Ceri Young
@ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social
Associate Narrative Director at WB Games Montreal. Writing, art, and nonsense. Opinions are my own. (she/her)
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
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this is the most beautiful thing
Thanks, Blue Jays fans!
Seattle Children's hospital gets surge of donations from Blue Jays fans
www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...
Seattle Children's hospital gets surge of donations from Blue Jays fans
www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...
Why Blue Jays fans have been donating to Seattle Children’s Hospital
Approximately 250 Blue Jays fans have donated nearly $10,000 to the Seattle Children’s hospital since last Monday's Game 7. Here's why.
www.seattletimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
this is the most beautiful thing
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We'll be closed all day Sunday November 2nd for our semi-annual inventory count. We'll be back open for our regular hours on the 3rd.
On a totally unrelated note, on Saturday November 1st, all books will be 10% off!
(Please buy everything in the store, that way we don't have to do inventory.)
On a totally unrelated note, on Saturday November 1st, all books will be 10% off!
(Please buy everything in the store, that way we don't have to do inventory.)
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We'll be closed all day Sunday November 2nd for our semi-annual inventory count. We'll be back open for our regular hours on the 3rd.
On a totally unrelated note, on Saturday November 1st, all books will be 10% off!
(Please buy everything in the store, that way we don't have to do inventory.)
On a totally unrelated note, on Saturday November 1st, all books will be 10% off!
(Please buy everything in the store, that way we don't have to do inventory.)
Any answer I could give would only be a guess, but I'm curious. Maybe @missfire.bsky.social has an answer?
friends who work in video games-- is there a practical reason (like difficulty to put into the game) why players can't have the option to put subtitles on either the top or bottom of the screen?
i've always found bottom of the screen pulls my attention from the graphics, but i accept if its a pain
i've always found bottom of the screen pulls my attention from the graphics, but i accept if its a pain
October 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Any answer I could give would only be a guess, but I'm curious. Maybe @missfire.bsky.social has an answer?
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Happy 10th birthday to Assassin's Creed Syndicate! It was a wild ride from start to finish that saw me working with studios in Quebec, Montreal, Singapore & Montpellier. A lot of people really supported me on this project and my career levelled up in a big way.
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Happy 10th birthday to Assassin's Creed Syndicate! It was a wild ride from start to finish that saw me working with studios in Quebec, Montreal, Singapore & Montpellier. A lot of people really supported me on this project and my career levelled up in a big way.
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Malys 1.0 is out today! I wrote a bit of spooky things for this game and the team on it are all angels (and also @davidgaider.bsky.social!) Play it like hell
🔥 Malys is OUT NOW in 1.0! 🔥
For a game about demons, you've all been absolute angels - thank you for your support along the way & we're so happy to share Malys' full release with you 🖤
Check out the launch trailer and then get exorcising below!
For a game about demons, you've all been absolute angels - thank you for your support along the way & we're so happy to share Malys' full release with you 🖤
Check out the launch trailer and then get exorcising below!
Malys 1.0 Launch Trailer
Malys is OUT NOW on Steam!Play the game via bit.ly/playmalysExorcise the infernal and exact vengeance in this unholy roguelite deckbuilder from David Gaider ...
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Malys 1.0 is out today! I wrote a bit of spooky things for this game and the team on it are all angels (and also @davidgaider.bsky.social!) Play it like hell
Happy Assassin Christmas!
It’s ten years today since the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate!
Truly one of the most fun teams I’ve worked on and it was a joy to write Evie Frye’s character.
In celebration, let me share one of my favourite fan edits.
youtu.be/HGmS1CwN4WY?...
It’s ten years today since the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate!
Truly one of the most fun teams I’ve worked on and it was a joy to write Evie Frye’s character.
In celebration, let me share one of my favourite fan edits.
youtu.be/HGmS1CwN4WY?...
Assassin's Creed Syndicate|| Jacob & Evie Frye || Hey brother || GMV
YouTube video by MsKirona
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Happy Assassin Christmas!
It’s ten years today since the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate!
Truly one of the most fun teams I’ve worked on and it was a joy to write Evie Frye’s character.
In celebration, let me share one of my favourite fan edits.
youtu.be/HGmS1CwN4WY?...
It’s ten years today since the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate!
Truly one of the most fun teams I’ve worked on and it was a joy to write Evie Frye’s character.
In celebration, let me share one of my favourite fan edits.
youtu.be/HGmS1CwN4WY?...
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My anti-genAI Christmas novella (lol) will be out in just over two weeks!
A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.
Magically Generated will be out on October 21!
Cover artist: @jaypillerva.bsky.social
Magically Generated will be out on October 21!
Cover artist: @jaypillerva.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My anti-genAI Christmas novella (lol) will be out in just over two weeks!
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I found more joy in life this way.
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I found more joy in life this way.
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not exaggerating to say this show is probably why I'm an author and also part of why I'm a curious person. this is good 💓
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
not exaggerating to say this show is probably why I'm an author and also part of why I'm a curious person. this is good 💓
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Secretary: Oh hey, you're back earlier than expected.
Interior Designer: Bed's haunted.
Secretary: What?
Interior Designer *loading a pistol*: Bed's haunted.
