Be crazy if someone (me) had just given a whole talk on respecting the players and protagonists in videogames, and how that someone (me) talked about how players are smart enough to empathise with situations unlike their own, while also imaginative enough to immerse themselves without that hook.
Many, many such examples, but I come back to Shakespeare in the Park's version of Much Ado alllll the time for this very thing.
Gonna go GDC in San Francisco (unrelated reasons)
Joining the War on Clarence Boddicker on the side of Clarence Boddicker.
one thing they don't tell you about being a professional writer is how much of the writing is fucking emails
📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW!
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Very very proud to say that I am in this fantastic book, standing in the shadow of some truly inspirational game devs!
I have a humble essay on world building, that is just one small piece of this incredible collection!
Run, don't walk, to the Place Where You Can Buy It™.
well i'm telling MY cat, KRY-X2011 OOO Gundam TaJaDor Configuration, that we couldn't find space for him this time.
I haven't played Apex Legends in a looong time (sorry, My Employer™), but this... I mean... this is tempting.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope launches this Wednesday!
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Starmer's ability to find the exact sweetspot which pisses off everyone is extraordinary. He's a savant.
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” - James Baldwin
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
I do believe that particular shade is 'Tiberium Green'.
oh, you know, just the world.
oh.
guys I cannot stop laughing at my own stupid joke.
BROWT GANG
(I think it's good for the soul to be joyous and uncritical about Pokémon for at least a day before we can be cynical game developers again)
(I also think it's good for the soul to constantly dunk on water starters)
This trip will save their marriage
I have never not picked a grass starter in a Pokémon game, and I'm not about to start now, but I'll damned if Pombon isn't everything to me.
(but also I love you very much, angry little Browt)
We're allowed a snifter of happiness today. Even hope. Just as a treat.
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
[screams in 36]
Layoffs are unfortunate for everyone involved. Full stop. This mealy-mouthed thing where it'll help a company "move faster, listen more closely, and deliver consistently" - like they're metamorphosing into a higher state of being - who are they fooling, exactly?
www.pcgamer.com/games/sports...
God you don't know how refreshing it is to see someone using an Architect meme. Just sublime to see in the wild. Like a rare and beautiful bird.
