Jesse Vigil
@jessev.bsky.social
Writer, Game Designer, sometimes authority figure.
I’ve been a journalist, a publisher, a producer, a designer, and more. Attractions, alt controllers, audio games, films, etc. These days I teach at USC Games.
Stop me before I podcast again.
I’ve been a journalist, a publisher, a producer, a designer, and more. Attractions, alt controllers, audio games, films, etc. These days I teach at USC Games.
Stop me before I podcast again.
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Jesse Vigil
@jessev.bsky.social
· Jul 23
I killed Twitter and it’s been hell rebuilding my followers.
But if you can see this and you loved Champions of the Earth… I will be sharing something soon that I think you’ll really dig. Please find me.
But if you can see this and you loved Champions of the Earth… I will be sharing something soon that I think you’ll really dig. Please find me.
I would like to propose that until circumstances change, if your income is more than a certain amount above the average income of your district/state you don’t qualify to represent your constituents anymore.
This is an angry thought of mine. I will own that.
This is an angry thought of mine. I will own that.
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I would like to propose that until circumstances change, if your income is more than a certain amount above the average income of your district/state you don’t qualify to represent your constituents anymore.
This is an angry thought of mine. I will own that.
This is an angry thought of mine. I will own that.
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close enough ✅
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
close enough ✅
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Now that I’m back in the saddle, and our website glitch is fixed, I’ve made this week’s newsletter free for all.
The NoPro Newsletter for this week is FINALLY out in the wild and to celebrate the RELAUNCH of both NoPro and Everything Immersive this week's edition is a FREE PREVIEW for all!
www.noproscenium.com/newsletter-1...
www.noproscenium.com/newsletter-1...
Immersive: Shiny & New (16 Listings, 12 Cities)
This week: 16 listings across 12 cities including NYC, Chicago, Denver, Vegas, the Bay, LA, and London. Plus BIG SITE(S) UPDATES!
www.noproscenium.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Now that I’m back in the saddle, and our website glitch is fixed, I’ve made this week’s newsletter free for all.
I’ve learned the look on the face of a graduate student when you tell them a better more professionalized way to do something and you can tell from their little half smile they’re thinking “yeah I’m not going to do that, listen to this idiot I pay thousands of dollars to learn from being so dumb”
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I’ve learned the look on the face of a graduate student when you tell them a better more professionalized way to do something and you can tell from their little half smile they’re thinking “yeah I’m not going to do that, listen to this idiot I pay thousands of dollars to learn from being so dumb”
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Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
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Calling all game developers working on making the future a better place, or addressing the bullshit of our current time in some creative way! Where are you? Let's connect and team up.
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Calling all game developers working on making the future a better place, or addressing the bullshit of our current time in some creative way! Where are you? Let's connect and team up.
“You teach?”
“I teach computer age philosophy. But my students would rather watch anime”
“America.”
“America.”
“I teach computer age philosophy. But my students would rather watch anime”
“America.”
“America.”
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“You teach?”
“I teach computer age philosophy. But my students would rather watch anime”
“America.”
“America.”
“I teach computer age philosophy. But my students would rather watch anime”
“America.”
“America.”
BAYBAY I COMPARE YOU TO A KISS FROM A CROW
October 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
BAYBAY I COMPARE YOU TO A KISS FROM A CROW
I have been thinking about this all morning and I genuinely feel like making a video game in 2025 that encourages you to retreat into a fluffy world of no stakes no stress no bad thoughts or feelings is, as my friend put it, offering “unprescribed medication” as beat case scenario and SOMA at worst.
October 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I have been thinking about this all morning and I genuinely feel like making a video game in 2025 that encourages you to retreat into a fluffy world of no stakes no stress no bad thoughts or feelings is, as my friend put it, offering “unprescribed medication” as beat case scenario and SOMA at worst.
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Good article by @im.giovanh.com about a "cozy" airport security game.
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good article by @im.giovanh.com about a "cozy" airport security game.
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
Me, just now, having a drink and trying to distract from events of the day. I have Sweet’s Desolation Boulevard on vinyl. I put it on. I’ll grill a steak. I will forget my troubles. I will drink a whiskey. The music begins.
Me: that’s funny, why did I pull this record from the stack?
Me: fuck
Me: that’s funny, why did I pull this record from the stack?
Me: fuck
October 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Me, just now, having a drink and trying to distract from events of the day. I have Sweet’s Desolation Boulevard on vinyl. I put it on. I’ll grill a steak. I will forget my troubles. I will drink a whiskey. The music begins.
Me: that’s funny, why did I pull this record from the stack?
