a writer
@stormwaltz.net
Game writer. The Outer Worlds, Mass Effect, EverSpace 2, Aliens: Fireteam, Dawngate, Asheron's Call, Elder Scrolls Online, Magic: the Gathering.
Known elsewhen as Stormwaltz. A fairly terrible person trying to do the least harm. He/Him, masks, dysthymia.
Known elsewhen as Stormwaltz. A fairly terrible person trying to do the least harm. He/Him, masks, dysthymia.
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@stormwaltz.net
· May 12
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I mostly like and recirculate posts here. I never discuss my current work, and only rarely my previous work. (The specifics are mostly NDA'd, and the generalities you can get from less socially-anxious game writers.)
My personal grumbling is (mostly) confined to Mastodon.
I mostly like and recirculate posts here. I never discuss my current work, and only rarely my previous work. (The specifics are mostly NDA'd, and the generalities you can get from less socially-anxious game writers.)
My personal grumbling is (mostly) confined to Mastodon.
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A local bakery just posted this photo on Facebook. I’ve gotten stuff from her before. Nice older lady. I do not know if she made it but…it’s perfect. Perfect.
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A local bakery just posted this photo on Facebook. I’ve gotten stuff from her before. Nice older lady. I do not know if she made it but…it’s perfect. Perfect.
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
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YOUR SOUND / DUD GOLD
two eupho-inspired songs from my upcoming yuri album Til Our Particles Scatter
double single available now
🎵Bandcamp: esselfortium.bandcamp.com/album/your-s...
📹 Your Sound MV: youtu.be/WmdmIdgGXUQ
vocals: @splendiferachie.xyz & @renko.studio
cover illust: @adirosa.com
two eupho-inspired songs from my upcoming yuri album Til Our Particles Scatter
double single available now
🎵Bandcamp: esselfortium.bandcamp.com/album/your-s...
📹 Your Sound MV: youtu.be/WmdmIdgGXUQ
vocals: @splendiferachie.xyz & @renko.studio
cover illust: @adirosa.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
YOUR SOUND / DUD GOLD
two eupho-inspired songs from my upcoming yuri album Til Our Particles Scatter
double single available now
🎵Bandcamp: esselfortium.bandcamp.com/album/your-s...
📹 Your Sound MV: youtu.be/WmdmIdgGXUQ
vocals: @splendiferachie.xyz & @renko.studio
cover illust: @adirosa.com
two eupho-inspired songs from my upcoming yuri album Til Our Particles Scatter
double single available now
🎵Bandcamp: esselfortium.bandcamp.com/album/your-s...
📹 Your Sound MV: youtu.be/WmdmIdgGXUQ
vocals: @splendiferachie.xyz & @renko.studio
cover illust: @adirosa.com
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Okay, I'd heard good things about wuxia RPG When Winds Meet, but I was not aware it had a goose mount which it describes as the land's 'greatest overlord'..
And as you upgrade it, it increases the number of geese you're balanced on.
And as you upgrade it, it increases the number of geese you're balanced on.
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Okay, I'd heard good things about wuxia RPG When Winds Meet, but I was not aware it had a goose mount which it describes as the land's 'greatest overlord'..
And as you upgrade it, it increases the number of geese you're balanced on.
And as you upgrade it, it increases the number of geese you're balanced on.
Lush - Thoughtforms (2025 Remaster) [Official Visualiser]
YouTube video by 4AD
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November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Heads up for folx playing Arc Raiders: Embark has openly stated (in an interview with GamesRadar+), that the game uses the same AI voice tech as The Finals, and the CEO has talked about using AI to generate 3D models from YouTube rips.
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Heads up for folx playing Arc Raiders: Embark has openly stated (in an interview with GamesRadar+), that the game uses the same AI voice tech as The Finals, and the CEO has talked about using AI to generate 3D models from YouTube rips.
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
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You know who has Universal Healthcare provided by the government? Folks in Argentina do and the US taxpayers sent them $40 Billion Dollars so they can keep it. How are your premiums doing?
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know who has Universal Healthcare provided by the government? Folks in Argentina do and the US taxpayers sent them $40 Billion Dollars so they can keep it. How are your premiums doing?
Looking forward to a new wave of Chernobyls and Fukushimas caused by hallucinated "AI" reactor designs.
"If we just keep digging this hole deeper, we're SURE to find treasure!"
- techbros, probably
"If we just keep digging this hole deeper, we're SURE to find treasure!"
