Jordan Wood

Time for an update: Hey, I’m Jordan. I’m a one-time Ph.D candidate who worked in game studies. Consulted for a while, now working non-profit grant strat while writing wherever I can. Expect takes on: - games, what they mean, why they matter - tabletop gaming - music - evangelical shit - crit

As I'm getting back to my newsletter (and potentially doing something more), I'm very, very interested in featuring more indie RPGs and talking to developers. Discoverability continues to be a major issue, so if you've got a game you'd love to talk about, reach out explore.ghost.org/p/an-evening...

i find it incredibly difficult to talk about my editing work, because everything i've done here is on a foundation that was fantastic before i touched it. but still, i'm very, very proud of what i put into this game. i hope you love the fingerprints i left without ever recognising them.

A quick note for the people reading my EA story and thinking 'well, if it's so bad, why don't they leave?' Simply, there is nowhere to go. There is dearth of jobs right now across the game industry—just relentless cuts across the board—and people cannot just uproot their lives on a whim.

With the World Series, NFL, NHL, and NBA back, if you're in the games industry and looking for a place to talk sports - DM me! Devs, PR, and media welcome! This space has been the most social space I have been in a long time and I really appreciate it all <3

Want a horror audio essay about John Carpenter's Halloween, asymmetrical horror games, and the greatest terror of all: existing online? I've timestamped @ashleybardhan.bsky.social's incredible segment in this video! youtu.be/-dyESDQJmSE?...

I still can’t believe Animal Well has like a 30 mb install size.

Putting it out to the universe that I'd love to consult on more games, in any capacity. By the end of this year, I *should* be in the credits of three games - and that should then continue next year. And I'm also developing a better eye for the dev side of things. A lot of knowledge I'd love to use.

🐶🧺🎃 i interviewed dead by daylight devs for this…. in which i had something SPOOKY! to say thank u chris for the opportunity 🎃🎃🎃🎃🤍🤍🤍🤍

seeing Latinos in media did and continues to mean a lot to me but you know what means more? Seeing my people in my field, more senior and junior and contemporary to me. I will not settle for diverse toys.

Hi again to the new followers, particularly the ones finding me after having been touched by BioWare games. I was there from 2005-2013, and I am the less-famous other half of Jennifer Brandes Hepler. I worked on ME, she worked on DA, we both helped out SW:TOR. So... what've I done since? (Thread)

When losing a job means losing a career: what comes next for laid off games journalists? aftermath.site/aftermath-game...

CNBC: Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/m...

'Create An Interactive City In Text using ink', my hands-on, live, three-sessions long, game urbanism course using @inkle.co's ink will start on November 24. To find out more and enroll, do have a look here: www.d6learning.com/course/nov26... [illustration by A. Reed]

Butker's stressed about the election

Phantom Blade Zero is my GOTY. GOD. I hope it makes a whole new audience fall in love with wuxia and Chinese Epics. You can read the 3k words here 👇🏽

name a non-LotR character who is cool and a good person but would nevertheless set land speed records for getting fucked up hy the One Ring

just stumbled upon this insane AI key art that a website made for their Titanium Court "review".

I worked until 11p tonight. Left the office, got Taco Bell, and am now vegging with one of those retro 90s kids commercials YouTube channels playing. I feel like I’m hallucnating. The production values on these commercials are insane.

I’m literally always saying this.

Big news: our vastly new and improved version 2.0 has a launch date! The new site is more useful, more fun, and more engaging in almost every way. We work hard to make sure we have a cozy, friendly, helpful gaming community. If you're burned out on doomscrolling, try gamescrolling instead!

In ways both good and bad, Bluesky reminds me more of Reddit, circa 2011, than it does Twitter at any point.

Guzman’s later film, Nostalgia for the Light, remains one of the most stunning film experiences I’ve ever had. I missed the news that he had passed - an incredible talent.

Just dropped my phone in the toilet in my office, AMA.

I feel insane seeing stuff like this about Watson out in the wild. Setting aside *waves hands around* literally everything…he’s been below average at best!

Cannot conjure the image of a consumer who would want this.

Wonderful idea! Fellow women of colour, please do pitch too! I wanna hear our voices more <3

If you’re after top tier Steam curation you should be following and supporting @lookingfor.game! Lord knows Valve isn’t going to take on the challenge.

I’ve always felt that Cabin in the Woods was more successful at provoking a sense of catharsis than it was at satirizing the genre. It’s less interested in criticizing audience delight in violent misogyny and more interested in staging a revenge metaspectacle built on that delight.

If you encounter ICE, here's what every New Yorker should know.

this is a wonderful issue. i was fortunate enough to be one of ten queried by @emilyprice.bsky.social for a feature on the past, present and future of non-men in games media. it's an incredible piece, and worth subscribing for on its own. but, you know. subscribe for all of unwinnable too 💜

do not, under any circumstances, apply for jobs like this

Meet the baby I’ve been cooking up for the last year. Out next summer. Pre-orders soon!

“It’s strip-mining sincere art for aesthetics, thus allowing fans to use those aesthetics to construct an identity.” Bars from @saoirsestone.bsky.social stone-freedom.ghost.io/you-dont-hav...

Feels like Polyphia and Sleep Token are in an arms race to piss off as many metal critics as is humanly possible.

Key figures behind EA buyout accused of exchanging billions for political favours

Me, sitting down at my desk in slippers and a hoodie to work on a third grant this week: I’ve got no fear No doubt All in Balls out Thank you Chad Kroeger for your words of wisdoms they’re always with me.

This is the flying Tesla equivalent of video games. Lame and embarrassing to everyone who isn’t an unrepentant loser.

Yeah I’m not gonna be watching that ME5 trailer until I’ve got some more space. Like maybe when my toddler graduates.

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Excited as always to celebrate great games while raising money for a great local cause. Come through if you’re in town! It’s a fun time!

working in games these past few years is just like, perpetual mourning