Me: fuck
Me: that’s funny, why did I pull this record from the stack?
Me: fuck
What does it say about me/Star Wars that I knew all about a canceled movie that will never happen and was genuinely surprised to see a trailer for a real Star Wars movie last night in a movie theater?
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What does it say about me/Star Wars that I knew all about a canceled movie that will never happen and was genuinely surprised to see a trailer for a real Star Wars movie last night in a movie theater?
I wore my new shirt today while I taught video games in these hallowed halls today. Thank you @secretgalaxy.bsky.social and @danlarson.bsky.social for the attire while I did a deep dive into the Ducktales NES game the youths only know as the game with the music from “The Moon.”
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I wore my new shirt today while I taught video games in these hallowed halls today. Thank you @secretgalaxy.bsky.social and @danlarson.bsky.social for the attire while I did a deep dive into the Ducktales NES game the youths only know as the game with the music from “The Moon.”
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Do, Don't Show. Don't build your systems to look like the cool things are happening, actually let your player do those cool things. Build your systems simple so the player has rules they can follow to create more surprising, emergent moments they'll actually remember.
October 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Do, Don't Show. Don't build your systems to look like the cool things are happening, actually let your player do those cool things. Build your systems simple so the player has rules they can follow to create more surprising, emergent moments they'll actually remember.
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People act like all the men are gone. The men are attending protests. The men are putting together scooters for their kids. The men are getting a set of turntables for the first time. The men are buying Nikes. The men are getting super into noir. They're not Nazis and they're fine. Keep your freaks.
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
People act like all the men are gone. The men are attending protests. The men are putting together scooters for their kids. The men are getting a set of turntables for the first time. The men are buying Nikes. The men are getting super into noir. They're not Nazis and they're fine. Keep your freaks.
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This is a Pixar movie. The little moon (Sabrina Carpenter) comes in to work-shadow the veteran actual moon (Meryl Streep). Streep is grumpy about it for the film’s first thirty mins. But by the end they’re inseparable and when 2083 comes we cry. While also learning about the need to let someone go.
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is a Pixar movie. The little moon (Sabrina Carpenter) comes in to work-shadow the veteran actual moon (Meryl Streep). Streep is grumpy about it for the film’s first thirty mins. But by the end they’re inseparable and when 2083 comes we cry. While also learning about the need to let someone go.
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My careers officer never told me this was an option.
October 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My careers officer never told me this was an option.
“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”
“You think we need a few more guys.”
“Actually, Rusty, I was thinking we need a ladder.”
“You think we need a few more guys.”
“Actually, Rusty, I was thinking we need a ladder.”
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”
“You think we need a few more guys.”
“Actually, Rusty, I was thinking we need a ladder.”
“You think we need a few more guys.”
“Actually, Rusty, I was thinking we need a ladder.”
Take me to THAT specific internet. This one can burn.
October 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Take me to THAT specific internet. This one can burn.
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The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
November 13, 2024 at 2:38 PM
The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
I wrote a few sexy books and this is the hottest thing anyone’s written in ages.
Tell me about those grocery prices, baby.
Tell me about those grocery prices, baby.
You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I wrote a few sexy books and this is the hottest thing anyone’s written in ages.
Tell me about those grocery prices, baby.
Tell me about those grocery prices, baby.
This was maybe one of the best campaigns I ever played in. One of the best people in my life took notice of me for the first time, convinced my pilot Anya was secretly the Princess Anastasia, and that was the last lighthearted moment as we cried and lost friends and killed fucking Nazis.
On this day, October 15, in 1945, the Soviet "Night Witches" regiment was disbanded. Maybe check out the game? bullypulpitgames.com/products/nig...
Night Witches
There was a night bomber regiment in World War Two composed entirely of women. Natural-born Soviet airwomen. These 200 women and girls, flying outdated biplanes from open fields near the front lines, ...
bullypulpitgames.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This was maybe one of the best campaigns I ever played in. One of the best people in my life took notice of me for the first time, convinced my pilot Anya was secretly the Princess Anastasia, and that was the last lighthearted moment as we cried and lost friends and killed fucking Nazis.
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
Scream
The Conjuring
It Follows
The Thing
Scream
The Conjuring
It Follows
The Thing
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
The Blair Witch Project
Audition
Barbarian
Alien
The Blair Witch Project
Audition
Barbarian
Alien
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
Get Out
The Honeymoon
Scream
It Follows
Get Out
The Honeymoon
Scream
It Follows
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
Scream
The Conjuring
It Follows
The Thing
Scream
The Conjuring
It Follows
The Thing