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Hey game narrative folks (and other folks who like game narrative)!

This is a thing! A game jam, run by the IGDA Game Writers SIG and sponsored by the fine folks at Arcweave! (Who I met at GDC, and who are very cool!)

It's tomorrow! You should be a part of it!

itch.io/jam/game-wri...

Look, I agree TGA is flawed and has LOTS of problems, but some of you talk about Geoff like he murdered your loved ones in front of you, and I think you should take a step back and reconsider where you’re investing your energy.

The issue of sexual violence was paraded in the most propagandist and crass manner by the Israeli government and supporters of its genocidal campaign. It was denied in the most crass and propagandist manner by Hamas apologists.

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Is it weird that my political fantasy is Curtis Sliwa turning woke and then becoming Mamdani’s vice president in the 2030s.

Cleisthenes inventing democracy (508 BC)

I think as a society we need to start showing more gratitude to fake academics. They are, without exception, some of the most unintentionally funny deranged weirdos out there. Pick one, start reading about their crackpot theories, and it’s just absolute gold all the way down.

This EA buyout is interesting. Private equity involved so my first assumption would be that they want to strip the company for parts. On the other hand, the Saudis are involved and seem to be really pushing to extend soft power via games and esports (to be clear there will be layoffs no matter what)

I collect janky Slavic RTS games from the 2000s like a magpie collects shiny objects.

TAKING BETS: how long will Geoff let Kojimbo waffle about death stranding 2?

I know a lot of you are still mad at him, but if Elon triples his ketamine intake and rubber bands into levels of woke previously unseen, I’d be down.

What if the computers are already sentient and just don’t want to talk to us.

Sometimes I just wonder what Warcrimes I committed in a past life to deserve being someone trying to break into narrative design during one of the biggest downturns the game industry has had in over a decade.

Saw the Minecraft movie, It was surprisingly good. You won’t get much out of it if you’re unfamiliar with the game, but most of the gags land. It’s not film of the year or anything, but it’s enjoyable, which is all it’s trying to be.

My take on the news cycle over the past several days has mainly been surprise classified military information was leaked somewhere other than the War Thunder forums.

My aggressive networking at GDC may have come back to haunt me. I now have over 20 business cards to sift through.

Hello There! My name is Jackson. I'm a writer and narrative designer for video games. I'll be posting updates here about the cool stuff I'm working on, interspersed with stupid opinions no-one asked for and bad attempts at comedy. 🙂