Karrie Shirou Shao
@karriebear.bsky.social
✏ BAFTA & Nebula-Nominated Lead Writer & Lead Narrative: Pacific Drive
🏆 BAFTA Breakthrough 2024
⭐ Marketing: SCMedia
⚒ Past: Riot, tinyBuild, Arc System Works, Per Aspera, Totemic
✉ shao.karrie@gmail.com
🧐 karries.carrd.co
🏆 BAFTA Breakthrough 2024
⭐ Marketing: SCMedia
⚒ Past: Riot, tinyBuild, Arc System Works, Per Aspera, Totemic
✉ shao.karrie@gmail.com
🧐 karries.carrd.co
we tried Taco Bell’s Baja Blast Pie yesterday and the reactions were so good it had to go on the feed
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
we tried Taco Bell’s Baja Blast Pie yesterday and the reactions were so good it had to go on the feed
I’m speaking today at @sfwa.org’s Quasar event this weekend! Really excited to be chatting with a panel of indie creators across comics, novels, and games ❤️
@alexiswestmore.bsky.social
@jessicamaison.bsky.social
@joanmarieverba.bsky.social
@rrookstudio.bsky.social
@alexiswestmore.bsky.social
@jessicamaison.bsky.social
@joanmarieverba.bsky.social
@rrookstudio.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’m speaking today at @sfwa.org’s Quasar event this weekend! Really excited to be chatting with a panel of indie creators across comics, novels, and games ❤️
@alexiswestmore.bsky.social
@jessicamaison.bsky.social
@joanmarieverba.bsky.social
@rrookstudio.bsky.social
@alexiswestmore.bsky.social
@jessicamaison.bsky.social
@joanmarieverba.bsky.social
@rrookstudio.bsky.social
oh dip
Surprised and honored to be a GDC 2025 top speaker!!
This same talk also got me an unexpected job offer out of nowhere.... which I'll share more about later 😶
If you have Vault access, the talk is here: gdcvault.com/.../Game-Nar...
Surprised and honored to be a GDC 2025 top speaker!!
This same talk also got me an unexpected job offer out of nowhere.... which I'll share more about later 😶
If you have Vault access, the talk is here: gdcvault.com/.../Game-Nar...
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
oh dip
Surprised and honored to be a GDC 2025 top speaker!!
This same talk also got me an unexpected job offer out of nowhere.... which I'll share more about later 😶
If you have Vault access, the talk is here: gdcvault.com/.../Game-Nar...
Surprised and honored to be a GDC 2025 top speaker!!
This same talk also got me an unexpected job offer out of nowhere.... which I'll share more about later 😶
If you have Vault access, the talk is here: gdcvault.com/.../Game-Nar...
i'm working my way through the games submitted for BAFTAs this year in preparation for voting, and this incredible moment in Skin Deep had my entire friend group giggling
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
i'm working my way through the games submitted for BAFTAs this year in preparation for voting, and this incredible moment in Skin Deep had my entire friend group giggling
celebrating the Emmy nominees at the BAFTA TV Tea Party 🏆☕️
Thank you @bafta.org for an unforgettable weekend celebrating our BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, and for getting me to shake the hand of Gaius Baltar himself (James Callis) & cram into an elevator with Lucius Malloy (Jason Isaacs)
Thank you @bafta.org for an unforgettable weekend celebrating our BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, and for getting me to shake the hand of Gaius Baltar himself (James Callis) & cram into an elevator with Lucius Malloy (Jason Isaacs)
September 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
celebrating the Emmy nominees at the BAFTA TV Tea Party 🏆☕️
Thank you @bafta.org for an unforgettable weekend celebrating our BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, and for getting me to shake the hand of Gaius Baltar himself (James Callis) & cram into an elevator with Lucius Malloy (Jason Isaacs)
Thank you @bafta.org for an unforgettable weekend celebrating our BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, and for getting me to shake the hand of Gaius Baltar himself (James Callis) & cram into an elevator with Lucius Malloy (Jason Isaacs)
me: why am i in such a terrible mood
@teddydief.com: because you're in the middle of breaking a story, this is your ~process~
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@teddydief.com: because you're in the middle of breaking a story, this is your ~process~
:[
September 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
me: why am i in such a terrible mood
@teddydief.com: because you're in the middle of breaking a story, this is your ~process~
:[
@teddydief.com: because you're in the middle of breaking a story, this is your ~process~
:[
⭐️BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH 2024⭐️
So honored to be part of the BAFTA Breakthrough class and getting to know these incredible trailblazers across film, TV, and games. Spending the weekend getting closer and attending the BAFTA TV Tea Party together was such a gift.
Thank you @bafta.org!
So honored to be part of the BAFTA Breakthrough class and getting to know these incredible trailblazers across film, TV, and games. Spending the weekend getting closer and attending the BAFTA TV Tea Party together was such a gift.
Thank you @bafta.org!
