it's just a question!

Illustrations by Kelsey Smith  //  Etsy  

childhood homes (and why we hate them) - after a decade, you return home.

return - a text-based horror game about coming home.

singing from the far side of the hill - about a trans woman, homeless after a bad breakup, who rents a stranger's spare room. it's a decision she comes to regret.

anatomy - Explore a suburban house, collect cassette tapes, study the physiology of domestic architecture.

leave house - leave house

the open house - We at Northtree Real Estate (in partnership with Optix Dynamix Labs) are proud to present our new, state-of-the-art, open house simulator!  Come and take a quick tour of 15615 Hollow Oak Lane, a familiar and comfortable showcase home in one of our premier developments!

what girls do in the dark - This little game is based off one of the greatest fears they had as a teenage girl: showing up late to a stranger's slumber party.

unbecoming - a sonically-textured interactive horror fiction exploring cycles of trauma and unspeakable forces of nature in a mythic rural American landscape.

13 laurel road - an interactive fiction game about the relationships we have with places and reconciling with trauma. You play as a young man named Noah who has been tasked with picking up some things from his cousin’s old house.

domvs - a gothic mystery game in which you rely on your environment to uncover the truth.

flesh, blood, & concrete - you find yourself in a vast, empty apartment complex.

i am still here - a short, unconventional ghost story and vignette reflecting on the end of a long lockdown.

A bunch of lockscreens

the 1989 album headers

*pictures from pinteres*

Hey guys, I was very happy and excited about the midnigts album and I made several wallpapers that I will publish in the next few days. For now, stay with the 7 options and 3 quotes from the anti-hero music video. This is part 1, hope you like it <3.

Favourite Outfits of 2023: Taylor Swift Style

Swifties have lived many lives in 2023. 

The Eras Tour saw Taylor visit 24 cities across 4 countries over 66 dates. The record-breaking tour spurred an official theatrical release of its setlist that comfortably sits north of three hours in addition to the many hours we’ve collectively spent livestreaming at home - both the canonical Eras Tour set and its more humorous clip montage of the lesser known Errors Tour with all the delightful bloopers and chaos it’s brought us since kicking off in March.

Taylor released two re-recorded versions of her albums (Speak Now and 1989) and appeared to be hard at work at Electric Lady Studios in New York City over the summer - giving us a 2023 refresh on the New York City Fashion Takeover of 2014 as she appeared to be feverishly working on something that will have us all in a chokehold sometime in the next two years, I’m sure.

Throughout the year, the one thing I kept coming back to was familiarity. There's been something to Taylor's style this year that has felt comforting and recognizable but still somehow new and exciting - and perhaps even slightly elevated. Turning it up to 13, some might say. The meta looks of her tour costuming self-referencing all the versions of herself that she has been over the course of her career packaged into one convenient show the most obvious signifier. But the schoolgirl plaids, the sequins, the iconic fall outfits all feel like iterations of who Taylor has always been. But there's something to it that feels a little more powerful, a little more knowing.

From Joever, to #TIAYYKWYAILY, to killasquirles - we’ve had so much to laugh and cry and laugh instead of cry over.

The following is a breakdown of my favourite looks over the last 12 months (not all of which could even be crammed into this intro graphic) as well as my top level thoughts on Taylor’s fashion themes this year. 

For more, head to 🔗 patreon.com/taylorswiftstyle

RENAISSANCE: A Film By Beyoncé premiere | London, England | November 29, 2023

Balmain custom

When it became apparent that Taylor was going to repay the favour Beyoncé did her by also appearing at the ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ London premiere, it felt all but certain she would appear in an appropriate #RenaissanceSilver gown - and oh did she deliver.

I personally have a soft spot for a column gown and the clean, elegant silhouette it offers. One of my previous all time favourite Taylor red carpets happens to be a silver metallic column gown (the Gucci Première gown of the 2014 Grammys).

Where that Grammys look was styled almost sweetly with a ponytail, soft smoky eyes, and a pink nude lip - this take on a silver gown brings more Hollywood glam thanks to the deep side part, sexy waves, and bold red lip. To my eye, it actually feels like a great continuation of the retro glam girl aesthetic we first were served at the outset of the #Midnights era - which feels appropriate given the release of #YoureLosingMe doesn’t it?

Of course, as per usual - Taylor thinks of everything when it comes to selecting the designer to bring a look to life. Balmain having played a pivotal role in many of Beyoncé’s looks that she wore on the Renaissance World Tour. What a thoughtful homage to create that design crossover that beautifully pays respect to the many silver custom looks Bey wears on her stage while still feeling entirely Taylor. Very well played.