John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working
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Senior writer at Larian Studios. I talk about beans too much.
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December in books
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Larian Studios
21 days ago
The plot thinnens. With a 93 Metacritic score, the award-winning Divinity: Original Sin 2 is now yours to play on Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5! Upgrade for free or begin your adventure today and prepare for what lies ahead.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Now Available On Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S, & PlayStation 5!
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Ben Taels
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Apart from a few execs and directors whose names get out there? Everyone. Everyone in game dev doesn't get enough appreciation for what they do.
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19Gecko🦎comms open🦎
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#BaldursGate3
#Halsin
Master Halsin carving a wood duck🦆
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Hi we’re back
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November in books
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Naomi Alderman
about 1 month ago
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
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I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/the-critics/games/article/im-a-novelist-whos-just-bought-a-video-games-company-heres-why-you-should-care-about-games-writing
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Ramona
about 2 months ago
Me: Wanna rewatch the Mummy with me? Husband: Sure, but didn't we rewatch it fairly recently? Me: I don't see how that's relevant.
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🦝 Sweet rabbit ❄️🎄🏳️🌈
about 2 months ago
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025
#GoldenJoystickAwards
! And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to
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Is there a term for when you see a post you like, but realise it was posted mere seconds ago so don’t like it immediately for fear of seeming over-eager?
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Molly Crabapple
about 2 months ago
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Gayming Magazine
about 2 months ago
"I code so others can dream." Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer. Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer:
gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
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Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
https://gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gayming-icon-and-lgbtq-games-pioneer-rebecca-heineman-has-died/
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Office Thanksgiving potluck is approaching so time to practise making misshapen baked goods
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squƐ≡ͣ🮲🮳y from:me
about 2 months ago
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I’d be out of work
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Orcspiration
about 2 months ago
RELISH IN THE SCREAMS OF YOUR ENEMIES! HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH WATER TODAY?
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When you involve producers in social events you wind up added to WhatsApp groups called bug men just for the purpose of going to see Bugonia.
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William Gibson
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Maggie Harrison Dupré
2 months ago
inside you there are two wolves
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Beanbag looks like an upset cyclops walrus
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노격(prajjna)
2 months ago
입힘ㅋㅋㅋ
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October in books (2/2)
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October in books (1/2)
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Visually sumptuous and heartfelt performances, but some questionable adaptation choices, 3/5
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Frankentime
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Someone’s confused by the clocks changing
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Met a celebrity in Berlin over the weekend. Smaller than I expected, didn’t look like she could swallow a lawyer seated on a toilet.
3 months ago
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Kawareo
3 months ago
Ballerina AU Lae'zel + shadowzel
#bg3
#Lae'zel
#Shadowheart
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Andy Walsh
3 months ago
OPPORTUNITY - Respawn - Narrative Design Intern Unaffiliated. Shares Welcome
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Narrative Design Intern, Summer 2026 (Jedi) - Respawn Entertainment | Hitmarker
Respawn Entertainment is hiring a Narrative Design Intern, Summer 2026 (Jedi). Apply now on Hitmarker.
https://hitmarker.net/jobs/respawn-entertainment-narrative-design-intern-summer-2026-jedi-1544577
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Update to the update: being spoiled at her grandmother’s house for the weekend
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3 months ago
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Looked inside; everyone was needy and love-starved
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Jamie Z 💜COMMS OPEN
3 months ago
The Baptism of Shadowheart 🌙
#JamieArt
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Anna Megill
3 months ago
The OTHER project at CDPR's Boston studio is hiring a Lead Writer. (FT, onsite preferred) Come work with a very chill and creative team on Project Sirius ✨️
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...
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Lead Writer
Company Description: To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social medi...
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED/744000086238190-lead-writer-
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September in books
3 months ago
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Aliona Baranova
3 months ago
this is jen’s first EVER award nomination in games 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ so proud of her vote for jen, ben & expedition (throw in a lies of p overture vote while you’re there too 😉) !
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Guillermo del Toro
3 months ago
Physical miniature finishing-
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Update: on the mend and enjoying the blandest of chicken broths to keep her hydration up
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3 months ago
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Ginnie has gastric distress this week and desires sympathy & well wishes
3 months ago
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Ada SanGiovanni
3 months ago
A combination of two portraits I did this year ❤️ On the right features
@aliona.bsky.social
and the Simon Cowell of squirrels herself Corinna. On the left, we have Jennifer English, gods' favorite princess Shadowheart, and her writer
@johncorcoran.bsky.social
! Each one took about 60 hours to complete
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Larian Studios
3 months ago
For those of you playing on Steam Deck, Baldur’s Gate 3 now also features a native Steam Deck build! Running natively on the platform, you should now see a better framerate, lower loading times, and smoother gameplay 🙌
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Reading behind a pillar to try and dodge performative male accusations
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Anna Megill
4 months ago
One of the coolest jobs on the planet opened up at our Warsaw studio. Be a lore master for The Witcher ✨️
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Lore Master
Company Description: To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social medi...
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED/744000082230557-lore-master
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Better half back from her business trip to India with an array of new snacks:
4 months ago
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Quintessa Knight
4 months ago
And not to go all Levar Burton on you hoes but I just spent the whole day reading a book and I’m fairly certain the world would be a better place if more people did that
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Andy Walsh
4 months ago
I have played games with amazing cinematic pieces written by games writers. I have watched abysmal pieces of cinema written by screenwriters. I have cleared up game projects that were systemically destroyed by the ego/ignorance of writers who moved into games without learning the medium. I have had-
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Alexa Ray Corriea
4 months ago
This “solo dev” and “only 3 devs” rhetoric is getting truly dangerously out of hand. Investors see this and think “I only have to pay 3 people” and the result is severely overworked and/or underpaid people and a subpar product. We need to stop treating outsourcers and contractors like ghosts.
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I’ve ran the numbers and have concluded that my dog gets more food and better drugs than I do
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Team Cherry
4 months ago
The hunt is on! Hollow Knight: Silksong is available now on all platforms, including day one on Xbox Game Pass!
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Rascal News
4 months ago
A Rascal sister site has launched:
@roguesite.bsky.social
Former-Polygon writers have gotten together to launch a worker-owned video game journalism outlet (with a little rascally help). If you mourned the loss of one site, celebrate the birth of another, and support the people making it happen.
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Rogue joins the worker-owned journalism crew
Congratulations, it's a website!
https://www.rascal.news/rogue-joins-the-worker-owned-journalism-crew/
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Manzi Rae
4 months ago
Very good last day ever as Larian's Shadowheart and I only almost cried like 3 times 🥹❤️
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