I liked the world much more when they didn’t call themselves bugs.

The industry wants to hire and fire like Hollywood. Project based. Not studio based. So why doesn’t it work? There’s this thing each discipline in the film industry has, that the game industry doesn’t. Can anyone think of what it is?

That's Hugo Award-winning Caves of Qud right there!!

I want to host a weeklong retreat for artists, scientists, and writers to get together. Rent a chateau in Tuscany. Live with tech only available during the Renaissance. Eat. Drink. Create. Converse. I don’t know if I’d ever want it to stop.

LIVE NOW. This guy is playing Final Fantasy 6 with 0x XP on and is at KEFKA final boss. It's crazy watching this feat be accomplished without gaining a single level the whole game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLU...

Holy cow LinkedIn is bleak right now.

It’s so wrong that tweets about layoffs in the last two years have become evergreen, but here we are. To my friends and peers who lost work, I am so sorry. Once again, here is the layoff lecture from my friend Worth.

If you want to get a job in narrative, the best thing you can do is something else. The Testers, Community Managers, and Associate Producers of today are the game writers of tomorrow. Nothing gives you a better shot of working at a game company than working at a game company.

Every few months I see a post resenting networkers and job hunters. “Don’t be transactional.” “Don’t bother working professionals.” “Cold calls are cringe.” If you’re looking for work, if you’re desperate, and if I can help you, I will. I don’t need anything from you. Just pay it forward.

Aspiring authors! Get some great advice for a great cause.

It’s Day 1 of Final Fantasy draft. I’ve taken an extra turn with Ultimecia. Won with Zantetsuken. Made a 10/9 Ultros. Won a game the same turn I used the “Item” mode of Battle Menu. (It was clutch.) My Squall and my opponent’s Seifer traded blows. I’m going to Platinum the first week.

Mitchell and Webb meme: “Are we the bourgeoisie?”

Congrats to all who have been a part of this great show. Crack open a jar of half sours on me.

I really need a place to shoot the shit with other narrative designers. Anyone got the secret hangout spots?

The AC is broken. How long before this game dev office devolves into lord of the flies?

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I said it in season one and I’ll say it again that the Andor theme sounds so much like Final Fantasy IV that it is constantly distracting.

What is the best Let’s Play of Caves of Qud? I have tutorialed many times and I have died in Red Rock many times.

I am 170000000 ad impressions away from making my own video game.

Blue Prince is a pun, isn’t it?

Sometimes parenting is teaching them to ride a bike. Sometimes parenting is finding that each and every marshmallow has been secretly extracted from a box of lucky charms.

Realized i don’t have a single picture of the three amazing writers and two producers that made up the narrative team I led at Blizz. I think in the moment I thought, “Wouldn’t it be weird if your boss asked for a selfie with you?” But now I’m sad about it.

It’s a sad day when a dear friend won’t indulge you by listening to your harebrained scheme.

I’m in this and I don’t like it

Prestige television series. The cold open is the Death Star trench run. The series is set between ANH and ESB. The adventures of Han, Luke, Leia, Chewie, and the droids. Recast them all. No deepfakes. It’ll run longer than Smallville.

What’s a good place to find UI assets or inspiration if you have no experience in UI?

Look, all I'm saying is that if you have money and wanted to start a studio this is the best and cheapest the labor market has ever been.

I’ve been seeing posts from r/Medals on my feed lately. Very impressed with how some users can look at three dozen ribbons and tell you the whole history of a veteran’s time in war. A lot of the posts seem to be sad stories about people emotionally separated from their husbands and fathers. 1/2

NOPE

The "Main Character's Wife Died But He's a Comedic Actor So Maybe It's Okay To Still Laugh" Starter Pack

Look at the Steam charts you silly silly boo boo heads

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is now available on Steam! Experience the story of the JFS Gun-Dog and all her crew as they encounter an unknown threat from beyond Jupiter in this #retro throwback #visualnovel based on 90s #anime, 80s #mecha and 70s #sci-fi. store.steampowered.com/app/2118420/...

Players feel like they’re entitled to everything and then spam through dialogue.

Do the people who voted for this realize that in the end all this money we save is going into the pockets of the bosses they hate?

OPPORTUNITES - Thread Highdive Junior Writer- Montreal. Not affiliated. Shares welcome. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41... 1/?

Just to put some good vibes out into the universe, writing AAA is fun as heck. Feeling very fortunate this morning.

Is it hard out there for narrative? Yes. But this has always been true. The three times I have most urgently needed a job have been - when lucasarts closed - when telltale closed - the constant barrage of layoffs since mid 2023 It’s always something. And it’s always hard. 1/4

I have a suspicion that you could name your price as a senior tech artist. Literally the hardest role to fill in gaming. Must have for AAA. Open recs everywhere.

A jrpg but everyone in your party is a complete idiot

Is the Internet really having a moral debate about googling an answer to a puzzle in a puzzle game? Really? I have published strategy guides. There used to be 1-800 numbers to help with Chrono Trigger bosses. Next: everyone who net decks in a card game is going straight to hell.

Forgive my Gainax for I have sinned. It has been four weeks since my last D&D session.

In the 1950s it was expected that a man come home from work, sit by the fire with his pipe and smartphone(newspaper) and be left alone.

It wasn't for New Years or anything but I've been doing pixel art for ~30 minutes a day every day in January. Thought I'd share some of my foray.

Sometimes someone makes a nice reference to a Hearthstone flavor text you wrote three years ago and that feels pretty nice.

Happy New Year! There is so much I’m grateful for. Loving wife. Smart healthy kids. I get paid to write and be creative with friends and I think it’s good to stop and appreciate those blessings in the midst of a chaotic world.

I’m in San Antonio today and realizing you could make a sick Obra Dinn style game out of the Alamo.

I keep seeing pithy takedowns of the old dusty game discourse: is narrative game design? Are barks narrative? Yellow paint blah blah blah. It feels like a bunch of quippy game devs talking to themselves. I’m bored and want new conversations.

Christmas Eve dinner was my choice: Maine lobsters in California. No one in my family likes seafood. I have eaten 2 whole lobsters and a third butter poached tail. Send help. Also, send a fourth tail.

Happy holidays, everyone. I’m Matt. I write books and make games. I think final fantasy is cool. Unreal Engine is witchcraft. There is a lobster in my car.