Murray Lewis
@murraywrites.bsky.social
Writer, narrative designer, old game enthusiast.
Previously at Vesper & Mediatonic / Epic.
Worked on Fall Guys, Murder By Numbers, PC Building Simulator + more!
Previously at Vesper & Mediatonic / Epic.
Worked on Fall Guys, Murder By Numbers, PC Building Simulator + more!
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Murray Lewis
@murraywrites.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hi! I’m a writer and narrative designer, but I already included all that stuff in my profile description so here’s some hot takes to generate engagement:
• Quake is the greatest FPS ever made
• Boss battles are bad
• The Atari 2600 game library is good, actually
• Quake is the greatest FPS ever made
• Boss battles are bad
• The Atari 2600 game library is good, actually
The way Apple casually says ‘outdent’ as if it’s a real word
July 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The way Apple casually says ‘outdent’ as if it’s a real word
The games industry continues its tireless efforts towards net zero (employees remaining)
July 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The games industry continues its tireless efforts towards net zero (employees remaining)
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HUGE news! ✨🤩
We are presenting a series of TTRPG live shows in LA from our creators @ifycomedy.com @vorpahlsword.bsky.social and @alizapearl.bsky.social!
December 17th at the Broadwater Second Stage in Los Angeles. Tickets link: playvesper.com/live
Will there be goodies? You know it.
We are presenting a series of TTRPG live shows in LA from our creators @ifycomedy.com @vorpahlsword.bsky.social and @alizapearl.bsky.social!
December 17th at the Broadwater Second Stage in Los Angeles. Tickets link: playvesper.com/live
Will there be goodies? You know it.
December 10, 2024 at 5:22 PM
HUGE news! ✨🤩
We are presenting a series of TTRPG live shows in LA from our creators @ifycomedy.com @vorpahlsword.bsky.social and @alizapearl.bsky.social!
December 17th at the Broadwater Second Stage in Los Angeles. Tickets link: playvesper.com/live
Will there be goodies? You know it.
We are presenting a series of TTRPG live shows in LA from our creators @ifycomedy.com @vorpahlsword.bsky.social and @alizapearl.bsky.social!
December 17th at the Broadwater Second Stage in Los Angeles. Tickets link: playvesper.com/live
Will there be goodies? You know it.
I’ve watched travel videos of real places like Dotonbori (Sotenbori in Yakuza), and it’s an incredibly surreal experience to know exactly what’s coming up around a corner on a street I’ve never actually walked down, in a city I’ve never actually visited
December 8, 2024 at 11:37 AM
I’ve watched travel videos of real places like Dotonbori (Sotenbori in Yakuza), and it’s an incredibly surreal experience to know exactly what’s coming up around a corner on a street I’ve never actually walked down, in a city I’ve never actually visited
Is there a YouTube series where someone compares the cities in Yakuza/Like a Dragon games to the real places they’re based on?
(and if not, why not?)
(and if not, why not?)
December 8, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Is there a YouTube series where someone compares the cities in Yakuza/Like a Dragon games to the real places they’re based on?
(and if not, why not?)
(and if not, why not?)
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Just a little reminder if you want to find UK based narrative gamedev folks. I have a starter pack here.
Still had space l, so feel free to recommend folks including yourself.
go.bsky.app/8TjHuEN
Still had space l, so feel free to recommend folks including yourself.
go.bsky.app/8TjHuEN
December 7, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Just a little reminder if you want to find UK based narrative gamedev folks. I have a starter pack here.
Still had space l, so feel free to recommend folks including yourself.
go.bsky.app/8TjHuEN
Still had space l, so feel free to recommend folks including yourself.
go.bsky.app/8TjHuEN
Anybody else remember X Operations, the Japanese freeware jankfest FPS from the early 00s?
Feels like if it came out today it would sit right alongside deliberately wonky retro fare like Cruelty Squad.
Feels like if it came out today it would sit right alongside deliberately wonky retro fare like Cruelty Squad.
December 7, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Anybody else remember X Operations, the Japanese freeware jankfest FPS from the early 00s?
Feels like if it came out today it would sit right alongside deliberately wonky retro fare like Cruelty Squad.
Feels like if it came out today it would sit right alongside deliberately wonky retro fare like Cruelty Squad.
‘writers just want to tell a good story’ - false
what we actually want is to find new and exciting ways to sneak our silly little hobbies and special interests into every script
what we actually want is to find new and exciting ways to sneak our silly little hobbies and special interests into every script
December 7, 2024 at 9:54 AM
‘writers just want to tell a good story’ - false
what we actually want is to find new and exciting ways to sneak our silly little hobbies and special interests into every script
what we actually want is to find new and exciting ways to sneak our silly little hobbies and special interests into every script
Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets:
The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf is the only human.
The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf is the only human.
Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets:
IT, tim curry plays the clown
IT, tim curry plays the clown
Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets:
Grosse Point Blank, Dan Ackroyd stays.
Grosse Point Blank, Dan Ackroyd stays.
December 5, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets:
The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf is the only human.
The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf is the only human.
i contain multitudes
December 4, 2024 at 2:43 PM
i contain multitudes
11 hours into Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and I swear I’ll get back to the main story soon, I just need to do a couple more substories and a few more minigames and
December 3, 2024 at 10:57 PM
11 hours into Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and I swear I’ll get back to the main story soon, I just need to do a couple more substories and a few more minigames and
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For any who need to hear this: the game industry can be a cruel & hard place. It's particularly bad right now. If you can't find work it's not necessarily a judgement on you. There are a lot of talented, experienced, & genuinely lovely folks who are also having trouble. You're in good company.
