Lisa Hunter
@lisalisa.bsky.social
Writer, Narrative Director, Indie Dev, and Twitter escapee.
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Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities:
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
The Gentrification of Video Game History
We’re not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas
felipepepe.medium.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities:
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
Why do all teenage girl characters on TV sound like they're from the San Fernando Valley?
October 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Why do all teenage girl characters on TV sound like they're from the San Fernando Valley?
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Just remember that behind every pearl is a deeply irritated oyster.
September 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Just remember that behind every pearl is a deeply irritated oyster.
Having worked in TV and film, let me just say that I don't envy the FCC being up against entertainment lawyers.
September 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Having worked in TV and film, let me just say that I don't envy the FCC being up against entertainment lawyers.
People say it's dumb to major in liberal arts, but some knowledge of history is pretty effing beneficial right now.
September 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
People say it's dumb to major in liberal arts, but some knowledge of history is pretty effing beneficial right now.
Online politics are how you find out which of your acquaintances are psychopaths.
September 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Online politics are how you find out which of your acquaintances are psychopaths.
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A lot of video-game publishers spend hundreds of millions of dollars chasing after "realistic graphics" and "massive open-worlds" when what players really want is just a shitload of weird little guys
September 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A lot of video-game publishers spend hundreds of millions of dollars chasing after "realistic graphics" and "massive open-worlds" when what players really want is just a shitload of weird little guys
Why NY needs change: my old starter apartment (200 sqft microstudio, view of a brick wall, sketch neighborhood) is now so expensive that a junior FDNY firefighter cannot qualify to rent it.
August 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Why NY needs change: my old starter apartment (200 sqft microstudio, view of a brick wall, sketch neighborhood) is now so expensive that a junior FDNY firefighter cannot qualify to rent it.
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Game8 has some nice things to say about the storytelling in Every Day We Fight (and the rest of it!)(game8.co/articles/rev...):
"There’s a kind of slow-burn storytelling embedded in exploration. The game doesn’t shove exposition in your face. It lets you find it.
"There’s a kind of slow-burn storytelling embedded in exploration. The game doesn’t shove exposition in your face. It lets you find it.
Every Day We Fight Review [Early Access] | Gets Better Every Time You Die｜Game8
2025.07.11 Every Day We Fight is a turn-based tactics game where the characters you control are stuck in a time loop. Read on to learn everything we know, our review of the early access, and more.
game8.co
July 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Game8 has some nice things to say about the storytelling in Every Day We Fight (and the rest of it!)(game8.co/articles/rev...):
"There’s a kind of slow-burn storytelling embedded in exploration. The game doesn’t shove exposition in your face. It lets you find it.
"There’s a kind of slow-burn storytelling embedded in exploration. The game doesn’t shove exposition in your face. It lets you find it.
Delighted to see that the F1 movie gives a credit to Roscoe.
July 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Delighted to see that the F1 movie gives a credit to Roscoe.
Movies about lone wolf men who don't follow rules and who outsmart experts with "common sense" = making heroes of men with no friends or impulse control who did badly in school.
Gimme introvert heroines with seasonal depression who could maybe lose a few pounds.
Gimme introvert heroines with seasonal depression who could maybe lose a few pounds.
June 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Movies about lone wolf men who don't follow rules and who outsmart experts with "common sense" = making heroes of men with no friends or impulse control who did badly in school.
Gimme introvert heroines with seasonal depression who could maybe lose a few pounds.
Gimme introvert heroines with seasonal depression who could maybe lose a few pounds.
Valid uses of writing tests:
1) when someone's samples are in a different genre, so you can't tell if they can write your game
2) when someone has only ever done their own projects, and you don't know if they can write in anyone else's "voice."
Otherwise, just read the damn portfolio.
1) when someone's samples are in a different genre, so you can't tell if they can write your game
2) when someone has only ever done their own projects, and you don't know if they can write in anyone else's "voice."
Otherwise, just read the damn portfolio.
