Catherine Masters 🍂

You know what? I'm going to start posting them here. Follow #freegameclub to see the abridged posts when they drop or ask to join the Discord for the full thing.

"And, as has happened to many trans women in history: When any option to survive normally has dried up, she has chosen to be spectacular."

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All volume 4 is out! Here's some fun bits of lettering I did for the English version. *the difference in green in these screenshots between the JP/EN versions is down to I assume export settings for different platforms

Trans people are so desperately needed in journalism, there are very few of us and most are freelancers. The Trans Journalists Association does phenomenal work supporting trans journalists while also providing resources for their cis colleagues. Please consider giving during their funding drive. 💚

Rolled credits on VA-11 HALL-A! Phenomenal game. The characters and world are going to stick with me forever.

I Love The Library

they should make a food that doesn't cost money

Bumping this onto your weekday feed.

cringe and lolcow culture are poison for your brain that will make you spend the best years of your life feeling ashamed and afraid. do not let the growing amount of people with this mindset and fascination with ridiculing people dictate anything about yourself. we are alive once

i love women

Also, I should mention there were some very weird circumstances in the review process for this game…

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who spared a thought for my country today, who amplified information about the coup d’état attempt, and worried about Brazil’s democratic future—the world’s democratic future. We won! Women won! The Amazon won! Young people won! Democracy won! Hope won!

I haven’t slept a full night in three weeks ahead of the polls opening in Brazil today. I might be shouting into a void here, but if you can spare a few seconds to send good energy towards our elections today and for the largest country in South America to beat fascism, please do so. 🇧🇷

Think I've pitched to every reputable outlet at this point so: "Penguin Colony is a Polemic Against Apathy" If anyone wants to pay for me to write an angry but hopeful essay on the game, my DMs and email are open. Otherwise, look forward to it on my Patreon soon. Shares very much appreciated!

aceweek.org Happy Ace Week!

NEW OPPORTUNITY: Short fiction writer? Love the world of Heaven's Vault? ... then come play in the waters. We're looking to commission 20 short stories set in the Nebula for a new anthology. Paid, obvs. Full details and a link to the form on the blog: www.inklestudios.com/2026/10/24/t...

While I have had many excellent pitches I am severely lacking in pitches from non-white people and I am very aware of that. I really really really want to elevate some non-white voices with this so I urge you to apply. Please please please.

Omg this is it! This is what I can share so that I can constructively ask community groups not to slop! www.desloppify.diy

This week's #freegameclub entry is Moida Mansion by @dukope.bsky.social. A short tribute to Maniac Mansion and LCD games, you go room-to-room in search of the members of The Adventure Club. Can you make it out alive? dukope.itch.io/moida-mansion

Meet the baby I’ve been cooking up for the last year. Out next summer. Pre-orders soon!

sick and tired of ai content disclosure that's like "i'm working on this alone 🥺 there's no other way this game could be accomplished!! please pity me!! i had no choice!!!" like fuck off man, you can spend the cost of the tokens on real life people

xkcd.com/2347/ Continues to hold true.

Was good to spend the evening listening to a master of the craft talk about Deus Ex and Epic Mickey. Shame the archive won't be going up, but I think Naomi hit all the key points in this thread.

Warren Spector says it’s a good idea to find out where a (corporate creative brand guideline) boundary is by going way over it and then pulling back, because if you creep up to it until you get negative feedback you will always fall short

Yesterday: Warren Spector justifiably furious about how f'd up the razing of Bioware is Tonight: Warren's in Brooklyn talking with us about his career, and probably also all this f'd up #!(*% extractive consolidation going on? Bring your questions ALSO at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter see you there

📣Calling all women and femme writers📣 I am looking to commission around 10 heartfelt essays surrounding video game criticism. If this sounds like something you are down to do them read on and I urge you to apply. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

in the end, all i have is my art and the people in my life. the former the result of years of living, an intangible expression of self that is desired by those who never lived. it will be with me 'till i die; i will never let it be silenced.

i used to like the gentle balance of thinking forward as much as i look back. so many things formed the person i am today, how beautiful. i wonder what lies ahead that will make me think the same 10 years from now. i don't think forward much anymore. it's like trying to see through a thick fog.

The company behind Claude, the AI tool reportedly favoured by some major game firms, just lost $80 billion in six months

​​​​​​​I, for one, am shocked the corporations are capitalizing on a piece of art's popularity to turn an easy profit, themes be damned

Reminder that I wrote this back in January. Played through it last night and (okay maybe I go back through and edit and expand it but) it's pretty good!

Very excited to read Ashley's and everyone else's essays when this comes out!

Opinion: Xbox already has a marketing team and (unless I'm mistaken) journalists are not on its payroll A conveyer belt of toothless Asha Sharma profiles have shown one thing: reporters who get access must do better

what’s cool about freelancing is that you can work constantly and still make very little money

Happy to be fundraising for @transjournalists.org once again this year! I'll be doing my major fundraising streams in November since I'm in the midst of a move, but don't be afraid to get the ball rolling now. Here's the fundraiser page to start donating: donorbox.org/digging-our-...

that’s a wrap on my time at pcmag, so hello! i'm bee, a games and digital culture essayist who's written for kotaku, a.v. club, unwinnable, aftermath, and more. if you need a writer hit my line at beewertheimer [at] gmail [dot] com check out my work at beewertheimer.com

I reviewed Final Fantasy: Resonance. I had high hopes for this one, but it ends up being a rote and unpolished slog that feels less like a celebration of the franchise and more like a half hearted rendition of RPG hits with little to get you invested. Read here: www.gamerguides.com/final-fantas...

okay actually i rewrote the whole thing lol

Hey gamers! I'm thinking of creating a women-led luxury gaming magazine or book. I have a quick 4 question survey to gauge interest in it. Please fill it out even if it's a "not for me" it would be hugely helpful. Also please share so I can get more data! forms.gle/ZD9Gen7C4foe...

I had the pleasure of meeting @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social and talking shop last week. If you like my work, you should absolutely follow hers. Passionate, political and pulling no punches.

Everyone should do this. Ask your favorite devs to do this. See how they respond.