PJ Montgomery
@pjmontgomery.bsky.social
Cardiff based writer. Presenter on The Measure of a Fan, and the JLAcast, and plays Doctor Bill Forrest on the TTRPG live play show Safe Space. He/Him
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the reason people still want to go indie and put themselves at tremendous risk is not wanting to put up with this kind of shit anymore. it's completely insane and completely humiliating how normal it is for companies like this to put people through all kinds of weird torture to prove their worth
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
the reason people still want to go indie and put themselves at tremendous risk is not wanting to put up with this kind of shit anymore. it's completely insane and completely humiliating how normal it is for companies like this to put people through all kinds of weird torture to prove their worth
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Wishing all At @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend a wonderful and successful time! Hoping to get back myself in the next year or two. Maybe even back behind a table…
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Wishing all At @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend a wonderful and successful time! Hoping to get back myself in the next year or two. Maybe even back behind a table…
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'The Call' - from my book 'Secrets Of Strangehollow'. I do love painting mist, or rather NOT painting it, it's all about leaving parts of the paper untouched or barely touched!
#unicorn #painting #watercolour #atmospheric #fantasyart
#unicorn #painting #watercolour #atmospheric #fantasyart
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
'The Call' - from my book 'Secrets Of Strangehollow'. I do love painting mist, or rather NOT painting it, it's all about leaving parts of the paper untouched or barely touched!
#unicorn #painting #watercolour #atmospheric #fantasyart
#unicorn #painting #watercolour #atmospheric #fantasyart
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The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
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More details, updated artwork, and pre-order link for Baz and Ben's new book, #DoctorWho #Christmas Specials from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social
New details - and updated artwork - for #DoctorWho Christmas Specials from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social
Check out the link below, including information on directors Ben and I interviewed for the book, plus the pre-order link too!
Coming soon, just in time for #Christmas!
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Check out the link below, including information on directors Ben and I interviewed for the book, plus the pre-order link too!
Coming soon, just in time for #Christmas!
mailchi.mp/b350f0449e30...
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
More details, updated artwork, and pre-order link for Baz and Ben's new book, #DoctorWho #Christmas Specials from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social
What’s this? More details on the Doctor Who book I contributed to, which you should definitely order?
Celebrating 20 Years of Doctor Who Christmas Specials in One Book!
mailchi.mp
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What’s this? More details on the Doctor Who book I contributed to, which you should definitely order?
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So from what I understand, they're struggling to write a new Bond because they want to take him being blown up last time into account for some reason? Sounds silly to me, but even so it feels like cinema has already provided the most elegant solution to that self-made problem:
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So from what I understand, they're struggling to write a new Bond because they want to take him being blown up last time into account for some reason? Sounds silly to me, but even so it feels like cinema has already provided the most elegant solution to that self-made problem:
If only Hollywood was constantly rebooting things. Shame that never happens. And definitely never happened to Bond.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If only Hollywood was constantly rebooting things. Shame that never happens. And definitely never happened to Bond.
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Was quite honoured to get the call to go and do some camerawork with People Make Games and help tell an important story!
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
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November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Was quite honoured to get the call to go and do some camerawork with People Make Games and help tell an important story!
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The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
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This weekend I'll be exhibiting at the amazing @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and bringing 3 new books!
🔥Embers
📕After the Fire
💀Reanimator Incorporated: Chapter 3
I'll be in the Redshirt Hall, Table A21. Come say hi.
#comicbooks #comics #books
🔥Embers
📕After the Fire
💀Reanimator Incorporated: Chapter 3
I'll be in the Redshirt Hall, Table A21. Come say hi.
#comicbooks #comics #books
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This weekend I'll be exhibiting at the amazing @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and bringing 3 new books!
🔥Embers
📕After the Fire
💀Reanimator Incorporated: Chapter 3
I'll be in the Redshirt Hall, Table A21. Come say hi.
#comicbooks #comics #books
🔥Embers
📕After the Fire
💀Reanimator Incorporated: Chapter 3
I'll be in the Redshirt Hall, Table A21. Come say hi.
#comicbooks #comics #books
As of today, my spreadsheet of jobs I've applied for since the start of June is up to 250 jobs. Of those, I've had responses from 89. Of those 89, 84 were flat rejections, with no feedback. I had 5 offers for interview. 2 interviews went ahead, and I then got rejected.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
As of today, my spreadsheet of jobs I've applied for since the start of June is up to 250 jobs. Of those, I've had responses from 89. Of those 89, 84 were flat rejections, with no feedback. I had 5 offers for interview. 2 interviews went ahead, and I then got rejected.
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Hallo hallo! This weekend Dave and I will be at Thought Bubble, both with the Phoenix and our own table of goodies in Bubbleboy Hall. I'll be running a workshop and signing on the Saturday, so please come say hi!
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hallo hallo! This weekend Dave and I will be at Thought Bubble, both with the Phoenix and our own table of goodies in Bubbleboy Hall. I'll be running a workshop and signing on the Saturday, so please come say hi!
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Too many people have resigned themselves to not reading because they fear they no longer have the focus for it. You only need to limit your screen time for a few days to begin feeling the effects on your brain. I promise you, you are capable of reading books again.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Too many people have resigned themselves to not reading because they fear they no longer have the focus for it. You only need to limit your screen time for a few days to begin feeling the effects on your brain. I promise you, you are capable of reading books again.
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MUMM-RA! THE EVER LIVING!
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
MUMM-RA! THE EVER LIVING!
Have a vague inkling I’m gonna throw out there. I’m toying with trying to put together a comic anthology of ghost stories, for release around Christmas 2027. Sort of a comic book version of the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas, by different writers and artists.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Have a vague inkling I’m gonna throw out there. I’m toying with trying to put together a comic anthology of ghost stories, for release around Christmas 2027. Sort of a comic book version of the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas, by different writers and artists.
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Lake Kaindy is a valley lake made by flooding in Kazakhstan, whose water is so cold that it preserved the spruce trees that grew in the valley for over 100 years. Underworld environmental design drop for you!
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Lake Kaindy is a valley lake made by flooding in Kazakhstan, whose water is so cold that it preserved the spruce trees that grew in the valley for over 100 years. Underworld environmental design drop for you!
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
Fair play, #CelebrityTraitors has been great. It is the same game, but it definitely had a different dynamic to the regular show. I don’t want it to replace the normal one, but I’ll take one of those every so often as a treat.
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Fair play, #CelebrityTraitors has been great. It is the same game, but it definitely had a different dynamic to the regular show. I don’t want it to replace the normal one, but I’ll take one of those every so often as a treat.
I love that ending. David and Nick comforting and reassuring Alan just felt lovely. And they all seem genuinely happy for each other. Wasn’t expecting the end to be so uplifting. #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I love that ending. David and Nick comforting and reassuring Alan just felt lovely. And they all seem genuinely happy for each other. Wasn’t expecting the end to be so uplifting. #CelebrityTraitors
Wea’re about ten mins behind on #CelebrityTraitors, about to do the round table. Really worried Joe’s trying to be too clever, and might screw the pooch here.
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wea’re about ten mins behind on #CelebrityTraitors, about to do the round table. Really worried Joe’s trying to be too clever, and might screw the pooch here.
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