Matthewせいじ
@matthewseiji.com
Matthew Seiji Burns is a writer and director who works on game-like things and other things.
Author of the novel Process and the visual novel Eliza.
https://www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/process-a-novel
Author of the novel Process and the visual novel Eliza.
https://www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/process-a-novel
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Matthewせいじ
@matthewseiji.com
· Apr 25
Process takes readers on an intense psychological journey into the dark heart of Seattle’s tech startup world. The main character is a young man driven by an almost animalistic need to find outsized success creating the next unicorn tech juggernaut.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/pro...
www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/pro...
Hi, I’m Matthew Seiji Burns. You may know me from such tweets as “They call him Big Hat Logan because he wears a big hat” or “Sam. It’s me, Die-Hardman. Wanted to let you know there's banana bread in the kitchen.” Check out my debut novel, about a guy who has a bad time.
My Chinese homestay father picked a dumpling out of the soup, held it up with his chopsticks and said “look, it’s one of the ones Matthew made”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My Chinese homestay father picked a dumpling out of the soup, held it up with his chopsticks and said “look, it’s one of the ones Matthew made”
This Is a Heck of a Way to Find Out I Inherited a Blood Curse! 2
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This Is a Heck of a Way to Find Out I Inherited a Blood Curse! 2
*sigh* It’s not an “expedition,” mom, it’s une expédition
December 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
*sigh* It’s not an “expedition,” mom, it’s une expédition
Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room
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the point at which a tech CEO says to you "well what if a COMPUTER could make POETRY huh??? what THEN???" was when i was stopped and checked the release date just to see how ahead of the discourse this game was
Eliza is 50% off. It’s a fully-voiced visual novel about an AI therapy app. It was released in 2019, years before the idea of AI became what it is now. How much did it get right? What did it get wrong? Play it for yourself (play the whole thing) and decide.
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
Save 50% on Eliza on Steam
Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the ...
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
the point at which a tech CEO says to you "well what if a COMPUTER could make POETRY huh??? what THEN???" was when i was stopped and checked the release date just to see how ahead of the discourse this game was
Eliza is 50% off. It’s a fully-voiced visual novel about an AI therapy app. It was released in 2019, years before the idea of AI became what it is now. How much did it get right? What did it get wrong? Play it for yourself (play the whole thing) and decide.
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
Save 50% on Eliza on Steam
Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the ...
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Eliza is 50% off. It’s a fully-voiced visual novel about an AI therapy app. It was released in 2019, years before the idea of AI became what it is now. How much did it get right? What did it get wrong? Play it for yourself (play the whole thing) and decide.
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
Producer: We got a BIG ORDER on a TIGHT DEADLINE, you up for that?? You ready to DO THIS???
Contractor: HECK yeah I’m PUMPED, LET ME AT IT
Producer: Cool, we’re not ready for you yet. Hold on while I try to figure out what’s going on
Contractor: HECK yeah I’m PUMPED, LET ME AT IT
Producer: Cool, we’re not ready for you yet. Hold on while I try to figure out what’s going on
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Producer: We got a BIG ORDER on a TIGHT DEADLINE, you up for that?? You ready to DO THIS???
Contractor: HECK yeah I’m PUMPED, LET ME AT IT
Producer: Cool, we’re not ready for you yet. Hold on while I try to figure out what’s going on
Contractor: HECK yeah I’m PUMPED, LET ME AT IT
Producer: Cool, we’re not ready for you yet. Hold on while I try to figure out what’s going on
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New episode! @matthewseiji.com talks about his debut novel Process, as well as:
• The abyssal nature of ambition
• The weird relationship between big tech companies and the cities they inhabit-without-inhabiting
• The fractal cults that emanate from the Cult of Steve Jobs
etao.blog/2025/12/16/p...
• The abyssal nature of ambition
• The weird relationship between big tech companies and the cities they inhabit-without-inhabiting
• The fractal cults that emanate from the Cult of Steve Jobs
etao.blog/2025/12/16/p...
Something That Sticks With You, with Matthew Seiji Burns – Everybody's Talking At Once
Process is Matthew Seiji Burns' first novel, in some ways following directly from his work on Eliza (and the under-appreciated rest of his narratives for the Zachtronics/Coincidence catalog) but in ot...
etao.blog
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New episode! @matthewseiji.com talks about his debut novel Process, as well as:
• The abyssal nature of ambition
• The weird relationship between big tech companies and the cities they inhabit-without-inhabiting
• The fractal cults that emanate from the Cult of Steve Jobs
etao.blog/2025/12/16/p...
• The abyssal nature of ambition
• The weird relationship between big tech companies and the cities they inhabit-without-inhabiting
• The fractal cults that emanate from the Cult of Steve Jobs
etao.blog/2025/12/16/p...
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[new york voice] yea, I use AI… AI’m walking here
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
[new york voice] yea, I use AI… AI’m walking here
What are "dulcet tones"? Do I have "dulcet tones"? Listen to this podcast (you have to listen to the whole thing) and let me know.
New episode! @matthewseiji.com talks about his debut novel Process, as well as:
• The abyssal nature of ambition
• The weird relationship between big tech companies and the cities they inhabit-without-inhabiting
• The fractal cults that emanate from the Cult of Steve Jobs
etao.blog/2025/12/16/p...
• The abyssal nature of ambition
• The weird relationship between big tech companies and the cities they inhabit-without-inhabiting
• The fractal cults that emanate from the Cult of Steve Jobs
etao.blog/2025/12/16/p...
