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Alex James Kane

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Writer for hire. Boss Fight Books, Fangoria, IGN, Lost in Cult, PC Gamer, Polygon, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, Star Wars, USA Today, Variety. backloggd.com/u/alexjkane kane.journoportfolio.com [email protected]

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · Mar 19

A big update: Now that I’ve got some freelance contracts going again, I’m very much Open for Business! If you need a writer for a gaming feature, a pop-culture interview, a mock review or other games-industry consulting gig, a Star Wars expert or Fallout S2 recapper, my email is [email protected].

Some print work from my previous freelance days: an issue of PC Gamer with Cyberpunk on the cover, my book on the making of BioWare, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, an issue of Edge magazine, Fangoria issue number 2 (which contains my oral history of Friday the 13th: The Game), and Den of Geek.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 5h

Christ, I'm sorry

Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 5h

I've been feeling this more than usual lately, and part of me thinks it's just the fact that so many people are in Survival Mode; they don't have a lot to give at the moment. Trying to remind myself not to take anything too personally.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 7h

The trailer looks incredible!

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Brandon Streussnig 📽️ @brndnstrssng.bsky.social · 8h

Incredibly proud to have my Arrow essay debut included in such a great film. So proud of this one

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 8h

Watching Halloween II (1981) with the commentary, and *Dana Carvey* is in this movie??

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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 9h

Hey, if you're thinking about subscribing to my new efforts at Ghost, this is the week I need you to do it.

The doors are open and the Ghost era is beginning. If you were reluctant because of Substack, please show me I made the right choice by moving.

drewmcweeny.com

The front page of drewmcweeny.com, with a banner image showing Peter O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia, and my current top story, a column called "Try, Try Again."

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 8h

My back hurts

Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 8h

Daniel Craig was announced as the new James Bond 20 years ago today 👴🏼

Daniel Craig at age 37 standing on the Thames or wherever

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 11h

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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Matt Orion @orionjack.bsky.social · 11h

Tuesdays aren’t the same without him

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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 10h

ralph lauren 👑

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 11h

Don't really remember anything about the book, but I do remember staring at this cover for hours as a kid. Might have to revisit this one.

Corran Horn, Luke Skywalker, an astromech droid, and a flight of X-wing fighters. Illustration by Drew Struzan.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 11h

Did y’all know @funfactorpod.com has a fun, active, good vibes Discord community? Whether you’re a free listener or paid supporter, if you love the show, you’ll love the server.

Invite/link on the FF website! FunFactorPod.com

FunFactor Podcast — Subscribe Today!

Two Old Gamers Review Old Video Game Magazine Reviews with Ty Schalter and Aidan Moher

FunFactorPod.com

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 11h

Job hunting, applying, interviewing, and freelancing while scraping by on unemployment, etc., is *so* stressful

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 13d

I’m poor as fuck on strike pay, so now would he a great time to get an ULTRA sub to @funfactorpod.com if you’ve been thinking about it.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 13d

Celebrating 5.5 weeks on strike by freezing my ass off in literal sideways-driving rain while @davidebybc.bsky.social and his negotiating team stand up my union for scheduled meetings and present laughable offers from the warm offices of the BC Legislature in beautiful Victoria, BC.

Me in a blue rain jacket looking miserable.

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Raquel ⚔️ TROP era 💍 @raquelnekro.bsky.social · 11h

#Tolkientober

Day 14: Arondir 🏹

Fine liners and ink washing.

#tolkientober #inktober #arondir #elf #trop #inks #traditionalart

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 12h

Can think of at least a couple mutuals who would be perfect for this:

Brandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 12h

PUBLISHING JOB POST: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Penguin Random House hiring Assistant Editor, Manga (Open to Remote) in New York, NY | LinkedIn

Posted 5:36:07 PM. Penguin Random House Publisher Services is seeking an Assistant Manga Editor to support editorial…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

www.linkedin.com

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Noah @keldorjedi.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve always loved this poster that Drew Struzan did for The Force Awakens.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 13h

That would be appointment listening for sure!

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 13h

Hello #portfolioday

I'm Jeremy. I thought I'd share some of the creatures I've made in the past 12 months or so. I designed, hand-sewed, and hand-embroidered all of them.

Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of hand-sewn fabric art creatures. There's a watermelon creature with a red face, eight black seed-like eyes, and a wide mouth with five sharp teeth. There's a white ghost trinket bag covered with purple embroidered flowers. She has a gray face, sparkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a strawberry creature with three bulbous green eyes. There's a watermelon ghost, and a black creature with sharp teeth wearing a bulbous eye earring. There's a large purple creature with many yellow eyes and an open mouth, with a little green creature popping her head out. All the creatures are sitting on green fur and there's a galaxy print fabric in the background.

Here's a photo of four fabric art creations with a black background and a dark red ground. There are two homunculi, one smaller than the other. The large one is gray with big twinkly red eyes and a little frown. The smaller homunculus is green with twinkly red eyes and a little frown. She's holding a rainbow-colored staff with a green stone on the top. The stone appears to be glowing a bit. The other two creatures are white ghosts with gray faces. They have twinkly black eyes and little frowns. They each have two twirly hair wisps coming out of their heads. They're wearing cone-shaped party hats. The hats are black and they're covered with red eyes and there's a red poof on the top. One hat is large and one hat is extremely small.

Here's a photo of fabric art creatures with a white fabric background. There's a cute and creepy mothman with a black body and a gray face with twinkly red eyes and sharp teeth. There's a green Kentucky goblin with a lighter green face and large pointy ears. He has twinkly yellow eyes and he's wearing a black party hat covered with red googly eyes and a big red poof at the top. There's also a red death worm with nine cream-colored eyes and sharp teeth. The tiny homunculus witch is sitting on the worm's head. She's very small, with large twinkly red eyes and a green body. She's wearing a small version of the party hat the goblin's wearing.

Here's a lovely photo of the cosmic ghost bag. She's a black ghost with various stars and planets embroidered on her body. There are little white stars, larger white stars, yellow stars, purple stars, a dark purple planet, a light purple planet, a red planet with a yellow ring. She has a gray moon-like face with large sparkly black eyes and a little frown. She's wearing a black fabric witch hat. She's resting on my palm and there's green fur in the background of the picture.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 13h

On Android? So annoying, yeah. Happens less often to me now, but still

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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 15h

This freshly-hatched horror story has possibly my favorite title of any story I've ever written. I give you....

"Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead"

Free to read, at @nightmare-magazine.com !!

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/cour...

Courtney Lovecraft’s Book of the Dead - Nightmare Magazine

Honey, the spirits are here with us tonight and they are deeply disappointed. [audience laughter] Momma, do you not own a mirror? Did you think you looked cute when you walked out of your house tonigh...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 15h

Apparently the new Splinter Cell animated series is out now on Netflix. I've missed this guy.

Ubisoft email says Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, Sam Fisher is back, with a grizzled spy wearing nightvision goggles and wielding a silenced handgun. A few other characters, including two female operatives, are painted underneath him, as well as some masked armed troopers.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 15h

Ah, damn. The best of the best. His posters for Attack of the Clones, Return of the Jedi, Revenge of the Sith, and The Empire Strikes Back were all fixtures on the walls of my childhood bedroom—from 1998 till the day my folks sold the house.

Attack of the Clones one-sheet, Drew Struzan.

Return of the Jedi Special Edition one-sheet, Drew Struzan.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 15h

Happy #PortfolioDay! I’ve been writing for and about video games since 2013, and I’m looking to pick up more freelance work in November. If you need someone to do dialogue or flavor text, or somebody to help out with PR for your upcoming game, let’s chat!

kane.journoportfolio.com
alexjkane.itch.io

Key art for Astoria, an original sci-fi Twine game, by Kelly Chong. An astronaut against a space backdrop with rings and a futuristic cityscape.

An Ashlander camp in Skywind, the massive Morrowind fan remake mod.

Illustration from the oral history of Morrowind, with an adventurer looking at an elven building on the horizon.

Some books and magazines, including my book on the making of Star Wars: KotOR, Fangoria, PC Gamer, Edge, and Den of Geek.

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17-BIT @17-bit.bsky.social · 1d

The folks over at @videogameschronicle.com dropped a huge interview with Hip Tanaka, going over some of his legendary music that helped shape the industry.

We cannot overstate what a honor it is to work with such a legend on #AWAYSIS. We can't wait for you to hear the soundtrack.

‘The original Game Boy sounds the best’: A very nerdy conversation with legendary Nintendo composer Hip Tanaka | VGC

The father of chiptune music discusses the past, and his long-awaited return to games…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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