/Dont_monetize_like_League_of_Legends_consultant_says.php 498849814587924481|Mon Aug 11 15:13:58 +0000 2014|@the_patches about $35 bux 498848597681909761|Mon Aug 11 15:09:08 +0000 2014|Incredibly juicy stuff from Teut Weidemann on League of Legends' stats, monetization http://gamasutra.com/view/news/223071/Dont_monetize_like_League_of_Legends_consultant_says.php 498844324545953792|Mon Aug 11 14:52:09 +0000 2014|@jasonkapalka so excited you're reading it/digging it 498843280722112512|Mon Aug 11 14:48:00 +0000 2014|@jasonkapalka the banality of evil 498839707355475968|Mon Aug 11 14:33:48 +0000 2014|i still feel that way but apparently i am hella wrong 498839641689456642|Mon Aug 11 14:33:33 +0000 2014|when i first heard of LoL i was like 'this looks ugly as heck & sounds boring as shit' 498838502914945024|Mon Aug 11 14:29:01 +0000 2014|More people watched LoL world finals than watched Game of Thrones 498838197485723648|Mon Aug 11 14:27:48 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze <3 498838112798539776|Mon Aug 11 14:27:28 +0000 2014|League of Legends has almost 4x as many DAU as Instagram 498835245362610177|Mon Aug 11 14:16:05 +0000 2014|@gamesbyplaydate idk, i need to try it 498829708818407424|Mon Aug 11 13:54:05 +0000 2014|Here is @RaveofRavendale on how to get your game covered by YouTubers http://gamasutra.com/view/news/222408/How_to_get_your_game_covered_by_YouTubers.php 498829424583016448|Mon Aug 11 13:52:57 +0000 2014|@scd @quinns108 naw make him autograph Net Shield 498829246740328448|Mon Aug 11 13:52:14 +0000 2014|@locust9 i am not a vegetarian, i just have a weird taste preference against 'piece of meat by itself'. weirdo i know 498827917724753920|Mon Aug 11 13:46:58 +0000 2014|@scd yeah. say hi to my dudes! 498826767214575616|Mon Aug 11 13:42:23 +0000 2014|@locust9 also, i am a healthy eating fan & don't like meat and the food options so far have been 'pain chocolat' and 'plate of meat' 498826628882239488|Mon Aug 11 13:41:50 +0000 2014|RT @scd: @leighalexander I think you just tweeted the most obvious thing about Germany ever tweeted. 498825860091502592|Mon Aug 11 13:38:47 +0000 2014|my soul for a nice whiskey around here. geez, this is not a good place for people who don't like beer 498823162201903104|Mon Aug 11 13:28:04 +0000 2014|Well, my good heels lasted exactly one day of GDCE. Their little capstones cruelly ripped off by cobblestones last night 498821258642227200|Mon Aug 11 13:20:30 +0000 2014|RT @CorneliaGeppert: OMG, just met 2 of my biggest idols from gaming scene! @leighalexander and @br !Both so nice! Brenda took that photo! … 498818529056276480|Mon Aug 11 13:09:39 +0000 2014|@CorneliaGeppert @br so nice meeting you! keep in touch! 498814968444502016|Mon Aug 11 12:55:30 +0000 2014|@AnHourOfNoise @TheWesterFront of course it works, look at the app store, he's not saying people SHOULD do that 498800625090822145|Mon Aug 11 11:58:30 +0000 2014|@krispiotrowski A+ bee saga i hope every last one of those assholes are dead 498794304610267136|Mon Aug 11 11:33:24 +0000 2014|@endloskosmos oy vey 498788918482182144|Mon Aug 11 11:11:59 +0000 2014|@TheWesterFront I'm a 'professional' ~ see you later! 498780173681319936|Mon Aug 11 10:37:14 +0000 2014|I'll be doing writeups of cool talks all #GDCE. Stick with me! 498778563332804608|Mon Aug 11 10:30:51 +0000 2014|Here's @TheWesterFront's top-to-bottom advice to devs on standing out in a market full of imitators and inspired-bys http://gamasutra.com/view/news/223030/Standing_out_Paradox_CEOs_tips_for_a_complicated_market.php 498776448849948672|Mon Aug 11 10:22:26 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @AtheneAllen fyi i used our CR-90 to kil a bug and it look a little different now im glad we share thigns 498775177208299521|Mon Aug 11 10:17:23 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @AtheneAllen this sucks 498773032765493248|Mon Aug 11 10:08:52 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly when this happens to me i do a lot of rational self-convincing about 'fashion as feminist protest' 498771683000737792|Mon Aug 11 10:03:30 +0000 2014|@kierongillen the other 5% is emptiness 498771608069500928|Mon Aug 11 10:03:12 +0000 2014|RT @ElineMuijres: For the devs at home: here are the take-aways of @RaveofRavendale's How to get your game covered by YouTubers talk! http:… 498770708487757824|Mon Aug 11 09:59:38 +0000 2014|@kierongillen sort of embarrassed about how much i love that corny-ass song 498770635829837824|Mon Aug 11 09:59:20 +0000 2014|@MChyrvona thank you~ 498770136636358656|Mon Aug 11 09:57:21 +0000 2014|Well @TheWesterFront says if there were a Magicka movie it would star Eddie Murphy 498768489336045568|Mon Aug 11 09:50:49 +0000 2014|@kezamacdonald i AM wearing a blazer! 498765886598426624|Mon Aug 11 09:40:28 +0000 2014|@tha_rami oh, awesome~! thank you so much, i'm really glad 498764452289064961|Mon Aug 11 09:34:46 +0000 2014|@tha_rami i am really not 498763344296542208|Mon Aug 11 09:30:22 +0000 2014|really i'm just reading this while i wait for a talk to begin though *scrolls thru thundercats pics* http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/idiots-explain-80s-cartoons?bffb 498762872072437760|Mon Aug 11 09:28:29 +0000 2014|perfecting my 'busy face' so that no one comes up to talk to me 498762152115986433|Mon Aug 11 09:25:38 +0000 2014|@steishere yeah, i'm sorry, i know you'll be disappointed and we can talk about this later but i'm afraid it's just not possible 498758611641049090|Mon Aug 11 09:11:34 +0000 2014|@steishere that party you wanted to go to costs 21 euros 498756426341576704|Mon Aug 11 09:02:53 +0000 2014|@freakingmuse ah please don't be embarrassed. i have sobbed openly watching 'madagascar 3' on a plane. touched. thank you. 498755646024855552|Mon Aug 11 08:59:47 +0000 2014|usually like a TIGHT dress shirt or checked shirt 498755560867901441|Mon Aug 11 08:59:26 +0000 2014|Realizing I left out a Game Journalist Archetype when I wrote this (http://leighalexander.net/the-unearthing/): short, sideburns, trying 'suave' really hard 498754304812277760|Mon Aug 11 08:54:27 +0000 2014|@AtheneAllen @Quinns108 that's MINE ugh 498754277494751232|Mon Aug 11 08:54:20 +0000 2014|@freakingmuse thank you! i hope you dig it. 498728466595217408|Mon Aug 11 07:11:47 +0000 2014|@locust9 here is a RESOURCE http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/ (i liked having fun with LORDS OF VEGAS lately) 498727889194323969|Mon Aug 11 07:09:29 +0000 2014|yes i did put BOTH sleeves of cronat gold into one coffee cup why do you ask 498725346595069952|Mon Aug 11 06:59:23 +0000 2014|@Data01 HIGH FIVE 498723980761919488|Mon Aug 11 06:53:57 +0000 2014|5k along the Rhein in the morning before GDC Europe kicks off. STOKED http://instagram.com/p/rjHRhqsDDF/ 498704233630539776|Mon Aug 11 05:35:29 +0000 2014|@jasonkapalka thank you! I hope you like it. 498620244790108160|Mon Aug 11 00:01:44 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh ENTIRELY depends on the org asking, what the event is, how they are monetizing it, how much yr participation serves them, etc 498619765020430336|Sun Aug 10 23:59:50 +0000 2014|@patriciaxh must buy 498618685754728448|Sun Aug 10 23:55:33 +0000 2014|@bombsfall ah i see. well happily i have a video series that will solve all your problems *metal shutters suddenly veil doors and windows* 498618084870344706|Sun Aug 10 23:53:09 +0000 2014|@bombsfall damn youre my age and no mystery house?! well listen *doors and windows lock, ancient computer rises from floor depression* 498617799724769280|Sun Aug 10 23:52:01 +0000 2014|@emshort or "respectable" 498617460225232896|Sun Aug 10 23:50:41 +0000 2014|@bombsfall youre probably too young SIGH ok fine this one http://images.mob.org/sisgame_img/laura_bow_the_colonels_bequest/real/2_laura_bow_the_colonels_bequest.jpg 498616482746875905|Sun Aug 10 23:46:47 +0000 2014|@bombsfall uh i think u mean http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SaZ3yNUyIQI/UY_Ek-jA6qI/AAAAAAAAB9I/ZHoRKY_zNSM/s1600/light+stove.png 498614625341296640|Sun Aug 10 23:39:25 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 it is an important choreography performed by imps when they are undergoing the metalworking process 498614004110336001|Sun Aug 10 23:36:57 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 i dont even know why 'solder' is pronounced how it is so 498613869989097472|Sun Aug 10 23:36:25 +0000 2014|@NikaHarper acceptable *kisses bicep* 498613240835096577|Sun Aug 10 23:33:55 +0000 2014|@patriciaxh FINE THEN slams doors etc 498613173457801216|Sun Aug 10 23:33:39 +0000 2014|@patriciaxh me too, to where i feel like i must have an 'issue' with the fact that no one really ever said i was 'nice' 498612871535009792|Sun Aug 10 23:32:27 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl *proud sigh* 498612787653124096|Sun Aug 10 23:32:07 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl what a beautiful collection 498612657633898497|Sun Aug 10 23:31:36 +0000 2014|@daphaknee you're cool, like beyond cool 498612364301049856|Sun Aug 10 23:30:26 +0000 2014|@philippawarr or you could dress as a fox and send out baby fox gifs 3x a day and have a fox hotline. that would be terrifying 498611798158102528|Sun Aug 10 23:28:11 +0000 2014|@swwaldie i'll sell future works at varying prices so if the current books are cost-prohibitive there might be something attainable soon <3 498611630197178369|Sun Aug 10 23:27:31 +0000 2014|@v21 @aanand george your tweet reached a critical mass of having math and comics in. shutting down *glazes* 498611337640296449|Sun Aug 10 23:26:21 +0000 2014|@philippawarr you COULD try sending out fewer baby fox gifs 498610992360980483|Sun Aug 10 23:24:58 +0000 2014|@kissane WHAT 498610926212632576|Sun Aug 10 23:24:43 +0000 2014|like, i always hated the descriptor 'nice'. i don't want to be 'really nice', i wanna be kind and raw and genuine and a full-spectrum human 498609745511841792|Sun Aug 10 23:20:01 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl it's because you love me <3333333333333333 498608787478310915|Sun Aug 10 23:16:13 +0000 2014|@AmyStephen @Spacekatgal actually, chatting about it with you two on twitter has felt helpful/helped me define some things, so thanks 498608549778685952|Sun Aug 10 23:15:16 +0000 2014|@rob_haines ooh i'm so glad to hear that. Sorry I couldn't make #nineworlds this time, but hope everyone had fun! 498608485987528705|Sun Aug 10 23:15:01 +0000 2014|RT @rob_haines: Reading @leighalexander's Clipping Through on the coach home from #nineworlds was the perfect cathartic comedown from con c… 498608372409987072|Sun Aug 10 23:14:34 +0000 2014|@AmyStephen @Spacekatgal man life and feelings and societies sure are tough huh? <3 498608299454242816|Sun Aug 10 23:14:16 +0000 2014|@AmyStephen @Spacekatgal yes. i come from an alcoholic family, so i sometimes worry that i am just rationalizing for least conflict 498607708506181632|Sun Aug 10 23:11:56 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal @AmyStephen yeah like i'm hardly saying i have mastered this. at all. but i want to try always 498607566201847808|Sun Aug 10 23:11:22 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal @AmyStephen not easy, & sometimes i resent i can't be selfish, but this is the only choice that lets me like myself 498607337167679489|Sun Aug 10 23:10:27 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal @AmyStephen & similarly, 'i can be kind when ppl less powerful than me are being destructive, as they can't hurt me much' 498607197656719360|Sun Aug 10 23:09:54 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal @AmyStephen -- social contracts that minimize harm w/in those structures, ie 'i am powerful therefore i cannot be cruel, ever' 498607035685302272|Sun Aug 10 23:09:15 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal @AmyStephen i guess i do believe that like sediment in nature hierarchies are impossible to prevent, but we can have -- 498606666003517441|Sun Aug 10 23:07:47 +0000 2014|@AmyStephen @Spacekatgal YES. as someone with relatively high 'social power' i see & fear the possibility of just creating more hierarchies 498606493777031169|Sun Aug 10 23:07:06 +0000 2014|@aanand i always really had a hard time respecting spider man and found him irritating so it's hard to have to be like that guy 498606336280899584|Sun Aug 10 23:06:28 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal sometimes i want either or, even. it's confusing! 498606208451117056|Sun Aug 10 23:05:58 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal i simultaneously want my friends to protect me/reject offenders AND to empathize with/support troubled people vs ostracize them 498605931111137284|Sun Aug 10 23:04:52 +0000 2014|@aanand -- and the way i weigh my needs and feelings against others might have to change 498605853461995520|Sun Aug 10 23:04:33 +0000 2014|@aanand yeah. it's weird to have stumbled through the brambles of 'adolescing' professionally in public to suddenly find i'm an 'elder' -- 498605622158721024|Sun Aug 10 23:03:38 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal i have a personal challenge in that i expect loyalty to what might be an unfair degree, like, i want "my side" taken 498605521872879616|Sun Aug 10 23:03:14 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal -- true: if and only if those women are also committed to 'not talking shit' and minimizing harm, which makes convos careful 498605141650857985|Sun Aug 10 23:01:44 +0000 2014|@aanand well, it's totally fine (even necessary) to punch up, isn't it? but people in one's own community is more complicated 498604862419238912|Sun Aug 10 23:00:37 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal we are so exposed to each other. even having a community of women is new to me as of the last ~5 years. 498604554502823936|Sun Aug 10 22:59:24 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal -to mature and to gain respect in the end, and i do definitely think a lot about how to share that/pay forward 498604472202170368|Sun Aug 10 22:59:04 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal i had a lot of disadvantages, but i also created many of my own through my lack of self-awareness -- grateful i had the chance- 498604138016817153|Sun Aug 10 22:57:44 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal but MOSTLY the main thing i'm learning is i feel better about myself when i take the high road, maybe even because it's hard 498604027480129536|Sun Aug 10 22:57:18 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal i wrestle a lot: sometimes i feel full permission to be furious, other times i think 'well what about when i was troubled, too' 498603735866966016|Sun Aug 10 22:56:08 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal - be avoided in general and i wouldn't want a door shut on them. i struggled badly with putting my best self fwd once. 498603596368580612|Sun Aug 10 22:55:35 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal i mean, barring cases of someone being an actual abuser/predator i have a lot of sympathy even for people whom i think should - 498603493553627137|Sun Aug 10 22:55:11 +0000 2014|fiction is such a good cheat for self-expression. aaaand i've decided what to do with my next game-related short fiction piece! 498602823417081856|Sun Aug 10 22:52:31 +0000 2014|i suppose i'll just have to write characters that are willing to hurt others, as a cooling rod for the fact i'm basically not 498602495271505922|Sun Aug 10 22:51:13 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal - and nobody including myself/my respect for myself is harmed 498602444180717569|Sun Aug 10 22:51:00 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal at the very least i hope i can choose the right confidants and establish healthy contexts in which it is 'ok' to talk shit - 498602204505595904|Sun Aug 10 22:50:03 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal in all honesty i am uncomfortable with the idea that i must never use angry words, ever, but. still thinking carefully. 498601598785163265|Sun Aug 10 22:47:39 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal but i spent most of my life really not liking myself and learning this type of kindness/generosity is helping me do that so 498601449786712065|Sun Aug 10 22:47:03 +0000 2014|@Spacekatgal most of all i find when i examine the source of my urge to be cruel with words i learn something about myself 498601197784555520|Sun Aug 10 22:46:03 +0000 2014|but i am sorry to deprive the world of how good i am at really sharp insults *deep sigh, seals virulent power orb in vault* 498601039843823616|Sun Aug 10 22:45:26 +0000 2014|for the past year or two i've conscientiously worked to become someone who does not say vicious things about other people 498594614384005121|Sun Aug 10 22:19:54 +0000 2014|RT @CKinniburgh: Sitting in my parents’ kitchen reading @leighalexander’s Breathing Machine and chatting about my own early years. http://t… 498587733531430912|Sun Aug 10 21:52:33 +0000 2014|@deirdrakiai really glad to know someone named COMRADE SQUINKY <3 498580154378387456|Sun Aug 10 21:22:26 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge DISCO FRIES were totally always a thing. I think they are what we do to canadian poutine, actually 498577267556364288|Sun Aug 10 21:10:58 +0000 2014|@Quinns108 @Nelsormensch @rich_lem @Gatorwah why wait til i'm away? i liked it when i had it.. 498574782489985024|Sun Aug 10 21:01:05 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: hello everyone i am looking for a speaking/facilitation gig in nyc for mid-late september, get in touch if you wanna have me d… 498574436648644608|Sun Aug 10 20:59:43 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl my heart is just shaped like a beating dominos pizza tracker 498574070376841216|Sun Aug 10 20:58:16 +0000 2014|@Chupacaubrey @GravityPixel how can you only eat a tiny bit at a time? it's rock hard and COLLAPSES like an evil stone bomb into your mouth 498573876495151107|Sun Aug 10 20:57:29 +0000 2014|RT @viceview51: Are multiplayer games really all that social? http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/01/what-would-social-video-games-look-like-gamers via @guardian by @leighalexander 498572794725421056|Sun Aug 10 20:53:11 +0000 2014|@freakingmuse I WANT TO GO HOme 498572596330643456|Sun Aug 10 20:52:24 +0000 2014|@Brock_toon no, i like those 498571881990324224|Sun Aug 10 20:49:34 +0000 2014|@Chupacaubrey for real almost spat it into someone's abandoned room service tray in the hall that's how much discomfort i was experiencing 498571580075954176|Sun Aug 10 20:48:22 +0000 2014|@Chupacaubrey desperately swiping my card key urgently rushing to get in my room and spit it out 498569959996674049|Sun Aug 10 20:41:56 +0000 2014|@brandonnn i mean, i'm basically thinking it must be 498569869022208001|Sun Aug 10 20:41:34 +0000 2014|@scd right 498569642487869440|Sun Aug 10 20:40:40 +0000 2014|@Chupacaubrey AUBREY WHAT TH HEL WAS THAT PTHTHEHELP 498569512477024257|Sun Aug 10 20:40:09 +0000 2014|Found myself in elevator riding up slowly while this vile thing exploded on my tongue and I'd nowhere to spit it. Phoenix was playing 498569108884307969|Sun Aug 10 20:38:33 +0000 2014|Tip I learned in Cologne: do not EVER put one of these in your mouth. http://instagram.com/p/riA2JaMDAE/ 498515495872892928|Sun Aug 10 17:05:30 +0000 2014|@blurrygil thanks! 498515445570613248|Sun Aug 10 17:05:18 +0000 2014|RT @AtheneAllen: I listened to @leighalexander's account of her month as an assassin and it's better than any asscreed game http://t.co/4oc… 498512934243680256|Sun Aug 10 16:55:20 +0000 2014|@NicholasFerezin thank you. i hope you enjoy it! 498510517066285057|Sun Aug 10 16:45:43 +0000 2014|@nmeunier thank you for your support! I hope you like the book! 498509822158184448|Sun Aug 10 16:42:58 +0000 2014|@RaygunGoth I had the same issue 498509791434919937|Sun Aug 10 16:42:50 +0000 2014|@ETPC1 thank you! 498509467135533056|Sun Aug 10 16:41:33 +0000 2014|@sokareemie my bedroom is a PICTURE of a bedroom painted on a low plywood wall 498509376026861568|Sun Aug 10 16:41:11 +0000 2014|@mnemosynekurai thank you! 498508847833956352|Sun Aug 10 16:39:05 +0000 2014|@sokareemie 'hey everybody check my mansion that i got with my JOB' *everyone oohs and ahhs* *2D mansion facade languidly falls flat* 498508094390149120|Sun Aug 10 16:36:06 +0000 2014|RT @SamMaggs: Books are rad, but they're better when they're written by ladies about video games. Pick up @leighalexander's here: https://t… 498507961283903489|Sun Aug 10 16:35:34 +0000 2014|@SamMaggs i really really hope you enjoy! 498507709474680833|Sun Aug 10 16:34:34 +0000 2014|@SamMaggs <3 <3 !! thank you! 498507681117003777|Sun Aug 10 16:34:27 +0000 2014|@sokareemie i probably have never read even one thing about digital photographic exhibitions 498507177209106433|Sun Aug 10 16:32:27 +0000 2014|@sokareemie <3 <3 <3 thank you i hope you like it 498505164970803200|Sun Aug 10 16:24:27 +0000 2014|RT @earlymoderndude: Genuinely terrific piece here by @leighalexander on being a water-pistol bearing assassin in a real-life game: http://… 498501360313450497|Sun Aug 10 16:09:20 +0000 2014|@uglymachine WHERE IS THIS 498497821826617344|Sun Aug 10 15:55:17 +0000 2014|@maura i don't even remember what her opinions on music were. like probably i didn't even notice at the time 498496748781068288|Sun Aug 10 15:51:01 +0000 2014|@jaimewoo GETTING ON A PLANE QUICKLY WHERE ARE YOU 498490337095344128|Sun Aug 10 15:25:32 +0000 2014|@reverendanthony @paullicino @RaveofRavendale you could FINALLY crack that NR solo experience design 498488566650249216|Sun Aug 10 15:18:30 +0000 2014|@hudcrab haha, we'll see 498486116501446656|Sun Aug 10 15:08:46 +0000 2014|@hudcrab aw, it was super nice meeting you! looking forward to more of your perspectives on VR! 498483734702997504|Sun Aug 10 14:59:18 +0000 2014|@Laauwen @agencyforgames @steishere no, but we're looking to meet devs who could use our services! ping team@agency.com & tell us about you! 498482317753868288|Sun Aug 10 14:53:40 +0000 2014|@mcclure111 i just feel like youre supposed to floss BEFORE bed 498479006589915136|Sun Aug 10 14:40:31 +0000 2014|any time i don't bring a swimsuit there is a pool in my hotel. any time i bring a swimsuit there is not a pool. pool-erasing swimsuit 498478762326228992|Sun Aug 10 14:39:32 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz @CategoryVG agh, i cannot again, as i'm in cologne :((( thank you for keeping me in mind! one of these days! 498475714099023872|Sun Aug 10 14:27:26 +0000 2014|@tha_rami @MsMinotaur i will NOT miss it 498472036482961408|Sun Aug 10 14:12:49 +0000 2014|@fullbright @hentaiphd v creepy taking pics of nina's sweet ride w/o her permission 498466436940308480|Sun Aug 10 13:50:34 +0000 2014|I mean, it would be good if IN ADDITION to wanting to know what we're up to you also wanted to hear about how we could work together but HEY 498466290479398912|Sun Aug 10 13:49:59 +0000 2014|I've arrived in Cologne for GDC/Gamescom! Ping me if you'd like to meet @agencyforgames this week and learn what @steishere and I are up to 498465771358785536|Sun Aug 10 13:47:55 +0000 2014|@Oddessy another time! 498462534866046976|Sun Aug 10 13:35:03 +0000 2014|RT @Karl_Meyer: .@leighalexander's plan to create sustainable video game writing starts with her brilliant book Clipping Through http://t.c… 498412167168008192|Sun Aug 10 10:14:55 +0000 2014|@helfitzgerald this coming weekend eeeee 498411265979867137|Sun Aug 10 10:11:20 +0000 2014|@helfitzgerald I am back from cologne on Thursday incidentally can we do idyllic shit when I come back 498407490938499072|Sun Aug 10 09:56:20 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze eeeeeee can it be 100% a reference 498406427640492032|Sun Aug 10 09:52:06 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno @mark_argent nothing can be at my funeral that I wouldn't want in my sex life & that includes mario kart 498403082251014144|Sun Aug 10 09:38:49 +0000 2014|At my funeral is a giant Bloody Mary. Each mourner solemnly places in: pickle. Caper. Olive. Lemon. Oyster. Leek. Sausage. Giant fried onion 498402698296049665|Sun Aug 10 09:37:17 +0000 2014|RT @wknoxwalker: @leighalexander at your funeral, somebody throws a stalk of celery on to your coffin. Everybody cries. 498402537108930561|Sun Aug 10 09:36:39 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz I would if I knew what those were 498402366404972545|Sun Aug 10 09:35:58 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno I like hearing you're happy. I'm super happy too inasmuch as I can be without going 'wtf nothing to fight against agghh' 498402055409901568|Sun Aug 10 09:34:44 +0000 2014|RT @yes_pancake_mix: White people be like "There's no such thing as white privilege" http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Buofw7qIcAEdZDY.png 498401873779769345|Sun Aug 10 09:34:01 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno oh yeah you're in CPH because you were in malmo right? I just did that same journey a month or so ago 498401371570573312|Sun Aug 10 09:32:01 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno where is yours? 498401333251440640|Sun Aug 10 09:31:52 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno gatwick. Not pretty but convenient, surprisingly, like, easier to deal with than heathrow. It's raining and too cold in restaurant 498401059745071104|Sun Aug 10 09:30:47 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell I don't need to get there today, I could hang out at duty free til tomorrow, convince them to install a disco light 498400894309134337|Sun Aug 10 09:30:07 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno by which I mean they brought me a glass of vodka and then bottles of tomato, Worcestershire & Tabasco & I had to make my own 498400723609321473|Sun Aug 10 09:29:27 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno yeah no I got a coffee a French onion soup a sausage baguette and a make your own Bloody Mary 498400567925153792|Sun Aug 10 09:28:49 +0000 2014|@ObiCynKenobi @tha_rami thank you :) it's nice to be spoken kindly of! 498400444398702592|Sun Aug 10 09:28:20 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell I'm there now it's a party 498399843120066560|Sun Aug 10 09:25:57 +0000 2014|I hope I die doing what I love: drinking bloody marys in an airport 498399428387278848|Sun Aug 10 09:24:18 +0000 2014|@paullicino @reverendanthony OH SHIT I knew I forgot something I forgot my decks (cc @RaveofRavendale) ahhh 498398845068648448|Sun Aug 10 09:21:59 +0000 2014|Dream sequence: I never leave duty free at all, instead cruising counter to counter becoming ever more fashionable, friends w staff, etc 498398299570049024|Sun Aug 10 09:19:49 +0000 2014|Film sequence: I enter airport duty free at one end, stroll out other side wearing mac makeup, Chanel perfume, having had 3 shots of gin 498388550073999360|Sun Aug 10 08:41:04 +0000 2014|RT @bluntswdad: operator: what is your emergency? woman: please help, some men broke into my home operator: not all men are like that, i wo… 498380181590245376|Sun Aug 10 08:07:49 +0000 2014|@leigh_books hey now 498378427955957760|Sun Aug 10 08:00:51 +0000 2014|I'd like to have one trip to the airport in my life that doesn't involve someone loudly trying out all the iPhone ringtones in succession 498377166221234176|Sun Aug 10 07:55:50 +0000 2014|@reverendanthony I've never been there before and I don't like beer or meat either. Or video games hm 498373799503740928|Sun Aug 10 07:42:27 +0000 2014|@hunktears I would like to but I'm stuck in a line because of people confused by ticket dispensers 498373358338449408|Sun Aug 10 07:40:42 +0000 2014|@hunktears y 498373252860084224|Sun Aug 10 07:40:17 +0000 2014|Every time the queue for an ATM is slow I wonder if the user thinks it is a supercomputer and not a cash dispenser 498370924333506560|Sun Aug 10 07:31:02 +0000 2014|RT @ErrorJustin: At home tonight? Curl up with @inkleStudios' interactive fiction game 80 Days: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/80-days/id892812659?mt=8. You'll thank me. 498370826430078976|Sun Aug 10 07:30:38 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice like haibane renmei or kuragehime imo maybe welcome to the nhk 498266723003662336|Sun Aug 10 00:36:58 +0000 2014|RT @MammonMachine: I'm excited to read @leighalexander's new book and equally excited for her plan to create sustainable games writing http… 498266651310436353|Sun Aug 10 00:36:41 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine thank you that means tons xoxo 498215790462914560|Sat Aug 09 21:14:35 +0000 2014|@HeyAnnieMok means a lot to me to know that! will advise when i know what i'm actually making 498215344662904832|Sat Aug 09 21:12:49 +0000 2014|@ifbywhiskey wendys has better fries even 498175606430130176|Sat Aug 09 18:34:54 +0000 2014|@sparkymonster crying a little bit about it ha ha 498175521482883072|Sat Aug 09 18:34:34 +0000 2014|@HeyAnnieMok !! i had thought of you, actually. not sure yet what the project will be, but i am keeping you in mind! 498174864713613312|Sat Aug 09 18:31:58 +0000 2014|@ArtThouBored yeah same imo 498174570286047232|Sat Aug 09 18:30:47 +0000 2014|@Papapishu TOTAL REBELS imo 498174025534013441|Sat Aug 09 18:28:37 +0000 2014|@KimBoekbinder imagine fighting for a country that won't even let you marry someone you meet in the war because of race 498173930071670784|Sat Aug 09 18:28:15 +0000 2014|@KimBoekbinder grandma was french, so that's where they were, wwii etc. unsure what difficulties they had, but they weren't in usa at least 498173297243459584|Sat Aug 09 18:25:44 +0000 2014|@dreyesceron geez 498172564255285248|Sat Aug 09 18:22:49 +0000 2014|@realedc30 dunno, they were in france! 498170795324370944|Sat Aug 09 18:15:47 +0000 2014|My cousin tells me the photo of my grandparents was taken over a decade before interracial marriage was legal in the US 498170167520919552|Sat Aug 09 18:13:18 +0000 2014|@mikepatterson11 France I assume 498169254123171840|Sat Aug 09 18:09:40 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata i feel really emotional seeing it! 498169061302603776|Sat Aug 09 18:08:54 +0000 2014|Amazing: My grandparents, 1949 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BunaHq3IEAAR0Zx.jpg 498167394964357120|Sat Aug 09 18:02:17 +0000 2014|@moustafachamli I am flattered to know that and will keep it in mind! 498166963206914048|Sat Aug 09 18:00:34 +0000 2014|Ooh, what if the next project could be a short story for $1 where I share revenue with an illustrator? EXCITING, I say 498166753533231104|Sat Aug 09 17:59:44 +0000 2014|It's exciting to know that self-publishing can lead to me being able to pay others even a little bit. Excited about the future. 498159972006772736|Sat Aug 09 17:32:47 +0000 2014|@Mundraubritter thank you very much! 498150189937745922|Sat Aug 09 16:53:55 +0000 2014|"mom how do i do percents" 498150144874147841|Sat Aug 09 16:53:44 +0000 2014|It looks like sales of my book will soon lead to royalties for cover artist @ellaguro. Now I need to call my mother and ask for math help 498148242614648832|Sat Aug 09 16:46:10 +0000 2014|@dangerbydesign2 i would just stay in hawaii tbh 498147674617815041|Sat Aug 09 16:43:55 +0000 2014|@willbrooker @sispurrier @kierongillen mr. belding 498147462176337920|Sat Aug 09 16:43:04 +0000 2014|RT @LiberryTom: "...to play Snake Eater very well feels like knitting, or making a web, as tidily as you can." - CLIPPING THROUGH by @leigh… 498141913959378945|Sat Aug 09 16:21:01 +0000 2014|@mokepoke thank you! glad you are enjoying ~ 498140093270720512|Sat Aug 09 16:13:47 +0000 2014|RT @simonflesser: Tove Jansson was born 100 years ago today. Her work continues to be inspiring to me, so this tribute is long overdue. htt… 498140013629300736|Sat Aug 09 16:13:28 +0000 2014|@tonymanhawkin i like that restaurant that has a fish-shaped sign near bryant park but it's hella expensive like everything else there 498139149770452994|Sat Aug 09 16:10:02 +0000 2014|@tonymanhawkin i recommend nothing in midtown, seriously 498139002185469952|Sat Aug 09 16:09:27 +0000 2014|@willbrooker @sispurrier @kierongillen kieron is the weird teacher who sits backward in his chair and says that nature is his classroom 498137499194372096|Sat Aug 09 16:03:29 +0000 2014|@ProfessorBucket @Quinns108 i think it drives quinns crazy when i do this 498137060562460675|Sat Aug 09 16:01:44 +0000 2014|@m_kopas hang out... perhaps compose some tweets... 498136668151746562|Sat Aug 09 16:00:11 +0000 2014|@m_kopas i will be pinging around the northeast a lot through the winter basically so maybe we can end up doing something fun 498136502376079360|Sat Aug 09 15:59:31 +0000 2014|@m_kopas oh sweet, i was kind of afraid i was boring that time... i will be back in... october? november? not quite sure 498135724169129984|Sat Aug 09 15:56:26 +0000 2014|@m_kopas seems like it's prime time all the time over there imo 498135630422237184|Sat Aug 09 15:56:03 +0000 2014|there are times i would consider buying a round trip ticket to NYC just so i can have the rosemary fries/chipotle mayo at cafe 983 498135424112791553|Sat Aug 09 15:55:14 +0000 2014|@DerrickClifton crinkled or not those fries are just subpar 498135204725522432|Sat Aug 09 15:54:22 +0000 2014|i've come to a difficult point in my life where i have to face an uncomfortable truth we all like to hide and it's shake shack isn't good 498134782455603200|Sat Aug 09 15:52:41 +0000 2014|@m_kopas every tweet today, merritt, damn 498133534738227200|Sat Aug 09 15:47:44 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell @KyleOrl i'm not saying i plan to take a few hours to go jogging along the rhine instead but i uh 498132893584355328|Sat Aug 09 15:45:11 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell @KyleOrl i too will try to enter!!! i am not predicting good result 498132149430919168|Sat Aug 09 15:42:13 +0000 2014|@bfod "DON'T have adventures" love, your bank 498131937404665856|Sat Aug 09 15:41:23 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd mine never faded properly it just became a gross salmon color :( :( oh well i was not meant for pink hair anyway 498131859440939009|Sat Aug 09 15:41:04 +0000 2014|of course, if you want to know what gdc is normally like for me, i did just write a book about it https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 498131750934302720|Sat Aug 09 15:40:38 +0000 2014|funny feeling to be 'getting ready for gdc' except i'm in london and gdc is in cologne. first time! 498131442388705280|Sat Aug 09 15:39:25 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd your hair is the perfect color now too 498114993238597632|Sat Aug 09 14:34:03 +0000 2014|RT @Sabrepulse: uploaded some stuff you might've heard on soundcloud. not a proper release but fun! 20 tracks (1 hour) >>>>> http://t.co/VN… 498111727033417728|Sat Aug 09 14:21:04 +0000 2014|the 'smile, b*tch' training camp: so that your frown never ruins some dude's day again http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/08/08/3469410/smile-bitch-training-camp/ 498108556194111488|Sat Aug 09 14:08:28 +0000 2014|RT @twistedloaf: Happy Birthday to Tove Janson born 100yrs ago today. "Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine." http:/… 498108479924862976|Sat Aug 09 14:08:10 +0000 2014|@Golwar @TheWesterFront i don't think that works for americans : ( 498108111572717568|Sat Aug 09 14:06:42 +0000 2014|@TheWesterFront it totally is. doesn't mean i will not get lost trying to go 2 blocks though 498107534889472000|Sat Aug 09 14:04:25 +0000 2014|@TheWesterFront apparently there is a train that is more affordable. i don't have a crown in my picture for a reason, Fred! 498107101122936833|Sat Aug 09 14:02:41 +0000 2014|@TheFatConsoler bless you! 498104841689116672|Sat Aug 09 13:53:43 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge there's like, a bunch of nice restaurants and bars underneath it that i've never been to 498104177344905216|Sat Aug 09 13:51:04 +0000 2014|RT @taleoftales: Gabriel Ortega just moved into his new penthouse. He enjoys watching the #Sunset over San Bavón. #screenshotsaturday http:… 498091950416101377|Sat Aug 09 13:02:29 +0000 2014|@McKelvie and now you broadcast this on twitter to cover up for the fact your non-attendance was simply petty revenge 498089444835336192|Sat Aug 09 12:52:32 +0000 2014|@notquitereal ahahahahah perf 498088555659657216|Sat Aug 09 12:49:00 +0000 2014|@notquitereal i kind of like it there, sometimes i'm just walking through sunny miles of liquor and perfume bottles 498083772114665472|Sat Aug 09 12:29:59 +0000 2014|RT @leigh_books: For your Sunday pleasure -- a meditative stroll through the halls of the videogame characters i was attracted to as an ado… 498083695127822336|Sat Aug 09 12:29:41 +0000 2014|@D_Nye_Griffiths @taleoftales @9W_vgculture just kind of sigh heavily and walk out of the session with obvious disdain imo 498083216549761024|Sat Aug 09 12:27:47 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge sorry i'm just going to be vicariously overenthusiastic about your trip to NY 498083161545646080|Sat Aug 09 12:27:34 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge go on the High Line at sunset ~ http://www.thehighline.org/ 498082478574538752|Sat Aug 09 12:24:51 +0000 2014|@_RandomJ_ i'm listening 498079330640351232|Sat Aug 09 12:12:20 +0000 2014|RT @ReallyFlibberdy: What a great idea to let excellent journalists like @leighalexander support themselves http://leighalexander.net/clippingthrough/ 498078396103290883|Sat Aug 09 12:08:38 +0000 2014|sometimes I prefer talking by IM so much that I IM my boyfriend even when we are five feet apart in the same room 498072206027792384|Sat Aug 09 11:44:02 +0000 2014|@TLT_sammich YES. desperately hoping for positive review from cat. Thank you! 498063540931284992|Sat Aug 09 11:09:36 +0000 2014|Buying my books lets you make a donation to my continued existence in games if you WANT to, but it also lets you just buy a book. Easy. 498063359573762048|Sat Aug 09 11:08:53 +0000 2014|Weekend friends! Can I interest you in a NEW CONTENT PLAN? No? Um how about a cool little book I just wrote then? http://leighalexander.net/clippingthrough/ 498062133666787328|Sat Aug 09 11:04:00 +0000 2014|@scanters ugh rude 498059765529210880|Sat Aug 09 10:54:36 +0000 2014|@scanters bet the unborn baby is shit at doing the washing up 498059496691089408|Sat Aug 09 10:53:32 +0000 2014|"I'm allowed to say Sherlock Holmes is a prick because I'm a Londoner" -- @Quinns108 498059401107079168|Sat Aug 09 10:53:09 +0000 2014|Cracking up at this video of @Quinns108 reviewing my actual favorite, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/review-sherlock-holmes-consulting-detective/ 498050432380706816|Sat Aug 09 10:17:31 +0000 2014|Thoughtful and kind review of my new book, Clipping Through, by @WingZero351. Thanks for reading it, Brian! http://tay.kotaku.com/clipping-through-one-mad-week-in-video-games-the-tay-r-1618557485?rev=1407545468516 498049944381825024|Sat Aug 09 10:15:34 +0000 2014|@CritComposer honored! Thanks!! 498047874035617792|Sat Aug 09 10:07:21 +0000 2014|RT @ldodds: Really enjoyed this @leighalexander account of playing street wars :) http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/222713/Watergun_assassin_The_grand_game_story_of_Street_Wars.php 497900060773220352|Sat Aug 09 00:19:59 +0000 2014|@solidfog "stressful" "loud" "inhumane" "stunning" 497899678437220352|Sat Aug 09 00:18:28 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze apparently they are helpful not harmful but twin peaks was on and a giant black shadow shot across the living room floor & NOPE 497899232641417216|Sat Aug 09 00:16:42 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze DMed 497898535413899264|Sat Aug 09 00:13:56 +0000 2014|@10rdBen @kirkhamilton in austalia the spiders are size of koala bear mate :))))))) 497898327024103424|Sat Aug 09 00:13:06 +0000 2014|I will delete the picture of the Giant House Spider (thanks @samojoh) to avoid further upsetting spider-fearful and spider-lovers alike 497898013365661696|Sat Aug 09 00:11:51 +0000 2014|@samojoh YEP THAT WAS HIM 497892014219087873|Fri Aug 08 23:48:01 +0000 2014|@jennatar @esdin tell him to calm down and get to helping catalog this monster 497890723174563840|Fri Aug 08 23:42:53 +0000 2014|Update: he rubbed off all the foam but we found him again and crushed him with a beer bottle. Depressing end to his superhero origin story 497890403673456642|Fri Aug 08 23:41:37 +0000 2014|There was the BIGGEST spider I'd ever seen, we sprayed it with carpet foam and it turned white and limped away. It will die, right? Right? 497881735879995392|Fri Aug 08 23:07:10 +0000 2014|RT @metasynthie: magical girl transformation: the next generation http://twitter.com/metasynthie/status/497869872001732608/photo/1 497881445160206338|Fri Aug 08 23:06:01 +0000 2014|@PennyRed hi we miss you glad you're having fun x 497880514830012416|Fri Aug 08 23:02:19 +0000 2014|@DeMarko ok so then there are 2 more but still 497880380318679040|Fri Aug 08 23:01:47 +0000 2014|@DeMarko I mean the downside for most NBN is you JUST have to steal the astro and it's like you kneecapped them 497880152660254720|Fri Aug 08 23:00:53 +0000 2014|@DeMarko idk I feel like in context astro isn't any more bullshit than any other faction's main gimmicks (but it should be the only 3/2) 497879509388230656|Fri Aug 08 22:58:19 +0000 2014|@DeMarko WE DESERVE IT ITS OUR THING 497877851472142336|Fri Aug 08 22:51:44 +0000 2014|RT @Roland_US: RT @CyberNoise: Happy 808 day everyone @Roland_UK @Roland_US @thegyptianlover http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bui6WpXCcAAP3SK.jpg 497864154758516736|Fri Aug 08 21:57:19 +0000 2014|@brandonnn I think he's just trying to be a contrarian 497864046176378880|Fri Aug 08 21:56:53 +0000 2014|@keefstuart he says he doesn't like her, but it's only because I told him he WOULD. CONTRARIAN 497849957974810625|Fri Aug 08 21:00:54 +0000 2014|Watching Twin Peaks with bf. It's his first time. As of episode one he has declared that James Hurley is his favorite. Help what do I do 497823194745933824|Fri Aug 08 19:14:33 +0000 2014|RT @numberless: Share a Coke with Bort 497822035314483200|Fri Aug 08 19:09:56 +0000 2014|@Majiesto I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! Thank you! 497818690218631168|Fri Aug 08 18:56:39 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman don't encourage her 497818323221225473|Fri Aug 08 18:55:11 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman wow really! she was never that bossy with old zelda. looks like someone has become a spoiled princess 497817923755720704|Fri Aug 08 18:53:36 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman lookit her little curled paws it looks like she wants to hold hands 497817431868702720|Fri Aug 08 18:51:39 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman i feel glad every day she is with such loving people and has such a beautiful happy home aaaaa 497817261282193408|Fri Aug 08 18:50:58 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman oh my gosh thank you i miss her so much lil yardbird 497816708892340225|Fri Aug 08 18:48:47 +0000 2014|@sloanesloane aw rad thanks for listening to it <3 497816356331749377|Fri Aug 08 18:47:22 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman just like her mom imo 497811390502281216|Fri Aug 08 18:27:39 +0000 2014|@BrothaDom yeah i mean it's kind of a 'how do you not', i'm casually into ye 497808855569821696|Fri Aug 08 18:17:34 +0000 2014|New Weyes Blood. Oh my god this rules http://t.thisismyjam.com/leighalexander/_8rgl4wx 497807265756643328|Fri Aug 08 18:11:15 +0000 2014|@DanielZarick workin' on it! Thank you very much! 497807168805306368|Fri Aug 08 18:10:52 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice @devilherdue one doesn't REALLY need to go to manhattan anyway, I only went if I HAD to 497805052279812096|Fri Aug 08 18:02:27 +0000 2014|@devilherdue @xMattieBrice i lived in ridgewood and i just loved it so so much, i loved my neighbors, it was quiet 497804599039115264|Fri Aug 08 18:00:39 +0000 2014|@xMattieBrice @devilherdue if you're gonna live in a brutal and heartbreakingly expensive city, NY will do so, so much more for you than SF 497803829673725952|Fri Aug 08 17:57:36 +0000 2014|@devilherdue @xMattieBrice got very lucky with my landlord in bk as he was close with the friends who passed the apt on to me. 497803460285571073|Fri Aug 08 17:56:08 +0000 2014|@devilherdue @xMattieBrice @embereye @WadjetEyeGames (but yeah, you wanna move in with roommates in BK/QNS & sublet ideally) 497803392719532033|Fri Aug 08 17:55:52 +0000 2014|@devilherdue @xMattieBrice @embereye @WadjetEyeGames in S. Wburg?!?! When was that? I've always needed a guarantor in NY 497792067536691200|Fri Aug 08 17:10:52 +0000 2014|@JacePro yes?!?!? 497788643831193602|Fri Aug 08 16:57:15 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective is worth buying even if you don't do board games. http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/review-sherlock-holmes-consulting-detective/ 497787470361427968|Fri Aug 08 16:52:36 +0000 2014|@m_kopas & OMG w your hair too 497787191712817152|Fri Aug 08 16:51:29 +0000 2014|@elenielstorm @acosmos ya rlly cute good job 497787054110298112|Fri Aug 08 16:50:56 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly well me too but that was like a whole couple years ago 497786970740097024|Fri Aug 08 16:50:36 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen @alexhern I CONCEDE. I'll be back from cologne by next weekend AND my better half will be gone so I can be ALL worst half 497786653143203840|Fri Aug 08 16:49:21 +0000 2014|@hayleycampbelly I'm going to rewatch all of twin peaks because I got the blu ray but I mean it's never a bad time for that 497786159981166592|Fri Aug 08 16:47:23 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen I always win when I fight with you because it ends up with you threatening to make me the best drinks 497786043287216129|Fri Aug 08 16:46:55 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen @fubarpops @alexhern I only had a lagerita to be polite I prefer micheladas 497785613865988096|Fri Aug 08 16:45:13 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen @alexhern not convinced England even knows what bloody marys are tbh I have seen nothing to suggest it #shade #challenge 497785313138573313|Fri Aug 08 16:44:01 +0000 2014|@jersing as a good feminist I have to be careful with my powers of shade or else I plunge whole nations into darkness smh #hardlife 497785034129301504|Fri Aug 08 16:42:55 +0000 2014|@jersing hmm but can u imagine all hir friends there lookin at u like 'mm sad' like hell no 497784866378092544|Fri Aug 08 16:42:15 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen @alexhern sorry but yes 497784695326015489|Fri Aug 08 16:41:34 +0000 2014|@stvgskll thanks for your support x 497784586538328064|Fri Aug 08 16:41:08 +0000 2014|@jersing scaly-ass basic nemesis 497784561989091328|Fri Aug 08 16:41:02 +0000 2014|@jersing I would not fake my death bc it would give the nemesis a brief period of happiness which is more than that basic deserves 497784297567559680|Fri Aug 08 16:39:59 +0000 2014|@selmaleh excus me it is a BETTA FISH a fighting fish 497783875083714560|Fri Aug 08 16:38:18 +0000 2014|Thanks for buying Clipping Through. The possibility of paying royalties to artist @ellaguro is in view https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 497782837475819520|Fri Aug 08 16:34:11 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman I think Eurovision really appeals to robots tho 497782260717080576|Fri Aug 08 16:31:53 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman like once a minute for the whole time 497779366789914624|Fri Aug 08 16:20:24 +0000 2014|RT @EvilKimau: Just finished the short personal adventure though GDC by @leighalexander a snapshot of a different life, well told https://t… 497779207523799040|Fri Aug 08 16:19:46 +0000 2014|@bofin that makes me so glad to hear. Thanks for your support. 497776050173378560|Fri Aug 08 16:07:13 +0000 2014|@sarahovenall thank you! I hope you enjoy the book (and your lunch)! 497773066311974912|Fri Aug 08 15:55:21 +0000 2014|As much so that you don't miss anything as so that I don't forget 497772969612300288|Fri Aug 08 15:54:58 +0000 2014|From now on, BTW, http://leighalexander.net will feature a 'digest' every monday of my latest work, favorite new games, and cool work by others 497772867397099521|Fri Aug 08 15:54:34 +0000 2014|I have had a week so productive I feel shaken, as if by a hurricane. Tonight I just want to drink EVERYTHING & watch my new Twin Peaks BR 497763453638311936|Fri Aug 08 15:17:10 +0000 2014|RT @paullicino: The lovely Gav Murphy made a video about SU&SD to be shown at the Eurogamer Expo later this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggn6x8oZKo0 497743265534595072|Fri Aug 08 13:56:56 +0000 2014|RT @frankcifaldi: Glad @leighalexander stepped up to express that, yes, writing about games as a traditional "job" is definitely dying. htt… 497742990753153024|Fri Aug 08 13:55:51 +0000 2014|@SpiltMilkStudio @agencyforgames @steishere in meetings now, but ping in a bit! 497742833395462144|Fri Aug 08 13:55:13 +0000 2014|@SpiltMilkStudio @agencyforgames @steishere excuse to hang out? definitely. where should i email? 497742672812339201|Fri Aug 08 13:54:35 +0000 2014|If you want to meet and learn about @agencyforgames, our consulting project, @steishere and I will be at #GDCE/#gamescom2014. Get in touch! 497742493191245825|Fri Aug 08 13:53:52 +0000 2014|@EvilKimau well, i hope you do write someday. the more perspectives, the better. 497741205858705410|Fri Aug 08 13:48:45 +0000 2014|@EvilKimau glad you liked it! 497736693446115328|Fri Aug 08 13:30:49 +0000 2014|@AdventureMtn I will! Thanks very much for your support. 497733357732917248|Fri Aug 08 13:17:34 +0000 2014|@papierhache this so much 497729423391879168|Fri Aug 08 13:01:56 +0000 2014|@ariayko simple: you just forget people constantly and watch them become upset/assume you don't like them/assume you're not smart etc 497729246727790594|Fri Aug 08 13:01:14 +0000 2014|RT @ariayko: I love how people-centric @leighalexander 's ebook is. Also, I'm always amazed how people can live & work meeting people that … 497727737864650752|Fri Aug 08 12:55:14 +0000 2014|@lebkin thank you! 497710818369490944|Fri Aug 08 11:48:00 +0000 2014|@kezamacdonald I suppose I could have checked that part 497710752816701440|Fri Aug 08 11:47:45 +0000 2014|@raphkoster here but swamped, cologne this weekend :( 497710637863411712|Fri Aug 08 11:47:17 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive xoxoxo who is the best person omg it's you xoxo 497710536814231552|Fri Aug 08 11:46:53 +0000 2014|RT @PageFortyFive: Here @leighalexander identifies graphic novel SNOWPIERCER (http://www.page45.com/store/Snowpiercer-vol-1-The-Escape-hc.html) as an archetypal games structure: htt… 497710488470687744|Fri Aug 08 11:46:42 +0000 2014|@SeanTheBaptiste YES 497710459827802112|Fri Aug 08 11:46:35 +0000 2014|@chartier thank you so much x 497710420720107520|Fri Aug 08 11:46:25 +0000 2014|RT @The_B: Read @leighalexander's book before bed, did "one more chapter" thing. Ended up finishing it: https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU http://t.co… 497699919965470720|Fri Aug 08 11:04:42 +0000 2014|@kezamacdonald this lil darlin was my sole companion for at least a year http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-One-Netbook-Sapphire/dp/B001BZ9234 497695408467243009|Fri Aug 08 10:46:46 +0000 2014|@auritech thank you! i hope you enjoy it! 497692596907831296|Fri Aug 08 10:35:36 +0000 2014|@codejill thank you! I am horrible at coming up with titles so I owe @Quinns108 for it 497687546256965632|Fri Aug 08 10:15:32 +0000 2014|selling small books & collaborating with/paying others is my plan for sustainable content, so i'd love if you'd support me with a purchase 497687133017366528|Fri Aug 08 10:13:53 +0000 2014|I wrote a book about wild intense times living and working in games. learn more about it: http://leighalexander.net/clippingthrough/ 497682583095115776|Fri Aug 08 09:55:48 +0000 2014|@georgbacker for a second i thought you meant your panel was on correct trains 497672851085070337|Fri Aug 08 09:17:08 +0000 2014|RT @lightnarcissus: So, @leighalexander's new book is out now but the model she describes for freelance game critics is very interesting ht… 497672780662714368|Fri Aug 08 09:16:51 +0000 2014|@allenmmurray glad you like it! 497672741789921280|Fri Aug 08 09:16:42 +0000 2014|@word_process ah, I'm glad to hear it! 497672639968985088|Fri Aug 08 09:16:18 +0000 2014|@soundslikepeach thank you! 497671230045310978|Fri Aug 08 09:10:42 +0000 2014|RT @Tino_Hahn: Read "Clipping Through: One Mad Week in Video Games" from @leighalexander first and prepare for gamescom later: https://t… 497669520866422784|Fri Aug 08 09:03:54 +0000 2014|RT @MommysBestGames: Care about video games or mature game writing? See here thoughts from @leighalexander and her new book: http://t.co/1P… 497533316544073730|Fri Aug 08 00:02:41 +0000 2014|RT @kfan: Don't forget: @leighalexander released a new book today which you should DEFINITELY get http://leighalexander.net/clippingthrough/ http://t.co/ypnwue… 497531971665670144|Thu Aug 07 23:57:20 +0000 2014|Anytime someone called me on it I would full-body ugly-cry #dreams 497531626839347202|Thu Aug 07 23:55:58 +0000 2014|I would give anything to have Laura Palmer's mother's avocado Bakelite telephone, tbh #TwinPeaks 497531111472631808|Thu Aug 07 23:53:55 +0000 2014|@rich_lem thank you, Richard! Hope you enjoy the bit about you :3 497531009462992896|Thu Aug 07 23:53:31 +0000 2014|RT @rich_lem: Just found out about Clipping Through: One Mad Week In Video Games, a book by @leighalexander. Can't wait to read: https://t.… 497501198057226243|Thu Aug 07 21:55:03 +0000 2014|@HiFiHair when I was a little girl I had an english coloring book and I went through and irritably corrected every 'misspelling' of 'color' 497495595310133249|Thu Aug 07 21:32:47 +0000 2014|can we just talk about tidus for a second http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/219588/Lets_revisit_Final_Fantasy_X_Anyone.php 497494537720569856|Thu Aug 07 21:28:35 +0000 2014|Can't believe Kimahri's prize for settling his grudge with his kinsmen was A SHIELD FOR TIDUS this is such bs 497488728752136192|Thu Aug 07 21:05:30 +0000 2014|@stgwi No, I'm sorry -- that was the easiest way to bundle the many formats together. 497487783590912002|Thu Aug 07 21:01:45 +0000 2014|@russpitts thank you! 497485137656172544|Thu Aug 07 20:51:14 +0000 2014|Hi evening crowd/west coast! You can support my writing (and help me pay it forward) by buying my HARROWING new ebook http://leighalexander.net/clippingthrough/ 497484362381000704|Thu Aug 07 20:48:09 +0000 2014|RT @komiga: This piece on Street Wars by @leighalexander is glorious. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/222713/Watergun_assassin_The_grand_game_story_of_Street_Wars.php 497479224027279361|Thu Aug 07 20:27:44 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @ibogost they found you it's too late run while you can 497474794401828864|Thu Aug 07 20:10:08 +0000 2014|@DISTACTION it would be annoying if they kept on being like "DEAR VAPORWAVE GRANDFATHER" 497474357829312512|Thu Aug 07 20:08:24 +0000 2014|@ellaguro @tinysubversions i'm so proud you were willing to contribute stuff 497474278313693184|Thu Aug 07 20:08:05 +0000 2014|@MyanRarlow THANK YOU. I hope it's successful in part so that I can pay it forward to others 497470218462330881|Thu Aug 07 19:51:57 +0000 2014|@rob_haines thank you! I have to travel soon so I won't make @London_Geekfest, but hope everyone has fun! 497468158920650753|Thu Aug 07 19:43:46 +0000 2014|RT @agencyforgames: Both @leighalexander and @steishere will be at GDCE next week! Want to meet / find out how we can work together? team@a… 497467571831336960|Thu Aug 07 19:41:26 +0000 2014|RT @icystorm: tweeting again about how much i loved @leighalexander's piece on Street Wars http://gamasutra.com/view/news/222713/Watergun_assassin_The_grand_game_story_of_Street_Wars.php audio cast: http://t.co/u… 497467537303810048|Thu Aug 07 19:41:18 +0000 2014|@icystorm ah thanks so much! 497465034466152448|Thu Aug 07 19:31:21 +0000 2014|@GumroadHelp thanks for confirming! 497461731283959810|Thu Aug 07 19:18:13 +0000 2014|@benfritz @garywhitta central premise: whiny tantrum child with little inclination to share or tolerate discomfort must eventually learn 497461441612750848|Thu Aug 07 19:17:04 +0000 2014|i want some bad-ass goth bernice mai fanart where she has tons of data ravens perched on her and her computer #netrunner 497460905761054720|Thu Aug 07 19:14:56 +0000 2014|@benfritz @garywhitta i can't even believe caillou is a thing.i remember it from nannying my baby cousin 10 years ago & i wanted to kill him 497459303805370368|Thu Aug 07 19:08:35 +0000 2014|@benfritz oh god i'm sorry 497448260098088961|Thu Aug 07 18:24:42 +0000 2014|@DavidHDaw So glad you enjoyed it to recommend. Thank you! 497448218301837313|Thu Aug 07 18:24:32 +0000 2014|RT @DavidHDaw: I just finished reading the new @leighalexander book. Here is my twitter length review: Buy it here https://gum.co/aisCU … 497441585899245568|Thu Aug 07 17:58:10 +0000 2014|@twoscooters @rich_lem <333 497441130334924800|Thu Aug 07 17:56:22 +0000 2014|@ibogost I got that too. 497439755265904640|Thu Aug 07 17:50:54 +0000 2014|RT @Nelsormensch: .@leighalexander wrote a book about a week at a GDC and related things. It sounds rad and I'm stoked to read it! http://t… 497439469554122752|Thu Aug 07 17:49:46 +0000 2014|@Kotaku whoa that's like alternate timeline @THE_REAL_GOOCH on the right 497438144820953088|Thu Aug 07 17:44:30 +0000 2014|@YouDidItAll4Me thank you! 497434684255924224|Thu Aug 07 17:30:45 +0000 2014|@AmyDentata @johnnemann i got some detentions 497432877634969600|Thu Aug 07 17:23:34 +0000 2014|@johnnemann i STORMED OUT of my guidance counselor and smoked behind the school because it was the 90S, MAN 497430081837735939|Thu Aug 07 17:12:27 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @jculprit same 497427100560027649|Thu Aug 07 17:00:37 +0000 2014|RT @ckunzelman: Also she says that @leighalexander's picture on the Kickstarter page is necessary to live your "best life" http://t.co/NSuL… 497424569700192256|Thu Aug 07 16:50:33 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch -- 'how happy you are.' 497424545469710338|Thu Aug 07 16:50:28 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch ahhh i hope you like it! the story of our netrunner game was cut because of the editing advice 'no one wants to hear --' 497423802369081345|Thu Aug 07 16:47:30 +0000 2014|RT @kirkhamilton: @leighalexander also more srs, I always like when you talk about the video game “suits" and the ongoing fascination with … 497423350244061185|Thu Aug 07 16:45:43 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton honestly, the true detective song had been in there but i cut a lot bc all my frivolous happinesses were distracting 497422410501861378|Thu Aug 07 16:41:58 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton cant believe you already read it aaaaahaha 497421972503289858|Thu Aug 07 16:40:14 +0000 2014|RT @laevantine: Today @CousinDangereux made me snort BW3s-provided tapwater. http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/5-signs-dating-reddit-troll/ 497421309115400192|Thu Aug 07 16:37:36 +0000 2014|@jason_wilson eehee! yeah, it's... different! 497419393895526401|Thu Aug 07 16:29:59 +0000 2014|@jasonschreier i think @gumroad makes me as a seller choose between one or the other. sec, i'll email you 497418920320835585|Thu Aug 07 16:28:06 +0000 2014|@jason_wilson THANK YOU! 497418843263094785|Thu Aug 07 16:27:48 +0000 2014|@fullbright @saltyhorse I AM COMMITTED TO A STANDARD OF CUSTOMER SERVICE PLEASE STAND BY 497417764660064257|Thu Aug 07 16:23:31 +0000 2014|@fullbright @saltyhorse i didn't notice it until it was TOO LATE and now i cant change the product 497417636154982400|Thu Aug 07 16:23:00 +0000 2014|@christinelove youtube doubler night is in there... 497416186284736512|Thu Aug 07 16:17:15 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @patriciaxh lol i heard your dad got fired. i know this because my dad is involved in many high ups and secret actions at pok 497415974136852480|Thu Aug 07 16:16:24 +0000 2014|RT @fullbright: awesome: @leighalexander has a book out about her experiences traveling & writing about games: http://leighalexander.net/clippingthrough/ I'ma … 497415893098704896|Thu Aug 07 16:16:05 +0000 2014|@fullbright it says "crying to steve's about it" or something 497415787964301313|Thu Aug 07 16:15:40 +0000 2014|@fullbright fun fact: the only typo in it is to do with you lol 497414132833210369|Thu Aug 07 16:09:05 +0000 2014|@laura_hudson thank you laura thank you thank you thank you <33333 497414062054318081|Thu Aug 07 16:08:48 +0000 2014|@AlecDoYouMind @kierongillen ignore kieron he only likes games where men with giant mustaches are reorganising things 497413993502638080|Thu Aug 07 16:08:32 +0000 2014|@AlecDoYouMind @kierongillen oh god, i just exhaled noisily and got an adrenaline rush even remembering that 497413822018510848|Thu Aug 07 16:07:51 +0000 2014|@poprock @kierongillen yes, i think it has its heritage in a lot of my reporting at the time 497413729081126912|Thu Aug 07 16:07:29 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK @kierongillen even i don't care about bayonetta 2, though. 497413232882372608|Thu Aug 07 16:05:30 +0000 2014|@tom_hawking @ckunzelman beat u to this coveted position hawking 497412865213878272|Thu Aug 07 16:04:03 +0000 2014|@10rdBen are you on molly again 497412229407715328|Thu Aug 07 16:01:31 +0000 2014|@IceWaterGames glad no one was properly injured. thank you for your support; i hope you enjoy it! 497411615147700226|Thu Aug 07 15:59:05 +0000 2014|@stephentotilo thank you, stephen! 497410800202833920|Thu Aug 07 15:55:50 +0000 2014|@Hypnocrite extract the .mobi file from the zip provided at sale, email it to yourself, open it on iphone, it lets you 'send to kindle' :) 497408636709531648|Thu Aug 07 15:47:15 +0000 2014|@patrickklepek thank you! i hope so -- my goal is, i guess, to try to use some of my relative comfort to experiment 497407822192443392|Thu Aug 07 15:44:00 +0000 2014|@shl thank you! 497407306381139968|Thu Aug 07 15:41:57 +0000 2014|RT @couryc: @leighalexander I am singing the title of your book to the chorus of this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdTujLHFsSU 497407182586273792|Thu Aug 07 15:41:28 +0000 2014|@SeanTheBaptiste I... I think so!!! 497406382787006464|Thu Aug 07 15:38:17 +0000 2014|RT @alexhern: .@leighalexander would this be CLIPPING THROUGH, your new book, available for just $5 or pay-as-you-will at https://t.co/qEug… 497406198044700672|Thu Aug 07 15:37:33 +0000 2014|@alexhern INDEED, MR. HERN, HOW ATTENTIVE OF YOU <3 497405886210785280|Thu Aug 07 15:36:19 +0000 2014|@SeanTheBaptiste hope you enjoy, reaaaallly really hope <3 497405344365416448|Thu Aug 07 15:34:10 +0000 2014|Treating myself to a modest calamari caesar salad and some prosecco to celebrate launch of CLIPPING THROUGH today #meparty ! 497404895822372864|Thu Aug 07 15:32:23 +0000 2014|RT @thatkimparker: Only 71 hours left to get some sweet art by me AND help @ckunzelman's new game! (Now with bonus @leighalexander!!) http:… 497401793991950336|Thu Aug 07 15:20:03 +0000 2014|@davidsgallant literally all my dreams come true 497401336523407360|Thu Aug 07 15:18:14 +0000 2014|@RedSwirl nope! 497401287743664128|Thu Aug 07 15:18:02 +0000 2014|RT @ckunzelman: I'm very proud to announce @leighalexander as the official 1990s Consultant for Epanalepsis! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ckunzelman/epanalepsis-an-adventure-across-3-characters-and-6/posts/943631 497401181963300864|Thu Aug 07 15:17:37 +0000 2014|@AJ_Swan glad you're enjoying! Thank you! 497396583047397376|Thu Aug 07 14:59:21 +0000 2014|@ButteriMansecks thank you <3 497396208814796800|Thu Aug 07 14:57:52 +0000 2014|CLIPPING THROUGH's cover features the art of @ellaguro and the design of @Jam_sponge; @ellaguro also contributed a personal afterword 497395446030303233|Thu Aug 07 14:54:50 +0000 2014|@ButteriMansecks Yes, I think EPUB and PDF will both work on a Nook! 497394513481334785|Thu Aug 07 14:51:07 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow SOMEHOW I'LL MANAGE 497391803461820416|Thu Aug 07 14:40:21 +0000 2014|@Andyb0y Thank you so much for your generous support! I really hope it doesn't disappoint!! 497388122922319873|Thu Aug 07 14:25:44 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno OH. welp *sidles away tap-dancing* 497387969595342850|Thu Aug 07 14:25:07 +0000 2014|@cpioli64 the BEST people! 497387770609164288|Thu Aug 07 14:24:20 +0000 2014|@kfan oh rad, was that the one i was on with @manveerheir ? 