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Dr Holly Nielsen

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Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit she/her

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Anything that is likened to Dragon Quest Builders is immediately very interesting to me

07.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not getting Pokopia until I’ve got a writing test I’m doing out of the way, but I’m already regretting being sensible.

06.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Even if I could afford it (lol), no chance I’m going to the US atm

06.03.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I won’t be at GDC but I will still be looking for jobs, from the comfort of my flat

06.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was completely floored by how well they stuck the landing

06.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dark is brilliant. Everyone should watch Dark.

06.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Ahh! I LOVED Dark

06.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Leon definitely bought that jacket thinking it was cool but is feeling insecure after a friend’s teenage daughter appeared to laugh at it

06.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah I’m buying this

05.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I cheered when I saw the big bad guy in Resi 9 is wearing a snake skin coat with a hood and a bunch of jewellery. Iconic dedication to cuntery.

06.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*Looking at Mr X*

β€œI mean the trench coat is nice, but I can’t help but feel there’s something missing…”

*puts fedora on him*

β€œI’ve done it again.”

06.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I want a game about the tailor who makes all the cunty outfits for the various Resident Evil antagonists

06.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Future historians of masculinity and politics have so much to work with. β€œEmbarrassing dad” energy but make it lethal.

06.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Both morally reprehensible AND deeply embarrassing.

06.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

love 2 collapse into the mausoleum beneath

05.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lost it at Leon’s Porsche and Hamilton watch. He truly is a man in his fifties.

05.03.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Playing Resi 9 with my partner, and we’re controlling the different characters. He’s Grace because I’m a wimp and her bits are scary, and I’m Leon so I can take screenshots of Leon’s face

05.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think my immune system might just be yoghurt

05.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See all those buildings? @nictringali.bsky.social and I have written hundreds of ways they can collapse into the mausoleum beneath, leaving geographical reminders of your city’s history as well as impacting the political machinations of factions 😌

Which can be experienced on MAY 6✨

05.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
Picture of a small metal tub filled with flowering spring bulbs by a window

Picture of a small metal tub filled with flowering spring bulbs by a window

Look how well my tub of spring bulbs is doing πŸ₯²

05.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The OTHER dancing British Wayne

05.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine being 18 and looking at one of your heroes (Wayne McGregor) ask you your future plans and then respond with a face that says β€œI don’t know what to do with that” ha

05.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I didnt go on to win, I think the fact that when the lead choreographer asked what my plans were and my answer wasn’t β€œtouring Europe with a dance company” like everyone else and instead was β€œI’m going to study history at university” didn’t help.

05.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

(Technically)
I was a finalist for β€œyoung choreographer of the year” (twice but could only make it to London once), it involved a day of coming up with choreography for some Royal Ballet dancers at the Royal Opera House, and then an interview with the then lead choreographer at the Royal Ballet.

05.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I did choreography for some Royal Ballet dancers at the Royal Opera House

05.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I should never have taken the day off and relaxed on my birthday, my body sensed a moment of weakness and let yet another cold rampage through my body

05.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Lewis got me it for my birthday and I’m making him play pass the controller to lessen the scares

05.03.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Leon in Resi 9

Picture of Leon in Resi 9

*giggling and blushing while playing Resi 9*

05.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hot men through the female/queer gaze rather than β€œthis guy is really POWERFUL and COOL” straight male gaze that is just painfully boring.

05.03.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

With Al, no university will need to trouble themselves with pesky human students ever again. Instead they'll have Al students who are all sexy ladies with big juggs and 17 fingers. The men professors can dote on them and when they see a lady professor can shout "it's over for you!". It's a paradise

24.09.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 381 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3