Jo Berry
@joberry.bsky.social
English gal in Montreal and Senior Game Writer at Motive Studio (Star Wars: Squadrons, Dead Space Remake); formerly at BioWare. Short stories and novellas (latest here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW2Y5WH1) She / her. Opinions are mine.
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Jo Berry
@joberry.bsky.social
· Apr 11
A master of the dark arts is hosting a victory banquet, but the guests are bringing their own ambitions to the table.
Mercenaries, socialites, assassins, and a spymaster determined to defend his master...for some to feast, others must fall.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW2Y5WH1
#booksky #fantasy #novella
Mercenaries, socialites, assassins, and a spymaster determined to defend his master...for some to feast, others must fall.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW2Y5WH1
#booksky #fantasy #novella
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I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.
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Re-upping for #RemembranceDay
#OTD 1867, Marie Curie was born.
During WWI, Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, a generator, an X-ray machine and photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie also helped train 150 women as radiology technicians.
During WWI, Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, a generator, an X-ray machine and photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie also helped train 150 women as radiology technicians.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Re-upping for #RemembranceDay
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The utter preposterousness of this interview. A media figure talking about BBC bias while describing the president as his "friend". A child could see trough it.
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The utter preposterousness of this interview. A media figure talking about BBC bias while describing the president as his "friend". A child could see trough it.
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a title change for the debut novel forthcoming with @titanbooks.bsky.social in 2026 👀‼️
🎭🪷☁️AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS ☁️🪷🎭
a Chinese-inspired science fantasy set on a drowning continent of royal siblings striving to survive in a climate of murder and corruption.
🎭🪷☁️AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS ☁️🪷🎭
a Chinese-inspired science fantasy set on a drowning continent of royal siblings striving to survive in a climate of murder and corruption.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
a title change for the debut novel forthcoming with @titanbooks.bsky.social in 2026 👀‼️
🎭🪷☁️AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS ☁️🪷🎭
a Chinese-inspired science fantasy set on a drowning continent of royal siblings striving to survive in a climate of murder and corruption.
🎭🪷☁️AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS ☁️🪷🎭
a Chinese-inspired science fantasy set on a drowning continent of royal siblings striving to survive in a climate of murder and corruption.
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“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
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TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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You gotta hit em in the egos kids, they don’t have much of anything else going on in there
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
You gotta hit em in the egos kids, they don’t have much of anything else going on in there
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I'm going to do a slightly unhinged thing (while my post-brainscan guts still have Klono's own gadolinium in them). I'm going to buy a copy *and read it.*
A California winemaker is struggling to sell his Chardonnay ... so he's written a romantasy novella about it. The novella, unsurprisingly, looks awful.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/ar...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/ar...
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I'm going to do a slightly unhinged thing (while my post-brainscan guts still have Klono's own gadolinium in them). I'm going to buy a copy *and read it.*
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incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
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Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
SOMETHING
BEHIND
THE WATERFALL
BEHIND
THE WATERFALL
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
SOMETHING
BEHIND
THE WATERFALL
BEHIND
THE WATERFALL
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This is an excellently-written review, and maybe the first I've seen that considers both the base quality of the game AND its moral and artistic integrity, especially in the face of the studio's AI use.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is an excellently-written review, and maybe the first I've seen that considers both the base quality of the game AND its moral and artistic integrity, especially in the face of the studio's AI use.
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ha! I was just listening to an old interview with Douglas Adams about Hitchhiker's and he says explicitly his style is directly influenced by Winnie the Pooh. I've been saying this for years, ever since i read to my kids as an adult and thought, wait a minute, I've seen this before
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
ha! I was just listening to an old interview with Douglas Adams about Hitchhiker's and he says explicitly his style is directly influenced by Winnie the Pooh. I've been saying this for years, ever since i read to my kids as an adult and thought, wait a minute, I've seen this before
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A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
A brief defence of dialogue choices
In games, the player needs to have something to do.
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
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I read stuff like this and I have to sit back and think: where DO I want to be as a dev?
Cus I don't wanna make tiny popcorn meme games and play the lotto. That ain't sustainable, too many are trying that already.
So, hmmmm.
Cus I don't wanna make tiny popcorn meme games and play the lotto. That ain't sustainable, too many are trying that already.
So, hmmmm.
Sat down for a lovely chat with @clert.bsky.social over @eurogamer.bsky.social To talk about my games and how I'd like to keep making and improving them sustainably. To step away from the launch, meme and hype driven madness that has taken root in games.
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
As viral hits like Escape from Duckov and Megabonk change the industry, Falconeer developer Tomas Sala has found another way to survive
What if you didn't have to spin the roulette wheel every time you released a new game, hoping for it to find an audience? What if there was a better way?
www.eurogamer.net
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I read stuff like this and I have to sit back and think: where DO I want to be as a dev?
Cus I don't wanna make tiny popcorn meme games and play the lotto. That ain't sustainable, too many are trying that already.
So, hmmmm.
Cus I don't wanna make tiny popcorn meme games and play the lotto. That ain't sustainable, too many are trying that already.
So, hmmmm.
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“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
‘Hero’ crew member injured in train mass stabbing regains consciousness
Samir Zitouni was wounded as he protected passengers during attack on an LNER train travelling from Doncaster to London
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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And also: who gives a six-legged rat's ass? If they're not reading for the sake of reading (whether pleasure, education, whatever), how does that make a single solitary fuck-crumb's of difference?
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And also: who gives a six-legged rat's ass? If they're not reading for the sake of reading (whether pleasure, education, whatever), how does that make a single solitary fuck-crumb's of difference?
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Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
CAIRO—Admitting he was unable to face a lengthy session of indexing artifacts after drinking too much the night before, hungover Egyptologist Henry Chapman confirmed Tuesday he was just gonna call in ...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
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If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
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Those who enjoy both The Rings of Power (season one, specifically) and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein may be interested to know that both feature the same costume designer: the wonderful Kate Hawley!
Hawley also worked on The Hobbit trilogy, which del Toro was originally set to direct.
Hawley also worked on The Hobbit trilogy, which del Toro was originally set to direct.
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Those who enjoy both The Rings of Power (season one, specifically) and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein may be interested to know that both feature the same costume designer: the wonderful Kate Hawley!
Hawley also worked on The Hobbit trilogy, which del Toro was originally set to direct.
Hawley also worked on The Hobbit trilogy, which del Toro was originally set to direct.