Shortlegs
@thecharleswebb.bsky.social
Narrative Designer and Writer, formerly, Playstation London Studio, Rocksteady, Hangar 13
Member, IWGB Game Workers Branch
Black, semi-notable queer.
https://webbconarrative.journoportfolio.com/
Member, IWGB Game Workers Branch
Black, semi-notable queer.
https://webbconarrative.journoportfolio.com/
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Shortlegs
@thecharleswebb.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Feel free to reskeet!
I’m in the market for my next game narrative role!
You’d get:
✅ Award-winning writing and narrative design
✅ Worldbuilding
✅ Character development
I’d get:
✅ Money
✅ A collaborative team of weirdos enthusiastic about narrative
✅ A challenging, player-centric project
I’m in the market for my next game narrative role!
You’d get:
✅ Award-winning writing and narrative design
✅ Worldbuilding
✅ Character development
I’d get:
✅ Money
✅ A collaborative team of weirdos enthusiastic about narrative
✅ A challenging, player-centric project
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Are there any Sudanese gaming content creators out there?
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Are there any Sudanese gaming content creators out there?
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Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
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220 employees at Rockstar North have signed a letter condemning the dismissal of 31 workers amid union busting accusations
www.gamesindustry.biz/over-200-roc...
www.gamesindustry.biz/over-200-roc...
Over 200 Rockstar North staff sign letter demanding "immediate reinstatement" of fired colleagues
Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain says letter has been handed to senior management at developer
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
220 employees at Rockstar North have signed a letter condemning the dismissal of 31 workers amid union busting accusations
www.gamesindustry.biz/over-200-roc...
www.gamesindustry.biz/over-200-roc...
We need government propaganda campaigns around public service.
In lieu of compulsory military service, every 18 year old has to spend two years working (paid) in a mix of community hospitals, civil service, and public works.
In lieu of compulsory military service, every 18 year old has to spend two years working (paid) in a mix of community hospitals, civil service, and public works.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We need government propaganda campaigns around public service.
In lieu of compulsory military service, every 18 year old has to spend two years working (paid) in a mix of community hospitals, civil service, and public works.
In lieu of compulsory military service, every 18 year old has to spend two years working (paid) in a mix of community hospitals, civil service, and public works.
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Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
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had a wonderful time speaking to brian about my work again 💜
always a pleasure, even if the subject matter is less fun. very grateful to have had the opportunity to rant freely about my issues with kiwami 3 including and outside of the casting
always a pleasure, even if the subject matter is less fun. very grateful to have had the opportunity to rant freely about my issues with kiwami 3 including and outside of the casting
Into the Skybox returns with @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social in a chat with @brianbarnett.bsky.social about her recent article on Yakuza Kiwami 3. Subscribe to our Patreon if you haven't already and check it out!
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Into the Skybox - Hamazaki Has To Goh (with Ashley Schofield) | Skybox
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November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
had a wonderful time speaking to brian about my work again 💜
always a pleasure, even if the subject matter is less fun. very grateful to have had the opportunity to rant freely about my issues with kiwami 3 including and outside of the casting
always a pleasure, even if the subject matter is less fun. very grateful to have had the opportunity to rant freely about my issues with kiwami 3 including and outside of the casting
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I Am Your Beast vinyl is out now!!!
GO BEATS MODE! We've got the explosive soundtrack to @strangescaffold.bsky.social’s hit platform shooter I AM YOUR BEAST on wax 📀 @writnelson.bsky.social
Limited 500 copies of the 2xLP Sanguine Smoke colour variant available.
www.lostincult.co.uk/iaybmusic
Limited 500 copies of the 2xLP Sanguine Smoke colour variant available.
www.lostincult.co.uk/iaybmusic
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I Am Your Beast vinyl is out now!!!
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Happy Odd Couple Day!
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy Odd Couple Day!
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ahoy!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY - Video On Demand - Gathr
With the dangerous SCOTUS decision upholding the ban on life-saving healthcare, Heightened Scrutiny is an urgent call to action against bigotry and injustice. HEIGHT...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ahoy!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
You know what's a good gotdang movie?
Matthau was a star during this period but at 50-ish to May's 39, he's a little miscast (I bet Charles Grodin would've killed in this). Still, Matthau's lovely.
Did I get a little teary when Henrietta gifts Henry the frond token? You're damned right I did.
Matthau was a star during this period but at 50-ish to May's 39, he's a little miscast (I bet Charles Grodin would've killed in this). Still, Matthau's lovely.
Did I get a little teary when Henrietta gifts Henry the frond token? You're damned right I did.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
You know what's a good gotdang movie?
Matthau was a star during this period but at 50-ish to May's 39, he's a little miscast (I bet Charles Grodin would've killed in this). Still, Matthau's lovely.
Did I get a little teary when Henrietta gifts Henry the frond token? You're damned right I did.
Matthau was a star during this period but at 50-ish to May's 39, he's a little miscast (I bet Charles Grodin would've killed in this). Still, Matthau's lovely.
Did I get a little teary when Henrietta gifts Henry the frond token? You're damned right I did.
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[let the bodies hit the floor voice] un poquito por favor
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
[let the bodies hit the floor voice] un poquito por favor
Every year is a good year not to watch. But maybe this is the BEST year?
News-in-brief: The Game Awards 2025 to stream on Amazon Prime
Event will be broadcast globally on streaming platform alongside Twitch on December 11 from 5pm PT/8pm ET
www.gamesindustry.biz/the-game-awa...
