that one video game writer
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Award-Winning (BAFTA, Hugo, etc.) Lead Narrative Writer @ AAA Studio. Prev: Larian Studios - Baldur's Gate 3, DOS2 DLC | "makes a damn fine romance" | Ex-Mortician | They/Them | English + 中文 (简体字)
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For the sake of both a pinned post and an introduction: I'm a nonbinary gamedev in AAA with 10 years of experience as a writer and narrative designer.
I've worked on lesbian angels, dry skeletons, elves that needed a rework for 40 years, nonbinary demigods, and [REDACTED BY CORPORATE NDA]
I've worked on lesbian angels, dry skeletons, elves that needed a rework for 40 years, nonbinary demigods, and [REDACTED BY CORPORATE NDA]
One minor quibble about the current tutorialization discourse is people saying games like Elden Ring sold well without an NPC lecturing you, but also seem to have missed them adding a bunch of new tutorial hints after the game hit the mainstream.
Even Soulslikes feel the crush of the masses.
Even Soulslikes feel the crush of the masses.
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
One minor quibble about the current tutorialization discourse is people saying games like Elden Ring sold well without an NPC lecturing you, but also seem to have missed them adding a bunch of new tutorial hints after the game hit the mainstream.
Even Soulslikes feel the crush of the masses.
Even Soulslikes feel the crush of the masses.
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friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
I know it's been said before but it's astonishing how broken autocorrect is now.
I was texting my partner and said "hope you get good sleep", but added a space at the end reflexively before sending the message.
That triggered "autocorrect", so what went through was "hope you get good slew."
I was texting my partner and said "hope you get good sleep", but added a space at the end reflexively before sending the message.
That triggered "autocorrect", so what went through was "hope you get good slew."
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I know it's been said before but it's astonishing how broken autocorrect is now.
I was texting my partner and said "hope you get good sleep", but added a space at the end reflexively before sending the message.
That triggered "autocorrect", so what went through was "hope you get good slew."
I was texting my partner and said "hope you get good sleep", but added a space at the end reflexively before sending the message.
That triggered "autocorrect", so what went through was "hope you get good slew."
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Reminder: for The Prodigy’s 15th anniversary for their album Fat of the Land, the anniversary cover art simply added More Crabs
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reminder: for The Prodigy’s 15th anniversary for their album Fat of the Land, the anniversary cover art simply added More Crabs
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Hello. I need help. I lost my job last month after a medical emergency in my family, and we are hanging on by a thread. I started a Go Fund Me to try and start raising what we need to keep a roof over our heads and eat. Any help at all means the world to me right now.
gofund.me/a842a5fdc
gofund.me/a842a5fdc
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November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Hello. I need help. I lost my job last month after a medical emergency in my family, and we are hanging on by a thread. I started a Go Fund Me to try and start raising what we need to keep a roof over our heads and eat. Any help at all means the world to me right now.
gofund.me/a842a5fdc
gofund.me/a842a5fdc
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Whale fall mug 😻🐳
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Whale fall mug 😻🐳
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One of the best things to recognise in yourself as a creative person is when you are Sauceless.
Not art blocked. Not struggling with a difficult creative problem.
Being Sauceless is when you've done good work but have been staring at it for too long, and risk making it worse through noodling.
Not art blocked. Not struggling with a difficult creative problem.
Being Sauceless is when you've done good work but have been staring at it for too long, and risk making it worse through noodling.
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
One of the best things to recognise in yourself as a creative person is when you are Sauceless.
Not art blocked. Not struggling with a difficult creative problem.
Being Sauceless is when you've done good work but have been staring at it for too long, and risk making it worse through noodling.
Not art blocked. Not struggling with a difficult creative problem.
Being Sauceless is when you've done good work but have been staring at it for too long, and risk making it worse through noodling.
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Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
Kickstarter United ends six-week strike with a resounding victory
Workers secure a 4-day work week, minimum salary floor, and protection against AI.
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
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You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
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hare hare hawk
August 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
hare hare hawk
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my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
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my brain can't process how horrifying all these powerful people are because if I let it sink in I will probably scream for the rest of the week, so it keeps tripping over the fact that they're all borderline illiterate weirdos talking about doing crimes on gmail
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
my brain can't process how horrifying all these powerful people are because if I let it sink in I will probably scream for the rest of the week, so it keeps tripping over the fact that they're all borderline illiterate weirdos talking about doing crimes on gmail
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*sweating* I'm normal about the leather nun I'm normal about the leather nun I swear
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
*sweating* I'm normal about the leather nun I'm normal about the leather nun I swear
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See u next tomorrow
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
See u next tomorrow
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I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
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"All major game studios are using generative AI" the fact this is a lie aside, the ones that are using it aren't doing so willingly. It's meddling managers and CEOs with no understanding or attachment to game development forcing it on devs who end up not using anything it outputs anyway.
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"All major game studios are using generative AI" the fact this is a lie aside, the ones that are using it aren't doing so willingly. It's meddling managers and CEOs with no understanding or attachment to game development forcing it on devs who end up not using anything it outputs anyway.
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A big reason proc gen feels so different to AI in spite of superficial similarities is exactly this!!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
In case anyone ever asks, I *have* written a material generator and a music generator for Eldritch 2, but that's not AI. That's me taking all the things I personally know about those things, and writing my own tools to make the process a little faster and easier for myself. It's still 100% me, baby.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A big reason proc gen feels so different to AI in spite of superficial similarities is exactly this!!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
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Frankenstein but it’s wlw
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Frankenstein but it’s wlw
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