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Probably thinking about systems design and scale. Software and content person. Video game and ttrpg nerd. Design history obsessed. Former civil servant. She/her
May 24, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Hi, longtime software content strategist here. This is not a glitch or oversight. This was a choice made in the design process. It was likely to "reduce scroll depth" or "ease the burden" on categorization. They did not fully consider the implications of this choice. UX design and content design can be complicated, but people and their representation really doesn't have to be. Scroll depth be damned — we must put the words on the screen that are required to ensure respect and attribution.
May 23, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
The more I play Tears of the Kingdom, the more I'm in awe of the confidence of the developers. How did they create this sandbox system? And then how did they ensure that the literal 1000s of tiny puzzles could be addressed in this system without the player reaching a dead end? Like do you remember the amount of N64 games where you could just, literally get stuck? One tiny sky island in Tears of the Kingdom could have 10 puzzles and infinite ways to solve them. Multiply that times like 1000. How did they test this??
Nov 15, 2020 20 tweets 6 min read
Okay I'm going to try to explain this, so bear with me. On Tiktok, an entire community has come together to create Ratatouille the Musical. What seemed like a joke has become an incredible undertaking. Or not? Here's how it started, with a call: One tiktok user, a composer named Daniel, submitted what the community has accepted as the official theme of the Ratatouille musical.
Nov 15, 2020 11 tweets 5 min read
I want this real bad but $549.99?? That is just lakdjfskdfjlsd I'd really love to see Lego release some solid, small minimalist sets aimed at adults for <$20. The cost of sets is getting *nuts*
Nov 13, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
I am making *choices* in my d&d game tonight and I'm v worried, please spare a thought for our bravest frog boy from the bog Image In d&d, frogs (aka Grung) only live to about 30, so my character Henry is only 10 months old 😭
Sep 1, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
This may be somewhat trivial but the range of motion used in trending dances is rapidly compressing as a result of platforms like Tiktok that enforce the vertical format of the phone and I just find this really interesting. The electric slide and the waltz were born for the expansiveness of the dance floor. But now, because of the phone format, dances like the Renegade keep arms and legs in so tight that dancers look like they're building up enough kinetic energy to blast off to the moon.
May 20, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
guess what it's 𝕔𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕘 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 "𝔼𝕩𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕤 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥"
Feb 15, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
I read that the Space Jam franchise has generated $6 billion in revenue Maybe the best Space Jam fact is that Chuck Jones said he hated the movie, and his reasoning was because Bugs Bunny never would've recruited help and that he would've taken care of the problem in 10 minutes, not an hour and a half.