Joe Fielder
@joefielder.bsky.social
Principal Narrative Designer at Obsidian on The Outer Worlds 2. (Previously: Deathloop, Ghost of Tsushima DC, Star Wars Battlefront II, Flame in the Flood, some BioShocks). he/they, ADHD.
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Joe Fielder
@joefielder.bsky.social
· Oct 23
My favorite quest in Outer Worlds 2 is when you help a group of completely milquetoast middle managers try and find dirt on executives - and they have no idea what to do with it. Peak Obsidian.
Oh, hey! I wrote that one.
Something is beginning to take shape...
February 10, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Something is beginning to take shape...
Sounds about right! I justify it by saying that it's important as a writer to chase whimsy.
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Sounds about right! I justify it by saying that it's important as a writer to chase whimsy.
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Sorry for anyone who didn't bother to learn Spanish in high school but is now mad that they don't understand it. It was right there dude. It's not some secret code being kept from you.
It's fine not to know stuff but don't expect the world to revolve around just the things you choose to know.
It's fine not to know stuff but don't expect the world to revolve around just the things you choose to know.
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Sorry for anyone who didn't bother to learn Spanish in high school but is now mad that they don't understand it. It was right there dude. It's not some secret code being kept from you.
It's fine not to know stuff but don't expect the world to revolve around just the things you choose to know.
It's fine not to know stuff but don't expect the world to revolve around just the things you choose to know.
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Ultimately right now in video games I feel surrounded by people who are worried, all the time, about long-term unemployment and ensuing social (or actual) death and so if you seem very invested in coming up with fun uses for LLMs in games I find you despicable.
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Ultimately right now in video games I feel surrounded by people who are worried, all the time, about long-term unemployment and ensuing social (or actual) death and so if you seem very invested in coming up with fun uses for LLMs in games I find you despicable.
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The Original -published- The Woman in Black illustration from chapter 7 “Mr Jerome is Afraid”.
Arthur on his bike cycling away from the worries and fear behind him.
On Arches Aquarelle 300GSM Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper.
Image size: 21.2 x 30cm
Paper size: 28.8 x 38.6cm
£350 plus P&P.
Arthur on his bike cycling away from the worries and fear behind him.
On Arches Aquarelle 300GSM Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper.
Image size: 21.2 x 30cm
Paper size: 28.8 x 38.6cm
£350 plus P&P.
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The Original -published- The Woman in Black illustration from chapter 7 “Mr Jerome is Afraid”.
Arthur on his bike cycling away from the worries and fear behind him.
On Arches Aquarelle 300GSM Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper.
Image size: 21.2 x 30cm
Paper size: 28.8 x 38.6cm
£350 plus P&P.
Arthur on his bike cycling away from the worries and fear behind him.
On Arches Aquarelle 300GSM Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper.
Image size: 21.2 x 30cm
Paper size: 28.8 x 38.6cm
£350 plus P&P.
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‘People keep reinventing the same damn movie’: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera and his fears for film’s future
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
‘People keep reinventing the same damn movie’: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera and his fears for film’s future
This master craftsman’s work has lit up everything from Bond to Blade Runner 2049. But as he publishes his memoir, why does he believe the artform he made his name in is in such decline?
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:02 PM
‘People keep reinventing the same damn movie’: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera and his fears for film’s future
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
Potato watching Black Sunday.
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Potato watching Black Sunday.
Update: More words!
February 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Update: More words!
We watched Potato's best friend Lohan for our neighbors yesterday and she was immediately like, "I live here now."
February 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
We watched Potato's best friend Lohan for our neighbors yesterday and she was immediately like, "I live here now."
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My piping hot take on PLURIBUS is that it’s one of the most Ghibli-esque shows on TV today, and people who think its pacing is too slow ought to really sit with and examine why they feel that slow pace = bad.
Its first season has several minutes worth of “mā”, and is much stronger for it, IMO
Its first season has several minutes worth of “mā”, and is much stronger for it, IMO
February 7, 2026 at 3:47 AM
My piping hot take on PLURIBUS is that it’s one of the most Ghibli-esque shows on TV today, and people who think its pacing is too slow ought to really sit with and examine why they feel that slow pace = bad.
Its first season has several minutes worth of “mā”, and is much stronger for it, IMO
Its first season has several minutes worth of “mā”, and is much stronger for it, IMO
“We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this," is a pretty damning quote.
February 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
“We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this," is a pretty damning quote.
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I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
Incremental progress: Words! Faces! Teeth!
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Incremental progress: Words! Faces! Teeth!
It's either a brilliant or terrible idea to start assembling a new puzzle just after taking your ADHD meds.
February 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
It's either a brilliant or terrible idea to start assembling a new puzzle just after taking your ADHD meds.
This made me late to work.
February 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
This made me late to work.
We've finally started assembling the puzzle of the Japanese poster to Godzilla vs. Biollante, our favorite from the Heisei era of Toho Godzilla films.
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
We've finally started assembling the puzzle of the Japanese poster to Godzilla vs. Biollante, our favorite from the Heisei era of Toho Godzilla films.
Yeah, even the guy in back is accessorizing a little. Work harder, everybody.
February 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Yeah, even the guy in back is accessorizing a little. Work harder, everybody.
Not the flex he thinks it is.
February 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Not the flex he thinks it is.
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...horrifying message without context, thank you
February 2, 2026 at 10:42 AM
...horrifying message without context, thank you
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Potato is just a sweet, little guy.
February 4, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Potato is just a sweet, little guy.
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Damn you’re telling me the technology that was very obviously intended for unregulated speculation and criminal enterprises was used to do awful things
"We've basically funded an elite global pedophile ring since 2015. I feel sick."
Crypto Bros Nauseated After Realizing Bitcoin Itself Was Funded by Jeffrey Epstein
The crypto community is reeling from the discovery that Epstein was a huge backer of early Bitcoin efforts.
trib.al
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Damn you’re telling me the technology that was very obviously intended for unregulated speculation and criminal enterprises was used to do awful things
Potato is just a sweet, little guy.
February 4, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Potato is just a sweet, little guy.
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like