497387702816628736|Thu Aug 07 14:24:04 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno (that was a semi-facetious answer, 'you can date many people' but you always have to be choosing one) 497387541486927872|Thu Aug 07 14:23:25 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno PERSONA 4 497387217023930368|Thu Aug 07 14:22:08 +0000 2014|@kfan thank you! 497386317303783424|Thu Aug 07 14:18:33 +0000 2014|@sjontofa your purchase does include a PDF and a DOCX you can read on a computer :D :D 497386000935825408|Thu Aug 07 14:17:18 +0000 2014|@dry_hugs @MrPope when I come back to MA in the winter will you guys karaoke with me 497385906865967104|Thu Aug 07 14:16:55 +0000 2014|@Atomic_Banana thank you! i hope you enjoy it! 497385852683968512|Thu Aug 07 14:16:42 +0000 2014|@MrPope ahhhhh thank you <33 i like having a career 497385493756379136|Thu Aug 07 14:15:17 +0000 2014|@garywhitta thank you very much! self-publishing a book is unexpectedly nerve-wracking. 497382460825821184|Thu Aug 07 14:03:14 +0000 2014|@thatzacdavis I appreciate the support of my audience so much. It's amazing. 497381869533822976|Thu Aug 07 14:00:53 +0000 2014|@Bizarro_Mike thank you so much! 497381841918492672|Thu Aug 07 14:00:46 +0000 2014|@SamitSarkar thank you tons <3 i hope you dig it! 497381356641738753|Thu Aug 07 13:58:50 +0000 2014|@thatzacdavis thank you :) 497380542116274176|Thu Aug 07 13:55:36 +0000 2014|@smestorp fair 497380467172462592|Thu Aug 07 13:55:18 +0000 2014|@thatzacdavis no, i'm afraid that's not possible for me to do. Print it out? :) 497380379658313728|Thu Aug 07 13:54:58 +0000 2014|In BREATHING MACHINE we visited the 80s and 90s of computer geekdom; in CLIPPING THROUGH we visit the modern games business! TALES. 497380131598782465|Thu Aug 07 13:53:58 +0000 2014|You can support my work (and a future sustainable content plan) by buying a BRAND NEW EBOOK directly from me: http://leighalexander.net/clippingthrough/ 497378815933698048|Thu Aug 07 13:48:45 +0000 2014|@MataHaggis thank you <3 497376775455137792|Thu Aug 07 13:40:38 +0000 2014|@CorvusE <33333 497375397060042752|Thu Aug 07 13:35:10 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze thank you <33333333333333 497375350167699456|Thu Aug 07 13:34:58 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh @mattlaschneider @Daniel_Joseph @scd you deserve it for putting thomas haas in an nbn deck 497374546765553664|Thu Aug 07 13:31:47 +0000 2014|@lilylayer4 that's amazing feedback. that's what i hoped the book would do for people. thanks so much for spending your time on it <3 497374216103407616|Thu Aug 07 13:30:28 +0000 2014|@DanLikesPizza leighalexander1 at gmail dot com!~ 497373992807059456|Thu Aug 07 13:29:35 +0000 2014|@The_B ah, thank you so kindly for your generous support <3 497373454627524608|Thu Aug 07 13:27:26 +0000 2014|@Daniel_Joseph @BRKeogh @scd i haven't played in ages because i 'feel behind' and don't have new cards yet :( 497373333244346368|Thu Aug 07 13:26:58 +0000 2014|@DanLikesPizza @humble no, have not yet... 497372780246347776|Thu Aug 07 13:24:46 +0000 2014|RT @mikeBithell: I dig the way-finding aspect here.. Leigh's probably finding solutions that'll help the generation after her http://t.co/s… 497372687304753153|Thu Aug 07 13:24:24 +0000 2014|@Daniel_Joseph @mattlaschneider @BRKeogh you use MHCs and biotic labor? do you splash much ice 497372488008228864|Thu Aug 07 13:23:36 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze @mikeBithell thank you. yeah, i really hope this works because then i can pay it forward 497371892760981504|Thu Aug 07 13:21:14 +0000 2014|@mattlaschneider @Daniel_Joseph @BRKeogh i want to try that without fundamentally changing anything else about my deck 497371559515156480|Thu Aug 07 13:19:55 +0000 2014|@sophiaaar everything counts! if you end up reading the book and writing anything about it please do ping me a link (EVEN IF YOU HATED IT) 497370886614560768|Thu Aug 07 13:17:14 +0000 2014|@BRKeogh 55?!?!?! 497370535974940672|Thu Aug 07 13:15:51 +0000 2014|@TheChopper1209 thank you very much! hope you enjoy! 497370231191633921|Thu Aug 07 13:14:38 +0000 2014|@robertflorence nngh... I... *involuntary jaw lock* ... can't... 497369131185106944|Thu Aug 07 13:10:16 +0000 2014|@robertflorence thank you so much. dunno what to say to that <3333 497367952384356353|Thu Aug 07 13:05:35 +0000 2014|@JimSterling thank you so much x 497367919240966144|Thu Aug 07 13:05:27 +0000 2014|@The_B oh my, thanks :3 497367269916569600|Thu Aug 07 13:02:52 +0000 2014|@AlphaBovine thank you! i hope you enjoy! 497366494062600192|Thu Aug 07 12:59:47 +0000 2014|@The_B whoa now i really hope this new book is not terrible 497366456829755392|Thu Aug 07 12:59:38 +0000 2014|RT @The_B: No hesitation recommending @leighalexander's new book Clipping Through even before reading thanks to her prev work: http://t.c… 497362312492482560|Thu Aug 07 12:43:10 +0000 2014|@Roran_Stehl that is because i self-published! here you go https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU 497360390591094784|Thu Aug 07 12:35:32 +0000 2014|@ComicsisPeople i will never understand the things that agents think are fun :D 497359628221837312|Thu Aug 07 12:32:30 +0000 2014|@tageborkoff @tone_def @electrobureau yay~! 497359126163632129|Thu Aug 07 12:30:30 +0000 2014|@BitchTeamAlpha if she'd be interested that'd be lovely! i can be reached at leighalexander1 at gmail dot com. Thank you! 497358881492697088|Thu Aug 07 12:29:32 +0000 2014|@ComicsisPeople thank you! I just feel I have a much bigger market opportunity in digital for now, vs effort required to propose/pitch etc 497358712609460225|Thu Aug 07 12:28:52 +0000 2014|@oscan it probably is ha ha ha 497357462505541632|Thu Aug 07 12:23:54 +0000 2014|@ComicsisPeople naw. there's no money in that for me. 497356741227855873|Thu Aug 07 12:21:02 +0000 2014|RT @lilylayer4: "There is some dark, weird part of humanity that games touch...", Clipping Through, @leighalexander http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bub3FS0IYAAEhgL.jpg 497356351975489536|Thu Aug 07 12:19:29 +0000 2014|@WingZero351 I'd love that! Drop me a link if you do. 497355495062372352|Thu Aug 07 12:16:05 +0000 2014|@ScottMadin art by @ellaguro, design by @Jam_sponge !!!! 497355296533401600|Thu Aug 07 12:15:17 +0000 2014|@ScottMadin <33333333333 497354393294225408|Thu Aug 07 12:11:42 +0000 2014|If you write about games and/or tech culture and would be interested in publishing something re my book let's discuss! 497352326693535744|Thu Aug 07 12:03:29 +0000 2014|RT @Autofocus: I loved „Breathing Machine“ by @leighalexander, so I’m very curious about her new book: https://gumroad.com/l/aisCU (It’s probab… 497350424824139776|Thu Aug 07 11:55:56 +0000 2014|@Joel_Couture my ears are very red now. thank you. 497349965661093888|Thu Aug 07 11:54:06 +0000 2014|@Autofocus oh god i hope so. gulp. thanks! :D 497349415884308480|Thu Aug 07 11:51:55 +0000 2014|@Joel_Couture that was a long time ago! wow, thank you! 497349011654078464|Thu Aug 07 11:50:19 +0000 2014|@Joel_Couture very kind words! thank you for your support! 497348975553679360|Thu Aug 07 11:50:10 +0000 2014|RT @Joel_Couture: If you like game journalism with some poetry, personality, & life to it, think about getting @leighalexander's book https… 497345424924377088|Thu Aug 07 11:36:04 +0000 2014|RT @lilylayer4: "Only games can capture, simultaneously, the paradox between what you've achieved & what you still want." @leighalexander, … 497345263032627200|Thu Aug 07 11:35:25 +0000 2014|@lilylayer4 of course. thank you for asking, and for wanting to share it with people! 497345162956513280|Thu Aug 07 11:35:01 +0000 2014|@brett_douville yeah, i liked that too, the sense of confinement/constraint 497343668622479360|Thu Aug 07 11:29:05 +0000 2014|@everyartisugly thank you very much! 497342612282822657|Thu Aug 07 11:24:53 +0000 2014|@locust9 It depends on how you define 'wolverines' *dark frown, strokes chin* 497342021934518273|Thu Aug 07 11:22:32 +0000 2014|@brett_douville i hope you dig it! 497341600331485186|Thu Aug 07 11:20:52 +0000 2014|RT @mattsheret: You should probably buy @leighalexander's new book Clipping Through. If, you know, you care about life https://t.co/oGZX7vy… 497341587148771329|Thu Aug 07 11:20:49 +0000 2014|@mattsheret <33333 497340926885625856|Thu Aug 07 11:18:11 +0000 2014|@lisov thank you so much, linn! 497340351993348096|Thu Aug 07 11:15:54 +0000 2014|@GregDean23 thanks <3 497340329247637504|Thu Aug 07 11:15:49 +0000 2014|@maxusy3k thank you <3 497339483772424192|Thu Aug 07 11:12:27 +0000 2014|@lilylayer4 I think you were the first purchase, Lily! Thank you <3 497339396862259200|Thu Aug 07 11:12:06 +0000 2014|@patlike thank you! 497339185456762880|Thu Aug 07 11:11:16 +0000 2014|Now I'm going to hide in my room, nauseously hoping you all like it. Thank you for your support. 497339076912357376|Thu Aug 07 11:10:50 +0000 2014|If you have a games blog and would like to do an interview or discuss possibly running an excerpt please get in touch <3 497338895592620032|Thu Aug 07 11:10:07 +0000 2014|I've self-published this one, for $5 or pay what you want. This is my own approach to sustainable content for myself and others. 497338777510371328|Thu Aug 07 11:09:39 +0000 2014|My new book, Clipping Through: One Mad Week in Video Games is available today! Here is some more info http://leighalexander.net/clippingthrough/ 497306790233923584|Thu Aug 07 09:02:32 +0000 2014|RT @MoonSpir: RT @krisgraft .@leighalexander's story about her time as a watergun assassin is def worth a read today: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/222713/Watergun_assassin_The_grand_game_story_of_Street_Wars.php 497151683890528256|Wed Aug 06 22:46:12 +0000 2014|RT @spookysquid: This spoken @leighalexander piece on a water gun assassination game is really great! http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcast/episode/spoken-articles-2/ 497105963393241090|Wed Aug 06 19:44:32 +0000 2014|RT @john_brindle: Everyone's prob already linked it, but still, I'm in awe: @leighalexander's hair-raising time as a water gun assassin htt… 497096151716593664|Wed Aug 06 19:05:32 +0000 2014|Also please come along for a look at the remarkable Crimson Crown on RPS today http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/06/lo-fi-lets-play-crimson-crown-transylvania-ii/ 497095680687865856|Wed Aug 06 19:03:40 +0000 2014|RT @ferricide: oh my god @leighalexander's thing on gama today is great and you have to read it, it's FUN http://gamasutra.com/view/news/222713/Watergun_assassin_The_grand_game_story_of_Street_Wars.php 497089679146364928|Wed Aug 06 18:39:49 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: the good news: i'm editing a twine anthology called VIDEOGAMES FOR HUMANS coming in 2015 from @Instarbooks http://t.co/WPcTCZH… 497086323686383617|Wed Aug 06 18:26:29 +0000 2014|@laevantine i usually have a consulting client at any given time, although i do not 'design' exactly 497083150989012992|Wed Aug 06 18:13:53 +0000 2014|RT @smestorp: reminder that liz's tumblr has amazing stuff made with great artist http://ellaguro.tumblr.com/image/93986002883 http://ellaguro.tumblr.com/image/93986002883 497063051485806592|Wed Aug 06 16:54:01 +0000 2014|@TVsBrent <3 497060963221508096|Wed Aug 06 16:45:43 +0000 2014|RT @necrosofty: " Video games will always protect us from the truth: how smart we are not." a fun story by @leighalexander http://t.co/KMMb… 497043545778577408|Wed Aug 06 15:36:30 +0000 2014|@eevilmidget thanks for having me! 497041011580076032|Wed Aug 06 15:26:26 +0000 2014|RT @Psientologist: The @leighalexander spoken word article on @ShutUpShow today is absolutely amazing. Loved every second. 497036206925185024|Wed Aug 06 15:07:20 +0000 2014|@cartoonfuntime @acosmos omg 497033157645193216|Wed Aug 06 14:55:13 +0000 2014|@alexhern i still am not sure what made me do that... stress..... 497031791568781312|Wed Aug 06 14:49:48 +0000 2014|RT @butimawizard: Lo-Fi Let's Play 11: Crimson Crown (Transylvania II): http://youtu.be/Z-MiWwDHzUY via @YouTube a really nice reflective #LP by… 497031763550822400|Wed Aug 06 14:49:41 +0000 2014|@necrosofty thank you! 497031527835136001|Wed Aug 06 14:48:45 +0000 2014|@kurogane i still dont know why i did that 497028379670228993|Wed Aug 06 14:36:14 +0000 2014|@FrozenFrogD wow, thanks! 497027631964254211|Wed Aug 06 14:33:16 +0000 2014|@VideoDreaming some of my good friends have fedoras etc. 497027592709754880|Wed Aug 06 14:33:07 +0000 2014|@VideoDreaming People should wear whatever they enjoy of course~! 497027109748211712|Wed Aug 06 14:31:11 +0000 2014|@VideoDreaming i had the same question basically, like, how did fedoras become 'a thing' with all these tumblrs and memes 497026255553044480|Wed Aug 06 14:27:48 +0000 2014|RT @drinkrelaxplay: If you missed #ReadsLikeaSeven as part of @StokeyLitFest this was @leighalexander ace talk, here with added finale htt… 497026122237112320|Wed Aug 06 14:27:16 +0000 2014|@10rdBen @krisgraft u can listn to the AUDIO CAST aswell ;-) 497025839641677824|Wed Aug 06 14:26:09 +0000 2014|@awesomonster @VideoDreaming "it's a trilby" is almost as bad as "i'm a nice guy". a trilby is a kind of fedora 497025208537333760|Wed Aug 06 14:23:38 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman oh you get to pick your own codename :3 497024631438835712|Wed Aug 06 14:21:21 +0000 2014|@VideoDreaming http://boingboing.net/2012/10/02/why-the-fedora-grosses-out-gee.html 497024521879420928|Wed Aug 06 14:20:54 +0000 2014|@uglymachine i feel like you and @adragonbee should hang out 497024356003094528|Wed Aug 06 14:20:15 +0000 2014|The Watergun Story has a part where I weird out an older lady on the train with my fake pregnancy disguise http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/222713/Watergun_assassin_The_grand_game_story_of_Street_Wars.php 497023044104503296|Wed Aug 06 14:15:02 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd yeah i think i like her the best 497022344423297024|Wed Aug 06 14:12:15 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd i want to be the cool purple kind of dog one i think or maybe the blue one i dont know 497022219542097920|Wed Aug 06 14:11:46 +0000 2014|RT @krisgraft: .@leighalexander's story about her time as a watergun assassin is def worth a read today: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/222713/Watergun_assassin_The_grand_game_story_of_Street_Wars.php http://t.co… 497021919225729024|Wed Aug 06 14:10:34 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd same 497021756822257664|Wed Aug 06 14:09:55 +0000 2014|There's also a companion podcast about the design of the game at @ShutUpShow http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcast/episode/spoken-articles-2/ 497020541807906818|Wed Aug 06 14:05:06 +0000 2014|I spent a month playing a watergun assassination game. Read -- or listen to an audio version -- of the entire saga http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/222713/Watergun_assassin_The_grand_game_story_of_Street_Wars.php 497016984450920448|Wed Aug 06 13:50:57 +0000 2014|@SLSheppard yeah i can't understand its evil corporate algorithms :( 497016528148389888|Wed Aug 06 13:49:09 +0000 2014|@S0phieH i personally dont understand why people are saying there are 'no video games' i am overwhelmed with stuff i have to play 497013121501114369|Wed Aug 06 13:35:36 +0000 2014|@hollybrocks WHAT MANNER OF WIZARDRY IS THIS 497009461677293568|Wed Aug 06 13:21:04 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: Shovel Knight dev @YachtClubGames has the magic formula (and unmagic reality) for game budgets http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DavidDAngelo/20140805/222585/Digging_down_to_business_Shovel_Knight_Planning_and_Sales.php http:/… 497005396864016384|Wed Aug 06 13:04:55 +0000 2014|@sophiaaar yes! 496998241888911360|Wed Aug 06 12:36:29 +0000 2014|@adragonbee i like sheep you know 496998011269296128|Wed Aug 06 12:35:34 +0000 2014|@notquitereal FAMILY AND ANIMAL MINIATURES ahhh i love you 496997903236616192|Wed Aug 06 12:35:08 +0000 2014|RT @notquitereal: i made a game recently, as a birthday gift! it’s possibly about an art gallery. i’m not sure. i’m really proud of it. htt… 496997757404844032|Wed Aug 06 12:34:33 +0000 2014|@adragonbee we might take a road trip there soon 496997517008306176|Wed Aug 06 12:33:36 +0000 2014|@adragonbee NO 496997481809739776|Wed Aug 06 12:33:28 +0000 2014|become one of my favorite ppl by 'liking' my public facebook page so you don't miss any of my articles! https://www.facebook.com/leigh.alexander.readers 496997222232637440|Wed Aug 06 12:32:26 +0000 2014|@adragonbee where are you leaving to 496995124749279232|Wed Aug 06 12:24:06 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno i have to go to cologne on sunday anyway and quinns is going to gencon ._. 496995028435468288|Wed Aug 06 12:23:43 +0000 2014|RT @mrsambarlow: @leighalexander The @DigiAntiquarian articles on Penguin are FAB. This one on Crimson Crown includes @ConanOBrien!? http:/… 496992539032166400|Wed Aug 06 12:13:49 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno *lying on tarmac* 496992469381554176|Wed Aug 06 12:13:33 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno NOOOooooooooo 496991464942219264|Wed Aug 06 12:09:33 +0000 2014|This video is slow getting started as I was trying to do 10 things at once but the payoff at the end is REALLY GOOD IMO 496991181495361536|Wed Aug 06 12:08:25 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno WHAT HEY 496991114197762048|Wed Aug 06 12:08:09 +0000 2014|It also features "companion AI", after a fashion, including a mysterious character @Quinns108 calls "useless Erik" 496990989555597313|Wed Aug 06 12:07:40 +0000 2014|New Lo-Fi Let's Play at @rockpapershot. Look how GORGEOUS Crimson Crown manages to be with so few colors http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/06/lo-fi-lets-play-crimson-crown-transylvania-ii/ 496988608126263296|Wed Aug 06 11:58:12 +0000 2014|@JoeMOwens hey, that is a pretty helpful tip 496987654014390272|Wed Aug 06 11:54:24 +0000 2014|@Wordbeast totes 496981560324009985|Wed Aug 06 11:30:12 +0000 2014|in happier news, it's just a few days until you can buy my new book. 496981507261865984|Wed Aug 06 11:29:59 +0000 2014|wow, it's a bigger pain in the ass than i expected converting things to e-reader formats. 496814863508049920|Wed Aug 06 00:27:48 +0000 2014|@MarcLaidlaw same, although they make good oppositional companion pieces 496813537097154560|Wed Aug 06 00:22:32 +0000 2014|RT @Whamtan: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuUBcJyIQAAjddp.jpg 496812921092317184|Wed Aug 06 00:20:05 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze no, but they better be fucking brilliant in order to get away with being jerks 496780269689798658|Tue Aug 05 22:10:20 +0000 2014|@NeijahLanae can't get enough of your EP, love your style & especially your thoughts on the 'sapphire' archetype. Thank you! 496763595032891392|Tue Aug 05 21:04:05 +0000 2014|If I were in Wes Anderson movies I would always be the Owen Wilson I think 496758174817718272|Tue Aug 05 20:42:32 +0000 2014|@introskeptive ah! i've said similar things about bayo in the past. cool! 496740726185943040|Tue Aug 05 19:33:12 +0000 2014|I gathered all my recent work plus neat stuff I've read and played with lately and tied it in a bow for you http://leighalexander.net/the-page-and-the-words/ 496711815100112897|Tue Aug 05 17:38:19 +0000 2014|@POStudios @raliaga YES 496692441689632768|Tue Aug 05 16:21:20 +0000 2014|RT @Sabrepulse: @likeluke_ just released a dope new ep!!! http://knifecity.bandcamp.com/album/precious-jewel-ep I wrote a cheeky dnb remix for it! 496690175813378048|Tue Aug 05 16:12:20 +0000 2014|@unusualcadence @mrsambarlow oh wow, i hope so 496688687338766336|Tue Aug 05 16:06:25 +0000 2014|@PageFortyFive ONLY IF YOU HAVE A GLASS OF WATER FIRST 496688319078871041|Tue Aug 05 16:04:57 +0000 2014|She is my new style idol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm3v1wRdRIM 496687921760849920|Tue Aug 05 16:03:23 +0000 2014|RT @mrsambarlow: More great taste with @leighalexander on text games http://gamasutra.com/view/news/167665/Indepth_Is_it_time_for_a_text_game_revival.php. I love text. Love the sense of magical incanta… 496672654745931777|Tue Aug 05 15:02:43 +0000 2014|@Papapishu this has you all over it 496672416681455616|Tue Aug 05 15:01:46 +0000 2014|Here, @blurstoftimes takes a look at Omikron, the all-but-forgotten "David Bowie game" http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/08/time-may-change-me-david-bowie-and-omikron-the-nom.html 496671393787162625|Tue Aug 05 14:57:42 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow not yet, although i keep meaning to. like, for years. 496663973048373249|Tue Aug 05 14:28:13 +0000 2014|@Gregtito I remember thinking this piece did an elegant job discussing international conflict & games simultaneously http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-video-game-invasion-of-iraq 496662355707985920|Tue Aug 05 14:21:47 +0000 2014|@Gregtito @NotFaulty not saying that. The writer clearly absolutely did not pull it off, is why the reaction is so bad. Hey, learning exp! 496654824457650177|Tue Aug 05 13:51:52 +0000 2014|@v21 @betterthemask anytime i try to write any i chicken out about ppl finding out what a perv i am 496652629351878657|Tue Aug 05 13:43:08 +0000 2014|@betterthemask <3 <3 YES 496652311683690496|Tue Aug 05 13:41:53 +0000 2014|'Plastic Daisies' is a playlist I made ages ago for @joeljohnson. It is a Nickelodeon millenial's fimo dream http://open.spotify.com/user/puellamagi/playlist/6xP7RDOs3jXhQ5HONiRTNs 496652152992202752|Tue Aug 05 13:41:15 +0000 2014|@grmartin fucking sunny day real estate 496649413876801536|Tue Aug 05 13:30:22 +0000 2014|IS THIS LIKE, A JOKE PHOTOSHOP RT @NotFaulty: everything wrong with video game journalism http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuO-fmmCUAAcVrf.jpg 496649266426044416|Tue Aug 05 13:29:47 +0000 2014|@NotFaulty @alexhern fucking whoa 496640889817952256|Tue Aug 05 12:56:29 +0000 2014|RT @ryanpayton: We all know what prize is waiting at the end of this HD remastering yellow brick road: DINO CRISIS 3. 496639915728183297|Tue Aug 05 12:52:37 +0000 2014|I just bought: 'Twin Peaks - The Entire Mystery [Blu-ray] [Region... Reply w/ #AmazonBasket to add this via @AmazonUK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H9BFV98/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_asp_eABsH.0S720G2 496634392396460032|Tue Aug 05 12:30:40 +0000 2014|@grmartin @jennatar Dear Alexander 496631717630078976|Tue Aug 05 12:20:03 +0000 2014|If it seems like I've been doing a lot lately, I have! Here's a roundup of my latest stuff + tons of cool links <3 http://leighalexander.net/the-page-and-the-words/ 496624079571787776|Tue Aug 05 11:49:42 +0000 2014|RT @taleoftales: at the printer. checking out proof prints! http://ift.tt/1s7OFOj http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuRc3LwCEAIbeC1.jpg 496623867885281280|Tue Aug 05 11:48:51 +0000 2014|@JoeMOwens really :P http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/204465/Simogo_reinvents_itself_yet_again_with_weird_wild_Device_6.php http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/209799/Road_to_the_IGF_Simogos_DEVICE_6.php http://leighalexander.net/the-best-games-of-2013/ 496622918827536384|Tue Aug 05 11:45:05 +0000 2014|@viscg ahhhhh i hadn't seen that @_PromKnight is so amazingly talented 496621013032243200|Tue Aug 05 11:37:30 +0000 2014|@viscg same http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/212230/A_Dark_Rooms_unique_journey_from_the_web_to_iOS.php 496619044184031233|Tue Aug 05 11:29:41 +0000 2014|@geertnellen yes, it's collecting dust somewhere around here... 496618816169062400|Tue Aug 05 11:28:47 +0000 2014|@Trun0Jay yes, that's a big part of it 496617394958508032|Tue Aug 05 11:23:08 +0000 2014|...I sometimes worry that their (perfectly sensible, mind) tendency to favor classical literature constrains larger potential 496617295108902912|Tue Aug 05 11:22:44 +0000 2014|I am absolutely obsessed with the potential of text experiences on touch devices (http://gamasutra.com/view/news/167665/Indepth_Is_it_time_for_a_text_game_revival.php), but... 496616952870477825|Tue Aug 05 11:21:22 +0000 2014|I kept feeling that if someone made 80days -- except about 50shades or Kim Kardashian or something -- it'd change the world 496616613500944384|Tue Aug 05 11:20:02 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @Tom_OBedlam gross 496616532060151808|Tue Aug 05 11:19:42 +0000 2014|You should really play 80Days on your iPad -- @RaveofRavendale writes here http://gamasutra.com/view/news/222510/80_Days_Building_the_perfect_text_adventure_for_mobile.php and @emshort here http://emshort.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/80-days-meg-jayanth-inkle/ 496615604900888577|Tue Aug 05 11:16:01 +0000 2014|RT @emshort: 80 Days (Meg Jayanth / inkle ) http://wp.me/p2WEA-1H5 496610573879345153|Tue Aug 05 10:56:02 +0000 2014|@SpiltMilkStudio not that many people feel that way, but i love twin snakes, too 496604103301410816|Tue Aug 05 10:30:19 +0000 2014|@TomChivers @MarcLaidlaw I think it is applied when the subject of the photo is supposed to be vain/showy/inappropriate 496426692215599104|Mon Aug 04 22:45:21 +0000 2014|@tom_hawking CANT WAKE UP 496426655360245760|Mon Aug 04 22:45:12 +0000 2014|RT @nickcummings: I really can't wait for The Sailor's Dream. @simogo builds spaces unlike anything else. @leighalexander's interview: http… 496411942840717313|Mon Aug 04 21:46:44 +0000 2014|you just put 'sunny day real estate' on there to be a dick tho 496411615450128384|Mon Aug 04 21:45:26 +0000 2014|I AM IN HEAVEN thanks @PasteMagazine http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-50-best-grunge-songs.html 496367376540389377|Mon Aug 04 18:49:39 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: ICYMI I asked Leigh Alexander to write the occasional games piece for Vice. Here's the first: http://m.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexanders-understanding-games-do-you-cut-off-your-arm-or-eat-a-baby-876 496364646040104961|Mon Aug 04 18:38:48 +0000 2014|RT @PositronicWoman: @Quinns108 did you hear about two prominent harassers in the RPG community being credited in the latest D&D edition? h… 496363273944842240|Mon Aug 04 18:33:21 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: I talk a bit about D&D 5th edition in the news this week, with reference to that Community episode. http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/games-news-040814/ 496361530263629825|Mon Aug 04 18:26:25 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK *quietly folds you into a hug.... seconds pass... sobbing begins* 496360778732404736|Mon Aug 04 18:23:26 +0000 2014|@lesaboteur87 not even!!! 496360392831287298|Mon Aug 04 18:21:54 +0000 2014|Reminder: You can have a quiet, BS tweet-free (nirvana-free) feed of my work by 'liking' this FB page https://www.facebook.com/leigh.alexander.readers 496358465183698944|Mon Aug 04 18:14:14 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch they literally sell nirvana shirts at forever21 now 496358073871925248|Mon Aug 04 18:12:41 +0000 2014|daddy's little girl ain't a girl no more, indeed *dramatic sigh* 496357225431326723|Mon Aug 04 18:09:19 +0000 2014|@gimpnelly i hate that feeling 496357019499372544|Mon Aug 04 18:08:29 +0000 2014|@McKelvie go listen to something trendy and namedroppy jamie 496356760450789376|Mon Aug 04 18:07:28 +0000 2014|@AdamSessler @acarboni 'classic rock?!' like CROSBY STILLS & NASH? 496356488651476992|Mon Aug 04 18:06:23 +0000 2014|@acarboni me too friend, me too 496356253841752064|Mon Aug 04 18:05:27 +0000 2014|@lecanardzero @Ljay90 lorde covered all apologies and it didn't help 496355667251572736|Mon Aug 04 18:03:07 +0000 2014|@SeanTheBaptiste *sob* thank you sir 496355413626204161|Mon Aug 04 18:02:07 +0000 2014|@lecanardzero i refuse to admit it 496355323889065984|Mon Aug 04 18:01:45 +0000 2014|to be fair, he's 27 and it WAS incesticide so 496354989905031168|Mon Aug 04 18:00:26 +0000 2014|me *puts on spotify* young bf: 'i don't think i like this. what is this?' me: .....nirvana 496354557497462784|Mon Aug 04 17:58:42 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine what is with that game why is it in my sega genesis collection 496354120220311552|Mon Aug 04 17:56:58 +0000 2014|@tha_rami reenactment: https://vine.co/v/M9gdP9FlwXM 496352844531138561|Mon Aug 04 17:51:54 +0000 2014|RT @kirkhamilton: Congratulations to @jennatar, whose beautiful piece about That Dragon, Cancer deserves to win all the awards, really htt… 496352589626503168|Mon Aug 04 17:50:53 +0000 2014|@tha_rami i sat here for a full 20 seconds with my jaw hanging open 496352286269263872|Mon Aug 04 17:49:41 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible um i already read the whole thing obvs i IMMENSELY ENJOYED IT you are one of my most favorites <3 496351637917925376|Mon Aug 04 17:47:06 +0000 2014|@twoscooters i am a tweezer slave 496351577738059777|Mon Aug 04 17:46:52 +0000 2014|Hey, I got @emilyterrible's book Through The Woods and you really ought to get it as well http://www.amazon.co.uk/Through-Woods-Emily-Carroll/dp/1442465956 496351182823374848|Mon Aug 04 17:45:18 +0000 2014|RT @mollycrabapple: Would be so grateful to you for spreading Slaves of Happiness Island, my piece on construction labour in Abu Dhabi http… 496351008717811712|Mon Aug 04 17:44:36 +0000 2014|@twoscooters you can wax your own face? JEALOUS 496349423006662657|Mon Aug 04 17:38:18 +0000 2014|RT @miyukijane: "“social” is a business model...we spend anxious time doing free labour for social infrastructures" @leighalexander http://… 496325411887132673|Mon Aug 04 16:02:54 +0000 2014|@Greenspeak thank you! glad it resonated! 496324468588167168|Mon Aug 04 15:59:09 +0000 2014|RT @RJMrgn: Bit old but a good thing (by @leighalexander) on why Bioshock was great, Infinite wasn't. (@andihero – seen this?) http://t.co/… 496323338827235329|Mon Aug 04 15:54:39 +0000 2014|@miyukijane HI JANE XO 496317192028581888|Mon Aug 04 15:30:14 +0000 2014|@garywhitta *casually blows on fingertip* 496313461526503424|Mon Aug 04 15:15:24 +0000 2014|RT @JDClark404: A very well written article by @leighalexander that questions whether 'social' games are really all that social: http://t.c… 496304787777150978|Mon Aug 04 14:40:56 +0000 2014|RT @aidaakl: Interesting! @gamasutra @leighalexander The challenge- free seascape of Simogo's The Sailor's Dream http://ubm.io/1uf5W5Z 496287931389452288|Mon Aug 04 13:33:58 +0000 2014|RT @Devindra: @leighalexander What's funny is that you're having the same realization the best film critics have had, you HAVE to look at t… 496284059774238720|Mon Aug 04 13:18:35 +0000 2014|@EvNarc same 496283089979850752|Mon Aug 04 13:14:43 +0000 2014|@10rdBen lol ty i love 2 write lil 'thinkpiece's 496282847070912512|Mon Aug 04 13:13:45 +0000 2014|RT @stkaye: Great piece by @leighalexander: 'Social' is not a bold new paradigm in gaming, but a way of keeping the cash flowing http://t.c… 496282442530316288|Mon Aug 04 13:12:09 +0000 2014|you are awed by the technology... and you find it a little pathetic, all at the same time http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexanders-understanding-games-do-you-cut-off-your-arm-or-eat-a-baby-876 496280206689443840|Mon Aug 04 13:03:16 +0000 2014|@kezamacdonald COMPUTERGAMES 496277013154766848|Mon Aug 04 12:50:34 +0000 2014|If you like theatre in london look at my housemates' very cool fundraiser please https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1161959771/the-faction-does-reptember 496276181277474817|Mon Aug 04 12:47:16 +0000 2014|@Vic_Van_Garrett yeah! 496272912496996352|Mon Aug 04 12:34:17 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz @CategoryVG ordinarily yes, but tonight is a big 'meetings with people from america' night :( 496268605185884160|Mon Aug 04 12:17:10 +0000 2014|@martinhollis ❤️❤️ 496260243849216001|Mon Aug 04 11:43:56 +0000 2014|RT @TheTommyRoberts: Loved @leighalexander's piece on Vice. Go and read it okay! http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexanders-understanding-games-do-you-cut-off-your-arm-or-eat-a-baby-876?utm_source=vicetwitteruk 496257157499994112|Mon Aug 04 11:31:41 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C beware!!!!!!1 496256537804173312|Mon Aug 04 11:29:13 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow whoa, where is that? 496250425251987456|Mon Aug 04 11:04:55 +0000 2014|Do not worry. I will never get tired. *cracks knuckles* 496249087793328128|Mon Aug 04 10:59:37 +0000 2014|RT @RaveofRavendale: It turns out that the game I tried to record for @indiegameaday today doesn't record properly. Anyone know of a cool g… 496246867932762112|Mon Aug 04 10:50:47 +0000 2014|@LaurakBuzz <3 496245204958314496|Mon Aug 04 10:44:11 +0000 2014|Oh! And I also did an interview about @simogo's upcoming The Sailor's Dream. I SWOONED at the trailer http://gamasutra.com/view/news/222278/The_challengefree_seascape_of_Simogos_The_Sailors_Dream.php 496242593697923072|Mon Aug 04 10:33:48 +0000 2014|@Vahn16 i bet she's going places. let's hope for an album! 