The first Conference on BIPOC Game Studies is this September. We would love to have you involved! If you're interested in submitting, please get your pitches in by January 18. More information here: conference.blackgamestudies.com/index.html

Oh, that 18 is coming up so quickly, at which point we can start talking bookplates. Who's got it? www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

Last weekend to work on your Baby Ghosts application – they're due Monday at 11:59pm EST! 📝 Have any questions about the process? Please poke us here or email [email protected]. weirdghosts.ca/apply

I am both an American and a Cultural Anthropologist who specializes in semiotics and religion. I do not understand what is going on in this flag. At all.

Have you seen our video? The three editors discuss what the project means to them, and why writing fantastic fiction in the face of erasure is defiance. Plus, turn on or switch between captions by selecting English or українська. We hope you'll give it a look. www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

Mmm look at those author copies!!!

Author copies arrived today! I’m very excited. 😃 The Game Narrative Toolbox, 2nd Edition published by Focal Press. Pre-orders open now & shipping starts tomorrow! Congrats to my co-authors!!! (Code DIS20 for 20% off if you buy one, may not combine with other sales!)

Oh and here is the cover and ToC!

This is the best picture I will ever take

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No playing D&D with the bears.

The demo of the game I worked on with the lovely people at @gutefabrik.bsky.social is back online again! Especially recommended for cat lovers.

Heeey! My second book is now available for pre-order on Routledge! Amazing! The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers - 1st Edition - Anna Megill - (routledge.com) If you ever wanted to write video games, this book's for you ✨

I like to think Dale Gribble is in the next world, still obsessively posting on alt.conspracies.black.helicopters.

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Thank you for an amazing Gen Con Writers' Symposium 2023. Hearts were warmed, ideas sparked, and lives changed - we saw it! We'll be back soon with 2024 plans; for now we'd love to hear your feedback. We're very serious about making each year even better. 🥰 https://forms.gle/NxeKFPuB96rVVAR89

Thread: I discovered solo RPGs at Gen Con thanks to a friend. Seeing so many extravagant books and smelling those new-book pages made me want to publish a solo RPG just so I could have a cool edition too (I’m only half joking about this).

As a longtime fan, sun bears look like a drunk guy in a bear suit no matter where they are. Okay I was looking for a photo of them in the wild AND THIS IS HOW THEY CARRY THEIR CUBS. best animal of all time

it's not copyright infringement unless it's from the copyright region of france otherwise it's just sparkling piracy

The response working class people should have to “UPS drivers would make $170,000” is “Good.” That 170k includes benefits and pension money, which used to be the norm in union contracts and should be the floor of our demands. Your enemy is never another worker getting more.

I plead with you: If you are upset by something a generally good person you know to be neurodivergent says, *ask them for clarification*. 1) it's awful to find out someone was upset (or took action!) over something we didn't mean 2) being scolded over misunderstandings is a lot of our ptsd.

before you get mad at clarence thomas maybe consider if you, too, would take bribes at your job if it were impossible to get in trouble

Dear god what fresh hell is this for writers?

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I'm looking to commission a trans artist/illustrator to create the cover for my book. Anyone have ideas for people I should reach out to? Self-nominations welcome!

When people ask how long it took me to do the research for the Marvel Multiverse RPG, I answer, "Most of my life." As proof, I offer Exhibit A, a paper I wrote in 7th grade, back in 1980/81. (I got an A on it. “An unusual topic but interesting.”)

My luggage finally arrived 13 hours behind me, after I arrived home 13 hours after I was supposed to. I now consider my Gen Con officially over.

Only a couple for days until @genconwriters.org ! 🎲 ♟️ ✨ 🚀 🖋️ 📚 🎯 🎮 For those attending, it'll be fun, nerdy and informative! And I might have a handful of giveaways on my panels 📚 Discover more: https://genconwriters.org/authors/ #AuntieEditor

Three very different and very interesting writers talking real deal about story structure - this is going to be fascinating. Maybe you'll join us for - Using Story Structure Models at #GenCon #GenCon2023

What a few years it's been. In this changed world, hear writers talk about how to work (effectively!) from home. Interested? We hope you'll join us for a lovely Sunday morning discussion on Working From Home at #GenCon #GenCon2023

We're about to start loading the bundles onto our Collectible Drives, but - oh - first we added *more* - books, music, an RPG - we hope you love what we've put together: https://genconwriters.org/2023/07/24/announcing-the-first-ever-gen-con-writers-symposium-collectible-drive/ #GenCon #GenCon2023

Some ongoing level design work in our hand-animated #indiegame, Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends #gamedev

Do you love fanfic? Love writing it? Want to get into it? Want to know what techniques especially resonate in the world of making the familiar our own? We hope you'll join us for: Writing Beloved FanFic #GenCon #GenCon2023

It's portfolioday! Name's Devin, I'm a non-binary character designer and illustrator. I make a ton of fantasy and sci-fi art of black and brown characters and I'm open to freelance and commissioned work! I have a small following so likes and reskeets are much appreciated!

Still Available at Gen Con (Search "Derek Tyler Attico") - Word, Image, and Sound: Exploring Audiovisual Thinkers - New Directions in Story-Driven Games - The AfroFutures - Building Bold Worlds ($10) - Writing Tools - Wakanda: Protopia versus Utopia

Still Available at Gen Con (Search Katherine Monasterio) - Craft Knockout Syntax ($10) - Writing FanFic - Timing the Perfect Heroic Fight - Ask the Editor - Writer-Editor Relationships - First Chapter Milestones ($10) - Nail Your Novel's End ($8) - The Rifle on the Mantle - Land Your Character Arcs

Releasing in less than a week, with the in-person release event a week from Saturday--have you marked your calendar and pre-ordered your copy yet? :D

For the first time at Gen Con's @genconwriters.org, we’re offering critiques of videogame portfolios! You can get your tickets here: https://gencon.com/events/236626.

🧵 I’m leading a workshop at Gen Con's @genconwriters.org this August on descriptive writing. If you’ve ever struggled with this or just want more practice, this is the workshop for you! You can buy your tickets here: https://gencon.com/events/236669.

🧵 Please join me for my “What to Include in Your Videogame Writing Portfolio” workshop at Gen Con's @genconwriters.org! You can buy your tickets here: https://gencon.com/events/236670.