- techbros, probably
NEW: Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Looking forward to a new wave of Chernobyls and Fukushimas caused by hallucinated "AI" reactor designs.
"If we just keep digging this hole deeper, we're SURE to find treasure!"
- techbros, probably
"If we just keep digging this hole deeper, we're SURE to find treasure!"
- techbros, probably
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"I wish to prove myself the honourable way" 😌📖✏️
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"I wish to prove myself the honourable way" 😌📖✏️
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Alien Resurrection (1997): USM Auriga, early design by Jim Martin
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Alien Resurrection (1997): USM Auriga, early design by Jim Martin
I'd like to see more players saying, "If you didn't pay artists to make all of this game, why should I pay full price for it?"
Hit executives and shareholders in their wallets. It's all they care about, and the only way they'll see their folly.
Hit executives and shareholders in their wallets. It's all they care about, and the only way they'll see their folly.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players call out "awful" apparent use of generative AI for in-game calling cards
www.eurogamer.net/call-of-duty...
www.eurogamer.net/call-of-duty...
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'd like to see more players saying, "If you didn't pay artists to make all of this game, why should I pay full price for it?"
Hit executives and shareholders in their wallets. It's all they care about, and the only way they'll see their folly.
Hit executives and shareholders in their wallets. It's all they care about, and the only way they'll see their folly.
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
There once was a family that declared themselves above all others. They had more wealth and used it to gain
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
There once was a family that declared themselves above all others. They had more wealth and used it to gain
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
There once was a family that declared themselves above all others. They had more wealth and used it to gain
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
There once was a family that declared themselves above all others. They had more wealth and used it to gain
The controversial habit that would keep me from political office is a preference for beer at room temperature, so I can better perceive the flavor.
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The controversial habit that would keep me from political office is a preference for beer at room temperature, so I can better perceive the flavor.
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As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
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Day #160: United States Postal Service (1969)
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Day #160: United States Postal Service (1969)
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"The Deep Space Fleet".
Advance Striking Force (Krenik) over Mastocal, Summer 2266.
The Advance Striking Force represented the vanguard of the Klingon Naval Fronts: composed of a mix of battleships, cruisers and destroyers,its role was to eliminate minor opposition ahead of the battle line.
Advance Striking Force (Krenik) over Mastocal, Summer 2266.
The Advance Striking Force represented the vanguard of the Klingon Naval Fronts: composed of a mix of battleships, cruisers and destroyers,its role was to eliminate minor opposition ahead of the battle line.
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"The Deep Space Fleet".
Advance Striking Force (Krenik) over Mastocal, Summer 2266.
The Advance Striking Force represented the vanguard of the Klingon Naval Fronts: composed of a mix of battleships, cruisers and destroyers,its role was to eliminate minor opposition ahead of the battle line.
Advance Striking Force (Krenik) over Mastocal, Summer 2266.
The Advance Striking Force represented the vanguard of the Klingon Naval Fronts: composed of a mix of battleships, cruisers and destroyers,its role was to eliminate minor opposition ahead of the battle line.
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It's so stupid that I'm allowed to release r18 games on Steam as a dev from the UK but I'm not allowed to buy any r18 games on Steam anymore because Steam still can't 'verify that I'm an adult' 😔
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It's so stupid that I'm allowed to release r18 games on Steam as a dev from the UK but I'm not allowed to buy any r18 games on Steam anymore because Steam still can't 'verify that I'm an adult' 😔
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LA:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
LA:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
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I thought the idea of a sex abuse ring at the highest levels of government was overheated and ridiculous.
I thought Captain America: The Winter Soldier having secret Nazi senators was over the top.
My life has become a single ongoing revelation that I have not been cynical enough
I thought Captain America: The Winter Soldier having secret Nazi senators was over the top.
My life has become a single ongoing revelation that I have not been cynical enough
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I thought the idea of a sex abuse ring at the highest levels of government was overheated and ridiculous.
I thought Captain America: The Winter Soldier having secret Nazi senators was over the top.
My life has become a single ongoing revelation that I have not been cynical enough
I thought Captain America: The Winter Soldier having secret Nazi senators was over the top.
My life has become a single ongoing revelation that I have not been cynical enough
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So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
Amazing to watch a publisher make and execute a methodical plan to remove itself from existence.
South Korean publisher Krafton announced it's transforming into an "AI first" company last month, and is now reducing human jobs with a voluntary resignation scheme. https://bit.ly/48aIe6l
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Amazing to watch a publisher make and execute a methodical plan to remove itself from existence.