Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site! Discover... 🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair 🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction 🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain & so much more! 🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-... 🧵

My first short story in 7+ years is in this issue of Augur. Give it a read! 🍯

Today marks seven sensational years at @ubisoft.com Toronto. Since joining, I have shipped great games, made marvelous friends, and learned so much about this artistic medium that I love. Here's to seven more... or more! 🎉🥂👾

I’ve started reviewing movies in brief on Letterboxd, if any of you care to join me there: boxd.it/38gA9

I’m 37.

Question for fellow writers and game designers: Do you use pen or pencil in your notebooks?

What’s your favourite I Think You Should Leave episode?

I’m looking forward to Ambrosia Sky so much! Congrats to my friends at @softrains.bsky.social on the spectacular reveal! 🪐

Remember this iconic photo from Ferguson? This is Edward Crawford, throwing back a tear gas canister to protect some nearby kids. Like many identified Ferguson protesters and organizers, he was "found dead" a couple years later and neither the cops nor the media will ever investigate.

TMNT: Tactical Takedown, a turn-based, Strange Scaffold take on the iconic universe, is out RIGHT NOW! - 20 evolving levels📍 - Turn-based beat-em-up action ⚔️ - Irresistible soundtrack 🎵 - Kick a mouser off the dang planet 🌎 - Only $17.99 💵 - Please share!! store.steampowered.com/app/3229100/...

It’s National Canadian Film Day! What are your favourite Canadian films? 🍁 #CanFilmDay #canadianfilm

Yesterday, my colleagues and I raised almost $1300 USD for @sickkidsto.bsky.social during @extralife4kids.bsky.social’s inaugural Tabletop Weekend! 3 one-shots, 12+ hours of gameplay, over a dozen nat 20s, and 1 sensational performance by Sir Ribbo and the Wanderers! www.extra-life.org/team/69675

Watch us play D&D until midnight for Extra Life Tabletop Weekend! And donate, if you can! twitch.tv/ugl_toronto

My team writing on Black Panther is looking for a Senior Writer to join us. Ideally we are looking for someone with knowledge or experience of African Culture and/or Marvel to join a team committed to creating authentic, powerful stories on an ambitious project: jobs.ea.com/en_US/career...

It's the year of the snake, or so I've heard 🐍🟦 #formline #telekitneticart

Things I did in 2025: 01. First Muay Thai lesson

Me walking into Silent Hill

5 tongue-in-cheek game writing exercises that are a more realistic representation of what most game writers do (in my experience) than a branching dialog tree:

Some artworks that brought me joy in 2024

Happy New Year, friends!

Happy holidays, blues.

It’s okay to be rude to people who want you to die

LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS

The speed with which I opened my Amazon app, only to be disappointed that the game isn’t discounted in Canada…

A small personal achievement to share: I can now supervise grad student projects at @torontomet.bsky.social! 🎓

A network of experimental lit. Ding me if I missed you. go.bsky.app/79qx91V

Hey, new blues! I’m Braydon (he/him), and I write stuff. I currently work at Ubisoft Toronto as a Team Lead Narrative Designer, and I teach games courses at Toronto Metropolitan University. I like pizza, bees, and non-Euclidean spaces.

Just submitted a short story to a literary publication for the first time in 8+ years. A huge moment for me!

Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! 🪶💐🩷 If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add. (Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!) Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people! go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN

I can’t believe it’s been 12 years since Little Fiction published “Swarm Theory.” I really should get writing and publishing again. www.littlefiction.com/beta/Braydon...

Reread: ANNIHILATION by Jeff VanderMeer Utterly alien, emotionally resonant, lyrical yet precise.

Hello, I made a Starter Pack for game devs, studios, and games-adjacent people based out of Canada! Please reach out if you'd like to be added and/or removed. go.bsky.app/BdgAmaR

THE SECOND CANADIAN GAME DEVS STARTER PACK IS LIVE!!! Follow and boost these excellent folks too! To join just @ me to be added and a like means you're in. go.bsky.app/KsVuaB6

I see a lot of new folks coming over from Xitter now, so here's a link to my starter pack of AAA Game Writers and Narrative Designers go.bsky.app/7g8HapG

If you are my friend and in future, you require refuge, I can provide it (or find it) for you and yours. Stay strong. ♥️

Suicide Prevention is a very important cause to me and based on multiple skeets on my skyline: 📞 988 - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (has text chat, too) 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Lifeline - 877-565-8860 🏳️‍🌈 Trevor Project - 866-488-7386 Or if you are in immediate danger go to the closest emergency room.

Hey, everyone! I’m raising money for my local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, SickKids, by doing a 25-hour streaming marathon with some Ubisoft Toronto colleagues! Please, if you can, donate to the cause here: www.extra-life.org/participant/... Watch us, starting at noon: twitch.tv/ugl_toronto

Today marks my six-year anniversary of working at Ubisoft Toronto!

There aren't enough of us to do a "Starter Pack," so I put together a super-small and specific "List" of professional narrative designers and writers who hold PhDs. Let me know if I forgot anyone! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Okay, I created a starter pack for AAA narrative folks. Just a few names to kick this off for now. If you want to be on it--or if you want your name removed from it--please let me know! go.bsky.app/7g8HapG

Come join my narrative team 🥳 Permanent role based in Sweden, so you must be willing to move. But a supportive, friendly team. Apply now. Do it 🙌🏽 jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Ubisoft2/744...

Now on bluesky: the ✨game design wiki✨! It includes: 🌱 The career progression of a game designer 💼 How to hunt for game design jobs 💡 Detailed run through of the game design process 🖼️ Many handy resources And more! rosacarbo.notion.site/Game-design-...

10 Favourite Games In alphabetical order: 🌕 Bloodborne 🔻 Control 👾 Destiny 2 🗡️ Hades 🍅 Harvest Moon 64 🎭 The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 🍂 Pokémon HGSS 📻 P.T. 🧟‍♂️ Resident Evil 2 (2019) 🗿 Shadow of the Colossus

Let’s be research buddies in Pokémon Sleep. Here’s my Researcher ID! 2964-9623-2134

Hey, new blues! I’m Braydon (he/him), and I write stuff. I currently work at Ubisoft Toronto as a Team Lead Narrative Designer, and I teach games courses at Toronto Metropolitan University. I like pizza, bees, and non-Euclidean spaces.

GAME DEVS! For folks on the creative side, what do you feel like are the consequences of being too emotionally/artistically close to your project? What happens when the project fails? What is the right emotional distance between you and the project?

Today is my and @salemskeeper.bsky.social’s 12-year anniversary! ♥️🎊🥂

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #314,651!

Hello! I'm Hazel. 🐔 Chicken keeper 🐕 Tripod dog owner 📃 Writer 🎮 Senior Narrative designer 🍞 Bread baker ⛪️ Amateur medievalist 🌱 Gardener 🧶 Knitter Previously 💙💫 Bungie 🧡🐀 Arkane Find my work on my website! www.hazelmonforton.com