Pikethorne

Pikethorne

@pikethorne.net

Software Engineer, Professional Game Dev, Artist, Mermaid, Cat, MTG/FAB Judge. Gallery, Projects, Commissions: https://www.pikethorne.net She/Her🏳️‍⚧️Latina 🇨🇺 #pixelart

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Today is indigenous peoples day. It is crucial to remember and talk about how there is still an active genocide against the tribal nations that were here for eons before this country colonized their land. Broken treaties and needless cruelty STILL HAPPEN. Sacred sites are under attack right now.

Arena finally added in-store play rewards which is fantastic they shoulda done it like 4 years ago but I think the achievements that reward an event token should probably be on a monthly reset, like if you do 3 drafts you get a draft token then progress resets next month and you can go for it again.

This is a compromise with what has been my actual desire for years which is "every draft you do in person should get you a draft token in arena"

This is my first non-magic tcg pixel art thing I've done in a long while. I got into flesh and blood last year and playing Dromai in Silver Age really makes me wish I got into the game 4 years ago. Gonna get started on making the Ashwing counterpart to this later this week >:3

I know peeps originally followed me for mtg proxies and stuff, though I've mostly fallen out of love with magic (i still judge events and draft). I am considering making magic versions of pieces I make for fab (I think this composition would work for a blood token) if there's interest in me doing so

I know flesh and blood is a fighting game bc people talk about other people's heroes the same way fighting gamers talk about other people's mains

Running into the issue where now that I don't have the feeling like I'm dying anymore ever since starting my new job but instead of being motivated to just finish a single project I've gotten hyper motivated to work on like five things at once

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I wish the Will Stancils and the like had to live one day every year dealing with the shit poor trans people have to deal with every single day. Maybe then they wouldn't be so eager to throw our human rights away for expediency.

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I feel bad for posting this, but my job cut my workload drastically in July due to AI. So if you liked our Klonoa video and wish to support us on Patreon now would be a great time! @frokenkeke.bsky.social is also open for commissions, and you can buy her comics on ko-fi if you like. Thank you!

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Somehow never posted this to bsky so i'll take advantage of reposting an old piece to say I'm working on a new token in this style #pixelart #ドット絵

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hey people, my spouse and I are struggling for money quite a bit rn, I haven’t written about this a lot because there’s an ongoing legal battle, but my employer fired me in april and until further notice I’m only on unemployment benefits which are like 60% of my usual salary.

Rhythm Heaven Groove does a fantastic job of playing with long time player expectations and the second half of the game continues to surprise me

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Saying we should all go back to physical media I think misses the point. I actually *like* buying games and movies digitally for a bunch of reasons. What we need is better consumer protections so the things we do buy digitally are actually owned and companies cant delete/revoke access!

(Flesh and Blood spoiler) Think they should have written Beckon Steel as "attack *any target* with it" and then at the very least it'd be easier for players to understand that they are in fact intentionally declaring the target of an attack bc my local peeps rn are havin a hard time understanding it

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Not nearly enough reporting about what's happening in Cuba, which the administration is attempting to squeeze, punish, and coerce into submission and violent self destruction. This is so much worse than the embargo. It's hideous. Haiti, Cuba, ongoing boat strike murders: anti-Black foreign policy

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It's still so crazy that in 2024 a huge chunk of bsky's userbase hit a peak of "we're ready to pay subscriptions for bigger features and support the platform, just tell us when it drops 🫡" and then within six months the Bsky team gleefully cut through all that good will with surgical precision

We got advanced notice at the company that something terrible would be happening today so as much as I want to cry about it I already spent a few hours doing it last night and I don't think my body's recharged yet

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wow it’s almost like laws are what the state enforces and if something isn’t enforced it’s basically irrelevant

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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.