Naomi McArthur
@naomiamcarthur.bsky.social
Chef of Design at Magic Soup Games
Formerly: Cofounder at Amihan; Game Design at Riot Games
Formerly: Cofounder at Amihan; Game Design at Riot Games
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god. seeing “Narrative Director: Cat Manning” got me. I’m so proud of the work we did, and of my team.
February 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
god. seeing “Narrative Director: Cat Manning” got me. I’m so proud of the work we did, and of my team.
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ICYMI earlier this week, I talk a bit about what’s in store for Civ VII’s new narrative system!
Dev diary day! I’m excited to finally share this look into Civ VII’s new emergent narrative system.
Dev Diary #4: Emergent Narrative | Civilization VII
Get developer insights and additional details about the narrative systems of Sid Meier's Civilization VII!
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December 7, 2024 at 7:27 PM
ICYMI earlier this week, I talk a bit about what’s in store for Civ VII’s new narrative system!
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Why does 'finding the fun' fail so often as a design strategy?
#gamedesign
New designers are told to prototype and 'find the fun'. But the naive version of this is a garbage tactic that mostly results in poorly thought out prototypes that are never going to converge on gameplay.
#gamedesign
New designers are told to prototype and 'find the fun'. But the naive version of this is a garbage tactic that mostly results in poorly thought out prototypes that are never going to converge on gameplay.
November 27, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Why does 'finding the fun' fail so often as a design strategy?
#gamedesign
New designers are told to prototype and 'find the fun'. But the naive version of this is a garbage tactic that mostly results in poorly thought out prototypes that are never going to converge on gameplay.
#gamedesign
New designers are told to prototype and 'find the fun'. But the naive version of this is a garbage tactic that mostly results in poorly thought out prototypes that are never going to converge on gameplay.
For folks impacted by the layoffs, we have open roles at Magic Soup. Please take a look! bit.ly/3SzEmEr
Careers at Magic Soup Games
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January 27, 2024 at 3:56 AM
For folks impacted by the layoffs, we have open roles at Magic Soup. Please take a look! bit.ly/3SzEmEr
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It’s the evaporation of low interest rates and money being expensive to borrow again. Everyone in the industry who poured their profits into speculation and infinite growth (so, everyone) was left scrambling now that their ventures actually cost them with rates soaring.
In talking to friends who have been in the industry 2-3 times longer than I have, their best guess is that a lot of massive companies blew money on web3/NFT/metaverse shit that just straight-up vanished when that crashed, and they’re spinning it instead of coming clean
all these layoffs make no fucking sense. Epic is making gangbuster money. I know I’m preaching to the choir but the bloated executive/investor compensation and its infinite growth imperative is killing us all and has to go. This is so fucked up.
September 29, 2023 at 10:54 PM
It’s the evaporation of low interest rates and money being expensive to borrow again. Everyone in the industry who poured their profits into speculation and infinite growth (so, everyone) was left scrambling now that their ventures actually cost them with rates soaring.
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i always thought this tweet captured the feeling perfectly
September 21, 2023 at 7:58 PM
i always thought this tweet captured the feeling perfectly
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My covid avoidance strategy is born out of this kind of data.
It’s highly transmissible, it escapes immunity. Each time you get it there’s a 10-20% chance of getting a post covid complication. It looks like those never go away.
It’s easy to start calculating “years I can catch covid” from there.
It’s highly transmissible, it escapes immunity. Each time you get it there’s a 10-20% chance of getting a post covid complication. It looks like those never go away.
It’s easy to start calculating “years I can catch covid” from there.
“Recovery is extremely rare in the first 2 years, posing a major challenge to healthcare systems.”
Maybe assuming it’s okay for *absolutely everyone* to be infected w/ a new disease that (unpredictably) in a small percent of cases results in as-yet incurable long-term disability wasn’t a great plan
Maybe assuming it’s okay for *absolutely everyone* to be infected w/ a new disease that (unpredictably) in a small percent of cases results in as-yet incurable long-term disability wasn’t a great plan
A new prospective study from Spain on Long Covid at 2 years thelancet.com/journals/lan... This brings us to a total of 12 studies at 2 years post-Covid with very consistent findings erictopol.substack.com/p/long-term-...
September 6, 2023 at 2:19 AM
My covid avoidance strategy is born out of this kind of data.
It’s highly transmissible, it escapes immunity. Each time you get it there’s a 10-20% chance of getting a post covid complication. It looks like those never go away.
It’s easy to start calculating “years I can catch covid” from there.
It’s highly transmissible, it escapes immunity. Each time you get it there’s a 10-20% chance of getting a post covid complication. It looks like those never go away.
It’s easy to start calculating “years I can catch covid” from there.
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Thank you, AP headline writers, for allowing me the pleasure of momentarily misreading this as a spontaneous demonstration, put on by the Corgis themselves.
September 4, 2023 at 5:15 PM
Thank you, AP headline writers, for allowing me the pleasure of momentarily misreading this as a spontaneous demonstration, put on by the Corgis themselves.
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"I guess stars can be binary" -my fiance while we're watching Star Trek
July 15, 2023 at 9:26 AM
"I guess stars can be binary" -my fiance while we're watching Star Trek
So for Android is the BlueSky default app the place to go? Or is there a better alternative one yet?
July 7, 2023 at 2:22 AM
So for Android is the BlueSky default app the place to go? Or is there a better alternative one yet?
The Skybridge Chrome extension was super useful in populating my following list. Definitely recommend!
July 6, 2023 at 7:15 PM
The Skybridge Chrome extension was super useful in populating my following list. Definitely recommend!