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jason grinblat
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creative head at freehold games
co-creator — Caves of Qud, Sproggiwood
generated histories, hidden monasteries, sentient plants🌹🌹
he/him
in fact......
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
In the 3D animated play-by-play I'm watching on youtube, after players strike out they just slowly melt into the ground near the dugout. high emotional accuracy
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Imagine, you are buzzing after the last sip of your third Kim Crawford sauvignon blanc. You just met a lovely retiree whose daughter-in-law is going to phone you about the condo in Hallandale. You walk up to my tent, I smile at you. I have Golgotha loaded up in Classic.
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I've called the process of designing a system from an inspiration set "story interpolation" (middling term, admittedly). I love to use this slide from a talk Tarn gave at Northwestern's Progression Mechanics to illustrate the concept
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A picture of me from 2013 when I accidentally matched The Wedding Feast at Cana while visiting the Louvre
October 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Anna Tsing really cooked here

(from The Mushroom at the End of the World)
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Then you can take a social break and come back for Caves of Qud discord mayor Ray's fascinating & playful read on Qud's interface
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
this year I'll call out the back-to-back Day 1 pairing of Cole Wehrle and Jeff Lait. Games are awash with brilliant people but even among the field, Cole & Jeff stand out as design thinkers I'm breaking down doors to listen to
September 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
😊
September 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Two and half days later & I still don't have words

So proud and happy for our team
So thankful to the WSFS voters
So honored to be in this cohort of finalists and past winners

Live and drink 🚀🚀
August 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I am here and getting confused for several other Hugo finalist Jasons, but that's fine
August 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
💁‍♂️
August 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
High ROI purchase
August 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
August 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
if you're going to @seattlein2025.org next month, did you know you can come see @unormal.bsky.social and I on a panel called The Future of Sci Fi is in Games, and that we'll be joined by @remysiu.com?!??
July 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
July 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I tried to put a few in Qud
July 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Oh wow this would work perfectly in the production of Verdi's Macbeth the Vienna State Opera did in 2015
July 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This site, etc
July 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Photos of my childhood mall in Plantation, FL by David Bulit
June 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
June 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Severian-ass headline
June 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Caves of Qud is a Hugo finalist for Best Game or Interactive Work!! 🚀🚀🚀😎😎😎🍄🍄🍄
April 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Last day to come see this
March 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
a slide from our GDC talk "What Even is 1.0?: Indefinite Early Access and Live Development"
March 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM