Natalie Winter

Hey, I'm Natalie (Nat is fine). I’m a Director / Voice Actor / TTRPGer, based in London and working on a bunch of nerdy projects you might like! I work across video games, audio dramas, theatre and TTRPGs, and if you follow me here please expect to see posts about all of them ✌️

A great article by @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social on how intimacy is portrayed, motion captured and visualised in videogames. I've long argued the sentiment that "Sex is a huge part of life, and it feels strange when art ignores that" www.404media.co/how-video-ga...

*Great* news!

Hey Bluesky, I’m running a workshop on characterisation for games, animation and audiodramas, and you can come if you like! It’s part of the One Voice Conference in London, Fri 16th May, but you don’t need a conference ticket to come, workshops sold separately. 🎟️: reattendance.com/public/6141#...

Just a reminder to take your voice reels and music off Soundcloud ✌🏻

What I like about role-playing games is that they allow you to act out power fantasies that you could never achieve in real life.

Fab working with you Inel!

Great advice. Finding support networks in any creative industry is vital. And if you can say ‘hey, I know someone!’ people (in my exp) will do the same for you.

Act 2 of our 3-act For The Queen game just dropped on Merely Roleplayers. The rules say you love the Queen, Josh, what are you doing arranging ambushes? Justify yourself!

The parade of useless tech-in-search-of-a-problem and rampant VC yes-man-ing has basically driven the Western tech industry into the ground. It's so embarrassing. I can't allow myself to think about where that funding could have gone or else I'd lose my mind

In slightly less grumbly doom and gloom news, the D&D group I play with is back to streaming tonight after a well earned festive rest and we've got some Good Nonsense ™️ lined up this year (made by people, not AI)

I've sent this to the Office of the PM for all the good it'll do me. contact.no10.gov.uk

This is a grossly irresponsible move that is going to cause enormous harm that will take year and years to unravel.

very easy to get caught up in the loud obnoxious grifter assholes who decry “wokeness” & complain representation is ruining their “hobby” but the thing that matters is, a bunch of people chanting TRANS RIGHTS raise $2mil+ for great charities twice a year, every year. that’s what it’s all about

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It’s cool how to be a writer you can’t just write, you have to spend your whole life building audiences in sandcastles that powerful people can kick down in an instant Elsa and I spent the last year building something of our own, organically & painstakingly. Now Instagram & this.

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

Always repost

DONT MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN www.typebarmagazine.com/2024/11/28/s...

If you’re familiar with playing TTRPGs in front of an in-person audience (as player or audience) BEFORE 2009, I’d love to hear about your memories. You can comment or email Ecfriedman at auburn dot edu This is for Polygon (& probably book), so please let me know how’d you’d like to be cited.

The loss of solid middle class incomes for the mid list in all creative endeavors is a choice, a choice made by the people who dominate publishing, journalism, cinema, TV, music … and it doesn’t have to be this way.

The reason we don't have a robust and curious games media to tackle the subject of why video games have become unsustainable is basically the same reason why video games have become unsustainable. It's an industry built to protect the profits of a handful of rich men, and the NYTimes are in on it.

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

UK Folks. If you're concerned about the catastrophic impact of generative AI on the creative industries & the theft of artists/writers creations, then you REALLY NEED to complete the below online consultation form. This is your chance to say 'fuck off, this is not okay' www.gov.uk/government/c...

I dont want AAA games anymore, i want games made by a little freak with a vision

To the people who are now following me because of this list: hi! To those who aren't, there's some excellent actors in here 👇

I had to snip out my favourite moment from #TheGameAwards. @laratlarian.bsky.social's words echo the heart of every developer. The industry needs to listen. We just want to make cool stuff for people. #indiedev #gamedev

-shows up wearing ceasefire pin -talks about how the art and magic of games comes from the creatives and devs -denounces the games made for quotas and in boardrooms -takes a shot at TGA about giving proper airtime to creatives -doesnt name drop any celebs forget the awards, this guy wins hearts man

Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys

Inaccurate headline. They will be banned only as an intervention for transgender children. Still deemed safe for cis children experiencing precocious puberty. This is an ideological concern, not a safety concern. Forcing trans kids to go through the wrong puberty is akin to attempted murder.

I did some teaching! So very proud of my first students at Collective Acting Studio for diving in with their whole hearts and bringing their enthusiasm and joy for games performance 💜 Their main piece of feedback is that they want more, so, uh, I think they enjoyed themselves!

Always say the thing. Tell folks you appreciate them, love them, miss their faces and find joy in their voice. Say it in the moment, or if you missed the moment then say it to them now. Don't wait. <3

Ok, yes, I’m a day late on this, but delighted to see a whole bunch of great indies on this list (and 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 to everyone I worked with on Space Marine 2!). Little Kitty Big City was my feel good game of the summer www.bafta.org/stories/best...

Lola has made some beautiful TTRPGs, and now they’re generously donating copies for charity, go take a looksie!

Don't hide your fangs behind a thin smile, your sharp horns under a chic hat, or your leathery wings under an oversized coat. Be your own self, and if that frightens the timid townsfolk, so be it.

A handy guide

*A* implies just one, which is an impossible limitation. But the game I probably played the most is Diablo 2/3, followed closely by Star Wars Galaxies and these days Overwatch 2 Easily sunk 100+ hours into plenty other RPGs and things like L4D2 as well though

I talked to the BBC about some of the challenges we're up against as game developers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

*sigh* Anyway, just create. Write shit, draw shit, build whatever you want, that's the important part. There's no be-all end-all formula for the Perfect Work. Just be YOU. No one can ever create what YOU create b/c it's you making it, and you are the only you.