*Raymond Vermeulen
@crapcyborg.bsky.social
🖋️ 🎮 Story-type games person 🫖🗡️ Game Narrative & Roleplaying Researcher 🔥 Narrative Designer/Writer 🔥 WGGB Games #BAFTAConnect @LBMentorship 🔥
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[DM who has only played Baldur's Gate 3 running session zero of their first tabletop campaign] ok what vulva style are you thinking of taking
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
[DM who has only played Baldur's Gate 3 running session zero of their first tabletop campaign] ok what vulva style are you thinking of taking
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networking is an incredibly important part of maintaining a professional presence in your creative industry, but it can be daunting. have you tried being completely fucking ridiculous online
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
networking is an incredibly important part of maintaining a professional presence in your creative industry, but it can be daunting. have you tried being completely fucking ridiculous online
Bit surprised to have a completely packed to the gills auditorium for this one. I was expecting like, 10 students and a cat.
Being vulnerable about struggles on stage for a larger crowd sure was, uh. Hrm.
Being vulnerable about struggles on stage for a larger crowd sure was, uh. Hrm.
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Bit surprised to have a completely packed to the gills auditorium for this one. I was expecting like, 10 students and a cat.
Being vulnerable about struggles on stage for a larger crowd sure was, uh. Hrm.
Being vulnerable about struggles on stage for a larger crowd sure was, uh. Hrm.
Career talk coming together well
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Career talk coming together well
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Freelance is fucked up because you work like 3 jobs and feel like you're not doing anything at the same time
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Freelance is fucked up because you work like 3 jobs and feel like you're not doing anything at the same time
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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 2:52 PM
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.
Monday morning, fucking up the group chat by talking literary alchemy again 🖤 🤍 💛 ♥️
a man in a red cape with a white glove on
Alt: Gif of Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist ripping his red cloak off, not sure if this is OG or Brotherhood
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Monday morning, fucking up the group chat by talking literary alchemy again 🖤 🤍 💛 ♥️
Harrowing dinner with parent and discussing politics and help
Yes it's all class war
Helppppoopopp
If you're gonna give me shit about my chosen fiscal policy making me poor you can maybe not try to stick me with the bill, too
Yes it's all class war
Helppppoopopp
If you're gonna give me shit about my chosen fiscal policy making me poor you can maybe not try to stick me with the bill, too
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Harrowing dinner with parent and discussing politics and help
Yes it's all class war
Helppppoopopp
If you're gonna give me shit about my chosen fiscal policy making me poor you can maybe not try to stick me with the bill, too
Yes it's all class war
Helppppoopopp
If you're gonna give me shit about my chosen fiscal policy making me poor you can maybe not try to stick me with the bill, too
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I'd love for designers especially to be mindful of this (or anyone we directly collaborate with). If you admit to general contempt for the discipline even before we start to work together, well then it gets real awkward for us you know? And it's hard to trust you'll keep our interests at heart.
I'm going to be honest it is unpleasant to work in the discipline within the games industry that people seem to have especially-reserved venom for. Nobody seems really intent on calling out, eg, video game sountracks they think are middling as if it's really important to yell about.
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I'd love for designers especially to be mindful of this (or anyone we directly collaborate with). If you admit to general contempt for the discipline even before we start to work together, well then it gets real awkward for us you know? And it's hard to trust you'll keep our interests at heart.
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Yes police? I witnessed a murder on Reddit.
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Yes police? I witnessed a murder on Reddit.
Got my hair dyed, accidentally went full shadow the hedgehog
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Got my hair dyed, accidentally went full shadow the hedgehog
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That awkward moment when you're setting up for a Ten Candles game and realize your smoke alarm/sprinkler system is directly above the gaming table...
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
That awkward moment when you're setting up for a Ten Candles game and realize your smoke alarm/sprinkler system is directly above the gaming table...
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'content creator' especially is a very bleak piece of corporate-speak that nobody should identify with. I used it for myself sometimes, years ago, and it was because I didn't have the confidence to call myself a writer. we cannot let ourselves call art 'content', we just can't
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
'content creator' especially is a very bleak piece of corporate-speak that nobody should identify with. I used it for myself sometimes, years ago, and it was because I didn't have the confidence to call myself a writer. we cannot let ourselves call art 'content', we just can't
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you are not a 'content creator' you are a WRITER you do not write 'fics' you write STORIES you do not have 'ocs' you have CHARACTERS
and if you disagree, well, I'm not your boss. but if you're serious about writing it's important to hold your own craft in a certain esteem and this is one way
and if you disagree, well, I'm not your boss. but if you're serious about writing it's important to hold your own craft in a certain esteem and this is one way
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
you are not a 'content creator' you are a WRITER you do not write 'fics' you write STORIES you do not have 'ocs' you have CHARACTERS
and if you disagree, well, I'm not your boss. but if you're serious about writing it's important to hold your own craft in a certain esteem and this is one way
and if you disagree, well, I'm not your boss. but if you're serious about writing it's important to hold your own craft in a certain esteem and this is one way
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I really hate the idea that a game master for a role playing game is responsible for making sure that everyone is having fun… because that’s EVERYONE’S job at the table.
