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Disney Dreamlight Valley: Wishblossom Ranch is rolling out on all platforms now! It's time to get your yee-haw on. www.pcgamer.com/games/life-s...

Geese are doing a From The Basement version of Getting Killed and it releases tomorrow on one of the most stressful days of my year. The universe does love me.

Frequently, when looking through digital storefronts trying to decide on a new game to play, I find myself describing in my head the exact game that I want to play, and honestly underneath all the intellectualizing, it's almost always just Mass Effect 2 that I'm describing.

This Irish guy who's been opening for Geese doesn't even have an album out until next month but his voice is absolutely unbelievable and the songwriting is really strong. This has been a really great couple of years for music, man. Music! It's good again! youtu.be/HrWvDv4ESIo?...

One weird thing I've had a lot of cause to think about in game narrative is: "what is the minimum you need for something to feel like a story?" I think it's tough to make three "beats" feel like a real story. Not impossible, but four beats is much easier.

Man, Dispatch is so good. Really exciting stuff. So great to see a narrative game where they made so many good choices about where to put the focus and the dispatching mini-game is so fast and fun and generates so many funny moments.

I've spent most of today listening to Beethoven piano trios and would like to boldly state: Beethoven, he was very good

Tiny Book Shop is a LOT of fun, and very wholesome. When the customers don't like the books I recommend, I get so mad. When they do the little dance that means they do like it, I get so happy. That's the power of Games.

Dispatch coming out in episodes appears to have been a very good strategy for developer Adhoc Studio. Astounding numbers here. Episodic games often risk losing audience attention over time but 8 episodes across 4 weeks seems like the perfect cadence to keep players hooked and talking

It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us

Considering the recent wave of nostalgic movie documentaries, it blows my mind that nobody has made one about the Sherman Oaks Galleria, aka The Mall In Every 80s Movie. Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Night of the Comet, Commando, Phantom of the Mall, Innerspace, Chopping Mall, Terminator 2 etc...

RIP Adam Greenberg He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:

Outer Worlds 2 has the same "quest log" problem that Baldur's Gate 3 had. Basically, it's that by playing naturally, you're sure to quickly end up with a dozen contradictory quests in your log. ie "Genocide all the goblins" and "Prep the goblins for the invasion" kind of stuff.

Bach! My man! Nobody does it better! youtu.be/We8YYyp8LLo?...

One of the most interesting tensions I see in Geese/Cameron Winter's music is the one between being afraid to make something beautiful but being unable to stop yourself. Gen X had a similar tension but this feels like a new and particularly Gen Z version of it in a way that's very exciting to me.

I'm so Geese-pilled, man. This is the most excited I've been about a band since at least Big Thief. They sound like everything and nothing. I can't wait to see how they develop. Their record is sold out basically everywhere in Toronto so something's obviously Happening here.

I love that a lot of Gen Z musicians don't seem to have been introduced to the dichotomies that defined previous generations of music. Like no one ever told them you're not "supposed to" like both Bruce Springsteen and Steely Dan and so they're making these absolutely inexplicable musical chimeras.

On my first listen of GEESE's Getting Killed, I thought it was bad but weirdly compelling. I'm on full listen #3 and I now think this is the best album I've heard in at least ten years, maybe more. So much of the best stuff might not be instantly likable but just sticks in your craw in a funny way

Just announced! I've been working on an interactive novel in the Hunter: The Reckoning franchise! Day For Night lets you play as a veteran Hunter fighting back against the monsters of Hollywood over one blockbuster summer. store.steampowered.com/app/3133670/...

Aside from the acting, sets, effects, and atmosphere, it's the pacing of this movie that's really unmatched, especially in '30s horror flicks. Just watch the sequels where it takes like a half hour to get to a man being invisible.

