J. Thomas
@nullspeak.bsky.social
Lead Writer / VO director of The Blackout Club 🔦 Creative Director, Bioshock 2. Designer, Bioshock: Fort Frolic, Thief 3: The Cradle. | he/him
Working on @thekillingstone.com at Question, LLC. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/The_Killing_Stone/
Working on @thekillingstone.com at Question, LLC. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/The_Killing_Stone/
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J. Thomas
@nullspeak.bsky.social
· Nov 9
I am so very proud of this extraordinary game. Come dance with the devil and see what you find..be careful what you wish for. The superb and wonderful team @questiongames.bsky.social have outdone themselves again. Head over to Steam - play on the fabulous demo store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
Thank you, Emma! 🫀 Follow her on bsky, BG3 & voice acting nerds! One of the finest voice talents alive. The Killing Stone may be read as my barely-veiled fanfic about her making a pact with the devil to go on performing for an extra 100 years.
(I'm just saying, Emma... *consider your legacy* 😈)
(I'm just saying, Emma... *consider your legacy* 😈)
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Show me how your 2025 went
December 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Show me how your 2025 went
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We're enjoying the long dark of winter by cozying up with the demons of Vakenatt. Please come join us by the fire. Wishing everyone a very happy holiday from all of us @questiongames.bsky.social.
youtu.be/InLlIww1Akc?...
#yulelog #InGameFireplace #GamingYuleLog #HolidayGaming
youtu.be/InLlIww1Akc?...
#yulelog #InGameFireplace #GamingYuleLog #HolidayGaming
The Killing Stone - Yule Log - 2025
YouTube video by Question
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We're enjoying the long dark of winter by cozying up with the demons of Vakenatt. Please come join us by the fire. Wishing everyone a very happy holiday from all of us @questiongames.bsky.social.
youtu.be/InLlIww1Akc?...
#yulelog #InGameFireplace #GamingYuleLog #HolidayGaming
youtu.be/InLlIww1Akc?...
#yulelog #InGameFireplace #GamingYuleLog #HolidayGaming
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Having a save-anywhere save/load system and a bug reporter that uploads save files to the cloud is like a cheat code for game development. I was able to load a save file from July to confirm that a change I made today wouldn't break the thing from 5 months ago.
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Having a save-anywhere save/load system and a bug reporter that uploads save files to the cloud is like a cheat code for game development. I was able to load a save file from July to confirm that a change I made today wouldn't break the thing from 5 months ago.
WTF nooo. BHVR wisely has a grandfather-clause for existing owners, etc - but licensors, take a seat:
If you license your precious OC: being in > one game is a WIN. This short-sighted, grabby policy which sterilizes *retroactive* competition says "don't buy the new thing, it hates the fans."
If you license your precious OC: being in > one game is a WIN. This short-sighted, grabby policy which sterilizes *retroactive* competition says "don't buy the new thing, it hates the fans."
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
WTF nooo. BHVR wisely has a grandfather-clause for existing owners, etc - but licensors, take a seat:
If you license your precious OC: being in > one game is a WIN. This short-sighted, grabby policy which sterilizes *retroactive* competition says "don't buy the new thing, it hates the fans."
If you license your precious OC: being in > one game is a WIN. This short-sighted, grabby policy which sterilizes *retroactive* competition says "don't buy the new thing, it hates the fans."
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Monthly Halloween 65
December 1989
December 1989
December 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Monthly Halloween 65
December 1989
December 1989
I made a huge mistake, Reader
I described a demon in @thekillingstone.com as a Sexless Bronze Sunburst, and these gamers...
they're trying to sex him
I described a demon in @thekillingstone.com as a Sexless Bronze Sunburst, and these gamers...
they're trying to sex him
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I made a huge mistake, Reader
I described a demon in @thekillingstone.com as a Sexless Bronze Sunburst, and these gamers...
they're trying to sex him
I described a demon in @thekillingstone.com as a Sexless Bronze Sunburst, and these gamers...
they're trying to sex him
I've snapped, I think. I wrote so many versions of "I'm shooting you and justifying it real good" in my AAA years-
...that one of the demons in The Killing Stone is just going to compliment you too hard for the context, like your auntie losing her absolute *shit* over your preschool macaroni art
...that one of the demons in The Killing Stone is just going to compliment you too hard for the context, like your auntie losing her absolute *shit* over your preschool macaroni art
December 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I've snapped, I think. I wrote so many versions of "I'm shooting you and justifying it real good" in my AAA years-
...that one of the demons in The Killing Stone is just going to compliment you too hard for the context, like your auntie losing her absolute *shit* over your preschool macaroni art
...that one of the demons in The Killing Stone is just going to compliment you too hard for the context, like your auntie losing her absolute *shit* over your preschool macaroni art
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It was only a few months in, but our next game was feeling like it might be a long, hard, and not super fun road to make.
