jason grinblat
@jfg.land
creative head at freehold games
co-creator β Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plantsπΉπΉ
he/him
co-creator β Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plantsπΉπΉ
he/him
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jason grinblat
@jfg.land
Β· Nov 13
new folks, hello
I'm Jason Grinblat, co-creator of Caves of Qud (which is coming out in 3 WEEKS)
I'm a practitioner who likes theory, a poet who likes math, a designer of 100+ hr games who is uh deeply skeptical of videogames as a cultural project
into monasteries, emergence, & frame narratives
I'm Jason Grinblat, co-creator of Caves of Qud (which is coming out in 3 WEEKS)
I'm a practitioner who likes theory, a poet who likes math, a designer of 100+ hr games who is uh deeply skeptical of videogames as a cultural project
into monasteries, emergence, & frame narratives
But on the day back I'm always surprised at how low to the ground the Fit is. It's like driving a go kart with a bag of holding
February 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
But on the day back I'm always surprised at how low to the ground the Fit is. It's like driving a go kart with a bag of holding
Twice now I've rented a mini SUV on a family trip. Somehow they all have less cargo room than my Honda Fit.
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Twice now I've rented a mini SUV on a family trip. Somehow they all have less cargo room than my Honda Fit.
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That's all for me. So proud of this thing and the people who made it. 8 great years of my life. I got to design Ekko! And lead the champs team! Dreamy.
Devastating goodbyes all around. But I want this game to go hard for the FGC, and for those who remain. YOU CAN DO IT 2XKO.
Devastating goodbyes all around. But I want this game to go hard for the FGC, and for those who remain. YOU CAN DO IT 2XKO.
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
'Overall momentum hasnβt reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 AM
That's all for me. So proud of this thing and the people who made it. 8 great years of my life. I got to design Ekko! And lead the champs team! Dreamy.
Devastating goodbyes all around. But I want this game to go hard for the FGC, and for those who remain. YOU CAN DO IT 2XKO.
Devastating goodbyes all around. But I want this game to go hard for the FGC, and for those who remain. YOU CAN DO IT 2XKO.
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it's genuinely stunning to me you'd keep a game in the hopper for a decade and then do huge layoffs after a single month. a month is nothing in live service terms. less than nothing.
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
'Overall momentum hasnβt reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
it's genuinely stunning to me you'd keep a game in the hopper for a decade and then do huge layoffs after a single month. a month is nothing in live service terms. less than nothing.
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I've just published a new userscript that remembers the path of your cursor over the linked pages of Wikipedia, averaging and wearing them into the page, showing your browsing history over time
Install at greasyfork.org/en/scripts/5... or read more about it everest-pipkin.com#projects/des...
Install at greasyfork.org/en/scripts/5... or read more about it everest-pipkin.com#projects/des...
Desire Paths for Wikipedia
An extension that remembers the path of a cursor over the linked pages of Wikipedia, βwearingβ them into the page.
greasyfork.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I've just published a new userscript that remembers the path of your cursor over the linked pages of Wikipedia, averaging and wearing them into the page, showing your browsing history over time
Install at greasyfork.org/en/scripts/5... or read more about it everest-pipkin.com#projects/des...
Install at greasyfork.org/en/scripts/5... or read more about it everest-pipkin.com#projects/des...
I'm so excited for this. Qudheads gonna love it.
We're working with the amazing @stvulture.bsky.social on a special Caves of Qud collectible. Here's a sneak peek:
February 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I'm so excited for this. Qudheads gonna love it.
I wrote a little piece for this. Kudos to Jon Ingold for the hefty organizational effort.
βοΈ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE βοΈ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors.
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
Sign up for news about the Game Writing Kaleidoscope
In early 2026 weβll be publishing The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, a collection of over 100 short essays by game writers about writing.
Featuring some very famous names, some highly experienced free...
forms.gle
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I wrote a little piece for this. Kudos to Jon Ingold for the hefty organizational effort.
