Giles Armstrong
@gilesarmstrong.bsky.social
Award-nominated Game Writer; Principal Writer at Wushu Studios.
Prev: 3x Assassin's Creed; Horizon Forbidden West; Guardians of the Galaxy; Destruction AllStars; + *many* more.
BAFTA member, juror; ex-BAFTA Games Committee member. Views my own. He/him.
Prev: 3x Assassin's Creed; Horizon Forbidden West; Guardians of the Galaxy; Destruction AllStars; + *many* more.
BAFTA member, juror; ex-BAFTA Games Committee member. Views my own. He/him.
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December 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
December 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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it’s like poetry; it rhymes.
December 25, 2024 at 4:57 AM
it’s like poetry; it rhymes.
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never heard a version of Green Hill Zone I didnt like
November 19, 2024 at 7:50 PM
never heard a version of Green Hill Zone I didnt like
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Happy 2-year anniversary to Pentiment.
November 15, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Happy 2-year anniversary to Pentiment.
Nintendo just released a new pomodoro app 🥳
youtu.be/DQ5EeImWYaI?...
(I guess it plays music too, or something 😏)
Android link: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
youtu.be/DQ5EeImWYaI?...
(I guess it plays music too, or something 😏)
Android link: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Nintendo Music – Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Nintendo of America
youtu.be
October 31, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Nintendo just released a new pomodoro app 🥳
youtu.be/DQ5EeImWYaI?...
(I guess it plays music too, or something 😏)
Android link: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
youtu.be/DQ5EeImWYaI?...
(I guess it plays music too, or something 😏)
Android link: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
For my birthday today, feel free to extend a follow. 😉👍 I'll start posting a bit more soon. 😎
September 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM
For my birthday today, feel free to extend a follow. 😉👍 I'll start posting a bit more soon. 😎
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OK, that starter pack I was working on a few weeks ago, I finished it up. Since if you're reading this you're already on Bluesky, for you this will let you follow a bunch of Games-adjacent people on Bluesky to get your feeds popping off. Please enjoy!
go.bsky.app/Hfdwrad
go.bsky.app/Hfdwrad
September 14, 2024 at 9:48 PM
OK, that starter pack I was working on a few weeks ago, I finished it up. Since if you're reading this you're already on Bluesky, for you this will let you follow a bunch of Games-adjacent people on Bluesky to get your feeds popping off. Please enjoy!
go.bsky.app/Hfdwrad
go.bsky.app/Hfdwrad
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My incredible colleague @asted.bsky.social has one hell of a report on the recent goings-on at Pixar, particularly behind Inside Out 2 and some of the studio's other bizarre choices. Please give this a read: www.ign.com/articles/ins...
Inside Out 2 Was the Hit Pixar Needed, but the Laid-Off Employees Who Crunched on It Are Still Hurting - IGN
Inside Out 2 is the highest-grossed animated film ever. But behind the scenes, Pixar workers grappled with crunch, layoffs, and an avoidance of LGBTQ+ themes. Our report of the tumultuous making of th...
www.ign.com
September 16, 2024 at 4:13 PM
My incredible colleague @asted.bsky.social has one hell of a report on the recent goings-on at Pixar, particularly behind Inside Out 2 and some of the studio's other bizarre choices. Please give this a read: www.ign.com/articles/ins...
Hey everybody. I'm new here. 👋
If you have a minute, could you reply with your favourite or recommended follows?
And if you want to spread positivity, feel free to tag the account in your reply, and say why you think they're great. 😁
If you have a minute, could you reply with your favourite or recommended follows?
And if you want to spread positivity, feel free to tag the account in your reply, and say why you think they're great. 😁
September 2, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Hey everybody. I'm new here. 👋
If you have a minute, could you reply with your favourite or recommended follows?
And if you want to spread positivity, feel free to tag the account in your reply, and say why you think they're great. 😁
If you have a minute, could you reply with your favourite or recommended follows?
And if you want to spread positivity, feel free to tag the account in your reply, and say why you think they're great. 😁
Question for people posting the same things here and on Twitter -- are you using something like Buffer to write it once, post it in multiple places? Or are you copy/pasting every time?
July 4, 2023 at 10:33 AM
Question for people posting the same things here and on Twitter -- are you using something like Buffer to write it once, post it in multiple places? Or are you copy/pasting every time?
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I’ve been using these guidelines as my baseline for years, both for myself and when I give other people advice on their freelancing rates. Absolutely indispensable imo
Hey hey!
Your reminder that if you work in game narrative, or employ people who do, then @TheWritersGuild have free guidelines available covering contract details, advice and thoughts on potential pay.
RS for other #gamewriting #gamedev people!
https://writersguild.org.uk/videogames-guidelines/
Your reminder that if you work in game narrative, or employ people who do, then @TheWritersGuild have free guidelines available covering contract details, advice and thoughts on potential pay.
RS for other #gamewriting #gamedev people!
https://writersguild.org.uk/videogames-guidelines/
Videogames guidelines - Writers' Guild of Great Britain
View our videogames guidelines here. Photo above: Shutterstock.com/para
writersguild.org.uk
July 4, 2023 at 10:27 AM
I’ve been using these guidelines as my baseline for years, both for myself and when I give other people advice on their freelancing rates. Absolutely indispensable imo