Introduction time! I’m Anna Megill a longtime game writer and new author. You might’ve known me as Cynixy on ye olde tyme Twitter. I’m currently the Lead Writer on Project Orion for CD PROJEKT RED in Boston. It’s cool and cyberpunk and I am obsessed with it. - ThreadSky

annamegill.com • 246 days ago

Introduction time! I’m Anna Megill a longtime game writer and new author. You might’ve known me as Cynixy on ye olde tyme Twitter. I’m currently the Lead Writer on Project Orion for CD PROJEKT RED in Boston. It’s cool and cyberpunk and I am obsessed with it.

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victoriajones.bsky.social•245 days ago

To be honest that sounds like an amazing job. I use to live in Charlestown till 2008 and moved out of state.

Are you in the city proper or the burbs?

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Oh nice! Definitely not the burbs

ratslurpee.bsky.social•245 days ago

Woah, you got an incredible record! Looking forward to your new work :)

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Thank you!

yak3d.com•246 days ago

Cannot wait for the next Cyberpunk chapter!

spamps.bsky.social•246 days ago

Can't wait to run into Mirri in project Orion

annamegill.com•246 days ago

I will find a way to get her in, I promise you

spamps.bsky.social•246 days ago

OMG

sou1kn1ght.bsky.social•218 days ago

zerocrossing.bsky.social•154 days ago

That does look GOOD.

witchy135.bsky.social•245 days ago

PLS DONT LET THE GAME BE LIKE CYBERPUNK 2077 AT LAUNCH PLS PLS

michaeldmullen.bsky.social•202 days ago

It's great to see you on here! I dropped off Twitter a while back and really missed your posts

ashleypoprik.bsky.social•245 days ago

Too cool, I’m afraid

treverwinn.bsky.social•245 days ago

That's awesome! Great to meet you! My team and I are actually currently making our own cyberpunk inspired game. Got some folks on the team who even aspire to be at CDPR! Excited to eventually see more of Orion whenever we get to!

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Oh, that's exciting! Good luck to you and your team. Can't wait to see what you make

basicchunnel.bsky.social•243 days ago

Really looking forward to it! I wanted to ask if Patrick K. Mills ever lets you handle his Tomes of Deep Lore or if he even comes down to greet visitors to his Sage Tower

annamegill.com•243 days ago

We visit Patrick in his tower every day!

basicchunnel.bsky.social•243 days ago

Cool! Looking forward to whatever new Thorton models you all cook up. Big and slow is the only way to drive.

Speaking of… Anna, please, more Nomads. My children need Nomads

itsnoodle.bsky.social•245 days ago

Hello there! So nice to virtually meet you! 💚

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Hiiiiii 💕

itsnoodle.bsky.social•245 days ago

So amazing to see what you worked on and what you’re currently working on! Excited to hear more about Project Orion 😊

fairyqueen13579.bsky.social•186 days ago

Aww, Happy Christmas and all the best blessings to you for the New Year, and thank you so very much for liking my post ❤️...

toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk•246 days ago

Hi hi hiii!

olsen.bsky.social•246 days ago

Great body of work.

omegasynth.bsky.social•245 days ago

We're counting on you, choom! Excited to see what you have in store for us in Project Orion!

thisguyaresick.bsky.social•245 days ago

I'm excited for Orion. Keep up the good work 👏🏼

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Thank you!

nikitamalko.bsky.social•246 days ago

Wow that is so impressive! Cyberpunk, Dishonored, and Fable influenced me so much, can't wait to see what's coming with those new games!

annamegill.com•246 days ago

Hi, I'm so glad you enjoyed them! We're cooking up something veeery exciting 🦾💫

nikaruwagner.bsky.social•190 days ago

I waited too long to get into Cyberpunk 2077! I love the ever living heck out of it! It has been the most fun I have had playing a Cyberpunk game since "Neuromancer" and the original "Blade Runner" video game back in the day.

