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Alex Puncekar
@alexpuncekar.bsky.social
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Writes SFF and horror. Games writer. Assistant editor at @nightmare-magazine.com and reviewer at @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social.

Looking for work!

ajpuncekar@gmail.com
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Alex Puncekar @alexpuncekar.bsky.social · Sep 17
After cleaning up the website a bit, I wanted to say: hi! I'm Alex Puncekar, a game writer based in Madison, WI. I'm looking for work! With over four years working on solo and team environments, I'd make a great addition to your project. You can find my website and portfolio here: alexpuncekar.com
A picture of a white man wearing a green jacket sits in a bar with a drink in his hand. There's purple lighting everywhere.
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mrsambarlow.bsky.social
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
alexpuncekar.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want (I'm cheating and giving you a paragraph).

This is Wyrd City. Go and Be Wyrd.
Part 1: Everything
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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nochorus.bsky.social
Screenshot of Tweets that say: "Once at my granny's house my uncle excitedly said a James Bond film was on the tv. My Da said "sure they're all the same, a load of lads shooting at one lad then a mountain blows up." My uncle got really mad at how reductive that was then became furious when the mountain blew up. My Da, of course, knew it was the one where the mountain blows up at the end. This was a foundational lesson which illustrated to me that walking the path of the hater means knowing more about something that people who profess to like it."
February 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
alexpuncekar.bsky.social
I haven't really given the whole performative reading thing much thought but if you do happen to see me out there reading can you tell me how good and cool I look?
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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emmakidwell.bsky.social
i guess you can't spell arc raiders without AI 😔 this sucks and if you're a dev you should be speaking out about it!
luminouslyiii.bsky.social Luminouslyiii ✨⚔ @luminouslyiii.bsky.social · 4d
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.

They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
AI generated content disclosure via Arc Raider's Steam page: The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: During the development process, we may use procedural- and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our own development team.
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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culturecrave.co
Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'

"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"

(via Variety)
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
alexpuncekar.bsky.social
Got to play this at #MDEV and it was so dope.
newtkinggames.bsky.social Newt King Games @newtkinggames.bsky.social · 13d
Excited to have a booth at MDEV this year showcasing my upcoming typing game Wordlock!

Be sure to wishlist it on Steam to stay updated and get alerted about the demo coming in the next few weeks.
store.steampowered.com/app/3584330
@wigamesalliance.bsky.social
@theredfriend.bsky.social
#MDEV2025
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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hammancheez.bsky.social
You heard me
90s kid giving fingerguns in stylised video game neon backdrop saying “I don’t really give a fuck what people buy with food stamps and if you do it’s because you’re a fucking loser”
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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nathanrlong.bsky.social
Back on the market after, uh, quite a while, so I made a little portfolio site. Feeling like an actual grown up. Please have a look!
Nathan Long: Writer
Resume and Portfolio site for Nathan Long
nathanlongwriter.carrd.co
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
alexpuncekar.bsky.social
I've got another interview out! @stevewestenra.bsky.social talks to me about his upcoming novella THE BARBARIAN AT STAR'S END, which, like, look at that artwork. I know you wanna read it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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ninocipri.bsky.social
I didn‘t forget, I just have a lot on my mind!
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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phineas.bsky.social
New awareness campaign
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
alexpuncekar.bsky.social
I have TWO interviews out today, both from incredible authors with amazing talent.
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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amuly.bsky.social
Yup, autochecked for me, even tho I unpinned and have every gemini setting I possibly can turned off. Absolute fuckheads
"Gemini Share your Gemini Gems with Others" with 'use by default newly unchecked
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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culturecrave.co
“Fuck AI”

— Guillermo del Toro

🎥 Vanity Fair
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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nurse.fish
Youtube is full of ads, spotify is full of ads, tumblr is full of ads, pinterest is full of ads. Everything uses ai. Every new update makes the website/app worse. Youtube auto translates almost every video I want to watch. Sometimes pinterest only loads ads for me. Check out this new ai feature. Here's a new update that breaks ur laptop. Here's a new update that breaks ur phone. Why are u complaining about ur phone, just get the newest iphone lol. Join my patreon. Join my membership. Pay a monthly membership to get all features. Upgrade your membership to get even more features. Subscribe to netflix. Subscribe to disney. Subscribe to amazon. Subscribe to hulu. This content isn't available in ur country. This content was removed. This website was removed. This feature only exists for apple. U need to a WiFi connection to play this game. This app only exists for apple. U need an account. We need your email to finish creating this account. We need your number to finish creating your account. We need your id to finish creating your account. In order to delete your account please write an email. In order to delete your account you need a laptop. Oops our database was hacked and ur information was stolen. Ur data was sold from this random website u used once 10 years ago. Spam call. Spam call. Spam call.
October 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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alexaray.bsky.social
The shorter games with worse graphics made by less people discourse is starting again and the nuance lost in this conversation is: we absolutely CAN make big, hyper-realistic games, sustainably. The problem -- and the money drain -- is executive pay, leadership overreach, mismanagement, and whims.
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
alexpuncekar.bsky.social
he sleep
Two cats - one all black, the other a tuxedo - lay down on a beige couch. The all black cat sleeps on his back, his paws in the air and his mouth partially open. The tuxedo cat moves in the shot, blurring her out. A close up on a black cat's face, his eyes clothes and his mouth partially open.
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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victormanibo.com
Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, all coming for you this fall.

Thank you, @megelison.bsky.social for the kind words!

More info below
Reddish brown background showing detail of an ornate wood carving. Foreground is text that reads: "Manibo is the kind of writer who knows what's forever: the gothic, the triumph of queers, the family fable. He puts all that up against what cannot stand: colonialism, small-mindedness, the lies that keep us from ourselves. The Villa, Once Beloved is a now and forever banger." Meg Elison, author of The Pill Below the text is an image of the hardcover for THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo On the lower left and lower right hand corners are the logos of Erewhon Books and Kensington Publishing respectively
October 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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andraste.fuckbgp.com
no, i’m not tired of ‘being nice.’ yes, i still want to ‘go apeshit.’ these things can coexist. now stop asking me.
October 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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jessothomson.co.uk
It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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solorpglist.com
New to the #SoloRPG List: Final Round by @alexpuncekar.bsky.social
A one page, two-player RPG about one-on-one battles and the drama between fighters
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...
Cover for the RPG, Final Round. Purple and red explosive text on a white background.
October 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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solorpglist.com
New to the #SoloRPG List: It's in the Vents! by @alexpuncekar.bsky.social
Journal about your encounters with a dangerous creature in the darkness of space.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...
Cover for the RPG, It's in the Vents! by Alex Puncekar. A picture of a swirling cloud vortex that is seemingly taken from space
October 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM