Jackson Miller 🔜 GDC
@sovietjazz.bsky.social
narrative designer, writer, aspiring lich
All opinions are the result of consensus reached by the spiders psionically controlling me.
All opinions are the result of consensus reached by the spiders psionically controlling me.
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Hello There! My name is Jackson. I'm a writer and narrative designer for video games. I'll be posting updates here about the cool stuff I'm working on, interspersed with stupid opinions no-one asked for and bad attempts at comedy. 🙂
Wishing the best of luck to the Ubisoft employees currently striking. The last several years have proved we NEED union protections if we want this industry to be a place that doesn’t chew people up and spit them out.
February 10, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Wishing the best of luck to the Ubisoft employees currently striking. The last several years have proved we NEED union protections if we want this industry to be a place that doesn’t chew people up and spit them out.
Finding work as a narrative designer is really hard as it turns out, so I’m currently toying with a career pivot to “guy who tortures the Omelas child”
February 9, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Finding work as a narrative designer is really hard as it turns out, so I’m currently toying with a career pivot to “guy who tortures the Omelas child”
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The fact Epstein was sending people to the Yuri board back in 2011 raises the dark possibility that Epstein was doomed yuri posting about Madoka and Homura.
January 31, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The fact Epstein was sending people to the Yuri board back in 2011 raises the dark possibility that Epstein was doomed yuri posting about Madoka and Homura.
Curated gems from my random writing ideas notes app file: “barbecue sauce on toast” “menstruation bomb” “concrete is fent for civic engineers” “phrenologist necromancer” “vaccinated against arm loss” “ICBMs are thrown by a big strong guy living in the silo”
January 31, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Curated gems from my random writing ideas notes app file: “barbecue sauce on toast” “menstruation bomb” “concrete is fent for civic engineers” “phrenologist necromancer” “vaccinated against arm loss” “ICBMs are thrown by a big strong guy living in the silo”
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it's amazing to watch the We Are The Storm guys paralyzed in terror of the density and sophistication of spontaneous neighborhood watches put together by pissed-off baristas and suburban moms
January 26, 2026 at 7:36 PM
it's amazing to watch the We Are The Storm guys paralyzed in terror of the density and sophistication of spontaneous neighborhood watches put together by pissed-off baristas and suburban moms
A lot of people are and will continue to be very doomer and insist that nobody will ever change their minds. This is simply not true. While there will also be a hardened core of true cultists, If you really bother to look around right now you will see the last people you’d expect condemning this.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
A lot of people are and will continue to be very doomer and insist that nobody will ever change their minds. This is simply not true. While there will also be a hardened core of true cultists, If you really bother to look around right now you will see the last people you’d expect condemning this.
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hon hon hon to make ze video game i must cheat on my 14-year-old wife with how you say... ze petit garcon
January 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
hon hon hon to make ze video game i must cheat on my 14-year-old wife with how you say... ze petit garcon
Watching Kai cenat’s reading arc has been a bright spot in the rather depressing news we’ve been showered with in the past two weeks. It makes me want to start reading more too, I’ve been neglecting that these past few years.
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Watching Kai cenat’s reading arc has been a bright spot in the rather depressing news we’ve been showered with in the past two weeks. It makes me want to start reading more too, I’ve been neglecting that these past few years.
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Human brains feed off of negativity. Negative thoughts are easily digested and play in a loop in your mind all of the time. The reality, however, is that there is also A LOT OF GOOD happening every single minute. You have to do more work to pay attention to the good but it's worth it.
January 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Human brains feed off of negativity. Negative thoughts are easily digested and play in a loop in your mind all of the time. The reality, however, is that there is also A LOT OF GOOD happening every single minute. You have to do more work to pay attention to the good but it's worth it.
I’ve been thinking recently about the delicate balance Andor managed to strike: not being reverent of its source material to the point of blindness, but not being ashamed of that source material either.
January 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I’ve been thinking recently about the delicate balance Andor managed to strike: not being reverent of its source material to the point of blindness, but not being ashamed of that source material either.
the people accusing anyone mentioning Maduro might not be a great dude of distracting from the real issue seem to not realize they could end that conversation by just acknowledging he’s no saint and moving on instead of getting incensed at anyone who does.
January 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM
the people accusing anyone mentioning Maduro might not be a great dude of distracting from the real issue seem to not realize they could end that conversation by just acknowledging he’s no saint and moving on instead of getting incensed at anyone who does.
