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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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A podcast is only as strong as its weakest pretzel.

04.11.2025 02:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I could've spent a couple hours in front of the new display at Lucasfilm: #ILM50 πŸ‘€...

28.09.2025 21:56 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
The Game Writing Industry Insider Session

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...

03.09.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.07.2025 23:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It must be in the Trader Joe’s employee manual that a cashier must compliment a customer’s band t-shirt.

28.06.2025 20:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Old LucasArts fob with matching church key.

07.06.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’re getting the fascism without the β€œtrains running on time” part? Lame.

29.05.2025 02:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

True. Double true.

28.05.2025 02:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We need a Butlerian Jihad about 10,000 years earlier than I expected.

14.05.2025 02:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

26.03.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

coup d'idiot

26.03.2025 04:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unlike Nick Cave, I am not walking back my Red Hot Chili Peppers stance.

14.03.2025 03:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You did not say this. You were not here.

27.01.2025 05:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m glad things finally came together for you.

23.01.2025 03:50 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Forgive me Stacey, with all the great conversations we’ve had over the years I never got around to telling you what you should be doing.

18.01.2025 05:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The "heated multi-day slack thread that becomes a meeting anyway" is my favorite.

03.12.2024 18:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pregnant women deserve all the margaritas.

26.11.2024 03:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The older I get, the more sense Edward VII’s sex chair makes.

26.11.2024 03:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gutter choices are legitimate responses.

24.11.2024 20:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A thousand Maudes in front of a thousand brick facades.

19.11.2024 03:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Always the Homicide, never the Life on the Streets.

19.11.2024 03:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

78 years later, and still so much rizz.

17.11.2024 03:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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17.11.2024 03:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Phew! That was a close one! πŸ’˜

14.11.2024 02:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Caissie I…I can’t believe I had to find out this way…

14.11.2024 02:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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…

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

04.09.2024 00:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If they knew, then you’d have to drain β€˜em.

22.02.2024 03:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAw, look at you game buffs…”

09.02.2024 16:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I might be enjoying a delicious hamburger sandwich for lunch later.

07.02.2024 19:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a sandwich you would just prefer not to call a sandwich. Got it. Respect.

07.02.2024 19:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0