496241262685880320|Mon Aug 04 10:28:31 +0000 2014|@Vahn16 yeah, i really like everything about this music and what she has to say 496237221931155457|Mon Aug 04 10:12:28 +0000 2014|Oh wow, she is really cool & this is really good music http://noisey.vice.com/blog/meet-neijah-lanae-the-la-artist-brightening-up-pop 496234681587998720|Mon Aug 04 10:02:22 +0000 2014|@alexhern <3 496234459260542978|Mon Aug 04 10:01:29 +0000 2014|@dudehugs @bleaky perf 496233896233959425|Mon Aug 04 09:59:15 +0000 2014|@stuarthoughton touche 496233216941260800|Mon Aug 04 09:56:33 +0000 2014|I confess I've become entirely arbitrary about writing 'videogames' or 'video games' 496225875822907392|Mon Aug 04 09:27:22 +0000 2014|Also, here is me for @guardian about the fallacy of modern multiplayer games http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/01/what-would-social-video-games-look-like-gamers?CMP=twt_gu 496225194164617216|Mon Aug 04 09:24:40 +0000 2014|Do you cut off your arm or eat a baby? Me for @VICEUK on Snowpiercer & game structure (I have a new column there now) http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/leigh-alexanders-understanding-games-do-you-cut-off-your-arm-or-eat-a-baby-876 496224664801538048|Mon Aug 04 09:22:34 +0000 2014|@cymrogav @Quinns108 "trampolines in a cave? is this like, a welsh thing..." 496062145206169600|Sun Aug 03 22:36:46 +0000 2014|Saw beautiful fireworks in Nottingham! http://instagram.com/p/rQMz6JMDJJ/ 496061649955328000|Sun Aug 03 22:34:48 +0000 2014|Just had the best weekend away ever with the wonderful and lovely @PageFortyFive, who should get an award for best host x 495620944380297217|Sat Aug 02 17:23:35 +0000 2014|@dylancuthbert let's definitely catch up! 495620812834373633|Sat Aug 02 17:23:04 +0000 2014|It was really lovely! http://instagram.com/p/rNEHccMDJN/ 495620357731004417|Sat Aug 02 17:21:16 +0000 2014|Climbed up Mam Tor (the hard way) with @@pagefortyfive & @@quinns108 ! http://instagram.com/p/rND6KpMDIx/ 495617725390405633|Sat Aug 02 17:10:48 +0000 2014|@dylancuthbert yes, GDCE to gamescom til the 14th :) 495590662457524224|Sat Aug 02 15:23:16 +0000 2014|I'm mountain climbing and there's sheep https://vine.co/v/M9uDOJXYq7W 495568427420233728|Sat Aug 02 13:54:54 +0000 2014|@dylancuthbert I've seen some of the most incredible views, just from the car 495566614029279233|Sat Aug 02 13:47:42 +0000 2014|PEAK DISTRICT! http://instagram.com/p/rMreBNsDMh/ 495556985627369472|Sat Aug 02 13:09:27 +0000 2014|um WHAT THE FUCK “@pitchforkmedia: Blood Orange's Dev Hynes says he was attacked by security at Lollapalooza http://p4k.in/1u8t9qz” 495556278610305025|Sat Aug 02 13:06:38 +0000 2014|@inkleStudios I had the best adventure along the way too. Next time I'm just going to go to South America 495555981494202369|Sat Aug 02 13:05:27 +0000 2014|@RaveofRavendale I went via Manila! 495555839537983488|Sat Aug 02 13:04:53 +0000 2014|@inkleStudios somehow I went from Burlington to New Orleans to New York to London in five days but MADE IT 495555615838973952|Sat Aug 02 13:04:00 +0000 2014|@inkleStudios yeah like nonstop since last night and on a train trip today :3 495555261126672384|Sat Aug 02 13:02:35 +0000 2014|@RaveofRavendale oh man I totally finished this today it's great I'm gonna go again 495553602422059008|Sat Aug 02 12:56:00 +0000 2014|RT @SubterfugeGame: visual design of female characters in our game is meant to reflect who they are & what they do, not to appeal to men ht… 495542804517781504|Sat Aug 02 12:13:05 +0000 2014|@helfitzgerald ahhhhh I'm so excited I'll message you 495541049591599104|Sat Aug 02 12:06:07 +0000 2014|@helfitzgerald omg when are you getting here again I forget 495539393088991232|Sat Aug 02 11:59:32 +0000 2014|In a car. Facebook tells me I'm in 'Sutton Bonington'. There's a place on the map called Wigtwizzle #uklife 495520439117287425|Sat Aug 02 10:44:13 +0000 2014|RT @PageFortyFive: Plan for weekend: climb The Shivering Mountain with @leighalexander & @Quinns108 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mam_Tor Any paragliding … 495472072018378754|Sat Aug 02 07:32:02 +0000 2014|RT @laurenzuke: this is the best day of my life http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuA40hHCIAAUR5A.png 495472065303289856|Sat Aug 02 07:32:00 +0000 2014|RT @laurenzuke: http://www.auntiepixelante.com/gayplanet/ thank god 495471763523117056|Sat Aug 02 07:30:48 +0000 2014|@AdellaCosplay yessss 495342485884116992|Fri Aug 01 22:57:06 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @PageFortyFive @Quinns108 I will bring you back some faerie food or something 495338229198229505|Fri Aug 01 22:40:11 +0000 2014|@Beschizza @fanfiction_txt ugh rob keep on top of this stuff 495336250254319617|Fri Aug 01 22:32:19 +0000 2014|RT @Beschizza: @fanfiction_txt @leighalexander guys rage the hedgehog is actually a MAJOR fan character http://sonicfanchara.wikia.com/wiki/Rage_the_Hedgehog with 10 SPEED 495336212992126977|Fri Aug 01 22:32:10 +0000 2014|@mk_patter I promise nothing 495336170122133505|Fri Aug 01 22:32:00 +0000 2014|@raliaga it's a fundamentally flawed and not 'great' period of games history but the answer is colonel's bequest & gabriel knight 495335471380430848|Fri Aug 01 22:29:13 +0000 2014|RT @fanfiction_txt: My name is Rage the Hedgehog I now Guard the chaos emeralds I wish that Sonic could get over knuckles death he's been l… 495335324793700352|Fri Aug 01 22:28:38 +0000 2014|@manveerheir I thought it was white girls in 'tribal' outfits 495334536038088705|Fri Aug 01 22:25:30 +0000 2014|@LifeInNeon LITERALLY CLIMBING A TOR THIS WEEKEND ahhh 495334181967523840|Fri Aug 01 22:24:06 +0000 2014|My entire high school career of druid books, black Yankee candles from the Natick Mall, & Tori Amos records has prepared me 495333851372478464|Fri Aug 01 22:22:47 +0000 2014|Really hoping to get sucked into a druid world this weekend 495333713463742466|Fri Aug 01 22:22:14 +0000 2014|RT @necrosofty: let's recall this awful thread between @kirkhamilton and myself. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt_GLA3CMAENeem.jpg 495333309518323712|Fri Aug 01 22:20:38 +0000 2014|Guess what I'm doing this weekend. Me, @PageFortyFive and @Quinns108 are climbing a TOR. I know what that is because of Mists of Avalon 495316691145224192|Fri Aug 01 21:14:36 +0000 2014|@StuHorvath @brett_douville I personally like high stylization as like a reliable spine against which to analyze nuance, my taste definitely 495316364945813504|Fri Aug 01 21:13:18 +0000 2014|@StuHorvath @brett_douville I've been really high on 'game designing' modern films lately........ Maybe we have an idea here, guys! 495311946758242304|Fri Aug 01 20:55:45 +0000 2014|@inkleStudios I KNOW IM SORRY IM SO BEHIND 495311619044675584|Fri Aug 01 20:54:27 +0000 2014|@brett_douville @StuHorvath I love an artist whose oeuvre involves experimenting within a strongly-expressed established ruleset 495310732670828544|Fri Aug 01 20:50:55 +0000 2014|@StuHorvath I have a HIGH APPETITE 495310659014643712|Fri Aug 01 20:50:38 +0000 2014|RT @joshez_: @leighalexander wow that's a real good idea. the 90 degree angles and color palate would make a great starting point for it 495310586738405377|Fri Aug 01 20:50:20 +0000 2014|Point to point action, bright, bold vignettes, memorable characters/dialogue, key objects, constant sense of movement and peril 495310326322438144|Fri Aug 01 20:49:18 +0000 2014|I feel grand Budapest hotel would make a great, stylish point and click adventure game. Someone make something like that. 495270439808409601|Fri Aug 01 18:10:49 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: Hey Friday. Why not bookmark Vice vs Video Games? Words forthcoming from @leighalexander and @Jam_sponge (and me) - http://t… 495258514693292035|Fri Aug 01 17:23:26 +0000 2014|RT @steishere: So, @leighalexander and I will be at GDCE! Want to meet to talk @agencyforgames and how we can work together? Mail team@agen… 495232982920462336|Fri Aug 01 15:41:58 +0000 2014|@aaronlinde can't stop staring 495229374669783040|Fri Aug 01 15:27:38 +0000 2014|RT @stereogum: RT @AARP Adam Duritz of @CountingCrows: proof that turning 50 rocks! #mrjones #boomers50 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt9TT8vIYAAFR9o.jpg 495223103577153536|Fri Aug 01 15:02:43 +0000 2014|RT @brandonnn: a treatise on the “justwalkingism” movement in videogames: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/OscarBarda/20140731/222365/Art_movements_in_video_games_Justwalkingism.php by @ThemGames, co-starring @baiyon & even … 495222791340580864|Fri Aug 01 15:01:29 +0000 2014|RT @bmagnanti: Hmm, how to tell her? http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsSVHK8CAAAKQRB.jpg 495222151344304129|Fri Aug 01 14:58:56 +0000 2014|Avatars mashing together in a frustrated urge for connection http://gu.com/p/4vdhn/tw 495200236168835072|Fri Aug 01 13:31:51 +0000 2014|RT @AmandaMarcotte: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/08/01/dad_feminism_why_having_a_daughter_shouldn_t_make_men_care_about_feminism.html Man, so much this. Every man that says, “Now that I have a daughter, I care about women,” I pity… 495188988039528448|Fri Aug 01 12:47:09 +0000 2014|@mizanyx no, there won't be any action games. 495184523312005121|Fri Aug 01 12:29:25 +0000 2014|"The mode of participation is endless investment" -- me for @guardian re 'social', modern multiplayer games http://gu.com/p/4vdhn/tw 495182889295024128|Fri Aug 01 12:22:55 +0000 2014|RT @mass_digi: What would 'social' video games look like if they served the gamers? http://gu.com/p/4vdhn/tw by @leighalexander via @guardian 495165900430262272|Fri Aug 01 11:15:25 +0000 2014|RT @brianmtaylor: https://archive.org/details/folkscanomy_computer IA's volunteer-scanned computerbooks (@ckunzelman, @leighalexander, @jennatar yinz all like old s… 495164686468673536|Fri Aug 01 11:10:35 +0000 2014|@bombsfall @jennatar let's all give ourselves gelt wrapper medals on the regular 495162503102758913|Fri Aug 01 11:01:55 +0000 2014|@bombsfall @jennatar made my friend a book for her birthday as a child. Glued Hanukkah gelt wrapper to front, wrote CALDECOTT MEDAL on it 495152519610654720|Fri Aug 01 10:22:14 +0000 2014|@jennatar I love hyenagrin 495149868881825792|Fri Aug 01 10:11:42 +0000 2014|@jennatar I expected better 495149596067524608|Fri Aug 01 10:10:37 +0000 2014|@jennatar no need for that kind of slam on the columns 495148464490422272|Fri Aug 01 10:06:08 +0000 2014|@wordyloveslots thank you x 495147388676636672|Fri Aug 01 10:01:51 +0000 2014|@sister_w I think that word is not in their vocabulary 495146813046136832|Fri Aug 01 09:59:34 +0000 2014|@ibogost thanks, it was a considered statement 495146632808525824|Fri Aug 01 09:58:51 +0000 2014|Please also read my new profile of the work of Devine Lu Linvega. You will want to try some of these things http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/221894/Touch_Love_Ledoliel_and_the_world_of_Devine_Lu_Linvega.php 495146361453817856|Fri Aug 01 09:57:47 +0000 2014|RT @ThoughtBubbleUK: @leighalexander #notallmanors 495145941302018048|Fri Aug 01 09:56:06 +0000 2014|New post at RPS! Currently there is a very elaborate comment thread re my use of phrase 'young men' http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/30/the-curse-of-crowley-manor/ 495144631181783040|Fri Aug 01 09:50:54 +0000 2014|@steishere I can't fucking stand when it's difficult to spread the butter 495144486922899456|Fri Aug 01 09:50:19 +0000 2014|@Wesley_Copeland yes! 495143560229171200|Fri Aug 01 09:46:38 +0000 2014|@sispurrier I think for real softness I'm going to have to take a step over into olive oil spread territory 495142944027193344|Fri Aug 01 09:44:11 +0000 2014|I'm just ornery this morning because the M&S 'Softer Butter' turned out to not really be meaningfully softer 495142480913133569|Fri Aug 01 09:42:21 +0000 2014|'Mayonnaise boat' is my new fave insult... means inoffensive, homogenous group that never challenges the status quo nor surprises anyone 494998635860750336|Fri Aug 01 00:10:46 +0000 2014|My plan is to be anjelica huston when I grow up 494958942964170752|Thu Jul 31 21:33:02 +0000 2014|@acarboni same tho 494956982714261504|Thu Jul 31 21:25:15 +0000 2014|You know, I really like artists whose oeuvres have established rulesets 494956473148243970|Thu Jul 31 21:23:13 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @HurdyIV that's the only other one I hasn't seen 494956322568552448|Thu Jul 31 21:22:37 +0000 2014|RT @finryan87: @leighalexander Why isn't that endorsement on the poster? "Really nicely made, isn't it" - Leigh Alexander 494956297037828096|Thu Jul 31 21:22:31 +0000 2014|@bonzrat as a massive pop culture fan I feel there is literally 0 wrong with Wes Anderson & I mean that in the best way 494955090718253056|Thu Jul 31 21:17:44 +0000 2014|I had never watched life aquatic til today. This is really nicely made, isn't it 494953409536360448|Thu Jul 31 21:11:03 +0000 2014|@AlexJaffe @kirkhamilton no sorry this is only the tutorial *vanishes in pillar of smoke* 494952761319243776|Thu Jul 31 21:08:28 +0000 2014|@AlexJaffe you need to pass all 8 Fire Cloister Trials to become my good friend perhaps @kirkhamilton will mentor u 494952179787390976|Thu Jul 31 21:06:10 +0000 2014|@megganpez dimly remember participating in a thing with you, @johnteti, @elliegibson where that was the very premise 494947820248768512|Thu Jul 31 20:48:50 +0000 2014|One ring to rule them all http://instagram.com/p/rISEyLsDA9/ 494929754521612288|Thu Jul 31 19:37:03 +0000 2014|RT @GL33kler: hey budz!-My game is in another bundle! @CosmicDJGame - this time it's got my album created for the game with it! https://t.c… 494927181068640256|Thu Jul 31 19:26:49 +0000 2014|So many mic drops tho “@kfan: My response to @alicialutes's 31 Questions About Kim Kardashian Hollywood - http://tmblr.co/Zk4tby1MvXAkW” 494926633418371072|Thu Jul 31 19:24:39 +0000 2014|@oliviataters I'm sorry liv, that sucks 494924389801287681|Thu Jul 31 19:15:44 +0000 2014|RT @mediamolecule: Because of his good behaviour recently, we allowed Sackboy to have an extra hour in the ball pit. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt48JUtCUAEyuyx.jpg 494918000211161089|Thu Jul 31 18:50:21 +0000 2014|RT @sonic_hedgehog: Happy Chili Dog Day! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt3T9aaCUAA8UkP.jpg 494915425332105216|Thu Jul 31 18:40:07 +0000 2014|@DELTAHEAD_ same 494914020626145280|Thu Jul 31 18:34:32 +0000 2014|RT @sloanesloane: lots of Junot Diaz, Zadie Smith and ZZ Packer short stories now online to read for free at the New Yorker http://t.co/aDH… 494908624943468544|Thu Jul 31 18:13:05 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @EdStern Freudian typo 494901660809170945|Thu Jul 31 17:45:25 +0000 2014|@vravn oh I didn't get paid 494900087387328512|Thu Jul 31 17:39:10 +0000 2014|@mattgriffin hey well let's not get crazy that ain't me 494899499786321921|Thu Jul 31 17:36:50 +0000 2014|Freelancing is awesome because you are always working really hard doing a million things but then suddenly money is distant and theoretical 494882232583327744|Thu Jul 31 16:28:13 +0000 2014|RT @cheshster: @leighalexander Have you heard about the Diversity in Tech & Gaming conference in NYC? It's new and needs promotion! http://… 494823323185192960|Thu Jul 31 12:34:08 +0000 2014|@flaneur strawberry letter 23 494821439984660480|Thu Jul 31 12:26:39 +0000 2014|@flaneur year of the cat is such a solid call 494821116188557313|Thu Jul 31 12:25:22 +0000 2014|@flaneur oh man I was just thinking of making a mix like this 494820334869417984|Thu Jul 31 12:22:15 +0000 2014|@flaneur such a great jam imo 494820082783354880|Thu Jul 31 12:21:15 +0000 2014|RT @diablocody: The movie "Big" would never work now because every 30 year-old acts like that. 494818041075859456|Thu Jul 31 12:13:08 +0000 2014|@codabreak unlimited data 15 pounds a month wooo I'm free 494817898863800321|Thu Jul 31 12:12:35 +0000 2014|@SeanTheBaptiste that toy piano riff! 494817480884649984|Thu Jul 31 12:10:55 +0000 2014|Sometimes I just need this ok http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt3x4BLIgAA1ti4.jpg 494816794163814400|Thu Jul 31 12:08:11 +0000 2014|@fairfairisles @ultrabrilliant Well i have a dopamine tattoo http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt3xQEVCMAAebAz.jpg 494794951142952960|Thu Jul 31 10:41:23 +0000 2014|If you don't use Amazon or have trouble finding Breathing Machine in your country, please try iBooks, Google Play or Kobo! 494793980438388736|Thu Jul 31 10:37:32 +0000 2014|My second book is coming out imminently! Hang in x 494793422897967104|Thu Jul 31 10:35:19 +0000 2014|Once, I posed for 'smoking fetish' photos & contemplated selling my socks on a young internet. It's in my book http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00I5X3U10?pc_redir=1405545182&robot_redir=1 494705387887943680|Thu Jul 31 04:45:30 +0000 2014|@sokareemie you are cool happy birthday 494702898245541888|Thu Jul 31 04:35:36 +0000 2014|RT @fullbright: I bet theres a current generation of kids who literally think "Calvin is that comic strip about that kid that pisses on thi… 494698534097387520|Thu Jul 31 04:18:16 +0000 2014|@hunktears *cries* 494698300147523584|Thu Jul 31 04:17:20 +0000 2014|@hunktears me either 494697412410507264|Thu Jul 31 04:13:48 +0000 2014|@hunktears lol like who does that amirite 494694402066251777|Thu Jul 31 04:01:51 +0000 2014|@Caesoose everything usually ends up on http://leighalexander.net or is linked in this feed! 494625296591888384|Wed Jul 30 23:27:15 +0000 2014|@carolynmichelle you rock. Hoping for even better next steps for you! 494624814616023042|Wed Jul 30 23:25:20 +0000 2014|RT @leigh_books: oh look it's Underworld that movie about the guy who is always creepin your group around the dance floor hoping to follow … 494617646823145472|Wed Jul 30 22:56:51 +0000 2014|@gimpnelly it's almost like you're a person who enjoys things rather than viewing identity as weird sports teams 494617318232981504|Wed Jul 30 22:55:32 +0000 2014|Also, the unscientific work of pleasing someone you can never fully understand: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221894/Touch_Love_Ledoliel_and_the_world_of_Devine_Lu_Linvega.php 494616775628423168|Wed Jul 30 22:53:23 +0000 2014|Well, I had to solve a puzzle by finding a brown growth in a pool of blood and then setting it on a dining plate http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/30/the-curse-of-crowley-manor/ 494585904577929216|Wed Jul 30 20:50:43 +0000 2014|RT @alanwdang: @leighalexander @ADAMATOMIC I've just been listening to the Star Wars adventure module she did and it's a hoot: http://t.co/… 494565277443829760|Wed Jul 30 19:28:45 +0000 2014|@ADAMATOMIC thank you for noticing how hard I've been working x 494556994884620288|Wed Jul 30 18:55:50 +0000 2014|RT @mousefountain: Wow, it turns out @leighalexander's videos are exactly what I want from a Let's Play. She's like the Bob Ross of video g… 494520402002333696|Wed Jul 30 16:30:26 +0000 2014|@brandonnn "forgetting" 494520327666663424|Wed Jul 30 16:30:08 +0000 2014|@brandonnn 👍👌 494518075568701440|Wed Jul 30 16:21:11 +0000 2014|Learn more about @GirlsMakeGames http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221883/These_girls_are_ready_to_shape_the_future_of_game_development.php 494517791664640000|Wed Jul 30 16:20:03 +0000 2014|RT @ashly_burch: I can't believe I'm only now hearing about @GirlsMakeGames I just backed the shit out of this game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2020158234/girls-make-games-grand-prize-winner 494517099847774208|Wed Jul 30 16:17:18 +0000 2014|@brandonnn being u for a min 2day... seems sweet... http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtzgrjtCIAI_zgL.jpg 494513645385449472|Wed Jul 30 16:03:35 +0000 2014|@adragonbee thank you! I spent most of my life hating it so I'm making up for it now x 494513135295152129|Wed Jul 30 16:01:33 +0000 2014|I created a CYBER HAIR STYLE for my talk at the Royal Court Theatre tonight http://instagram.com/p/rFMZyWMDM8/ 494497422195052545|Wed Jul 30 14:59:07 +0000 2014|@AshleyPringle people make parser adventures all the time for the annual IF Comps. you should look those up! 494493055853273088|Wed Jul 30 14:41:46 +0000 2014|@jasonschreier NO 494492798348197888|Wed Jul 30 14:40:45 +0000 2014|unsurprised to notice the publication profiled here http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/23/from-mars now looks like this http://www.bustle.com/ 494487280456056832|Wed Jul 30 14:18:49 +0000 2014|adventure games have a form/heritage that predates the “bribe tuba w souffle” school of puzzle http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/30/the-curse-of-crowley-manor/ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtzFj5AIMAAoGPy.jpg 494483583500054528|Wed Jul 30 14:04:08 +0000 2014|@m_kopas like also if you sear it on both sides ahhhhhhhh or wrap it in a mint leaf 494483404554268672|Wed Jul 30 14:03:25 +0000 2014|@CousinDangereux this is effing wonderful 494483123087114240|Wed Jul 30 14:02:18 +0000 2014|i can't believe i never learned about halloumi until i came here... halloumi, where have you been all my life... 494482566486175744|Wed Jul 30 14:00:05 +0000 2014|RT @anildash: If you'd like to see truth, you should read @kfan on Kim Kardashian, and her game, and media, and humans in general: http://t… 494480191222468608|Wed Jul 30 13:50:39 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt thanks for your time! 494474255174995968|Wed Jul 30 13:27:03 +0000 2014|RT @lightnarcissus: Really good article by @leighalexander on Ledoliel, @aliceffekt's strange but brutal dating sim http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221894/Touch_Love_Ledoliel_and_the_world_of_Devine_Lu_Linvega.php 494474224091021312|Wed Jul 30 13:26:56 +0000 2014|RT @brett_douville: Love this article/interview by @leighalexander about Linvega's strangely compelling games: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221894/Touch_Love_Ledoliel_and_the_world_of_Devine_Lu_Linvega.php 494474212514729985|Wed Jul 30 13:26:53 +0000 2014|@brett_douville thank you. i want the whole world to play everything Linvega has made! 494473913095970816|Wed Jul 30 13:25:42 +0000 2014|@uglymachine wow that's basically been my whole life over here lately 494459981631348736|Wed Jul 30 12:30:20 +0000 2014|RT @royalcourt: Tonight's our 2nd #TheBigIdea, a debate on morality & virtual reality w @leighalexander,@severalbees &Rory Mullarkey http:/… 494459881727213568|Wed Jul 30 12:29:57 +0000 2014|If you want to find out what an "Other-Venture" is, join in! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/30/the-curse-of-crowley-manor/ 494459253902802944|Wed Jul 30 12:27:27 +0000 2014|A new Lo-Fi Let's Play at @rockpapershot -- Curse of Crowley Manor promises 'psychological realism never seen before' http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/30/the-curse-of-crowley-manor/ 494441780126171136|Wed Jul 30 11:18:01 +0000 2014|RT @VICEUK: Creeping on another player's Dungeons & Dragons character won't get you laid in real life: http://bit.ly/UB2CWq http://t.co/F… 494426913088483328|Wed Jul 30 10:18:56 +0000 2014|@jawsew I think the best way to be an advocate is in acknowledgment of problems, vs relentless positivity 494426713137610752|Wed Jul 30 10:18:09 +0000 2014|I've written about Ledoliel and the incredible world of Devine Lu Linvega. You've been missing so much. http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221894/Touch_Love_Ledoliel_and_the_world_of_Devine_Lu_Linvega.php 494425789807755264|Wed Jul 30 10:14:28 +0000 2014|@jawsew well, just because we like something, even are deeply involved on it, doesn't mean every instance of its use is beyond reproach 494425384772198400|Wed Jul 30 10:12:52 +0000 2014|I am very pleased to have helped fund the article I just received a++ http://patreon.com/jennfrank 494424978155372544|Wed Jul 30 10:11:15 +0000 2014|@jennatar jeez I am sorry if so 494424546230169600|Wed Jul 30 10:09:32 +0000 2014|@kezamacdonald not when you see an unemployed adult staring at a giggling chiming cartoon character for 3 straight hours 494423893952974848|Wed Jul 30 10:06:56 +0000 2014|I once hid my 3DS from an old bf because I felt such loathing at the sight of him spending needful multiple-hour blocs on Mario 3d world 494423794598289409|Wed Jul 30 10:06:33 +0000 2014|There is this bald disgust that ruptures in me for these 'big' endless video games the minute I see someone hooked, infantilized, dependent 494422805359116289|Wed Jul 30 10:02:37 +0000 2014|The new @jennatar article is v good -- games like Destiny do this to me, too http://infinitelives.net/2014/07/27/on-destiny-and-game-widows/ 494420629580701696|Wed Jul 30 09:53:58 +0000 2014|RT @EMOTIONTHEORY: @leighalexander interviews @Jonathan_Blow about @witnessgame. Great read, reinforces excitement for the game. http://t.c… 494255851830779904|Tue Jul 29 22:59:12 +0000 2014|These girls are helping shape the future of game dev -- check out the amazing Girls Make a Games camp! http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221883/These_girls_are_ready_to_shape_the_future_of_game_development.php 494252852491984897|Tue Jul 29 22:47:17 +0000 2014|I definitely don't know what these are http://instagram.com/p/rDWCiasDGZ/ 494252328015642624|Tue Jul 29 22:45:12 +0000 2014|I really love the park wildflowers http://instagram.com/p/rDVzTBMDF-/ 494191574633701376|Tue Jul 29 18:43:47 +0000 2014|@text_fish @sophiaaar kobo, iplayer & google play! 494189246073561088|Tue Jul 29 18:34:32 +0000 2014|@sophiaaar awesome. All my best to you! 494187721435672577|Tue Jul 29 18:28:29 +0000 2014|@sophiaaar ah excellent! Are you in tech now? 494186434287640576|Tue Jul 29 18:23:22 +0000 2014|RT @sophiaaar: If any of you are interested in tech/gaming and you HAVEN'T read @leighalexander's "Breathing Machine" then... I think we ne… 494186427245395968|Tue Jul 29 18:23:20 +0000 2014|@sophiaaar oh, thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you dug it x 494179748554477568|Tue Jul 29 17:56:48 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed I will tell you later 494169672737386498|Tue Jul 29 17:16:45 +0000 2014|@jambajooce thank you! Enjoy them x 494169616101699585|Tue Jul 29 17:16:32 +0000 2014|@Sabrepulse not super weird! I have a new column starting soon w @MikeDiver at vice and he links my mountain piece in his KEEP UP ASH 494168919578796032|Tue Jul 29 17:13:46 +0000 2014|It's part of the theatre's ongoing discussion series about its plays. This one is called The Nether... 494168755011088384|Tue Jul 29 17:13:07 +0000 2014|Join @severalbees, Rory Mullarkey and I at the Royal Court Theatre tomorrow evening for a discussion about CYBERSPACE http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-big-idea-the-nether 494167960446328832|Tue Jul 29 17:09:57 +0000 2014|RT @tombramwell: Time to load Mountain while tweeting, after reading (and apparently ignoring the lessons of) @leighalexander's piece: http… 494167932612923392|Tue Jul 29 17:09:50 +0000 2014|@tombramwell I am way too 'back on twitter' for my own liking too :0 (thanks for sharing my piece!) 494145178526285824|Tue Jul 29 15:39:25 +0000 2014|I just went "YES" in an athletic bro voice as my yoga practice video started 494123191741460480|Tue Jul 29 14:12:03 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman this is a species that evolves by eating its own colonies 494122856146817024|Tue Jul 29 14:10:43 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman currently enjoying an 'algal bloom' 494122756263641088|Tue Jul 29 14:10:20 +0000 2014|RT @garywhitta: @leighalexander See: all tweets ever. 494122360560451584|Tue Jul 29 14:08:45 +0000 2014|Also includes subtweets that act as political/professional manifestos but are really expressions of highly specific personal resentment 494122010138910721|Tue Jul 29 14:07:22 +0000 2014|A Taxonomy of Subtweets 494120820302938112|Tue Jul 29 14:02:38 +0000 2014|My fave type of subtweet is "authoritative value statement presented as general, but really only pertinent to this one girl I'm jealous of'" 494120189987135488|Tue Jul 29 14:00:08 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: 'cats have gone too far. i am jealous of their universally-loved status. we must expose their fraud' 494077944823037952|Tue Jul 29 11:12:16 +0000 2014|Whoa it really was the very first guy I tweeted a pic of http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BttRRK2IcAAIYCJ.jpg 494048155546447874|Tue Jul 29 09:13:53 +0000 2014|Of course I downloaded them http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bts2KzoCUAAsF9_.jpg 494047606298128385|Tue Jul 29 09:11:42 +0000 2014|Facebook targeted ads are getting smarter about me http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bts1qJ-IAAAAPeX.jpg 494046218998546432|Tue Jul 29 09:06:12 +0000 2014|RT @mrsambarlow: Dreamed that @leighalexander was live tweeting Vines of a Youtube of someone else playing a detective game. Woke up b4 she… 494045389319065600|Tue Jul 29 09:02:54 +0000 2014|RT @dbjamesdb: every time I see 3 white girls I wonder if it's Haim 493926179515416576|Tue Jul 29 01:09:12 +0000 2014|Poor guy #freemanuel http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtrHPUzCAAA2lKw.jpg 493920996844638209|Tue Jul 29 00:48:36 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland I'm like the only person in the world who will watch all of this 493920228079050753|Tue Jul 29 00:45:33 +0000 2014|RT @legobutts: all sales from http://www.glitchhikers.com game going to @DMGToronto <3 <3 <3 this wednesday - saturday love u @Slvrstrng <3 493918186698313728|Tue Jul 29 00:37:26 +0000 2014|Things are heating up boy https://vine.co/v/MEBOeVQUXmP 493912588200460288|Tue Jul 29 00:15:12 +0000 2014|Holy shit there's a real murder club!!! That's why this game is called murder club http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btq64YKIIAAzk4W.jpg 493906261222891520|Mon Jul 28 23:50:03 +0000 2014|Can't wait to see how this turns out https://vine.co/v/M0lYU6MVH0r 493905506520821760|Mon Jul 28 23:47:03 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow @ThisIsPatrickS haha I legitimately vocalized my laughter 493904784060350464|Mon Jul 28 23:44:11 +0000 2014|Been waiting the whole game to meet the life insurance salesman http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqzyE6IIAAnlUM.jpg 493904458565566464|Mon Jul 28 23:42:53 +0000 2014|@mattsheret he starts in on you literally the first minute you see him. Seems like it's all he does smh 493903400976015360|Mon Jul 28 23:38:41 +0000 2014|@brandonnn yes that's the @Mega64 live action 'trailer' get up 2 date 493902818156494849|Mon Jul 28 23:36:22 +0000 2014|@sampy yeah basically 493902760925224960|Mon Jul 28 23:36:09 +0000 2014|Wow cold bro it's only been 2 hours http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btqx8NWIIAAiWLc.jpg 493902277204533249|Mon Jul 28 23:34:13 +0000 2014|THESE ARENT HARD QUESTIONS http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btqxf_yIAAAgvhz.jpg 493899446993043456|Mon Jul 28 23:22:59 +0000 2014|RT @missafayres: @leighalexander looks like Sally Jessie Raphael 493899431599935488|Mon Jul 28 23:22:55 +0000 2014|RT @Anihl8r: @leighalexander WHAT IS SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL DOING IN THAT GAME? :D 493899345088241666|Mon Jul 28 23:22:34 +0000 2014|MURDERER http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btqu1h5IYAEzNC5.jpg 493896197493784576|Mon Jul 28 23:10:04 +0000 2014|@cabel it was a pretty offensive caricature 493895856492654593|Mon Jul 28 23:08:42 +0000 2014|Whoa slut shaming http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqrqcwIYAA9gYH.jpg 493894118784118785|Mon Jul 28 23:01:48 +0000 2014|@cabel 1:38:28 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqqFVqIIAAQcTC.jpg 493893618349125632|Mon Jul 28 22:59:49 +0000 2014|Haranguing a parking lot attendant http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqpoLAIIAIRgG1.jpg 493892245419229185|Mon Jul 28 22:54:22 +0000 2014|Pastor http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqoYSjIAAEyEec.jpg 493891391697985536|Mon Jul 28 22:50:58 +0000 2014|@MikeChannell you mean in a good way 493891310949236736|Mon Jul 28 22:50:39 +0000 2014|@daphaknee daphny you would like this one, JB Harold murder club, even though john hurt isn't around to ask what we think 493890775043018752|Mon Jul 28 22:48:31 +0000 2014|Thanks for socially participating while I reject the narrative of the primacy of the recent 493890679291252736|Mon Jul 28 22:48:08 +0000 2014|This is boyfriend nick apparently http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btqm9H1IQAEX4rt.jpg 493890134744780800|Mon Jul 28 22:45:58 +0000 2014|Meanwhile check out his novel http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqmckaIgAA3wRd.jpg 493889816015433728|Mon Jul 28 22:44:42 +0000 2014|Check out this mf http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqmK4GIIAAymtc.jpg 493889110554447873|Mon Jul 28 22:41:54 +0000 2014|"I can't believe you've been watching this playthrough for as long as normal people watch movies" 493888635276918784|Mon Jul 28 22:40:01 +0000 2014|RT @mk_patter: @leighalexander Everyone in this town(?) has definitely murdered SOMEONE. 