Voidra

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She/Her. WOC. Creative Director/Founder of @wereyoufollowed.bsky.social Narrative Lead of Incarnal, an intimacy simulator with monstrous lovers set in a dark fantasy universe. Academic. Lecturer. Mum. Goth. In over her head at all times.

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Voidra@voidrantsback· 12d

I have terrible news for you...

Voidra@voidrantsback· Jun 15

The need for creative media to be financially successful to justify its existence simply prioritises established patriarchal norms, and will result in nothing changing. We need the strange/bad/new stuff to exist.

Voidra@voidrantsback· May 19

In a demonstration of how old I am, I JUST found out the Bridgerton series was written by Julia Quinn. Because I was chortling how excited everyone was about the TV show and I was thinking 'I was reading stuff like this when I was 15...' And the FIRST box of books I open, I shit you not:

An old box used for moving, sealed with purple tape. The word 'Books' is written in marker, upside down, on one side. Beneath the cut tape, a book called 'The Lost Juke of Wyndham' by Julia Quinn peeks out from inside.

The same box, with the word 'Books' in different script. A hand holds the book 'To Catch an Heiress' by Julia Quinn above the box.

Voidra@voidrantsback· May 7

Distracting myself by making totes.

Voidra@voidrantsback· May 7

Always remembering this meme.

Voidra@voidrantsback· May 6

*Files nails*. Source: australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/u... smallcaps.com.au/article/ato-...

A graph from a web-hosted report by the Australia Institute, that reports that between 2014 and 2020, the largest gas companies in Australia paid almost no income tax, except for two instances. Both are by Santos LTD, in 2014 and 2019 where they paid $3 million.

A screencap of a headline of an article in 2023, that states 'ATO report reveals almost one-third of large corporations paid no income tax'. The sub-heading specifies this is for the financial year of 2021.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Apr 25

So hard.

A screencap of search results for children's books about helicopters, along with their rating, price, and where they are sold.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Apr 21

Me: After YEARS of trying I think I am finally getting the hang of these nails. The cosmos:

Four fingers on a white bench top. They have black pointed false nails. The ring finger nail has snapped off partway down and is displayed above the finger.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Apr 15

Way ahead of you hahaha.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Apr 12

OH GOD I UNDERSTAND NOW. THE YOUTH ARE TAUNTING US WITH A RETIREMENT AGE WE WILL NEVER ACHIEVE.

A screencap of the LinkedIn news feed with the 'top story' called 'Can you retire by 67?'

Voidra@voidrantsback· Apr 11

Escaping the world by writing dark romantacy with this toxic jerkass villain MMC because sometimes a badass FMC needs a guy who says 'Put your feet up, baby, I'll take it from here'. Art by @cryhollow.bsky.social

A white-skinned, white-haired androgynous elven man. He is clad in ornate obsidian black armour with intricate scrollwork. He is drawing a sword across his body, the hilt made of intricate metal set with a purple jewel. Light spills from the top right and illuminates his frame. An ornate window of stained purple glass is half visible behind him.

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Voidra@voidrantsback· Mar 31

... Oh no.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Mar 25

MY BROTHER-IN-LAW GOT A FUCKING DUPLICATE MIRROR OF KILANDRA DROP IN PATH OF EXILE. WHAT. WHAT. FUCKING WHAT. WHAT. WHAAAT. WHAAAT. @path-of-exile.bsky.social WHAT. WHAAAT.

A grainy phone picture of a computer monitor. On the screen is a video game called 'Path of Exile' with numerous UI elements depicting the in-game moment. To the right are two white bars from the loot overlay indicating duplicated items. The words 'MIRROR OF KILANDRA' is in both bars, and a red beam of light is rising from them.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Mar 24

To OpenAI rapidly adjusting it's projected expenditure promises to *less than half*. $1.4 TRILLION to $600 billion. Which means that it somehow just *wiped out* $800bn USD of profit *magically*.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Mar 11

What if I woke up and chose violence?

A screenshot of a white screen with the words '"Edutainment is for pussies", how 'serious games assisted in the obfuscation of the seriousness of games'.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Feb 16

Help.

A screencap of a google sheet document with dozens of academic articles relating to games and culture analysis, focusing on various areas. Some titles are accompanied by a date and a checkbox, only some of which are checked, implying a larger method to this monstrosity.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Feb 13

I see we have, once again, been sufficiently distracted. Just days after we discovered that video games were the recruitment and brainwashing strategy of the fucking evil ring of monsters that runs the world. NOT CRITICISING. Just.... Yeah. Bandwidth.

A screencap of the Bluesky top 5 trending topics as of 13/02 (Australia), listed in ascending order from 1 - 5. Castlevania, Konami Games, Marvel Tokon, God of War, and Metal Gear Solid 4.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Jan 29

We're back baby.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Jan 9

Walking through Horizon Zero Dawn and realising that I'm standing on a fucking car.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Jan 7

Just this guy.

The image depicts a masculine armoured figure wearing a six-horned helm. The visors over his eyes glow red. His hand is a mix between a glove and claws and crackles with psychic energy. Behind him is a vague, nebulous red void. in his left hand, it appears he holds a staff, though the head cannot be seen. The character is Ahriman from the Warhammer 40k continuity.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Jan 6

The comedic timing.

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Voidra@voidrantsback· Dec 17

Fucking beautiful

Voidra@voidrantsback· Dec 17

Once again I remind you all that if you don't have training on the impact of words in a digital age, and you're in games, you should change that real fast.

A screencap of a powerpoint slide, with the white text 'How not to tank your career in 280 characters or less' on a blue background

Voidra@voidrantsback· Dec 15

As shit goes down in Sydney, what I want to remember is scenes like this. The queue of people to donate blood today.

A queue of people lining up to donate blood in Sydney, Australia, after the tragedy at Bondi.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Nov 20

Me: alright I think I can do a PhD on this. I should brush up on my academic knowledge in this area. Also me:

Voidra@voidrantsback· Nov 18

For context, my Confluence looks like this, and everything has cross-referencing links, as well as a navigation key in the overview:

A list of pages in Confluence that breaks down numerous aspects of game design.

Voidra@voidrantsback· Nov 16