June 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Valid uses of writing tests:
1) when someone's samples are in a different genre, so you can't tell if they can write your game
2) when someone has only ever done their own projects, and you don't know if they can write in anyone else's "voice."
Otherwise, just read the damn portfolio.
1) when someone's samples are in a different genre, so you can't tell if they can write your game
2) when someone has only ever done their own projects, and you don't know if they can write in anyone else's "voice."
Otherwise, just read the damn portfolio.
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I love how every narrative person in the games industry knows exactly who this is.
21 months, 3 unpaid tests totaling 12,000 words, 3 interviews, like 4 separate ghostings, and 1 cold message from a recruiter who didn't know I'd already done all that later, I have finally been formally rejected from [COMPANY]. end of an era
June 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I love how every narrative person in the games industry knows exactly who this is.
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What boggles me the most about people using LLMs to brainstorm or write stories is that they're skipping the fun part of the process. That's the good stuff! I see something amazing in my mind that's unlike anything anyone else sees & I craft it using words my unique lived experience has taught me
June 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
What boggles me the most about people using LLMs to brainstorm or write stories is that they're skipping the fun part of the process. That's the good stuff! I see something amazing in my mind that's unlike anything anyone else sees & I craft it using words my unique lived experience has taught me
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This is sensible
games that don't need to make money, games that need to make money, and games that need to make shitloads of money have to be discussed in different ways and flattening the distinctions between them doesn't work.
May 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is sensible
How to know if a movie will be bad? Look how many writers it had. Last night, in opening credits, there were 3 story-by credits and 3 others with "screenplay by." I said "uh oh," and I was right. Too many writers means someone in charge doesn't know what they want or how to get it.
May 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
How to know if a movie will be bad? Look how many writers it had. Last night, in opening credits, there were 3 story-by credits and 3 others with "screenplay by." I said "uh oh," and I was right. Too many writers means someone in charge doesn't know what they want or how to get it.
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Game writing is just going "lol in 2-3 years [SPECIFIC FRIEND] is going to lose it at this particular line."
May 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Game writing is just going "lol in 2-3 years [SPECIFIC FRIEND] is going to lose it at this particular line."
Fight Fiercely, Harvard.
May 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Fight Fiercely, Harvard.
I keep hearing about "crisis actors." How do you get that gig? Is it unionized? Do you get your own trailer? Are there awards for Best Crisis Performance? Pension and dental plans? Residuals if your crisis acting goes viral? I mean, I like to have a good rant, but I haven't been to Juilliard...
April 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I keep hearing about "crisis actors." How do you get that gig? Is it unionized? Do you get your own trailer? Are there awards for Best Crisis Performance? Pension and dental plans? Residuals if your crisis acting goes viral? I mean, I like to have a good rant, but I haven't been to Juilliard...
Had a great time at the Scientific Game Jame at Indie Asylum this weekend. Lots of fun ideas, great camaraderie, and more snacks that were entirely good for me. Now to rest!
April 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Had a great time at the Scientific Game Jame at Indie Asylum this weekend. Lots of fun ideas, great camaraderie, and more snacks that were entirely good for me. Now to rest!
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If you're a writer wondering if what you do is important -- this moment is all about the stories we tell about ourselves.
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If you're a writer wondering if what you do is important -- this moment is all about the stories we tell about ourselves.
Overheard in NYC: "It's a love/hate relationship. I love him, he hates me."
April 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Overheard in NYC: "It's a love/hate relationship. I love him, he hates me."
Pro tip: If you want to give someone a good reference in an international industry, do not say, "I cannot recommend him highly enough." Google Translate can turn this into "I'm not enthusiastic about recommending him."
April 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Pro tip: If you want to give someone a good reference in an international industry, do not say, "I cannot recommend him highly enough." Google Translate can turn this into "I'm not enthusiastic about recommending him."
At this point, I'd happily settle for a cheerocracy.
April 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
At this point, I'd happily settle for a cheerocracy.