michakes 🌈

@michakes.bsky.social

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USAmerican living in NL, previously PL. Doing my best. She/her. Also, cats. icon by @maplekeurig.bsky.social business: michakestv@gmail.com twitch.tv/michakes michakes.bio.link

Cody Bellinger after a Yankees gaming saying something that looks very much like "I'm gonna shit my pants"
minecraft build based on the badlands/mesa biome. it features 3 structures stacked on top of each other and overlapping, all supported by beams and the terrain.
Steam page for 1666: Amsterdam with "Remove from your wishlist" highlighted
Wholesome Direct 2026 Official Co-Streamer announcement graphic. A selfie of michakes is surrounded by cute art of green grass, shrubs, and a large tree, and little white creatures hanging around in the forest clearing. The show is at 18:00 CEST on 6th June.
A large flower with many white petals and yellow pollen stalks (?) in the middle. It is SO BEAUTIFUL
Spencer Jones at bat during his major league debut, squatted into the absolute goofiest batting stance you can image. his stance is extremely open, his arms stretch across his body to hold the bat out straight up and down. his mouth is open slightly, he is utterly locked in. “He look like someone told him to pretend to be a hitter” - some tweet I saw
David Bendar standing with his hands on his hips wearing his hat and a tight, long-sleeved black shirt under a blue New York Yankees Stanton basketball jersey (yes really, it's a free giveaway for an upcoming game, no it does not make sense to me either)
Google Drive folder containing an Instructions text file along with several versions of the Tomodachi Life Living the Dream "Recreate Mii" sheet. Formats include .png, .clip, .procreate, and .psd
sheet to recreate michakes’ Tomodachi Life mii. birthday: 01/17 ; age: 35 ; gender: female ; dating preferences: all ; height slider: all the way left ; body slider: middleish ; Voice - speed: 4/5 ; pitch: just below speed ; depth: just above center ; delivery: just above depth ; Personality - movement: 6 ; speech: 5 ; energy: 7 ; thinking: 4 ; overall: 6. Features: pale skin, simple ears, brown hair with purple, straight across bangs, half-up space buns, round gold glasses, pink eyeshadow and soft blush, hooded eyes with sparkles and 3 lashes top and bottom, simple curved smile with lips, and a mole/dot of silver face paint as a monroe piercing.
Samus and michakes' Miis running happily along the beach together. they are in love. you can tell from all the sparkles and pink clouds.
solid snake mii in tomodachi life: living the dream asking, "Metal Gear?"
key art for Tiny Bookshop featuring a small green mobile bookshop on the beach, adorned with cute string lights and a cozy armchair with a cat sitting in it.
vertical postcard design for sledding game featuring the frog and penguin wearing scarves and riding the ski lift over the mountain, drawn digitally in a sort of graphic style. a blue sled is stuck in the snow in the foreground and the mountain stretches back into the distance, dotted with trees and rocks. the text reads, "Sledding Game ; See you on the mountain."
key art for Spirit City's Enchanted Garden expansion pack. A character with purple hair, pink skin, and horns wears a yellow dress and tends to some red roses, while a purple cat-like creature with three eyes smiles at them. A green-haired fairy waves in the foreground, and the rest of the large, lush green garden stretches into the background.
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Tuesday is a Discord co-working day. Streams this week are: Wednesday, 11.03 LEGO Deku Tree build ; Thursday, 12.03 co-working ; and Friday, 13.03 LEGO Deku Tree build. | All streams start at 14:30 CET.
conversation between myself and a person larping as an AI. I asked, “please draw a very small cheeseburger.” the “AI” drew a very simple, very small cheeseburger consisting of a yellow bun and brown, red, and green lines for the patty, tomato, and lettuce. honestly a massive slay. the text below the window reads, “when the LLM so ahh you lowk rake over its job” and links to “https://youraislopbores.me”
A low-poly spinning coin gif. It spins around quickly before slowing to show each face in turn. One face has a pink border and a diagonal like crossing out "AI" written in large, blueish-purple text. The other has a blueish-purple border and reads, "100% HUMAN MADE" in pink text with yellow sparkles.
colorful title styled after the Pokopia font, reading, “your mother”
new pokemon grass starter Browt, a little yellow-ish bird with green leaves for eyebrows, looking up with extremely exaggerated features, enormous eyes and angry-looking leaf-eyebrows and a tiny little body
user @schizanon.bsky.social (I’ll spare you the 13 emojis following their username)’s blocklist called “Techno-Pessimists.” List description: “Users who hate people who use AI, Bitcoin, VR, Robots, Digital Watches, etc I'll take you off if you're normal about it”
digital bag decorated in Trinket Bag Maker. the bag is pink and round with a smiley face on. a rainbow sticker and a trio of hearts sticker adorn the bag. a chain spans the handle and from it hang a tamagochi-like device, a tiny slice of lemon, a small blue bear, a little blue and white ball, and a beaded chain that says "pizza."
