Amanda Hudgins
@barelyconcealed.bsky.social
Columnist at Unwinnable / alt ctrl developer/ very tired
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My dream job would be a researcher for a YouTube channel or podcast. I am so good at finding information. I once found a student film from a Maine college in the 90’s based off a friend saying they saw it at a VHS rental store. I actually gave a copy to the director of the film, who didn’t have it.
I’ve been making stuff lately but it’s not games stuff.
Quilting and bookbinding and learning more visible mending stitches and making lanterns out of glass slides.
Quilting and bookbinding and learning more visible mending stitches and making lanterns out of glass slides.
September 22, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I’ve been making stuff lately but it’s not games stuff.
Quilting and bookbinding and learning more visible mending stitches and making lanterns out of glass slides.
Quilting and bookbinding and learning more visible mending stitches and making lanterns out of glass slides.
how your email finds me
September 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
how your email finds me
The job market
September 16, 2026 at 3:03 AM
The job market
I am fascinated by the disheartening feature of Indeed where it emails me to let me know that my background makes me a strong match for a job that pays $17/hr
September 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I am fascinated by the disheartening feature of Indeed where it emails me to let me know that my background makes me a strong match for a job that pays $17/hr
…my dear friend whose Netflix I use visited and it reset back to my house so I’m powering through the docs I won’t have access to. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
September 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
…my dear friend whose Netflix I use visited and it reset back to my house so I’m powering through the docs I won’t have access to. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
There are kids starting undergrad who were born the year I graduated high school .
September 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
There are kids starting undergrad who were born the year I graduated high school .
An interesting mix - #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
August 29, 2026 at 12:03 AM
An interesting mix - #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
For my belated birthday, Amy set up a night of Godzilla movies that we watched while paying themed prizes.
August 22, 2026 at 12:49 AM
For my belated birthday, Amy set up a night of Godzilla movies that we watched while paying themed prizes.
Here to inform you I have never ceased my bullshit, but hey you can make printable fabric with freezer paper and an ancient sheet and print Godzilla on it if you want.
August 21, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Here to inform you I have never ceased my bullshit, but hey you can make printable fabric with freezer paper and an ancient sheet and print Godzilla on it if you want.
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Periodic reminder that you can subscribe to Unwinnable for five bucks a month and get all 300+ issues free, because I think it's swell of you to support independent criticism like that.
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August 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Periodic reminder that you can subscribe to Unwinnable for five bucks a month and get all 300+ issues free, because I think it's swell of you to support independent criticism like that.
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
The educational games conference that I helped run pre-COVID has returned in a new incarnation - it's a narrative games festival. If you're even remotely interested, please check it out: www.facebook.com/events/89490...
August 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The educational games conference that I helped run pre-COVID has returned in a new incarnation - it's a narrative games festival. If you're even remotely interested, please check it out: www.facebook.com/events/89490...
I enjoy low stakes drama so my favorite thing this week is the guy with a TikTok viral song who is like “checkmate atheists, this is a praise song about Jesus” and like…it’s a really fucking gay song.
August 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I enjoy low stakes drama so my favorite thing this week is the guy with a TikTok viral song who is like “checkmate atheists, this is a praise song about Jesus” and like…it’s a really fucking gay song.
I have fallen into a spell and just keep making these quilted tapestries. This doesn’t even account for the 3 that are waiting to be finished and bound.
August 19, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I have fallen into a spell and just keep making these quilted tapestries. This doesn’t even account for the 3 that are waiting to be finished and bound.
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ICYMI: "National Treasure has a conception of the Founding Fathers so golden it feels like something I would have been taught in a Southern middle school."
@barelyconcealed.bsky.social analyzes the National Treasure series' extreme sense of American exceptionalism: unwinnable.com/2026/08/07/w...
@barelyconcealed.bsky.social analyzes the National Treasure series' extreme sense of American exceptionalism: unwinnable.com/2026/08/07/w...
We Don't Need National Treasure 3 - Unwinnable
They declined the money, because what they want is the land.
unwinnable.com
August 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
ICYMI: "National Treasure has a conception of the Founding Fathers so golden it feels like something I would have been taught in a Southern middle school."
@barelyconcealed.bsky.social analyzes the National Treasure series' extreme sense of American exceptionalism: unwinnable.com/2026/08/07/w...
@barelyconcealed.bsky.social analyzes the National Treasure series' extreme sense of American exceptionalism: unwinnable.com/2026/08/07/w...
Running an art vending machine in Brookline today. Feel free to stop by and say hi if you’re local.
August 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Running an art vending machine in Brookline today. Feel free to stop by and say hi if you’re local.
August 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I have written for @unwinnable.com web for the first time in forever about the timely topic of the National Treasure franchise. unwinnable.com/2026/08/07/w...
We Don't Need National Treasure 3 - Unwinnable
They declined the money, because what they want is the land.
unwinnable.com
August 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I have written for @unwinnable.com web for the first time in forever about the timely topic of the National Treasure franchise. unwinnable.com/2026/08/07/w...
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Anyone laid off from @restart.run, now and as always, if I can offer you a feature slot at @unwinnable.com to help keep your feet under you or to explore some critical angle that's never made sense for a games site, I'd be more than happy to!
August 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Anyone laid off from @restart.run, now and as always, if I can offer you a feature slot at @unwinnable.com to help keep your feet under you or to explore some critical angle that's never made sense for a games site, I'd be more than happy to!
Do I know any folks obsessed with mid century furniture? I just acquired a dresser and chiffarobe set from an estate sale that I love but I am incredibly curious as to where it comes from.
July 30, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Do I know any folks obsessed with mid century furniture? I just acquired a dresser and chiffarobe set from an estate sale that I love but I am incredibly curious as to where it comes from.
LinkedIn calling me out.
July 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
LinkedIn calling me out.
My morning wake up
July 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM
My morning wake up
Sometimes having craft hobbies that are also grandma hobbies means that when you go to pick up an antique armoire from an estate sale the person just gives you a functional treadle Singer because no one else wanted it.
Sometimes getting into new crafts is having a brief pang of longing for a piece of equipment you remember in your grandmothers house.
July 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Sometimes having craft hobbies that are also grandma hobbies means that when you go to pick up an antique armoire from an estate sale the person just gives you a functional treadle Singer because no one else wanted it.
There’s been a lot going on. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
July 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
There’s been a lot going on. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
Sometimes getting into new crafts is having a brief pang of longing for a piece of equipment you remember in your grandmothers house.
July 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Sometimes getting into new crafts is having a brief pang of longing for a piece of equipment you remember in your grandmothers house.
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Great day for everyone to watch Possession.
If we get 100 likes we'll do a big community watch along.
If we get 100 likes we'll do a big community watch along.
July 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Great day for everyone to watch Possession.
If we get 100 likes we'll do a big community watch along.
If we get 100 likes we'll do a big community watch along.