Len

@len.bsky.social

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Solo indie developer. Strategy/RPG/Horror games freelancer at IGN, PC Gamer, and others. Producer: Three Moves Ahead. Lover of languages, folk metal, and history. she/they sic semper tyrannis

An illustration of Dante's Inferno labelled with different sports based on how much Len will punish you in the afterlife for pinging her about them. "Esports (Excluding League of Legends)" is at the top, blameless. The worst possible sin is, of course, League of Legends.
A chart of console price increases in 2026 going from Switch 2 at $50, PS5 Pro/Xbox Series X at $150, up to the 1TB Steam Machine at $300
Girl yelling in bored-looking guy's ear meme
So I think I'm going to become an arms dealer.
A black-and-white photo of a young Iranian woman with curly dark hair and intelligent eyes holding a cigarette. “If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.” ― Marjane Satrapi
A dark ballroom with pink and blue lights illuminating dozens of people dancing to synth wave, some of whom are cosplaying as vampires
Email from Cities: Skylines II, subject: "We Need Your Help"
In Southern Colorado Water Is Precious. That’s Why Farmers Are Growing Rye
- Bugs that occur under certain conditions have been fixed. - Issues impacting gameplay have been fixed.
Andor Community Buffy the Vampire Slayer Firefly (problematic fave award) Avatar: The Last Airbender Cowboy Bebop I Think You Should Leave Breaking Bad Succession Stargate SG-1 Flight of the Conchords Dragon Ball Z Severance King of the Hill Nathan for You
Tenet icons from the new CK3 update
Youtube thumbnail of a "real surgeon" looking really shocked next to a bolter and a chest x-ray "WARHAMMER 40K WEAPONS WOULD ACTUALLY KILL YOU (MEDICAL BREAKDOWN) INSTANT DEATH"
A list of the Holy Roman Empire electors in EU5 with a huge "Bribe" button under each of them.
The High Elves of the Silver Covenant returning to Silvermoon City. If you don't know why this is emotionally significant to me it would take a long time to explain.
Alleria Windrunner looking like a goth icon
Alleria Windrunner: They will even shackle their own kind? Interesting. Some even seem willing.
Lor'themar Theron with a downward-facing speech bubble.
My high elf ranger character with Valeera Sanguinar, a blood elf rogue
Arator says: I've studied the Second War, but to everyone here, it's more than history. They lived through it.
Account Played - Time By Class Paladin: 1632h Hunter: 930h Warrior: 304h Druid: 212h Mage: 165h Shaman: 103h Demon Hunter: 56h Priest: 38h Evoker: 27h Total: 3472h
February 11th, 3 AR Parliamentary Agenda: I. Call to Order Presiding Crown Authority: Mavalynn Tandarian; Crown Chamberlain II. Roll Call III. Blessings/Prayers IV. Legislative Docket (See Below) Draft Bill: The Gilnean National Rugby Team Act Elder Ashlain Redferne, Lady Ancestral, House of Clerics Final Bill: The Gilnean Maternity Protections and Grants Act Lord Karthos Byrdmond, Baradin District, House of Nobles
the meme of the seagull winding up to go super saiyan with the caption: "SINCE U BEEN GOOOOOOONE"
dril tweet: (accidentally fires entire ar15 magazine into my foot & leg with 100% accuracy rate) alright. thats fine. heres what i think happened, [1/82]
Pro-ICE rally in Boise, ID Big sign that says "WE STAND WITH ICE" and a DHS logo next to a guy in a tan jacket with sunglasses over his Maga hat. Really rocking the "I don't know why my kids don't talk to me anymore" fit.
vaxun: "Bill Clinton didn't kill himself" reply from Uberzwerg: "remind me 1 month" (this pings a bot on reddit that will send you a message reminding you to come back to this post 1 month from now)
Wiktionary article I have explained above.
Pierce's racist dad from Community: "You've got a wide brow... what are you, Scandinavian?"
Omni-Man: "Look what they need just to mimic a fraction of our power"
Some WoW characters dancing around big purple magic lightning conduits
"John Brown would play Word Bearers" is a reb ass take That's some real, "Slavery was bad but I don't condone his violent methods" shit Big E was a bad father but in Lorgar's case the kid did just have bad vibes and was unpleasant to be around sorry not sorry
Swen Vincke "Sometimes I think it'd be a good idea for critics to be scored, Metacritic-style, based on how others evaluate their criticism. I like to imagine it would encourage a bit more restraint. The harsh words do real damage. You shouldn't have to grow a callus on your soul just because you want to publish something." Jan 27, 2026
that meme with the text messages: "civil war tonite 👀" "civil war tonight queen??" "civil war tonite 👀"
From the Independent: "ICE is rumored to be heading for Philadelphia. Everyone is saying the same thing' Reaction from ben doyle (@thewheatgerm): "this is the equivalent of hitler sending you to stalingrad"
They say the past is a foreign country. I hope in whatever future nation from which you've come to visit mine They find us trite, predictable, even exhausting. Why were so many of our stories about worlds in terminal decay? Could we really not recall the constancy with which the glow returns to the horizon always? I hope it takes a semester to explain the context that shaped our imaginations. I hope you snicker and roll your eyes at having to read about yet another derivative dystopia. "Well, that's the 21st Century for you," I hope you say, "They didn't see a way out of the cruelty. They didn't know their power." I hope you find little you can relate to. I hope I remain, to your people, a strange and alien curiosity.
Rebekah Valentine (@duckvalentine.bsky.social) 1 hour ago "I am watching Twin Peaks. 3 minutes ago "what the fuck was that"
Nick Lutsko in a bright red blazer belting out: "WET MAN, DON'T COME AGAIN NEXT YEAR!"
1 Degree Centigrade a poem We're going to stand here and talk for a moment Because it's going to be over quickly That's how we do things I don't want you to languish in pain But I want you to think about what is going to happen Because for all the harm you've done Truthfully, I do want you to feel afraid before you go
A close up of David Mitchell as a Nazi in the "Are We the Baddies?" sketch
MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS * Fort Gael Wildcats * Fort Haight Kingmakers * Fort Faroth Harpies * Fort Laidd Flames * Frenzied Flame Village Fanatics * Windmill Village Wailers * Siofra Stars * Ainsel Swarm * Scarlet Rotters * Uhl Palace Paladins * Caria Manor Creepers * Finger Ruins United * Jarburg Warriors * Shaman Village Harbingers * Abyssal Woods Horrors * Prospect Town
SOUTHERN DIVISION * Limgrave Storm * Castle Mourne Mariners * Caelid Redmanes * Sellia Sorcerers WESTERN DIVISION * Liurnia Lakers * Raya Lucaria Comets * Albinaurics United * Gelmnir Inquisitors CAPITAL DIVISION * Leyndell Lightning * Leyndell Lords * Omenborn City * Farum Azula Beastmen MOUNTAIN DIVISION * The Giants * Ordina Illusionists * Haligtree Valkyries * Castle Sol Commanders SUBTERRANEAN DIVISION * Deeproot Devourers * Nokron Ancestors * Nokstella Mimics * Mohgwyn Dynasts SCADU DIVISION * Shadow Keep Serpents * Castle Ensis Crusaders * Belurat-Ilim Lions * Jagged Peak Dragons
Me standing on a giant death chariot in Elden Ring
I think the healthy life cycle of a gsg is about eight years. You start pre-production on the sequel by no later than Year 5 and announce it during Year 7 to release before the previous game turns 9. CK2 had a very healthy life cycle because pre-production on the sequel started three years after release. Those first five expansions up to Sons of Abraham were all pretty awesome. Way of Life in 2014 was indispensable. Conclave in 2016 was indispensable. They could have stopped right there. It received its final expansion a bit after its sixth birthday and finished strong with Holy Fury, but I was even at that point feeling like it was needing to be put out to pasture. EU4 came out in 2013. It really started cooking in 2014 with Art of War. I would say by 2018 (especially by Golden Century) it was treading water and by 2020/2021 I was really like, "What are you guys doing?" Leviathan and Emperor were oil spills that had to be painstakingly cleaned up. And there were five more expansions after that which were all whatever. It vastly overstayed its welcome. Stellaris released in 2016. It became a mature game in 2018 after Utopia and Apocalypse. 2022 was kind of the point I remember being most fond of it, six years after release, right around when Overlord came out. By 2023 they were in Homer Car mode. Like First Contatc was fine but Galactic Paragons was the moment I felt like it was trying to do too much. Astral planes was honestly just mediocre event slop that they farmed out to a third party. They've kind of gotten back on course at this point but it's overdue for a sequel. Hearts of Iron 4 was also 2016. Its first few expansions sucked but like 2018 - 2021 (Waking the Tiger through No Step Back) were peak. I can't really say much about what happened after that because I more or less completely lost interest by 2022. But I don't desperately need a new HoI game and if people are still enjoying it then more power to them I guess. It's kind of off my radar entirely.
