Nick Folkman
@nickfolkman.bsky.social
Writer/Twin w/ maxfolkman.bsky.social • Now: Senior Writer at Insomniac Games • Past: Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, We Lost Our Human, Massive Chalice • Also co-host @scriptlock.bsky.social
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bushido blade, development shot, level design (1996) archive.org/details/ultr...
May 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
bushido blade, development shot, level design (1996) archive.org/details/ultr...
If you’re at FREAKON in Melbourne today, come see @maxfolkman.bsky.social and I talk about the most humiliating moment in our lives during the micro talks at 1PM! 👀👀👀👀👀👀
October 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If you’re at FREAKON in Melbourne today, come see @maxfolkman.bsky.social and I talk about the most humiliating moment in our lives during the micro talks at 1PM! 👀👀👀👀👀👀
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hate to say I told you so www.theverge.com/policy/69730...
September 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
hate to say I told you so www.theverge.com/policy/69730...
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god help me, I've gotten into magic the gathering
September 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
god help me, I've gotten into magic the gathering
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Asked my daughter what she thought of her first viewing of THE THING and got this in response.
August 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Asked my daughter what she thought of her first viewing of THE THING and got this in response.
Apologies to the excited airport security worker who thought he was meeting the Property Brothers until he realized he was just meeting us
July 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Apologies to the excited airport security worker who thought he was meeting the Property Brothers until he realized he was just meeting us
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On Wednesday evening, developers began to notice their games were being unceremoniously delisted or outright removed from Itch.io. Itch's founder says it's the direct result of a financial censorship campaign from Collective Shout, an org with ties to anti-porn groups www.wired.com/story/steam-...
Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship
A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to do with sex or abuse have been caught in the dragnet.
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July 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
On Wednesday evening, developers began to notice their games were being unceremoniously delisted or outright removed from Itch.io. Itch's founder says it's the direct result of a financial censorship campaign from Collective Shout, an org with ties to anti-porn groups www.wired.com/story/steam-...
Given the 616 pages, I'm assuming this is just the cine scripts, which is really cool! One day tho I hope the larger studios start publishing/posting their gameplay scripts too b/c they're the bulk of the player experience, much more unique to our medium, and sooo much more useful to learn from
The Last of Us: Part I and Part II Scripts hardcover book is up for preorder on Amazon ($66.63 - 616 pages) buff.ly/yaIkruk
"This volume contains the script from both The Last of Us Part I and The Last of Us Part II, as well as the DLC, Left Behind"
"This volume contains the script from both The Last of Us Part I and The Last of Us Part II, as well as the DLC, Left Behind"
July 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Given the 616 pages, I'm assuming this is just the cine scripts, which is really cool! One day tho I hope the larger studios start publishing/posting their gameplay scripts too b/c they're the bulk of the player experience, much more unique to our medium, and sooo much more useful to learn from
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hey what's up. we are actually hiring a Whole Bunch of writers now www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
📣 We’re Hiring Narrative Designers! | Alexandra Rance
📣 We’re Hiring Narrative Designers! 📣
Our close-knit creative team in Beijing is looking for two narrative designers to help us create original casual mobile games — the kind with engaging stories, c...
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July 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
hey what's up. we are actually hiring a Whole Bunch of writers now www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Dropped a new ep of @scriptlock.bsky.social yesterday w/ @karriebear.bsky.social & Ros Dachtler! 🔥 Lots of great discussions around who/what taught them the most about storytelling, things they've had to unlearn, changing games in response to fans, and more! scriptlock.simplecast.com/episodes/kar...
Karrie Shao & Ros Dachtler | Script Lock
We're over halfway through 2025 and we've got Karrie and Ros in to talk about breaking into games via Craigslist, what Ros has been up to since working on Battlefield 1, who/what taught them the most ...
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July 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dropped a new ep of @scriptlock.bsky.social yesterday w/ @karriebear.bsky.social & Ros Dachtler! 🔥 Lots of great discussions around who/what taught them the most about storytelling, things they've had to unlearn, changing games in response to fans, and more! scriptlock.simplecast.com/episodes/kar...
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the yakuza fanbase figured out years ago that as long as they don't care how similar a game looks to its predecessor, they can play a brand new game that's an instant banger roughly every two years or so, often with pretty good spin-offs on the off-years
Related, I see a lot of gnashing of teeth at how similar Ghost of Yotei looks to Tsushima. Like, yeah dog, Tsushima came out in 2020. Do you -want- every game to take eight years? Sometimes iteration is the cure rather than a symptom.
July 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
the yakuza fanbase figured out years ago that as long as they don't care how similar a game looks to its predecessor, they can play a brand new game that's an instant banger roughly every two years or so, often with pretty good spin-offs on the off-years
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Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane.
This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
July 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane.
This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
@lostincult.co.uk hi! Is there any update on when the Enhance Soundworks Collection will start shipping? Your website says Spring 2025, but I’m assuming that’s changed?
July 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
@lostincult.co.uk hi! Is there any update on when the Enhance Soundworks Collection will start shipping? Your website says Spring 2025, but I’m assuming that’s changed?
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To anyone being hit by layoffs today,
It's not you. It's them. It isn't your fault. It's theirs. You didn't do anything wrong. They did.
They fucked up. Not you.
It's not you. It's them. It isn't your fault. It's theirs. You didn't do anything wrong. They did.
They fucked up. Not you.
July 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
To anyone being hit by layoffs today,
It's not you. It's them. It isn't your fault. It's theirs. You didn't do anything wrong. They did.
They fucked up. Not you.
It's not you. It's them. It isn't your fault. It's theirs. You didn't do anything wrong. They did.
They fucked up. Not you.
IM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW IM ORDERING A PIZZA IM NOT GOING TO THE GYM TOMORROW MORNING WE’RE PARTYING ALL NIGHT LONG
June 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
IM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW IM ORDERING A PIZZA IM NOT GOING TO THE GYM TOMORROW MORNING WE’RE PARTYING ALL NIGHT LONG
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[Somber David Attenborough voice] He's the last member of the DK Crew.
June 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
[Somber David Attenborough voice] He's the last member of the DK Crew.
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For folks with a negative reaction to Mexican flags at LA protests, a little familiarity with the history & culture of California--and LA in particular--might change your mind. These protests are to protect local communities, not to appeal to white people watching from afar. They are organically LA.
It should be obvious that most of the people criticizing the use of the Mexican flag during protests intensely misunderstand California politics and culture.
June 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For folks with a negative reaction to Mexican flags at LA protests, a little familiarity with the history & culture of California--and LA in particular--might change your mind. These protests are to protect local communities, not to appeal to white people watching from afar. They are organically LA.
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ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger.
From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say LA County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone.
From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say LA County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone.
ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger
From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say Los Angeles County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone. Over the past three days, ...
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June 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger.
From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say LA County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone.
From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say LA County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone.
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