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Bestselling Novelist. Writer of award-winning video games. Freelance Narrative Designer. Improv & TTRPGs NO MAN'S SKY | SIXTEEN HORSES | DARK SOULS | 25+ AAA/VR/indie collabs, inc. PlayStation, Supermassive & Activision Blizzard gregbuchanangames.com

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Want to write a new video game of your own? Join us in the next run of this writing workshop, suitable for aspiring and pro alike - quotes and videos from former students at the link -- “One of the most supportive and helpful classes I’ve ever been part of” gregbuchanangames.com/teaching

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Want to write a new video game of your own? Join us in the next run of this writing workshop, suitable for aspiring and pro alike - quotes and videos from former students at the link -- “One of the most supportive and helpful classes I’ve ever been part of” gregbuchanangames.com/teaching

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People talking about their ADHD all the time despite side-eyeing hyperactive behaviour and talkativeness and excess energy — i’m gonna start stressing the Hyperactive label to differentiate, I think, as it seems less overtly common and there are are many consequences others do not suffer

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Please post links to any worker-owned sites, newsletters, mediums, substacks, beehives, etc that feature games journalism that you support --- direct-to-readers is the way that quality reporting will survive and I want to know who's good to follow (I currently sub to @aftermath.site among others)

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Please post links to any worker-owned sites, newsletters, mediums, substacks, beehives, etc that feature games journalism that you support --- direct-to-readers is the way that quality reporting will survive and I want to know who's good to follow (I currently sub to @aftermath.site among others)

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So we should all make fun of him yes BUT there is a fascinating discussion to be had about Aristotle’s concept of the more friends we have, the less good a friend we can be, and the meaning of the word etc

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Hmm. Idea for journalists. Next interviewee talking about 'the team' / 'the studio', ask yourself if the interviewee is the only one publicly promoted as part of those efforts. If so, press them with follow-up questions about individual contributors, not dropping until given names. Boom! Solved.

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I am not saying that we shouldn’t recognise creators. I’m suggesting that as far as I can see, the only thing this film seems to really have in common is the trademark, which is Sony’s Credit battles are crucial this is just a weird arena for it IMO. I say this as someone who worked at Supermassive

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Re: the until dawn petition - from what I hear, the film doesn’t have anything to do with the game story - I also doubt that anyone is envisaging all the dev team in their entirety being added to those credits, just leads, as if Druckmann himself did the entirety of the Last of Us.

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Orion browser is so so good for MacOS. Really low on telemetry/high on privacy, but also just loads of great tweaks and features (supports both firefox/chrome extensions, custom buttons with javascript/code injections, really nice vertical tab spaces with pinned icons, etc)

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I don’t normally offer courses at this low a cost, so if you’ve wanted to study with me whether you’re experienced or new, take a look and apply soon!

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Happy light jacket day! I have been wearing this brown number as my standard improv getup, it's not too hot, not too cold

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I don’t normally offer courses at this low a cost, so if you’ve wanted to study with me whether you’re experienced or new, take a look and apply soon!

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cardinal pizzaballa is not gonna keep his name if he becomes pope. they have to pick a new name. it's gonna be something normal like papa john.

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Words to live by.

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Nintendo has cancelled the Switch 2 in response to preorder frenzy. "Your vulgar appetites betray you," said company president Furukawa, "That you are a people without grace. We will await a new era." At press time, Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto and Redmond had vanished from the face of earth.

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Also -- improv! So good. Anyone have any particular favourite improvisors or links to videos they like for improv?

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My second performance in front of an audience yesterday at the Glasgow Improv Theatre jam - I’m the one wearing the brown jacket. I was an old lady with debts, an enforcer for a play-dough mafia, and a grand vizier for a 14 year old kid called the Original King

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Highly recommend Greg's workshops to anyone interested in game writing or interactive fiction. I learned lots from Greg and my peers duing the classes in terms of craft but they were also a revelation in terms of just creating art for the joy of it.

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I've been really enjoying Greg's writing newsletter. Would highly recommend indies to sign up.

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Check out my new post! Narrative Debt Collectors: Every time you flag something as important, you sign a promise — here’s how not to default on it. #gamewriting #narrativedesign #gamedev gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/narrative-...