Event will be broadcast globally on streaming platform alongside Twitch on December 11 from 5pm PT/8pm ET
www.gamesindustry.biz/the-game-awa...
The Game Awards 2025 to stream on Amazon Prime | News-in-brief
Event will be broadcast globally on streaming platform alongside Twitch on December 11 from 5pm PT/8pm ET
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Every year is a good year not to watch. But maybe this is the BEST year?
“Tragedy: Local Man Realizes Favorite Band Never Made a Single Good Music Video”
youtu.be/nyaIcfemaEg?...
youtu.be/nyaIcfemaEg?...
Atari Teenage Riot - "Modern Liars" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Noisey
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November 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
“Tragedy: Local Man Realizes Favorite Band Never Made a Single Good Music Video”
youtu.be/nyaIcfemaEg?...
youtu.be/nyaIcfemaEg?...
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Once agsin, @alyssamerc.bsky.social is showing a lot of journos up by immediately being there to give minorities a public voice, and a lot of the TGA ppl have been and are doing the work that any ally with a platform, not just Geoff, should be doing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Once agsin, @alyssamerc.bsky.social is showing a lot of journos up by immediately being there to give minorities a public voice, and a lot of the TGA ppl have been and are doing the work that any ally with a platform, not just Geoff, should be doing.
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If you're not speaking up bc you still want your games at the big show, fine. But then hire the Future Class alumni so they don't end up being punished as well as insulted. Most were voted for by their peers for doing the very thing they're doing now - speaking up against wrongs in the industry.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you're not speaking up bc you still want your games at the big show, fine. But then hire the Future Class alumni so they don't end up being punished as well as insulted. Most were voted for by their peers for doing the very thing they're doing now - speaking up against wrongs in the industry.
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If a filmmaker is gonna do one for the money, the high bars are DePalma's The Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. Make it so good that it never occurs to anyone to ask about your motivation for making it. So good that they're just grateful it exists.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If a filmmaker is gonna do one for the money, the high bars are DePalma's The Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. Make it so good that it never occurs to anyone to ask about your motivation for making it. So good that they're just grateful it exists.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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Fun fact - the Oscars were literally created to union bust!
Studio execs wanted something they solely controlled that others desired and then used the Oscars to force workers to get in line with threats of never giving it to them if they didn't.
Feels eerily similar...
Studio execs wanted something they solely controlled that others desired and then used the Oscars to force workers to get in line with threats of never giving it to them if they didn't.
Feels eerily similar...
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Fun fact - the Oscars were literally created to union bust!
Studio execs wanted something they solely controlled that others desired and then used the Oscars to force workers to get in line with threats of never giving it to them if they didn't.
Feels eerily similar...
Studio execs wanted something they solely controlled that others desired and then used the Oscars to force workers to get in line with threats of never giving it to them if they didn't.
Feels eerily similar...
The disrespect to the games professionals quoted here makes my blood boil.
If you see TGAs as the Golden Globes of video games, this cowardly, backhanded behavior makes a lot more sense.
The event was designed to put Jerff in the orbit of “celebrity” devs while fluffing up his own importance.
If you see TGAs as the Golden Globes of video games, this cowardly, backhanded behavior makes a lot more sense.
The event was designed to put Jerff in the orbit of “celebrity” devs while fluffing up his own importance.
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The disrespect to the games professionals quoted here makes my blood boil.
If you see TGAs as the Golden Globes of video games, this cowardly, backhanded behavior makes a lot more sense.
The event was designed to put Jerff in the orbit of “celebrity” devs while fluffing up his own importance.
If you see TGAs as the Golden Globes of video games, this cowardly, backhanded behavior makes a lot more sense.
The event was designed to put Jerff in the orbit of “celebrity” devs while fluffing up his own importance.
Me, at the height of my hubris: “I could write a critically acclaimed porno.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Me, at the height of my hubris: “I could write a critically acclaimed porno.”
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Don't miss Gregg Araki’s THE DOOM GENERATION (1995) showing from 4K on Tuesday 18th November. Rose McGowan and James Duval star in this road movie dipped in blood, sex, and nihilism. See them blaze through a violent, fluorescent America where love and apocalypse blur into one. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/47uufav6
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Don't miss Gregg Araki’s THE DOOM GENERATION (1995) showing from 4K on Tuesday 18th November. Rose McGowan and James Duval star in this road movie dipped in blood, sex, and nihilism. See them blaze through a violent, fluorescent America where love and apocalypse blur into one. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/47uufav6
Skill issue, honestly.
But the real issue is No Time to Die is a terrible, forgettable movie and audiences will happily accept a new (younger?) actor in the role doing legally sanctioned sexy murder and what not.
But the real issue is No Time to Die is a terrible, forgettable movie and audiences will happily accept a new (younger?) actor in the role doing legally sanctioned sexy murder and what not.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Skill issue, honestly.
But the real issue is No Time to Die is a terrible, forgettable movie and audiences will happily accept a new (younger?) actor in the role doing legally sanctioned sexy murder and what not.
But the real issue is No Time to Die is a terrible, forgettable movie and audiences will happily accept a new (younger?) actor in the role doing legally sanctioned sexy murder and what not.
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John C. DBZ original art
Imagine the conversations this piece will inspired when you have it hanging in your home or study. Drawn with ink over printed blueline on an 11" x 17" sheet of smooth bristol paper. If you have any q...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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