This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

hi everybody! I'm urgently looking for full-time game writing/narrative design work. I'm a 6-year industry pro working with both AAA and indie studios on titles like Borderlands 4, Endoparasitic, and [REDACTED]. I also edit and consult! Updated portfolio is live on my new site: www.nessacannon.com

the thing that drives me insane about genAI/chatgpt bullshit is that brother, the process IS the work IS the entire thing. no artist comes to art for the final result. the final result is inextricable from the fucking labor that came into making it

Why did they bring Lara's boob to waist ratio back

I'm so excited to announce our FIRST GAME EVER: The House of Hikmah!!! 🎉 Congrats to everyone at Lunacy, we worked so hard to get here. I can't wait to show you more! For sneak peeks, join our Discord: discord.gg/FWnpQDtsxq

Grave Seasons was voted the 24th Most Wanted game at the @pcgamer.com show! 😮 Thank you for your support! We can't wait for folks to journey to Ashenridge in 2026. Get ready to reap what you sow. 🪦🌾

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Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything

A note about the TGAs worth remembering as this Future Class story unfolds: it’s a marketing beat, consumer-facing, and voted on by media/influencers. Developers are, by design, not included or considered in the structure. Which feels bad! www.polygon.com/explained/49...

The story an environment tells is as important as the dialogue you hear. That’s why concepting is such an important part of our design process. #indiedev #indiegame

wanted to boost this again since, unsurprisingly, nothing has panned out (remember this isn't normal!) open to contract and full time work, games-adjacent or no

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

In about 2 weeks, this game dev is going to celebrate their 39th birthday while stressing out about being unemployed for more than 6 months. I don't expect much for a birthday, but if you have the opportunity to share my consultancy services with someone else that needs it, that'd be a great gift.

“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”

Please contact your senators about KOSA. This bill has amassed a lot of cosponsors. We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!

we are a serious development team and we are making a very cool and serious game. the crab hands and furbies with oversized teeth and presentations about how cursed the grinch is are all part of the process i swear

We’re looking for a Narrative Design Intern for this summer to come help us work on Star Wars: Jedi! www.respawn.com/careers/narr...

BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

Hi #Portfolioday l! I'm Emma Kidwell, an award nominated writer and designer experienced in indie and AAA. I've worked in all stages of game development from polish to pitching. I'm adaptable, quick to learn, and available for full time and contact work ✍️ ✨ emmkid.info

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

Nobody wants AI. Nobody wants photo realism. Nobody wants anything from Elon Musk. If you think you do, when you reeeaally stop and think about it, no you don't

Castle Rat. Oh my god

My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.

Um YES????

Girls don't want flowers girls want the save room throne from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

Spotify needs to have options for epilepsy/photosensitivity warnings on the clips that play when you open a song. Why am I getting flashbanged flipping through music

Not to just echo what everyone else is saying but the vibes of this are just off. Hoping more info from GDC clears things up but... hm. Hm.

so good atmosphere and story with bad combat? NOW you're playing silent hill baby

Gonna go even further: don't refer to it as "consuming media" when doing this. You aren't a consumer - it's not a product. You read books. You look at art. You watch movies and/or videos. Be careful about word choice. Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT." IT IS ART. YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.

Why. Why. WHY

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the patenting of game systems and system design harms the entire industry

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This “solo dev” and “only 3 devs” rhetoric is getting truly dangerously out of hand. Investors see this and think “I only have to pay 3 people” and the result is severely overworked and/or underpaid people and a subpar product. We need to stop treating outsourcers and contractors like ghosts.

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

I feel like what publishers took away from Baldur’s Gate’s success is that every game needs to have like 5000 hours of content, instead of the much more valuable takeaway imo: you need to let players have sex with a demon lady and a man who turns into a bear

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I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field. There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.

A project I cleared my schedule for is taking some time to get off the ground, so I’m once again open for contract work. Need a writer/editor/localizer? Let me make your women angrier and your bisexuals more chaotic.

‼️⚠️ STILL LOOKING FOR WORK & IN NEED OF HELP ⚠️‼️I'm at my wits' end. Even 'survival jobs' haven't gotten back to me. Overdrafted, overdue, & rent is coming up fast. If you're comfortable enough to help, please. If you have leads on jobs, PLEASE. Thank you. 🌺 ko-fi.com/kocobo | 🌺 paypal.me/kmarrero22

Getting mad over a game about migrants because it's promoting "illegal immigration" is one of the baddest bad faith takes they've tried yet, considering you do illegal shit in tons of video games, and many of them glorify it. BFFR.

Not shocked at all. A reminder that everything is political; if you think that politics won't affect you, think again.

Hellooooo marketing folks! It's your time to shine! ✨ Know someone who would be a good fit? You know the drill: share and tag!

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.