Dude GREAT recommendation. Such a beautiful game.
Also uhhhβ¦sorry I yelled at you about the eating QTE π
Dude GREAT recommendation. Such a beautiful game.
Also uhhhβ¦sorry I yelled at you about the eating QTE π
The incredible James SA Corey is (are?) at it again with their excellent novella Livesuit. There's one moment that's just so perfect I needed to tell someone about it. Turns out that someone is you!
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Great story, great game π
βHey, Iβm Coray. I work at Meta. This looks really cool.β
McCallum and his devs thought it was B.S. But Seifert gave a legit Meta email...and 11 months later, after a rigorous greenlighting process, they had a deal."
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Thank you Oculus Publishing for the super cool #Xbox fried chicken sandwiches at your #GDC Happy Hour. It made me feel super special as a partner.
#ThisIsAnXbox
Reliving the Eagles' Super Bowl win through the eyes of Cowboys, Giants, and Commanders fans π
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LETS GO BIRDS!!!
ITS HAPPENING YβALL
I kept this secret since *the day* I started at Oculus. This isnβt the only reason I joined the team, butβ¦itβs a bigβn π€©
#civ7 #justonemoreturn
βOrganicβ writing not created using AI will always be the most popular type of storytelling, even as AI becomes more advanced. Humans are drawn to *intention* in their art, and knowing that something was created by an averaging tool removes much of the appeal, even if on a barely conscious level.
#SuperBowl Predictions:
Mahomes magic for 300+ yards, 3 TDs
Saquon runs for 200+
Hurts runs for 75 and 3 TDs
Iowa rookie CB Cooper DeJAWN takes his first INT to the house to seal the win
Eagles 42, Chiefs 23
Go birds!
Any advice for debut authors? Specifically wondering how we can establish credibility/get noticed.
Go birds
This is a great article. Thanks for posting!
3x3 mood board grid of images: a micrograph of a virus, a field of corn, a woman with a crossbow, a mason jar of whiskey, the northern lights silhouetting a pine forest, a pair of riders on horseback traversing a snow-covered plain, a closeup of a shortwave radio, children dancing under the sun, a high-tension power line tower, all against a backdrop of the Milkyway in the night sky.
THE DOG STARS x THE END OF MEN
After the womenβs plague, a lonely farmer contemplates the end, when a woman who shouldnβt exist kills a thief on his farm. They flee reprisals across a frozen prairie & battle into the wilds where survivors plan to save humanity. At all costs.
#2025pit #A #PA #SF
This is fantastic. Thank you for preparing this delicious meal. I honestly could go for secondsβ¦
Images of Peaky Blinders, a dead fish, man&woman kissing, two women kissing and a WWI soldier.
In WWI Sussex, when a petty criminal is gutted like a fish & his cousin accused of the murder, tales of forbidden love, the infamous Fowler Gang & the suffragettes, bleed together, staining the River Arun red. #2025Pit #Q #A #HF
VOX x CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
Cybele leads her assigned companion on a dangerous quest to reveal her hidden past. When a deadly confrontation with her kidnapper reveals the tragic truth about her adoptive motherβs betrayal, she must choose between revenge and compassion to finally live free. #2025Pit #A
Three by three grid of pictures: a white feather, a silhouette of a woman; a silhouette of a couple, a silhouette of a person with wings before a sunset; a silhouette of a woman wrapped in lights; a silhouette of a woman at sunset; a silhouette of a woman at sunrise; a couple kissing in the sun; a hand reaching out towards a window with sunlight.
SHADOW AND BONE x ACOTAR
When Keira's sister is captured by a shape-shifting immortal, her fate intertwines with the God of Light to rescue her; but an ancient darkness grows within Keira, and she must choose between stopping those who seek to harness it or saving those she loves #2025Pit #RM #A #F
A mood board featuring rural decay alongside technology-filled cities and industry. A robot hand reaches for a human hand at the center.
AFTERWORD x ALTERED CARBON
Adoniramβs wife, Eve, is dying. His father hopes his mind-copying AI can save her but the connection grants the AI sapience and makes Adoniram the key to its control. He must choose between competing alliances, faith, and his love for Eve #2025Pit #A #SF
17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a β οΈ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard.
#2025Pit #Q #YA #SF #LGBTQ
A photo collage that features a woman wearing a crown, a college campus, a hand playing the guitar, piano keys, and a pair of bloody knuckles
A photo that reads: Crowned In Light A literary agent's guide to the first book in the Crowned Series As 85k word Urban Speculative Romance/Romantasy First three books are finished, edited, and ready to query! This one has it all! - Magical Realism - Slow Burn - Found Family - Gods and Goddesses - Music Heavy - Soul Mates / Past Lives - Strong Female Friendships - Disability/BIPOC representation - DAVID BOWIE?!?!