September 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
⭐️BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH 2024⭐️
So honored to be part of the BAFTA Breakthrough class and getting to know these incredible trailblazers across film, TV, and games. Spending the weekend getting closer and attending the BAFTA TV Tea Party together was such a gift.
Thank you @bafta.org!
So honored to be part of the BAFTA Breakthrough class and getting to know these incredible trailblazers across film, TV, and games. Spending the weekend getting closer and attending the BAFTA TV Tea Party together was such a gift.
Thank you @bafta.org!
cannot believe I played a laser grid room yesterday and my entire group watched my boobs block the laser and make us lose
September 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
cannot believe I played a laser grid room yesterday and my entire group watched my boobs block the laser and make us lose
Got the best seats in the house at last night’s Demon Slayer LA premiere! So deeply proud of my once-Funimation, now-CrunchyRoll crew killing it with bigger and bigger releases 🔥
Absolutely stunning in IMAX, see it this Friday ❤️
Absolutely stunning in IMAX, see it this Friday ❤️
September 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Got the best seats in the house at last night’s Demon Slayer LA premiere! So deeply proud of my once-Funimation, now-CrunchyRoll crew killing it with bigger and bigger releases 🔥
Absolutely stunning in IMAX, see it this Friday ❤️
Absolutely stunning in IMAX, see it this Friday ❤️
Delighted to be joining @gdocexpo.com this year for a Pacific Drive developer interview alongside master worldbuilders Larry Vargas (Environment Lead) and Kendall Wix (Level Designer)!
Tune in Thurs, Sept 18th at 3:20PM a short but sweet conversation 🚗💖
#GDOCExpo @ironwood.bsky.social
Tune in Thurs, Sept 18th at 3:20PM a short but sweet conversation 🚗💖
#GDOCExpo @ironwood.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Delighted to be joining @gdocexpo.com this year for a Pacific Drive developer interview alongside master worldbuilders Larry Vargas (Environment Lead) and Kendall Wix (Level Designer)!
Tune in Thurs, Sept 18th at 3:20PM a short but sweet conversation 🚗💖
#GDOCExpo @ironwood.bsky.social
Tune in Thurs, Sept 18th at 3:20PM a short but sweet conversation 🚗💖
#GDOCExpo @ironwood.bsky.social
I looped the Evangelion soundtrack at the loneliest time of my life. To hear it now, live with its original singer, was to feel the distance and weight of time and how much I’ve grown since. Really, truly a special moment for me ❤️
August 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I looped the Evangelion soundtrack at the loneliest time of my life. To hear it now, live with its original singer, was to feel the distance and weight of time and how much I’ve grown since. Really, truly a special moment for me ❤️
Not me bursting into tears 30 seconds into the Evangelion concert. Having Yoko Takahashi START with Tamashii no Refrain was an immediate jolt back to my childhood loneliness 😭
August 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Not me bursting into tears 30 seconds into the Evangelion concert. Having Yoko Takahashi START with Tamashii no Refrain was an immediate jolt back to my childhood loneliness 😭
August 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
it was the honor of a lifetime to be on this road trip with you
🥹🙏 @paullicino.bsky.social @ironwood.bsky.social @sfwa.bsky.social
🥹🙏 @paullicino.bsky.social @ironwood.bsky.social @sfwa.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
it was the honor of a lifetime to be on this road trip with you
🥹🙏 @paullicino.bsky.social @ironwood.bsky.social @sfwa.bsky.social
🥹🙏 @paullicino.bsky.social @ironwood.bsky.social @sfwa.bsky.social
Lovely to run into Dave Fennoy at BAFTA’s summer game mixer! The voice of Pacific Drive’s very own Allen Turner and President Koch ❤️
We recorded together remotely over two years ago, so it was lovely to thank him in person and tell him how he helped our creepy car game take off ❤️
We recorded together remotely over two years ago, so it was lovely to thank him in person and tell him how he helped our creepy car game take off ❤️
July 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Lovely to run into Dave Fennoy at BAFTA’s summer game mixer! The voice of Pacific Drive’s very own Allen Turner and President Koch ❤️
We recorded together remotely over two years ago, so it was lovely to thank him in person and tell him how he helped our creepy car game take off ❤️
We recorded together remotely over two years ago, so it was lovely to thank him in person and tell him how he helped our creepy car game take off ❤️
I've been negotiating credit inclusion in my contracts, but only this week did someone link me the IGDA Game Crediting Guidelines!
This is a GREAT reference for guidance and negotiation. Sharing it along for anyone else who didn't know this existed!
igda.org/resources-ta... 👏👏 @igda.org
This is a GREAT reference for guidance and negotiation. Sharing it along for anyone else who didn't know this existed!
igda.org/resources-ta... 👏👏 @igda.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I've been negotiating credit inclusion in my contracts, but only this week did someone link me the IGDA Game Crediting Guidelines!
