Cat Manning
@catacalypto.bsky.social
narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
god it’s gonna be this isn’t it
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
god it’s gonna be this isn’t it
Reposted by Cat Manning
119. frontispiece to the amitabha sutra, painted in gold by a monk of goryeo named Ch'onggo in c. 1341.
September 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
119. frontispiece to the amitabha sutra, painted in gold by a monk of goryeo named Ch'onggo in c. 1341.
oh right yeah. if sport is competitive play with rules, debate is that for conversational play.
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
oh right yeah. if sport is competitive play with rules, debate is that for conversational play.
yes. also is why I like “interactive media” as an extremely big tent.
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
yes. also is why I like “interactive media” as an extremely big tent.
aren’t you theoretically not supposed to judge on years you have a game in? if so of course you wouldn’t have known to skip because they didn’t tell you 🫠
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
aren’t you theoretically not supposed to judge on years you have a game in? if so of course you wouldn’t have known to skip because they didn’t tell you 🫠
yeah. different environment
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
yeah. different environment
missed this but exactly. the reason you have bad choices is because they’re at the end of a fucked pipeline. fix the pipeline and they improve
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
missed this but exactly. the reason you have bad choices is because they’re at the end of a fucked pipeline. fix the pipeline and they improve
so the bad news is bluesky can’t do this. the either good news or worse news, depending on how you look at it, is neither can new twitter.
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
so the bad news is bluesky can’t do this. the either good news or worse news, depending on how you look at it, is neither can new twitter.
I do not disagree with the OP that a lot of video game choices are badly written. I strenuously disagree with a lot beyond that
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I do not disagree with the OP that a lot of video game choices are badly written. I strenuously disagree with a lot beyond that
right like honestly think you could do a marketing campaign with just the comments from seasoned devs on AP Thomson‘s unannounced thing. (Not the WHOLE campaign to be clear.) Why a dev / publisher would not want this is insane.
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
right like honestly think you could do a marketing campaign with just the comments from seasoned devs on AP Thomson‘s unannounced thing. (Not the WHOLE campaign to be clear.) Why a dev / publisher would not want this is insane.
oh thank christ maybe there’s hope for me
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
oh thank christ maybe there’s hope for me
I know but I always fuck up when trying to say Thai words 😩
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I know but I always fuck up when trying to say Thai words 😩
like. it’s a shame.
there’s a game I bet I would have liked well enough to nominate for [redacted] but it’s out of keys.
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
like. it’s a shame.
in jurying, rarely if ever. in the actual judging period? several games I really wanted to play this year ALONE.
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
in jurying, rarely if ever. in the actual judging period? several games I really wanted to play this year ALONE.
also if you get asked for a bunch more keys in November/December: HAND AS MANY OVER AS YOU CAN. this is jury time.
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
also if you get asked for a bunch more keys in November/December: HAND AS MANY OVER AS YOU CAN. this is jury time.