purple and blue graphic for Indie Fan Fest featuring a photo of michakes and a banner reading, "Official Co-streamer" across the top. The bottom lists the time of michakes' stream, Feb 20 / 14:30 CET, and the handle for @indiefanfest on Twitch and YouTube.
purple and blue graphic for Indie Fan Fest featuring a photo of michakes and a banner reading, "Official Co-streamer" across the top. The bottom lists the time of michakes' stream, Feb 20 / 14:30 CET, and the handle for @indiefanfest on Twitch and YouTube.
Artist, Entertainer, Voice Actress, Vocalist. michakes (she/her) is an actress-turned-streamer from Upstate New York, currently living in the Netherlands. Her Twitch channel showcases a variety of games, largely from indie developers and Nintendo, as well as co-working, crossword puzzles, cooking and baking, art and crafting, LEGO building, and event co-streams. While using her platform to entertain, she also hopes to foster a space to inform and educate about various issues and events, with a focus on LGBTQIA+ rights and mental health. Above all, michakes aims to create and spread joy in a world where joy can be so easily stifled and discouraged. (some) Games Played: Animal Crossing, Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, Disco Elysium, Gourdlets, Hades 1 & 2, In Stars & Time, Is This Seat Taken?, The Legend of Zelda, Little Kitty Big City, MakeRoom, Mika and the Witch's Mountain, Minecraft, Paper Trail, Pokemon, Space Sprouts, Spirit City: Lofi Sessions, Stray, Untitled Goose Game, Wanderstop, Webfishing. Past Collaborations: Chibig Studio, CULT Games, Dead Good PR, Future Friends Games, Ivy Road, Merge Conflict Studio, Modiphius Entertainment, Mooncat Games, Mooncube Games, Newfangled Games, Playtonic Friends, Schleuder Games, Wholesome Games. Twitch Metrics: Average Viewers 12, Followers 850. Twitch Teams: Artists & Makers and Co-working & Coding Twitch Creator Clubs, Terminal: Velocity. Audience by Region: 58% N. America, 38% Europe. Twitch: michakes, Email: michakestv@gmail.com, Bluesky: michakes.bsky.social All statistics have been updated February 2026.
selfie of michakes and Luke next to the Mojang Studios sign on a building in Stockholm.
Key Art for On-Together featuring a cat person and a person with pink hair sitting together and working at a desk, floating on someone's desktop.
A selfie of michakes surrounded by 8 works of art that she completed in 2025. Digital works: a blue, gem-like Fractone from Donkey Kong Bananza, a cool white cat smoking a pipe from a matchbook cover, Cow from Mario Kart World riding on the orange Radio Bike, and twitch streamer Andy in a purple eggplant costume flipping off the camera with both hands. Traditional works: watercolor paintings of Christmas baubles and green wreaths, both on the front of Christmas cards, and acrylic paintings of a snow-covered forest and an ice cube, both on canvas.
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Tuesday, 06.01 co-working ; Wednesday, 07.01 playing Minecraft ; Thursday, 08.01 co-working, and Friday, 09.01 playing Animal Crossing New Horizons (to prep for the new update next week!). | All streams start at 14:30 CET.
Tweet from European Parliament (@Europarl_EN) reading, “Ever wonder how Santa delivers gifts so fast across Europe? It's thanks to the EU customs union and Schengen! With no customs checks between EU countries, Santa’s sleigh keeps moving smoothly from one stop to the next: no delays, no paperwork 🇪🇺🎁” It is accompanied by an image showing Santa Claus' ID card, as issued by the European Union. There is a European Parliament logo in the bottom right-hand corner.
michakes’ hands holding 6-8 small-to-medium sized ripe red tomatoes. they look great, frankly
Steam Recap: “You are what you play. This spider graph shows the kinds of games you spent the most time in [sic] 2025.” The graph shows attributes such as Fishing, Cozy, Mining, Puzzle, and Exploration, with “Casual” being the largest spike, literally off the graph a little.
wrapped/recap-style graphic in bright colors that reads, "This year you drew 5 Twitch emotes and participated in 4 Artists & Makers Club emote collabs."
michakes' 2025 Twitch streamer recap. 171 new followers, 4.47k hours watched, 39 new subscribers. Top categories: Co-working and Studying ; Minecraft ; Rosewater ; Wanderstop ; A Little to the Left (all top 10%). 136 total streams, 42.3k chats received, 24 clips. Top channel emote: michakClap.
