It’s so important to engage with other art forms as a game dev. This is a medium heavily influenced by ones older than it, for better and for worse. A lot of your favorite horror games have roots in amazing movies.
And read! Please read! There are folks who think that this isn’t relevant. It is!
Radical acceptance of the possibility of it being terrible. At least when it's out there, you can see how to make it less terrible!
Seoul strengthens #communication rights 📡
France drops reliance on US #tech 👩💻
#reforestation corridors 🌳
and much more in our new issue 👇️
I think I'll be brave and throw my hat into the ring as a speaker this year!
Vague talk thoughts: 'Your game needs fewer words'
The art of game design: the spark of creation, to find play between the confines of rules and the expression of agency, to marry the beauty of systems and aesthetic expression,
The discipline of game design: fucking finish the thing
Neil banging out the tunes April 13, 2006
Happy 20 years of Neil banging out the tunes 🐀🎶🎉
'How do you learn to write?'
You have to do the grunt work.
Miss something? We’ve got you covered. We’re rounding up the bold ideas, bright breakthroughs and practical progress that moved the needle. The week’s worth of stories, tied up with a bow — no doomscrolling required.
Captain it's only wednesday
Had a birthday, got a truly fabulous book haul (attached), joined the late diagnosed ADHD women club, dog died
IT'S BEEN A FUCKING WEEK MY DUDES
Tweet from @dandouglas – “i'm the CEO of an AAA games studio, and as you might guess, we're pretty psyched about making games! but we never let making games get in the way of our true passion: laying off loads of staff fucking constantly”
Debuff: paying full price for train tickets 🫠
Looking forward to inflicting some novels of questionable quality on the world in the next few years
Already got the 'giving less of a shit' bonus stacking with the 'Dolly Parton effect: Figure out who you are then do it on purpose' buff
Gang, I made it to 30. What level up bonuses am I unlocking
They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨
London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
The year is 2026. Researchers at The Museum of English Rural Life have pushed rural heritage to the brink. They asked: what would happen if we got some toy rats and dressed them in beautiful, handmade clothes inspired by heritage crafts?
Don't give up. You can cuss the whole time. But don't give up. Says Skeletor inventing new curses just to keep himself going.
Simpsons meme. Super Intendent Chalmers: "May I see it?"
Simpsons meme. Principal Skinner: "No."
Me, when people ask about my next project:
Game Narrative Kaleidscope Podcast #3 - Mary Kenney (@marykgames.com)
ND and senior writer on Spiderman: Miles Morales and Marvel: Wolverine talks to us about the long shadow of online harassment, creative sparking, and writing from a place of love.
www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...
A huge #dome in the UK grows produce using a landfill's #methane gases 🫑
In #Germany, a #tax on #single-use containers is proving a successful model for reducing city waste 🫙
A #right-to-review rule in England is changing the culture of the #NHS and saving lives ⚕️
and much more in our new issue 👇
PSA: a lot of people asked for an ebook edition — and we’ve been able to put one together! And with hyperlinks, of course.
Philip Pullman said that anything that a child might encounter in their childhood is appropriate material for a children's story.
happy international women's day
annual reminder that the autistic women on your dev team are probably doing a lot of extra masking to compensate for the socially-acceptable lack of masking from the autistic men on your dev team
yes, they're mad about it
being a writer in the games industry means this list is just like 🫵🏻 i know them 🫵🏻 i know them 🫵🏻 i know them
