that one video game writer
@deathmeetauthor.bsky.social
Award-Winning (BAFTA, Hugo, etc.) Lead Narrative Writer @ AAA Studio. Prev: Larian Studios - Baldur's Gate 3, DOS2 DLC | "makes a damn fine romance" | Ex-Mortician | They/Them | English + 中文 (简体字)
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For the sake of both a pinned post and an introduction: I'm a nonbinary gamedev in AAA with 10 years of experience as a writer and narrative designer.
I've worked on lesbian angels, dry skeletons, elves that needed a rework for 40 years, nonbinary demigods, and [REDACTED BY CORPORATE NDA]
I've worked on lesbian angels, dry skeletons, elves that needed a rework for 40 years, nonbinary demigods, and [REDACTED BY CORPORATE NDA]
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taking the concept of "low-background steel" and applying it to web search results and llm slop. digging up a sunken website from beneath the waves to salvage its ai free content
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
taking the concept of "low-background steel" and applying it to web search results and llm slop. digging up a sunken website from beneath the waves to salvage its ai free content
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holy shit lmao
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
holy shit lmao
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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anyway writing for games is uniquely challenging and broadly misunderstood by people who are not game writers
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
anyway writing for games is uniquely challenging and broadly misunderstood by people who are not game writers
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I run customer-facing teams and getting a deluge of complaint calls between Thanksgiving and NYE is literally a nightmare scenario that risks turning into a cascade (a couple people quit, more work for the rest, so a couple more quit, etc)
we will NEVER have more leverage than now through NYE
we will NEVER have more leverage than now through NYE
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I run customer-facing teams and getting a deluge of complaint calls between Thanksgiving and NYE is literally a nightmare scenario that risks turning into a cascade (a couple people quit, more work for the rest, so a couple more quit, etc)
we will NEVER have more leverage than now through NYE
we will NEVER have more leverage than now through NYE
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The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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and you might be asking, stan, haven't you not worked at a studio in over a year (because no one can get a job anymore)? what could you possibly have done to get onto breakthrough?
this lithobreakers.itch.io/latex-leathe...
this lithobreakers.itch.io/latex-leathe...
LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST by LITHOBREAKERS
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lithobreakers.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
and you might be asking, stan, haven't you not worked at a studio in over a year (because no one can get a job anymore)? what could you possibly have done to get onto breakthrough?
this lithobreakers.itch.io/latex-leathe...
this lithobreakers.itch.io/latex-leathe...
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dwarf fortress patch notes that could have been an entire mid-80s Stephen King novel
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
dwarf fortress patch notes that could have been an entire mid-80s Stephen King novel
This is a hill I’ve died on several times.
there is almost no feedback I will reflexively ignore as a game developer but “you shouldn’t name something X because people don’t know that word” is one of them. oh no! You might learn a new word! God forbid you take away a piece of knowledge from a game that’s not a brand of gun or some shit lol
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is a hill I’ve died on several times.
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Aha, you see! Some righteous customer has returned the total to its natural state of integer innocence!
Wonderful. Hopefully we get no more perverts adding decimals from now on.
Wonderful. Hopefully we get no more perverts adding decimals from now on.
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Aha, you see! Some righteous customer has returned the total to its natural state of integer innocence!
Wonderful. Hopefully we get no more perverts adding decimals from now on.
Wonderful. Hopefully we get no more perverts adding decimals from now on.
Back in college, a friend working for a mobile games company told me they needed new writers and I should apply. I'd never written an interactive script before.
Well, I applied anyway, and that script became the one they used to compare to new hires for the future. I wrote for them for 5 years.
Well, I applied anyway, and that script became the one they used to compare to new hires for the future. I wrote for them for 5 years.
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Back in college, a friend working for a mobile games company told me they needed new writers and I should apply. I'd never written an interactive script before.
Well, I applied anyway, and that script became the one they used to compare to new hires for the future. I wrote for them for 5 years.
Well, I applied anyway, and that script became the one they used to compare to new hires for the future. I wrote for them for 5 years.
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incredible moment of confusion seeing someone use 'tboi' as shorthand for The Binding of Isaac
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
incredible moment of confusion seeing someone use 'tboi' as shorthand for The Binding of Isaac
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ever since i was a little girl i've always wanted to exceed the damage cap of 9999 with my Critical Attacks...
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ever since i was a little girl i've always wanted to exceed the damage cap of 9999 with my Critical Attacks...
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The reason you see AI pushed so hard in products, ads and promoted posts is that they know people don't WANT to use it but they are desperate to recoup on their millions in investments.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The reason you see AI pushed so hard in products, ads and promoted posts is that they know people don't WANT to use it but they are desperate to recoup on their millions in investments.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
if you replace voice actors with AI, we’ll have less lesbians, which is a crime against humanity
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
if you replace voice actors with AI, we’ll have less lesbians, which is a crime against humanity
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trans day of making it to the next one
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
trans day of making it to the next one
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disappointed that game devs are bringing back ps1 and ps2 era graphics without also bringing back fmv cutscenes in wildly different artstyles
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
disappointed that game devs are bringing back ps1 and ps2 era graphics without also bringing back fmv cutscenes in wildly different artstyles
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was: