Tower Dungeon (Tsutomu Nihei)

Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.

I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul

I'll be in Busan, South Korea next week to attend G-Star! Come see me and @thewritegame.bsky.social on a panel with Casey Al-Kaisy, Ben McCaw, and Dino Patti talking storytelling in games.

If you’re distraught and horrified by the current direction of the United States like I am, I implore you to take a few minutes out of your day to look up what’s on your ballot and where your nearest polling place is, and go vote in your local elections. Change and progress happens at all levels.

Hi folks, I’ll be participating in some narrative chit-chat at G-CON next Thursday, Nov 13th, in Busan, Korea. If you’ll be in Korea next week, we’d love to see you there! :)

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

shout out to @katedollarhyde.bsky.social for also winning the world series so happy for you. this is what devotion gets you

not a baseball person but damn

Go home game, you’re drunk

Fortnite | The Simpsons trailer running during game 7 of the World Series = peak “LA people texting me” moment.

congratulations to the winner of Game 7: Emergent Narrative

happy black cat day. here’s my little demon (affectionate)

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

If you want to hear what it’s like to hear me chitchat about games with @alexaray.bsky.social, here you go!! Woo! Many thanks to AIAS for inviting me. This was fun ~

Finally, FINALLY, got best girl, the Most Interesting Woman herself, @thewritegame.bsky.social on the @official-aias.bsky.social Game Maker's Notebook! Come for the baddie, stay for the deep dive into the state of our part of the industry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtpu...

I painted ur dog

Petty ask but I will throw a party for anyone who writes one of those 10 Best [insert noun] lists with #1 at the top so I don’t have to scroll for infinity for a simple answer. Why would I read about the tenth best milkshake cmon

Many congratulations to my friends on Outer Worlds 2 who I watched toil from afar. Shout out in particular to the narrative designers who kicked ass: @kdlunas.bsky.social @joefielder.bsky.social @hayleystone.bsky.social @bustedkeyboards.bsky.social @gspy.bsky.social @paulkirsch.bsky.social

Hearing directly from devs about the experience of their game being taken down and their studio closed is gut-wrenching, but imo necessary. I highly encourage the listen.

THIS GUY. super cool

keep this man as he is at all cost

happy bday to fallout: new vegas, a game that means a lot in this house

once more

barbie xenomorph just took me all the way out

Ripley & Jonesy. New in my store andiwatson.bigcartel.com

Studios and producers need to have a consult with @thewritegame.bsky.social about institutional memory and preservation. Her GCAP keynote is absolutely salient to the current climate of game dev

Hi, folks! If you’re going to be at Melbourne Games Week here’s a heads up on where to find me. First up, I’m thrilled to be keynoting at GCAP on Tuesday the 7th at 9:40am with a title that’s too long:

CGMA has provided critical education for both beginning and veteran game devs. It will be a huge loss if it dissolves, but at the very least its teachers should be compensated. Sending support to all my friends caught up in this mess.

Also a good reminder to all the doomers out there.

HAPPY CONSUME ME DAY!!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/...

dudes rock

Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think

I used to teach at UVU where Charlie Kirk was shot. Whatever you think of the situation, my friends on faculty and our students deserve more than this. No one should worry about getting shot at school or work. Ever.

Not from a movie but 1987’s song 今夜はハリケーン (Tonight is a Hurricane) sung by Kinuko Oomori for Bubblegum Crisis changed how music in anime was done forever it was so damn good.

There are several reasons an organization may lose its institutional memory (called institutional forgetting in scholarship), but mass layoffs are one of biggest factors.

update: i now have six cats

i discovered there’s a game called cats&soup and it’s about to become my whole personality

wake up babe new nana art just dropped

spending the afternoon at a sunflower farm

How refreshing to see someone have an absolute ball making games these days

dang that sure is new vegas

I finally finished listening to the finale and it was everything I’d hoped. I am so grateful @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social exists. What a story!

apparently ai yazawa recently stated in an interview that she’s committed to finishing nana and the story is almost finalized… if this isn’t true i’m going to lose my ever-loving mind

Phew okay, second update of the week: I’m beyond thrilled to be paneling at DICE Europe this year with @brendaromero.bsky.social and @jesawyer.bsky.social. We’ll be talking about institutional memory in game development and why it matters. No pressure!

I’m obviously a fan of Calvino — a few of the reviews of my book rightly invoke him as an inspiration for the way I write — and one of my favorite things that he does is how he can condense the tragedy of a life in one or two paragraphs. It’s so light, but it doesn’t feel like anything is missed

A-li-en. A-li-en. A-li-en.

Update: I’ll be doing a keynote at GCAP this year. I’ve never been to Australia so this will be a new experience for me! :)

what if the nostromo was a cozy space cottage ✨

This is one of the coolest things we've got to do since starting @denkiworks.bsky.social. It was really rad that such a large partner were so interested in what we are doing here and with TANUKI... that they'd want to support us and make a documentary about it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Ud...