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Account age
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"[The jam features] nine distinct games by nine distinct creators, each tackling themes of art, pretension, statements, and design in nine distinct ways. Because these games are niche and not everybody is trawling Itch for games purposefully billed as pretentious, I bring them to you, along with a pretentiousness rating (which, importantly, is not a rating of quality) to help sell you on the value2 views "[The jam features] nine distinct games by nine distinct creators, each tackling themes of art, pretension, statements, and design in nine distinct ways. Because these games are niche and not everybody is trawling Itch for games purposefully billed as pretentious, I bring them to you, along with a pretentiousness rating (which, importantly, is not a rating of quality) to help sell you on the value Who Are Yu?: Prey and The Power of Self-Determination C. C. Rayne examines themes of monstrosity, identity, and gender in Prey while grappling with the impact of their relationship with player character Morgan Yu. https://sidequest.zone/2025/11/03/who-are-yu-prey-and-the-power-of-self-determination/ #Essays #Opinion #VideoGames #ArkaneStudios #Bethesda #Prey2 views Who Are Yu?: Prey and The Power of Self-Determination C. C. Rayne examines themes of monstrosity, identity, and gender in Prey while grappling with the impact of their relationship with player character Morgan Yu. https://sidequest.zone/2025/11/03/who-are-yu-prey-and-the-power-of-self-determination/ #Essays #Opinion #VideoGames #ArkaneStudios #Bethesda #Prey I Chose They/Them and Everything Changed Two RPGs handed Jervon Perkins language their life didn’t. Playing with gender in Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Veilguard didn’t just change their characters, it changed how they saw themself at the controller. https://sidequest.zone/2026/07/06/i-chose-they-them-and-everything-changed/ #Essays #VideoGames #BaldursGate3 #DragonAge #DragonAgeTheVeilguard #LarianStu1 views I Chose They/Them and Everything Changed Two RPGs handed Jervon Perkins language their life didn’t. Playing with gender in Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Veilguard didn’t just change their characters, it changed how they saw themself at the controller. https://sidequest.zone/2026/07/06/i-chose-they-them-and-everything-changed/ #Essays #VideoGames #BaldursGate3 #DragonAge #DragonAgeTheVeilguard #LarianStu

📊 Post engagement

2
Avg engagement / post
3.8%
Engagement vs followers
Mar 2023
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: "[The jam features] nine distinct games by nine distinct creator · 2 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.34 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
26×
Follows 2 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post "[The jam features] nine distinct games by nine distinct creators, each tackling themes of art, pretension, statements, and design in nine distinct ways. Because these games are niche and not everybody is trawling Itch for games purposefully billed as pretentious, I bring them t… ★ 2
I Chose They/Them and Everything Changed Two RPGs handed Jervon Perkins language their life didn’t. Playing with gender in Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Veilguard didn’t just change their characters, it changed how they saw themself at the contr… ★ 1 "Moving through the game as Morgan, I was confronted by my old self time and time again—their dreams, their fears, their desires, all of which were automatically assumed to be perfectly analogous with my new self. The effect was stifling, … "The game’s namesake isn’t just a cute reference to Bloodborne—the game implicitly invokes a connection to dreams. As in Bloodborne, we travel through dream and physical worlds that affect one another. The Pondmother herself communicates t… DID YOU KNOW that Sidequest has a zine compiling some of our favorite pieces from the first decade (ish) of our existence? For just $5, you can get a beautifully designed example of some of the pieces we think best showcase our whole "thin… https://sidequest.zone/2025/10/20/pretentious-game-jam-is-authentically-good/ In this month's (not so) cosy gaming news, EA is sold for $55bn to conservative investors, plus upcoming indie games to stay alive for. Read more in GYGO Cosy: The Sims Publisher EA Bought For $55 Billion By Conservative Private Investors:… GYGO Cosy: The Sims Publisher EA Bought For $55 Billion By Conservative Private Investors In this month's (not so) cosy gaming news, EA is sold for $55bn to conservative private investors, plus upcoming indie games to stay alive for. https… ★ 1 "When I engage with art that holds sincerity at arm’s length, including through ironic detachment, I feel a bit sad. Why are you afraid to say what you want to say? What could you say if, as the game jam’s prompt suggests, you told 'THE CY… "The game is spent trying to balance impossible things, taking responsibility for your old self’s choices while potentially turning away from their lifelong dreams.... But [the past] is out of your hands; it happens before the gameplay eve… Who Are Yu?: Prey and The Power of Self-Determination C. C. Rayne examines themes of monstrosity, identity, and gender in Prey while grappling with the impact of their relationship with player character Morgan Yu. https://sidequest.zone/20… ★ 2 Postgame.31 – Socks Are Just Little Guys for Your Feet This month's Postgame episode takes a randomly generated approach to topics, as we roll a die and see what comes up. https://sidequest.zone/2025/10/31/postgame-31-socks-are-little-guys…

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
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On Mastodon since
Mar 2023
An established account with real history on the platform.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.3× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

80/100 Excellent
  • Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~3.8% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
97%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High

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I Chose They/Them and Everything Changed Two RPGs handed Jervon Perkins language their life didn’t. Playing with gender in Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Veilguard didn’t just change their characters, it changed how they saw themself at the controller. https://sidequest.zone/2026/07/06/i-chose-they-them-and-everything-changed/ #Essays #VideoGames #BaldursGate3 #DragonAge #DragonAgeTheVeilguard #LarianStu "[The jam features] nine distinct games by nine distinct creators, each tackling themes of art, pretension, statements, and design in nine distinct ways. Because these games are niche and not everybody is trawling Itch for games purposefully billed as pretentious, I bring them to you, along with a pretentiousness rating (which, importantly, is not a rating of quality) to help sell you on the value Who Are Yu?: Prey and The Power of Self-Determination C. C. Rayne examines themes of monstrosity, identity, and gender in Prey while grappling with the impact of their relationship with player character Morgan Yu. https://sidequest.zone/2025/11/03/who-are-yu-prey-and-the-power-of-self-determination/ #Essays #Opinion #VideoGames #ArkaneStudios #Bethesda #Prey

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