493888628419211264|Mon Jul 28 22:39:59 +0000 2014|@mk_patter I KNOW, that's what I'm starting to think 493888531178479618|Mon Jul 28 22:39:36 +0000 2014|@ZiggyVertigo yes 493888465537597440|Mon Jul 28 22:39:20 +0000 2014|@MrPope JB HAROLD MURDER CLUB, fmv TurboGrafx 16-CD game!!!!!!! 493887723321974784|Mon Jul 28 22:36:23 +0000 2014|NO http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqkQ64IMAEHsyi.jpg 493886160444604419|Mon Jul 28 22:30:11 +0000 2014|Yeah you and everyone else sister http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btqi2GjIQAATCfz.jpg 493885325148557312|Mon Jul 28 22:26:52 +0000 2014|Whoa also uh this guy http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqiFXNIUAAEK8c.jpg 493884817826938881|Mon Jul 28 22:24:51 +0000 2014|Wonder if this is relevant to the case http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqhnyaIcAE9wW1.jpg 493875304998649856|Mon Jul 28 21:47:03 +0000 2014|@EvanCartarrr whoa hang on she's a waitress 493874709059362817|Mon Jul 28 21:44:41 +0000 2014|What do we think about this guy http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqYbikIEAAJ-At.jpg 493874506973609984|Mon Jul 28 21:43:52 +0000 2014|@DerekWheatley hey she's a piano player 493873936808304640|Mon Jul 28 21:41:36 +0000 2014|But why not though http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqXugEIIAE3URa.jpg 493873271226773504|Mon Jul 28 21:38:58 +0000 2014|@mk_patter me too 493872097635360769|Mon Jul 28 21:34:18 +0000 2014|Or how about this guy http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqWDdvCAAMvUti.jpg 493871752972619777|Mon Jul 28 21:32:56 +0000 2014|@mk_patter actually the doctor thinks the murderer was a woman because THE STAB WOUNDS WERE SHALLOW 493870830515159040|Mon Jul 28 21:29:16 +0000 2014|This guy http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqU5x9IIAAZ7LK.jpg 493860554772336640|Mon Jul 28 20:48:26 +0000 2014|RT @aliceffekt: Ledoliel's procedural soundtrack systems are finally working. The game now has music unique for each alien. 493855228702502912|Mon Jul 28 20:27:16 +0000 2014|@MaxKriegerVG The Lord's work 493854600861327360|Mon Jul 28 20:24:46 +0000 2014|To whoever put a nearly 4hour long complete playthru of JB Harold Murder Club for TurboGrafx-16 CD on YouTube, I love you so much right now 493853305815441408|Mon Jul 28 20:19:38 +0000 2014|@LCTRgames YES it's the perfect conclusion to a FULLER LONGER meal kit 493849403854430208|Mon Jul 28 20:04:07 +0000 2014|Holy crap this m&s clotted cream vanilla ice cream help 493812652796559360|Mon Jul 28 17:38:05 +0000 2014|That twin peaks blu ray is out tomorrow? I only hope too many of you did not all buy it for me at once 493812413972905984|Mon Jul 28 17:37:08 +0000 2014|RT @severalbees: If twitter isn't enough of my opinions, on Wednesday I'm on a panel @royalcourt with Rory Mullarkey & @leighalexander http… 493792666908626944|Mon Jul 28 16:18:40 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd @skullface I mean he is a genius, such an evil song succeeded by being Catchy As F 493791338119581696|Mon Jul 28 16:13:23 +0000 2014|@scanters oh ann. 493790752846381057|Mon Jul 28 16:11:04 +0000 2014|@skullface @hentaiphd pharrell is the dark puppeteer behind so many scandalous tunes (I mean I love him still but) 493789507993747456|Mon Jul 28 16:06:07 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd he's the one that wrote blurred lines REMEMBER 493789347372859392|Mon Jul 28 16:05:29 +0000 2014|Cool mystery novel idea: solve the mystery of why I don't get to look like Cara Delevingne 493789078849355777|Mon Jul 28 16:04:25 +0000 2014|@gNoviere doesn't remotely work with the pronunciation of my name 493787718103871488|Mon Jul 28 15:59:00 +0000 2014|Free comic idea: I fight vampire exes to win the heart of Kristen Stewart and in the end I win. Ok there u go thank me later 493784591715794944|Mon Jul 28 15:46:35 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @Jam_sponge well I mean I just feel totally free to block or mute whoever whenever, sometimes even arbitrarily 493783768764014592|Mon Jul 28 15:43:19 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge @kierongillen I do literally whatever I feel like in response to any tweet that rankles me even a little 493750021201068032|Mon Jul 28 13:29:13 +0000 2014|RT @mass_digi: Cool. @Girlsmakegames is hosting a girls #gamedev camp in Boston from Aug. 4-8. Reg. info here: http://girlsmakegames.com/registration.html 493744917244837888|Mon Jul 28 13:08:56 +0000 2014|RT @CThursten: I liked @casskhaw's first Patreon-funded book essay but apparently I forgot to Tweet about it so HERE YOU GO, CASS: http://t… 493717089606447104|Mon Jul 28 11:18:21 +0000 2014|@ShaneDoyle19 the problem is it does not come off 493715752047104000|Mon Jul 28 11:13:02 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @DataFran 493715272667496449|Mon Jul 28 11:11:08 +0000 2014|Thanks for tuning in to this breathtaking saga 493714053035200513|Mon Jul 28 11:06:17 +0000 2014|@Rx_Pixel tried them :( 493713713355292672|Mon Jul 28 11:04:56 +0000 2014|It just won't unscrew. I think it is permanent. Doomed to forever have ikea paper bulb 493711022415687680|Mon Jul 28 10:54:15 +0000 2014|@Rob_Crossley_ THANK YOU. Going to apply man hands to the situation 493710034522886144|Mon Jul 28 10:50:19 +0000 2014|The bottom bit is metal. Can it be that some asshole installed a permanent fixture that can only be used with fucking ikea paper bulbs 493709366328303616|Mon Jul 28 10:47:40 +0000 2014|Is it possible that it's just like welded on 493708730517946368|Mon Jul 28 10:45:08 +0000 2014|WHY http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtoBeSXIQAEKZt_.jpg 493708253654958081|Mon Jul 28 10:43:14 +0000 2014|I unscrewed it but nothing changed. It's like it's PART OF THE wire http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtoBCTgCUAEZq-r.jpg 493706940326105088|Mon Jul 28 10:38:01 +0000 2014|Okay, does anyone know what is this frame thing and why it won't come off? We can't get the new lampshade on http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btn_2FgIIAAIn1U.jpg 493533171695501314|Sun Jul 27 23:07:32 +0000 2014|@fullbright @brandonnn ok ok I'm sorry I'll tell you about the prints 493520342686912514|Sun Jul 27 22:16:33 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @ollymoss go away brando 493505817468235776|Sun Jul 27 21:18:50 +0000 2014|No YOU just ate four sushi rolls entirely to yourself 493497650516598784|Sun Jul 27 20:46:23 +0000 2014|@daphaknee daphny ahead of the curve http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtlBf2EIQAA7iLI.jpg 493495600944799747|Sun Jul 27 20:38:14 +0000 2014|Like, imagine if someone called your phone today for no particular reason wouldn't that be weird 493495509190205440|Sun Jul 27 20:37:52 +0000 2014|It seems like when I was a young teen people would just call each other 'to talk' aimlessly for hours 493495339551584257|Sun Jul 27 20:37:12 +0000 2014|RT @cabel: @leighalexander Oh man I loved it. Also legendary for my brain is J.B. Harold Murder Club. I might have imported that from Japan… 493495329845936128|Sun Jul 27 20:37:09 +0000 2014|@cabel no I totally had that one too now that you mention it... Good shout! 493493108899057665|Sun Jul 27 20:28:20 +0000 2014|Well, now I'm watching hours-long YouTubes of the Sherlock Holmes TurboGrafx-16 game that I had as a kid 493473201931177984|Sun Jul 27 19:09:14 +0000 2014|Solving Sherlock Holmes mysteries with Tim, Ian and Olly http://instagram.com/p/q9zThAsDPm/ 493435897661390848|Sun Jul 27 16:41:00 +0000 2014|Whenever i am looking forward to something I always fall asleep before it #PartyGirl 493403401548750848|Sun Jul 27 14:31:52 +0000 2014|"You're not actually going to FINISH this FFX replay" "SHUT UP YES I AM" *400 really cheap boring boss fights later* 493402934781435904|Sun Jul 27 14:30:01 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @moscaddie that always creeps me out like the righteously angry feminist dude RTing everything & faving all my instagrams 493394560962531328|Sun Jul 27 13:56:44 +0000 2014|@moscaddie @ElizSimins but what if it's only women re feminist articles tho like in a really persistent and attentive way 493391369260773376|Sun Jul 27 13:44:03 +0000 2014|If you are like me and you love a. Character studies b. Really great acting then Steve Buscemi's Trees Lounge is on Netflix 493388947415105536|Sun Jul 27 13:34:26 +0000 2014|@dr_horseotron all my stuff is linked at http://leighalexander.net these days. Thanks again x 493388017680519168|Sun Jul 27 13:30:44 +0000 2014|@dr_horseotron sadly I am finished :( thank you for your support! 493387904816013312|Sun Jul 27 13:30:17 +0000 2014|Well it's board game day and @ollymoss brought us prints. We will now begin playing WHATEVER THE HECK OLLY WOULD LIKE #eee #ChristmasInJuly 493360882777612288|Sun Jul 27 11:42:55 +0000 2014|@KyraKat oy, cannot stand video of myself! 493360184354672640|Sun Jul 27 11:40:08 +0000 2014|RT @MikeDiver: Much goodness coming to Vice Vs Video Games soon: chats with David OReilly and Mike Bithell + a new column by Leigh Alexande… 493359853763837952|Sun Jul 27 11:38:49 +0000 2014|@KyraKat oh, I didn't know that was on YouTube! Cool! 493344840852471808|Sun Jul 27 10:39:10 +0000 2014|Classic Timehop memories from a year ago http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bti2hJNCMAA5UaQ.jpg 493180201875288064|Sat Jul 26 23:44:57 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @Mr_Joyboy same 493179624118312960|Sat Jul 26 23:42:39 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @Mr_Joyboy sorry i am pretty drunk today but IMAGINE 493179164011560960|Sat Jul 26 23:40:50 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @Mr_Joyboy but then the house is eerily silent & u realize Eva is on and then the sun is gone "GREETINGS ARE U READY 2 DISCU 493178314132291584|Sat Jul 26 23:37:27 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @Mr_Joyboy @mrwasteland oh aevee thank god you're here 493174719706062848|Sat Jul 26 23:23:10 +0000 2014|Anime quiz: should u betray the chApel of your memories [y][n] is s. asuka langley the most important character of all times [y][y] can u c 493173765778710528|Sat Jul 26 23:19:23 +0000 2014|@TheBlindLynx THANK you 493173513956913152|Sat Jul 26 23:18:23 +0000 2014|@simoncarless @garywhitta @brandonnn @steishere http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtgasjQIEAAUgUc.jpg 493172663352057856|Sat Jul 26 23:15:00 +0000 2014|@simoncarless @garywhitta @brandonnn @steishere h8 u ppl 493171559658704896|Sat Jul 26 23:10:37 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @steishere @garywhitta you're the worst thing about my life today brando 493171100676014080|Sat Jul 26 23:08:47 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @steishere @garywhitta yffggggh 493170738225242112|Sat Jul 26 23:07:21 +0000 2014|@steishere @garywhitta @brandonnn DONT FAV 493170659045163011|Sat Jul 26 23:07:02 +0000 2014|Fun fact I can't watch 'congratulations' scene w/o crying and yes this will be on the test and no u can not escape the windows are locked 493170237827989504|Sat Jul 26 23:05:22 +0000 2014|Welcome to anime camp you'll learn a lot today. There will be a 20 min intermission where i just cry about my teen years & u have to hold m 493169934365892608|Sat Jul 26 23:04:09 +0000 2014|I have many anime theories and critiques *accidentally blinds u with educational laser pointer* 493169685991788544|Sat Jul 26 23:03:10 +0000 2014|Greetings do you want to hear all my 20 year-old existential analyses of neon genesis evangelion *doors simultaneously lock all around u* 493169224849051648|Sat Jul 26 23:01:20 +0000 2014|@Mr_Joyboy @mrwasteland @MammonMachine *your tv is on Eva is on loop but you can't move and I'm wielding a educational laser pointer* 493168218358702080|Sat Jul 26 22:57:20 +0000 2014|@sokareemie w/e what if she was really nice on AOL 493167779798061056|Sat Jul 26 22:55:35 +0000 2014|Deploy ghost, generate orbs, resist the hive, destroy the acolytes, thralls and high servitors. Beware hidden swarm #Illuminati #destiny 493166847014207488|Sat Jul 26 22:51:53 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland @Mr_Joyboy @MammonMachine *windows also lock and I smile really enthusiastically* 493165773817659393|Sat Jul 26 22:47:37 +0000 2014|@Mr_Joyboy @mrwasteland @MammonMachine nothing to be done but three day whiskey-fueled annotated marathon with me, your guide *door locks* 493164063766364162|Sat Jul 26 22:40:50 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: hello yes here is a new music i made http://sideponyofthemonthclub.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-the-90s-were-gonna-sue-you 493155331359641600|Sat Jul 26 22:06:08 +0000 2014|@steishere @garywhitta SHARED WITHOUT PERMISSION expect to hear from my lawyer 493133717884633088|Sat Jul 26 20:40:14 +0000 2014|@garywhitta @steishere I am the guardian of the wickets. I'm Batgirl. 493125486600794112|Sat Jul 26 20:07:32 +0000 2014|@steishere @garywhitta I came to TWO. And I am definitely an OKAY batter. 493125355042258945|Sat Jul 26 20:07:01 +0000 2014|RT @DipsyDudes: @leighalexander can we get a RT? 2 Welshmen from the @DipsyDudes try out the Destiny beta http://youtu.be/wJWKdGhIzz4 #destinybe… 493117965630701568|Sat Jul 26 19:37:39 +0000 2014|London sunset <3 http://instagram.com/p/q7R9AHMDLu/ 493093668543545344|Sat Jul 26 18:01:06 +0000 2014|Lol cricket https://vine.co/v/M0g6DBheaZ0 493069385775734785|Sat Jul 26 16:24:37 +0000 2014|@philippawarr @Quinns108 @Brendy_C if @steishere can do Kelly Clarkson he can do Miley 493055000533553153|Sat Jul 26 15:27:27 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C oh a great party where I know what to do stand behind a crate then when my life bar charge I jump out and shoot!!!!!!!! 493031567963746305|Sat Jul 26 13:54:20 +0000 2014|@Beeblebrox_san yeah @McKelvie is always copping my fash 493030992148697089|Sat Jul 26 13:52:03 +0000 2014|@steishere getting in the shower now, will show it to you when I come to the park 493029496032083968|Sat Jul 26 13:46:06 +0000 2014|@steishere so weird I was 2 seconds ago watching a vine I made years ago of Rachel watching this 493029356462436352|Sat Jul 26 13:45:33 +0000 2014|@bfod a budget that could bring an entire small country out of crisis 493027288943181825|Sat Jul 26 13:37:20 +0000 2014|Trying to get someone named "iphone5959" to join our fireteam 493026838458159104|Sat Jul 26 13:35:32 +0000 2014|@ollymoss everyone just ran away from us at once 493026700314546176|Sat Jul 26 13:35:00 +0000 2014|RT @thrmoptc: @leighalexander for a moment I thought this was a launch video for Playstation Home 493026635835535360|Sat Jul 26 13:34:44 +0000 2014|@ollymoss no ._. 493026357710839810|Sat Jul 26 13:33:38 +0000 2014|We found the future. This is the future!! Will someone please join our fire team #destiny https://vine.co/v/M0rrJdUaEgQ 493025864897277952|Sat Jul 26 13:31:40 +0000 2014|Found my favorite character in Destiny awww lookit him http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BteUaT4IAAAwpbV.jpg 493025459224203264|Sat Jul 26 13:30:04 +0000 2014|@ollymoss 'shockingly unembarrassing' is definitely a thing 493025157888610305|Sat Jul 26 13:28:52 +0000 2014|@ollymoss yeah every game needs gently looming non-serif fonts imo 493023954081439744|Sat Jul 26 13:24:05 +0000 2014|"Bungie knows in this zillion-dollar environment all players really want to do is breakdance next to each other in silence" -- @Quinns108 493023401637064704|Sat Jul 26 13:21:53 +0000 2014|Haha bf emerges from intro part of destiny to tower area where other players immediately start grind dancing his female avatar 493022534259208193|Sat Jul 26 13:18:26 +0000 2014|@luckyturner yes that is a fair point, more interested to see 'experience driven mmo' less 'thing that feels like arena shooter demo' 493021718857150465|Sat Jul 26 13:15:12 +0000 2014|@Seniath gonna mute u 493021539118637056|Sat Jul 26 13:14:29 +0000 2014|Naw Destiny's aight, it feels classy, which is not a thing these things usually get close to 493021351071203328|Sat Jul 26 13:13:44 +0000 2014|I really like the character builder faces that I will only ever see on that screen 493021067750174720|Sat Jul 26 13:12:37 +0000 2014|Naw but seriously though it looks pretty beautiful and stylish and like I actually wouldn't be mortified to be caught playing it 493020938221649920|Sat Jul 26 13:12:06 +0000 2014|Never seen game like Destiny before! Where 1 hand is gun and 1 hand is melee & u run to a room and clear the mans and then you keep going to 492879361029439488|Sat Jul 26 03:49:31 +0000 2014|@DISTACTION @davidSEIBEI ahhh 492871137979027456|Sat Jul 26 03:16:51 +0000 2014|RT @VICEUK: Confessions of an ex-pickup artist: http://bit.ly/1tJskEn http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtY1dMtIEAAfBzl.jpg 492869977637400578|Sat Jul 26 03:12:14 +0000 2014|@_sadwhitegirl lol what a noob 492854816025346048|Sat Jul 26 02:11:59 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed I think maybe, I'm afraid to click on it but if it keeps coming up... 492852922192248833|Sat Jul 26 02:04:28 +0000 2014|@hunktears lol tru 492852837408571392|Sat Jul 26 02:04:07 +0000 2014|@bombsfall see that's the confusing element imo 492852501318995968|Sat Jul 26 02:02:47 +0000 2014|Facebook aggressively advertising this to me a lot lately http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btb2u_5CUAA7Vkt.jpg 492849106189312001|Sat Jul 26 01:49:18 +0000 2014|@personasama Tamale 492848811262640129|Sat Jul 26 01:48:07 +0000 2014|Though prob also my awareness changed too 492848652646612993|Sat Jul 26 01:47:30 +0000 2014|Wow, it's been three years since I did this curation at @Babycastles & the world has changed so much http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/blog/videogames-get-sexed-up-new-games-exhibit-exploring-gender-identity-alt-sexuality 492846990041305088|Sat Jul 26 01:40:53 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman maybe like aqua or maroon with fuzzy toilet seat cover? Idk my bathroom memories are hazy 492846070880555008|Sat Jul 26 01:37:14 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman I had a marimekko bed 492845860473278464|Sat Jul 26 01:36:24 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman looks like marimekko...! 492781155578810368|Fri Jul 25 21:19:17 +0000 2014|@jersing u look great today 492780826485342208|Fri Jul 25 21:17:59 +0000 2014|@patrickklepek yeah def 492780651465428993|Fri Jul 25 21:17:17 +0000 2014|@iconoclastflow @KimKardashian never obey a society that trains people to judge, hate and discredit powerful women 492779657369231360|Fri Jul 25 21:13:20 +0000 2014|This is a good article where Samantha Allen tackles the weird virulence ppl have toward Kim & her game http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/hating-kim-kardashian-makes-her-stronger/ 492779345300451328|Fri Jul 25 21:12:05 +0000 2014|Once a couple years ago I met @KimKardashian at a party and she was SO BEAUTIFUL AND NICE. Congratulations to her on successful mobile game 492771933512294402|Fri Jul 25 20:42:38 +0000 2014|Still creating all kinds of places in Paradise (http://paradise.xxiivv.com) & it's making me feel peaceful http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtatdYmIEAAVdCo.jpg 492768775146831872|Fri Jul 25 20:30:05 +0000 2014|@Doctoe I do think virginia is a very bizarre and mundane place 492768665885220864|Fri Jul 25 20:29:39 +0000 2014|@chrisremo @MNightShyamalan ahhhhhhhhhh the twist 492768265706688513|Fri Jul 25 20:28:04 +0000 2014|@chrisremo shit you mean I've been dead all this time shit 492768049523875840|Fri Jul 25 20:27:12 +0000 2014|@legobutts learned it from a computer game in the 80s obvs 492767707671310336|Fri Jul 25 20:25:51 +0000 2014|I miss New York a lot. It is very weird to have a crevasse between my life today & my whole life up til then 492767265042214913|Fri Jul 25 20:24:05 +0000 2014|Virginia aims to be an interactive drama that juxtaposes the bizarre and the ordinary. The game I mean, not the state http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221585/Strange_and_mundane_come_together_in_Variable_States_Virginia.php 492743153427169280|Fri Jul 25 18:48:17 +0000 2014|@VariantDash eh? did you only just start following me or something? 492727000894021632|Fri Jul 25 17:44:06 +0000 2014|@gameism my reply was just the tweet 492726045288960000|Fri Jul 25 17:40:18 +0000 2014|@Peeardee @SamMaggs yessss 492724563776901120|Fri Jul 25 17:34:25 +0000 2014|@SamMaggs I mean it's also creepy when strangers on Twitter make a point of comma-ing my first name into their complaints too so 492724362634866689|Fri Jul 25 17:33:37 +0000 2014|@SamMaggs the full name thing is so creepy 492724096829239296|Fri Jul 25 17:32:33 +0000 2014|RT @ashtonraze: @leighalexander @sokareemie I'm sure he's in very serious danger from your army of people who agree that harassment is bad. 492724054089273345|Fri Jul 25 17:32:23 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze @sokareemie right??? 492723993045397506|Fri Jul 25 17:32:08 +0000 2014|@sokareemie this is where it all ends for me 492723708436680704|Fri Jul 25 17:31:01 +0000 2014|@sokareemie ppl are complaining to my employer that I'm cyber bullying/doxxing by posting his innocent request for a debate 492723385466888192|Fri Jul 25 17:29:44 +0000 2014|@sokareemie he was "PocketPisser" on StarCraft before blizzard banned him 492718681315885056|Fri Jul 25 17:11:02 +0000 2014|@captainraffi it helps, thank you. That person you were talking to is a notorious disturbed troll, so don't worry 492716667433402369|Fri Jul 25 17:03:02 +0000 2014|@LifeInNeon @ElisaRockDoc @AlexaRayC @sokareemie it was Elisa I swear 492715499625926656|Fri Jul 25 16:58:24 +0000 2014|RT @ElisaRockDoc: Sailor Sun(spear)! RT @AlexaRayC: OBERYN POWER MAKEUP RT @sokareemie a new pretty soldier arrives (゜◇゜) http://t.co/ZYOL… 492714901228752896|Fri Jul 25 16:56:01 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed I created an entire luxury room inside a bee so who knows what could be in iman's heart 492713677737705472|Fri Jul 25 16:51:09 +0000 2014|@captainraffi I don't get why they need my attention so badly and then complain when they get it, vs just having conversations elsewhere 492712229960048641|Fri Jul 25 16:45:24 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed you know you can type 'note' and then describe what you're in right? 492712130140209152|Fri Jul 25 16:45:00 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed YES 492708461483130880|Fri Jul 25 16:30:25 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed @aliceffekt you can BECOME David Bowie 492708125846548480|Fri Jul 25 16:29:05 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt @SuperOpinion8ed you can become David Bowie 492707348054806528|Fri Jul 25 16:26:00 +0000 2014|@YusufA91 couple weeks, I hope. Is being edited. 492707271894638592|Fri Jul 25 16:25:42 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed @aliceffekt I saw that come up in the changelog (click toggle in the corner) 492693696140566528|Fri Jul 25 15:31:45 +0000 2014|I am making and being lots of stuff in my very own instance of Paradise (http://paradise.xxiivv.com) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtZmTSiIAAAtHDS.jpg 492692126107709440|Fri Jul 25 15:25:31 +0000 2014|@Secret_Tunnel @The_Reviewist he asked for a public conversation. 492691566889533440|Fri Jul 25 15:23:17 +0000 2014|RT @gtoppo: Alaska Natives share their stories/culture through video games ... "Never Alone" looks amazing! http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/221097/Alaska_Natives_share_their_stories_culture_through_commercial_games.php#.U9J1OIhNj24.twitter @leighal… 492678192130715649|Fri Jul 25 14:30:09 +0000 2014|@onelifeleft hmmm but did you tho 492676995181199360|Fri Jul 25 14:25:23 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed @halsted @g_shonk Courtney your attention to detail means everything here 492676165862424576|Fri Jul 25 14:22:06 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman as "PocketPisser", this model of civility was banned from Starcraft for abusive/pornographic language apparently 492672548963102722|Fri Jul 25 14:07:43 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed I grab my bag of holding 492672344390135809|Fri Jul 25 14:06:54 +0000 2014|I spoke to @HiFiHair and his team about Lynchian aesthetics & how weird crosses mundane in their game Virginia http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221585/Strange_and_mundane_come_together_in_Variable_States_Virginia.php 492669855133597696|Fri Jul 25 13:57:01 +0000 2014|@Manpuncher valid rebuttals to my tips to help women who are being harassed 492668715914510337|Fri Jul 25 13:52:29 +0000 2014|@captainraffi that's a good idea 492667940438016000|Fri Jul 25 13:49:24 +0000 2014|@SuperOpinion8ed YESSSS 492667190743924736|Fri Jul 25 13:46:26 +0000 2014|RT @CommanderKitten: @leighalexander how surprising, anger issues. http://pastebin.com/ZDLqYHee 492667083637796866|Fri Jul 25 13:46:00 +0000 2014|Can I just remind ppl this was in response to an article of tips about helping harassment victims lol 492666941879091200|Fri Jul 25 13:45:26 +0000 2014|@krisgraft our lot 492666721724301312|Fri Jul 25 13:44:34 +0000 2014|I hope he is brave enough to rationally dispute all your emails. Happy Friday everyone 492666453536292865|Fri Jul 25 13:43:30 +0000 2014|@Arndreth it's been a weird time for us both, but soon, definitely 492666205267066882|Fri Jul 25 13:42:31 +0000 2014|@Random_Factor this is actually one of the creepiest and most irritating phenomena 492666130398740480|Fri Jul 25 13:42:13 +0000 2014|RT @Random_Factor: @leighalexander what the fuck is with creepy randos and the full name, do they think you are a genie 492665765339095040|Fri Jul 25 13:40:46 +0000 2014|Here is the full text with contact info, as his "side is prepared" for a public discussion http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtZM5vbIMAA2t-u.jpg 492665143395106816|Fri Jul 25 13:38:18 +0000 2014|I just received an email about "females in gaming" that proposed "valid rebuttals to your brazen opinions Leigh Alexander" 492658143638609920|Fri Jul 25 13:10:29 +0000 2014|@10rdBen been I love you but your way too old to livetweet club drugs :-)))))) 492657848984563712|Fri Jul 25 13:09:19 +0000 2014|"You woman are Fucking sick. its okay for you to watch and read this but when men look at Playboy or watch porn everybody goes crazy. Amen" 492657476656197632|Fri Jul 25 13:07:50 +0000 2014|"I'm still trying to figure out a way to sneak into the movie because I'm not 18 yet. Damn, shit, fuck!" 492656906696421376|Fri Jul 25 13:05:34 +0000 2014|@sparkymonster yeah so good 492656433457299457|Fri Jul 25 13:03:41 +0000 2014|"the most famous porn film that has been in the history in the book is porn every page, everywhere!!" #50ShadesofComments 492655860238536704|Fri Jul 25 13:01:24 +0000 2014|@littlecrickets same 492655629430181888|Fri Jul 25 13:00:29 +0000 2014|"Another bulshit film that won't get called out because it's sexist towards men, I'm done." 492655146707714048|Fri Jul 25 12:58:34 +0000 2014|"Who made it to millionaire at 27? Someone whose dad is billionaire I guess." 492654921691717633|Fri Jul 25 12:57:41 +0000 2014|"You make me lose faith in humanity I am an actual dominatrix" 492654619886354432|Fri Jul 25 12:56:29 +0000 2014|Perhaps I'll make my net art debut with an artistic collage of YouTube comments on the 50 Shades of Grey film trailer 492654305166782464|Fri Jul 25 12:55:14 +0000 2014|I do like that version of crazy in love, tho 492448859709526016|Thu Jul 24 23:18:52 +0000 2014|RT @kirkhamilton: Re-reading @brianmtaylor's article on the FFVII players who couldn't accept Aeris’ death and it is so good http://t.co/K2… 492443775835602946|Thu Jul 24 22:58:39 +0000 2014|@likeluke_ oh shiiiit is this out now 492443677382705153|Thu Jul 24 22:58:16 +0000 2014|@mattsheret @McKelvie already! Just what did he bring you from the shop, geez. YOURE BEAUTIFUL JUST HOW YOU ARE 492442931014688768|Thu Jul 24 22:55:18 +0000 2014|@mattsheret @McKelvie turning off the radio now this is weird 492442200123654144|Thu Jul 24 22:52:24 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @mattsheret Jamie "midnight loveline" McKelvie is beginning his broadcast 492441999744987138|Thu Jul 24 22:51:36 +0000 2014|App Store recommending me "island games" "dolphin games" and "build town" as things to search for 492426892423987201|Thu Jul 24 21:51:34 +0000 2014|@TinaAmini so y'all are signing up right? For journalism cc@stephentotilo 492391868345638912|Thu Jul 24 19:32:24 +0000 2014|@Megan_Nicolett <3 492381554388508672|Thu Jul 24 18:51:25 +0000 2014|@chrissywilliams I am sat out front on a bench facing the sidewalk invitingly 492381310225494017|Thu Jul 24 18:50:27 +0000 2014|@plante aha, people who think feminism means 'still policing women but just for different reasons tho' 492381119925731329|Thu Jul 24 18:49:41 +0000 2014|@j_kleven no don't be nice to teenage me I liked Eddie Vedder instead 492380240719917056|Thu Jul 24 18:46:12 +0000 2014|S/o to ppl who take entire picnic bench for themselves and their 1 giant beer at busy pubs in summer 492379840361033728|Thu Jul 24 18:44:36 +0000 2014|@j_kleven I didn't even like "today" *hangs head* 492378076790398976|Thu Jul 24 18:37:36 +0000 2014|@cwboyer why does she call it SEXY video game land if she doesn't want pplfsyuhkp*explodes* 492377319391387648|Thu Jul 24 18:34:35 +0000 2014|Also, when I was in high school I thought 'Cherub Rock' was a bad song, lest you think i am some kind of hero 492376637519175680|Thu Jul 24 18:31:52 +0000 2014|@gourmetgamer that was too obvious & mainstream for my highly refined weird tastes 492376112035823616|Thu Jul 24 18:29:47 +0000 2014|Let's remember that I started my career ~8years ago by doing a column about the worst/creepiest sex games I knew of & secretly liked 492375625601384448|Thu Jul 24 18:27:51 +0000 2014|My most recent post links to newest pieces http://leighalexander.net/new-new-news/ & you can catch up w all my work on my public FB https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=440527682635892 492374737642090496|Thu Jul 24 18:24:19 +0000 2014|Here're some of my own favorite articles & projects from the past year or so. None of them are to do with sexism http://leighalexander.net/selected-links/ 492371927680712704|Thu Jul 24 18:13:10 +0000 2014|@m_kopas prime time is here early this is true greatness 492367972166823936|Thu Jul 24 17:57:26 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible @mightyatom @MammonMachine and they all cuddle him at once as the velvet curtain slowly falls! Wink! 492367594981425152|Thu Jul 24 17:55:57 +0000 2014|@mightyatom @emilyterrible @MammonMachine lolllllll 492366709777780736|Thu Jul 24 17:52:26 +0000 2014|@emilyterrible @MammonMachine 'cover her up! Aha now she looks STRONG' 492365022409265152|Thu Jul 24 17:45:43 +0000 2014|@haikus_by_KN wizardry 492364731383304192|Thu Jul 24 17:44:34 +0000 2014|@BenKuchera would you delete tweet or repost w/o mentioning me? did not want 'dealing w this' to be consequence of donating piece sigh 492364265861689344|Thu Jul 24 17:42:43 +0000 2014|@BenKuchera @Spacekatgal I would have been really surprised if yr tweet did not solicit heaps of clueless/antagonistic replies 492362669597687808|Thu Jul 24 17:36:22 +0000 2014|@haikus_by_KN never 492362304575799296|Thu Jul 24 17:34:55 +0000 2014|@AngryGamerr @BenKuchera @Spacekatgal oh no you insulted renowned expert 'angry gamerr' 492362126531768320|Thu Jul 24 17:34:13 +0000 2014|@m_kopas soda fountain with every type of cola and you're invited to mix them 492360227317366784|Thu Jul 24 17:26:40 +0000 2014|Thanks @Polygon for reprinting my piece. Glad if people find it constructive re how to support women in our field should they need 492336607044042752|Thu Jul 24 15:52:48 +0000 2014|@sokareemie @ckunzelman each one keeps thinking she is the first one to make the argument, the last bastion against bey's 'influence' 492330148889636864|Thu Jul 24 15:27:09 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman I think people who write articles on how women should be in order to be ideal feminist icons do not know what that word means 492325248596209664|Thu Jul 24 15:07:40 +0000 2014|RT @keefstuart: I interview Sigourney Weaver, my teenage hero, about Alien: Isolation: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/24/sigourney-weaver-alien-isolation-video-game 492280792375369729|Thu Jul 24 12:11:01 +0000 2014|@keefstuart @jimrossignol me too 492273677703319552|Thu Jul 24 11:42:45 +0000 2014|@keefstuart @jimrossignol (& Macintosh HyperCard indie shareware) 492273571641966593|Thu Jul 24 11:42:20 +0000 2014|@keefstuart @jimrossignol noo, I'm a Sierra girl 492272623460835328|Thu Jul 24 11:38:34 +0000 2014|@keefstuart @jimrossignol (it might be easy to do and sell a small one-off zine though) 492272484306395136|Thu Jul 24 11:38:00 +0000 2014|@keefstuart @jimrossignol hello 492260917665886208|Thu Jul 24 10:52:03 +0000 2014|@jawsew leisure suit larry 492257042808442880|Thu Jul 24 10:36:39 +0000 2014|@alexhern I mean she will just do them by themselves too sometimes 492256928803061760|Thu Jul 24 10:36:12 +0000 2014|@alexhern not me though bc drugs are bad and I don't do them at all 492256820225134592|Thu Jul 24 10:35:46 +0000 2014|@alexhern I have one girl friend in NYC who always has poppers & will whiff them after blowing lines 492254839590879232|Thu Jul 24 10:27:54 +0000 2014|@scanters ann rules 492253333227597824|Thu Jul 24 10:21:54 +0000 2014|@scanters you have no worst parts 492253089555292161|Thu Jul 24 10:20:56 +0000 2014|@scanters I will help look for this 492238472477163520|Thu Jul 24 09:22:51 +0000 2014|RT @konatangent: YO @leighalexander on that OG JoJo's! @mdanishu @toraxshinji http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtRsVoRCMAA_HDD.png 492089084127756288|Wed Jul 23 23:29:14 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt @kierongillen kieron only knows the rude thing 492087858682155008|Wed Jul 23 23:24:22 +0000 2014|I must report I have eaten @Quinns108's 'Wicked Beans' recipe and there was zero disappointment 492087646249037825|Wed Jul 23 23:23:32 +0000 2014|@kierongillen depends on your view of 'diplomacy', really 492082290236080128|Wed Jul 23 23:02:15 +0000 2014|@anamanaguchi @Sabrepulse scraggy 492080349510635520|Wed Jul 23 22:54:32 +0000 2014|RT @paullicino: Do read this. RT @TheAllThing .