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Dansky Macabre
@rdansky.bsky.social
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Narrative expert for video games and writer of fiction and TTRPGs. Author of THE VIDEO GAME WRITER’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING AN INDUSTRY THAT HATES YOU. Former Ubisoft & Crytek & Romero narrative director. Lover of scotch, books, Sasquatches, and cats.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 21h
Going to be playtesting the new, slimmed-down version of my card game Squatches and Scotches today. The redesign is courtesy of a collaboration with my co-designer, Ellen, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays!
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The Player-Shaped Hole (@ayshaufarah.bsky.social @geoffgander.bsky.social & Kim McCarthy)
Coined by @rdansky.bsky.social it refers to writing a narrative inclusive of player agency, rather trad novel or script. Must there always be a player-shaped hole? How can this be adapted to other forms?
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
Did I post this?

I'm pretty sure I didn't post this.

You're welcome :-)

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Crafting Horror in Games: A Guide to Narrative Techniques | Richard Dansky posted on the topic | LinkedIn
It's October, so let's talk about narrative and horror games. Games are particularly suited for horror because the whole point of horror is to put the player in a space where they can address a real-...
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
Going to be doing super secret narrative things tomorrow and Saturday.

If You Know, You Know.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
No, that was the reading back on October 2.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
So, next weekend, this is a thing....
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
Just signed the contract for a little bit of super secret freelance work. Looking forward to getting back in the saddle!
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 3d
Things I did not see at the Steven Wilson show tonight:

People talking over the music
Cell phones
Someone in the front row trying to engage the performer in personal conversation.

Thing I did see:

An amazing concert performed by incredible musicians. Probably a top 10 all time show for me.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 3d
Off to go see Steven Wilson, which is basically like entering the prog rock multiverse to go watch Loki play guitar.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 3d
....yours weren't nose hairs....
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 3d
My calendar for the rest of the month is, frankly, terrifying.
Which makes sense, me being a horror writer and all and it being October.
But still...
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 3d
The tracks, they were fine with. The nose hair samples, however....
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 4d
Finished a rewrite on an older novel manuscript tonight, then ritually intoned the words "Fuck you, Annie Dillard."

Gotta admit, it felt good.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 4d
Yeah, got accused by multiple folks of faking a collector's item, which, needless to say, I have neither the time, the interest, or the expertise to do.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 4d
Always thrilled when complete strangers accuse me of perpetrating a fraud for the sake of a couple of bucks.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 4d
A true story of the Paris Catacombs for spooky season...

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Dude Stole A Femur | Richard Dansky
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
I would like to thank my niece Paige for imparting to me the secret wisdom of the Ninja Creami ice cream maker in my kitchen, which has mocked me for so very long.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
And who could forget MegaFoot?

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Megafoot: Part Cyborg, Part Bigfoot...All Terror! (Promo #2)
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
Real Bigfoots are smart enough to want nothing to do with people (unless you believe David Paulides, which is a bad idea.)

Movie Bigfoots, on the other hand...

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Willow Creek Official Trailer 2 (2013) - Horror Movie HD
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
And the dinosaurs largely get blown up or eaten or shot or covered in lava.

I'm thinking Bigfoot is way smarter.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
Bigfoot frankly has better narrative logic than those movies do.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
Honestly, I could do with less convoluted nonsense around the dino snacking. "So they swam off the island which was an entirely different island but now there's a giant herd of an entirely different species in Canada and...."

*sigh*
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
I'd argue they've basically become figure skating competitions - the audience is there to watch for creativity and degree of technical difficulty.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
I think at this point we can all agree the Jurassic Park movies are just big budget slasher films where the whole point is watching people get creatively eaten.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
It's about removing plausible deniability....
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