Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale

@janeiac

One half of the Queer & Pleasant Strangers. Also a regular of Humans Holler At News. I make podcasts, music, t-shirts, and play board games. Queer, trans, disabled, fan of penguins.

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Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jul 11

So proud of our anxious kitty. Having a little splat in the middle of the room. Bonus toes for my pervs

Gizmo, a tabby cat with a white face, belly, and socks. She is stretched out on a grey and cyan rug.
Two of my toes are just about visible on the top left.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jul 9

Not sure why it's so hard to get I Saw The TV Glow in the UK but super glad to own it now.

I Saw The TV Glow, Blu-ray case, cover and disk. The cover has the title in bright pink letters and shows the scene of Owen with their head through the TV screen. It also includes a barcode on the bottom, right side and the words "A film by Jane Schoenbrun" and "A24".

The case shows the scene where Maddie draws a bespectacled ghost on Owen's neck in front of a large illuminated fish tank in Maddie's basement.

The disc is a dusky pink colour and has the title in a loose, hand painted style font in a contrasting green colour.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jul 8

Sleepy baby has a very good face

A tabby cat with a cream coloured face and white socks is stretched out asleep under a green cat tree upholstered with wobbly green fabric. Her expression is very peaceful.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jun 24

The cat's melted

Small tortoise shell cat is flopping off the edge of her cat palace because it's too hot.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jun 22

Coming Friday

A menacing black creature, covered in colourful eyes (an abstracted character from The Amazing Digital Circus) overlaid with the silhouette of the back of someone's head as they watch static on tv (Justice Smith as seen in I Saw The TV Glow).

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jun 20

You wouldn't steal a car meme, but the text reads "you wouldn't Norm an Osborn"

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Feb 19

This was in my head, and then it escaped.

'You wouldn't steal a car' meme but the wording is 'you wouldn't monst a hunter'.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jan 4

Started the new year with about 20 games of Frosthaven. Who knows, we might even finish the campaign this year.

BG Stats app 2025

Image shows 9 most played games as well as various stats including a bar chart showing hours of games played by month.

Plays: 103
H-index: 5
Games: 48
New: 19
Players: 6
Locations: 3
Hours: 157
Days: 55

Kabuto Sumo: 9
Scythe: 8
Clank! Legacy 2: Acquisitions Incorporated – Darkest Magic: 7
Pandemic Legacy: Season 0: 5
Cockroach Poker: 5
Frosthaven: 4
Tapestry: 4
Brass: Birmingham: 4
Root: 4

109 mechanics:
Hand Management: 54%
Variable Player Powers: 45%
Solo / Solitaire Game: 43%
Variable Set-up: 39%
Open Drafting: 29%.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Dec 20

Smudge is 23 years old, but also a tiny baby. She deserves everything, but mostly just wants: a bit of sausage and fresh water delivered hourly.

An elderly, calico cat lies sleeping along my outstretched legs. Her back paws are tucked under her and her front paws support her sleepy head

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Dec 17

Apparently I'm slacking this year. I suspect Bridge Command is the cause XD

Steam Replay screenshot.
Janeiac's Steam Replay 2025
83 games played.
43 games fewer than last year.
58 new games.
40 demos.
2 playtests.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Dec 6

Post a book quote that you love

Quote from Clive Barker's Books Of Blood Volumes 1-3
"You cut up a thing that's alive and beautiful to find out how it's alive and why it's beautiful, and before you know it, it's neither of those things, and you're standing there with blood on your face and tears in your sight and only the terrible ache of guilt to show for it."

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Nov 14

From the app as I'm not at my desktop

Screenshot from my Steam app homepage. From the curators recommendations section.
The first game is Deep Space Exploration with a brief description by Casey Explosion.

Below this are two more curator recommendations: Caput Mortem and Silent Hill f, also recommended by Casey.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Oct 11

*nervous laugh* I'm in danger

A game of Root. One single purple corvid warrior is in a clearing where eleven orange cat hirelings have just shown up, looking like they want a fight.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Aug 15

Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky judge you. Heck that, I'll judge myself, this is terrible.

Screenshot of Steam purchase history screen

Orcs Must Die! 31.01.2012
The Beaconing 24.02 2012
Orcs Must Die! Artifacts of Power DLC and Lost Adventures DLC 28.02.2012
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale 04.03.2012
Borderlands GOTY 08.03.2012

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jul 15

That book cover reminds me so much like Who Hunts The Whale. I wonder who did the artwork.

Book cover for Who Hunts The Whale by Laura Kate Dale and Jane Aerith Magnet.
It's in a chunky, pixelart style with a dark blue background or bricks.

There are several platforms of white brick with computer workstations, developers working, someone is sweeping the floor, multiple handheld gaming systems, and lots of energy drink cans.

