Anne Deschaine

Watching #ElderScrollsOnline stream about the #Necrom expansion, and I'm as conflicted as ever. I love books, libraries, knowledge, the complexity of it all, even the conceptual realm/focus of #HermaeusMora.

I HATE cosmic horror, icky stuff, and, essentially, every creature that populates Apocrypha. So I will drag myself through this expansion loving the themes and hating the aesthetic. Sigh.

(ZOS, please please don't make all the bookish furnishings tentacled...) 🙏

Apr 12, 2023 at 8:37pmWeb
Show threadAnne DeschaineApr 12, 2023

"What is the Apocrypha version of microfiche?"

BE STILL MY #LIBRARIAN HEART. Bless that #ElderScrollsOnline dev who was willing to say that aloud. 😍

Show threadAnne DeschaineApr 12, 2023
Downside of this #ElderScrollsOnline stream, which happens with almost every single one of their announcements: eight people have appeared on stage so far. A white woman, one of the senior community managers, is moderating the conversation. Every dev/content creator/story writer so far has been a white man. Depressingly common.
Show threadAnne DeschaineApr 12, 2023
Okay, happily, I spoke slightly too soon. Two more white women community managers are speaking now. I do notice that the women are almost always in community (i.e., public-facing, social interacting, something something expectations of presence/appearance) roles. I think I've seen two? non-white and/or men in dev roles in my last few years of #ElderScrollsOnline announcement watching. I'm sure they exist, but why do they not get to present?
Show threadAllie AlvisApr 12, 2023
@aehdeschaine ayo is this stream going to be posted anywhere? 👀
Show threadAnne DeschaineApr 12, 2023
@book_historia https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1791901105 😬
Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom Chapter Preview - bethesda on Twitch

bethesda went live on Twitch. Catch up on their The Elder Scrolls Online VOD now.

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Show threadAnne DeschaineApr 12, 2023

@book_historia Not all about books or libraries by a long shot, but the bits that are really intrigue me.

They've done other cultural heritage themes in the past. The one about Argonians and Imperials and cultural heritage values was fascinating from a professional perspective