100% Would love another Cyberpunk game or add-on, even a sequel.😄

mechaniqe.bsky.social•246 days ago

Hello and welcome to “cool kids club”! 🙌

meowstations.bsky.social•246 days ago

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Hellloo!

meowstations.bsky.social•245 days ago

happy you made the move to bluesky!! ✨

theirishbob.bsky.social•237 days ago

Love Judy and all things Cyberpunk, Panam is my fav but Songbird rose fast.

Look forward to Orion and a great story to follow the Night City adventure.

jgraygaming.bsky.social•192 days ago

Hi Anna!

annamegill.com•192 days ago

Hulloooo!

public-urinal.bsky.social•245 days ago

Obviously you’re not allowed to answer questions on Orion but I have a question. Based on your current writing of Orion, how do you think it’ll hold up against CP77 and what did you think of CP77 in development vs. release from a writer’s perspective?

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Those are Orion questions tho 😅

public-urinal.bsky.social•245 days ago

I guess you’re right 😆

heartimecia.bsky.social•245 days ago

using a judy video is such an inspired choice!!

annamegill.com•245 days ago

I adore her! They did great work with her

heartimecia.bsky.social•245 days ago

she's my fave female video game character along with Yennefer! she means so much to me as one of those /very/ rare Latina characters in games written with such depth and care. would love to see another Latina in the next game (minor or major) whose humanity is acknowledged with such kindness, too <3

annamegill.com•245 days ago

I agree! She was a labor of love for the team and it shows. I'll pass along your praise to Judy's creators 💕

heartimecia.bsky.social•245 days ago

that's very kind, thank you!!

gametripperuk.bsky.social•246 days ago

Hey again! I covered your appointment for Forbes - hope things are going great!

annamegill.com•246 days ago

I read your article! It was my favorite of them all 😄 Things are wonderful. Better than I even hoped!

gametripperuk.bsky.social•246 days ago

Ha, thanks! ❤️ You're doing exciting work and I really hope everything works out. I'll happily wait as long as it takes - can't wait to see what you create! 🙂

weedmanthethird.bsky.social•245 days ago

dude i cannot fuckin wait for orion, if its as good as 2077 ill be happy LOL

sweetveevee.bsky.social•171 days ago

can you say if Project Orion happens before after or during the events of 2077? kinda excited for it, I love the lore

annamegill.com•171 days ago

Can I tell you? Nope. Glad you're excited tho 🦾💫

sweetveevee.bsky.social•171 days ago

was worth a shot💖

annamegill.com•171 days ago

Hahaha full credit for trying!

samantha-marchand.bsky.social•244 days ago

Hey! Good to meet you! My husband just got hired at CD Projekt Red as the User Research lead! He starts in November.

annamegill.com•244 days ago

Oh lovely! Are you joining us in Boston?

samantha-marchand.bsky.social•244 days ago

No, unfortunately. We're going to be in the Warsaw branch. 😊

aligalactic.gay•192 days ago

Greetings, Anna! I can't wait to see what you and your team at CDPR are cooking with Project Orion! 🖤

annamegill.com•192 days ago

Can't wait to show you all! 😄

aligalactic.gay•192 days ago

i can imagine the hype is real, haha 🖤

davidgiltinan.com•193 days ago

It’s cool to see how far Boston (my neck of the woods) has come in being a hub for gaming. Looking forward to hearing more about Orion! 👾

cadfinch.bsky.social•246 days ago

oh awesome! Nice to meet you

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Helloooo!

molepium.bsky.social•245 days ago

I just wanted to say I love Control and Dishonored! Thank you for being a part of bringing them to life.

