Say we ranked the all-time best *fictional* game makers, who makes that list? Gerry Smolski is on the list for sure - ThreadSky

quail.bsky.social•23 days ago

Ooo Jennifer Jason Leigh’s character in Existenz (although maybe she’s more of a tech maker then a game designer, idk)

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oorgames.bsky.social•23 days ago

Totally! I think they actually refer to her in the movie as “the worlds greatest game designer” or something like that

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humanspareparts.bsky.social•23 days ago

"the Demoness Allegra Geller"

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quail.bsky.social•23 days ago

The guy from 101 Dalmatians?

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tezamondo.bsky.social•23 days ago

YO YO I SAID THE SAME BUT THE KID

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chadtoprak.bsky.social•23 days ago

Porko (as in 'En busca de Porko'), but not sure if that counts :p

is he real? who knows! his games? who knows!!

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japoniano.bsky.social•23 days ago

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jwaaaap.com•23 days ago

Allegra Geller

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shaymin.club•23 days ago

GameFuna

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spavel.bsky.social•23 days ago

Pegasus (but not Duke Devlin)

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doougle.net•23 days ago

In response to my half-baked post, @v21.bsky.social kindly reminded me that, years ago, very unsurprisingly, @hollygramazio.bsky.social had already catalogued fictional games+designers to hilarious results!
https://bsky.app/profile/hollygramazio.bsky.social/post/3lkb4etzduk2g

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doougle.net•23 days ago

In the internal fiction of The Genius, is Bandage Man the one designing the games? If so put them on the list too

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robertvinluan.bsky.social•23 days ago

Does this also imply Jigsaw makes the list

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hexcavator.bsky.social•23 days ago

let us not forget whatever the hell Sean Penn’s character’s name is in The Game

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hexcavator.bsky.social•23 days ago

Conrad Van Orton, allegedly

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hexcavator.bsky.social•23 days ago

admittedly more of a LARP situation but i assume that qualifies

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officerstoopz.bsky.social•23 days ago

James Halliday and Ogden Morrow.

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haraiva.bsky.social•23 days ago

cameron howe from halt and catch fire 🤔

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katbamkapow.bsky.social•23 days ago

donna!!! justice for the speak n spell

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v21.bsky.social•23 days ago

three that come to mind (but i don't think any of their games are that great, tbh)

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v21.bsky.social•23 days ago

@hollygramazio.bsky.social wrote up a big list of fictional videogames/fictional game designers back in the day. mainly dystopias doing that when-you-die-in-the-game thing

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doougle.net•23 days ago

Ohhh how long ago, this is vaguely familiar now that you mention it

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v21.bsky.social•23 days ago

like a decade. there was a spreadsheet! and a nice writeup!

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esaxey.bsky.social•23 days ago

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vJPgWAoMfPOR_POtVXZjOEulx4iUx3rVCcZBs7pO5OA/edit?usp=sharing

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hollygramazio.bsky.social•23 days ago

ohhhh well found! I think the writeup is long vanished but I still have the keynote presentation

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hollygramazio.bsky.social•23 days ago

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rickyhaggett.bsky.social•23 days ago

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nilsdeneken.bsky.social•22 days ago

Best (David Cronenberg) movie ever!

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v21.bsky.social•23 days ago

what a hairstyle! (never seen Existenz, i guess i should?)

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rickyhaggett.bsky.social•23 days ago

yeah I reckon. I wanna rewatch!

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iznaut.com•23 days ago

yes this movie whips

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tigershungry.co.uk•23 days ago

Clarissa is clearly no. 1 though.

Rapid prototyping queen of personal vignette indie games.

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tigershungry.co.uk•23 days ago

Barbie also makes games.

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v21.bsky.social•23 days ago

are they any cop?

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tigershungry.co.uk•23 days ago

dunno, looks like she’s under NDA

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playfulsystems.bsky.social•23 days ago

Coda (The Beginner’s Guide)

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kickrole.bsky.social•23 days ago

Kevin Flynn

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mtrc.bsky.social•23 days ago

Coda from the Beginner’s Guide!

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iznaut.com•23 days ago

Cameron from Halt and Catch Fire

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robertvinluan.bsky.social•23 days ago

Definitely Sam, Sadie, and Marx from Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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franwrites.bsky.social•23 days ago

Stephen Falken

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oneofmoo.bsky.social•23 days ago

Gabriel from The Nines

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tezamondo.bsky.social•23 days ago

(I have genuinely been logging these)

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tezamondo.bsky.social•23 days ago

Taika Waititi from Free Guy

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tezamondo.bsky.social•23 days ago

all the crew from Mythic Quest

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tezamondo.bsky.social•23 days ago

Damon Wayans Jr's character in Let's Be Cops

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tezamondo.bsky.social•23 days ago

the kid from the live action version of 101 Dalmatians

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tigershungry.co.uk•23 days ago

Oh hey, cones of dunshire

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nickmanwrites.bsky.social•23 days ago

It's about the cones...

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modernmodron.itch.io•23 days ago

Maybe her output isn't great and the games aren't revolutionary but I'd absolutely follow Clarissa Darling's https://itch.io page

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adrianhon.bsky.social•23 days ago

Peter Molyneux/Molydeux

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doougle.net•23 days ago

Hmmm but do they count as “fictional”? Like in one sense they’re “real”

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adrianhon.bsky.social•23 days ago

I’m just being silly ;)

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doougle.net•23 days ago

(me too)

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xeneth.design•23 days ago

Leshy is probably the best of the scribes in the end, right?

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candyleader.bsky.social•23 days ago

me making games is fictional these days does that count?

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sfbdim.bsky.social•23 days ago

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v21.bsky.social•23 days ago

the impact this book had on me!!

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v21.bsky.social•23 days ago

who knew "how to not be weird when your friend makes a million quid from selling their indie game" was a life lesson i needed to learn for later in life!!!

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faultrunner.bsky.social•23 days ago

The Toymaker from Spy Kids 3D

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