AND MY RESUME TOO. www.nessacannon.com

my every time i'm in a snow level of an rpg: wow this is just like noveria from mass effect

Very close to releasing my first solo game made in Twine, but wanted to do a special shoutout to @gcbaccaris.itch.io whose Twine Grimoires taught me SO MUCH as wee little twinebaby. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. gcbaccaris.itch.io #gamedev

the last 3 months of 2025 have been Hell but here's what didn't suck ass: - Hosted and wrote the IGF awards :') - Shipped 1 1/2 games as a writer (Civ VII and BL4, the latter as a contributor) - Rediscovered my love of reading and read 15 books - My partner finally got to meet my family in Japan :')

outer worlds 2 got me busting out the dictionary (and i love it)

things i would like to happen to me in 2026: something good

true love is your partner asking for the link to a nearly 10 hour Fallout retrospective you've been slowly digesting over several days

you and me both buddy

Your reminder what later became "Gamergate" was first tested on Black folks. slate.com/technology/2...

we call hana "kitsune-gao" because she has a little fox face and people stop to tell us she looks like one all the time. her coloring is unique just like this lil friend in ghost of yotei :')

*driving through dc* my brother, pointing at the capitol building: look its fallout 3

Here’s to 2026

you can def network vertically, but prioritize networking horizontally surround yourself with kind, hardworking, and talented friends, and it’s only a matter of time before your careers go places also: if you can’t take an opportunity, pass it on to a friend who’d do just as well if not better

My advice for having a nice bluesky experience: - follow *and boost* anybody who posts weird/interesting stuff. If your paths diverge you can mute them - interact with people in good faith and you'll often be met with the same (and gain followers) - post the kinds of things you want to see more of!

i didnt knew he was cool like that. wish there was an app where i could talk about this

Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...

nothing says "merry christmas" like a white man assuming your race and busting out his korean language skills on you unprompted 🤪

happy howl-idays from me and hana to you 🎄 (you know the rule, no reposts or hana goes bye bye)

my morning routine has been making coffee and sitting down to play ghost of yotei but then my ps5 shows me screenshots from my last mass effect playthrough and i MISS her

Since the Internet Archive has popped back into relevance tonight, just an FYI: It's one of a handful of tech nonprofits that have low-key become super important *in general* over the years, and perhaps especially this year.

I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere. Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?

this account is a jennifer english and erika ishii fan page now sorry

I really think that people not knowing how to learn things and then think about them is a huge problem.

I know he’s only using it as a general example, but when talking about this with artist and writer friends I often say a variation of: genai doesn’t impact me as much as it does you so I can be more nuanced, but the moment someone hands me a generated design doc I will go absolutely nuclear

With Critical Reflex being such a major player in the indie space, these accusations of covered up sexual harassment and unfair labour practices are all deeply disappointing and distressing. I hope this all gets tackled quickly and decisively. noisypixel.net/critical-ref...

boyfriend is outta town... you know what that means 😏 (i'm playing several hours of ghost of yotei without drinking water or stretching)

If you've been impacted by the games industry layoffs, please understand that this is not normal. Something has been different since 2022. Its not you, its impacted tens of thousands of people. If you feel alone, DM me or look to community. Talking to others who've been through it helps a TON.

back to the ol song and dance 😔

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

Feels unbelievable to hold this thing in my hands. It began life as an article for Vice and before I’d even written a single word I’d pitched it as a book. From the interviews alone, I just knew the story was too good to not keep going beyond that initial article. That was 2020. Long time ago!

i wrote about how mundanity in your AAA games adds to world and character building, by referencing The Date quest line from Beyond: Two Souls 😅

game studio ceos be like: we can either crunch, use genAI, or kill ourselves. those are our only options

yeah ghost of yōtei is GORRRRRG i wonder if ill cry as much

Me watching Fallout Season 2 after just finished Twin Peaks yesterday.

close enough. welcome back special agent Dale Cooper

the good news is that the media attention and support from an audience has helped Horses do well enough that Santa Ragione has been able to pay all its owed royalties and loans. so it's not in debt. the bad news is it's still not enough to keep the studio together. www.ign.com/articles/hor...

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more devs started following me 🥰 i am being perceived 😔

my biggest yeah BBBOOOIIII

As we enter the holiday week, we want to thank everyone who helped transform the IGAs into a global celebration and means of discovery. Nominations and recipients for our global categories are solely curated by their respective organizations, offering a fresh lens on indie excellence. A thread 🧵

Skin Deep ✨ BEST IMMERSIVE SIM OF THE YEAR ✨ Thanks PC Gamer! 👉Get it! store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S... 👉Skin Deep was made by insanely talented crew of folks; this game only exists because of them: blendogames.com/skindeep/cre...

"we use AI tools to explore references just like we use google and art books" okay you can continue exploring references without using AI because your artists already proved to be capable of doing the work without it... and there's no shortage of ideas because everyone is an idea guy??

Concept art, ideating, temp and placeholder art is where the magic happens. It's also a place for more junior folks on a team to contribute work and get better at it. There is no GenAI replacement for that experience and collaboration. It's going to hurt the team and project in the long term.

I’m supporting the Accelerate Mentorship Program at @takethis.org which helps early-career professionals in the games industry through mentorship and access to spaces like GDC. We’re raising the final $15,000 to unlock a $15,000 match and fully fund the next cohort. givebutter.com/TakeThisAcce...

someone over at game informer went HARD on the design of these spreads. the font and layout are 👨🏻‍🍳 💋 👌

this is really NOT the important part but I keep thinking that if you are going as far as generating AI graphics for your internal studio powerpoint presentations you have lost the plot and are spending time making it look slick and not on making it informative and moving on to some other task

Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does

Sending strength to every Larian employee who hates AI and has to sit through the discourse of another dipshit slop-pilled CEO's comments

Alright gang, there's a Senior Level Designer opening on my team. You know the drill. 👇 Please pass this along and AMA* jobs.zenimax.com/requisitions...