Lynne
@overquailified.bsky.social
Narrative designer @ Bungie | Writer @ Red Spring Studio | they/them
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Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
It's #portfolioday! I'm presently a senior narrative designer at Blizzard, but before that I was at Bungie and Arkane. I wrote for the Writer's Guild award-nominated Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and a bunch of critically acclaimed seasons and expansions in Destiny 2.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
I am currently rotating the thought that the relentless late-stage-capitalism push towards grindmaxxing life elevates the simple and pleasurable, while anything that is challenging or uncomfortable is treated as an unfathomable evil.
December 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I am currently rotating the thought that the relentless late-stage-capitalism push towards grindmaxxing life elevates the simple and pleasurable, while anything that is challenging or uncomfortable is treated as an unfathomable evil.
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At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
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Wisdom of an Ancient Being: Holiday Edition 🦇🍬
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Wisdom of an Ancient Being: Holiday Edition 🦇🍬
if I’d been a trust fund baby I’d be running some wildly-unprofitable bakery-art shop-bookstore in a sleepy coastal village, not boiling the oceans to put a piss filter on ghibli movies
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
if I’d been a trust fund baby I’d be running some wildly-unprofitable bakery-art shop-bookstore in a sleepy coastal village, not boiling the oceans to put a piss filter on ghibli movies
I’ll fight to the death for USPS as an incredible feat of infrastructure. Getting mail reliably from point A to point B across distances as vast as ‘The United States’ is wildly difficult and I don’t trust any for-profit company to do it without adding a free pile of shit to every letter.
Also USPS didn't loss money because it doesn't make money because it's not a business and if never makes money to begin with.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’ll fight to the death for USPS as an incredible feat of infrastructure. Getting mail reliably from point A to point B across distances as vast as ‘The United States’ is wildly difficult and I don’t trust any for-profit company to do it without adding a free pile of shit to every letter.
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This is the thing I keep trying to get through to people. Authorial meaning and intention is the fundamental underlying structure of writing, not “a world full of people who can say anything”. We live in a world full of people who can say anything! That’s not what we’re trying to achieve here!
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is the thing I keep trying to get through to people. Authorial meaning and intention is the fundamental underlying structure of writing, not “a world full of people who can say anything”. We live in a world full of people who can say anything! That’s not what we’re trying to achieve here!
A holiday followed immediately by a launch? Oh my nutrition values are NOT gonna like me by the end of this week
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
A holiday followed immediately by a launch? Oh my nutrition values are NOT gonna like me by the end of this week
Thanksgiving was mostly unremarkable, except for the fact that I have somehow misplaced three entire sticks of butter.
Per my own testimony, I opened a new box on Thursday. I cut a stick in half for use, and put the other half back in the fridge, along with the box.
The next day, there was no box.
Per my own testimony, I opened a new box on Thursday. I cut a stick in half for use, and put the other half back in the fridge, along with the box.
The next day, there was no box.
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Thanksgiving was mostly unremarkable, except for the fact that I have somehow misplaced three entire sticks of butter.
Per my own testimony, I opened a new box on Thursday. I cut a stick in half for use, and put the other half back in the fridge, along with the box.
The next day, there was no box.
Per my own testimony, I opened a new box on Thursday. I cut a stick in half for use, and put the other half back in the fridge, along with the box.
The next day, there was no box.
As immigrants with no other family in the states, my parents tried, with varying enthusiasm and success, to recreate an American Thanksgiving for me.
By the time I was a teenager, they just sent me off to celebrate with a friend of mine. His mom is a phenomenal cook, so I had no complaints!
By the time I was a teenager, they just sent me off to celebrate with a friend of mine. His mom is a phenomenal cook, so I had no complaints!
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
As immigrants with no other family in the states, my parents tried, with varying enthusiasm and success, to recreate an American Thanksgiving for me.
By the time I was a teenager, they just sent me off to celebrate with a friend of mine. His mom is a phenomenal cook, so I had no complaints!
By the time I was a teenager, they just sent me off to celebrate with a friend of mine. His mom is a phenomenal cook, so I had no complaints!
First and last time buying flavored Trader Joe’s cold brew concentrate, ugh. I was tempted because ’maple pecan’ coffee sounded good and the ingredients list said natural flavors, but the artificial aftertaste is so strong I can’t even make myself finish it to not waste it. Nasty.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
First and last time buying flavored Trader Joe’s cold brew concentrate, ugh. I was tempted because ’maple pecan’ coffee sounded good and the ingredients list said natural flavors, but the artificial aftertaste is so strong I can’t even make myself finish it to not waste it. Nasty.
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Me and my co-producer Anthony had such an amazing time writing and producing this cowboy western - rock - cyberpunk mashup for this year's HoYoFair! It was a dream to work with Kami and have Brenna and Andrew sing on this track!!!! Full video out now ▶️
☀️『 Dawn Again 』full #HoYoFair MV release! ☀️
▶️ Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XKt...
#animation #officialwork #HonkaiStarRail #ChimerricPark #boothill
▶️ Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XKt...
#animation #officialwork #HonkaiStarRail #ChimerricPark #boothill
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Me and my co-producer Anthony had such an amazing time writing and producing this cowboy western - rock - cyberpunk mashup for this year's HoYoFair! It was a dream to work with Kami and have Brenna and Andrew sing on this track!!!! Full video out now ▶️
look man idk, I got into making games with other people specifically to see what cool stuff I could make with *other people*, not a blurry jpeg of the internet
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
look man idk, I got into making games with other people specifically to see what cool stuff I could make with *other people*, not a blurry jpeg of the internet
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I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social!
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
Gilt on Steam
Embark on a quest of redemption across the planet of Gilt to restore a disillusioned priest's faith, a dying God's power, and the waning hope of a people who have forgotten how to believe. A sci-fi fa...
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social!
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
Allowing billionaires to exist isn’t even good for the billionaires. Having that much money creates so much distance from their fellow people that they shrivel into spiritually-impoverished, emotionally-desolate wastelands of human thought.
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Allowing billionaires to exist isn’t even good for the billionaires. Having that much money creates so much distance from their fellow people that they shrivel into spiritually-impoverished, emotionally-desolate wastelands of human thought.
sweating and wheezing my ass off during my run like ‘so when are these endorphin things supposed to kick in’
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
sweating and wheezing my ass off during my run like ‘so when are these endorphin things supposed to kick in’
Because of the structure of my door, the best way to hang a wreath is a double-sided wreath hanger. Which means I can hang a dried flower wreath indoors.
Which means I better not hear you mauling my flowers in the middle of the night, MAX, you VEGETARIAN ASS MF
Which means I better not hear you mauling my flowers in the middle of the night, MAX, you VEGETARIAN ASS MF
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Because of the structure of my door, the best way to hang a wreath is a double-sided wreath hanger. Which means I can hang a dried flower wreath indoors.
Which means I better not hear you mauling my flowers in the middle of the night, MAX, you VEGETARIAN ASS MF
Which means I better not hear you mauling my flowers in the middle of the night, MAX, you VEGETARIAN ASS MF
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Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
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i still refuse to back down from my belief that every single living person has the capacity for artistic genius. society-as-profit has just crushed those of us who don't happen to luck out
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
i still refuse to back down from my belief that every single living person has the capacity for artistic genius. society-as-profit has just crushed those of us who don't happen to luck out
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Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
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Game Design is Simple, Actually: "fun is basically about making progress on prediction" and the nature of good problems
www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/g... by the enlightening @raphkoster.bsky.social
www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/g... by the enlightening @raphkoster.bsky.social
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not u…
www.raphkoster.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Game Design is Simple, Actually: "fun is basically about making progress on prediction" and the nature of good problems
www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/g... by the enlightening @raphkoster.bsky.social
www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/g... by the enlightening @raphkoster.bsky.social
The best part of writing, and especially writing horror, is when I get to take the person I made up and give them the absolute godawful worst day on the fucking planet.
And then I get to do it again tomorrow!
And then I get to do it again tomorrow!
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The best part of writing, and especially writing horror, is when I get to take the person I made up and give them the absolute godawful worst day on the fucking planet.
And then I get to do it again tomorrow!
And then I get to do it again tomorrow!
I’m actually kind of mad at how much running has improved my health markers. Like what the fuck do you mean ’jog a mile like maybe three times a week’ has THAT big of an impact???
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’m actually kind of mad at how much running has improved my health markers. Like what the fuck do you mean ’jog a mile like maybe three times a week’ has THAT big of an impact???
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Entirely too many people who believe "people can just work with their hands" have never done any kind of actual manual labor in their lives or maybe remember a summer job from their youth with rosy retrospection and don't realize how different that labor is in your 40s and older.
“Humans can just go get manual labor jobs if desk jobs are repaired with AI” is both not going to suffice to provide enough jobs and is also going to result in massive societal anger because manual labor jobs often *are terrible*, which is why people have worked hard to avoid them for generations.
Even if society provided the food/shelter level needs for everyone, humans also need to perform useful work just for basic fulfillment. The vast majority of people cannot sit around all day letting AI and robots do everything.
(The definition of “useful work” here is malleable but still essential)
(The definition of “useful work” here is malleable but still essential)
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Entirely too many people who believe "people can just work with their hands" have never done any kind of actual manual labor in their lives or maybe remember a summer job from their youth with rosy retrospection and don't realize how different that labor is in your 40s and older.