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I WILL PLAY CAVES OF QUD ON MY SWITCH IN TWO WEEKS!!!
This is good occassion to show you my CoQ drawing I did for @wyrdscience.bsky.social. Again, but this time step after step: rough -> pencil -> ink -> finale!
This is good occassion to show you my CoQ drawing I did for @wyrdscience.bsky.social. Again, but this time step after step: rough -> pencil -> ink -> finale!
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I WILL PLAY CAVES OF QUD ON MY SWITCH IN TWO WEEKS!!!
This is good occassion to show you my CoQ drawing I did for @wyrdscience.bsky.social. Again, but this time step after step: rough -> pencil -> ink -> finale!
This is good occassion to show you my CoQ drawing I did for @wyrdscience.bsky.social. Again, but this time step after step: rough -> pencil -> ink -> finale!
Oh you wanna watch a movie? Sorry bub this flight is
February 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Oh you wanna watch a movie? Sorry bub this flight is
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Caves of Qud mutates onto the Nintendo Switch, February 16th!
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Caves of Qud mutates onto the Nintendo Switch, February 16th!
It's called that because you are following in the footsteps of Wander Moe, the first guy who thought to live in the world of Qud like this
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
It's called that because you are following in the footsteps of Wander Moe, the first guy who thought to live in the world of Qud like this
My job? Oh, I receive class action settlement money from personal information data breaches, which I parlay into subscriptions for identity monitoring software, which converts into more breaches. I make $800,000 a year.
February 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
My job? Oh, I receive class action settlement money from personal information data breaches, which I parlay into subscriptions for identity monitoring software, which converts into more breaches. I make $800,000 a year.
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Ghosted after calling my date's choice of appetizers elegaic
February 3, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Ghosted after calling my date's choice of appetizers elegaic
Luckily for me and my likeness, I cannot be de-aged. If you try to de-age me I just age forward. I also age forward if you age me normally. I have congenital achiral aging, and it is NOT covered by my insurance
February 3, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Luckily for me and my likeness, I cannot be de-aged. If you try to de-age me I just age forward. I also age forward if you age me normally. I have congenital achiral aging, and it is NOT covered by my insurance
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this is a really good object lesson in why you should always question the conventional wisdom that the popular, least-frictive thing is best and going to be the best ad infinitum and is the only way forward
February 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
this is a really good object lesson in why you should always question the conventional wisdom that the popular, least-frictive thing is best and going to be the best ad infinitum and is the only way forward
Just a nonsensical scene. it has no clue who or what it's even critiquing: overly rigid parliamentarian hobby leftist or idpol-brained millennial? Weird derailment where the film is otherwise absolutely cruising
February 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Just a nonsensical scene. it has no clue who or what it's even critiquing: overly rigid parliamentarian hobby leftist or idpol-brained millennial? Weird derailment where the film is otherwise absolutely cruising
Yeah this is where I'm at. The quote as stated is obtuse and artistically wormbrained but we don't need to remaster everything. You can play it. You can even mod it
February 1, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yeah this is where I'm at. The quote as stated is obtuse and artistically wormbrained but we don't need to remaster everything. You can play it. You can even mod it
This is bait designed to make me bite my phone in half
"Go back and play Morrowind and tell me thatβs the game you want to play again," said Bruce Nesmith, who worked for Bethesda for over 17 years, adding that playing The Elder Scrolls 3 "would not stand the test of time." https://bit.ly/4q4GoKh
January 31, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This is bait designed to make me bite my phone in half
Maybe everyone typing like they flung their keyboards across the room is a bit you had to be on the island to get
January 31, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Maybe everyone typing like they flung their keyboards across the room is a bit you had to be on the island to get
Yea
this earthly air, whether ashore or afloat, is terribly infected with the nameless miseries of the numberless mortals who have died exhaling it
January 31, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Yea
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So the federal intelligence community & department of justice has had this information for how many years? And just been sitting on it? Letting these people wreak havoc on society?
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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