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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 8h

How do you tell camp vajajay from the jam shed?

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 9h

It's not as good as CB but there are a couple of really good tracks.

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 9h

Heck I think I was at that exact same gig!

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Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social · 12h

Important news for alternative rock fans of a certain age: SUGAR ARE BACK TOGETHER.

sugarcopperblue.com/shows/

SHOWS - SUGAR COPPER BLUE

Bob Mould Tour Dates

sugarcopperblue.com

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 9h

Holy shit. It's been 30 years at least since I saw them.

Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 9h

Bravo, Mark. Bravo.

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 9h

Well, I'm not going to shame anyone for their chosen lifestyle.

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 9h

Both such distinctive aromas. I wander the streets of early autumn casually distinguishing the wood burners from the coalburners

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Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social · 9h

📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work!

⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.

🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.

Let's chat!

hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin

A selection of images from games etc. Hannah Nicklin has worked on, a screencap or key art image from: Saltsea Chronicles, Black Mirror: Thronglets, Mutazione; and the cover of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice. Also featured two reviews.

One from Eurogamer: 5/5 Saltsea Chronicles
"Onwards you go in pursuit of your missing crew, then, your story diverging further from mine with every island choice, with every flick of the head or settling of the lips. Memories/Artefacts? Skeptical/Curious? And astonishingly, through all these moving parts, all this phase space, my story still made rich sense, and actually built to a truly devastating climax.

Scream/Weep? Fittingly, for me, Saltsea Chronicles turned out to be a story about choices as well as a story made of choices. It made me think about the big decisions I make in life, but also the decisions that shape a life that I don't even notice having made. Ripples turning to waves and all that. You must play this. It's luminous."

The second of Mutazione from Gamespew, 9/10
"Mutazione is a game that builds up relationships within a community you instantly feel a part of. The main story is secondary to the real drama and the heart of the town, but it’s necessary. It’s extremely well-written, and the hand-drawn environments are beautifully designed. Die Gute Fabrik has crafted a sweet, powerful fairy tale that delves into the human psyche and allows you to reside there for five hours or so."

A virtual biz card on a dark purple background, featuring an image of a white woman in glasses, with blonde hair, speaking at a podium. Next to it is the title Hannah Nicklin, and the details Creative Director, Narrative Lead/Designer, Senior Writer, Consultant.

11+ years experience in interactive narrative

• 3 games shipped as Lead (PC, Console, mobile)
• Many more as consultant
• PhD in Interactive Practices
• Masters & BA in Play/Screenwriting & Dramatic Arts
• GDC Indie Summit Advisor, BAFTA Juror, TGA Future Class
• Author of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice

Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione; Saturnalia; Night School (A Netflix Studio); Cardboard Computer; Die Gute Fabrik; Draknek; Twisted Tree Games.

Based in: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Work in: Remote, CET-PST
LinkedIn.com/in/hannah-nicklin
hannahnicklin.com

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 9h

All wine is worth tasting, with the possible exception of retsina

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 15h

Saved up all her life to pay the tuition fees?

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Del - Martian Observer @martian-observer.art · 16h

Great-grandmother graduates from Open University at 90 years old

Londonderry: 90-year-old woman graduates from university

90-year-old Maryette was the oldest of more than 300 graduates at the Open University's ceremony in Belfast on Tuesday.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jenn R @jnnrss.bsky.social · 21h

I'm at risk for redundancy so if anyone is hiring a Senior or Lead UX Researcher remote or in London hybrid let me know! Open to perm or contracts

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 19h

Just goes that some things are weasely recognised, and others are stoatally different.

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 19h

Reverse image search would be pointless cheating? I found some clues that I thought might be worth googling but couldn't be bothered.
I should have spotted that the "French" one had English on it too.

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 1d

we’ll we’ll we’ll if it isn’t my old friend autocorrect

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 21h

That was fun

#WhenTaken #596 (15.10.2025)

I scored 738/1000🎗️

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WhenTaken

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 22h

Not so much a @secondmentions.bsky.social as a delightful mangled metaphor on. bBC local story about by-elections.

In most cases, they are happening because the sitting councillors had decided to stand down.

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Love the reflections and the sense of motion.

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 1d

For the record the Finch family bands-seen-this-week. scoresheet is:
Me: 8
Child A : 5
Mrs F: 3
Child B: 0

Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 1d

"Thank you for travelling with Cross-Channel Ferries"

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Bloody hell that starts out as a lawyer's stream of consciousness.

A couple of paragraph returns would help.

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah I think they just started re promoting it on Netflix because it came back up in my feed

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 1d

It's almost like the money-men look at Potter, Percy Jackson and think "nah, that's enough kids/YA fantasy".

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Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's the curse of Joe Cornish - his Boy Who Would Be King is a fine film that my daughter still talks about, but we saw it in a cinema screen with 3 other people.

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