Matt London
@themattlondon.bsky.social
Writer at Lightspeed LA, ex-Blizzard
Father, Husband, Author
Father, Husband, Author
I liked the world much more when they didn’t call themselves bugs.
September 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I liked the world much more when they didn’t call themselves bugs.
The industry wants to hire and fire like Hollywood. Project based. Not studio based. So why doesn’t it work?
There’s this thing each discipline in the film industry has, that the game industry doesn’t.
Can anyone think of what it is?
There’s this thing each discipline in the film industry has, that the game industry doesn’t.
Can anyone think of what it is?
a 2K spokesperson said today's layoffs at firaxis are part of staff reduction to "restructure and optimize" its development process. sources close to the situation told game developer that the job cuts have reportedly affected dozens of workers
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/2k-...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/2k-...
2K confirms layoffs at Civilization developer Firaxis
2K says the decision will "restructure and optimize" its teams within Firaxis. Sources say dozens could be impacted.
www.gamedeveloper.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The industry wants to hire and fire like Hollywood. Project based. Not studio based. So why doesn’t it work?
There’s this thing each discipline in the film industry has, that the game industry doesn’t.
Can anyone think of what it is?
There’s this thing each discipline in the film industry has, that the game industry doesn’t.
Can anyone think of what it is?
Reposted by Matt London
That's Hugo Award-winning Caves of Qud right there!!
August 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
That's Hugo Award-winning Caves of Qud right there!!
I want to host a weeklong retreat for artists, scientists, and writers to get together. Rent a chateau in Tuscany. Live with tech only available during the Renaissance. Eat. Drink. Create. Converse.
I don’t know if I’d ever want it to stop.
I don’t know if I’d ever want it to stop.
July 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I want to host a weeklong retreat for artists, scientists, and writers to get together. Rent a chateau in Tuscany. Live with tech only available during the Renaissance. Eat. Drink. Create. Converse.
I don’t know if I’d ever want it to stop.
I don’t know if I’d ever want it to stop.
LIVE NOW. This guy is playing Final Fantasy 6 with 0x XP on and is at KEFKA final boss. It's crazy watching this feat be accomplished without gaining a single level the whole game:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLU...
🌟 Final Fantasy VI | NO EXPERIENCE RUN | PART 9🌟
YouTube video by Hensch1994
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July 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
LIVE NOW. This guy is playing Final Fantasy 6 with 0x XP on and is at KEFKA final boss. It's crazy watching this feat be accomplished without gaining a single level the whole game:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLU...
Holy cow LinkedIn is bleak right now.
July 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Holy cow LinkedIn is bleak right now.
Reposted by Matt London
It’s so wrong that tweets about layoffs in the last two years have become evergreen, but here we are.
To my friends and peers who lost work, I am so sorry. Once again, here is the layoff lecture from my friend Worth.
To my friends and peers who lost work, I am so sorry. Once again, here is the layoff lecture from my friend Worth.
To my WB friends,
Saying “I’m so sorry” will never properly convey how I feel watching people I respect so much lose work. If I can help, I’m happy to do so.
In the meantime, I posted this lecture on how to navigate layoffs from my friend Worth last year. I hate that it continues to be relevant.
Saying “I’m so sorry” will never properly convey how I feel watching people I respect so much lose work. If I can help, I’m happy to do so.
In the meantime, I posted this lecture on how to navigate layoffs from my friend Worth last year. I hate that it continues to be relevant.
"The Layoff Talk" by Worth Dayley
Information about layoffs compliments of Worth Dayley, Art Director at Bigscreen VR.
www.thewritegame.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It’s so wrong that tweets about layoffs in the last two years have become evergreen, but here we are.
To my friends and peers who lost work, I am so sorry. Once again, here is the layoff lecture from my friend Worth.
To my friends and peers who lost work, I am so sorry. Once again, here is the layoff lecture from my friend Worth.
If you want to get a job in narrative, the best thing you can do is something else.
The Testers, Community Managers, and Associate Producers of today are the game writers of tomorrow.
Nothing gives you a better shot of working at a game company than working at a game company.
The Testers, Community Managers, and Associate Producers of today are the game writers of tomorrow.
Nothing gives you a better shot of working at a game company than working at a game company.
June 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you want to get a job in narrative, the best thing you can do is something else.
The Testers, Community Managers, and Associate Producers of today are the game writers of tomorrow.
Nothing gives you a better shot of working at a game company than working at a game company.
The Testers, Community Managers, and Associate Producers of today are the game writers of tomorrow.
Nothing gives you a better shot of working at a game company than working at a game company.
Every few months I see a post resenting networkers and job hunters. “Don’t be transactional.” “Don’t bother working professionals.” “Cold calls are cringe.”
If you’re looking for work, if you’re desperate, and if I can help you, I will. I don’t need anything from you. Just pay it forward.
If you’re looking for work, if you’re desperate, and if I can help you, I will. I don’t need anything from you. Just pay it forward.
June 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Every few months I see a post resenting networkers and job hunters. “Don’t be transactional.” “Don’t bother working professionals.” “Cold calls are cringe.”
If you’re looking for work, if you’re desperate, and if I can help you, I will. I don’t need anything from you. Just pay it forward.
If you’re looking for work, if you’re desperate, and if I can help you, I will. I don’t need anything from you. Just pay it forward.
Aspiring authors! Get some great advice for a great cause.