Equally! Everyone is responsible to ensure everyone is having fun.
Equally! Everyone is responsible to ensure everyone is having fun.
October 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I really hate the idea that a game master for a role playing game is responsible for making sure that everyone is having fun… because that’s EVERYONE’S job at the table.
Equally! Everyone is responsible to ensure everyone is having fun.
Equally! Everyone is responsible to ensure everyone is having fun.
So apparently the server outages affected my app-controlled door system and nobody could enter the building, someone had to come to the front door to open stuff manually
Stupid fucking yuppie IoT bullshit
Stupid fucking yuppie IoT bullshit
October 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
So apparently the server outages affected my app-controlled door system and nobody could enter the building, someone had to come to the front door to open stuff manually
Stupid fucking yuppie IoT bullshit
Stupid fucking yuppie IoT bullshit
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the “it costs $0.00 to support an indie dev” train is so silly because actually the best thing u can do to support an indie dev is to give them money and the thing they’d be boosting is something you would, ideally, buy when it’s out shdjfjfjf
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the “it costs $0.00 to support an indie dev” train is so silly because actually the best thing u can do to support an indie dev is to give them money and the thing they’d be boosting is something you would, ideally, buy when it’s out shdjfjfjf
Met up with some games academia doctorate colleagues and shot the shit over lunch today
It is wild where conversations can go when not talking in the context of direct supervision or towards students working on their own shit
Such as what constitutes a good toastie
It is wild where conversations can go when not talking in the context of direct supervision or towards students working on their own shit
Such as what constitutes a good toastie
October 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Met up with some games academia doctorate colleagues and shot the shit over lunch today
It is wild where conversations can go when not talking in the context of direct supervision or towards students working on their own shit
Such as what constitutes a good toastie
It is wild where conversations can go when not talking in the context of direct supervision or towards students working on their own shit
Such as what constitutes a good toastie
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Look, it’s really straightforward to get a publisher as a new name indie in 2025. Simply do 95% of the work making and marketing your game, and if your metrics are trending towards almost certain success, a publisher will swoop in to promise the remaining 5%, deliver 3%, and collect 75%
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Look, it’s really straightforward to get a publisher as a new name indie in 2025. Simply do 95% of the work making and marketing your game, and if your metrics are trending towards almost certain success, a publisher will swoop in to promise the remaining 5%, deliver 3%, and collect 75%
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Visa and Mastercard have the opportunity to do something really funny.
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Visa and Mastercard have the opportunity to do something really funny.
Horrified to report that against all expectations I've turned 25 for the 15th time today
October 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Horrified to report that against all expectations I've turned 25 for the 15th time today
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The problem that corporations can never overcome is that they can't touch the freak dollar.
They can only get the basic bitch dollar.
The freak dollar comes from bespoke custom made kink shit. You cannot buy a lisence to draw Krystal Starfox Adventures enormously obese.
They can only get the basic bitch dollar.
The freak dollar comes from bespoke custom made kink shit. You cannot buy a lisence to draw Krystal Starfox Adventures enormously obese.
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The problem that corporations can never overcome is that they can't touch the freak dollar.
They can only get the basic bitch dollar.
The freak dollar comes from bespoke custom made kink shit. You cannot buy a lisence to draw Krystal Starfox Adventures enormously obese.
They can only get the basic bitch dollar.
The freak dollar comes from bespoke custom made kink shit. You cannot buy a lisence to draw Krystal Starfox Adventures enormously obese.
Doing a cute little walk around SoHo today with the gf, hitting up comic shops, getting some pastries and ramen, all splurging on extra eggs and stuff
Let's resume the existential crisis tomorrow
Let's resume the existential crisis tomorrow
October 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Doing a cute little walk around SoHo today with the gf, hitting up comic shops, getting some pastries and ramen, all splurging on extra eggs and stuff
Let's resume the existential crisis tomorrow
Let's resume the existential crisis tomorrow