Trick Weekes

shout out to Veilguard for letting me go into every battle tits-out like a melodramatic goth bird while also wearing a tiara. a legendary game.

I think the average person has no idea how a video game is made and so it makes sense they would focus on wanting to save an IP and not the devs behind it. Being on an AAA team means there are a handful of chosen speakers at the top, and the average worker can’t speak out or risk losing their job.

Me: I don't see any reason to use AI Slop peddlers: You know how you want to sell books but you hate writing? Me: No, I love writing. The only reason I care about selling books is so I can afford to write instead of getting a real job Slop peddlers: Oh. Well... You know how you hate your kids?

Banning trans kids from sports is fucked up. And you better believe there are terrible people and parents who see "Fairness in youth sports" as a much bigger battlefield that will include girls who are too tall, black kids who are too fast, etc etc

I played soccer as a kid, and my team regularly lost 0-9, and clearly my parents failed to do their duty and call the police to remove that kid on the other team who knew how to dribble.

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

I don’t do rune readings often enough to have a good patter, and sometimes the runes just drop real blunt truth bombs on people, and I gotta be like, “Uhhh, so this is… not usually a positive rune. Norse people didn’t get, like, HAPPY when a hailstorm destroyed their crops.”

Being a video game writer has to be hell. >write asshole character called "Jimmy the Asshole" >be bombarded with complaints that Jimmy's an asshole >legions of tumblrites that inexplicably want to fuck him >republicans unironically admire him >800,000 downloads for BIG TITTY ANIME JIMMY on Nexus

One of the most insightful comments about game development came from a former boss. He said “Making a game is like starting a band. You can’t throw money at a new studio with random AAA veterans and expect it to crank out a hit.” 🧵

All hail the return of narrative-heavy games that can't be immediately replicated through crappy slop-coding! Sincerely, -Writer Looking Work Once Contract Ends

My first BW staff badge, 2006. It was a huge privilege to be a small part of something that brought so many people together all around the world. The thriving relationships made through BioWare games are a comforting legacy today. Here’s to the good times. 🍻

Why is this student so upset about the mushroom, though? What could it have done to make her protest across the whole continent

Former BioWare Senior Writers Mary Kirby (Varric, Vivienne, Lucanis) and Sylvia Feketekuty (Liara, Josephine, Emmrich) and Sarah Hayward (Former BioWare Cinematic Director) have found a home at North Mist with many others in our network.

One more for the afternoon crowd. Two of the last lines of dialogue I wrote on the last BioWare game I shipped.

Very heavy news as our former studio, BioWare closes its doors today. It was a formative place for many. However, many former BioWare devs are scattered around the industry. Find them, support them. Like, follow, comment and help us prove there is still support for the types of games we make!

I had an incredible high school teacher whose words feel so relevant today. Paraphrasing (cuz it was years and years ago) If you want a strong indicator of the health of a society, look at how that society values its artists.

I should go. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-cG...

Don't do this to creative people. I've written my share of bad reviews; it's fine for them to exist. I don't share them w the people they're about. There are channels thru which creative people made aware of people/publications that don't like their work. They don't need you tagging them, *really*

Other than Q5 ("proof of citizenship to vote") and of course Q10 that got walloped, it looks like the end result will be: - a very weak mandate across the immigration Qs, despite the effort and slanted framing that went into boosting them - a clear rejection of most of the constitutional Qs #ableg

also ALSO we're open for novella submissions right now more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

Out this week: THE FORGED #14. Fourteen down, one to go. Our sci-fi warrior women embark on their final assault on the throne, which I have nicknamed Operation: Trashheap. By @gregrucka.com @mikeshenderson.bsky.social @nolanwoodard.bsky.social @airy.bsky.social @alejandrobot.com and me.

Very relatable to Alberta's referendum.

AI shouldn't be able to fire you, fire a weapon, or deny you healthcare.

Awful results in Alberta, where voters had the literacy to vote overwhelmingly against separation but not to toss out the 5 racist immigration red herrings, which now get weaponized by provinces, police, & the feds to crack down even harder. www.jurist.org/commentary/2...

Someone owes Albertans $130M for this theatrical waste of taxpayers money

RESULTS ARE COMING IN results.elections.ab.ca/8400

When certain people ultimately point fingers at Elections Alberta for the delay and missteps tonight, don't forget who underfunded and hampered EA's requests for help to make sure this would run more smoothly.

Just got all my boys together to take on the wandering ronin who came to town. There’s like 15 of us and only one of him so pretty much the only thing that would give me any pause is if he was master of the devastating and lightning-fast iaidō style. But that’s not likely. Coward hasn’t even drawn h

I dont want to hear shit about how trans people need to accept "reasonable compromises" puberty blockers instead of hrt for minors *was* the compromise 2 years hrt and hormone testing requirements for trans women athletes *was* the compromise taking more of our rights away is not "reasonable"

do you really expect the loving parents of a trans kid to vote for a politician who promises to take their child's healthcare away? you'd be absurd to say yes we have friends, family spouses. when you come for us they aren't going to throw us away, that's what they'll do to you

what cis liberals need to understand is that us trans people dont exist in isolation. when you throw us under the bus in order to get the mythical moderate voter to vote blue, you aren't just depressing the trans vote, you are also depressing the votes of all the people who care about us too

Fellow Albertans, don't forget to go vote today. All the separatists will be. Send them a crushing defeat! #albertareferendum #stupidwasteofmoney

this is so perfect, so pure

Saw ANOTHER person say my indictment was the best thing to happen to my campaign. Let me be clear: It severely limited what I could say, where I could go, and what I could do. I had to worry about prison AND legal fees for myself AND my (amazing) field director. Political prosecutions aren’t fun.