I donated a 1 hour AMA chat to the Literary Agents for Change Auction. Whether you're an author looking for industry advice or hoping to work in the industry as either an agent or an editor, ask me anything about the publishing industry with a focus on KidLit.
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June 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Aspiring authors! Get some great advice for a great cause.
It’s Day 1 of Final Fantasy draft. I’ve taken an extra turn with Ultimecia. Won with Zantetsuken. Made a 10/9 Ultros. Won a game the same turn I used the “Item” mode of Battle Menu. (It was clutch.) My Squall and my opponent’s Seifer traded blows.
I’m going to Platinum the first week.
I’m going to Platinum the first week.
June 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
It’s Day 1 of Final Fantasy draft. I’ve taken an extra turn with Ultimecia. Won with Zantetsuken. Made a 10/9 Ultros. Won a game the same turn I used the “Item” mode of Battle Menu. (It was clutch.) My Squall and my opponent’s Seifer traded blows.
I’m going to Platinum the first week.
I’m going to Platinum the first week.
Mitchell and Webb meme: “Are we the bourgeoisie?”
Another thing to mention for people who don't live in LA.
Most of LA is very chill and peaceful right now. There's a huge Pride fest going on, countless farmer's markets, tourists walking around, families at the parks, people walking their dogs.
It's a big place.
Most of LA is very chill and peaceful right now. There's a huge Pride fest going on, countless farmer's markets, tourists walking around, families at the parks, people walking their dogs.
It's a big place.
June 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Mitchell and Webb meme: “Are we the bourgeoisie?”
Congrats to all who have been a part of this great show. Crack open a jar of half sours on me.
500: "So Many Stones Have Been Hearthed" w/ @ridiculous.chat
To help us celebrate 500 episodes, RidiculousHat joins us to reflect on the last decade of Coin Concede, what makes it special, and talk about what happens behind the scenes of making the podcast.
www.coinconcede.com/2025/06/08/5...
To help us celebrate 500 episodes, RidiculousHat joins us to reflect on the last decade of Coin Concede, what makes it special, and talk about what happens behind the scenes of making the podcast.
www.coinconcede.com/2025/06/08/5...
500 – Coin Concede “So Many Stones Have Been Hearthed”
Our 500th episode is finally here, and to help us celebrate, host emeritus RidiculousHat joins us to reflect on the last decade of Coin Concede, what makes the show and community special, and talk …
www.coinconcede.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Congrats to all who have been a part of this great show. Crack open a jar of half sours on me.
I really need a place to shoot the shit with other narrative designers. Anyone got the secret hangout spots?
May 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I really need a place to shoot the shit with other narrative designers. Anyone got the secret hangout spots?
The AC is broken. How long before this game dev office devolves into lord of the flies?
May 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The AC is broken. How long before this game dev office devolves into lord of the flies?
Tag yourself
May 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Tag yourself
I said it in season one and I’ll say it again that the Andor theme sounds so much like Final Fantasy IV that it is constantly distracting.
April 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I said it in season one and I’ll say it again that the Andor theme sounds so much like Final Fantasy IV that it is constantly distracting.
What is the best Let’s Play of Caves of Qud? I have tutorialed many times and I have died in Red Rock many times.
April 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What is the best Let’s Play of Caves of Qud? I have tutorialed many times and I have died in Red Rock many times.
I am 170000000 ad impressions away from making my own video game.
April 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I am 170000000 ad impressions away from making my own video game.
Blue Prince is a pun, isn’t it?
April 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Blue Prince is a pun, isn’t it?
Sometimes parenting is teaching them to ride a bike.
Sometimes parenting is finding that each and every marshmallow has been secretly extracted from a box of lucky charms.
Sometimes parenting is finding that each and every marshmallow has been secretly extracted from a box of lucky charms.
March 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Sometimes parenting is teaching them to ride a bike.
Sometimes parenting is finding that each and every marshmallow has been secretly extracted from a box of lucky charms.
Sometimes parenting is finding that each and every marshmallow has been secretly extracted from a box of lucky charms.
Realized i don’t have a single picture of the three amazing writers and two producers that made up the narrative team I led at Blizz. I think in the moment I thought, “Wouldn’t it be weird if your boss asked for a selfie with you?” But now I’m sad about it.
March 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Realized i don’t have a single picture of the three amazing writers and two producers that made up the narrative team I led at Blizz. I think in the moment I thought, “Wouldn’t it be weird if your boss asked for a selfie with you?” But now I’m sad about it.
It’s a sad day when a dear friend won’t indulge you by listening to your harebrained scheme.
March 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s a sad day when a dear friend won’t indulge you by listening to your harebrained scheme.
I’m in this and I don’t like it
fun fact: if you draw fanart for a game within the first week of any sort of major PR event for it (announcement, demo, release etc) there is a 99% chance the entire dev team on the game knows who you are because they are doing nothing but reposting fanart in slack
February 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I’m in this and I don’t like it
Prestige television series. The cold open is the Death Star trench run. The series is set between ANH and ESB. The adventures of Han, Luke, Leia, Chewie, and the droids. Recast them all. No deepfakes.
It’ll run longer than Smallville.
It’ll run longer than Smallville.
Genuine question - if you were the new head of LucasFilm, what would you do to revitalise the Star Wars franchise?
February 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Prestige television series. The cold open is the Death Star trench run. The series is set between ANH and ESB. The adventures of Han, Luke, Leia, Chewie, and the droids. Recast them all. No deepfakes.
It’ll run longer than Smallville.
It’ll run longer than Smallville.