This page is fantastic. It's a "best hits of game narrative blogging" and it can teach a student more about narrative design and production best practices than many university programs will bother to. I am also very proud to report that my writing is on it several times

A side project I've been working on—a curated link page of important essays on video game narrative—is now live. You can read about it on my blog: azhdarchid.com/the-game-nar... Or you can go straight to the dedicated website: www.gamenarrativereader.org

I'm gonna speak at Game Devs of Color this year! :DDD For this talk I'm focusing on the trailer for Skin Deep by @blendogames.bsky.social. Everything from getting the job through finishing it up. It'll be a whirlwind walk through my process for making a trailer.

I chatted about filmic cuts --

turn-based strategy mockups from ~2006 (❤️ Close Combat) #archive

I've been replaying Wolfenstein The New Order and it's still SO good. Really wonderful work, one of my favorites. Amazing use of a modified Rage/idTech5 engine

Monday sketch: M828 Goldfinch #archive

welcome back, quake 3 mouth 😌

The Witcher 3: you can whistle for your horse before starting a conversation #archive

Monday sketch: M821 Wallaby #archive

action therapist trailer 1-4

money is jut a concept but "Wheel World" is conceptually less than a Hamilton right now

did you know??? Doom3 has a "saving throw" system. Melee enemies auto-miss fatal attacks, on a 5 second cooldown timer #archive

Monday sketch: M814 Polecat #archive

Why I love the command line. www.jank.cool/i-love-the-c...

"They're waiting for you, Gordon... in the tessstt chammberrr" (Mt Wilson Observatory)

The award winning Quadrilateral Cowboy by @blendogames.bsky.social is celebrating their 10th anniversary with a game update! Check out the Steam Sale and new 10th Anniversary Bundle! More Details: store.steampowered.com/news/app/240...

Skin Deep is in the Steam Summer Sale, 40% OFF store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S... Here's 4 fun facts about the Skin Deep shotgun:

Celebrating Quadrilateral Cowboy's 10 Year Anniversary with a new update! 💾 Added a brand new EXTRAS menu with a collection of development videos 💾 Added a bunch of new Developer Commentary nodes throughout the game 💾 Squashed some bugs Enjoy! store.steampowered.com/app/240440/Q...

For your perusal: Skin Deep is 40% off for the next two weeks and it contains what I believe to be some of my finest work store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Just Cause 3's resume-last-saved-game transition 💯 💯 💯 #archive

I wrote about level design readability: blendogames.com/news/post/20...

attempt at unifying FPS viewmodel + bodymodel this created too many pipeline changes to pursue, but it's a pretty special feel imo ~2016 prototype work #archive

I wrote about level design readability: blendogames.com/news/post/20...

Monday sketch: wheeling and dealing in Sub Rosa #archive

nice level design switcheroo from 007 First Light

Appreciation post for snow particles bopping against James Bond

007 First Light hair appreciation post

I will always appreciate a nice IOI crowd scene

Thirty Flights of Loving update! 👉 it's now Steam Deck Verified! 👉 Gravity Bone (included in the download) now has developer commentary! 👉 Fixes to the save/load system! store.steampowered.com/app/214700/T... Big thanks to Ethan Lee www.flibitijibibo.com for helping make this update happen

The JamesBondiverse game console... bringing back the cartridge slot, good 🙏

Thirty Flights of Loving update! 👉 it's now Steam Deck Verified! 👉 Gravity Bone (included in the download) now has developer commentary! 👉 Fixes to the save/load system! store.steampowered.com/app/214700/T... Big thanks to Ethan Lee www.flibitijibibo.com for helping make this update happen

Monday sketch: barrel sentry #archive

🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 Eradicate hordes of monsters in this 🗽Immersive 👥survivors roguelite 🌃set in a destructible city OUT NOW! 🛠️fun weapon crafting 🐱large cast of characters 🏗️dynamic environments 🔊pumping soundtrack Play the demo/check it out today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

Excited to announce our friends at @kleientertainment.bsky.social will be co-stewards of these Blendo titles: Atom Zombie Smasher, Thirty Flights of Loving, Quadrilateral Cowboy We're part of Klei Fest 2026 -- check it out! klei.gg/KleiFest2026

"This is you" [picture of machinegun] Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (2005) #archive

Monday Sketch: Space Operative #archive

Try the demo for Blood Dungeon, our newest game coming later this summer to Steam, PS5, and Xbox X|S! store.steampowered.com/app/4666390/...

CanYouCarryTheDog .com Mad Max (2015) Carryable: Y

Releasing a new tool today: Blendo Wav Tool For browsing/searching through all of your audio assets. Loads: wav ogg mp3 flac opus This is a cleaned-up version of what we used during Skin Deep development. Free 👉Download blendogames.itch.io/blendo-wav-t... 👉Source code github.com/blendogames/...

dog being a compass that points you toward landmines in Mad Max (2015): brilliant #archive

Really lovely wandering duststorm fx work in Mad Max (2015) #archive

Monday Sketch: space operative attempting to enter vent while wearing oversized backpack #archive

Here we go! My game, Neighborhoods - wishlist if you're into some cozy urbanism! Or claymation characters getting pancaked: store.steampowered.com/app/3922000/...

This is a great thread 🙌 Derek made our Skin Deep release trailer and was a joy to work with. The prep work he did to dig in and deeply understand the game was amazing, and made the trailer truly sing imo (the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SvX... )

videogametoilets .com 007 First Light (2026) Toilet: Y Type: 1-piece Flush type: dual flush Plunger: chrome-plated

LevelDesignerWasHere .com #archive

Monday Sketch: Health System #archive

Demonschool is SO GOOD 💯💯💯