Elden Ring: 601 hours played.
S-Tier: Space Wolves A-Tier: Adepta Sororitas, Blood Angels, Imperial Guard, World Eaters, Eldar, Tyranids B-Tier: Adeptus Mechanicus, Emperor's Children, Grey Knights, Imperial Knights, Necrons, T'au Empire C-Tier: Vanilla Space Marines, Dark Angels, Genestealer Cults, Leagues of Votann D-Tier: Adeptus Custodes, Vanilla Chaos Space Marines, Black Templars, Imperial Agents F-Tier: Death Guard, Drukhari, Orks We'll Fuckin Do It Again Like And Share if Prospero Deserved Worse: Thousand Sons
A cropped character token for a character named "Hundredfold Revenge for the Desolated"
Reddit post on r/CrusaderKings3: "Does anyone else boot this game up like every year or so, play for like a week and then quit because you remember that you can't manage this game and be a functioning human at the same time?"
Not really so much "mean" as it is one of my great joys in life to take people who think they're not good at games and [crossed out: "dom them into] force them to prove themselves wrong.
My most-played song of 2025 was "Kingslayer" by Seven Kingdoms
My Top 5 Spotify genres for 2025: Power Metal Video Game Music Rock & Roll Sea Shanties
A discord notification saying "GOD just showed up!" with "GOD" in a kind of pixelated, old school fantasy RPG font
rettiwt kcuf (@srnyonw4i) on twitter: "Back when I was a kid you didn’t need Joe Rogan Your best friend had a 27 year-old brother who was a fucking loser who would smoke pot in a room with blacklight posters and tell you that the Mayans invented cell phones"
Mid-Century American Adulthood was a performance shaped by media and (probably more strongly) the advertising industry that fell completely out of fashion when the perks it was supposed to provide evaporated and so the things it asked you to give up were no longer worth sacrificing. And in my opinion, good riddance. If I wanted to go back and get a media studies degree this is probably what my thesis would be about. Clerks was the beginning of the end.
Equipped with this we can do the math to arrive at the damage number displayed at the bottom as Damage from 2941 Men: 0.10 ⋅ 1.1552 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 1.1 ⋅ 0.9824 ⋅ 0.4386 ⋅ 2941 ⋅ 0.001 ≈ 0.4831​
Unfortunately, a lot of this information is hidden behind many tooltips, in game files, or not documented at all, and some of it appears bugged. I am going to note all of those things with colours: most of the text is white, meaning things that work perfectly sensibly, as described in-game; some is blue, which means it's not documented anywhere in-game and I had to find it in the files or experimentally; some is yellow, which means I consider this to be bugged – explicitly working against the documentation; some is red, which means I have no idea how it actually works, even though I tried to figure it out.
The deinonychus is a bipedal dinosaur about six feet tall with a recognizable sickle claw on each feet. This one has nearly full-body plumage in orange with dark stripes and a small tuft of feathers on top it its head.
A satellite photo of Korea, Japan, and Northeast China from Google Maps