Merry Christmas🐰⭐️

One final report from me before the holiday – I spoke with disabled players who noted this year's Game Awards caused seizure-like symptoms and migraines. Some reveals like Divinity caused approximately four hours of pain. Read more here: accessgranted.ghost.io/live-perform...

Caramelized onions. You agree.

AAA games executives tonight you will be visited by three spirits

The fact Auld Lang Syne is the song associated with New Years is so funny to me. Leave it to Scottish people to be like “ALRIGHT ENOUGH PARTYING EVERYONE GET BUMMED OUT NOW!!!!!”

Every time there’s a baby having an absolute meltdown in an airport I’m just like……. Honestly I get it. Me too, dude.

thank you very much

This was the first year a publication (and MULTIPLE at that) asked me for a blurb about what may personal GOTY was. I've been at this for a good while but I'm still always STUNNED when people want to know what I have to say (and I'm always happy to yap about Blue Prince). 😅 Honored to be in this! 💖

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In the Miami airport. Oohh… Aahhh.

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My team is hiring narrative designers again! * Entry to mid-level! * Casual mobile games with campy fun stories * Big caveat: after a few months remote, you gotta do a year or two in-office in Beijing! * Pay is low by US standards but great for Beijing or Europe www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...

Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words. But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.

MY GOAT #goldship #umamusume

Next year will be as 'better than this year' as we brute-force it into being, so carb up homies.

Just know I am rattling the bars of my enclosure about what I've been writing all year.

my 2026 message to all of u

You know what? Probably worth putting into dialogue the two most high profile pieces of banned media of the past two weeks: the video game Horses and the 60 Minutes report on the U.S.'s use of the CECOT prison in El Salvador.

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

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Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment co-founder and the head of EA's Battlefield series, has died at age 55. gameinformer.com/2025/12/22/v...

Every time I’m like “do I spend the money to go get a manicure” I’m like “it’s what She would have wanted”

happy holidays

microfun is hiring again if you are interested in a game writing job that won't lay you off (real): www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...

how it feels to get a bunch of fire reacts in the group chat

Hoping you all have a warm, light filled Longest Night from my little family to yours

The long nights are over, the Light begins its journey home

If there was any justice in the world we could turn over the Rogue Trader portion of the Warhammer IP to @themoonis.gay and @hazelmonforton.com

Just know I am rattling the bars of my enclosure about what I've been writing all year.

Someday soon the era of the “curtain bang” will be over, and blunt bangs will become trendy once again… And when they do…. I will have already been here for decades. Watching. Waiting.

Supporting my theory that Gàidhlig is the most dramatic-ass language around, there are TWO metal ways to talk about the Winter Solstice. 1. Oidhche nan Seachd Suipearan = lit. "The Night of Seven Suppers" because of how long it is. 2. Grian-stad a' Gheamhraidh = lit. "the sun-stop of winter"

The only acceptable amount of genAI usage is zero, IMO.

I signed multiple contracts this year that said that no AI can be used by any party in any capacity during both the making of the game or after the delivery of assets. Apart from its many ethical issues, the legal reality of genAI in IP law is a major concern for an increasing number of companies.

Sorry for starting music theory discourse on a Saturday night it will probably happen again

FUCK SOLFÈGE ALL MY HOMIES HATE SOLFÈGE

Do you ever think about the British English names for music notation and get scared

Tired of being advertised to. Never advertise anything to me ever again

Say it with me now- placeholder assets are supposed to be bright and obvious so you DON’T ship with them. Also it doesn’t matter if no ai-generated assets are in the final executable?? The rising sea levels aren’t gonna be like “oh well no one saw that so the climate change doesn’t count”

I love seeing those “art vs artist” memes because as a game writer I’d just be like “look upon my spreadsheets and despair.”

Having a cat is so cool. There is a little creature in my bed who loves me and vibrates like a tiny motorcycle and is so fuzzy and wants to snuggle. How could I want anything else

You ever see someone living your dream

Tired of being advertised to. Never advertise anything to me ever again

the little "mrrrrph" sound cats make when they jump from a high place reskeet if u agree

Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room

This sweet lad is located near Los Angeles!