Something That Sticks With You, with Matthew Seiji Burns – Everybody's Talking At Once
Process is Matthew Seiji Burns' first novel, in some ways following directly from his work on Eliza (and the under-appreciated rest of his narratives for the Zachtronics/Coincidence catalog) but in ot...
etao.blog
December 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What are "dulcet tones"? Do I have "dulcet tones"? Listen to this podcast (you have to listen to the whole thing) and let me know.
Game designer: After lots of hard work we’re proud to announce we’ve created the Wheel of Saṃsāra from the ancient Buddhist classic Don’t Get Trapped in the Wheel of Saṃsāra
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Game designer: After lots of hard work we’re proud to announce we’ve created the Wheel of Saṃsāra from the ancient Buddhist classic Don’t Get Trapped in the Wheel of Saṃsāra
Name fifty indie games? I’m not sure I could even name five… *my memories continue to be deleted* or like, any…
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Name fifty indie games? I’m not sure I could even name five… *my memories continue to be deleted* or like, any…
I heard they’re making a new video game! Should be fun, if you like that sort of thing.
[Persuasion: 20] Is that all?
[Success] Well, no… they’re also making another new video game.
[Persuasion: 20] Is that all?
[Success] Well, no… they’re also making another new video game.
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I heard they’re making a new video game! Should be fun, if you like that sort of thing.
[Persuasion: 20] Is that all?
[Success] Well, no… they’re also making another new video game.
[Persuasion: 20] Is that all?
[Success] Well, no… they’re also making another new video game.
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Mysterious-looking guy on the street [passing by me]: They’re French now
Me: What?
A different mysterious guy: Video games. They’re French now
Me: What?
A different mysterious guy: Video games. They’re French now
April 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Mysterious-looking guy on the street [passing by me]: They’re French now
Me: What?
A different mysterious guy: Video games. They’re French now
Me: What?
A different mysterious guy: Video games. They’re French now
There are plenty better from a sort of comedy craft standpoint but the two Onion headlines that actually do run through my head on a daily life scale are “Guy With Two Monitors Not Fucking Around” and “New Desktop Folder Created for Sad Little Creative Project”
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
There are plenty better from a sort of comedy craft standpoint but the two Onion headlines that actually do run through my head on a daily life scale are “Guy With Two Monitors Not Fucking Around” and “New Desktop Folder Created for Sad Little Creative Project”
In 1954 film On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando laments getting a “one-way ticket to Palookaville.” This is because one-way tickets are often more expensive due to pricing models that favor round-trip bookings, leaving Brando with less cash on hand to enjoy Palookaville’s restaurants and attractions.
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In 1954 film On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando laments getting a “one-way ticket to Palookaville.” This is because one-way tickets are often more expensive due to pricing models that favor round-trip bookings, leaving Brando with less cash on hand to enjoy Palookaville’s restaurants and attractions.
My most-listened to music this year was the polyphonic drone punctured occasionally by the soft rattles of dry seed pods that is the internal sound of my brain
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My most-listened to music this year was the polyphonic drone punctured occasionally by the soft rattles of dry seed pods that is the internal sound of my brain
*checks watch* Believe it’s coming around time again for someone to come forward claiming to have deciphered the Voynich Manuscript
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
*checks watch* Believe it’s coming around time again for someone to come forward claiming to have deciphered the Voynich Manuscript
Yo, you feeling okay bro? I noticed your codex entry has installments yet to unlock
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yo, you feeling okay bro? I noticed your codex entry has installments yet to unlock
Gen Z adults reminiscing together over the time dad suddenly bought a bunch of podcasting equipment because he was going to start a podcast
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Gen Z adults reminiscing together over the time dad suddenly bought a bunch of podcasting equipment because he was going to start a podcast
More like Balk Friday
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
More like Balk Friday
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Hi, I’m Matthew Seiji Burns. You may know me from such tweets as “They call him Big Hat Logan because he wears a big hat” or “Sam. It’s me, Die-Hardman. Wanted to let you know there's banana bread in the kitchen.” Check out my debut novel, about a guy who has a bad time.
Process takes readers on an intense psychological journey into the dark heart of Seattle’s tech startup world. The main character is a young man driven by an almost animalistic need to find outsized success creating the next unicorn tech juggernaut.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/pro...
www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/pro...
April 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Hi, I’m Matthew Seiji Burns. You may know me from such tweets as “They call him Big Hat Logan because he wears a big hat” or “Sam. It’s me, Die-Hardman. Wanted to let you know there's banana bread in the kitchen.” Check out my debut novel, about a guy who has a bad time.
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one time my uncle visited for thanksgiving, forgot his personal stash of pot brownies in the fridge, went home, died some months later, then 1yr after all this happened my dad opened the fridge, saw the brownies, assumed they were freshly made and ate ALL OF THEM
anyway he had to go to the hospital
anyway he had to go to the hospital
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
one time my uncle visited for thanksgiving, forgot his personal stash of pot brownies in the fridge, went home, died some months later, then 1yr after all this happened my dad opened the fridge, saw the brownies, assumed they were freshly made and ate ALL OF THEM
anyway he had to go to the hospital
anyway he had to go to the hospital
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I recently got to record the video and voice for @matthewseiji.com for a video promoting this book. The publisher put the video out on their YouTube channel this morning! The interview/Seattle clips are mine, the book are the publisher's. Matthew edited and did sound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nzG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nzG...
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I recently got to record the video and voice for @matthewseiji.com for a video promoting this book. The publisher put the video out on their YouTube channel this morning! The interview/Seattle clips are mine, the book are the publisher's. Matthew edited and did sound
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nzG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nzG...
Check it out, y’all:
Timeline 1.mp4
Timeline 1.mp4
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Check it out, y’all:
Timeline 1.mp4
Timeline 1.mp4