Some locals just drove by, selling pumpkins out of their pickup truck. Somehow I scored a lil pumpkin for free, just by laughing at their hilarious sales pitch? (I wonder what tipped them off I might want it… 🎃🍂😅)

Been learning so much and meeting some amazing people at NarraScope this weekend! If you're around, and happen to be a mortal creature like myself, you might enjoy my talk on death-positive narrative design this afternoon (1:30 ET, URBN Center 141, more details at narrascope.org/schedule/#ta...) 💀🎲🖤

Ah, nice, I was close! Pretty sure this is concept art for Kadish Tolesa, which I've been using as my own wallpaper:

As someone making a game about books, I felt lucky to attend *multiple* events this week at the intersection of games & writing: the launch of @jeannethornton.bsky.social’s novel A/S/L, steeped in digital nostalgia, and @ashleybardhan.bsky.social’s delightful “video game reading night” about love!

The fact my suitcase looks like this when packing for a conference makes me confident I’m in the right industry 🎮🎭 Can’t wait to see everyone at GDC!

Over the holidays, I bonded with my father-in-law (very much not a gamer) by getting him hooked on Balatro. It's been a couple months now, and I'm still unsure whether to feel like a world-class daughter-in-law or an absolute monster when I see this notification pop up daily 😅 #Balatro

If you’re going to play Captain Sonar (think: Battleship, but it’s 4v4 and you’re piloting submarines in real time), the only right way to do it is with underwater mood lighting and Subnautica looping in the background for ambiance. Thanks for another fun game night at @nyugamecenter.bsky.social! ⚓️🌊

How can a work be both an “FMV video game” and a “non-interactive video” at the same time? Bahiyya Khan’s unique HOWL installation offered agency by presenting multiple screens & vantages to navigate. What I didn’t expect: the “game mechanic” of taming my fear of the looming presence behind me… 😱

New definition of “friends with benefits”: a friend who owns a beautiful upright piano, with her own copy of @bearmccreary.bsky.social’s Battlestar Galactica Songbook, just waiting to be played 🎹✨

Had a blast prototyping a poignant TTRPG about revisiting old memories while meeting your friends at the park, on the last day of your lives 🌳🥺 Huge thanks to @natmesnard.bsky.social for hosting tonight’s workshop and @nyugamecenter.bsky.social for sponsoring!

It’s definitely a privilege of digital game design that I rarely need to worry about supply chains etc. That said, I’m currently writing a LARP about death, and crafting & sourcing the physical game components has honestly been so fun & satisfying!