i'm working my way through the games submitted for BAFTAs this year in preparation for voting, and this incredible moment in Skin Deep had my entire friend group giggling

celebrating the Emmy nominees at the BAFTA TV Tea Party 🏆☕️ Thank you @bafta.org for an unforgettable weekend celebrating our BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, and for getting me to shake the hand of Gaius Baltar himself (James Callis) & cram into an elevator with Lucius Malloy (Jason Isaacs)

me: why am i in such a terrible mood @teddydief.com: because you're in the middle of breaking a story, this is your ~process~ :[

Evening Star (@eveningstar.studio) is now hiring an Art Director! We're looking for an experienced professional who can augment our team with deep knowledge of 3D art pipelines, and who is well seasoned with production experience. Do you or does someone you know fit the bill?

BAFTA Emmies Tea Party! It’s an honor to rep videogame creators, build bridges between games & film, and celebrate BAFTA Breakthrough @karriebear.bsky.social! @bafta.org @baftagames.bsky.social

⭐️BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH 2024⭐️ So honored to be part of the BAFTA Breakthrough class and getting to know these incredible trailblazers across film, TV, and games. Spending the weekend getting closer and attending the BAFTA TV Tea Party together was such a gift. Thank you @bafta.org!

cannot believe I played a laser grid room yesterday and my entire group watched my boobs block the laser and make us lose

Got the best seats in the house at last night’s Demon Slayer LA premiere! So deeply proud of my once-Funimation, now-CrunchyRoll crew killing it with bigger and bigger releases 🔥 Absolutely stunning in IMAX, see it this Friday ❤️

I returned to the Olympic Exclusion Zone to tell you a brand new, horrific story.... Pacific Drive's first story expansion coming soon!!

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

Delighted to be joining @gdocexpo.com this year for a Pacific Drive developer interview alongside master worldbuilders Larry Vargas (Environment Lead) and Kendall Wix (Level Designer)! Tune in Thurs, Sept 18th at 3:20PM a short but sweet conversation 🚗💖 #GDOCExpo @ironwood.bsky.social

Not me bursting into tears 30 seconds into the Evangelion concert. Having Yoko Takahashi START with Tamashii no Refrain was an immediate jolt back to my childhood loneliness 😭

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

back at it #AnimeNYC

An interview in which I absolutely panic over being forced to choose my favorite pizza in LA 🫣

big vouch for @hunty.biz and his team at Evening Star!!

“I am a narrative desginer and I don’t like long narrative sequences. I like gameplay”, Karrie said. 🚗If you’ve played Pacific Drive you know what she means. 😍 Thank you for your amazing talk! There’s still time to sign up for She Got Game 2026 and learn from the best. #prohelvetia #womeningames

it was the honor of a lifetime to be on this road trip with you 🥹🙏 @paullicino.bsky.social @ironwood.bsky.social @sfwa.bsky.social

Lovely to run into Dave Fennoy at BAFTA’s summer game mixer! The voice of Pacific Drive’s very own Allen Turner and President Koch ❤️ We recorded together remotely over two years ago, so it was lovely to thank him in person and tell him how he helped our creepy car game take off ❤️

I've been negotiating credit inclusion in my contracts, but only this week did someone link me the IGDA Game Crediting Guidelines! This is a GREAT reference for guidance and negotiation. Sharing it along for anyone else who didn't know this existed! igda.org/resources-ta... 👏👏 @igda.org

Dropped a new ep of @scriptlock.bsky.social yesterday w/ @karriebear.bsky.social & Ros Dachtler! 🔥 Lots of great discussions around who/what taught them the most about storytelling, things they've had to unlearn, changing games in response to fans, and more! scriptlock.simplecast.com/episodes/kar...

What a pleasure to talk writing and narrative with smarties @maxfolkman.bsky.social @nickfolkman.bsky.social and Ros Dachtler 🔥🔥 thank for having me @scriptlock.bsky.social!

I had a wonderful time talking narrative design to the brilliant talent in this year's She Got Game program via IGDA Switzerland! Any talk that incorporates Birdo is a good one imo 🤌 💖 Thanks for having me @stefonair.bsky.social @natashaskult.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social ProHelvetia 💖

BAFTA is a vibrant, thoughtful, purpose-driven organization and getting to know it as part of last year's BAFTA Breakthrough class was a dream come true. I'm still reeling from the aftereffects of it. Applications for North America 2025 are open -- y'all should apply! www.bafta.org/programmes/b...