@AlphaChar writes about 10 years of work, money and outlook http://alphachar.com/news/2014/7/23/ten-years-of-money-in-snapshots 492079614370787328|Wed Jul 23 22:51:37 +0000 2014|@ratherlemony lovely hanging xx 492079155627184128|Wed Jul 23 22:49:47 +0000 2014|@Sabrepulse @anamanaguchi seconded 492073578704420864|Wed Jul 23 22:27:38 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK I got such runners high when that came on while I was running through Greenwich naval academy tbh 492072573631758338|Wed Jul 23 22:23:38 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK wrong song but still true 492072530971459584|Wed Jul 23 22:23:28 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK THESE PEOPLE AINT SEEN A BROWN SKINNED MAN SINCE THEIR GRANDPARENTS BOUGHT ONE 492072049100464129|Wed Jul 23 22:21:33 +0000 2014|At a bus stop called "Horse Guards Parade" #uklife 🐴⚠️🚶👯👬🚶👯👬 492066585168076800|Wed Jul 23 21:59:50 +0000 2014|Tried to show @kierongillen Ledoliel, but 'blurred lines' was on and this happened http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtQr8chCUAAXkuQ.jpg 492064295539466240|Wed Jul 23 21:50:44 +0000 2014|London, honey, I'm not saying you're like New York or anything but I do love you a bit http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtQp2vqIgAEP_Xj.jpg 492058928080257024|Wed Jul 23 21:29:25 +0000 2014|@scanters @kierongillen (as for me the thing I had to do was at sloane sq so this was close and dalston was not also I'm poor) 492058758672302080|Wed Jul 23 21:28:44 +0000 2014|@scanters @kierongillen "I said I might come, I didn't say I would" 492058153702674432|Wed Jul 23 21:26:20 +0000 2014|"What should I caption it" "@kierongillen in his natural habitat of drinking on the south bank" http://instagram.com/p/qzwAZ8MDIZ/ 492052634439000065|Wed Jul 23 21:04:24 +0000 2014|@legobutts @MrPope @hentaiphd can I be in it ilu 492042541207146496|Wed Jul 23 20:24:18 +0000 2014|@MrPope @legobutts just goin 4 1 day 492041248627499009|Wed Jul 23 20:19:10 +0000 2014|@MrPope @legobutts GDC Europe/gamescom? 492003799020883968|Wed Jul 23 17:50:21 +0000 2014|RT @leigh_books: I swear I'm not feeling so warmly all of the boring and weird parts 492002191121866752|Wed Jul 23 17:43:57 +0000 2014|@robertflorence @mrsambarlow @bonzrat well now let's not extrapolate too much ;) 491992023508217856|Wed Jul 23 17:03:33 +0000 2014|@PositronicWoman yesssss 491980817812717568|Wed Jul 23 16:19:02 +0000 2014|@plante "so good night cruel world, I'll see you in the morning" 491978666067656705|Wed Jul 23 16:10:29 +0000 2014|@robertflorence @bonzrat wow, thank you very much. Still trying to refine my approach but I really really love these games & making the vids 491973980002467840|Wed Jul 23 15:51:52 +0000 2014|RT @bonzrat: Happier news: we're running regular @leighalexander stuff http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/23/lo-fi-lets-play-gruds-in-space/ 491973812305805314|Wed Jul 23 15:51:11 +0000 2014|RT @rockpapershot: Lo-Fi Let’s Play: Gruds in Space http://wp.me/pkbbD-VKp 491956260854853632|Wed Jul 23 14:41:27 +0000 2014|RT @juliascheele: News, news, news! New project announcement on my blog for a Riot Grrrl anthology! http://www.juliascheele.co.uk/new-project-announcement-riot-grrrl-anthology/ 491954168341733376|Wed Jul 23 14:33:08 +0000 2014|@DISTACTION you look great & I'm sorry your family is triggering you, I've been there :( 491948197255069696|Wed Jul 23 14:09:24 +0000 2014|@Harvey1966 yesssssss band from home 491947528464896000|Wed Jul 23 14:06:45 +0000 2014|@Vahn16 aw dude your post was great <3 491946284270764032|Wed Jul 23 14:01:48 +0000 2014|@maura oh my god 491946041135362048|Wed Jul 23 14:00:50 +0000 2014|@AStickyWicket I thought you were being funny, but apparently yeah people can't tell :((( 491944536273596417|Wed Jul 23 13:54:51 +0000 2014|@Darren_D_Daley thank you 491944352923811840|Wed Jul 23 13:54:08 +0000 2014|@kierongillen well, this much we can agree on 491942946376531968|Wed Jul 23 13:48:32 +0000 2014|RT @AStickyWicket: @leighalexander YAH, AS IF DUDES DON'T GET CONSTANTLY UNDERMINED TOO!!! 491942743019880448|Wed Jul 23 13:47:44 +0000 2014|@kierongillen race you 491942480951402496|Wed Jul 23 13:46:41 +0000 2014|@kierongillen I expect you to outlive me 491941854280433664|Wed Jul 23 13:44:12 +0000 2014|Personally the experience of never quite being granted authority outrages me much more than overtly sexist language from internet people 491941159795580928|Wed Jul 23 13:41:26 +0000 2014|Every day I wonder what it must be like to be able to make confident, informed statements w/o dudes replying instantly to undermine them 491940344825925633|Wed Jul 23 13:38:12 +0000 2014|@SimonParkin good tweets tho parko 491939788808007680|Wed Jul 23 13:36:00 +0000 2014|RT @SimonParkin: Contrast with Tetris, a Soviet creation, a game about the futility and suffocating nuisance of acquisition. 491939496850903040|Wed Jul 23 13:34:50 +0000 2014|RT @v21: "Gamers" are massively more diverse, in terms of class & race, than game developers. Why don't we ever talk about that? 491939386700095489|Wed Jul 23 13:34:24 +0000 2014|@SimonParkin jealous that you can make this tweet without floods of insulted dorks replying hatefully at you 491939168340443136|Wed Jul 23 13:33:32 +0000 2014|RT @SimonParkin: If you doubt that video games are political consider that most are simply themed systems of acquisition (virtual money, go… 491936896327897088|Wed Jul 23 13:24:30 +0000 2014|RT @twoscooters: New post up on my @gamasutra blog about the wage gap and harassment stories! The Story These Stories Aren't Telling: http:… 491936375613452288|Wed Jul 23 13:22:26 +0000 2014|@mikepatterson11 @rockpapershot still available. 491919518445621248|Wed Jul 23 12:15:27 +0000 2014|Every Wednesday! 491919352330199040|Wed Jul 23 12:14:47 +0000 2014|Hey! Lo-Fi Let's Plays will now be syndicated on @rockpapershot, with new analysis, interviews, commentary! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/23/lo-fi-lets-play-gruds-in-space/ 491896533093449728|Wed Jul 23 10:44:07 +0000 2014|I have a really strong column to write today but until I have my coffee all I can do is look at Drake's "Started from the Bottom" paused 491895830123933696|Wed Jul 23 10:41:19 +0000 2014|RT @martinemonster: Don’t say “it’s so brave, what you do.” Say “I like something you created.” - @leighalexander http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ #v… 491744469721829376|Wed Jul 23 00:39:52 +0000 2014|RT @gianorama: Pay attention, every other company on Twitter! @Dominos is doing it right. (via @deejaykfm) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtMC9hECIAAA5IY.png 491713795245740032|Tue Jul 22 22:37:59 +0000 2014|In the town where I grew up, 'queer' rhymed with 'hair' and it wasn't even a compliment. Idiots. http://instagram.com/p/qxTaRTsDHK/ 491707841120833538|Tue Jul 22 22:14:19 +0000 2014|@bombsfall .... *languidly opens trash, right clicks 'restore', thinly humming 'frail & bedazzled'* 491707252274135041|Tue Jul 22 22:11:59 +0000 2014|@bombsfall oh hm *coldly erases build from desktop* 491707092626333696|Tue Jul 22 22:11:21 +0000 2014|RT @ForkParker: "Show me some respect. I am an accomplished gamer with years of experience." Forums are the best. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtKuBJLCcAIwjhM.png 491698215700664320|Tue Jul 22 21:36:04 +0000 2014|RT @sokareemie: I want privileged voices to view marginalized voices as peers, not as people who talk about gender, race, etc and receive a… 491698209522466818|Tue Jul 22 21:36:03 +0000 2014|RT @sokareemie: I want gaming sites to talk about harassment as fact, not as opinion. And to feature marginalized voices outside of "tell m… 491693216434229248|Tue Jul 22 21:16:12 +0000 2014|@tom_hawking rad Kierkegaard 491693136541155328|Tue Jul 22 21:15:53 +0000 2014|RT @lnihlen: Really enjoying these Lo-Fi Let's Plays by @leighalexander http://youtu.be/zYGPovuvfzM?list=UUmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA 491691100332388352|Tue Jul 22 21:07:48 +0000 2014|RT @helenlewis: Excellent women, including @leighalexander & @carolynmichelle, on the hazards of writing about games while female: http://t… 491679377915383809|Tue Jul 22 20:21:13 +0000 2014|@mikepatterson11 yesss I thought so too! Thanks for coming along! 491660914006167552|Tue Jul 22 19:07:51 +0000 2014|@btpirg video game journalists are not human beings 491658657806159872|Tue Jul 22 18:58:53 +0000 2014|@btpirg you are far from the only one, friend 491656480610086912|Tue Jul 22 18:50:14 +0000 2014|S/o to all the pervs who recognized the erotic games based only on the furniture screenshots I just tweeted 491650920573583360|Tue Jul 22 18:28:08 +0000 2014|@the_patches no. Kinda close, tho 491647584843202562|Tue Jul 22 18:14:53 +0000 2014|Another extremely erotic game http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtKu3wvCIAEbewM.jpg 491646048964968448|Tue Jul 22 18:08:47 +0000 2014|@kierongillen you're the only one in my feed who isn't joking 491645958242185217|Tue Jul 22 18:08:25 +0000 2014|@the_patches good eye, brother 491645747168030720|Tue Jul 22 18:07:35 +0000 2014|Another erotic game screenshot http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtKtMfsIUAAKSdf.jpg 491645593190952960|Tue Jul 22 18:06:58 +0000 2014|This is a screenshot from an erotic video game http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtKtD5RCcAEgFGq.jpg 491641876018384897|Tue Jul 22 17:52:12 +0000 2014|RT @numberless: Gamasutra's 2014 salary survey is now available. Absolutely worth reading through if you work in the game industry. http://… 491641840517799936|Tue Jul 22 17:52:03 +0000 2014|RT @MikeMcWhertor: "Ugh, another women in gaming story? This is getting to be, like, 1.5% of the content you write about." 491631631615406081|Tue Jul 22 17:11:29 +0000 2014|@ncroal when you tweet at the almighty, the almighty tweets back! <3 (the one you jump on!) 491630800291790848|Tue Jul 22 17:08:11 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze I really have like one useful skill & it's that :( 491629813619503105|Tue Jul 22 17:04:16 +0000 2014|@Kirsten_ish and I was too lazy to go run to them today! Go figure 491629682753019904|Tue Jul 22 17:03:45 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze er. I don't transcribe interviews because I type at the pace the person is speaking. Feel free to hate me now 491628347282432002|Tue Jul 22 16:58:26 +0000 2014|Also "I should be working" = "I need to focus on writing this interview about a comic book." Shed no tears for me 491628152142462977|Tue Jul 22 16:57:40 +0000 2014|I'm at the pub. I should be working but instead I seriously just googled "dear god send me pony". Don't ask. 491627844582518784|Tue Jul 22 16:56:26 +0000 2014|RT @futuraprime: Probably old, but new to me: a very good list of dos and dont’s to combat online sexism, from @leighalexander: http://t.co… 491627825729126401|Tue Jul 22 16:56:22 +0000 2014|RT @agori: From @leighalexander: Games are expressive works, doesn't mean feelings & needs of players shouldn't be considered - http://t.co… 491581079141494784|Tue Jul 22 13:50:37 +0000 2014|RT @krisgraft: Results of the 2014 game dev salary survey are OUT. You can download the pdf. PLEASE DL THE PDF IT WAS A LOT OF WORK: http:/… 491576358712401920|Tue Jul 22 13:31:51 +0000 2014|RT @getinthedamnbox: @leighalexander Interesting for sure but much of nat'l wage gap is caused by occupational segregation, which doesn't p… 491570903739015169|Tue Jul 22 13:10:11 +0000 2014|Interestingly, it seems the gender pay gap is narrower in games than the national average. http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221586/Gender_wage_gap_How_the_game_industry_compares_to_the_US_average.php 491547873876901889|Tue Jul 22 11:38:40 +0000 2014|RT @MidnightReyn: This was the best thing I saw on Facebook today http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtJP4pdCEAEAbEC.jpg 491546864417005568|Tue Jul 22 11:34:39 +0000 2014|Four years on Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest is still one of my favorite records to work to 491397368253009920|Tue Jul 22 01:40:36 +0000 2014|@10rdBen been did u had your heart broken :((( maybe write a lil pome 491395745304829952|Tue Jul 22 01:34:10 +0000 2014|It's this https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ledoliel/id891693763?mt=8 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtHJ0WLIIAEUzv5.jpg 491395441012264961|Tue Jul 22 01:32:57 +0000 2014|@10rdBen been well love is a alien land u kno *sigh* 🙍💔🙇 491394704953860096|Tue Jul 22 01:30:01 +0000 2014|High risk discussing love with aliens http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtHI4TiIQAAji_n.jpg 491394013556379648|Tue Jul 22 01:27:17 +0000 2014|Sometimes alien diplomacy is very intimate http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtHIPwfIAAA-SnK.jpg 491393132941303809|Tue Jul 22 01:23:47 +0000 2014|I never live very long. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtHHcmICMAA3Q4E.jpg 491393049466273793|Tue Jul 22 01:23:27 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno App Store :( 491391198398267392|Tue Jul 22 01:16:05 +0000 2014|Can't sleep. Stress fears arcing over me. Instead, practicing Ledoliel's vulgar alien diplomacy http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtHFsMVIUAE1gOj.jpg 491385741440991233|Tue Jul 22 00:54:24 +0000 2014|RT @ADAMATOMIC: the mix of like combat-chic, under-armor svelte, meticulously straightened hair, and fashion-conscious pose http://t.co/vIH… 491345892038180864|Mon Jul 21 22:16:04 +0000 2014|@adragonbee YESSSS my life has meaning 491343966110236672|Mon Jul 21 22:08:24 +0000 2014|Cool sign http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtGau55CQAAq1Z9.jpg 491343218630742016|Mon Jul 21 22:05:26 +0000 2014|@Murderblonde I might be wrong about the date... Could have been a few years later... 491335767734902784|Mon Jul 21 21:35:50 +0000 2014|@Murderblonde 1981. It's fucking impossible to solve too, a real traditional badboy 491333136639614977|Mon Jul 21 21:25:22 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland a HyperCard stack would be advanced compared to this 491332866413178880|Mon Jul 21 21:24:18 +0000 2014|@bengelinas http://www.virtualapple.org/demonsforgedisk 491332745621409793|Mon Jul 21 21:23:49 +0000 2014|@helvetica @ADAMATOMIC yesssssss 491332605242261504|Mon Jul 21 21:23:16 +0000 2014|@helvetica @ADAMATOMIC feel free! Maybe my NR article will inspire her, I am definitely the easily-frustrated tantrum one in my relationship 491332321145262081|Mon Jul 21 21:22:08 +0000 2014|Oh cool http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtGQJFUCIAIUYH8.jpg 491332253252091904|Mon Jul 21 21:21:52 +0000 2014|@helvetica @ADAMATOMIC the manual is terrible. the official FFG tutorial vid on YouTube is much better, but sounds like you're past that 491332071005364224|Mon Jul 21 21:21:08 +0000 2014|@helvetica @ADAMATOMIC more like CRAPSIS. hi guys I'm your source for all your useful Netrunner tips 491242755939913729|Mon Jul 21 15:26:14 +0000 2014|Reminder: if you like discovering indie games all the time, @games_we_care is a wonderful curation feed to follow 491241515797446656|Mon Jul 21 15:21:18 +0000 2014|RT @royalcourt: ...On Wed writer Rory Mullarky, games journo @leighalexander&games designer @severalbees talk virtual words #TheBigIdea #T… 491239810707619840|Mon Jul 21 15:14:32 +0000 2014|RT @gkr: Milestone on Friday, interview from @leighalexander about the game on Monday. Pretty big combo multiplier right now. http://t.co/8… 491193624638812161|Mon Jul 21 12:11:00 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt is there a good place to email you about it?? 491184913040035840|Mon Jul 21 11:36:23 +0000 2014|@scanters @steishere @McKelvie @kierongillen never support kieron 491183532812025856|Mon Jul 21 11:30:54 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @kierongillen no 491183490344706048|Mon Jul 21 11:30:44 +0000 2014|I did an interview about Never Alone and Alaska Native storytelling http://gamasutra.com/view/news/221097/Never_Alone_Alaska_Natives_share_their_stories_culture_through_commercial_games.php 491163905855877120|Mon Jul 21 10:12:55 +0000 2014|@aliceffekt I'm really into it x 491163775484309504|Mon Jul 21 10:12:24 +0000 2014|RT @littleredtarot: Here's an *amazing* article about social media vs 'doing nothing' ... http://gamasutra.com/view/news/220443/There_is_nothing_to_do_in_OReillys_Mountain__and_thats_a_good_thing.php#.U8y7rMLONT0.twitter via @leighalexander 491018503508725760|Mon Jul 21 00:35:08 +0000 2014|@DISTACTION omg go on the App Store & search Ledoliel 491013732685058048|Mon Jul 21 00:16:11 +0000 2014|Ledoliel makes no sense to me but I can't stop http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtBuYPUCAAAaUgy.jpg 491011492737990656|Mon Jul 21 00:07:17 +0000 2014|RT @S01LW4R3: Quote from @therealcliffyb in a really awesome interview conducted by the always-surprising @leighalexander => http://t.co/ip… 491009992536100864|Mon Jul 21 00:01:19 +0000 2014|@1234567ot @p1podcast maybe you shouldn't listen to it anymore if it upsets you this much... 'white trash' is an awful thing to say 491009583671152640|Sun Jul 20 23:59:41 +0000 2014|@happienoodleboy ouch 490992979218534400|Sun Jul 20 22:53:43 +0000 2014|River water did magic to my hair http://instagram.com/p/qsIUfJMDOs/ 490990064575717376|Sun Jul 20 22:42:08 +0000 2014|I am 95 percent grown out of bitchy subtweets... I need subtweet methadone but I hate secret.ly 490989733477384193|Sun Jul 20 22:40:49 +0000 2014|RT @alexcreid: I need to work out how to combine @leighalexander's Low-Fi Let's Plays with a hot bath without ruining my iPad b/c that'd be… 490986466915676160|Sun Jul 20 22:27:50 +0000 2014|@ReddenBlack @mollylambert pop culture clash of bad velvet blacklight poster memories 490982348737892352|Sun Jul 20 22:11:28 +0000 2014|@mollylambert I lived through this 490982094563467265|Sun Jul 20 22:10:28 +0000 2014|@mollylambert http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vintage-Mushroom-Candle-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$T2eC16J,!zcE9s4g0u3tBSF!Re2mBw~~60_35.JPG 490980579354370049|Sun Jul 20 22:04:26 +0000 2014|@DeMarko tell details 490979912514543616|Sun Jul 20 22:01:47 +0000 2014|@DELTAHEAD_ Ty for noticing I am in fact a mermaid 490979768306008064|Sun Jul 20 22:01:13 +0000 2014|RT @DavidUzumeri: Really enjoyed and identified with a bunch of @leighalexander's Breathing Machine 490974273805512704|Sun Jul 20 21:39:23 +0000 2014|@savasavasava we swam further upstream than them thank god 490973186218291201|Sun Jul 20 21:35:04 +0000 2014|@necrosofty no but @asponge called them dicks because they would not eat her cherry tomatoes 490972645148868608|Sun Jul 20 21:32:55 +0000 2014|@bfod this was all due to your recommendation and @EdStern driving so mega <333 thank you, what a perfect place 490972054049796096|Sun Jul 20 21:30:34 +0000 2014|@patriciaxh OMG HOLD V STILL MAYBE HE WONT SEE YOU 490971895710613504|Sun Jul 20 21:29:56 +0000 2014|@Smingleigh I DID actually aggro one 490971565325316097|Sun Jul 20 21:28:37 +0000 2014|We definitely swam across the Thames in Oxford and fed the horses on the other side http://instagram.com/p/qsB4iQsDA3/ 490970811625656320|Sun Jul 20 21:25:37 +0000 2014|Today was great http://instagram.com/p/qsBimEMDAU/ 490969881421312000|Sun Jul 20 21:21:56 +0000 2014|@scareduck @CHSommers oh hush. Walk away from the complicated computer and go make sure your guns are safe 490969696301510656|Sun Jul 20 21:21:12 +0000 2014|@AgnessKaku please enjoy 490846982106542080|Sun Jul 20 13:13:34 +0000 2014|English scrabble #uklife http://instagram.com/p/qrJOsFMDGD/ 490837016246886401|Sun Jul 20 12:33:58 +0000 2014|The Perch in Oxford! http://instagram.com/p/qrEsnwsDAi/ 490836349931773952|Sun Jul 20 12:31:19 +0000 2014|Well, I don't know what this is, but we found one http://instagram.com/p/qrEZQXMDAM/ 490831028261777408|Sun Jul 20 12:10:10 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze @keefstuart (you can check my "ats", I blocked her before I gave into temptation) 490830375770677249|Sun Jul 20 12:07:35 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze @keefstuart I wrote an article about how to support victims of sexism on social media 490830042835206144|Sun Jul 20 12:06:16 +0000 2014|Some ol' white lady called me a 'humorless gender warden' this morning and then @keefstuart gave me this http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bs_HUV7CQAAVr-r.jpg 490829619055312896|Sun Jul 20 12:04:35 +0000 2014|"That's a nice... Cow house..." @asponge on today's car trip to Oxford 490801044570767360|Sun Jul 20 10:11:02 +0000 2014|@emshort @EdStern @asponge @paullicino @Quinns108 ah! Another time! Had no idea you lived there. Or I forgot. 490797055171125248|Sun Jul 20 09:55:11 +0000 2014|@emshort @EdStern @asponge @paullicino @Quinns108 we have just left from London... We plan to go to 'the perch' and pick berries/swim 490793973582397440|Sun Jul 20 09:42:56 +0000 2014|@emshort @EdStern @asponge @paullicino @Quinns108 @bfod EMILY can you come hang out with us 490793504738926592|Sun Jul 20 09:41:04 +0000 2014|CAR TRIP going to oxford with @EdStern @asponge @paullicino @Quinns108 because @bfod told us to 490641334290907137|Sat Jul 19 23:36:24 +0000 2014|@christinelove hi yes I am I hope you are too <3 490607979935592448|Sat Jul 19 21:23:52 +0000 2014|RT @ag_dubs: this is actual p awesome. something that nearly every woman i know deals with: http://www.cardsagainstharassment.com/stories.html if you are a dude, watc… 490523901613867008|Sat Jul 19 15:49:46 +0000 2014|@selmaleh @Quinns108 @johnmcusick the 'airmail lasagna?' box on my passport has been ticked 'Y' in ink 490523434099937281|Sat Jul 19 15:47:54 +0000 2014|@selmaleh @Quinns108 @johnmcusick ah ha ha ha I mean because it was like a funny joke right because quiche is actually my favorite!!!! 490523164599144448|Sat Jul 19 15:46:50 +0000 2014|RT @AdamWeinstein: @emilynussbaum reasonable. narrator can't even decide if he has gumption to make a play for jesse's girl or merely "find… 490523142646161410|Sat Jul 19 15:46:45 +0000 2014|RT @emilynussbaum: (Clive theorizes that the narrator doesn't even know the name of Jesse's Girl.) 490519551432728577|Sat Jul 19 15:32:29 +0000 2014|@johnmcusick @Quinns108 @selmaleh is this a bad time to say I really don't like quiche 490500841057832960|Sat Jul 19 14:18:08 +0000 2014|RT @deanna_havas: 'Now that all the young black men are in jail we should totally do a weed startup!'- white ppl http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bs6Y2rCCQAEI2HQ.jpg 490494326418706432|Sat Jul 19 13:52:15 +0000 2014|@bfod we totally just made plans to go there with @EdStern weeeeeeee us 490485787902083072|Sat Jul 19 13:18:19 +0000 2014|RT @crecenteb: I'm going to be kicking off the mentorship on July 28. http://subcathoin.com/a-video-game-journalism-mentorship/ 490485095548342273|Sat Jul 19 13:15:34 +0000 2014|@Beschizza @bfod I was looking at pics of margate yesterday, I wanna go there 490482705352916992|Sat Jul 19 13:06:04 +0000 2014|@bfod @smestorp I bet New Zealand rules for beaches 490481522508845056|Sat Jul 19 13:01:22 +0000 2014|@bfod that is such a dealbreaker. But on the other hand, unlike in America you can get to European resorts for like 200 euros, so. 490480851000754176|Sat Jul 19 12:58:42 +0000 2014|@daphaknee @bfod very jealous daphny have fun 490480748781395970|Sat Jul 19 12:58:17 +0000 2014|@bfod but this sounds like a hot tip 490480667466428416|Sat Jul 19 12:57:58 +0000 2014|@bfod I've decided 'I'm going to go to Dorset' but it's 3hrs away so that is really the extent of my plans so far 490478003382927360|Sat Jul 19 12:47:23 +0000 2014|@Rio_Garcia FINE 490477511135215616|Sat Jul 19 12:45:25 +0000 2014|@Rio_Garcia no 490476515541659649|Sat Jul 19 12:41:28 +0000 2014|@Rio_Garcia I didn't know this was real is this real 490474098402013184|Sat Jul 19 12:31:52 +0000 2014|Why can't I just easily go to the ocean or swim in a lake I hate it here 490308067842883584|Sat Jul 19 01:32:07 +0000 2014|@keefstuart the best people who write about games are parko, Bogost and jenn frank. And me and you, ofc but we have to be gracious 490307259621453824|Sat Jul 19 01:28:54 +0000 2014|@matthewbloch @keefstuart *yawns languidly from atop throne of skulls, examines fingernails* 490305843565711361|Sat Jul 19 01:23:17 +0000 2014|The weirdest summer sky tonight #nofilter http://instagram.com/p/qnTJe4sDLo/ 490208599189504000|Fri Jul 18 18:56:52 +0000 2014|@dfh1979 @Quinns108 no, us grocery stores don't usually sell liquor. Cool perk of being here 490204592245051392|Fri Jul 18 18:40:57 +0000 2014|@mikepatterson11 get well soon! 490204536838324224|Fri Jul 18 18:40:43 +0000 2014|@dfh1979 @Quinns108 that's just m&s, the grocery store brand #classy #topshelf 490203145067589632|Fri Jul 18 18:35:11 +0000 2014|@v21 @D_Nye_Griffiths we are going to drink in the house bc we are allowed to take our tops off here 490202997197389824|Fri Jul 18 18:34:36 +0000 2014|I am going to get @Quinns108 white girl wasted #SpringBreak http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bs2NBXcIYAAabdG.jpg 490192177679826945|Fri Jul 18 17:51:37 +0000 2014|RT @sokareemie: Vote for @SamMaggs to be on the Cineplex pre-show! http://cinplx.co/1meWGvR 490188759540183040|Fri Jul 18 17:38:02 +0000 2014|@JimSterling thank you for supporting em, it means tons to me x 490188670956490752|Fri Jul 18 17:37:41 +0000 2014|RT @JimSterling: Big fan of @leighalexander's Lo-Fi Let's Plays. http://youtu.be/zYGPovuvfzM?list=UUmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA 490181161394909184|Fri Jul 18 17:07:50 +0000 2014|In a time of loss, @Quinns108 asks board gamers to share their favorite memories of playing games with friends. http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/your-favourite-gaming-moment/ 490145936707162112|Fri Jul 18 14:47:52 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions @dry_hugs mine says "I Feel Off A Tuck Today" 490145609094287360|Fri Jul 18 14:46:34 +0000 2014|@dry_hugs I'm the ocean state job lot version... expired/probably illegal.... 490145462557876224|Fri Jul 18 14:45:59 +0000 2014|RT @Zendesk: Responding to fan outrage: @leighalexander explains the best way to say “I’m sorry” - http://bit.ly/1nPsHwo 490143942005231616|Fri Jul 18 14:39:56 +0000 2014|RT @emilyterrible: my book of scary comics, "Through the Woods", is out now! the first story is readable over here if you are CURIOUS -- ht… 490143831938310144|Fri Jul 18 14:39:30 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd pretty sure this song/video/concept was engineered by some cynical marketeer for this precise kind of virality 490142457107976192|Fri Jul 18 14:34:02 +0000 2014|@hentaiphd she also thinks Brooklyn is an island???? 490139953016631296|Fri Jul 18 14:24:05 +0000 2014|@bonzrat yeah, same. It means "I can't make space for this" but it veils the reason, conveniently 490139510341402624|Fri Jul 18 14:22:20 +0000 2014|I often say 'I'm busy' when I mean 'I don't feel like talking' 'I'm not interested' 'there are other things I could do with my time' & 'no' 490138683736358912|Fri Jul 18 14:19:03 +0000 2014|@sinisteragent one isn't lazy just because one isn't busy 490138122848858113|Fri Jul 18 14:16:49 +0000 2014|Let's rebel against the idea that it is moral to be always busy. I'm very prolific, I'm easily overwhelmed, but I am not often busy 490137020476702721|Fri Jul 18 14:12:26 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge I mean I clearly DO have time spare, as I spend vast swathes of time just thinking or worrying and I still get everything done 490136836917190656|Fri Jul 18 14:11:42 +0000 2014|I spent most of that time internet role playing on AIM & writing long, humorous live journal entries about ways to seem busy at your job 490136640137232384|Fri Jul 18 14:10:55 +0000 2014|Well, when I was 19 I did admin work. I had a 36k salary and benefits. I was in an office 45 hours a week, but 490136295633879040|Fri Jul 18 14:09:33 +0000 2014|@WalterGarrettM yeah I'm just waiting for the clock to run out so I can call it Friday night, tbh 490136158773723137|Fri Jul 18 14:09:01 +0000 2014|The truth is useless days are normal for me. Maybe all freelancers? I have one or two a week 490135909116178432|Fri Jul 18 14:08:01 +0000 2014|@v21 ohh thank you <3 I'm not sure what we will be up for tonight (maybe nothing) but will advise 490135355296071680|Fri Jul 18 14:05:49 +0000 2014|Useless today 490126830201241600|Fri Jul 18 13:31:57 +0000 2014|@ElVagales I am really short! 