Alex Puncekar
@alexpuncekar.bsky.social
Writes SFF and horror. Games writer. Assistant editor at @nightmare-magazine.com and reviewer at @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social.
Looking for work!
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Looking for work!
[email protected]
alexpuncekar.com
Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/alexpuncekar
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Alex Puncekar
@alexpuncekar.bsky.social
· Sep 17
After cleaning up the website a bit, I wanted to say: hi! I'm Alex Puncekar, a game writer based in Madison, WI. I'm looking for work! With over four years working on solo and team environments, I'd make a great addition to your project. You can find my website and portfolio here: alexpuncekar.com
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Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
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Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
cookie tables
Chicken Shawarma
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
cookie tables
oh no, my son is a gamer.
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
oh no, my son is a gamer.
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Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want (I'm cheating and giving you a paragraph).
This is Wyrd City. Go and Be Wyrd.
This is Wyrd City. Go and Be Wyrd.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want (I'm cheating and giving you a paragraph).
This is Wyrd City. Go and Be Wyrd.
This is Wyrd City. Go and Be Wyrd.
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I haven't really given the whole performative reading thing much thought but if you do happen to see me out there reading can you tell me how good and cool I look?
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I haven't really given the whole performative reading thing much thought but if you do happen to see me out there reading can you tell me how good and cool I look?
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i guess you can't spell arc raiders without AI 😔 this sucks and if you're a dev you should be speaking out about it!
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
i guess you can't spell arc raiders without AI 😔 this sucks and if you're a dev you should be speaking out about it!
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Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
Got to play this at #MDEV and it was so dope.
Excited to have a booth at MDEV this year showcasing my upcoming typing game Wordlock!
Be sure to wishlist it on Steam to stay updated and get alerted about the demo coming in the next few weeks.
store.steampowered.com/app/3584330
@wigamesalliance.bsky.social
@theredfriend.bsky.social
#MDEV2025
Be sure to wishlist it on Steam to stay updated and get alerted about the demo coming in the next few weeks.
store.steampowered.com/app/3584330
@wigamesalliance.bsky.social
@theredfriend.bsky.social
#MDEV2025
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Got to play this at #MDEV and it was so dope.
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Back on the market after, uh, quite a while, so I made a little portfolio site. Feeling like an actual grown up. Please have a look!
Nathan Long: Writer
Resume and Portfolio site for Nathan Long
nathanlongwriter.carrd.co
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Back on the market after, uh, quite a while, so I made a little portfolio site. Feeling like an actual grown up. Please have a look!
I've got another interview out! @stevewestenra.bsky.social talks to me about his upcoming novella THE BARBARIAN AT STAR'S END, which, like, look at that artwork. I know you wanna read it.
In which @stevewestenra.bsky.social gives intriguing answers to excellent questions from @alexpuncekar.bsky.social at @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social about his novella we're releasing next year, THE BARBARIAN AT STAR'S END!
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/interview-wi...
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/interview-wi...
INTERVIEW: with author Steve Hugh Westenra
We got a chance to speak with Steve Hugh Westenra about their upcoming sword & sorcery novella The Barbarian at Dream’s End. We talk about the sword & sorcery genre, He-Man, and the funding campaign b...
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I've got another interview out! @stevewestenra.bsky.social talks to me about his upcoming novella THE BARBARIAN AT STAR'S END, which, like, look at that artwork. I know you wanna read it.
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I didn‘t forget, I just have a lot on my mind!
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I didn‘t forget, I just have a lot on my mind!
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
I have TWO interviews out today, both from incredible authors with amazing talent.
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I have TWO interviews out today, both from incredible authors with amazing talent.
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Yup, autochecked for me, even tho I unpinned and have every gemini setting I possibly can turned off. Absolute fuckheads
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Yup, autochecked for me, even tho I unpinned and have every gemini setting I possibly can turned off. Absolute fuckheads
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“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Fuck AI”
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
— Guillermo del Toro
🎥 Vanity Fair
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The shorter games with worse graphics made by less people discourse is starting again and the nuance lost in this conversation is: we absolutely CAN make big, hyper-realistic games, sustainably. The problem -- and the money drain -- is executive pay, leadership overreach, mismanagement, and whims.
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The shorter games with worse graphics made by less people discourse is starting again and the nuance lost in this conversation is: we absolutely CAN make big, hyper-realistic games, sustainably. The problem -- and the money drain -- is executive pay, leadership overreach, mismanagement, and whims.
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Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, all coming for you this fall.
Thank you, @megelison.bsky.social for the kind words!
More info below
Thank you, @megelison.bsky.social for the kind words!
More info below
October 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, all coming for you this fall.
Thank you, @megelison.bsky.social for the kind words!
More info below
Thank you, @megelison.bsky.social for the kind words!
More info below