I'm not there any more, but my old narrative team in Beijing is hiring entry-to-mid-level narrative designers to work on casual mobile titles! The catch is you have to be willing to relocate to Beijing for a few years; I did and it worked out great for me! www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...

Tokyo gamefriends 🤍 Lucas Pope, Shuhei Yoshida, Takashi Tokita, Seiji Tanaka, John Ricciardi, Karrie Shao @dukope.bsky.social @yosp-jp.bsky.social @toki0124.bsky.social @johntv.bsky.social @karriebear.bsky.social

HOMO-KUN 💀

I’m NOT at the Nebula Conference or Summer Games Fest this week due to being 6.5 weeks into my Asia trip Y’all have so much fun and I miss everyone tons ❤️

Honored to close out AAPI Heritage Month with @gamespot.com alongside such great company. Thank you @luckychanjr.bsky.social ❤️

🤍 Warm Kyoto night 🤍 Cozy pub videogames chat w @dylancuthbert.bsky.social @karriebear.bsky.social

HELLO KYOTO we’re back! I love this city. I love all the gamedevs in it. I love Y1000 - the super-charged Yakult. @karriebear.bsky.social wisely prefers Jumbo ice cream 🤍

Nebula Award voting closes in a few days! #SFWA members - give a look at Pacific Drive for best game writing! Game codes and recorded video of the story available at the link: 🧵 pacificdrivegame.carrd.co

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.

My GDC talk about crafting Pacific Drive's story with off-screen characters is on the Vault! gdcvault.com/play/1035203...

GDC Part 3: friendssssss A tiny fraction of amazing conversations all around GDC. Every minute a chance to hype up friends and all their inspirational work. This is the industry I’m so damn proud to be part of 💕

To hear an indisputable legend like Yoko Shimomura say that she "sometimes felt that she had no talent for music" absolutely rocked my world. On a day where my struggle with imposter syndrome is overwhelming, this broke through the fog for me. ♥️ #BAFTAGamesAwards

Watching the BAFTAs from US HQ, chillin with our gold boy Pacific Drive nominated for Best Debut!!! CONGRATS Lead Writer @karriebear.bsky.social & the team @ironwood.bsky.social

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Pacific Drive’s voice director is Michael Sinterniklaas, the voice of Dean Venture! So this crossover kind of already happened

GDC talk life goal ✅ A privilege to round off my year+ of speaking engagements at GDC! What a gift to have an outlet to share my 3 years of fiddly bits and overthinking about characters & narrative design. (And have STALKER 2's narrative director & a creator of our game's genre attend my talk???)

@awintory.bsky.social led a beautiful concert of game music, including the Pacific Drive title theme! Pacific Drive was nominated for IGF & GDCA awards - @karriebear.bsky.social gave a talk about her writing process for Pacific Drive, and I sat front row, screaming (positive)

the reason you should care about the new Tomodachi Life is because you can make Miis of all your friends and see which Kpop idols and anime characters they marry and what their children look like

GDC 2025, Part 1: Pacific Drive What an absolute joy and honor to see Pacific Drive represented ALL OVER GDC It was GDC 2yrs ago that we debuted our 1st playable demo. Last year, GDC came <1 month after release. Our game popped off right at launch so we got congrats, but it was nothing like 2025.

I opted NOT to attend the BAFTA Game Awards this year because I'm leaving for Asia 2 weeks after (where I will also be missing the Nebulas) am i making the worst decision ever 🥲

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GDC COMPLETE time to sleep forever

Incredible write up of my #GDC2025 talk by @azario.bsky.social! My ramblings have never sounded better 🔥

Last night’s IGF & GDCAs are why you hire writers to write, host, create, & lead. Sharp wit next to elaborate bits alongside heartfelt industry insights. They use the spotlight to highlight everyone around them and leave the audience better for it 👏 @emmakidwell.bsky.social @alexaray.bsky.social 👏

HONORED that my first GDC Awards appearance is me staring at food