I've been taking a night class outside of work recently (creative writing) and it's been pretty fulfilling having a creative outlet again. I've written SO MUCH over the past few months!
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I was once catching up with a few people whose careers I respect to get some thoughts about what to do next and one of them said
"You know, your next thing doesn't have to be bigger than your last thing."
And it remains one of the most creatively freeing things I've ever heard.
If the new Fable game doesn't have Assassin Rush as a spell I'm going to be so sad
Does anyone know anyone at Playground Games? ๐
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my parents on the moon launch
mom: why are they going to the moon
dad: same reason we go to your brother in Australia- some people like going very far away to a place where you die if you go outside
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[reading a book in first person] i dont remember doing any of this
NEW ARTICLE! NEW ARTICLE!!
Ever wonder ~why~ so many Western stories about samurai all tell you a story about someone who really, really, really likes honor? Where did that come from? And why is it so pervasive? What are samurai movies really about?
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Went on a seaside hike. Saw some gay lizards. Made a tortoise friend named Nomad.
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Because not shipping is the tier 0 fail case for game development, long ideation gets a bad rap. But for some class of design problems or ideas generally, there is no substitute for letting them steep at their own pace
How can indie save the industry when you often have to work for months with no pay to make a fully realized vertical slice to get a funding deal that takes half your profit and provides almost no marketing in many cases
Love that we have these kind of martyrs in the games industry. Aren't we lucky
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don't let them have an inch when theyre trying to take miles. we don't concede on trans people in sports just like we wont concede on trans people anywhere else. period.
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still from parks and rec
everyone in the games industry understands this with no added context
Everybody's trying to be Fortnite and if you don't make a Fortnite then everybody gets laid off, but it ends up even if you do make a Fortnite then everybody gets laid off
@Jordan_Mallory: "i want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid m ore to work less and i'm not kidding" (sic)
Unlikely Collaborators Game Jam kick off! March 21-22, 2026
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A reminder that we're dead keen for pitches. Got a bunch in here already, but if you have a dream story, or a story only you can tell, chuck it in the form.
Also we're looking for illustrators! We have some onboard already but we need more! Any Qs slide into my DMs!
[every bone in my body cracks as I rise from my chair] yes I would like to party
me after a week of gdc
Best GDC hack: You can just go back to your hotel room for a little lie down
Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:
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Furries have already achieved the dream of every shit silicon valley technology and in a more ethical and less cringe way
The metaverse: VRChat
NFTs: adoptable fursonas
Typing words into a text box and having art appear: commissions