@erikavmelder.bsky.social - Erika Melder

12 Sep 2025 15:23 +0000

I hardly post on microblogging apps despite writing about them constantly for the past several years. Something about the tweet format just doesn't register as a conversation in my mind. It feels like yapping into the void in a way that Discord, Cohost (RIP), and even phpBB forums don't.

28 Dec 2024 19:49 +0000

I get the game design argument for contact damage but it's just not very fun. Actual attack hitboxes add so much to any action game. I'm supposed to believe my guy is a cool powerful hero and yet he loses half his life bar and is flung across the screen simply by touching a snake? Yeah, sure.

13 Dec 2024 19:49 +0000

Don't forget: Just like most awards shows, The Game Awards is entirely an industry operation designed to advertise games, mostly AAA games. I was happy to see Balatro nominated, but it felt like an appeasement. There's hundreds of fantastic indie games with awesome devs that go ignored by TGA.

11 Dec 2024 16:38 +0000

Just got two commercials in a row that featured teenagers coming of age and immediately desiring to sell as part of their newfound identity and purpose as an adult. They're working overtime to bake perpetuating capitalism in as our default goal today, huh?

06 Dec 2024 18:30 +0000

I just stumbled across a drama response youtube video that was sponsored and had a 90 second ad read in the middle of describing allegations against another creator. I don't think I've ever seen the quiet part spoken so loud. They're profiting off of manufactured outrage.