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Steve McManus
@stephenjmcmanus.bsky.social
Experience Designer at Industrial Light & Magic. Previously worked at Telltale Games, LucasArts, Crystal Dynamics. In a band called Cassowary, so I know what a Cassowary is. he/him. https://cassowarysanfrancisco.bandcamp.com/track/the-last-time
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I could've spent a couple hours in front of the new display at Lucasfilm: #ILM50 👀...
September 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hey there, my brilliant friend @thenarrativedept.bsky.social is offering a free class this Sunday called the Industry Insider Session - talking about the expectations studios have for game writers in these challenging times - good for beginners and vets. thenarrativedept.mykajabi.com/the-game-wri...
The Game Writing Industry Insider Session
thenarrativedept.mykajabi.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
July 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It must be in the Trader Joe’s employee manual that a cashier must compliment a customer’s band t-shirt.
June 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We’re getting the fascism without the “trains running on time” part? Lame.
May 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We need a Butlerian Jihad about 10,000 years earlier than I expected.
May 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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I've been working on a birb behaviour system based on designs, characters, & animations by @catferaday.bsky.social. Here's the first peep!

#gamedev #indiedev #birbwatching
March 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Unlike Nick Cave, I am not walking back my Red Hot Chili Peppers stance.
March 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The older I get, the more sense Edward VII’s sex chair makes.
November 26, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Always the Homicide, never the Life on the Streets.
Always the doctor, never the who
always the horror story, never the American

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November 19, 2024 at 3:21 AM
For those of you who are interested in game writing and narrative, and who are already in the thick of it, may I point to my good friend @thenarrativedept.bsky.social 's
Game Writing Masterclass.

Registration is now open, and she is brilliant. Check it out:
courses.thenarrativedept.com/join
The Narrative Department’s Game Writing Masterclass
The Narrative Department’s Game Writing Masterclass is an 8-week online program for writers who eat, breathe, and dream video games…
courses.thenarrativedept.com
September 4, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Every cat’s favorite Bob Marley song is Them Belly Full (but We Hungry).
January 30, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Oh come on, Autofill!
January 25, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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Editor: We need a drawing of a young Tarzan reading a bunch of books.

Burne Hogarth: I got you, bro.
January 4, 2024 at 10:32 PM
A wonderful interview with my good friend Molina Animal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpeu...
January 2, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Christmas trees are like children. You think yours is beautiful and everyone else's looks weird.
January 2, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Oh, but every day I fondly think about the Roman Empire and I’M the weirdo.
December 31, 2023 at 5:31 PM
It was only this year that I realized how many times Maureen O’Hara’s Irish accent slipped out in Miracle on 34th Street.
December 28, 2023 at 2:50 AM
Daredevil is a better Batman than Batman.
December 27, 2023 at 3:14 AM
My least favorite Oasis record.
December 24, 2023 at 8:08 PM
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I consider this one of the most important parables to come out of Twitter’s existence
December 21, 2023 at 7:41 PM
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December 13, 2023 at 2:10 AM
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Nothing helps me sleep better than dead people whispering to me from the grave
December 5, 2023 at 4:10 AM
Schindler’s Sexual List
i dunno what movie you could ruin the most by adding the word sexual to the title, but predator is up there.
December 4, 2023 at 12:39 AM
That Napoleon movie was amazing.
December 2, 2023 at 5:27 AM