Interior Designer: Bed's haunted.
Secretary: What?
Interior Designer *loading a pistol*: Bed's haunted.
I am looking for a comforter for the guest bedroom and I'm sorry what monster did this
September 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Secretary: Oh hey, you're back earlier than expected.
Interior Designer: Bed's haunted.
Secretary: What?
Interior Designer *loading a pistol*: Bed's haunted.
Interior Designer: Bed's haunted.
Secretary: What?
Interior Designer *loading a pistol*: Bed's haunted.
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I have never wanted a piece of nonexistent media more than I want this.
ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy likes the idea of a Kleya and Vel ‘Nazi hunters’ spin-off series in which the duo hunt after former Imperials following the fall of the Empire with the assistance of Dedra Meero in a Hannibal Lector-esque role.
(Source: youtu.be/mGBXFWvPRsE?...)
(Source: youtu.be/mGBXFWvPRsE?...)
September 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I have never wanted a piece of nonexistent media more than I want this.
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There are several reasons an organization may lose its institutional memory (called institutional forgetting in scholarship), but mass layoffs are one of biggest factors.
Layoffs wreck studios. Institutional knowledge is SO valuable in the games industry. When you eventually replace that laid off employee, I don’t care if they’ve got 30 years of experience and dozens of games under their belt. They still have to learn the pipeline, the software, the systems.
September 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
There are several reasons an organization may lose its institutional memory (called institutional forgetting in scholarship), but mass layoffs are one of biggest factors.
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Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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The idea that 'AI can speed up dev cycles' would require a premise that dev cycles are long because people are taking forever to make assets (so you could replace them with shoddy slop and it'd go faster), which you could only believe is true if you've never actually tried to make a video game
At Gamescom, one sentiment remained consistent: We need to make games quicker. And to do that, more and more studios are turning to AI.
www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-...
At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion
And at least part of that plan involves AI
www.gamesindustry.biz
August 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The idea that 'AI can speed up dev cycles' would require a premise that dev cycles are long because people are taking forever to make assets (so you could replace them with shoddy slop and it'd go faster), which you could only believe is true if you've never actually tried to make a video game
Time for my annual reminder to parents:
If your school wants you to label every pencil your child takes in at the beginning of the year, your local copy shop can print you labels.
Saved my sanity on multiple occasions
If your school wants you to label every pencil your child takes in at the beginning of the year, your local copy shop can print you labels.
Saved my sanity on multiple occasions
August 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Time for my annual reminder to parents:
If your school wants you to label every pencil your child takes in at the beginning of the year, your local copy shop can print you labels.
Saved my sanity on multiple occasions
If your school wants you to label every pencil your child takes in at the beginning of the year, your local copy shop can print you labels.
Saved my sanity on multiple occasions
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On this day in 2015 we shared the Assassin's Creed Syndicate Twin Assassin's trailer:
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate: Twin Assassins Jacob & Evie Frye | Trailer | Ubisoft [NA]
YouTube video by Ubisoft North America
youtu.be
August 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
On this day in 2015 we shared the Assassin's Creed Syndicate Twin Assassin's trailer:
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Someone on here said that videogames offer a fantasy of predictable rewards for one's work, which in real life might not be rewarded at all. I think about it a lot!
I don't understand how video game market can support so many farming games. Do young people yearn for the fields?
August 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Someone on here said that videogames offer a fantasy of predictable rewards for one's work, which in real life might not be rewarded at all. I think about it a lot!
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it does not matter how good you make your game’s block/parry system; I will not use it. My defense is “punch more.” I cannot be taught
July 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
it does not matter how good you make your game’s block/parry system; I will not use it. My defense is “punch more.” I cannot be taught
Trying to imagine a world in which the Belfry conversations and e-mails in Gotham Knights were auto-generated.
It would absolutely not be the same charming, game-specific, delightful and heartwrenching set of events. You don’t get that kind of warmth from the word-blender.
Story is specificity.
It would absolutely not be the same charming, game-specific, delightful and heartwrenching set of events. You don’t get that kind of warmth from the word-blender.
Story is specificity.
“AI will help with pointless interactions like item descriptions and NPC barks” if it’s pointless it shouldn’t be in the game. If there’s nothing interesting about something, cut it
July 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trying to imagine a world in which the Belfry conversations and e-mails in Gotham Knights were auto-generated.
It would absolutely not be the same charming, game-specific, delightful and heartwrenching set of events. You don’t get that kind of warmth from the word-blender.
Story is specificity.
It would absolutely not be the same charming, game-specific, delightful and heartwrenching set of events. You don’t get that kind of warmth from the word-blender.
Story is specificity.
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“AI will help with pointless interactions like item descriptions and NPC barks” if it’s pointless it shouldn’t be in the game. If there’s nothing interesting about something, cut it
July 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“AI will help with pointless interactions like item descriptions and NPC barks” if it’s pointless it shouldn’t be in the game. If there’s nothing interesting about something, cut it
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This is the time for Superman.
July 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This is the time for Superman.
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I'm in this picture and I don't like it
writing books is hard, wow. who would choose to do this to themselves?
July 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I'm in this picture and I don't like it