Richard Flanagan
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Richard Flanagan
@richardeflanagan.bsky.social
Design goblin and strategic design consultant for videogames. (Ex) game director from indie to AAA and back. Surely _almost_ irrelevant.

Synaesthete. Dad. He/him

www.richardeflanagan.com
So Iceland is kind of the greatest hits of geological awe?

Fun fact, this formation on Reynisfjara beach was one of the OG references for terrain details for FRACT.
August 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Ah fark. Also my 9yo had to explain a new meme paradigm to me today. Just turned 44.

According to my 12yo, her friends call us the ‘hot parents’ so not all is lost.
June 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Being a dad is pretty great
May 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Do you even Krell bro?
January 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Twas a good day. Ankle held out (enough). I’m slower but I’ve still got it 🦾🏂
January 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
HappyHolidays_v1.PNG 🎄
December 24, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Steam year in review is 🧐. Been hearing various representations of these numbers as they seem to be on everyone's mind - interesting stuff (if open to a bleak interpretation).

Seems in line with another stat I've heard the vast majority of playtime is owned by games 3+ years old. Good luck folks
December 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Fun fact - I love a good scented candle. Quynh and I started making our own and this is maybe my fav so far. Notes of cardamom, bone ash, and tobacco.
December 1, 2024 at 1:09 PM
October 3, 2024 at 8:44 PM
This family has standards to uphold - made her a big ol skull hoodie for her 9th bday. No tigers gonna sneak up on us! 💀
August 6, 2024 at 6:53 PM
NoContext.tga
May 17, 2024 at 11:55 AM
I’m a big proponent of well considered, purpose built, interfaces, and love a well executed device that can do more with less.

Sometimes I do crave the opposite: a brutalist sea of knobs and buttons that looks like it came from a cold war era submarine. I’m a freak, but this is inspiring to me 🤷‍♂️
May 13, 2024 at 10:08 AM
April 27, 2024 at 3:11 PM
They never write back. 😞
March 12, 2024 at 10:16 PM
New notebook, new projects. A nice feeling.
February 14, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Oh definitely - I also picked up vibes of this Yamaha back catalog brutalist torture device sci fi prop that moonlighted as a piece of recording equipment 👌
January 18, 2024 at 1:57 AM
I am rotten with synthesizers and gear I never have time to use, but the industrial design of the new Yamaha SEQTRAK is really doing it for me
January 17, 2024 at 11:19 PM