Jesse B. Miller
@jessebmiller.bsky.social
Game designer, software engineer, writer.
It really does. One of my favorites.
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It really does. One of my favorites.
It's telling that I haven't listened to any of it yet 😬
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It's telling that I haven't listened to any of it yet 😬
All my playests (other than the retreat) so far have been online and I've recorded them so I haven't felt the need to be in designer brain so much.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
All my playests (other than the retreat) so far have been online and I've recorded them so I haven't felt the need to be in designer brain so much.
Y'all deserve this so much. So glad to see this blowing up.
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Y'all deserve this so much. So glad to see this blowing up.
Octavia Butler. I started with "Bloodchild and other stories" then Fledgling. And every other thing I've read from her has been great.
Arkady Martine wrote a deep and engaging study on empire in her sci-fi book "A Memory Called Empire" and it's so good.
Arkady Martine wrote a deep and engaging study on empire in her sci-fi book "A Memory Called Empire" and it's so good.
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Octavia Butler. I started with "Bloodchild and other stories" then Fledgling. And every other thing I've read from her has been great.
Arkady Martine wrote a deep and engaging study on empire in her sci-fi book "A Memory Called Empire" and it's so good.
Arkady Martine wrote a deep and engaging study on empire in her sci-fi book "A Memory Called Empire" and it's so good.
Agree! And the pacing doesn't even feel slow to me. It feels deliberate and helps builds those surprise moments.
I think we experience pacing as slow when there are stretches of things we don't care about. I could see it feeling slow for someone reading it for assassin action that isn't there.
I think we experience pacing as slow when there are stretches of things we don't care about. I could see it feeling slow for someone reading it for assassin action that isn't there.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Agree! And the pacing doesn't even feel slow to me. It feels deliberate and helps builds those surprise moments.
I think we experience pacing as slow when there are stretches of things we don't care about. I could see it feeling slow for someone reading it for assassin action that isn't there.
I think we experience pacing as slow when there are stretches of things we don't care about. I could see it feeling slow for someone reading it for assassin action that isn't there.
No author can turn moments of astonished joy suddenly to sorrow like Robin Hobb has far more than twice now in The Farseer Trilogy.
My goodness
My goodness
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
No author can turn moments of astonished joy suddenly to sorrow like Robin Hobb has far more than twice now in The Farseer Trilogy.
My goodness
My goodness
Steeping tea takes the exact right amount of time for me to forget about it. A little like the "rewind 30 seconds" button on an audio book I push when I realize I've stopped paying attention. It's just far enough back to hit the boring part that made me stop paying attention.
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Steeping tea takes the exact right amount of time for me to forget about it. A little like the "rewind 30 seconds" button on an audio book I push when I realize I've stopped paying attention. It's just far enough back to hit the boring part that made me stop paying attention.
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Going well! Hyped for Burned Over as I'm running my first AW game. Also finding time, where I can, to make and publish games. Couldn't ask for more!
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Going well! Hyped for Burned Over as I'm running my first AW game. Also finding time, where I can, to make and publish games. Couldn't ask for more!
I tend to become absorbed by the things in front of me. So I try to fill the "in front of me" with things I want to get back to.
October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I tend to become absorbed by the things in front of me. So I try to fill the "in front of me" with things I want to get back to.