I have not looked at this yet but I am constantly astounded by the Aesthetic of indie ttrpg covers. I would kill for trad pubbed novels to have this approach!

As seen from @jisaacgadient.bsky.social on LinkedIn:

Any Stargate fans in the house? I've gotten increasingly into it over the past year -- I was a big fan when I was younger but never finished it all, and am now halfway through Atlantis. So much fun. I'd love a Mass Effect or Citizen Sleeper type game in this universe

The Docs Who Lift podcast makes a really good point about this: either obesity is a health issue or it isn’t. The same people who “deeply care” about the health risks of obesity will act like those taking medicine for it are “cheating”, when beyond even obesity, the medicine is practically panacea

I <3 and miss working with all these people! Some very on-point 🎮 ✍️ insights here. Don't miss it!

More from the interviews series archive --> how to write a telltale game (according to people who actually did it) gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/interviews...

More from the interviews series archive --> how to write a telltale game (according to people who actually did it) gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/interviews...

Pre-pandemic, I ran several interviews with other writers from throughout games and other media -- I’m porting them to the new blog across the next few days.

Third up -- on writing horror games, featuring @docseuss.bsky.social and friends >>
gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/interviews...

Pre-pandemic, I ran several interviews with other writers from throughout games and other media -- I’m porting them to the new blog across the next few days.

Third up -- on writing horror games, featuring @docseuss.bsky.social and friends >>
gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/interviews...

Pre-pandemic, I ran several interviews with other writers from throughout games and other media -- I’m porting them to the new blog across the next few days, including pieces on horror, space & more.

Second up! -- on writing romance in games gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/interviews...

I agree with the ethos of this but I really like “consume” for reasons different to “consumer” — to ingest, to make part of yourself. It especially explains the pseudo revulsion of horror with that kind of abject, could-eat-but-will-it-harm-me quality

It's been a herculean undertaking but the new dashboard for students on my courses is up along with a bunch of new custom tools / exercises -- thank you to the beta testers, and more to come shortly that are being tested as we speak!

Interested in joining us? --> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses/

Pre-pandemic, I ran several interviews with other writers from throughout games and other media -- I’m porting them to the new blog across the next few days, including pieces on romance, horror, space & more.

First up -- how people get their story ideas: gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/interviews...

sure!

Pre-pandemic, I ran several interviews with other writers from throughout games and other media -- I’m porting them to the new blog across the next few days, including pieces on romance, horror, space & more.

First up -- how people get their story ideas: gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/interviews...

It's been a herculean undertaking but the new dashboard for students on my courses is up along with a bunch of new custom tools / exercises -- thank you to the beta testers, and more to come shortly that are being tested as we speak!

Interested in joining us? --> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses/

What Would Hank Hill Do

Writing video game dialogue and choices, new article out now, link below!

Also taking more applicants for my game writing Dialogue class starting in a few weeks -- www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses . It's designed for aspiring/experienced folks alike, including a unique practice tool I created >

Another article about living as a Freelance Game Writer — this one focuses on how to manage your communications, emails, DMs, and tasks across a variety of clients and industry contacts, including specific app recommendations to bring it all together >>
gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/freelance-...

Ooo hyped - I reference this game in my teaching a lot

All non-basic lands are now mountains.
All non-basic Gregs are now working with Wizards of the Coast on Magic: The Gathering

It does feel nice to be able to share an Announcement TM again. So many things under NDA for so long that it feels like everyone must think I'm not doing anything! It's really nice seeing the support, so thank you to everyone who's reached out

Here's me WINNING a Kamigawa tournament back in the day -- they let me take home the sign some time later, which to this day takes up far too much room in our house