Rik Godwin
@rikgodwin.bsky.social
He/him. Lead Writer @Ubisoft Bordeaux, Assassin's Creed: Claws of Awaji. Prev: actezero, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, Atlas Fallen, Under the Waves, Chinatown Detective Agency (bits of Night Call).
Vehemently anti-GenAI
Vehemently anti-GenAI
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Rik Godwin
@rikgodwin.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Assassin's Creed Shadows - Official Claws of Awaji DLC Launch Trailer
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
Two years of work. A cross-country move. A new life, a new role, a new team. After all that...
Claws of Awaji is here!
Claws of Awaji is here!
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Haven't done one of these before but I feel StarCraft went a long way towards defining my taste in games, and media at large, ever since I first set down on Chau Sara. And it holds up too, both mechanically AND narratively.
Absolutely an all timer.
Absolutely an all timer.
Quote this with your favourite game from 1998 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Haven't done one of these before but I feel StarCraft went a long way towards defining my taste in games, and media at large, ever since I first set down on Chau Sara. And it holds up too, both mechanically AND narratively.
Absolutely an all timer.
Absolutely an all timer.
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Staff at Ubisoft's Halifax studio have officially formed a union
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-hali...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-hali...
Ubisoft Halifax staff officially form union
This is the first bargaining unit in the French games giant's North American business
www.gamesindustry.biz
January 5, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Staff at Ubisoft's Halifax studio have officially formed a union
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-hali...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-hali...
oh my god there was more to it?!
wait there were multiple actually this is where the quote was from
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
oh my god there was more to it?!
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i still like stranger things and all but after watching s5 what a sad time to be a writer. i guess the role of dialogue is to literally explicate story now and everything is an AAA video game
January 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
i still like stranger things and all but after watching s5 what a sad time to be a writer. i guess the role of dialogue is to literally explicate story now and everything is an AAA video game
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Happy birthday to the one and only, Hayao Miyazaki.
January 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Happy birthday to the one and only, Hayao Miyazaki.
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I would like to report a murder.
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I would like to report a murder.
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 AM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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They really have this delightful Gomez and Morticia vibe going on.
January 2, 2026 at 4:09 AM
They really have this delightful Gomez and Morticia vibe going on.
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no way to describe Starmer's whole vibe other than "prey animal"
#BBCLauraK to Keir Starmer: "You've been incredibly clear, that Putins attack on a sovereign country, Ukraine, was wrong & ought to be condemned. What about Trumps attack on a sovereign country of Venezuela.. will you condemn that action against a sovereign state?"
January 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
no way to describe Starmer's whole vibe other than "prey animal"
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Sometimes the timeline just lays it up for ya
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Sometimes the timeline just lays it up for ya
Lol a guy just did a full-on Gallagher waddle into my face. Brought his mate as backup as he jiggled his chin under my nose spouting the most fragile of fragile reactionary baby moans.
January 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Lol a guy just did a full-on Gallagher waddle into my face. Brought his mate as backup as he jiggled his chin under my nose spouting the most fragile of fragile reactionary baby moans.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Fuck me. Do peaceful transitions usually begin with the unsanctioned kidnapping of a leader by a foreign nation?
What the fuck are we doing?
What the fuck are we doing?
Following very closely the situation in Venezuela.
We stand by the people of Venezuela and support a peaceful and democratic transition.
Any solution must respect international law and the UN Charter.
We stand by the people of Venezuela and support a peaceful and democratic transition.
Any solution must respect international law and the UN Charter.
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Fuck me. Do peaceful transitions usually begin with the unsanctioned kidnapping of a leader by a foreign nation?
What the fuck are we doing?
What the fuck are we doing?
If the Democratic party response is anything less than a full throated call for impeachment with actions to back it up I think we might be done, eh?
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 AM
If the Democratic party response is anything less than a full throated call for impeachment with actions to back it up I think we might be done, eh?
Watching the second half of Stranger Things S5 and I guess someone in the writers' room went full-on "Look we've got the money who gives a shit?".
Wormholes? Fuck off. Not even the slightest modicum of meaning or sense to any of it any more.
Wormholes? Fuck off. Not even the slightest modicum of meaning or sense to any of it any more.
January 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Watching the second half of Stranger Things S5 and I guess someone in the writers' room went full-on "Look we've got the money who gives a shit?".
Wormholes? Fuck off. Not even the slightest modicum of meaning or sense to any of it any more.
Wormholes? Fuck off. Not even the slightest modicum of meaning or sense to any of it any more.
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no
Microsoft Tells Piggies To Stop Calling It AI Slop:
Microsoft CEO Says People Need To 'Get Beyond' Calling It AI Slop
CEO Satya Nadella says people 'need to get beyond' the gen AI slop debate
kotaku.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
no
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this is, indeed, a crusade by the people directly running the New York Times to destroy the rights and lives of trans people in this country
they have blood on their hands and they’re proud of it
they have blood on their hands and they’re proud of it
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
this is, indeed, a crusade by the people directly running the New York Times to destroy the rights and lives of trans people in this country
they have blood on their hands and they’re proud of it
they have blood on their hands and they’re proud of it
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call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
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Stranger Things Season 5 "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up". Directed by The Duffer Brothers
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Stranger Things Season 5 "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up". Directed by The Duffer Brothers