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Jini Maxwell

@astroblob

Curator of videogames for work and queer films for fun | they/them

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ahhh thank you SO much for these kind words! I have so many tidbits - do you have particular displays you're curious about, so I can focus my anecdotes?
The maps are so gorgeous. I'm not sure what TC plan to do with them next - we only borrowed them, so your guess is as good as mine I'm afraid!

02.03.2026 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Leah if you ever desire an unhinged bespoke token, please know that I will draw one for you at any time. Iโ€™m truly having the time of my life

18.01.2026 05:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I truly recommend it, itโ€™s heaps of fun !

18.01.2026 04:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

not even a month into ๐“ณ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฒ'๐“ผ ๐”‚๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป ๐“ธ๐“ฏ๐“ฏ and they're already drawing little critters, wildly overcommitting to bits, nature is healing...

18.01.2026 02:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And not to be a little sap, but burning so much energy on Big Professional Projects last year, I am so, so deeply enjoying dedicating the same intensity of purpose to something as silly as my insane phalanx of squirrel tokens. God bless them every one

18.01.2026 02:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whatโ€™s the ending to this story? Jokes on you sucker - Iโ€™m still at it! I will draw squirrels every day until I donโ€™t want to anymore. So far Iโ€™ve tested six different border styles for a print run. Iโ€™m currently drawing terrible elf tokens as a gift, and beasts are next. Beasts are next!!

18.01.2026 02:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After a couple of days I have over eighty squirrels tokens, so I start drawing squirrel-themed treasure, food, and clue tokens. At this point i accept that I might like drawing squirrels more than I like playing magic the gathering. My favourite is the telephone wire squirrel

18.01.2026 02:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I decide to draw tokens ahead of a scheduled game - to refine the bit! I research a range of squirrel genus for my 1/1 tokens. I find myself saying things like โ€œso fascinating that prairie dogs are ground squirrels,โ€ to which everyone says โ€œwhatโ€™s a prairie dog.โ€ I also make impostors

18.01.2026 02:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*learn from me - the valentineโ€™s squirrel placating strategy is nonviable. Repeat, it is nonviable

18.01.2026 01:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Your gfโ€™s commander dies to squirrels for the third time? valentines squirrel softens the blow*. Knife squirrel is bad news for you; a nervous squirrel token signals a Hail Mary manoeuvre for me. I drew a caves of lascaux squirrel token. Then shadow puppets. No squirrel, just prints. it begins

18.01.2026 01:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™ve been playing a lot of Commander, mostly with a Chatterfang deck. For the unfamiliar - Chatterfang generates 1/1 squirrel tokens, which can attack, or be sacrificed for useful effects. Iโ€™ve been drawing my own squirrels mid-game to reflect the mood of their summoning. This started out normal

18.01.2026 01:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I will pull a borderless Momo, Friendly Flier when the Avatar The Last Airbender MTG set comes out next week. First pack. It Will happen.

11.11.2025 11:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
BRONSKI BEAT HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT

BRONSKI BEAT HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT

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11.11.2025 00:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 69 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿ’˜โ—๏ธโ—๏ธ

01.11.2025 12:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Six weeks since Game Worlds opened - a lifetime, a millisecond.
For so long, this show only existed to me, Bethan, and a handful of others, - and now it belongs to thousands of you as well.
Thank you to everyone who has visited so far - the response has been unfathomable ๐Ÿ’˜โœจ
๐Ÿ“ธ: Matto Lucas

31.10.2025 04:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This conversation with Maddy and Noel about the making, speedrunning & impact of Celeste was an absolute delight - one of the most interesting conversations about game dev, with genuinely two of the nicest people I've ever met. I'm going to be thinking about this one for ages โค๏ธ

20.10.2025 01:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ

19.10.2025 04:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for coming through!! Was an absolute pleasure meeting you x

19.10.2025 04:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're screening the softcore t4t masterpiece EVA-MAN at TILDE this year and I'm unbelievably excited

10.10.2025 07:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’– you are an absolute angel, and it was such a joy to meet/ host you!!

17.10.2025 12:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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surely reversing it is the easy part

14.10.2025 08:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(from the original dungeons & dragons ruleset in 1974)

14.10.2025 07:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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you're hearing it more and more

14.10.2025 07:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BOOK NOW | Game Worlds | Playable exhibition until Feb 2026 ACMIโ€™s Game Worlds: a major playable exhibition of 30+ video games including Hollow Knight: Silksong, World of Warcraft, The Sims, Neopets and more. On until 8 Feb 2026.

I just co-curated a big videogame exhibition in Melbourne - Game Worlds! It has a Silksong design section ๐Ÿชกโฃ๏ธ let me know if you wanna swing by and Iโ€™ll give you the tour! www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/gam...

20.09.2025 08:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A huge and incredibly valuable part!! Thanks for coming on the roller coaster with me, legend ๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒน

18.09.2025 09:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ping me when youโ€™re in town, maybe I can give you a tour!!

16.09.2025 06:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game Worlds opens this Thursday. An insane sentence to type out.

16.09.2025 03:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 99 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Interview with Team Cherry for Hollow Knight Silkson From Ludum Dare beginnings to the highly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong, explore Team Cherryโ€™s creative journey in this in-depth interview tracing their career.

Silksong is out today - and I am so excited to share my deep-dive into the game's development.
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:

05.09.2025 07:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 272 ๐Ÿ” 71 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Jam and Alice Two tech and games journalists reviewing and unboxing games, tech, gadgets and general oddities. Our format is three and one: Three things we like/donโ€™t like and one thing the opposite. Bite sized vid...

I miss writing. I've had so damn few opportunities this year.

I started a video channel largely to keep momentum going but it quickly became my dominant space for work out of sheer necessity.

youtube.com/@jamandalice

07.09.2025 13:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What youโ€™re describing here is basically @superjumpmagazine.com; I canโ€™t wait to read reflections on this game from our team. There are too few sites focusing on the elements you describe here, IMO.

I hope you donโ€™t mind a bit more self-promo! ๐Ÿ™

07.09.2025 09:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0