James Whale was a great artist

Ghosts of Yotei feels like a game that loves you and wants you to be happy

Finishing a long, hard day of working on a horse game (Disney Dreamlight Valley: Wishblossom Ranch available November 19th wishlist now thx) to relax and play a horse game (Ghosts of Yotei)

Please wishlist anything from Choice of Games you might want to get; to most algorithms, CoG is "shaped like" bottom-tier choiceslop of the "save cheating boyfriend/push him into the mud" variety, but each game is hand-crafted, written and coded by a single author.

This is the kind of thing that occasionally gives me a small pang of sadness that I don't work on Kim Kardashian Hollywood anymore and therefore can't write a quest about it people.com/kim-kardashi...

Disney Dreamlight Valley showcase on Wednesday! More details about our coming updates and our expansion! Tune in to see me make at least one truly horrible horse-related pun

I've been following and greatly enjoying this tale of complete municipal dysfunction going on in Eastern Ontario. The local color and the small details are pretty great. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

*Solving problems in gamedev* Theory: I have one problem. I'll solve it and now I'll have no problems. Reality: I had one problem. I solved it and now I have three problems.

Just announced! I've been working on an interactive novel in the Hunter: The Reckoning franchise! Day For Night lets you play as a veteran Hunter fighting back against the monsters of Hollywood over one blockbuster summer. store.steampowered.com/app/3133670/...

I would like to take a moment to share with people the absolutely demented story of Hudson and Rex, a Canadian cop drama about a cop and his partner who happens to be a dog. PLEASE STICK AROUND UNTIL THE END, I PROMISE THIS IS GOING PLACES YOU COULD NEVER EXPECT

A lesson about myself that I've had to learn as a director in the games industry is that giving direction clear enough for dozens of people to understand, when done effectively, often feels inexcusably rude and blunt to my innate sensibilities.

Disney Dreamlight Valley Wishblossom Ranch DLC Gamescom preview — This one's for the horse girls gamingtrend.com/previews/dis...

People Of Unsolved Mysteries III

This is one of the most euphonious headlines I’ve ever read.

I'm happy that The Pitt -- an always entertaining and occasionally corny tv-ass tv show with a big heart and fully fleshed out, loveable characters -- won the Emmy over Severance -- a show I want to love but frequently find dull and worry isn't as smart as it thinks it is.

Last week my four year old nephew saw a picture of Sonic the Hedgehog and asked "Is that me when I was a hedgehog?" and I haven't been able to stop thinking about the implications.

I finally got my wife to play Pentiment, probably the most "made for her" game of all time, so that's my good deed of the month handled.

Maps are so beautiful. A map means a human cared. And usually the bigger the thing being mapped, the more humans cared.

Loved this article about how our new rideable mounts can transform certain activities in the game... like pumpkin-farming. www.videogameschronicle.com/features/dis...

Using open world game design techniques to improve vacations for me and my wife

Animal Crossing-Esque Cosy Game Disney Dreamlight Valley Saddles Up with New PS5, PS4 Expansion.

I was a Firaxis narrative designer/writer and lost my job today. Any help sharing leads on new opportunities would be great! Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co

This week we announced our next expansion, Disney Dreamlight Valley: Wishblossom Ranch. It will bring everything players have come to expect from expansions (new biomes, villagers, quests) along with rideable mounts -- both your own customizable horses and beloved ones straight out of Disney movies!

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight. I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open: emmkid.info

⚡️ NEW: Design levels and quests for Dreamlight Valley! ✨ 💼 [Disney Dreamlight Valley] Junior Level and Quest Designer 🏢 Gameloft 🇨🇦 Montréal, QC 📃 Full Time 🎚 2+ years exp 🏷 #GameDesign, #LevelDesign, #QuestDesign, #Disney Link to apply below 👇

The first big publisher that decides not to spend $100m on one AAA game and instead spends $20m on five AA games, or even $10m on 10 games, is going to make so much money...and they'll all pretend it's some amazing new business model rather than just How It Used To Work Before You Broke It.

This German donair sandwich nearly killed me and I'm okay with it

The smile everyone makes in game dev when they say "Haha yeah hangin in there"