490098444766547968|Fri Jul 18 11:39:09 +0000 2014|@jawsew I'm constantly surprised when people see me as 'accomplished' and outraged when they don't. I am a real piece o work lemme tell ya 490091973798526976|Fri Jul 18 11:13:26 +0000 2014|@jawsew great post. I need constant validation myself and never feel as if I am being 'given credit' 490082181315043328|Fri Jul 18 10:34:32 +0000 2014|RT @Zendesk: Your fans are outraged and it’s all over social media. Now what? Advice from gaming journo @leighalexander http://t.co/6Ehmky3… 489906491391238144|Thu Jul 17 22:56:24 +0000 2014|@Qt3 if she had played god all who would look upon the screen would lose their souls 489904488715927552|Thu Jul 17 22:48:26 +0000 2014|@megganpez @SELFISH_PHIL (yes) 489903279896555520|Thu Jul 17 22:43:38 +0000 2014|OMG why is Tilda Swinton so flawless 489900621701853184|Thu Jul 17 22:33:04 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine that makes me feel happy bc I've always appreciated you & feel supported by you in kind x 489900119635267584|Thu Jul 17 22:31:05 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine I should have just said 'I'm glad you felt I was there for you' rather than butt in on the rest of it, sorry 489899017451892736|Thu Jul 17 22:26:42 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine I didn't realize you thought of me as someone who was there when you reached out but I'm GLAD 489898855073583104|Thu Jul 17 22:26:03 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine oh yeah I was just trying to like 'add to it' 489897076000829440|Thu Jul 17 22:18:59 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @StarKat99 we had worked together and were friends and there was never a point where our interactions came down to one issue 489892972172161024|Thu Jul 17 22:02:41 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @StarKat99 i felt like we're friends and support for one another was implicit, vs 'I need resources for a personal issue' 489810559110750211|Thu Jul 17 16:35:12 +0000 2014|@taleoftales @awintory on a train :( 489790894812712960|Thu Jul 17 15:17:03 +0000 2014|@fullbright @taleoftales @mossmouth no just normal STOP 489790578419597312|Thu Jul 17 15:15:48 +0000 2014|@taleoftales @mossmouth EMBRACING. 489790518793355264|Thu Jul 17 15:15:34 +0000 2014|RT @mossmouth: An hour left to back Sunset: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/taleoftales/sunset-a-first-person-videogame-thriller Excited about a @taleoftales game that "embrace[s] the gaming audience"… 489555694090469376|Wed Jul 16 23:42:27 +0000 2014|RT @The_T113: @leighalexander Blown away to just now realize that's accurate; GameCenter CX predates the first LP on Something Awful. 489555033365938177|Wed Jul 16 23:39:50 +0000 2014|Arino from GameCenter is the original YouTuber 489541865382084609|Wed Jul 16 22:47:30 +0000 2014|@sensitiveemmett pretty stupid show with no jorts in it if you ask me 489541607935705090|Wed Jul 16 22:46:29 +0000 2014|@blurstoftimes no, from Scarab of Ra :/ 489540764196950017|Wed Jul 16 22:43:08 +0000 2014|RT @CodecFreq140_96: You're looking pretty tired, Snake. Maybe you should get some sleep? 489540431148236800|Wed Jul 16 22:41:48 +0000 2014|RT @loretobgude: Mysterious giant hole suddenly appears in Siberia http://sploid.gizmodo.com/mysterious-hole-discovered-in-siberia-1605872539 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BssJt9GCQAAQA4H.jpg 489537960300539904|Wed Jul 16 22:31:59 +0000 2014|@awawro can you take neuroleptics? Compazine was the only thing that ever made mine stop 489519374852571136|Wed Jul 16 21:18:08 +0000 2014|RT @taleoftales: The #Sunset story teaser contains the first ever in-game footage (work-in-progress but still exciting to us). http://t.co/… 489519343873441792|Wed Jul 16 21:18:01 +0000 2014|@AwakeLandGames @Quinns108 yep! Good eye 489519273954406400|Wed Jul 16 21:17:44 +0000 2014|@brett_douville -- what I remember and how I felt about old problems I solved, and other times the newness/archaeology seems more fun 489519116487643137|Wed Jul 16 21:17:06 +0000 2014|@brett_douville gruds I owned, half-memorized, very special to me. There's a range. I think sometimes it's fun to show people -- 489518595009830912|Wed Jul 16 21:15:02 +0000 2014|@brett_douville -as who wants to see me bang my head against something I can't pass? But it's a balance of knowledge/spontaneous discovery 489518368215404544|Wed Jul 16 21:14:08 +0000 2014|@brett_douville I usually spend a few sessions feeling them out before I LP them, and I often will look up solutions to real frustrations- 489518113801519105|Wed Jul 16 21:13:07 +0000 2014|@mrsambarlow people frequently say that... Might be an investment further down the line! 489518001234792448|Wed Jul 16 21:12:40 +0000 2014|RT @mrsambarlow: @leighalexander you should totally do these with a binaural mike and pull in the ASMR crowd 489517981429276672|Wed Jul 16 21:12:36 +0000 2014|RT @48ONIRAM: @leighalexander I am very soothed and disturbed at the same time 489517945551212544|Wed Jul 16 21:12:27 +0000 2014|@brett_douville i would LOVE to talk more about your experience of this era! 489517804467408896|Wed Jul 16 21:11:54 +0000 2014|@shaunfinney happy to hear! 489509298666758145|Wed Jul 16 20:38:06 +0000 2014|@brett_douville no, actually, this is one I didn't have as a kid and only found now 489506043203186689|Wed Jul 16 20:25:09 +0000 2014|@WalterGarrettM hi! thanks for ROCKING IT so far 489503403849297922|Wed Jul 16 20:14:40 +0000 2014|@kirkhamilton aaa I didn't know you saw them haha yay thanks bro 489502826411073536|Wed Jul 16 20:12:23 +0000 2014|If you like a soft, tactile vintage vibe to your obscure let's plays, please consider subscribing to my channel <3 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA 489502204064444417|Wed Jul 16 20:09:54 +0000 2014|@brett_douville they're all on the YouTube channel! You can {gasp} subscribe! 489501996656099329|Wed Jul 16 20:09:05 +0000 2014|@brandonnn @CorySchmitz hi cory :)))))) 489501684415336448|Wed Jul 16 20:07:50 +0000 2014|I have a deep want for this game sufficient to remind me of paging through dreamcast magazines as a teen http://gamasutra.com/view/news/220852/The_beautifully_intricate_dollhouse_of_Else_Heartbreak.php 489501273847504896|Wed Jul 16 20:06:12 +0000 2014|RT @thecatamites: in retrospect i guess it was weird of teachers in harry potter to tell teens exactly how to torture, kill, or mind-contro… 489501104041111552|Wed Jul 16 20:05:32 +0000 2014|I will talk softly to you as a primitive yet lovely London gives way to a terse and atmospheric horror manor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGPovuvfzM 489500320234733568|Wed Jul 16 20:02:25 +0000 2014|RT @ibogost: A mere HOUR remains in the auction for my daughter's painting of a famous potato salad from the Internet! http://t.co/h20EhF… 489497540283629568|Wed Jul 16 19:51:22 +0000 2014|@kierongillen we have a lot of them for some reason however I've stolen all the pin badges 489497202709237761|Wed Jul 16 19:50:02 +0000 2014|RT @alka_seltzer666: Sailor Moon. So ahead of its time. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br0KrVPCcAAz2jm.jpg 489464140688543744|Wed Jul 16 17:38:39 +0000 2014|RT @ibogost: Two reminders: 1) @MaxGeiger's http://bogostpressurewasherstatus.tumblr.com 2) My daughter's potato salad painting auction ends soon: http://t.co/… 489392526785515520|Wed Jul 16 12:54:05 +0000 2014|RT @RaveofRavendale: I've now been doing @indiegameaday for a month. Plan is to talk view/video stats in the coming days. Do feel free to f… 489392415925886976|Wed Jul 16 12:53:39 +0000 2014|@Arminposts @krisgraft goats are monsters 489388388534202368|Wed Jul 16 12:37:38 +0000 2014|@krisgraft not pictured: how when I knelt to tie my shoe he quietly snuck up and terrifyingly loomed... Wanted to try eating my phone 489387656787550208|Wed Jul 16 12:34:44 +0000 2014|@NikaHarper there are some really alarming looking sheep at the animal farm also 489387571152449536|Wed Jul 16 12:34:24 +0000 2014|@Rx_Pixel thank you. You made my day today. 489386229100576768|Wed Jul 16 12:29:04 +0000 2014|Another friend http://instagram.com/p/qgw9JxsDHw/ 489385991581736961|Wed Jul 16 12:28:07 +0000 2014|Friend I made today http://instagram.com/p/qgw2PcMDHl/ 489350451775934464|Wed Jul 16 10:06:54 +0000 2014|@mattsheret it would just be articles about how I stare out the window in pajamas, thinking about crying 489348574778753024|Wed Jul 16 09:59:26 +0000 2014|@alexhern fuck 489348497968492544|Wed Jul 16 09:59:08 +0000 2014|Support Leigh Alexander Creating Rare Moments of Leisure Selfishly For Herself 489348380364402689|Wed Jul 16 09:58:40 +0000 2014|Gofundme campaign for me to go to the Azores or the coast of Albania 489348242644402176|Wed Jul 16 09:58:07 +0000 2014|@sister_w no one ever said my voice was girly before 489329192174362624|Wed Jul 16 08:42:25 +0000 2014|FINALLY, a digest of recent updates from me -- art, book, JRPGs, mountains, joy, stuff like that http://leighalexander.net/new-new-news/ 489328928314892288|Wed Jul 16 08:41:22 +0000 2014|AND, please enjoy the interview I did about Else Heartbreak, a game I cannot stop looking at http://gamasutra.com/view/news/220852/The_beautifully_intricate_dollhouse_of_Else_Heartbreak.php 489328524764139521|Wed Jul 16 08:39:46 +0000 2014|Good morning pals, would you like to explore a creepy manor game from 1982? I made you a new Lo-Fi Let's Play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGPovuvfzM 489195200016023552|Tue Jul 15 23:49:59 +0000 2014|@MsMinotaur @tha_rami @steishere he is basically harmless, put on some Taylor Swift and give him a vodka tonic and he can even be super nice 489192235742015489|Tue Jul 15 23:38:12 +0000 2014|RT @doougle: Nice @leighalexander on else { Heart.break() }, the upcoming game from @e_svedang and crew: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/220852/The_beautifully_intricate_dollhouse_of_Else_Heartbreak.php Exciting! 489191262512496640|Tue Jul 15 23:34:20 +0000 2014|@fullbright @cabel Charles Burns, Peter Wegner and fucking Dan Clowes !! !!! 489182535461920768|Tue Jul 15 22:59:39 +0000 2014|@random_tangent that's the calef brown not the dan clowes *runs away crying* 489181690833928193|Tue Jul 15 22:56:18 +0000 2014|@zusty @cabel *grabs Karla screams inconsolably* 489181413603045376|Tue Jul 15 22:55:12 +0000 2014|@cabel CRYING SO JEALOUS 489181359932702722|Tue Jul 15 22:54:59 +0000 2014|@cabel HOW. MUCH 489181283726397440|Tue Jul 15 22:54:41 +0000 2014|@chrisslight <3 489181254735392769|Tue Jul 15 22:54:34 +0000 2014|RT @chrisslight: If ever more Voyager probes are launche, please include a Lo-Fi Let's Play from @leighalexander looping into space. https:… 489181178591993856|Tue Jul 15 22:54:16 +0000 2014|@JoeMOwens good point 489181113156632576|Tue Jul 15 22:54:00 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland stay with us forever and ever 489179898070986752|Tue Jul 15 22:49:10 +0000 2014|@devinconnors NO 489179772141191168|Tue Jul 15 22:48:40 +0000 2014|@icorules dan clowes tho!! 489179713618051072|Tue Jul 15 22:48:26 +0000 2014|@icorules seriously would buy empty can, even, if you'd sell one. I KNOW IM WEIRD 489179568985882624|Tue Jul 15 22:47:52 +0000 2014|@mrwasteland never leave 489179096480776192|Tue Jul 15 22:45:59 +0000 2014|Just your regular reminder that if there are any cans of OK Soda left to obtain I'll do basically anything to procure one 489178927110574081|Tue Jul 15 22:45:19 +0000 2014|@icorules wait what you have cans? DO THEY HAVE SODA IN THEM not messing with you how much would you sell me one for 489178468996120577|Tue Jul 15 22:43:30 +0000 2014|@steishere @MsMinotaur Adriel run over here *earthquake, ste's waxworks spill into a crevasse* 489178275944873984|Tue Jul 15 22:42:44 +0000 2014|@atduskgreg @ckunzelman that's the weirdest thing on the adult rewatch, that you no longer hate/instead feel for her parents 489178108218867713|Tue Jul 15 22:42:04 +0000 2014|Serious market opportunity for me to become a professional advisor on the 90s... Pay me in OK Soda, Hard Candy nail polish & Baby-G watches 489177802667982848|Tue Jul 15 22:40:51 +0000 2014|@atduskgreg @ckunzelman it is very deliberate, as if written by adults, but our mannerisms then were equally prescribed/deliberate, so 489177278908469248|Tue Jul 15 22:38:46 +0000 2014|@steishere @MsMinotaur wait stop don't steal Adriel ste wtf 489176904940138498|Tue Jul 15 22:37:17 +0000 2014|RT @osifracrat: @leighalexander I dont know where you stand on this issue but could you share this: https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/aoCmf - if you are of… 489176818730426369|Tue Jul 15 22:36:56 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman I'll literally do this forever 489176731153367040|Tue Jul 15 22:36:35 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman late era van halen contributing 'right now' to crystal Pepsi ad and also to Atari Jaguar music video guessing game 'vid grid' 489176345482915840|Tue Jul 15 22:35:03 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman snackwells sandwich cookies are diet so you can eat the whole box. Everyone gets diarrhea from Olestra chips. Crystal Pepsi 489176035116998656|Tue Jul 15 22:33:49 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman *we learn about yoga for the first time because of Sting* 489175893257228289|Tue Jul 15 22:33:16 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman *while in the pit I start pencilling Winona Ryder fan art into my black and white composition notebook as Aeon Flux looks on* 489175645411635200|Tue Jul 15 22:32:16 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman *leaps joyously into Discovery Zone ballpit full of Gak, Yak BakS, heroin, VHS rips of "dragon half", Sam Goody posters* 489175184608600064|Tue Jul 15 22:30:27 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman hope you like talkin about the 90s because I DO 489174935571808256|Tue Jul 15 22:29:27 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman no my 90s services are free please just literally credit me as "90s consultant" it's my dream 489174426391683073|Tue Jul 15 22:27:26 +0000 2014|@atduskgreg @ckunzelman Berber carpet, tho? 90s MUST 489174343491256320|Tue Jul 15 22:27:06 +0000 2014|@atduskgreg @ckunzelman oh we called those popcorn ceilings, along with stucco those read distinctly 80s to me, not 90s 489174164264476672|Tue Jul 15 22:26:23 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman EXACTLY, marlins like Florida marlins very 'in' team back then 489173903152250880|Tue Jul 15 22:25:21 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman yep big tropical fish on dark navy t-shirts hella chill 489173787574022144|Tue Jul 15 22:24:54 +0000 2014|@atduskgreg @ckunzelman COTTAGE CHEESE omg so many moms on 'healthy cottage cheese & jell-o' omg wtf ahhh I love the 90s 489173567368859649|Tue Jul 15 22:24:01 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman kids at summer camp did indeed wear 'three wolf moon' shirts before they were ironic/retro 489173388649574400|Tue Jul 15 22:23:18 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman Native American cultural appropriation was hella in fashion, but w a naive sincerity missing from the Coachella generation 489173165227380736|Tue Jul 15 22:22:25 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman I desire to become the '90s consultant' where required on this project 489172777677885440|Tue Jul 15 22:20:53 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman it also sold whale song CDs, Druid CDs, crystal trimmed lampshades... I had so much 'Celtic' jewelry 489172504553226241|Tue Jul 15 22:19:48 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman OMG Cameron the SIGNALS CATALOG 489172455370784768|Tue Jul 15 22:19:36 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman for a while it was very trendy to get a mini rock garden from the Signals catalog 489172325653577729|Tue Jul 15 22:19:05 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman this all looks too 'updated for modern traits' to resonate for me but I remember the Zen Buddhism thing -- 489171463594049536|Tue Jul 15 22:15:39 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman iirc I remember my mother asking if I wanted 'border paper' for my room 489171174925295616|Tue Jul 15 22:14:31 +0000 2014|@glassbottommeg @ckunzelman bucket of pussywillows in the entryway = job done 489171058852122624|Tue Jul 15 22:14:03 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman don't remember this, but plastic orchid, glass/plastic flower, either clear or surrealistic colors very much a thing 489170524925599744|Tue Jul 15 22:11:56 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman if you need help remember: 'classy' colors were granite, graphite, gunmetal, ash, silver, slate and rose 489170134972772352|Tue Jul 15 22:10:23 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman in that case yes, but think of an affordable decal strip with a 'modern geometric' pattern 489169600928825344|Tue Jul 15 22:08:15 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman it entirely depends on where in America you plan to set it and the economic background of the house but basically emphatic yes 489167251514605568|Tue Jul 15 21:58:55 +0000 2014|Video games are a lot like Hollywood in that most people making them commercially never functionally exceeded 8th grade 489167035759611905|Tue Jul 15 21:58:04 +0000 2014|I've just started watching this Carrie remake & apparently someone missed the memo about what subtext is and just put it all out there 489163950907752448|Tue Jul 15 21:45:48 +0000 2014|RT @mrbellavia: @leighalexander I kinda remember playing Crowley as a kid. We built http://www.darkcrystal.com/play for @hensoncompany #DarkCrystal … 489163941915156480|Tue Jul 15 21:45:46 +0000 2014|@mrbellavia @hensoncompany awesome! I did a lo-fi LP of the original game... 489135885137768448|Tue Jul 15 19:54:17 +0000 2014|@flantz @metasynthie my thoughts exactly 489135492236337152|Tue Jul 15 19:52:43 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: Else Heartbreak is a lovely-looking game from @e_svedang. Read @leighalexander's writeup here: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/220852/The_beautifully_intricate_dollhouse_of_Else_Heartbreak.php http:/… 489134955612893184|Tue Jul 15 19:50:35 +0000 2014|@mcdaldno ah you found my diary 489134589206872064|Tue Jul 15 19:49:08 +0000 2014|I would have loved to meet him. 489134536505446400|Tue Jul 15 19:48:55 +0000 2014|Unfortunately Jymm Pearson, creator of boundary-pushing Apple Other-Ventures like today's (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGPovuvfzM) passed away in 1994. 489133209557663744|Tue Jul 15 19:43:39 +0000 2014|RT @unapersson: really enjoy @leighalexander's Lo-Fi Let's Play videos, takes me back to the old 8-bit text adventure games I grew up with 489123371427594241|Tue Jul 15 19:04:33 +0000 2014|RT @gamasutra: Prominent YouTuber publicly commits to disclosing paid-for videos http://bit.ly/1n7A5UJ 489122971806875648|Tue Jul 15 19:02:58 +0000 2014|@BoingBoing omg I remember this book 489110605715234816|Tue Jul 15 18:13:50 +0000 2014|And now you're all what if they all think I'm needy or can't take a hint 489110445387943937|Tue Jul 15 18:13:12 +0000 2014|That thing where you friend request a few ppl on Facebook but then wait weren't you already friends w them maybe they unfriended you 489107546326974464|Tue Jul 15 18:01:40 +0000 2014|RT @plante: I’m less and less okay with the amount of violence in the games I play. I don’t think I’m the only one. http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/15/5899161/violent-video-games-assassins-creed 489096460747935744|Tue Jul 15 17:17:37 +0000 2014|RT @TroyGoodfellow: Really digging the easy listening tones of @leighalexander's Lo-Fi Let's Plays of very old adventure games. http://t.co… 489096444620840960|Tue Jul 15 17:17:34 +0000 2014|@TroyGoodfellow thank you! 489090564294705152|Tue Jul 15 16:54:12 +0000 2014|There's a brand-new Lo-Fi Let's Play! Curse of Crowley Manor begins atmospherically and becomes a genuinely-creepy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGPovuvfzM 489090050563780608|Tue Jul 15 16:52:09 +0000 2014|RT @Kurt__Walker: @leighalexander on FFX: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/219588/Lets_revisit_Final_Fantasy_X_Anyone.php 489088829425745921|Tue Jul 15 16:47:18 +0000 2014|RT @ferricide: "Kim [Kardashian] is a one-of-a-kind talent with an incredibly precise fit to the game engine" http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-10/hit-kardashian-video-game-lifts-publisher-glu-mobile-from-e-list.html 489086106995273728|Tue Jul 15 16:36:29 +0000 2014|On books, joy, hacking games, JRPGs and more: here's a digest of my latest articles for you! http://leighalexander.net/new-new-news/ 489030846981373952|Tue Jul 15 12:56:54 +0000 2014|RT @mikeBithell: Really impressed with how Sunset is doing.. Not long left now :) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/taleoftales/sunset-a-first-person-videogame-thriller 489029466719801344|Tue Jul 15 12:51:25 +0000 2014|Who do I know in Greece who would quietly sublet me a very cheap room so I can spend all winter on an island 489021821426364416|Tue Jul 15 12:21:02 +0000 2014|RT @rich_lem: I'm really looking forward to this game. Check out @leighalexander's write-up of the latest on 'Else Heartbreak' http://t.co/… 489005647695204352|Tue Jul 15 11:16:46 +0000 2014|@10rdBen apparantly the life gaurd is too 'macho' lol and yells at ppl https://plus.google.com/app/basic/local/102965280066807414480/reviews?hl=en&socfid=web:lu:unknown:morereviews&socpid=1 489001874415431680|Tue Jul 15 11:01:46 +0000 2014|Here's an update from me, with news and links you might have missed http://leighalexander.net/new-new-news/ 488994059944755200|Tue Jul 15 10:30:43 +0000 2014|Bleak and intricate, its coding mechanic is a conveyance to a narrative experience, vs a 'feature' http://gamasutra.com/view/news/220852/The_beautifully_intricate_dollhouse_of_Else_Heartbreak.php 488993481109827584|Tue Jul 15 10:28:25 +0000 2014|Wrote about @e_svedang & team's Else Heartbreak. It's been a long time since I wanted a game only from looking at it http://gamasutra.com/view/news/220852/The_beautifully_intricate_dollhouse_of_Else_Heartbreak.php 488986588442275840|Tue Jul 15 10:01:02 +0000 2014|RT @lynchtacular: NEWFAVETHING “@ShutUpShow: Today in the news we're joined by @leighalexander, who has found a whole new way to news. http… 488824546171293696|Mon Jul 14 23:17:08 +0000 2014|You think I do lo-fi let's plays for archivism & nu-wave game crit but they are really just my safe place https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdWb8RDcvMNIeA-umQJ0KA 488823856376078336|Mon Jul 14 23:14:23 +0000 2014|How I deal with stress is going on http://textfiles.com and looking up keyboard controls for c64 joystick games from 1984 (thx @textfiles) 488819028690219008|Mon Jul 14 22:55:12 +0000 2014|I was so much more efficient and productive in the manga *languid cgi glitter floats by* 488818349540114432|Mon Jul 14 22:52:31 +0000 2014|RT @tyunderwood: @leighalexander not as expressive as the manga 488818143390097408|Mon Jul 14 22:51:41 +0000 2014|No, TOMORROW is going to be the day I final-battle everything I thought I was going to accomplish today *weak cgi transformation sequence* 488817833577807872|Mon Jul 14 22:50:27 +0000 2014|@slhamlet I will go to any conference so long as someone else is paying for it! Let's see how my professional fortunes go. 488787235073183746|Mon Jul 14 20:48:52 +0000 2014|RT @lauraehall: "What Happens When Digital Cities Are Abandoned?"--my piece for @TheAtlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/what-happens-when-digital-cities-are-abandoned/373941/ 488781068204785664|Mon Jul 14 20:24:22 +0000 2014|@rare_basement Halloween themed wedding 488776722717085698|Mon Jul 14 20:07:06 +0000 2014|I will make good use of this accident board made for me by my friend Drew http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bsh71q6CMAAgXOE.jpg 488776569083932673|Mon Jul 14 20:06:29 +0000 2014|@slhamlet oh god I love sazeracs. But I don't go to e3 anymore, which used to be my only reason for going to LA. SOMEDAY 488765565725839360|Mon Jul 14 19:22:46 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @fullbright I think I will like it too 488765155661320192|Mon Jul 14 19:21:08 +0000 2014|@gimpnelly @kierongillen his own people cannot understand him either 488764669067550720|Mon Jul 14 19:19:12 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins I realize you've already been told it was Enrique but I've enjoyed this entire saga 488763009654083584|Mon Jul 14 19:12:36 +0000 2014|RT @sokareemie: We should be asking why spaces protect and foster the bad apples, not insisting they're a minority issue. 488762171674075136|Mon Jul 14 19:09:17 +0000 2014|@scanters preordered 488761921278324736|Mon Jul 14 19:08:17 +0000 2014|@slhamlet aww man, you rock x 488724365987807232|Mon Jul 14 16:39:03 +0000 2014|@suellentrop @stephentotilo I had the same thought but felt it might seem mean to tweet about it... Maybe we should apply! 488716704126894080|Mon Jul 14 16:08:36 +0000 2014|@suellentrop @stephentotilo I think one can make viable/useful stylistic choices either way, depending on context. I like to mess around. 488712331254591488|Mon Jul 14 15:51:14 +0000 2014|Excellent piece from leading virtual worlds journalist @slhamlet on AM Radio, the elusive Second Life artist http://www.polygon.com/features/2014/7/9/5825936/second-life-am-radio 488706336310697984|Mon Jul 14 15:27:24 +0000 2014|RT @jasonschreier: @plante @stephentotilo @leighalexander @suellentrop I guess you could say review scores.... get a 0 488705297582936064|Mon Jul 14 15:23:17 +0000 2014|With @stephentotilo and @suellentrop, I spoke to the Columbia Journalism Review re the maturation of games criticism http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/a_new_course_in_video_games_jo.php?page=all 488704853037056000|Mon Jul 14 15:21:31 +0000 2014|@stephentotilo @suellentrop I was interested to read that you see mirroring the reader's experience/inputs as primary! 488687155427155968|Mon Jul 14 14:11:11 +0000 2014|RT @MituK: "If the incentive that we present to young people for making games is.. a financial one, then we are all the poorer." http://t.c… 488684642493804546|Mon Jul 14 14:01:12 +0000 2014|@jeansnow feh, they deserve it for running character assassination 488684274812715008|Mon Jul 14 13:59:45 +0000 2014|@plante @EvNarc <3333 488663229783343104|Mon Jul 14 12:36:07 +0000 2014|RT @crecenteb: Great piece about the ethics of paying for YouTuber coverage by Mike Rose over at Gamasutra. http://gamasutra.com/view/news/219671/Pay_for_Play_The_ethics_of_paying_for_YouTuber_coverage.php#.U8BM5d70wMw.twitter 488663154201989120|Mon Jul 14 12:35:49 +0000 2014|RT @krisgraft: Smash Mouth stopped All Star so we could sing happy bday for Guy Fieri's 13 yo son. WHAT UNIVERSE IS THIS!!! https://t.co/SB… 488647741019799552|Mon Jul 14 11:34:34 +0000 2014|RT @ShutUpShow: Today in the news we're joined by @leighalexander, who has found a whole new way to news. http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/games-news-140714/ 488637403343880192|Mon Jul 14 10:53:30 +0000 2014|RT @ThisIsPatrickS: This piece on Mountain by @leighalexander exemplifies the things written word can do that video coverage never could: h… 488612250417377280|Mon Jul 14 09:13:33 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge yes ofc 488611748988329985|Mon Jul 14 09:11:33 +0000 2014|YouTube and video games http://www.gamasutra.com/youtube/ 488459701630537728|Sun Jul 13 23:07:22 +0000 2014|@laura_hudson yesssss my dreaaaam 488454848866971648|Sun Jul 13 22:48:05 +0000 2014|@GaymerX @KrisLigman @deirdrakiai <3333333333 488454686216052736|Sun Jul 13 22:47:26 +0000 2014|@laura_hudson I want to run around japan with you 488439565775306752|Sun Jul 13 21:47:21 +0000 2014|RT @DuncanFyfe: Germany has won the World Cup. Germany has thrown the World Cup into the fissure. The portal to Hell is open. The centaur a… 488439132474314753|Sun Jul 13 21:45:38 +0000 2014|RT @jasonschreier: Wait until Germany finds out the World Cup is a portkey to voldemort's lair 488437184287244290|Sun Jul 13 21:37:54 +0000 2014|Naw but I genuinely love seeing grown men cry over sports 488437023800590336|Sun Jul 13 21:37:15 +0000 2014|Look at Angela Merkel shaking hands being like 'yeah, thank you, it was nothing, thanks' 488436361238966272|Sun Jul 13 21:34:37 +0000 2014|EVITA! EVITA!! 488436171715141633|Sun Jul 13 21:33:52 +0000 2014|@dayan @dry_hugs Sobbing 488435128952438784|Sun Jul 13 21:29:44 +0000 2014|well this is a Messi game #lol #footballjokes 488434979949772801|Sun Jul 13 21:29:08 +0000 2014|@onidavin @sokareemie & he was like DONT TOUCH ME DAD 488432850698780672|Sun Jul 13 21:20:40 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @kierongillen @antonyjohnston @sispurrier Jamie walked into the easy set-up, as usual 488432497454514177|Sun Jul 13 21:19:16 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @McKelvie @antonyjohnston @sispurrier too slow as usual kieron 488430238544986112|Sun Jul 13 21:10:18 +0000 2014|Don't worry guys everything can change if someone just grabs the golden snitch 488429692601769985|Sun Jul 13 21:08:07 +0000 2014|@antonyjohnston @sispurrier @kierongillen this bit here is the important part, but you take too long to get to it, it's like you're afraid 488429022339424256|Sun Jul 13 21:05:28 +0000 2014|@CagedAnimals whoa 488428658668101632|Sun Jul 13 21:04:01 +0000 2014|@antonyjohnston @sispurrier @kierongillen I can see where you are trying to go but you don't quite get there 488428291658088448|Sun Jul 13 21:02:33 +0000 2014|@CagedAnimals they're singing a fight song nonstop to the tune of "bad moon rising," no lie 488427855207231488|Sun Jul 13 21:00:49 +0000 2014|RT @chrisslight: @leighalexander They have no idea where or what they are. They are created with only the knowledge of football given by si… 488427699925712896|Sun Jul 13 21:00:12 +0000 2014|"That guy they're singing about being better than Pele hasn't factored into this game" @Brendy_C "That's because he's old, or like, dead" 488425441964085248|Sun Jul 13 20:51:14 +0000 2014|Argentina goalie is totally an RPG character, with the hair-spikes and forbidding hand gestures 488424438539780096|Sun Jul 13 20:47:15 +0000 2014|Every time the camera zooms in on a player's face he just looks really lost and confused 488422291941097472|Sun Jul 13 20:38:43 +0000 2014|I think the coach guy was just explaining to the Argentina guy 'listen you need to stop falling down out there, your feet go on the ground' 488421902114127873|Sun Jul 13 20:37:10 +0000 2014|RT @rjstanley: @leighalexander apparently this: http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-10/how-argentinians-made-bad-moon-rising-their-soccer-anthem 488418715655233536|Sun Jul 13 20:24:30 +0000 2014|What are they singing 488405802265608193|Sun Jul 13 19:33:12 +0000 2014|I have realized that rooting for Argentina will allow @Brendy_C and I to sing Evita all night 488405675161436161|Sun Jul 13 19:32:41 +0000 2014|@thewillofb yes 488405610086801408|Sun Jul 13 19:32:26 +0000 2014|@GirlsMakeGames @TimOfLegend is lucky to get to see all their hard work! Have fun, all! 488405458001358849|Sun Jul 13 19:31:50 +0000 2014|RT @GirlsMakeGames: @leighalexander Our girls are pitching their games to @TimOfLegend TODAY http://bit.ly/1qGZ96G Please RT #GMG14 488405330410614786|Sun Jul 13 19:31:19 +0000 2014|@jasonschreier well this is the final, so I fully expect the coach to turn into a father/god amalgam that dominates the whole field 488403658498146304|Sun Jul 13 19:24:40 +0000 2014|I just keep being reminded of blitzball and getting mad 488398699346010112|Sun Jul 13 19:04:58 +0000 2014|Who should I vote for in this world cup 488375398993235968|Sun Jul 13 17:32:23 +0000 2014|@steishere stop 488375350666489856|Sun Jul 13 17:32:11 +0000 2014|RT @Quinns108: This week on @DaftSouls I squeaked about Etrian Odyssey & King of Dragon Pass before my brain shut down for the week https:/… 488370962300432384|Sun Jul 13 17:14:45 +0000 2014|@twoscooters *grudgingly tears down posters of herself on thrones of babes and goblets* something something women aren't currency grumble 488370484254621696|Sun Jul 13 17:12:51 +0000 2014|@twoscooters i find that retort the hardest to keep from using tbh 488351551384080384|Sun Jul 13 15:57:37 +0000 2014|@auriea @legobutts @KrisLorischild omg what's its name 488334715423035392|Sun Jul 13 14:50:43 +0000 2014|RT @PennyRed: Lovely review of #unspeakablethings at the Guardian. Am beaming. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/13/unspeakable-things-review-laurie-penny-modern-feminism 488333229909618688|Sun Jul 13 14:44:49 +0000 2014|RT @ckunzelman: I'm kickstarting a new adventure game about gamer culture and the 1990s and private police forces https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ckunzelman/epanalepsis-an-adventure-across-3-characters-and-6 488105941209186306|Sat Jul 12 23:41:39 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch @paullicino there will be! Xo 488105632407773185|Sat Jul 12 23:40:25 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C "I've got shitloads of work to do, you can go if you like" (yes maybe, I'll DM my new phone number) 488101142082383872|Sat Jul 12 23:22:35 +0000 2014|@aus_petey_pete @Jam_sponge @Quinns108 @ShutUpShow @NeonSanctum everything's coming up Beetle 488099284852953088|Sat Jul 12 23:15:12 +0000 2014|Nerd emperor @@paullicino http://instagram.com/p/qXnuLAMDGh/ 488099094410571776|Sat Jul 12 23:14:27 +0000 2014|Starring @@jam_sponge as Aquilish Fuse http://instagram.com/p/qXnooEMDGY/ 488097272794972160|Sat Jul 12 23:07:12 +0000 2014|It's funny because they're English 488097202808836096|Sat Jul 12 23:06:56 +0000 2014|Well @paullicino @Jam_sponge and @Quinns108 are watching a 'drunk history' episode about Aaron Burr but they don't even know who he was 488096958629031936|Sat Jul 12 23:05:58 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch well I mean no argument here, take it up with Lucas, just saying 488095906773090304|Sat Jul 12 23:01:47 +0000 2014|@Nelsormensch Beetle's gruesome "Jury-Rigged" homemade rivet gun is very "not" Star Wars 488095635577769984|Sat Jul 12 23:00:42 +0000 2014|@ElizSimins @lastnora my desire to hang w Cool People & have Beers with them is greater than my desire to ask questions sorry bye 488094908067356672|Sat Jul 12 22:57:49 +0000 2014|@lastnora @ElizSimins but cmon they're Really Cool Guys 488094648842588160|Sat Jul 12 22:56:47 +0000 2014|My STAR WARS EDGE OF THE EMPIRE character Beetle was basically conceived as an @emilyterrible drawing and still is in my head 488092688357785600|Sat Jul 12 22:48:59 +0000 2014|@hunktears the universe gathers its energy in support of your pure heart 488092418517266432|Sat Jul 12 22:47:55 +0000 2014|@hunktears *my sailor ghost hand reaches out of the darkness in support of your new twitter identity.... more power gathers...* 488092216800579584|Sat Jul 12 22:47:07 +0000 2014|@ShaunPWelch Beatrice "Beetle" Tole 488090324540338177|Sat Jul 12 22:39:36 +0000 2014|@checker I'm trying to come up with a clever retort about you being dumb but it won't come 488090027789139968|Sat Jul 12 22:38:25 +0000 2014|I'm a gadgeteer http://instagram.com/p/qXjgv_MDO-/ 488087460996726784|Sat Jul 12 22:28:13 +0000 2014|@mikesacco @chrisamaphone @LifeInNeon obvs 488087191135191041|Sat Jul 12 22:27:09 +0000 2014|RT @AmyDentata: As I put it: I critique because I love. If I didn't love the medium I'd leave it. But the harassers don't own games as a co… 488087114773721090|Sat Jul 12 22:26:51 +0000 2014|RT @chrisamaphone: science fiction fans with tech salaries who're sad there's not more queer/feminist sci fi: support @LifeInNeon! http://t… 488086762976452608|Sat Jul 12 22:25:27 +0000 2014|Awww I wish there was some way I could have attended #GaymerX... Seems amazing! Have fun, everyone 488058702218686465|Sat Jul 12 20:33:56 +0000 2014|RT @dominos: Turn down for Domino's. 487959038572130304|Sat Jul 12 13:57:55 +0000 2014|They want me to tweet for a free sorbet. ON IT #StoliLemonade 487956583351980034|Sat Jul 12 13:48:09 +0000 2014|@bonzrat out just kidding it's not out. Then my girlfriend brought me a cup of tea and I finally pressed the BEGIN key. The end 487956272688668673|Sat Jul 12 13:46:55 +0000 2014|@bonzrat as my finger hovered over the space bar I thought about how wonderful PC gaming is, I thought about it for so long half life 3 came 487936590887796736|Sat Jul 12 12:28:43 +0000 2014|@robertflorence we thought we were such good detectives and solved everything but in fact we were shit 487920164307226624|Sat Jul 12 11:23:26 +0000 2014|@arconic totally 487916711900098561|Sat Jul 12 11:09:43 +0000 2014|I played the 'board game' of 'Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective' and it was the best Sherlock Holmes game experience I've ever had 487911005536944128|Sat Jul 12 10:47:03 +0000 2014|I had a great dream where I teleported to the perfect 90s karaoke event and Courtney Love herself was there. I'm a parody of myself 487910648815575040|Sat Jul 12 10:45:38 +0000 2014|RT @johmmmmmm: Nice @gamasutra thing about creating joyful games by @leighalexander http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/220294/Can_joy_be_more_adult_than_violence.php 487762067785789440|Sat Jul 12 00:55:13 +0000 2014|So far my bf's feedback on Madoka is if she's not going to make a contract she needs to stop butting in 487682457085689856|Fri Jul 11 19:38:53 +0000 2014|@DISTACTION shinjiro is my fave I'm all about him 487682036787068928|Fri Jul 11 19:37:12 +0000 2014|There's a hell reserved only for those oblong little forearm burns you get from the oven. 487681801998327809|Fri Jul 11 19:36:16 +0000 2014|RT @papierhache: The purpose of criticism is supposed to be to make things better. Really, it's that simple. 487677415872004096|Fri Jul 11 19:18:51 +0000 2014|RT @femfreq: "But WHAT CAN BE DONE: Dos and Don’ts To Combat Online Sexism” by @leighalexander http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ 487676063854899201|Fri Jul 11 19:13:28 +0000 2014|@DerrickClifton thanks for your piece! 487676040224198657|Fri Jul 11 19:13:23 +0000 2014|@DerrickClifton totally agree. Burns me when ppl who are sympathetic to feminism turn around and do the same privileged crap re race -- 487675565814853632|Fri Jul 11 19:11:30 +0000 2014|RT @qh_murphy: This is a pretty amazing article by @leighalexander about learning Netrunner http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/blog/post/test/ //do read. 487675539445256192|Fri Jul 11 19:11:23 +0000 2014|@qh_murphy thank you! 487675448193974272|Fri Jul 11 19:11:02 +0000 2014|@femfreq thanks for sharing it x 487630285614612480|Fri Jul 11 16:11:34 +0000 2014|Valuable Derrick Clifton piece about common but misguided protests white people make in racism conversations http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/clueless-things-white-people-say-racism/ 487627365821214720|Fri Jul 11 15:59:58 +0000 2014|RT @RaveofRavendale: I investigated the ethics of video game publishers paying for YouTuber coverage http://gamasutra.com/view/news/219671/Pay_for_Play_The_ethics_of_paying_for_YouTuber_coverage.php 487625838155022336|Fri Jul 11 15:53:54 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C hint: the same person 'brought me samosas' and when I decided to accept them they each had one bite taken out 487625121759514624|Fri Jul 11 15:51:03 +0000 2014|RT @ckunzelman: I'm kickstarting a new game inspired by my love of the work of Philip K. Dick, the 1990s, and cyberpunk hellscapes https://… 487624919975731200|Fri Jul 11 15:50:15 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C OBVIOUSLY IT WAS NOT *ME* 487624604329209856|Fri Jul 11 15:48:59 +0000 2014|@Brendy_C guess who took your voice recording into bed this morning, cuddled up and said 'it's like Brendan is in bed with us' 487624279568429057|Fri Jul 11 15:47:42 +0000 2014|RT @TecnoSmurf: Nice motivational post not only to play #Netrunner, but to evolve doing so. Brilliantly written by @leighalexander http://… 487576353785802752|Fri Jul 11 12:37:16 +0000 2014|RT @jawsew: "She's the best cyberbabe I have ever seen in a game, maybe even in reality." http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsQ1B0IIAAAzjhw.jpg 487576315743453184|Fri Jul 11 12:37:07 +0000 2014|@victohenry rock on! 487571670342057985|Fri Jul 11 12:18:39 +0000 2014|I wish this would earn as much money as the potato salad http://www.gofundme.com/baozzc 487555148852760576|Fri Jul 11 11:13:00 +0000 2014|@steishere important questions from my Instagram feed http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsQk0tSCYAIADNk.jpg 487548026966515712|Fri Jul 11 10:44:42 +0000 2014|@HeyAnnieMok hehe, yeah, I cannot answer the question either 487547872557404160|Fri Jul 11 10:44:05 +0000 2014|RT @TecnoSmurf: Seems legit. #ANR #Netrunner #Gaming #FemmeFatale Cosplay by @leighalexander Cardart by http://kate-niemczyk.deviantart.com/ http://t.c… 487414671260278784|Fri Jul 11 01:54:48 +0000 2014|RT @HeyAnnieMok: diary drawing from march w/ .@iphsol, .@leighalexander, .@cyborgplaygirl, & (sorta) .@m_kopas & .@rcmacleod http://t.co/ii… 487414660707401728|Fri Jul 11 01:54:45 +0000 2014|@HeyAnnieMok thank you Annie, I love this 487027492017147905|Thu Jul 10 00:16:17 +0000 2014|Well, @ibogost got his daughter to paint the Kickstarter Potato Salad and sell it on eBay, because he's Ian http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=291186856927 #art 487021859096252417|Wed Jul 09 23:53:54 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @christinelove just doin my job 487021401321508865|Wed Jul 09 23:52:05 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @christinelove ya that's my plan... I'll be BACH 487020675715309568|Wed Jul 09 23:49:12 +0000 2014|@MammonMachine @christinelove UNIT 02'S SOUL IS SLEEPING 487020544521695232|Wed Jul 09 23:48:40 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz Chapter 2: At A Conference. each person is worried about encountering the person directly to her right 487019683925995520|Wed Jul 09 23:45:15 +0000 2014|@christinelove @MammonMachine I basically just tweeted this to bait you because I'm on a twitter break and I missed you 487019171860213760|Wed Jul 09 23:43:13 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz LOW POLY COUNT har hur hrrr 487017243524739074|Wed Jul 09 23:35:33 +0000 2014|@AlexaRayC when people break up, report it on Poly-Gone 487017111643258881|Wed Jul 09 23:35:02 +0000 2014|@alexlifschitz god I fucking hope it never happens aaah 487016992843759616|Wed Jul 09 23:34:34 +0000 2014|Weekly newsletter about who in games is hooking up with who: THE POLYCOUNT 487015625970421761|Wed Jul 09 23:29:08 +0000 2014|You're welcome 487015603639967746|Wed Jul 09 23:29:02 +0000 2014|Steal this idea: book about all the romantic interrelationships among cult indies in games called LOW POLY 487010426291748864|Wed Jul 09 23:08:28 +0000 2014|@GirlsMakeGames I wish I was too. I can't wait to find out more about it. Hi from London! 487004254100787201|Wed Jul 09 22:43:56 +0000 2014|@DavidNorthart thanks! I like that one, too. 486966722046734338|Wed Jul 09 20:14:48 +0000 2014|@Radstronomical ah what a coincidence i am wearing that it's true 486965252228415489|Wed Jul 09 20:08:58 +0000 2014|RT @philippawarr: POIROT is relevant to rat Dota - this is why (and I drew a picture) http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/09/dote-night-rat-dota/ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsILIh1CEAAETmo.jpg 486964994840756225|Wed Jul 09 20:07:56 +0000 2014|@Radstronomical if s'good i wrote it *blows on fingertip* 486964183385509888|Wed Jul 09 20:04:43 +0000 2014|RT @barnellToGo: You should probably read @leighalexander piece on Mountain and Social Media. Its really really good. | http://t.co/A8N51ND… 486964161835196416|Wed Jul 09 20:04:38 +0000 2014|RT @mrtazz: Super interesting article by @leighalexander about "Dos and Don’ts To Combat Online Sexism" http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ 486963989390589952|Wed Jul 09 20:03:57 +0000 2014|@Gabriella_Liv thank you! 486963963176157184|Wed Jul 09 20:03:50 +0000 2014|RT @Gabriella_Liv: I love the Lo-Fi Let's Play youtube series by @leighalexander https://www.youtube.com/user/leighalexander1 486827473871851520|Wed Jul 09 11:01:29 +0000 2014|RT @Theoforx: "Talking about the weather is our brain dealing with the subject of now," from an article by @leighalexander http://t.co/cZLe… 486650793752535040|Tue Jul 08 23:19:25 +0000 2014|RT @GoldFlakePaint: Foxes In Fiction comes-of-age on the staggeringly pretty first cut from his new 'Ontario Gothic' LP. Listen here: htt… 486649688314347521|Tue Jul 08 23:15:01 +0000 2014|RT @ryanodonnell: READ: @leighalexander on @davidoreilly's Mountain, social media, and letting go of control: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/220443/There_is_nothing_to_do_in_OReillys_Mountain__and_thats_a_good_thing.php 486626204838289409|Tue Jul 08 21:41:43 +0000 2014|RT @m_kopas: i wrote about how trans women are making games and lit folks need to be paying attention http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/07/08/trans-women-the-new-hypertext/ 486621283741093889|Tue Jul 08 21:22:09 +0000 2014|@legobutts @fantasticarcade would cover 486614279219871746|Tue Jul 08 20:54:19 +0000 2014|Isn't this supposed to be the part where we cut to Brazil's manager, shouting urgently into the dugout phone 486614079487107072|Tue Jul 08 20:53:32 +0000 2014|@NotoriousJnX cricket has bowlers. Baseball has pitchers. 486612455398064129|Tue Jul 08 20:47:04 +0000 2014|Watching World Cup for the first time. I think Brazil should call up a different pitcher 486603292567678976|Tue Jul 08 20:10:40 +0000 2014|@iamtimothydavis thanks for the nice words! 486603220765401088|Tue Jul 08 20:10:23 +0000 2014|@tinysubversions I love how nothing you, Darius, do in digital space comes without thought and intent. Good example x 486602774403362816|Tue Jul 08 20:08:36 +0000 2014|Reminder: if you want to argue on someone's behalf on social media, keeping on copying them into yr argument about them creates noise/stress 486602250505445376|Tue Jul 08 20:06:31 +0000 2014|RT @GeekGirlCon: Want a great primer of do's and don'ts for responding to online sexism? @leighalexander has you covered. http://t.co/CAnFX… 486598433051246592|Tue Jul 08 19:51:21 +0000 2014|@ramdac I did an interview/critique re dark room, but for monument valley I just wrote about a talk re its tech, really 486598174447239169|Tue Jul 08 19:50:20 +0000 2014|@ramdac if you search gamasutra or google, I've written about both of those games, too! 486597778068738048|Tue Jul 08 19:48:45 +0000 2014|RT @qxam: @leighalexander "It is totally and entirely possible that you might have nothing to add" should be in flaming 50' letters above t… 486597719872790528|Tue Jul 08 19:48:31 +0000 2014|RT @Indie_Intern: @leighalexander wrote a very nice article about Mountain, and social media, and letting go, and you should read it. http:… 486511071797469184|Tue Jul 08 14:04:13 +0000 2014|personal expression from women "annoys us, riles us. It feels presumptuous, vain, narrow, feminine, clichéd." 486510527964004353|Tue Jul 08 14:02:03 +0000 2014|Slate on how the reception to Karl Ove Knausgaard's "My Struggle" would be different if written by a woman http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/roiphe/2014/07/what_if_karl_ove_knausgaard_s_my_struggle_were_written_by_a_woman.html 486509818518458368|Tue Jul 08 13:59:14 +0000 2014|RT @JessePB: .@leighalexander on how in the face of a curated life, OReilly’s Mountain can help you accept letting go of control. http://t… 486461618319265792|Tue Jul 08 10:47:42 +0000 2014|RT @pomeranian99: Someone you know is being subject to sexist crap online? Here's how to respond! http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ (Great @leighalexa… 486461333521829888|Tue Jul 08 10:46:34 +0000 2014|RT @condormorris: @leighalexander once again affirming that yes, things can be joyful or silly/goofy but still be ADULT MEDIA http://t.co/q… 486456000632090624|Tue Jul 08 10:25:23 +0000 2014|@speedforce131 why are you talking to me? 486450953126948865|Tue Jul 08 10:05:19 +0000 2014|David OReilly's Mountain feels kind of like a protest against everything that's been bothering me http://gamasutra.com/view/news/220443/There_is_nothing_to_do_in_OReillys_Mountain__and_thats_a_good_thing.php 486092985512513536|Mon Jul 07 10:22:53 +0000 2014|@Sasoa42 @ruderigues lol @10rdBen look at this one 486089725078695936|Mon Jul 07 10:09:56 +0000 2014|@pippinbarr haha yes 486079098163593216|Mon Jul 07 09:27:42 +0000 2014|@asponge hehe 486074821395361793|Mon Jul 07 09:10:42 +0000 2014|@DerrickClifton sweet! Thanks for your piece. 486074620081352704|Mon Jul 07 09:09:54 +0000 2014|@10rdBen they never stop fucking talking 486073230856585216|Mon Jul 07 09:04:23 +0000 2014|related: going to give my twitter password to someone else for a while & mostly just use twitter to share links. stressful volume. 486072821312147456|Mon Jul 07 09:02:46 +0000 2014|I also wrote a primer of do's and don'ts for responding to online sexism http://bit.ly/1j7Aju5 486072620019089409|Mon Jul 07 09:01:58 +0000 2014|Can joy be more 'adult' than violence? I spoke to @hunicke and @KommanderKlobb, plus research from @brainygamer http://gamasutra.com/view/news/220294/Can_joy_be_more_adult_than_violence.php 485920577518321664|Sun Jul 06 22:57:48 +0000 2014|I can't believe friend and colleague @michaelpachter, the brilliant industry analyst, only has 700 more followers than me. Follow him!! 485920298387390464|Sun Jul 06 22:56:41 +0000 2014|@michaelpachter I see you are waging a peaceful war, Master P 485915766513229824|Sun Jul 06 22:38:41 +0000 2014|@miguelojsancho @RyanJGannon @subtleblend @ruthlessreviews @Al_Kellpone @mikeBithell @MomsAgainstGam who are you stop talking 485890082080325632|Sun Jul 06 20:56:37 +0000 2014|@jennatar @samusclone when i was eight years old i idolized 'earth angel' from gamepro... wonder who she was.. 485889844116467712|Sun Jul 06 20:55:40 +0000 2014|@mikeBithell @subtleblend @ruthlessreviews mike, you tweeting at him is prob the height of the fame he'll ever get 485889326946213888|Sun Jul 06 20:53:37 +0000 2014|@jennatar @samusclone i thought i was a bro for awhile too. i started doing decent work only after that. 485889254212796416|Sun Jul 06 20:53:20 +0000 2014|@SELFISH_PHIL ^5 485888375237648385|Sun Jul 06 20:49:50 +0000 2014|@ckunzelman @samusclone @jennatar my great legacy: 'she hung on the longest' :((((( 485888222103617536|Sun Jul 06 20:49:14 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl @jennatar @samusclone if you were a 'bro' and you put numbers on things i'm not giving you a 'revolutionary' sticker 485888153933606912|Sun Jul 06 20:48:57 +0000 2014|@KyleOrl @jennatar @samusclone not to be a bitch but like, i'm only interested in women who have not been derivative product journos, myself 485887695512543232|Sun Jul 06 20:47:08 +0000 2014|@jennatar @samusclone naw i think we're about the same 485887347838689280|Sun Jul 06 20:45:45 +0000 2014|@jennatar @samusclone idk there are some others, i'm just the loudest prolly, 8-9 years at MOST 485886594873049088|Sun Jul 06 20:42:46 +0000 2014|@subtleblend here is some free career advice: you aren't a good writer -- you're derivative, bit sensational, boring. get an editor. 485880163482484736|Sun Jul 06 20:17:12 +0000 2014|@sinisteragent 'very well milady' 485879417340956673|Sun Jul 06 20:14:14 +0000 2014|@sinisteragent because internet men 485879062247010304|Sun Jul 06 20:12:50 +0000 2014|@numberless 'if you don't open your mind to her, your eva will not --' SHUT UP GOD BE QUIET GO AWAY 485878885373214720|Sun Jul 06 20:12:08 +0000 2014|@redrichie it's true *dramatic sigh* (thank you) 485878770868690944|Sun Jul 06 20:11:40 +0000 2014|@McKelvie quintin emailed me about a rainbow, there was one 485878647157686272|Sun Jul 06 20:11:11 +0000 2014|@rodderzshiva and you smell slightly rando. bye. 485878185947848704|Sun Jul 06 20:09:21 +0000 2014|RT @jasonschreier: @leighalexander atheist. gamer. reddit. fedoras. i live for this shit 485877950064373760|Sun Jul 06 20:08:25 +0000 2014|@StefanHayden rad 485876894488076288|Sun Jul 06 20:04:13 +0000 2014|@chetfaliszek i hate when employees try to keep me company when i'm just trying to pig out and not talk to anyone 485876732550213632|Sun Jul 06 20:03:34 +0000 2014|@_STD_ you failed 485876618683228161|Sun Jul 06 20:03:07 +0000 2014|RT @Neilan: Dos and Don’ts To Combat Online Sexism by @leighalexander: http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ 485807234098950144|Sun Jul 06 15:27:25 +0000 2014|RT @Smebble: @DylanGregWoods "I was given a nice set of guidelines to not being a jerkmale, but feel the need to assert my disapproval rega… 485807204583636993|Sun Jul 06 15:27:18 +0000 2014|@DylanGregWoods @10rdBen lollll 485786798812323840|Sun Jul 06 14:06:12 +0000 2014|#GPOY http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br3chLuIYAAxWvy.jpg 485786105812635648|Sun Jul 06 14:03:27 +0000 2014|@cymrogav beautiful. It'll do. I can make chorizo polenta sometime! 485785853554589696|Sun Jul 06 14:02:27 +0000 2014|@10rdBen #menally 485785820218286080|Sun Jul 06 14:02:19 +0000 2014|RT @10rdBen: Really, really great and PRACTICAL advice 4 men on twitter, by @leighalexander http://leighalexander.net/but-what-can-be-done-dos-and-donts-to-combat-online-sexism/ Now you know, and there’… 485785623304077312|Sun Jul 06 14:01:32 +0000 2014|@McKelvie I drank two oyster shots, had some ceviche, some guacamole and a burrito just for you. What a bummer you have to work oh well 485785066820620288|Sun Jul 06 13:59:20 +0000 2014|@kmfca I don't know I think I dreamed it into reality 485784070828613632|Sun Jul 06 13:55:22 +0000 2014|@kmfca southbank centre... Special event... Magic bus.. 485782761333350400|Sun Jul 06 13:50:10 +0000 2014|This bus is everything to me now, goodbye everyone http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br3Y2K9CAAAa5vz.jpg 485782467841122304|Sun Jul 06 13:49:00 +0000 2014|@esdin no I mean it's not actually going anywhere but who cares 485782136369475584|Sun Jul 06 13:47:41 +0000 2014|Can this be my bus now http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br3YRjsIgAA0-NE.jpg 485781913798717440|Sun Jul 06 13:46:48 +0000 2014|I got inside this oyster and Bloody Mary bus and I'm never getting out http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br3YEFjIMAA7iMH.jpg 485780701112205313|Sun Jul 06 13:41:59 +0000 2014|@philippawarr @felix_cohen yeah i am definitely going to be at this red oyster bus right by southbank centre/festival hall 485776597107363840|Sun Jul 06 13:25:40 +0000 2014|@philippawarr ok. Will try to conserve battery 485769577704738816|Sun Jul 06 12:57:47 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @philippawarr aw it's okay you can hang out if you want 485766827638013952|Sun Jul 06 12:46:51 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen ok, gonna off phone to save battery but will DM when I get there... I want this bloody oyster van... 485765713744101376|Sun Jul 06 12:42:25 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @philippawarr *ignores jamie* 485765648283607040|Sun Jul 06 12:42:10 +0000 2014|@georgbacker I'm just down there for the Wednesday but I'm doing a lot of meetings. In the bar. Just staying in the bar. 485765461620310016|Sun Jul 06 12:41:25 +0000 2014|@philippawarr I'm at Stratford right now, probably be that way in 45 mins? Text me?? 485765294326308864|Sun Jul 06 12:40:45 +0000 2014|@felix_cohen my phone is dying and I've already had a lot of mezcal today but I'm near the jubilee line and I feel like it's a good idea 485764805115265026|Sun Jul 06 12:38:49 +0000 2014|I am mulling going to southbank centre to see street food/to find that fucking bloody oyster van... Any friends along? 485762870421229569|Sun Jul 06 12:31:08 +0000 2014|Can you go to reiki healing drunk y/n 485761911976628224|Sun Jul 06 12:27:19 +0000 2014|RT @McKelvie: Here's the Danczuk article those quotes are taken from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2681949/Call-public-inquiry-historic-child-abuse-Forget-expenses-scandal-If-MPs-harboured-paedophiles-damage-British-democracy-fatal-says-MP-SIMON-DANCZUK.html thank god for him and @tom_watson pursuing this 485760441311043584|Sun Jul 06 12:21:28 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze I will eventually learn which part of this country I'm s'posed to be in 485760330883407872|Sun Jul 06 12:21:02 +0000 2014|@stephen_ebert well, so are we, but 'can you wrap this' or 'could I take this home, please' will do 485760138729758720|Sun Jul 06 12:20:16 +0000 2014|@McKelvie Jesus! 485759420635545601|Sun Jul 06 12:17:25 +0000 2014|English people hate wasting food but they also don't commonly package leftovers to take home #WEIRD 485758414380072960|Sun Jul 06 12:13:25 +0000 2014|@savasavasava yeah, when will you be here? 485758148306026496|Sun Jul 06 12:12:22 +0000 2014|@robertflorence yeah basically, if you're going to spend money on nice food why ruin it having to talk to someone 485753148192358400|Sun Jul 06 11:52:30 +0000 2014|Sorry but I love to eat at restaurants by myself 485745203383635968|Sun Jul 06 11:20:55 +0000 2014|@ellaguro @auriea haha I mean me too not you 485745121024311296|Sun Jul 06 11:20:36 +0000 2014|@ellaguro @auriea yes 485739571179974656|Sun Jul 06 10:58:33 +0000 2014|RT @tanyaxshort: "No woman who experiences sexism in her profession wants to be known primarily for [that]" - @leighalexander http://t.co/o… 485718669444792320|Sun Jul 06 09:35:29 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK bookmarking for next time our end of town wants to do something fun 485718471754674176|Sun Jul 06 09:34:42 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge @cymrogav it's the only place I've found proper guacamole in this nation 485718408659734528|Sun Jul 06 09:34:27 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge @cymrogav it's actually really really good, you just don't know it bc of your British tastebuds 485718200869748736|Sun Jul 06 09:33:37 +0000 2014|@kierongillen @jimrossignol I will be thinking of both of you as I slouch sullenly around a mall 485717938184671232|Sun Jul 06 09:32:35 +0000 2014|@NathanBarnatt @chipzel @Sabrepulse she is moving here eeeeeee 485717865111490560|Sun Jul 06 09:32:17 +0000 2014|@ThoughtBubbleUK "and mezcal bar" omg let's do this 485716327165071360|Sun Jul 06 09:26:11 +0000 2014|@kierongillen are you back in London do you wanna be hung over at the mall with me I'm not even washing off my eye makeup 485716234378674176|Sun Jul 06 09:25:49 +0000 2014|@kierongillen as soon as my houseguest gets home I'm taking a bus to wahaca by myself 485714753072160768|Sun Jul 06 09:19:55 +0000 2014|Last night w @chipzel & @Sabrepulse http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br2a_ixIEAAMHp8.jpg 485711546212179968|Sun Jul 06 09:07:11 +0000 2014|@Seniath oh I'll just show up at lunchtime and eat a burrito. BRUNCH 485711314514620416|Sun Jul 06 09:06:16 +0000 2014|Someone should make this into a SERIEs of guides 'how to talk to yr friends who like crappy music' http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/talking-about-iggy-azalea-white-people/ 485710955264102401|Sun Jul 06 09:04:50 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge into it! 485710878902616064|Sun Jul 06 09:04:32 +0000 2014|@Seniath I think I seriously might go to the Stratford Westfield by myself to go to wahaca 485708101736493056|Sun Jul 06 08:53:30 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge @NikaHarper ( next weekend?) 485708066550480896|Sun Jul 06 08:53:21 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge @NikaHarper NOW 485707632276422656|Sun Jul 06 08:51:38 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge @NikaHarper no I'm telling you *cries* 485707519621595136|Sun Jul 06 08:51:11 +0000 2014|@Seniath I do love wahaca and I would eat it at any time oh god I want to go there now 485707378357460992|Sun Jul 06 08:50:37 +0000 2014|@asponge HEY the world's day starts when WE SAY. Then we have a giant brunch so we can go back to sleep 485707122353905664|Sun Jul 06 08:49:36 +0000 2014|Sometimes in England you just hit a wall and start longingly google images-ing "huevos rancheros" "chilaquiles" "salmon Benedict" 485706672066031616|Sun Jul 06 08:47:49 +0000 2014|@Seniath @thatbobsy gross I'm kinda nauseated right now already I don't want to see that 485706575970312192|Sun Jul 06 08:47:26 +0000 2014|@Seniath @thatbobsy that isn't hreakdDdfgjkkkkk 485706310928068608|Sun Jul 06 08:46:23 +0000 2014|@thatbobsy @Seniath see look I told you 485706268532031488|Sun Jul 06 08:46:13 +0000 2014|@Jam_sponge that's right. The main difference between our food and your food is just NO IM SORRY I CANT 485706105369395200|Sun Jul 06 08:45:34 +0000 2014|@Seniath the shrug emoji simon 485705884119883776|Sun Jul 06 08:44:41 +0000 2014|@Seniath remember when I wanted to go to brunch and my only request was 'can it have French fries' and NO 485705702309396480|Sun Jul 06 08:43:58 +0000 2014|@Seniath can we go to the oyster bus 485705631660523520|Sun Jul 06 08:43:41 +0000 2014|"We totally have brunch here" says English people, cracking open a can of beans 485705438470877184|Sun Jul 06 08:42:55 +0000 2014|Wake mascara-streaked, possibly still drunk, crying because brunch isn't a thing here really "they put too much lemon in the hollandaise 485704564969312256|Sun Jul 06 08:39:26 +0000 2014|"I need 10 ccs of oyster shooter stat" said the doctor, the nurse had just set up the hollandaise injection and tray of rosemary & rock salt 485703564510396416|Sun Jul 06 08:35:28 +0000 2014|@Vahn16 @bombsfall this 485701172029034496|Sun Jul 06 08:25:57 +0000 2014|@Moezart_EREMG @OfficialSisQo @WakaFlockabsm AWESOME 485602024072175616|Sun Jul 06 01:51:59 +0000 2014|@OfficialSisQo hi Sisqo, you are one of the most underrated and talented performers of the millennium and Thong Song is my fave song <3 485601644558942208|Sun Jul 06 01:50:28 +0000 2014|@passingfair oh right, she said, having already torrented the thing, shrugging 485601519438675968|Sun Jul 06 01:49:58 +0000 2014|@Teanah it's a nice change after new york, a nice and grown-up place to live. very happy here. 485601418204958721|Sun Jul 06 01:49:34 +0000 2014|@Jon_Ore no, i've got a torrent tho, content is all free and i would actually make a decent wage if it weren't ~shrug~ 485601190252916736|Sun Jul 06 01:48:40 +0000 2014|@McKelvie games people are basically pacman ghosts: they repeat the same ancient patterns unthinking until they are consumed 485600769056735233|Sun Jul 06 01:47:00 +0000 2014|@Teanah i stay here on and off for the past year and a half, pretty much, i travel a lot these days 485600364000206848|Sun Jul 06 01:45:23 +0000 2014|SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL CAN CURRENTLY BE ONLY WATCHED FROM THE UNITED STATES? HEY FUCK YOU HULU 485599865586847745|Sun Jul 06 01:43:24 +0000 2014|@ashtonraze @McKelvie nothing isn't kieron's fault, literally nothing 485599675660390400|Sun Jul 06 01:42:39 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @ashtonraze #blamegillen 485599501634514946|Sun Jul 06 01:41:57 +0000 2014|@McKelvie wow matt fraction was following me and i wasn't even following him #wow 485599363281223680|Sun Jul 06 01:41:24 +0000 2014|@McKelvie you drive me to this, you understand 485599135673106432|Sun Jul 06 01:40:30 +0000 2014|my friend @McKelvie needs more twitter followers, you can follow him, he draws nice comic books i guess 485598969096306688|Sun Jul 06 01:39:50 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @michaelpachter jamie how much of my social media are you going to interact with tonight really are you ok 485598552698400769|Sun Jul 06 01:38:11 +0000 2014|twitter wars with @michaelpachter to find out which of us is more famous... he is verified and i am not... how can this be happening to me.. 485597313235439616|Sun Jul 06 01:33:16 +0000 2014|@NikaHarper ahhhhhh 485596635377192960|Sun Jul 06 01:30:34 +0000 2014|@LilTBasedGod @MikeMcWhertor @miyukijane jesus shit why the fuck is this happening to me 485596273505210369|Sun Jul 06 01:29:08 +0000 2014|RT @alexlifschitz: @leighalexander BALLS POND IS NOT FUNNY. STOP SNICKERING. It is a heritage site to the proud residents of Dickbuttshire-… 485595112949682178|Sun Jul 06 01:24:31 +0000 2014|uber is the only thing that makes london nightlife even remotely tolerable just saying 485589939674161153|Sun Jul 06 01:03:58 +0000 2014|@EvNarc @McKelvie god willing Jamie never has a daughter 485588014450868224|Sun Jul 06 00:56:19 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @Seniath I understand it's a lot for you to handle at once it's okay 485587844908728320|Sun Jul 06 00:55:38 +0000 2014|RT @MargaretWallace: Internet's Own Boy, free CC-licensed download on Internet�Archive via @BoingBoing http://boingboing.net/2014/06/29/internets-own-boy-free-cc-l.html 485587755133853696|Sun Jul 06 00:55:17 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @Seniath Jamie don't you have more of my hairstyles to draw it's really quite late 485587154874421248|Sun Jul 06 00:52:54 +0000 2014|@McKelvie @Seniath says Jamie McKelvie 485587069352574976|Sun Jul 06 00:52:33 +0000 2014|@Sabrepulse @chipzel niamh ash is being demanding, ignore him 485586927853527040|Sun Jul 06 00:52:00 +0000 2014|@Seniath why are you still awake then 485586134752587776|Sun Jul 06 00:48:50 +0000 2014|London your late night transit bullshit was all worthwhile for me to see @chipzel @sabrepulse @flaneur @robyn_caplan