The top section of the building has 3 white, male executives, surrounded by money. This section cannot be reached from anywhere below as there are no ladders or stairs.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jul 13

Here you go. Enjoy

Jonathan Holmes (off Road Rules) is a beautiful, bald man, wearing black framed glasses, and a grey t-shirt.
Text reads "We begin to die the moment we are born." "Free fish with every percolator." "Fix your heart or die"
The image is quite grainy and is designed to look like an advert from the 70s

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jul 11

But the bunny doesn't look quite right

Clearly built from the beige bricks intended to make the bunny, there is instead a Lego facehugger, from the Alien/Aliens movie franchise. It is definitely not a bunny.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jul 11

The Carrot and flower look fine

In front of the manual from previous image there is now a perfectly built Lego dandelion and carrot

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jul 11

This is the kit

Instruction book for Lego Creator set 31162. The front cover shows a beige rabbit with white cheeks sitting near a dandelion and a carrot.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· May 22

Cat tax

A calico cat has built a nest out of a green and white duvet and is curled up inside.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Feb 19

Duck tax

A fuzzy, plush duckling is poking out of a red canvas bag, carried by a woman (me) wearing a red hoodie, a red face mask, and over-ear headphones.
But let's be honest, we're here to admire the duckling

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Feb 19

Finally took some time to just sit and make something with my new tablet. I'm no pro artist, but I felt like Ibis made the experience pretty easy and I look forward to just making things for the joy of making more often.

A digital watercolour painting of a late evening sky. The sky is a gradient of blue/purple to warm yellowy orange. In the blue and purple sections, you can see a number of stars starting to shine through.

The landscape is mostly shadow of deep green with an oak tree on the right hand side, sat atop a small incline

In the top right are three birds drawn in the childlike m style shape, flying in a v Formation.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Feb 16

Introduce yourself with 4 video games. I love puzzles, adventures, well made horror, and tentacles. I'm suddenly very aware none of these were released after 2003

Big box cover art for Interplay's Lord of the Rings volume 1.
It features a large demonic looking Balrog looming over the wizard Gandalf who has used his staff to create an explosion and destroyed the bridge they are standing on.

Big box cover art for Day of the Tentacle.
It shows the bespectacled nerd, Bernard running towards the viewer, being pursued by an angry, purple tentacle with a small, red, ray gun.

Playstation 2 box art for Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly. It is a mostly black image with a red border. The main focus is two women with long, black hair, wearing ceremonial white robes. They are connected by a series of crimson ropes.

There are several red, semi transparent butterflies fluttering around.

Nintendo GameCube box art for Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker.

The box is mostly gold but features the login bright red. There is. A shadowy, barely visible imagine of young hero, Link, sailing a one person boat with a prow in the shape of a stylised lion's head, on a stormy sea.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Jan 11

I finally won a game of Star Wars: Rebellion. Woo!

Final board state of Star Wars: Rebellion board game.
The board is a map of 32 planets with small plastic minis of troops and space ships on many of them.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Dec 30

Interplay's Lord of the Rings vol.1 on PC I played this over and over again when I was little. As I got older I realised how many bugs it shipped with. Different versions had different bugs, but I've never played a version that didn't have some major issue with the most important quest =S

Pixel art image of a volcano with lava flowing down and around it.
On the side of the mountain is written "Lord of the Rings Vol.1" in grey and stoney letters

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Dec 24

Woo, my @bgstatsapp.bsky.social 2024 in review is ready. I'm ready for another year of tabletop awesomeness next year #boardgames #tabletop

BG Stats 2024

Plays: 198
H-index: 7 (7 games played at least 7 times)
Games: 69
New: 67
Players: 7
Locations: 3
Hours: 256
Days: 84

Top plays:
Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game: 15
Dorfromantik: The Board Game: 15
Stardew Valley: The Board Game: 13
Wyrmspan: 10
Mythwind: 9
Anachrony Essential Edition: 7
Final Girl: 7
Skyrise: 6
Healthy Heart Hospital (Third Edition): 5

84 designers:
Jamey Stegmaier: 5%
Matt Leacock: 5%
Martin Wallace: 4%
Scott Almes: 4%
Paul D. Allen: 2%.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Dec 21

I'm seeing a lot of Spotify wrapped and Steam Wrapped, but how about your @bgstatsapp.bsky.social ? Here's my to ten (I only started logging plays last January)

Screenshot of the the insights page from the BG Stats app showing my ten most played games this year:
Mythwind 30h
Deep Rock Galactic 20h
Anachrony 17h
Stardew Valley 17h
Wyrmspan 15h
Sleeping Gods 13h
Frosthaven 12h
Dorfromantik 9h
Healthy Heart Hospital 6h
Spirit Island 6h

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Dec 4

Smudge is a sleepy baby

A small calico cat is curled up and sleeping on a blue heated pad.

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Sep 19

A relatively late arrival, but that's demand avoidance for you.

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #6,001,552, Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale ‪@janeiac.bsky.social‬, joined on Jul 10, 2024"

Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale@janeiac· Sep 18

Took a week off work to do something creative for myself. Have so far spent most of it painting minis for my wife. ADHD is so helpful XD