Pat Holleman
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Pat Holleman
@patmakesrpgs.bsky.social
Freelance RPG director, writer, designer. (Quartet, My Familiar, Threads of Time, others.) Author of the Reverse Design series of books: http://thegamedesignforum.com/books/books.html
"google the word zikaron. on your phone. don't even leave the couch. go ahead."
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
heh, reviews that say "nothing that deep happens in the game." THE GHOST OF MAIMONIDES APPEARS AND GIVES MULTIPLE LECTURES!!!

I am a pretentious hack writer and my game is flawed BUT maybe not in that particular way
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Graphic art is the place where you can do some avant-garde things, for sure. But storytelling and gameplay, you're really better off staying inside the lines, the vast majority of the time.
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
At least someone is unearthing this apparatus
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"Then I realized I was a writer, not an army sergeant"
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Some of the scenes showing the sci-fi aspect are almost beat-for-beat out of Walton, even though the show and book are quite different, otherwise.
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Good to know, thanks. It's hard to know what a game is like, these days.
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
LIS, Oxenfree, and What Remains of Edith Finch were not to my taste. Not to say that they were bad, it's just a matter of taste, but they seem like pretty good comps for LRB&R?
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hey if you ever want to do this for Quartet, we will name an NPC after you. Heck, we'll throw in an ultimate weapon, Diablo 2 style. "Schreier's Vengeance." You name it. Bam.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM