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Rik Godwin

@rikgodwin.bsky.social

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He/him. Lead Writer @Ubisoft Bordeaux on Assassin's Creed: Claws of Awaji. Prev: actezero, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, Atlas Fallen, Under the Waves, Chinatown Detective Agency (bits of Night Call & FlatEye). Should be pulled aside and gently fired.

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 29d

Two years of work. A cross-country move. A new life, a new role, a new team. After all that...

Claws of Awaji is here!

Assassin's Creed Shadows - Official Claws of Awaji DLC Launch Trailer

YouTube video by IGN

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 23h

RIP the legendary Drew Struzan (1947-2025) 😩

Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 21h

Ok so I guess I DID comment on it. But it wasn't any fun to do so :(

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 21h

Games have enemies that force you engage with them, apparently.

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 21h

Meanwhile, my favourite grifter just released another tome of an essay and my disappointment is immeasurable as it is simply too dull and plodding to even comment on.

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 22h

Ah man

PAUL CONWAY @doomcube.bsky.social · 22h

In a world of soulless AI content we need more Drew Struzan's helping us dream. RIP.

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Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 22h

Yep. Just going to let that one slide.

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 23h

Assassin’s Creed franchise boss Marc-Alexis Coté has quit Ubisoft following the opening of its new Tencent-backed subsidiary, VGC understands.

vgc.news/news/assassi...

Assassin’s Creed boss Marc-Alexis Coté quits Ubisoft following start of new subsidiary | VGC

Coté was offered a leadership role but has decided to leave…

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 3d

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 1d

Link here in case anyone feels like donating!

- Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY)

www.intiwarayassi.org

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 1d

Post you from a different era.

Working at an animal sanctuary in Bolivia circa 2013.

Me, on a hammock, being crawled on by 2 baby howler monkeys

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. Just reached a combat sequence and seeing phasers and photon torpedoes firing alongside incredibly generic pew-pew sounds is... deflating.

A shame.

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 1d

What's even stranger is they have the likenesses. The gang's all here: Chakotay, Janeway, even Bob Picardo. But no warp sound effects and the music sounds like something straight from Galactic Civilizations II.

Very odd.

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 1d

Playing that there Voyager: Across the Unknown and it seems... pretty ok!

However... The sound is all wrong. They don't (currently) seem to have licenced *any* Star Trek music, voices or even sound effects so everything has a real generic feel to it.

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 2d

Sadly, my contract with Blizzard ended in September. That means I'm looking for 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! www.hazelmonforton.com

dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · Jul 8

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.

A scene from the High Heresy cinematic in Destiny 2: Heresy (2025)

A scene from the Safiyah cinematic from Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted (2022)

A scene from the final mission in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)

A cutscene featuring the Outsider from Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)

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💀 SkeletAnn Lemay 💀 @annlemay.bsky.social · 2d

"Hard coded text strings."

(My villain origin story.)

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 2d

Good lord

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 2d

This is my taskbar and start menu, for eg (apologies for the awful background!)

A snap of my windows 11 taskbar and start menu

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, fair enough!

Just to say though: I've customised mine (using the tools provided) to look pretty much the same as 10. No ads, same taskbar etc etc. Only real annoyance is that Copilot is everywhere (but I think you can remove/turn that off too).

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry if it sounds direct but... are there specific reasons you don't want to go to 11? I've had it for about a year now and it's pretty much exactly the same experience as 10, but with some nice QoL changes.

a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is wearing a skeleton tank top .

Alt: a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is wearing a skeleton tank top .

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 2d

Desperately trying to resist making this account my passive-aggressive outlet for general dissatisfaction AND FAILING HARD

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 2d

game director line edits

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 2d

MONDAY

deus_ex.txt @deus-ex-txt.bsky.social · 2d

Why are you locked in the bathroom?

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 2d

10 years later it's still one of the most effective narrative experiences in games. A real all-timer.

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 2d

WAT

The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 2d

Oh my, there is a crowdfunding campaign for a SOMA Collector's Edition, with an 88-page color artbook 👀

SOMA is such a good sci-fi horror game.

"A unique opportunity to grab an edition packed with extras to celebrate SOMA's 10th Anniversary. This exclusive, limited edition will be produced through Kickstarter only. There will be no future reprints."

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