Personal blog and Telegram community
The Telegram blog continues what I started on The Daily Telefrag: I write about video games, pop culture and mental health, often using characters, stories and relationships as a way to explain psychological topics. Long-form posts are less frequent here, while the educational side has become more prominent.
“Игрожор” is a self-deprecating play on the Russian shorthand “игрожур” (“games journalist”): instead of claiming a professional title, it suggests someone who simply devours games.
Visual system
I based the visual identity on an existing graphic template and adapted it for the blog. Using its source elements, I built a flexible system of my own: reworking compositions, balancing elements and adapting layouts for different formats and platforms, while creating new assets whenever needed.
- headers and visual assets for Telegram, The Daily Telefrag, Twitch and Boosty;
- avatars, icons and navigation elements;
- covers and headers for individual posts;
- postcards and graphics for community events;
- a mascot for the blog;
- a custom Telegram emoji set.
Community
- Communication guidelines: respect for personal boundaries, direct communication without passive aggression, sarcasm or invalidation, with an emphasis on assertiveness and nonviolent communication.
- Moderation: I set and maintain the community rules and boundaries myself to keep the space respectful and supportive.
- Events: several international postcard and gift exchanges between community members.
- Livestreams: conversational streams about games, psychology and related topics.
- Boosty: voluntary support for the project; I have donated part of the proceeds to people in need of psychological support.
Educational content
I continue to write about mental health through pop culture, using familiar characters and stories as concrete examples for discussing psychological mechanisms, relationships, boundaries, self-acceptance and emotional maturity.
I also warn readers about potentially difficult scenes in games and films, so they can decide for themselves whether they feel ready for that content.
Selected writing
Internalizing Thoughts in Disco Elysium — and in Real Life
Read on Telegram
Persona 3 Reload and Accepting Death
Read on Telegram
“Aaaah, a Woman!” — Emotional Maturity Through Peter Pan
Read on Telegram
Kakania in Reverse: 1999 and Her Broken Mirror — Giving Up Yourself to Be Accepted
Read on Telegram
