Malen

Malen

@malenguy.bsky.social

25. He / They. 🇸🇮 Digital artist, hopeful character designer. Self-taught. Vehemently anti-AI-generated art. Mildly autistic (aspie) as well. I am made of inspirations. Putting in big bold letters; I HATE AI. [profile picture by a.nikki_]

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When trans creators are subtle, people dismiss the trans subtext as “headcanon.” When trans creators are loud and proud, people call it “obnoxious” and “cringe.” They just don’t want us to be represented in media at all. Because they don’t want us to exist at all.

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Actions speak louder than words, personally I was in talks with Epic to get all my game assets on their Fab.com marketplace (for free) but cancelled the deal immediately. If they want slop, let them have slop.

Between Tim Sweeney being an absolute AI chud and the harassment of our beloved @kenney.nl, we've decided to cancel our previously announced Epic Games Store release for Shape Sender Deluxe 🚮

It is my birthday today. I am 25 years old now. I legit don't know what to feel about this. A part of me feels like I've been living as a ghost inside of my own body for the last few years but there's an overall gladness that I'm still alive. Maybe there's hope for me yet. Cat picture.

Finished Outlast 2. I thought I was numb. I was, in part. I have eyes that have seen many things. But now I see where it still gets me. Bleakness. Desolation. Despair. Not brutality or blood. Beautiful destruction of the mind. Have a soo pie. Start: 19. 10. 2026 End: 21. 10. 2026

Finished Twisted Tower today. A surprisingly solid, fun, unique first person shooter with a neat take on arena-based shooting. No clue why everyone compares it to Bioshock though because it doesn't feel like it. What the fuck was that ending though? Start: 17. 10. 2026 End: 18. 10. 2026

Finished Outlast: Whistleblower today. I'd say it's better than the base game. I imagine it can be beat in like, 30 minutes. Gluskin and the Cannibal are great villains but Gluskin is the star of the show even if he's there for five seconds at best. Start And End Date: 15. 10. 2026

Finished Outlast today. I get why the series is as popular as it is but the horror of this game in particular doesn't get to me. Am I jaded or am I just not scared of it at all? Wonder if the DLC or 2 will be better. I've already played Trials and it's okay. Start: 09. 19. 2026 End: 10. 15. 2026

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Finished A PLAGUE TALE. Requiem today. Holy shit. I cannot believe how much of an improvement this one was over Innocence. I loved getting super aggressive in stealth and the story was way better this time, if a bit repetitive. Sheesh. I'd love some more. Start: 6. 10. 2026 End: 9. 10. 2026

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Update on the Scamp animation, add more character to him, and plan to render him out with his fur in Unreal, so stay tuned!

Just came back from watching The Chronology of Water. Holy shit, I don't think I'll ever take my comfort for granted ever again. Lidia Yuknavitch *went through some shit*. I think this might be my second favorite movie of 2025. 9/10. Watch it. Expect volatility, horror, crudeness and beauty.

Finished Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider. Well, that's that. The (as of now) end of the Dishonored franchise. Maybe I'll replay Deathloop next. I feel this strange hollowness in me. Like there's something I'll never get to feel again. I love this series. Start: 3. 10. 2026 End: 4. 10. 2026

Finished A Plague Tale: Innocence today. A wonderful little stealth puzzle game set during the 1340s about the rat plague. My favorite characters were Amicia, Melie and Rodrick. I died around twenty or so times. The final boss was bad. Melicia OTP. Start: 2026. 09. 22 End: 2026. 10. 2

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Jaws Slayer 🎃@jesawyer.bsky.social

I’ve been seeing a lot of new characters on billboards in the SweetJames Multiverse and I don’t like it. I want only the original, somewhat unsettling, Sweet James.

I finished watching the first season of The Sopranos yesterday. First off; The entire cast did a great job portraying their characters. The world feels super real. The story feels like it's plodding at points but it all builds up to something. I hate Livia Soprano *so much.* Fav Episode: College

Just came back from the Resident Evil movie. It's nice to actually see a game franchise get used in such a way that makes a good movie. The guy playing Bryan did a really good job. I wish we got to spend more time with some of the other characters. Never trust Umbrella to not be incompetent.

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randomly remembered art student owl (and these types of memes generally).. and this feels like not only from like a whole different era of the internet (it *was* 15 years ago) but from a whole different era of humanity altogether

Finished Fallen Aces Episode 2 today. Aside from the glaringly awful Bare Treads and the mediocre Friends In High Places, I'd say that this episode was a pretty solid improvement over the original. My favorite chapter was Hide And Seek. That one rocks. Start: 06. 09. 2026 End: 12. 09. 2026

Currently playing through Fallen Aces Episode 2. I'll give my full thoughts on it when I beat it but *holy shit* is Bare Treads awful. Visually great but bad to play. Nothing feels like it fits and all of the im-sim stuff feels like it gets discarded for linear action. Broke my non-lethal run too.

Re-beat the first episode of Fallen Aces today. I had been putting off replaying it due to personal issues but now that I'm happier, I can say that this game still fucks pretty hard. I played non-lethally, trying to do a Dishonored thing and that went okay. Start: 1. 09. 2026 End: 6. 09. 2026

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The Cat Righting Reflex is the official name of the process cats use to automatically correct themselves mid-fall and land on their feet. It develops between 3 - 9 weeks of age, and is responsible for the greatest wikipedia gif of all time.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com

Tell me a fun fact.

What the fuck would you even USE this for? It's Tomb Raider! You spend most of your time in Tomb Raider doing parkour and falling to your death and shit! Why, would you use this potato soup against the guys with guns or something? Why even DO this!? Why waste precious dev time on this!?

Crushed@silenttakedown.bsky.social

yeah sure whatever, let lara croft cook potato stew on her phone for 2m0s of damage resistance who gives a shit anymore

A game like Tetris Effect couldn't be made nowadays. It's a game that I think is built to be as hopeful as possible. I love it. I finished a full run of it today and I took some screenshots of it. Hydelic, the guy behind the music, did a great damn job. I should make a tierlist of the levels.