So I started tinkering with something else, and it clicked much faster, and we like it more, so we're switching!
More thoughts, and a little glimpse:
youtu.be/GYJGmX5iGbw .
So I started tinkering with something else, and it clicked much faster, and we like it more, so we're switching!
More thoughts, and a little glimpse:
youtu.be/GYJGmX5iGbw .
Why we're switching projects
YouTube video by Tom Francis
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It was only a few months in, but our next game was feeling like it might be a long, hard, and not super fun road to make.
So I started tinkering with something else, and it clicked much faster, and we like it more, so we're switching!
More thoughts, and a little glimpse:
youtu.be/GYJGmX5iGbw .
So I started tinkering with something else, and it clicked much faster, and we like it more, so we're switching!
More thoughts, and a little glimpse:
youtu.be/GYJGmX5iGbw .
the sheer bile I'm hearing expressed, on dev & dev-friendly streams, right now ... it's almost art unto itself
I am now seeing a kind of ritual... cleansing purpose for this ghastly reconstruction of 2010
A mass catharsis event. GK is a sort of collective ... cringe jesus
I am now seeing a kind of ritual... cleansing purpose for this ghastly reconstruction of 2010
A mass catharsis event. GK is a sort of collective ... cringe jesus
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
the sheer bile I'm hearing expressed, on dev & dev-friendly streams, right now ... it's almost art unto itself
I am now seeing a kind of ritual... cleansing purpose for this ghastly reconstruction of 2010
A mass catharsis event. GK is a sort of collective ... cringe jesus
I am now seeing a kind of ritual... cleansing purpose for this ghastly reconstruction of 2010
A mass catharsis event. GK is a sort of collective ... cringe jesus
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Hearing VAs like Starr, Mercer, Hale, etc in TGA trailers: 😍😍
Hearing random celebrity VAs in TGA trailers:
Hearing random celebrity VAs in TGA trailers:
a close up of a woman 's face with a slight smile on her face .
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a slight smile on her face .
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Hearing VAs like Starr, Mercer, Hale, etc in TGA trailers: 😍😍
Hearing random celebrity VAs in TGA trailers:
Hearing random celebrity VAs in TGA trailers:
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I know all you Twin Peaks fans are aware of how the falls normally look, so. Behold how badly the rain is flooding WA rn
Mid-afternoon update at Snoqualmie Falls. Water levels are currently at 19.4 feet, nearly a foot and a half higher than yesterday!
Tomorrow morning it will make a run at the all-time record water level #wawx
Tomorrow morning it will make a run at the all-time record water level #wawx
December 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I know all you Twin Peaks fans are aware of how the falls normally look, so. Behold how badly the rain is flooding WA rn
Behold my "Horse Girl Dark Triad"
Ripe Nið - the grudge queen.
The quip is WIP, and there's debug info in the screenshot, but I don't care, I love her, and she can see you right now
Ripe Nið - the grudge queen.
The quip is WIP, and there's debug info in the screenshot, but I don't care, I love her, and she can see you right now
December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Behold my "Horse Girl Dark Triad"
Ripe Nið - the grudge queen.
The quip is WIP, and there's debug info in the screenshot, but I don't care, I love her, and she can see you right now
Ripe Nið - the grudge queen.
The quip is WIP, and there's debug info in the screenshot, but I don't care, I love her, and she can see you right now
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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If you followed me after seeing the Final Fantasy dialogue slide, here's the chance to attend a workshop from the authors of that research.
Interactive #dialogue is a key mechanic in #videogames for giving the player a sense of agency. Can we improve player experiences by taking inspiration from real life conversations? Join our free online workshop for game developers, writers and researchers www.eventbrite.com/e/1977041007...