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(To break from memery for a sec of sincerity, the War Doctor / Day of the Doctor stuff is one of my all time favourite things in any medium as a payoff to long running storylines, so so so good, Moffat's novelisation adds even more, and the refs to Charley and others when Eight regenerates, !!!!)

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Want to write a new video game of your own? Join us in the next run of this writing workshop, suitable for aspiring and pro alike - quotes and videos from former students at the link -- “One of the most supportive and helpful classes I’ve ever been part of” gregbuchanangames.com/teaching

Want to write a new video game of your own? Join us in the next run of this writing workshop, suitable for aspiring and pro alike - quotes and videos from former students at the link -- “One of the most supportive and helpful classes I’ve ever been part of” gregbuchanangames.com/teaching

People talking about their ADHD all the time despite side-eyeing hyperactive behaviour and talkativeness and excess energy — i’m gonna start stressing the Hyperactive label to differentiate, I think, as it seems less overtly common and there are are many consequences others do not suffer

Please post links to any worker-owned sites, newsletters, mediums, substacks, beehives, etc that feature games journalism that you support --- direct-to-readers is the way that quality reporting will survive and I want to know who's good to follow (I currently sub to @aftermath.site among others)

Please post links to any worker-owned sites, newsletters, mediums, substacks, beehives, etc that feature games journalism that you support --- direct-to-readers is the way that quality reporting will survive and I want to know who's good to follow (I currently sub to @aftermath.site among others)

So we should all make fun of him yes BUT there is a fascinating discussion to be had about Aristotle’s concept of the more friends we have, the less good a friend we can be, and the meaning of the word etc

Hmm. Idea for journalists. Next interviewee talking about 'the team' / 'the studio', ask yourself if the interviewee is the only one publicly promoted as part of those efforts. If so, press them with follow-up questions about individual contributors, not dropping until given names. Boom! Solved.

Re: the until dawn petition - from what I hear, the film doesn’t have anything to do with the game story - I also doubt that anyone is envisaging all the dev team in their entirety being added to those credits, just leads, as if Druckmann himself did the entirety of the Last of Us.

Orion browser is so so good for MacOS. Really low on telemetry/high on privacy, but also just loads of great tweaks and features (supports both firefox/chrome extensions, custom buttons with javascript/code injections, really nice vertical tab spaces with pinned icons, etc)

I don’t normally offer courses at this low a cost, so if you’ve wanted to study with me whether you’re experienced or new, take a look and apply soon!

Happy light jacket day! I have been wearing this brown number as my standard improv getup, it's not too hot, not too cold

I don’t normally offer courses at this low a cost, so if you’ve wanted to study with me whether you’re experienced or new, take a look and apply soon!

cardinal pizzaballa is not gonna keep his name if he becomes pope. they have to pick a new name. it's gonna be something normal like papa john.

Words to live by.

Nintendo has cancelled the Switch 2 in response to preorder frenzy. "Your vulgar appetites betray you," said company president Furukawa, "That you are a people without grace. We will await a new era." At press time, Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto and Redmond had vanished from the face of earth.

Also -- improv! So good. Anyone have any particular favourite improvisors or links to videos they like for improv?

My second performance in front of an audience yesterday at the Glasgow Improv Theatre jam - I’m the one wearing the brown jacket. I was an old lady with debts, an enforcer for a play-dough mafia, and a grand vizier for a 14 year old kid called the Original King

Highly recommend Greg's workshops to anyone interested in game writing or interactive fiction. I learned lots from Greg and my peers duing the classes in terms of craft but they were also a revelation in terms of just creating art for the joy of it.

I've been really enjoying Greg's writing newsletter. Would highly recommend indies to sign up.

Check out my new post! Narrative Debt Collectors: Every time you flag something as important, you sign a promise — here’s how not to default on it. #gamewriting #narrativedesign #gamedev gregbuchanan.substack.com/p/narrative-...

(To break from memery for a sec of sincerity, the War Doctor / Day of the Doctor stuff is one of my all time favourite things in any medium as a payoff to long running storylines, so so so good, Moffat's novelisation adds even more, and the refs to Charley and others when Eight regenerates, !!!!)

"I don’t suppose there’s any need for a Pope anymore. Make me a warrior now..." (The Night of the Pope, 2013)

The popest pope of all popekind

The people's pope