Magpies in the garden absolutely tanked my cat’s framerate.

Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch! www.ashparrish.com

OPPORTUNITY Arc Raiders - Narrative Designer Not affiliated. Shares welcome! careers.embark-studios.com/jobs/6883281...

Samus must get fed up of being the chosen one for basically every single civilisation in the galaxy. *lands on new planet full of hitherto unseen flora and fauna* “Oh great, you’re here. Finally. We’ve got a load of shit we need you to sort out for us.”

The HORSES fiasco has finally got me to work out how to run games from itch.io on my Steam Deck. Turns out it’s really easy! So now I can buy more games on there and fewer on Steam! Thanks Valve!

I really love the pacing of Demonschool so far. The balance of talky bits and fighty bits is spot on. It feels very respectful of the player’s time - it’s rare to play an RPG that feels meaningful in 10-minute chunks the way this does.

"an absolute no-no" okay I thought I was using hyperbole in discussing how people talk about this stuff but fuck me. Every time an intentionally disturbing creative decision raises controversy, it's like "wuh oh. :/ I guess they didn't realize how this looks to Normal People. Whoopsie-doodle."

Happy Demonschool day to all who celebrate.

MORSE's launch discount of 20% off ends in less than an hour! Grab it whilst you can! store.steampowered.com/app/1976860/... #hamradio #gamedev #morsecode

My strategy game, MORSE released this week! MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖ #hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode

OPPORTUNITY! Creative Assembly - UK - Principal Narrative Designer Not affiliated. Shares welcome! www.creative-assembly.com/careers/view...

TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL

Alongside Elemental Flow's demo release, I wrote a short blog post. Given how Argentina is doing at the moment, I think it's useful to think about how things could be, in ways that still resonate with the soul of the city (at least my experience of it). teawithflo.com/2025/11/05/e...

I love maps in videogames. Any game that lets me scribble on maps and cross off objective rules, as far as I’m concerned. I’m realising more recently this is a pillar of survival horror games, which is probably partly why I vibe with them.

OPPORTUNITY - Respawn - Narrative Design Intern Unaffiliated. Shares Welcome hitmarker.net/jobs/respawn...

🚨🚨🚨 We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site. • We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon • Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n • See more: designroom.site

It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support. I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated

GHOST OF YŌTEI does some interesting stuff with the frankly tired AAA open-world formula. The first big thing it does is completely remove any sense of narrative urgency, which to me has always been the most jarring thing about these games.

The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized. First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow. www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...

Hekki, we’re hiring! First up: Senior Programmer! 💠 80k CAD salary 💠 Hybrid/remote work (relocation support available) 💠 Health benefits plan 💠 4-day work week 💠 4 weeks annual paid vacation, unlimited sick/personal days Job listing ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We’re also hiring for 3D Artist Generalists! 💠 80k CAD salary 💠 Hybrid/remote work (relocation support available) 💠 Health benefits plan 💠 4-day work week 💠 4 weeks annual paid vacation, unlimited sick/personal days Job listing ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

The three types of game dev job listings

Today is a really good day to wishlist Demonschool btw store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...

I got laid off from Firaxis today. I helped ship Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC and Civilization VII, and would love to talk to you about mid level Producer roles.

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

Unleash your creativity in our Make It! Play It! Workshops Create your own characters and use stop motion animation to bring them to life in our clay modelling drop-in workshop. Play it. Make it. Book it.⁠ thenvm.org/make-it-play-it/ #MakeItPlayIt #OneTicketPlayAllSummer #claymation

I want to spend all my time reading the work of people who are smarter than I am.

So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS. Please read and share this thread.

OPPORTUNITY Narrative Design Lead - Lucid Games - remote UK - 12 month fixed Not affiliated, shares welcome gamejobs.co/Narrative-De...

It's rare that I see an entry-level writing job in games so I wanted to share that Media Molecule is hiring a writer. www.brightnetwork.co.uk/graduate-job... On site in Guildford.

Hi Bluesky, could really use your help 🙏🙏 We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️ Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...

OPPORTUNITIES Principle and Senior Narrative Designers - Remote -Lakshya Digital Not affiliated, shares welcome - apply.workable.com/lakshyadigit...

OPPORTUNITIES Thread Not affiliated. Shares welcome Senior Story Editor - Larian - onsite -Guildford UK jobs.lever.co/larian/3bdc0...

I admire the purity of vision in the original Tomb Raider. It’s just all tombs, all raiding, all the way through. No modern city levels, no military bases. Sure, there’s ONE crappy mine level, but the mine is IN a tomb, so I’m still counting it.

OPPORTUNITY UK - Writers from underrepresented backgrounds. Not affiliated, shares welcome. disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...

Oh good, there is a Monster Hunter game in this Monster Hunter game after all. I was getting a little concerned after a lot of hours of cutscene -> boss fight, but, here we go!

A reminder that our debut game, Eternal Strands, is still on a Steam sale at 25% off of $40 USD. Climb and defeat huge monsters, toss creatures and objects, burn, freeze, smash the world, and enjoy a fully-voiced cast as you explore the ruins of the Enclave. store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/...

Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help? Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together. Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵 Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙

Damn, there’s nothing like a Kojima trailer, huh?

OPPORTUNITY Narrative Designer. Fulltime. Remote Not affiliated. Shares welcome jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Gameloft/744...

WHAT THE ACTUAL? We are just £200 away from finding the project we dreamed up over winter and took a huge punt on. So blown away by the support and positive reception to our little dating app that matches you with video games to fall in love with. THANK YOU! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Dear My Phone / all apps: no, I never want to be notified about anything. Thank you.

Monster Hunter team absolutely going for it with these dinner animations. This might be the first time videogame food has genuinely made me hungry.

Happy Monster Hunter day to all who celebrate.

Okay, my turn again! Do you need a narrative designer or game writer? Lucky you, because I need a job! I’ve led narrative teams and worked on some of your favorite franchises! Based in LA and not looking to relocate, but happy to travel! Open to full time or contract!

Got an indie game that should be on our Ludocene game finder app? We've added a tier to enable us to create a card and details for your game. Be on the starting line-up, ready for experts to select. Or, if you like, just pledge for a super-niche game you love. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Finally finished Metaphor ReFantazio this weekend. Just a tick over 97 hours. My word. It’s an excellent game with some real heart. First-class turn-based combat and job system. Like every Altus RPG I can remember playing, it’s about 20-30 hours too long, but I think that’s the draw for some.

Depression is a protective urge; a chemical drive to return you to the safety of your innermost den to wait for a storm to pass, a bone to knit, a wound to heal. Civilization provides eternal psychic wounds from which there is no relief to be found in retreat, a storm which will never blow away.

OPPORTUNITY Narrative internship! Guildford UK with the lovely people at Serious Point. Not affiliated, shares welcome! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...