Meanwhile, in escapism... this seems like an excellent use of two minutes now (cast your vote) and many hours in future (build Shakepeare's Globe out of LEGO): beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Seriously how hard is it to say “This is an outrageous attack on our friends and neighbours who are in this country legally and have followed all the rules to get settled status, who are valued members of our communities, get to fuck frog-face”?

Games Workshop are looking for an Assistant Game Designer ( for the physical game). Feels like a rare assistant-level job in the field! jobs.games-workshop.com/search-and-a... ( I'm not affiliated with GW, just sharing a rare entry-level job)

Today’s mood, courtesy of Leake Street Arches:

Opportunity here for a writer on a low income to get access to a nine week novel writing course taught by the great @silvanhistorian.bsky.social www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/break...

Posted this today. Please apply. www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2027...

This video was down for most of the past week because YouTube took down the Writers' Guild channel(!), but now it's back online. Enjoy!

This morning I rediscovered a children's story I wrote nearly 20 years ago. Totally forgot it existed. Designer Yami Prajapati made an illustrated version. I'll nudge her and see if I can share some of it.

Had great fun yesterday sitting in on a voiceover session of our sweariest character. Hats off to my colleague Luciana for some wonderfully creative filth. An expletive for every occasion. Hoping some of these will go full meme.

For anyone looking to get into games writing as a career, @writersguildgb.bsky.social has uploaded a panel session I did with @coreybrotherson.bsky.social, @marygoodden.bsky.social and James Chew of @failbettergames.com, talking about that very subject: youtu.be/fcOXhmTk1tM?...

Giant Squid doing layoffs after SoTS released to glowing reviews is a prime example of how the industry is currently broken.

Hey everyone! It’s 25 August, which means we’re two-thirds of the way to Christmas! You’re welcome.

I’m afraid to say this is very attractive. Got to love a passionate nerd. He knows his shit.

There's a temptation to crowbar Matt Berry into everything, but this might just be the perfect role for him.

Not a writing role, but you'll still help us make a kickass story as lead narrative producer www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2010...

Having discovered those Perplex City cards from ancient Mind Candy last week, I now see that they're Kickstarting a reboot of Moshi Monsters! I remember when MM was a tiny idea called Puzzle Monsters... 👹 www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...

JOB ALERT: Gearbox is hiring a full-time Senior Writer role. job-boards.greenhouse.io/2k/jobs/6676...

Just got my ticket! Many thanks to the organisers for staging the thing on my doorstep. :)

OPPORTUNITY Absolutely affiliated. Shares welcome writersguild.org.uk/wggb-job-vac...

My mate Adrian returned from Germany with this glorious, pristine stash, found in the back of a comic shop in Nuremberg. Nostalgia has never been so shiny.

New Writers Prize for 5,000 word short story. Prize is £3K and scholarship for MA at Brunel University, runner up prizes too. Details in link. Please share :)

Goooooood morning, Bluesky! CD PROJEKT RED is hiring two more writers for Cyberpunk 2. Come tell razor-sharp stories with my talented crew! #games #writing We need an Expert Writer jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED... And a Senior Writer jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...

Apparently, it is International Tiger Day on the same day as my stripy floof’s birthday. Ten years old and still a kitten! ❤️🐈

Caught these two gossiping outside just now. “You’ll never guess who’s burying their nuts in Deirdre’s garden…”

Probably my favourite comic shop in London - and they’re hiring.

Today’s street art roundup.

Had a lovely murdery morning today at a preview of Mark Gatiss’ new TV show, Bookish. I even managed to grab Mark after the (excellent) Q&A for a chat about ‘Sherlock: The Network’ and in-game deduction systems.

‘Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad’ (my cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books)

Call for a voice actor! We’re looking to cast a female actress for our next game. Vocal age 25-35, Northern England accent, preferably Mancunian, incl. Pakistani and Indian Mancunian accents. That’s you? Then send a sample to [email protected], marked “casting call”. Paid gig, ofc <3 RTs!

Very excited to have been invited to a User Research session at Lego's London HQ next week. I spend so much of my life being a professional game-making geek that it feels liberating to be an amateur toy-buying geek for an hour. I can have *opinions* and let other people deal with the consequences!

Great to see Clockwork Revolution getting a shout-out here. :)

America’s markets may be tanking but Butterkist sales are going through the roof.

That feeling when work follows you home.

Tiny celebration klaxon! 🎉 A short comedy script I wrote, 'Showdown,' has been longlisted for CenterFrame Selects, judged by Emmy nominee Michael Jamin. Fingers crossed for the next round.

Why try to make AI pretend to be human when it's more profitable to make humans pretend to be AI?

Got up early and went to Richmond Park. Stumbled into a David Attenborough clip.

I should not be quote-posting myself about this shit less than a month later.

Oh FFS.

Pleased but slightly bemused to see the new surge in appreciation for Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Love those space battles! hitmarker.net/news/star-wa...

Went out for a coffee and a walk this morning only to find that someone had set the city to MAXIMUM LONDON.

Our cat has a neck injury so we got him a black turtle-neck sweater to stop him scratching at it. Now he looks like a Special Forces operative who will knife me the moment my back is turned.

If live music is so great then why do I enjoy watching YouTube videos of DJs playing vinyl records in their kitchen on the TV in my living room?

I was lucky enough to attend this event last night, saluting a playwright who consistently fought against racism, division, oppression and injustice in all its forms. A moving occasion that sadly showed we still need more Athols, in the UK and beyond.

On this day of immigrant-bashing and Englishness tests, I should mention that my Spanish dad not only ran an English village pub for years but also produced a son who wrote for Wallace & Gromit and was paid by the British Council to promote British culture. People with accents can contribute too! 😱

Go to therapy.

chart drafted by a friend about the difference between indie and AA, and AAA game developers

Sixty years ago today, my dad arrived in the UK from Spain (via France). It was supposed to be one stop on a working tour of Europe before going home and settling down with a nice Spanish girl. Instead, he met a flame-haired hotel receptionist from Oldham, settled here and had two kids. Ta, dad. ♥️

There will be career advice and, inherently, a lot of swearing.

Are you the type of person to carefully concoct a watertight tale, complete with world-building and pronunciation guide for that mysterious new stomach bug, all so you don’t have to go to work tomorrow? Lovely jubbly, we want your voice for our brand new storytelling department.

It will forever amuse me that the Writers Guild of America and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain can't agree on whether or not they should have an apostrophe.