I'm also incredibly excited about Fable and things that are cool and Cyberpunk 😊

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Ahhh, thank you! I'm proud of my work on those games. And I'm doing my best on the others 🦾

molepium.bsky.social•245 days ago

I'm sure it will go great! Also my pleasure! I like showing gratitude to the people responsible for making the games I love.

annamegill.com•246 days ago

Before that, I lived in England in a little fairytale cottage and worked as the Narrative Lead on the new Fable game
https://youtu.be/I6sREGbfzRg

mrhands31.bsky.social•246 days ago

Living the dream! 😄

annamegill.com•246 days ago

I was in Sweden before that, working as guess what? Lead Writer at Ubisoft Massive on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

annamegill.com•246 days ago

Before that, I was Narrative Lead for CONTROL at Remedy Games in Finland. I finally got to go as weird as I’d always dreamed. Those creepy Threshold Kids puppets? Yep, all my fault

itsmeamykate.bsky.social•246 days ago

thank you 🙏

stringerseven.bsky.social•246 days ago

👏👏👏

bschoner.bsky.social•246 days ago

LOVED the Threshold Kids. They also generated one of my favorite YouTube moments, where beloved streamer Johnny Chiodini reacted to his first TK video in the best possible way.

https://youtu.be/VJFxgUxQQEI?list=PLuVi5SiYe-NJC0WvaAAYZb_8RvLtw-TLm&t=3215

bschoner.bsky.social•246 days ago

Crap, THEIR first TK video. Pronoun fail - sorry, Johnny!

annamegill.com•246 days ago

Ah good to know

annamegill.com•246 days ago

Thank you! And yes! he had one of my favorite reactions. The more horrified everyone was, the more I laughed and laughed. I drank their tears and they were delicious

glassbottommeg.bsky.social•246 days ago

(thank you for those, btw, Threshold Kids was GREAT)

trickweekes.bsky.social•246 days ago

The best in paranormal edutainment!

annamegill.com•246 days ago

One of the highlights of my career was working on Dishonored: Death of the Outsider for Arkane Lyon. I always adored the Dishonored games, and my team for that project was incredibly talented. (Miss you sporty flamingos!)

annamegill.com•246 days ago

I’ve been in games for 20+ years, so I could keep on listing projects, but I'll end it here. You can learn more on my website: http://www.annamegill.com/

n7memo.bsky.social•246 days ago

You’ve just casually worked on some of my favorite and/or most-hyped-to-play games of the past few years. 😅 Congratulations on sustaining a long, storied career with a bunch of cool projects!

annamegill.com•246 days ago

Oh yeah! Almost forgot 😅 I wrote some books too! If you’re interested in writing video games yourself, check out my Guide and Pocket Mentor. I walk you step by step through everything you need to know to find a job writing video games

https://a.co/d/bzyzIO8

faithfalkner.com•246 days ago

Best single-player game of the 2010s. Great work. ❤️‍🔥

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Aww, thank you 💕

lezria.bsky.social•216 days ago

So happy to find you down here!

scampigal.bsky.social•191 days ago

Hello Anna,
I'm not a "gamer" but I love your cat pics. I just joined BlueSky myself recently.
Best Wishes!

echothetraveler.bsky.social•245 days ago

Holy crap! I’m looking to break into writing in the video game industry, do you have any general tips?

annamegill.com•245 days ago

You picked a tough time to try breaking in! My advice is to keep building your network and portfolio while you're looking. There's a bunch more advice in my books http://www.annamegill.com/books

echothetraveler.bsky.social•245 days ago

Thank you so much!

sirskeith.bsky.social•245 days ago

Omg im so excited for project orion keep making me cry happy and sad tears all at once

faithfalkner.com•246 days ago

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Hello!

crashoverride22.bsky.social•245 days ago

Please make the next cyberpunk the best game on the planet.

lyonsdenprojects.bsky.social•130 days ago

Hold on hold on hold on, just read your profile. You're to blame for Threshold Kids? I FRICKIN LOVED THEM! I just needed you to know!

annamegill.com•129 days ago

exalclaw.bsky.social•245 days ago

The “keep it” in the subtitle of your book cover lookin really appealing given the state of things right now 😅 very cool book, will have to give it a read

annamegill.com•245 days ago

Well, there's only so much you can control when 1/3 of the industry is out of work, but at least you CAN control those things

gus8888.bsky.social•245 days ago

There's a CD PROJEKT RED office in Boston? That's pretty cool.

Can an artist put the cop slide as an Easter egg for us Bostonians in the next game?

annamegill.com•245 days ago

🤔🤔🤔

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