A photo that reads: The Pitch! Itβs the end of a hot Iowan summer, and twenty-four-year-old Matilda West is gearing up for her sophomore year of college at Oak Ridge University. A scholarship student, she is swayed by the suggestion of her favorite professor to join a study group heβs created for his Classical Mythology course. The students in the group adopt her quickly, but Matildaβs past has made her wary and anxious of new people and their intentions. When she finds herself drawn toward two of the people in the group, including an unexplainable feeling like sheβs met one of them before, Matilda is thrown in the middle of a situation she couldnβt have seen coming. Weird dreams and the fact that her life might not be what she thought it was force Matilda to question whether her fate was already decided, or if someone else is pulling the stringsβ¦ How does one juggle school work, healing trauma, finding love, and supporting a diverse community, while also fighting for their fate and the rest of the world?
A photo that reads: For Fans of: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Maggie Stiefvater Richelle Mead Laurell K Hamilton Adults over the age of 18 whp enjoy a world sprinkled with mythology and More, and fantasy rooted in reality. Reader who enjoy diverse, complex characters, especially LGBTQIA+ characters, those with disabilities, and those deailing with PTSD and trauma in an honest and real way. Romance Readers who enjoy things like friends to loves, enemies to friends, slow burn, found family, angst with a happy ending, and polyamory. Playlist: Have I Found My Home by Paden What A Good Woman Does by Joy Williams Dear Happy by Gabrielle Aplin Breathe Me by Sia Stuck In My Head by Blue Eyes Silence by Marshmello & Khalid The World We Made by Ruelle Like That by JP Saxe Safe Place by RuthAnne Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie & Tommee Profitt Somebody Loved by The Weepies For You by Angus & Julia Stone Past Life by Morgan St Jean Atlas: Heart by Sleeping At Last
π« CROWNED IN LIGHT π«
NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST X RAVEN CYCLE SERIES
πΉRomance/Romantasy
π¨βπ¨βπ§Polyamory
β€οΈβπ₯Slow Burn
π¨βπ¨βπ¦βπ¦Found Family
βοΈGods & Goddesses
π΅Music!
βΏDiversity
π³οΈβπLGBTQIA+
πSoul Mates
β¨Magical Realism
Agent's guide included π
#2025Pit #Q #A #YA #R #NA #F #RF #SPEC #SPF #LGBT #OV
An industrial space station hallway, with the title of the book and the undertitle. JAK STERZAND: ESCAPE FROM FREEPORT
TREASURE PLANET X STARFIELD
When Jak finds an ancient wrist computer with his new friend Erisβa tech prodigyβhe couldn't have guessed it would tear him from his home on a pirate space station to an interstellar quest for answers about his dad's legacy, old mysteries & himself.
#2025Pit #YA #SF #M
Top left: A figure plays a violin in a dark room. The image is shot in such a way that only the violin and one of the player's hands is visible. Center left: A man stands in darkness; his head is on fire. Bottom left: A wireframe of a dragon against a bright orange background Top/mid center: Alphonse Mucha's Emerald, featuring a woman staring intensely at the viewer as she leans against the head of a snarling serpent. A white line is drawn straight through the image to neatly divide the woman's head from the serpent's. Bottom center: The Lovers, from the Art Nouveau Tarot deck, featuring a couple just about to kiss. The card is lying on a white space, surrounded by red/white roses. Top right: A figure in white robes wanders through a very green forest. Center right: A bolt of lightning arcs above a mountain range in a very violet sky. Bottom right: A black hole swirls in a sea of violet stars and nebulae.
GIDEON THE NINTHxFFXIV
When magicless Mick agrees to be an adventuring partner for Eleanor, his mage best friend (and crush), a mishap turns him into a dragon and binds him to the gods' dead adversary. Now they're rushing to break his curse before his existence triggers a war. #2025pit #F #R #A
(SILO x RED RISING) + the Moon
Leon Bodac is a man with two goals: conquer Sol Systemβs every peak & honour his late mum's legacy.
But when his whistleblowing throws him neck-deep into an uprising and his homeworld crumbles, heβs left with one move: Fight or Fall.
#A #SF #2025Pit
I will never not appreciate your dedication to this dad joke π
Itβs the AI Apocalypse and JAC.AL just wants their squad to install a software update. The coming days of rogue combat bots, hostile megafauna, and panicky organics will require optimal performance.
Novella complete at 50k words. Hoping for @marthawells.com's Murderbot vibesπ€β€οΈ
#2025pit #A #SF
Trying out @backerkit.bsky.social for JACβ€AL. Free novellette audiobook to early backers, so you can see if these robots with heart are the robots with heart for you π€β€οΈ
#scifi #amwriting #freebook
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*merrill reese voice*
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!