One of the most groundbreaking, critically acclaimed, and delightful video games of 2014 began in a highly unlikely place — Anchorage, Alaska.
It’s called “Never Alone” (or “Kisima Ingitchuna”). And it wasn’t developed by Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, or any of the other big game studios.
It was the brainchild of the Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) — a nonprofit community support organization for Alaska Natives and their families.
Oh man, I saw something about this a while ago, it looks really fun and cute!
I bought this years ago - probably because of this post - and it includes a lot of traditional art and folklore inspiration as well as genuine educational bits. Your can choose to stop and learn about the cultural context of what you are doing and seeing along the way and the core story is based on beliefs they felt were most important. A really great experience, I might need to go back and do it again.
Knowing it’s still in the works is the good news I needed today lol. I’ve been rereadingSWAN again and it makes me so happy and nostalgic. It’s such an important piece of my life. When I become a tattoo apprentice I plan on tatting myself for practice and the homicides stars are definitely gonna be on me somewhere. 🥰
This is late, but I sometimes just hold asks that make me happy!
I always say SWAN-verse is precious to me so it sounds a little rehearsed, but it’s the best word I’ve got. I’m so glad it is part of other people too.
I have zero tattoos somehow, but I want watercolor and shattered glass renditions of the Homicides’ stars someday. I would be staggered to see someone else have them be that permanent too. 💙💚🧡💜💛
I hope I can make the new ISH good enough for both of us 👍
After the Pharaoh leaves for the next world, Malik Ishtar attempts to find his place in this one. His apology to - and then subsequent surprise bonding with - the very strange Ryou Bakura over a long weekend of conversation leads to Malik ensuring they can keep talking even with half the world between them. Discussions of pain, loneliness, destiny, identity, and trauma in between painting miniatures and the pressure of a world interested in your academic and entertainment value.
Set in manga canon.
The first piece of this is finally out in the wild. Making my obsession with Malik/Ryou that much more public. Please enjoy it!
Okay it’s been years since my first JTHM obsession and I recently re-read RESWAN by @ladyyatexel . Holy. Crap. Literally I’ve never seen anyone else write Johnny the way Ladyyatexel does. He’s written so deeply and with such care, and there’s so much personalization to him other than “I’m a murderer”. It’s a good read, please devote your time to reading it!!
Edgar’s ALIEN SHIRT omg Love the colors you used for just everything Nny has going on, from his skin to the lavender.
Thank you for such kind words on my work! reSWAN is intensely precious to me so it feels really wonderful to read things like this about it. Thank you so much for spending time reading it and then additional time making art, it’s really special to me that people respond to reSWAN with art 💙🖤💚
My asexual Yami Bakura pillow case has arrived
I’ve been waiting for this motherfuker since February
sometimes the best fanfics are written by middle aged adults with years of writing experience who simply know how to craft a good story. but also sometimes the best fanfics are written by a sixteen year old girl with something deeply wrong with her
#fandoms need both
#biodiversity
trade secret, the middle aged adults with years of writing experience are just the sixteen year old girl with something deeply wrong with her but all grown up
Not to offer advice nobody asked for but fixing ur sleep schedule is life changing
Things that actually work if u try at them:
Drinking water
No longer making self deprecating jokes
Making sure to take time out of the day to relax and take a breather
Lighting candles
Counting ur breaths in and out if ur having a panic attack
Getting up and trying to do one thing even if u can’t do everything maybe brushing ur teeth but not having the energy to shower
Taking a shower if you can, putting clean clothes on if you can’t, even just a clean set of pjs. Washing your face.
A couple weeks ago I was in a major depressive slump and was feeling really detached from reality. I was trying so hard to fight it but nothing I tried worked until I realized I hadn’t listened to any happy music in almost a week.
I didn’t feel like listening to anything at all but I put on my favorite playlist anyway. Take On Me started and I finger stimmed to the keyboard riff and hummed along and by the end of the song I was smiling. A few more songs and I was fully singing along and feeling more present than I had in days.
Even if it seems small and trivial, like putting on your favorite socks or looking up pictures of kittens, it might be something you need. Of course the music didn’t solve any of the problems I was upset about, but it did help me feel like I was a person again.