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I’m exhausted by the militant opposition to acknowledging “maduro is a bad dude but that in no way justifies any of this” I’ve seen all over sky today. I understand the desire to not give any space for justification but that pendulum swings both ways and the tankies are already emerging to glaze him
January 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I’m exhausted by the militant opposition to acknowledging “maduro is a bad dude but that in no way justifies any of this” I’ve seen all over sky today. I understand the desire to not give any space for justification but that pendulum swings both ways and the tankies are already emerging to glaze him
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And that's not even to say we have to make anti-war art, that our art needs to be a political statement for the moment.
Art is anti-war by its nature. It's creation. It's what we do when we're safe enough to dream, and even when we're so unsafe that it's the only thing we *can* do.
Art is anti-war by its nature. It's creation. It's what we do when we're safe enough to dream, and even when we're so unsafe that it's the only thing we *can* do.
January 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
And that's not even to say we have to make anti-war art, that our art needs to be a political statement for the moment.
Art is anti-war by its nature. It's creation. It's what we do when we're safe enough to dream, and even when we're so unsafe that it's the only thing we *can* do.
Art is anti-war by its nature. It's creation. It's what we do when we're safe enough to dream, and even when we're so unsafe that it's the only thing we *can* do.
People are finally realizing Somaliland exists but not for the reason I’d hoped. Let’s be clear: They are getting chummy with Israel because they are desperate for someone to finally acknowledge them, not because they’re an “imperialist puppet” or whatever else people have been saying.
January 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
People are finally realizing Somaliland exists but not for the reason I’d hoped. Let’s be clear: They are getting chummy with Israel because they are desperate for someone to finally acknowledge them, not because they’re an “imperialist puppet” or whatever else people have been saying.
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Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
I think the escapist baselessly accusing blue prince of using gen ai is a perfect example of the results of game journalism being completely gutted over the past several years. No outlet with a modicum of proper editorial control would have run that story.
December 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I think the escapist baselessly accusing blue prince of using gen ai is a perfect example of the results of game journalism being completely gutted over the past several years. No outlet with a modicum of proper editorial control would have run that story.
The anger at Larian is completely understandable but anyone saying they’ve burnt all goodwill or destroyed their reputation is either hopelessly optimistic or terminally online. The people currently shouting at them are a fraction of a percent of BG3’s sales.
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The anger at Larian is completely understandable but anyone saying they’ve burnt all goodwill or destroyed their reputation is either hopelessly optimistic or terminally online. The people currently shouting at them are a fraction of a percent of BG3’s sales.
I think the most important lesson game devs need to take from the current chaos is to not sell out, no matter how much blood money they offer. we need a network of private and co-op owned studios unbeholden to shareholders and conglomerates. Vampires cannot enter your home unless you invite them in.
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I think the most important lesson game devs need to take from the current chaos is to not sell out, no matter how much blood money they offer. we need a network of private and co-op owned studios unbeholden to shareholders and conglomerates. Vampires cannot enter your home unless you invite them in.
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o público do game awards hoje:
December 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
o público do game awards hoje:
Can’t wait for the expedition 33 awards tonight (also we’ll give silksong best indie so the team cherry fans don’t burn down the venue)
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Can’t wait for the expedition 33 awards tonight (also we’ll give silksong best indie so the team cherry fans don’t burn down the venue)
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The ideology that was sold to tech workers by tech owners was that the workers were not like other workers, that they were very special boys who were entitled to high salaries and cushy perks due to the STEMy brilliance required to do their job. Easy to see the lie now that it's falling apart.
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The ideology that was sold to tech workers by tech owners was that the workers were not like other workers, that they were very special boys who were entitled to high salaries and cushy perks due to the STEMy brilliance required to do their job. Easy to see the lie now that it's falling apart.
This Warner bros acquisition will probably fuck up the film/tv and game industries even more than they already are currently. The current FTC is extremely corpo-friendly but hopefully there’s enough pressure from other studios and theatre chains for some semblance of an antitrust investigation.
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This Warner bros acquisition will probably fuck up the film/tv and game industries even more than they already are currently. The current FTC is extremely corpo-friendly but hopefully there’s enough pressure from other studios and theatre chains for some semblance of an antitrust investigation.
BWWWWHHAAHHAAHAAA YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SHIT UP.
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
BWWWWHHAAHHAAHAAA YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SHIT UP.