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you followed me after seeing the Final Fantasy dialogue slide, here's the chance to attend a workshop from the authors of that research.
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i can’t do tutorial sections anymore. i need gameplay right now. i need you to pile every system into my brain immediately. i need the video game tutorial equivalent of being knocked over the head with a crowbar, only to wake up in Cancun with one kidney and my venmo fully drained. just fuck me up
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
i can’t do tutorial sections anymore. i need gameplay right now. i need you to pile every system into my brain immediately. i need the video game tutorial equivalent of being knocked over the head with a crowbar, only to wake up in Cancun with one kidney and my venmo fully drained. just fuck me up
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For today's Eldritch 2 devlog, I wrote a little bit about keyboards and localization. Because I'm procrastinating on making more dungeon rooms. www.dphrygian.com/wordpress/?p...
Dev’s Journal – 5 Dec 2025 – MAEK GAEM
www.dphrygian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
For today's Eldritch 2 devlog, I wrote a little bit about keyboards and localization. Because I'm procrastinating on making more dungeon rooms. www.dphrygian.com/wordpress/?p...
Forcing myself to record all non-voiced lines in The Killing Stone aloud. If you hate editing, try it. An utterly different brain activates; you see stuff that when silently reading, you'd skim past. And welp-
TLDR: My awful self-indulgent spoken word album in 2028 will be called "Productive Shame"
TLDR: My awful self-indulgent spoken word album in 2028 will be called "Productive Shame"
a man with a beard is wearing a blue shirt that says you made those words up
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a blue shirt that says you made those words up
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Forcing myself to record all non-voiced lines in The Killing Stone aloud. If you hate editing, try it. An utterly different brain activates; you see stuff that when silently reading, you'd skim past. And welp-
TLDR: My awful self-indulgent spoken word album in 2028 will be called "Productive Shame"
TLDR: My awful self-indulgent spoken word album in 2028 will be called "Productive Shame"
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We JUST debuted Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator's Steam page at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase--and you can PLAY THE DEMO TODAY!
💰Day trade as a series of weirdoes across the universe
🙏Owe a loan shark who can legally kill you
💵Short a baby
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
💰Day trade as a series of weirdoes across the universe
🙏Owe a loan shark who can legally kill you
💵Short a baby
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We JUST debuted Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator's Steam page at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase--and you can PLAY THE DEMO TODAY!
💰Day trade as a series of weirdoes across the universe
🙏Owe a loan shark who can legally kill you
💵Short a baby
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
💰Day trade as a series of weirdoes across the universe
🙏Owe a loan shark who can legally kill you
💵Short a baby
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
TBC friends - Erika Ishii, our friend and and former god - is in this. Decent chance that among our players, there are some fans of musicals - who'd like to see them rock out.
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
TBC friends - Erika Ishii, our friend and and former god - is in this. Decent chance that among our players, there are some fans of musicals - who'd like to see them rock out.
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Big Strange Scaffold news dropping at this thing today 👀
👀 Save the date!
Join us as we announce the 25 Most Wanted games coming to PC, alongside interviews and world premieres!
📅 Thursday, December 4
#PCGamingShow
Join us as we announce the 25 Most Wanted games coming to PC, alongside interviews and world premieres!
📅 Thursday, December 4
#PCGamingShow
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Big Strange Scaffold news dropping at this thing today 👀
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cara rulz
Narrative design is seen as "expendable" because it's not "top-level game design", says BAFTA Breakthrough participant Cara Ellison. But narrative is "the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up."
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
BAFTA Breakthrough profile: Cara Ellison
"Your game's story or narrative, even if it's not a traditional narrative, is the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
cara rulz
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Headline's a bit misleading. They're not worried that AI will replace them because it's good, but because "generative AI trained on vast amounts of [stolen] fiction will undermine the value of writing" itself
1/ We are pleased to have participated in this new report, which reflects the deep concerns we know our members have when it comes to Artificial Intelligence
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Novelists worried AI could replace them, Cambridge report finds
A Cambridge report says about half of those surveyed think AI could
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Headline's a bit misleading. They're not worried that AI will replace them because it's good, but because "generative AI trained on vast amounts of [stolen] fiction will undermine the value of writing" itself