George 🕊️
@thewizardlockwood.bsky.social
Senior Writer @ Failbetter Games, working on Mandrake and Fallen London. Bird-botherer, arrow-flinger, and lifter of heavy things. he/him
At the start of the year, I decided to venture onto social media less. It’s still useful, so I set two ‘check social media’ windows each week. It’s staggering how boring social media becomes when it’s not available to fill the gaps in my time. I log on to check stuff and am out within 5 mins.
January 27, 2026 at 12:16 PM
At the start of the year, I decided to venture onto social media less. It’s still useful, so I set two ‘check social media’ windows each week. It’s staggering how boring social media becomes when it’s not available to fill the gaps in my time. I log on to check stuff and am out within 5 mins.
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Thanks to the Detective sale, I've been reminded of a game that brought me more delight than most. store.steampowered.com/app/373390/C...
@thewizardlockwood.bsky.social still does the odd impression from it.
@thewizardlockwood.bsky.social still does the odd impression from it.
Save 25% on Contradiction: Spot The Liar on Steam
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
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January 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Thanks to the Detective sale, I've been reminded of a game that brought me more delight than most. store.steampowered.com/app/373390/C...
@thewizardlockwood.bsky.social still does the odd impression from it.
@thewizardlockwood.bsky.social still does the odd impression from it.
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Doing work planning for the next six months and looks like I'll have slots available for freelance work, esp around Feb-April. So if you need someone to write STUFF or do narrative /story consulting, HMU!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Doing work planning for the next six months and looks like I'll have slots available for freelance work, esp around Feb-April. So if you need someone to write STUFF or do narrative /story consulting, HMU!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
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Happy New Year! My best friend and beloved already has me at the gym. We’ve become that kind of couple, gross I know.
Anyway, here’s the person who makes my life one of joy, who encourages me to successes. @thewizardlockwood.bsky.social thank you for being you.
Anyway, here’s the person who makes my life one of joy, who encourages me to successes. @thewizardlockwood.bsky.social thank you for being you.
January 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Happy New Year! My best friend and beloved already has me at the gym. We’ve become that kind of couple, gross I know.
Anyway, here’s the person who makes my life one of joy, who encourages me to successes. @thewizardlockwood.bsky.social thank you for being you.
Anyway, here’s the person who makes my life one of joy, who encourages me to successes. @thewizardlockwood.bsky.social thank you for being you.
I’m not a ‘yells at TV’ kinda guy, but I’m about two more away from giving up. I really feel like it’s not even trying to make sense? Even action movie logic sense?
We’re trying to watch the last Mission Impossible and I don’t think we can do it. It’s so so bad. The constant recaps of previous films, the recap of things we saw only 30 seconds before.
Constant idiot ball.
Action films don’t have to be clever, but they should respect their audience a bit.
Constant idiot ball.
Action films don’t have to be clever, but they should respect their audience a bit.
December 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’m not a ‘yells at TV’ kinda guy, but I’m about two more away from giving up. I really feel like it’s not even trying to make sense? Even action movie logic sense?
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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"The product of writing is not words but meaning. And generative AI can’t understand meaning, or perspective... It can only algorithmically guess at what you expect to hear, with varying levels of success."
Thanks RPS for talking to our Narrative Director @chrisgardiner.bsky.social for this one.
Thanks RPS for talking to our Narrative Director @chrisgardiner.bsky.social for this one.
December 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"The product of writing is not words but meaning. And generative AI can’t understand meaning, or perspective... It can only algorithmically guess at what you expect to hear, with varying levels of success."
Thanks RPS for talking to our Narrative Director @chrisgardiner.bsky.social for this one.
Thanks RPS for talking to our Narrative Director @chrisgardiner.bsky.social for this one.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow by Clock and Dagger is 55% off during the Steam Winter Sale!
Explore the moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow.
What lies beneath the soil?
Find out here: store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
Explore the moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow.
What lies beneath the soil?
Find out here: store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow by Clock and Dagger is 55% off during the Steam Winter Sale!
Explore the moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow.
What lies beneath the soil?
Find out here: store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
Explore the moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow.
What lies beneath the soil?
Find out here: store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...
More lifting-posting, I’m afraid. Finished up the training block, so testing progress. 170kg x 4 on the squat, which is wild to me as this was my 1rm a few months back.
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
More lifting-posting, I’m afraid. Finished up the training block, so testing progress. 170kg x 4 on the squat, which is wild to me as this was my 1rm a few months back.
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good stuff about using your body here from Jenny Odell www.thebeliever.net/no-one-gave-...
