Ryan McDiarmid
@ryanmcdiarmid.com
Narrative + Game Designer, Writer, Visual Artist.
He/Him. Vancouver, BC. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
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Ryan McDiarmid | Narrative & Game Design
The personal website and portfolio of Ryan McDiarmid. Writer, visual artist, and game dev with a focus on narrative & game design.
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Just launched a redesign of my website.
Updated portfolio section coming soon!
As a reminder: I'm urgently looking for work in the Narrative Design, Writing, and Game Design fields, though I have plenty of other talents as well.
ryanmcdiarmid.com
Updated portfolio section coming soon!
As a reminder: I'm urgently looking for work in the Narrative Design, Writing, and Game Design fields, though I have plenty of other talents as well.
ryanmcdiarmid.com
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I had to look up the word Jouissance
October 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I had to look up the word Jouissance
Some really surprising and creative choices wrt editing, camera movements, crossfades. Great performances, great music. And yeah uh, you could say it hit a little close to home.
February 10, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Some really surprising and creative choices wrt editing, camera movements, crossfades. Great performances, great music. And yeah uh, you could say it hit a little close to home.
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The Alien franchise is not cynical enough because the Weyland-Yutani corporation has yet to host a televised Battle Royale style game show pitting willing human contestants against a Xenomorph
mr beast would secretly smuggle a xenomorph to earth
February 10, 2026 at 4:46 AM
The Alien franchise is not cynical enough because the Weyland-Yutani corporation has yet to host a televised Battle Royale style game show pitting willing human contestants against a Xenomorph
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Baseball is a solved game. The optimal strategy is to hit a home run every at bat.
May 29, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Baseball is a solved game. The optimal strategy is to hit a home run every at bat.
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NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
harissa flavor vape
February 10, 2026 at 1:54 AM
harissa flavor vape
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this is just embarrassing man
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 AM
this is just embarrassing man
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The first thing Israel did was to cut energy off from Gaza. The US is doing the same with Cuba.
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The first thing Israel did was to cut energy off from Gaza. The US is doing the same with Cuba.
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This will seriously disrupt aid getting into the county. Any country that even wants to pretend to care about Cuba and sovereignty needs to bring jet fuel to Cuba immediately
Cuban government has informed airlines that they only have about 24 hours worth of fuel left for planes.
Beyond the obvious damage that suddenly shutting down any country's air travel would have, a not at all small % of food and medicine in Cuba comes by luggage on airlines
efe.com/economia/202...
Beyond the obvious damage that suddenly shutting down any country's air travel would have, a not at all small % of food and medicine in Cuba comes by luggage on airlines
efe.com/economia/202...
Cuba comunica a las aerolíneas que en 24 horas se queda sin combustible para aviones - EFE
El Gobierno de Cuba advirtió a las aerolíneas internacionales que operan en la isla que a partir de este lunes el país se queda sin combustible para aviación.
efe.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
This will seriously disrupt aid getting into the county. Any country that even wants to pretend to care about Cuba and sovereignty needs to bring jet fuel to Cuba immediately
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BREAKING: We’re dropping our agreement with the BC NDP.
To renew our agreement, we asked for material action.
Eby’s NDP plainly refused.
So we’d like to share a new agreement with YOU. We agree to fight for affordability, take on the establishment, and stand with the working people of BC, always.
To renew our agreement, we asked for material action.
Eby’s NDP plainly refused.
So we’d like to share a new agreement with YOU. We agree to fight for affordability, take on the establishment, and stand with the working people of BC, always.
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: We’re dropping our agreement with the BC NDP.
To renew our agreement, we asked for material action.
Eby’s NDP plainly refused.
So we’d like to share a new agreement with YOU. We agree to fight for affordability, take on the establishment, and stand with the working people of BC, always.
To renew our agreement, we asked for material action.
Eby’s NDP plainly refused.
So we’d like to share a new agreement with YOU. We agree to fight for affordability, take on the establishment, and stand with the working people of BC, always.
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everyone tries to recreate the star wars phenomenon from scratch, with this IP or that IP. but star wars was for an audience who had previously only known about TV cop shows and beer.
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
everyone tries to recreate the star wars phenomenon from scratch, with this IP or that IP. but star wars was for an audience who had previously only known about TV cop shows and beer.
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I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to jobs@avclub.com
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch
Alt: homer simpson and bart simpson are sitting on a couch
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to jobs@avclub.com
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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The US cutting off oil to Cuba is truly one of the most depraved acts it is possible to imagine. Hospitals will close, food production will collapse, people will starve. It is urgent for US citizens, and every sane person, to oppose this barbarism with all their might.
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The US cutting off oil to Cuba is truly one of the most depraved acts it is possible to imagine. Hospitals will close, food production will collapse, people will starve. It is urgent for US citizens, and every sane person, to oppose this barbarism with all their might.
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A bar is a beautiful place where you join with your community to make piss together
February 9, 2026 at 4:33 AM
A bar is a beautiful place where you join with your community to make piss together
Thanks! I didn’t realize until today it was a one-person affair. Thanks for all you do, I think it’s one of the better boards out there.
February 9, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Thanks! I didn’t realize until today it was a one-person affair. Thanks for all you do, I think it’s one of the better boards out there.
I already cancelled Nitro after their leaning into AI features, but if you haven't you should do so. And give them a 1-star review on your mobile platform of choice.
Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I already cancelled Nitro after their leaning into AI features, but if you haven't you should do so. And give them a 1-star review on your mobile platform of choice.
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it's genuinely stunning to me you'd keep a game in the hopper for a decade and then do huge layoffs after a single month. a month is nothing in live service terms. less than nothing.
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
'Overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
it's genuinely stunning to me you'd keep a game in the hopper for a decade and then do huge layoffs after a single month. a month is nothing in live service terms. less than nothing.
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Trump is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, with an oil blockade that is leading to devastating power outages and rationing. This administration is determined to dominate the hemisphere with brute force and naked impunity.
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Trump is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, with an oil blockade that is leading to devastating power outages and rationing. This administration is determined to dominate the hemisphere with brute force and naked impunity.
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Ten years on 2XKO, 12 at Riot and I got laid off with 30min notice lol
Gonna take some time.
Gonna take some time.
February 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Ten years on 2XKO, 12 at Riot and I got laid off with 30min notice lol
Gonna take some time.
Gonna take some time.
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I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.
NEWS: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept his job, got 'no discipline' on his record, UAW says.
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, 'no discipline' on record
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.