Blueish-purple emote display graphic adorned with pink, green, and purple squiggles with michakes' name in pink in the bottom left. The featured emote is a black and white tuxedo cat with big, sparkly greenish eyes holding a candy cane in her mouth and wearing a santa hat. The emote is displayed full size in the middle and again smaller in the bottom right on both dark and light mode-colored backgrounds.
key art for Viewfinder featuring an instant camera floating in a colorful world next to its own black-and-white printouts and alongside a partially see-through cat.
michakes’ small black and white tuxedo cat Jiji, sitting upright in a cat bed and looking blankly into the camera
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michakes dressed as Pauline from DK Bananza, holding her small tuxedo cat Jiji who is wearing DK’s red tie
Jiji the tuxedo cat sitting on michakes’ desk and intently watching a video of a conversation with Guillermo del Toro and Oscar Isaac. Her head is covering most of the screen from michakes’ POV.
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Monday, 27.10 playing Minecraft ; Wednesday, 29.10 playing The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival ; Thursday, 30.10 co-working, and Friday, 31.10 playing The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival. | All streams start at 14:30 CET.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A gameplay of michakes’ character directing her Hippopotas to use Crunch on a nearby Mega Crystal. Hippopotas dutifully rushes toward the crystal, stepping off the roof and plunging to the ground in the process.
Blueish-purple emote display graphic adorned with pink, green, and purple squiggles with michakes' name in pink in the bottom left. The featured emote is a bright green cat-alien with antennae wearing a sheet like a ghost, their ears and antennae stick out from holes cut out of the sheet. The emote is displayed full size in the middle and again smaller in the bottom right on both dark and light mode-colored backgrounds.
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Tuesday, 21.10 co-working ; Wednesday, 22.10 playing Minecraft ; and Friday, 24.10 playing Minecraft. | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
An outlet in Pokemon Legends: Z-A shaped like a Pokeball, it’s very cute
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Wednesday, 15.10 playing Minecraft ; Thursday, 16.10 co-working ; and Friday, 17.10 playing Steam Next Fest demos. | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
A small glass jar labeled "Rosemary Salt" in front of two large jars filled with the same rosemary salt mixture
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Tuesday, 07.10 co-working ; Wednesday, 08.10 playing Arctic Awakening ; and Thursday, 09.10 co-working. | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
focaccia fresh out of the oven, decorated with shallots, tomatoes, and rosemary arranged to look like flowers
Animal Crossing Amiibo card for white squirrel villager Marshal, who has blushy cheeks and a sassy pose.
Arctic Awakening key art featuring a person and their round, floating robot silhouetted against an icy, cold, wooded landscape, next to a selfie of michakes wearing eyeshadow that blends from dark blue to icy white, with sparkle all over.
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Wednesday, 01.10 playing Arctic Awakening ; Thursday, 02.10 co-working with demos for Sledding Game and On-Together ; and Friday, 03.10 playing Arctic Awakening (Hades II or Minecraft if completed already). | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
Hades II – 94 (that’s Switch 2, which has the most reviews in, it’s a 95 on PC) ; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - 93 ; Blue Prince – 92 ; Hollow Knight: Silksong - 92 ; Split Fiction – 91 ; Donkey Kong Bananza – 91 ; Death Stranding 2: On the Beath – 89; Monster Hunter Wilds – 88 ; Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – 88
Key art for Arctic Awakening, featuring a person and their floating round robot silhouetted against an icy, cold, wooded landscape.
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Monday, 22.09 playing Arctic Awakening (sponsored) ; Tuesday. 23.09 co-working ; Wednesday, 24.09 playing Arctic Awakening ; Thursday, 25.09 co-working ; and Friday, 26.09 playing Hades II 1.0. | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
Rotten Tomatoes page for Hot Rod, 2007 comedy starring Andy Samberg. It has a 39% Tomatometer score and a 64% Popcornmeter score.
michakes’ hand with burnt orange nails and pale nude-pink accent nails with small, cute, hand-painted maple leaves. she is wearing a long black ring that looks like a snake and her blue sweater sleeve falls over her hands
digital painting of greyish-brown tabby Maru, 18 year old internet famous Japanese cat, asleep in a box that is much too small for him.
Catto’s Post Office key art featuring a black-and-white cat in a blue shirt carrying a yellow envelope and mail bag, next to a selfie of michakes wearing eyeshadow that blends from blue to yellow.
Two hand crocheted, round coasters with cat ears, one in dark brown and the other in tan. They are resting on top of a note that reads, “Thank you michakes for supporting Jurandria’s charity event!” and a small brown envelope with a cute, simple cat face drawn on the flap.
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