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Narrative Portfolio Review session information from the GDC schedule: Signature Session Community Game Narrative Summit Mentorship Anna C. Webster (Senior Writer and Narrative Designer, Independent) Alexa Ray Corriea (Expert Writer, Gearbox) Ashley Poprik (Senior Narrative Designer, Independent) Emma Kidwell (Writer, Independent) John Ryan (Senior Writer/Narrative Designer/Consultant, Independent) Laura Michet (Narrative Director, Heart Machine) Sam Maggs (Senior Manager, Brand & IP Strategy, Critical Role) Alice Camp (Senior Narrative Designer, Microfun) Aysha Farah (Lead Writer and Narrative Designer, Independent) Karrie Shao (Lead Writer and Narrative Designer, Pacific Drive) Kelsie Mhoon (Senior Narrative Designer, Obsidian Entertainment) Nessa Cannon (Game Writer and Narrative Designer, Independent) Lis Moberly (Creative Lead, 20th Century Games, The Walt Disney Company) Books Schwartz (Senior Narrative Designer) Sam Winkler (Narrative Director, Gearbox Software) Location: Room 215, South Hall Date: Monday, March 9 Time: 1:50 pm - 4:50 pm Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now! Audience Level: All Track: Career, Narrative & Performance Format: Special Event

🚨 In ONE WEEK 🚨

GDC will be holding its very first Narrative Portfolio Review workshop! Come bring your materials to be reviewed by some of the best in the biz!

WE WILL NOT REVIEW ANY SAMPLES MADE BY/WITH AI

Full details/requirements: schedule.gdconf.com/session/narr...

Yuval Noah Harari: Why advanced societies fall for mass delusion YouTube video by Big Think

I promise that this is super relevant to narrative design and games leadership.

I don't watch Bridgerton for the romance anymore. Nobody's topping Kate and Anthony. Now I watch it for the fantasy of a family that supports and loves each other, and getting to see what that actually looks like.

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Sorry, she's gay 💀

Is it?? I've been putting off watching.

ayee lol 🙃

Okay, that counts : )

But do you mean OG Johnny or engram Johnny : p

Okay, I have heard so much about Ladybug and Cat Noir, but I'm so put off by it looking like network slop for kids.

Hm. I only vaguely remember the movie.

I've never seen that! What's the deal?

I wonder why there's more in comics than in other mediums.

Ooo, yeah, literally tearing reality apart as well.

When was the last time we had him in a movie? It's been too long.

Oh, you're right!

I'm trying to think up a list of villainous Wife Guys in popular media. Just like, insano monsters that will tear the world apart for their lady.

Prime example, Gendo Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Who else qualifies?

Yay! We have so much to catch up on!

I will not be offering individual mentoring slots this year, but I hope to return to providing this resource to the community at my next GDC. See you there!

CD Projekt Red speaker announcement for GDC.

Hey folks, I'm speaking at GDC again this year! Catch me at my panel on Thursday. Myself and a handful of other extremely talented veterans will be talking about narrative design and writing.

Veterans Q&A for New Writers and Narrative Designers

schedule.gdconf.com/session/vete...

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Calling all South Asian gamedevs! I'm hosting another South Asian Gamedev Meetup at #GDC26 with @ekanaut.bsky.social. Wednesday, 1 PM at the Waterfall. Come through, meet fellow devs, make lifelong friends, what have you. Turns out there are DOZENS of us.

See you soon!

Greetings, vocal artisans! Escape Pod is looking for a Trinidadian woman narrator to narrate a story we've got on the conveyor belt. If you're interested, please see our narrator guidelines here!

I heard alcohol markers work really well to shift fur colors too.

Make her a masterpiece!

Thank you! 👹

Haaaa! 😅

I'm gonna get slaughtered for this, but I read 100% of Gideon the Ninth because of such a scenario and I was not impressed.

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Renesmee's fit upgrade. Especially proud of the essential oil diffuser hairband necklace.

You might ask; Isn't this stupid and unserious when you have more important things to do?

Yes. But I need to be unserious when The Work is very serious. Right now the work is very serious.

Tired of dystopian sci-fi? You might like Solarpunk. A recent literary genre imagines what happens when our climate changes—and so do we.

hey yo

i wrote a reported culture essay for @motherjones.com about solarpunk

it was incredibly fun talking to a bunch of solarpunk thinkers and artists!

the magazine commissioned some lovely art for it too

le voila: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Sarah in a memo to employees: "Xbox deserves this."

🤔 I hope that's some plausibly deniable sass.

To be clear though, I world rather things be Normal. People happy with their jobs. Shit not collapsing.