No One Gave It to You - Believer Magazine
During my senior year of high school, a guidance counselor who had it in for me gleefully noticed I was missing a semester’s worth of PE. I still have the paper on the Cupertino High School letterhead...
www.thebeliever.net
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
good stuff about using your body here from Jenny Odell www.thebeliever.net/no-one-gave-...
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Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
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This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
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Sam's done some incredible work this year and her Neurocracy 3.0 trailer might be my favourite trailer of the year. A tremendous showcase of her creative instincts and extensive skillset.
Haven't found time to do a thread of my trailer work this year yet but getting "Best trailer for least trailer-able game" for the Neurocracy trailer from @derek-lieu.com, among such talented company, is a better endorsement than I could ever give myself 🥹
www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2025/12...
www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2025/12...
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Sam's done some incredible work this year and her Neurocracy 3.0 trailer might be my favourite trailer of the year. A tremendous showcase of her creative instincts and extensive skillset.
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Derek just did a thread of trailers for visual novels that he thinks are very good, and three out of seven of them were mine.
In conclusion: consider hiring me to make VN trailers.
In conclusion: consider hiring me to make VN trailers.
Also, here are some Visual Novel trailers I think are very good.
First (mentioned in the video) is Amarantus. This trailer was made by @garyjkings.bsky.social. A great sense of the situations and character dynamics and just shy of a minute long!
First (mentioned in the video) is Amarantus. This trailer was made by @garyjkings.bsky.social. A great sense of the situations and character dynamics and just shy of a minute long!
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December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Derek just did a thread of trailers for visual novels that he thinks are very good, and three out of seven of them were mine.
In conclusion: consider hiring me to make VN trailers.
In conclusion: consider hiring me to make VN trailers.
Really pleased with how these are coming along. Even if I still turn into a beetroot.
December 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Really pleased with how these are coming along. Even if I still turn into a beetroot.
I played Dialect a few months back, and on the day realised I was not in a good brain mood for improv roleplay scenes. Really uncomfortable.
But putting my glasses uncomfortably halfway down my nose and sinking into my chair? Those unlocked a whole character for me. 'Adopt the trait' is so good.
But putting my glasses uncomfortably halfway down my nose and sinking into my chair? Those unlocked a whole character for me. 'Adopt the trait' is so good.
Sometimes people ask me how to get better at improvising in TTRPGs and I shrug helplessly, saying "...uhhhhh.... Ummmm," and things like that.
To improve this response I rolled on a spark table and followed the prompt "write a blog post about it".
To improve this response I rolled on a spark table and followed the prompt "write a blog post about it".
How to get better at improvising - Old Men Running The World
You will get better at improvising.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I played Dialect a few months back, and on the day realised I was not in a good brain mood for improv roleplay scenes. Really uncomfortable.
But putting my glasses uncomfortably halfway down my nose and sinking into my chair? Those unlocked a whole character for me. 'Adopt the trait' is so good.
But putting my glasses uncomfortably halfway down my nose and sinking into my chair? Those unlocked a whole character for me. 'Adopt the trait' is so good.
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You do not have to be a coward. You do not have to let this shit beat you up. There's no real downside to standing up for humanity. Nobody who wants to defend or equivocate about this shit is your friend or even useful to know. We don't have to resign ourselves to being disposable.
this shit, despite its faults, is not going anywhere and people are going to have to pick their battles
Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI' - IGN
This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes. The backlash has been swi...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You do not have to be a coward. You do not have to let this shit beat you up. There's no real downside to standing up for humanity. Nobody who wants to defend or equivocate about this shit is your friend or even useful to know. We don't have to resign ourselves to being disposable.
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I could only see the alien landscape through pink bars until I read the word of what the other image is and then I saw that immediately
Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
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December 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I could only see the alien landscape through pink bars until I read the word of what the other image is and then I saw that immediately
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A pretty grand rook watching over us on the Pembrokeshire coast path above Whitesands Bay this afternoon; tame & pretty intelligent looking 🐦⬛
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A pretty grand rook watching over us on the Pembrokeshire coast path above Whitesands Bay this afternoon; tame & pretty intelligent looking 🐦⬛
Skin Deep rocks, go play it.
Skin Deep ✨ BEST IMMERSIVE SIM OF THE YEAR ✨
Thanks PC Gamer!
👉Get it! store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
👉Skin Deep was made by insanely talented crew of folks; this game only exists because of them: blendogames.com/skindeep/cre...
Thanks PC Gamer!
👉Get it! store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
👉Skin Deep was made by insanely talented crew of folks; this game only exists because of them: blendogames.com/skindeep/cre...
Congrats to @blendogames.bsky.social ! Skin Deep won Best Immersive Sim of the year from @pcgamer.com
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December 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Skin Deep rocks, go play it.
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Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.