Sam Winkler
@samwinkler.bsky.social
Narrative Director, Borderlands 4 at Gearbox Software | Prev: Lead Writer, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands | BL3 | BL3: Guns, Love, and Tentacles | Non-canonical lore item | He/him.
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Sam Winkler
@samwinkler.bsky.social
· Jul 1
Hi BlueSky! I’m Sam, a narrative director at Gearbox Software, and these are my most enduring artistic and cultural works:
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After careful discussion, we have added this additional provision to our session description. We're also thrilled to welcome the incredible @samwinkler.bsky.social to our all-star lineup of reviewers! So if you're a writer coming to GDC, bring your genuine, human-written materials!
January 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM
After careful discussion, we have added this additional provision to our session description. We're also thrilled to welcome the incredible @samwinkler.bsky.social to our all-star lineup of reviewers! So if you're a writer coming to GDC, bring your genuine, human-written materials!
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Overall: 28% laid off in the last 2 years
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
More than a quarter of developers surveyed by GDC say they were laid off in the last 24 months, and around half of them say they haven't found a new job yet.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
More than a quarter of devs surveyed by GDC were laid off in the past two years, and half of them don’t have a new job | VGC
“Execs are throwing people overboard and expecting these scuttled ghost ships to keep making them infinite money”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Overall: 28% laid off in the last 2 years
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
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ICE are an existential threat to you to your family to your neighbors to your city to your state to your country.
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 PM
ICE are an existential threat to you to your family to your neighbors to your city to your state to your country.
Oh my god dude this project is the best possible thing that could have happened. No one can look at this and think it’s better than putting two real actors in chairs.
You don't have the be an avowed AI hater to be impressed without lifeless and unwatchable this is.
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Oh my god dude this project is the best possible thing that could have happened. No one can look at this and think it’s better than putting two real actors in chairs.
Dog ass
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Dog ass
I dunno it's really cool to have a daughter and it would be even cooler if the generation above me stopped telling me to enjoy it "while she still likes you" sorry your kid doesn't call you because you treated them like loud inconvenient furniture
January 28, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I dunno it's really cool to have a daughter and it would be even cooler if the generation above me stopped telling me to enjoy it "while she still likes you" sorry your kid doesn't call you because you treated them like loud inconvenient furniture
I was ahead of my time
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I was ahead of my time
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if you haven’t played it already you should. you can see how normal I am about Twin Peaks and other themes such as the passing of time, abandonment, and recurring nightmares nessathewriter.itch.io/the-red-room
Ten Things I Learned In The Red Room by Nessa Cannon
A short, surreal Twine game
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January 27, 2026 at 10:26 PM
if you haven’t played it already you should. you can see how normal I am about Twin Peaks and other themes such as the passing of time, abandonment, and recurring nightmares nessathewriter.itch.io/the-red-room
This dipshit and everyone in ICE from the top down to the lowest rank deserves to spend the rest of their lives running from their own personal It Follows demon
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:02 AM
This dipshit and everyone in ICE from the top down to the lowest rank deserves to spend the rest of their lives running from their own personal It Follows demon
Calendar Notification: Dracula has Declined your invite to Stakeholder Meeting
January 26, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Calendar Notification: Dracula has Declined your invite to Stakeholder Meeting
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this message to minneapolis from comedian zach woods is profane and also wonderful
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 PM
this message to minneapolis from comedian zach woods is profane and also wonderful
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We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 AM
We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
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I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
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It must be wild being a Republican. Literally no beliefs other than a burning desire to have a bigger, more confident man tell them what to do.
January 24, 2026 at 10:38 PM
It must be wild being a Republican. Literally no beliefs other than a burning desire to have a bigger, more confident man tell them what to do.
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he knows that we know he's lying. he's telling us we're all terrorists to him. he's telling us that to dissent is now a capital crime. he's telling us they'll shoot us, too, and they'll say we deserved it.
January 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM
he knows that we know he's lying. he's telling us we're all terrorists to him. he's telling us that to dissent is now a capital crime. he's telling us they'll shoot us, too, and they'll say we deserved it.
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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Just crossed 50,000 subscribers on my main video essay channel :) thank you for watching and sharing and supporting me in this crazy freelance experience!
(btw I still get comments from Polygon fans saying they had NO IDEA I have my own channel now - so if you know any, send 'em my way!)
(btw I still get comments from Polygon fans saying they had NO IDEA I have my own channel now - so if you know any, send 'em my way!)
January 23, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Just crossed 50,000 subscribers on my main video essay channel :) thank you for watching and sharing and supporting me in this crazy freelance experience!
(btw I still get comments from Polygon fans saying they had NO IDEA I have my own channel now - so if you know any, send 'em my way!)
(btw I still get comments from Polygon fans saying they had NO IDEA I have my own channel now - so if you know any, send 'em my way!)
Me and my main bro have this thing called The Stabbing Game where we stab each other.
January 23, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Me and my main bro have this thing called The Stabbing Game where we stab each other.
