Award-winning video game wordslinger | not-so-award-winning author | Narrative Design Lead @ Firewalk Studios | Oxford comma enthusiast | baseball nut | son of Detroit | DMs Open
I hadn’t posted in over a year until two days ago, and that was to tell people this was going to happen and follow me on other platforms.
Posting this here for when some spambot inevitably snipes the screenname.
I know I can sometimes be hyperbolic on this here World Wide Web and all but whoever at Slack decided to make their "Slack AI" Trial Button look like a message notification needs to be slathered in honey and dangled above a mound of fire ants.
One reason why I skipped out on Summer Game Fest was because I was feeling awful. I guess my body REALLY wanted to drive that point home as I woke up at 3am to spit up blood for 20 minutes.
Spent the day having photos of my innards taken. Learned I wasn’t dying; didn’t learn what’s actually wrong.
Me: "I reckon I need a new motorcycle jacket."
Website: "How about one that will let you HIDE YOUR GUNS?!"
Me: "...I don't ride with... what?"
Website: "You can conceal your GUNS while you ride your CHOPPER with your BOYS."
Me: "What? I'm not in a biker gang, I just hate LA traffic."
Website:
I am not particularly big on the "Ubisoft Game Loop" but even I have to admit that Star Wars Outlaws looks pretty damn cool.
That said: when this shit dies, I will dance on its grave. It's hardly the most egregious pre-order scheme Ubi has done (remember Assassin's Creed Odyssey?) but... I'm tired.
The disingenuous framing of an hour-long talk about the oft-tricky process of collaboration between level design and quest/narrative design, is a big part of why…
A.) I don’t do many talks/panels anymore
and
B.) I am hyper-selective with the members of the press who I choose to engage with
Hiding in the shade at the Yerba Buena Gardens, because despite the fact that I live in LA, my Michigan blood still means that the sun is my natural enemy.
You’re right, of course, but I couldn’t help but snicker at this bit, only because it perfectly captures Mark’s singular skill: to take credit for other people’s work.
