Alexa Ray Corriea
@alexaray.bsky.social
🫧The Good Witch of Game Dev🫧Lead writer + narrative designer for video games, TV, stuff. NOW: Expert Writer @ Gearbox, [REDACTED], [REDACTED]. Host of AIAS' Game Maker's Notebook. Prev: Marvel, COD. Write the weird thing.
https://linktr.ee/alexaraycorriea
https://linktr.ee/alexaraycorriea
I'm just a writer, standing in front of the designers, asking them to read her documentation.
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm just a writer, standing in front of the designers, asking them to read her documentation.
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Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
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…just by amplifying and reporting what was going on.
I’m glad the guardian published this, but i fear how many scandals are going around without sunlight and disinfectant with the growing absence of journos keeping the games industry honest
I’m glad the guardian published this, but i fear how many scandals are going around without sunlight and disinfectant with the growing absence of journos keeping the games industry honest
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
…just by amplifying and reporting what was going on.
I’m glad the guardian published this, but i fear how many scandals are going around without sunlight and disinfectant with the growing absence of journos keeping the games industry honest
I’m glad the guardian published this, but i fear how many scandals are going around without sunlight and disinfectant with the growing absence of journos keeping the games industry honest
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The nominees and presenters for the 2025 Indie Game Awards will be revealed tomorrow at 10 AM ET 🏆
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The nominees and presenters for the 2025 Indie Game Awards will be revealed tomorrow at 10 AM ET 🏆
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
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another week of trying very hard every day to learn and to make visuals that drive the aesthetics of our franchise forward. or in the words of the new york times. ruining the workplace
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
another week of trying very hard every day to learn and to make visuals that drive the aesthetics of our franchise forward. or in the words of the new york times. ruining the workplace
Bowser slowly becoming babygirl
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Bowser slowly becoming babygirl
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In Super Mario Galaxy, the stars on the letters of the logo spell "u r mr gay", while for the movie it says "he mr gay". This is because you are watching Mario, not playing him.
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In Super Mario Galaxy, the stars on the letters of the logo spell "u r mr gay", while for the movie it says "he mr gay". This is because you are watching Mario, not playing him.
Is every game company in the room with us…?
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Is every game company in the room with us…?
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can someone give me dollars so I can make my lesbian Phantom of the Opera rhythm roguelite
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
can someone give me dollars so I can make my lesbian Phantom of the Opera rhythm roguelite
While we are on the topic of "idea guys," have we not already proved that games auteurism prevents us from getting fresh stories and experiences from talented developers of all levels (!!!) and marginalized groups? The "auteurs" will not save us from the well running dry. It will be EVERYONE ELSE.
It's purely managers wanting to live in a world where ideas guys write a prompt and a fully-formed game comes out of the machine (and people buy that slop because their ideas are soooo goooood of course). I don't ascribe it serious motives. It's coming from a place of hating creatives, period.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
While we are on the topic of "idea guys," have we not already proved that games auteurism prevents us from getting fresh stories and experiences from talented developers of all levels (!!!) and marginalized groups? The "auteurs" will not save us from the well running dry. It will be EVERYONE ELSE.
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The thing that strikes me about replacing voice actors with AI slop is that, in the scope of a big AA/AAA production it barely saves money? These people aren't even full time. It's immizerating people because immizerating people is your goal, nothing more.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The thing that strikes me about replacing voice actors with AI slop is that, in the scope of a big AA/AAA production it barely saves money? These people aren't even full time. It's immizerating people because immizerating people is your goal, nothing more.
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if speaking out and being loud about TGA and its gross mishandling of the Future Class makes me less employable, that says more about our industry and the people in positions of power than it does me. i have a platform, i'm privileged that i feel safe to speak up. think about folks who might not.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
if speaking out and being loud about TGA and its gross mishandling of the Future Class makes me less employable, that says more about our industry and the people in positions of power than it does me. i have a platform, i'm privileged that i feel safe to speak up. think about folks who might not.
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Ah! I see "AI" generated voice work is back on the menu, boys!
Don't remember which game (GBF:Relink?) but when we finished, the talk button was still open and I heard new engineer I'd not worked with comment something like "That was over 200 cues in 45 minutes!"
YUP!
Don't remember which game (GBF:Relink?) but when we finished, the talk button was still open and I heard new engineer I'd not worked with comment something like "That was over 200 cues in 45 minutes!"
YUP!
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ah! I see "AI" generated voice work is back on the menu, boys!
Don't remember which game (GBF:Relink?) but when we finished, the talk button was still open and I heard new engineer I'd not worked with comment something like "That was over 200 cues in 45 minutes!"
YUP!
Don't remember which game (GBF:Relink?) but when we finished, the talk button was still open and I heard new engineer I'd not worked with comment something like "That was over 200 cues in 45 minutes!"
YUP!
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I appreciate that this article doesn't lose sight of the 200 human beings in our cohort doing tangible, meaningful work across many professional disciplines. The mismanagement of Future Class does not diminish our individual careers, and without TGA, we still have bright futures.
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I appreciate that this article doesn't lose sight of the 200 human beings in our cohort doing tangible, meaningful work across many professional disciplines. The mismanagement of Future Class does not diminish our individual careers, and without TGA, we still have bright futures.
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I continue to believe very strongly that a person's reaction to generative AI is directly correlated to whether it presents any existential risks to your craft. This is why senior engineers and CEOs are so psyched about it, and artists and writers are rallying against it.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has defended AI following Eurogamer's 2/5 Arc Raiders review, which criticised the game's use use of AI voice generation. "AI dialog generation + human personality and tuning could totally transform gaming," Sweeney said.
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
Epic's Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI row
"This technology increases human productivity in some areas by integer multiples"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I continue to believe very strongly that a person's reaction to generative AI is directly correlated to whether it presents any existential risks to your craft. This is why senior engineers and CEOs are so psyched about it, and artists and writers are rallying against it.
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if you don’t hire VO actors you don’t get to make them laugh, which is one of the great joys in life
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
if you don’t hire VO actors you don’t get to make them laugh, which is one of the great joys in life
My favorite part of the writing process is getting into the booth or on the stage with my actors.
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My favorite part of the writing process is getting into the booth or on the stage with my actors.
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credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
Can we have one week where someone is not being disenfranchised please, can we start franchising each other more for a change, gosh
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Can we have one week where someone is not being disenfranchised please, can we start franchising each other more for a change, gosh
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Two more weeks to apply to our microgrants program! We've received a few applications already (wooo!) but there is room left, so shoot your shot!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!
You can now apply to our third grant cycle!
blog.iftechfoundation.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Two more weeks to apply to our microgrants program! We've received a few applications already (wooo!) but there is room left, so shoot your shot!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 not getting a Grammy nomination is an ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY, WHAT DO YOU MEEEEEEANNNNNNN
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 not getting a Grammy nomination is an ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY, WHAT DO YOU MEEEEEEANNNNNNN