December 3, 2024 at 10:47 PM
For any who need to hear this: the game industry can be a cruel & hard place. It's particularly bad right now. If you can't find work it's not necessarily a judgement on you. There are a lot of talented, experienced, & genuinely lovely folks who are also having trouble. You're in good company.
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People who played Murder by Numbers: do you have any particular favourite scenes / interactions that stick in your memory (for good reasons)? I need to put together some samples for a potential gig.
Annoyingly, I don't have the script anymore, so I'll have to transcribe from a play-through 😭
Annoyingly, I don't have the script anymore, so I'll have to transcribe from a play-through 😭
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
People who played Murder by Numbers: do you have any particular favourite scenes / interactions that stick in your memory (for good reasons)? I need to put together some samples for a potential gig.
Annoyingly, I don't have the script anymore, so I'll have to transcribe from a play-through 😭
Annoyingly, I don't have the script anymore, so I'll have to transcribe from a play-through 😭
get a taste of real games writing by copying the last text message you sent into a spreadsheet and finding 25 different ways to rephrase it
Learning Twine or the like is great for introducing the concept of interactivity, but it doesn’t illustrate what actually writing for games is like in most cases.
December 3, 2024 at 8:49 PM
get a taste of real games writing by copying the last text message you sent into a spreadsheet and finding 25 different ways to rephrase it
Are there any decent IF authoring tools for mobile?
Would love to be able to noodle around in Twine or Ink on ipad but… looks like that’s not really an option??
Would love to be able to noodle around in Twine or Ink on ipad but… looks like that’s not really an option??
November 30, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Are there any decent IF authoring tools for mobile?
Would love to be able to noodle around in Twine or Ink on ipad but… looks like that’s not really an option??
Would love to be able to noodle around in Twine or Ink on ipad but… looks like that’s not really an option??
I dual-booted SuSE Linux + Windows Me for years as a teenager, but I’m doing ok now
November 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM
I dual-booted SuSE Linux + Windows Me for years as a teenager, but I’m doing ok now
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stop trying to tell me about Linux! I have gone 38 years without learning anything other than there's a sickly penguin and a red hat! Normal people do not experience Linux! For shame!
November 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM
stop trying to tell me about Linux! I have gone 38 years without learning anything other than there's a sickly penguin and a red hat! Normal people do not experience Linux! For shame!
Spot the difference
November 25, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Spot the difference
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Great. Another £300 rent increase, six months after the last. Stuck here for another six months, but then I'm out.
Apropos of nothing, a reminder that I'm REALLY AWESOME and LOOKING FOR WORK / GIGS. Go on, give my website a whirl, it's slightly funny -- just like me!!!
www.edfear.co.uk
Apropos of nothing, a reminder that I'm REALLY AWESOME and LOOKING FOR WORK / GIGS. Go on, give my website a whirl, it's slightly funny -- just like me!!!
www.edfear.co.uk
Ed Fear
Game Director, Writer, and Narrative Designer
www.edfear.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Great. Another £300 rent increase, six months after the last. Stuck here for another six months, but then I'm out.
Apropos of nothing, a reminder that I'm REALLY AWESOME and LOOKING FOR WORK / GIGS. Go on, give my website a whirl, it's slightly funny -- just like me!!!
www.edfear.co.uk
Apropos of nothing, a reminder that I'm REALLY AWESOME and LOOKING FOR WORK / GIGS. Go on, give my website a whirl, it's slightly funny -- just like me!!!
www.edfear.co.uk
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curious to learn about the Web Revival? (you should be)
we're bringing the human internet back, baby
check out this fantastic manifesto:
thoughts.melonking.net/guides/intro...
we're bringing the human internet back, baby
check out this fantastic manifesto:
thoughts.melonking.net/guides/intro...
November 25, 2024 at 7:22 AM
curious to learn about the Web Revival? (you should be)
we're bringing the human internet back, baby
check out this fantastic manifesto:
thoughts.melonking.net/guides/intro...
we're bringing the human internet back, baby
check out this fantastic manifesto:
thoughts.melonking.net/guides/intro...
also gonna start LAD: Infinite Wealth tomorrow, so between that, The Spectrum, and Rise of the Golden Idol, my spare time is entirely spoken for for the foreseeable future
November 24, 2024 at 10:11 PM
also gonna start LAD: Infinite Wealth tomorrow, so between that, The Spectrum, and Rise of the Golden Idol, my spare time is entirely spoken for for the foreseeable future
excited to feel its rubbery embrace
November 24, 2024 at 10:05 PM
excited to feel its rubbery embrace
Introduce yourself in four video games
November 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Introduce yourself in four video games
Hi! I’m a writer and narrative designer, but I already included all that stuff in my profile description so here’s some hot takes to generate engagement:
• Quake is the greatest FPS ever made
• Boss battles are bad
• The Atari 2600 game library is good, actually
• Quake is the greatest FPS ever made
• Boss battles are bad
• The Atari 2600 game library is good, actually
November 17, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Hi! I’m a writer and narrative designer, but I already included all that stuff in my profile description so here’s some hot takes to generate engagement:
• Quake is the greatest FPS ever made
• Boss battles are bad
• The Atari 2600 game library is good, actually
• Quake is the greatest FPS ever made
• Boss battles are bad
• The Atari 2600 game library is good, actually