This is a GREAT reference for guidance and negotiation. Sharing it along for anyone else who didn't know this existed!
igda.org/resources-ta... 👏👏 @igda.org
This is a GREAT reference for guidance and negotiation. Sharing it along for anyone else who didn't know this existed!
igda.org/resources-ta... 👏👏 @igda.org
I had a wonderful time talking narrative design to the brilliant talent in this year's She Got Game program via IGDA Switzerland! Any talk that incorporates Birdo is a good one imo 🤌
💖 Thanks for having me @stefonair.bsky.social @natashaskult.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social ProHelvetia 💖
💖 Thanks for having me @stefonair.bsky.social @natashaskult.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social ProHelvetia 💖
July 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I had a wonderful time talking narrative design to the brilliant talent in this year's She Got Game program via IGDA Switzerland! Any talk that incorporates Birdo is a good one imo 🤌
💖 Thanks for having me @stefonair.bsky.social @natashaskult.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social ProHelvetia 💖
💖 Thanks for having me @stefonair.bsky.social @natashaskult.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social ProHelvetia 💖
BAFTA is a vibrant, thoughtful, purpose-driven organization and getting to know it as part of last year's BAFTA Breakthrough class was a dream come true. I'm still reeling from the aftereffects of it.
Applications for North America 2025 are open -- y'all should apply! www.bafta.org/programmes/b...
Applications for North America 2025 are open -- y'all should apply! www.bafta.org/programmes/b...
July 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
BAFTA is a vibrant, thoughtful, purpose-driven organization and getting to know it as part of last year's BAFTA Breakthrough class was a dream come true. I'm still reeling from the aftereffects of it.
Applications for North America 2025 are open -- y'all should apply! www.bafta.org/programmes/b...
Applications for North America 2025 are open -- y'all should apply! www.bafta.org/programmes/b...
I’m NOT at the Nebula Conference or Summer Games Fest this week due to being 6.5 weeks into my Asia trip
Y’all have so much fun and I miss everyone tons ❤️
Y’all have so much fun and I miss everyone tons ❤️
June 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’m NOT at the Nebula Conference or Summer Games Fest this week due to being 6.5 weeks into my Asia trip
Y’all have so much fun and I miss everyone tons ❤️
Y’all have so much fun and I miss everyone tons ❤️
Honored to close out AAPI Heritage Month with @gamespot.com alongside such great company. Thank you @luckychanjr.bsky.social ❤️
June 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Honored to close out AAPI Heritage Month with @gamespot.com alongside such great company. Thank you @luckychanjr.bsky.social ❤️
My GDC talk about crafting Pacific Drive's story with off-screen characters is on the Vault!
gdcvault.com/play/1035203...
gdcvault.com/play/1035203...
April 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My GDC talk about crafting Pacific Drive's story with off-screen characters is on the Vault!
gdcvault.com/play/1035203...
gdcvault.com/play/1035203...
❤️ GDC Award hosting LEGEND @alexaray.bsky.social
❤️ CAVES OF QUD WIN!!! @jfg.land
❤️ Kiwi party troublemakers @teddydief.com @maxdugganmusic.bsky.social
❤️ BAFTA Breakthrough crew @nicole.pizza
❤️ CAVES OF QUD WIN!!! @jfg.land
❤️ Kiwi party troublemakers @teddydief.com @maxdugganmusic.bsky.social
❤️ BAFTA Breakthrough crew @nicole.pizza
April 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
❤️ GDC Award hosting LEGEND @alexaray.bsky.social
❤️ CAVES OF QUD WIN!!! @jfg.land
❤️ Kiwi party troublemakers @teddydief.com @maxdugganmusic.bsky.social
❤️ BAFTA Breakthrough crew @nicole.pizza
❤️ CAVES OF QUD WIN!!! @jfg.land
❤️ Kiwi party troublemakers @teddydief.com @maxdugganmusic.bsky.social
❤️ BAFTA Breakthrough crew @nicole.pizza
❤️ @thegig.bsky.social with friends @akashthakkar.com @teddydief.com
❤️ Pepsi Man Super Fans @saygt.bsky.social @teddydief.com @ekanaut.bsky.social @jonmcelroy.com
❤️ STALKER 2 Narrative Director Ivan Ponomarev
❤️ Pre-IGF @ghoulsengel.bsky.social
❤️ Pepsi Man Super Fans @saygt.bsky.social @teddydief.com @ekanaut.bsky.social @jonmcelroy.com
❤️ STALKER 2 Narrative Director Ivan Ponomarev
❤️ Pre-IGF @ghoulsengel.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
❤️ @thegig.bsky.social with friends @akashthakkar.com @teddydief.com
❤️ Pepsi Man Super Fans @saygt.bsky.social @teddydief.com @ekanaut.bsky.social @jonmcelroy.com
❤️ STALKER 2 Narrative Director Ivan Ponomarev
❤️ Pre-IGF @ghoulsengel.bsky.social
❤️ Pepsi Man Super Fans @saygt.bsky.social @teddydief.com @ekanaut.bsky.social @jonmcelroy.com
❤️ STALKER 2 Narrative Director Ivan Ponomarev
❤️ Pre-IGF @ghoulsengel.bsky.social