Dan Johnson (hire me)
@coil.bsky.social
Schipperke owner @PNW
Game Systems Designer, dangerously unsupervised (prev Big Blue Sky Games, Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
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Game Systems Designer, dangerously unsupervised (prev Big Blue Sky Games, Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
Hire me!
#GameDev
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Dan Johnson (hire me)
@coil.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello newskies! I'm Dan, a game designer currently hailing from the Seattle area. I have lots of schipperkes, ADHD, and many (mostly crafty) hobbies in varying states of hyperfocus or neglect.
Favorite game: Journey
Color: Aqua
Album: Paul Simon - Graceland
Cocktail: Red Hook
Dinosaur: Amargasaurus
Favorite game: Journey
Color: Aqua
Album: Paul Simon - Graceland
Cocktail: Red Hook
Dinosaur: Amargasaurus
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Brennan Lee Mulligan
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Clickolding (2025)
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Clickolding (2025)
Sure but I'm built different (for certain technically correct definitions of "built")
"i just need to lock in" -man genetically incapable of locking in
February 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Sure but I'm built different (for certain technically correct definitions of "built")
My head canon is that the Dark Century in Star Trek is caused by a civilization-scale genAI brain curdling.
We spend the next 100y funneling every dime into tech advancement while the population dies or pickles in Ready Player One, then finally defeat capitalism [citation needed] and become Trek.
We spend the next 100y funneling every dime into tech advancement while the population dies or pickles in Ready Player One, then finally defeat capitalism [citation needed] and become Trek.
It's obviously bullshit and it's obviously meant to put the creative output of oppressed people onto a fragile medium that the powerful can toss into the void whenever they want, leaving behind a gaping cultural void *that was never actually possible* until now.
February 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
My head canon is that the Dark Century in Star Trek is caused by a civilization-scale genAI brain curdling.
We spend the next 100y funneling every dime into tech advancement while the population dies or pickles in Ready Player One, then finally defeat capitalism [citation needed] and become Trek.
We spend the next 100y funneling every dime into tech advancement while the population dies or pickles in Ready Player One, then finally defeat capitalism [citation needed] and become Trek.
Playful banter on main gets a little too hot for the mods
Deleted Rivalry
Deleted Rivalry
Two back yard composters fall in love over the fence
Fetid Rivalry
Fetid Rivalry
Two jewelry artists who run different Etsy shops secretly pine for each other.
Beaded Rivalry
Beaded Rivalry
February 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Playful banter on main gets a little too hot for the mods
Deleted Rivalry
Deleted Rivalry
When people have been overhead banging on the roof for the last six hours
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
When people have been overhead banging on the roof for the last six hours
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I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
You got Fortnite in my Nightreign in my Monster Hunter in my Horizon
WHAAAAAT
I AM HOLLERING, I AM HOOTING, YES, YEEESSSSSSSSS
HORIZON CO-OP MONSTER HUNTER FUCKING YESSSSSSSSS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jubg...
I AM HOLLERING, I AM HOOTING, YES, YEEESSSSSSSSS
HORIZON CO-OP MONSTER HUNTER FUCKING YESSSSSSSSS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jubg...
Horizon Hunters Gathering - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games
YouTube video by PlayStation
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
You got Fortnite in my Nightreign in my Monster Hunter in my Horizon
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WHAAAAAT
I AM HOLLERING, I AM HOOTING, YES, YEEESSSSSSSSS
HORIZON CO-OP MONSTER HUNTER FUCKING YESSSSSSSSS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jubg...
I AM HOLLERING, I AM HOOTING, YES, YEEESSSSSSSSS
HORIZON CO-OP MONSTER HUNTER FUCKING YESSSSSSSSS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jubg...
Horizon Hunters Gathering - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games
YouTube video by PlayStation
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
WHAAAAAT
I AM HOLLERING, I AM HOOTING, YES, YEEESSSSSSSSS
HORIZON CO-OP MONSTER HUNTER FUCKING YESSSSSSSSS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jubg...
I AM HOLLERING, I AM HOOTING, YES, YEEESSSSSSSSS
HORIZON CO-OP MONSTER HUNTER FUCKING YESSSSSSSSS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jubg...
Hey, everyone saying "this collection of essays on game writing includes dozens of amazing writers and narrative designers and also me!"
Stop talking about my extremely talented and capable friend/colleague/acquaintance/mutual like that. You kick ass or you wouldn't be in there.
Stop talking about my extremely talented and capable friend/colleague/acquaintance/mutual like that. You kick ass or you wouldn't be in there.
❄️ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors.
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
Sign up for news about the Game Writing Kaleidoscope
In early 2026 we’ll be publishing The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, a collection of over 100 short essays by game writers about writing.
Featuring some very famous names, some highly experienced free...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Hey, everyone saying "this collection of essays on game writing includes dozens of amazing writers and narrative designers and also me!"
Stop talking about my extremely talented and capable friend/colleague/acquaintance/mutual like that. You kick ass or you wouldn't be in there.
Stop talking about my extremely talented and capable friend/colleague/acquaintance/mutual like that. You kick ass or you wouldn't be in there.
Oh no, the ads are just going to be wall to wall genAI (and online gambling).
"The high-profile ads signal a departure from the industry’s previous marketing tone, which largely focused on soothing public anxiety about AI’s potential negative effects on jobs and human connection." www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Anthropic Takes Aim at OpenAI’s ChatGPT in Super Bowl Ad Debut
Chatbot wars are heating up, with Anthropic’s Claude highlighting the potential frustration of ads in ChatGPT.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Oh no, the ads are just going to be wall to wall genAI (and online gambling).
These two could negotiate themselves out of a free lunch.
"except in extraordinary and unusual circumstances" is a big enough loophole for a family of elephants to walk through. www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
Democrats Ease Up On 1 Of Their Biggest ICE Demands
Masks might still be OK in "extraordinary and unusual circumstances," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
www.huffpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:15 AM
These two could negotiate themselves out of a free lunch.
Tariffs? I'm betting tariffs.
Sure is screwing up the sofa we bought/ordered in November.
Sure is screwing up the sofa we bought/ordered in November.
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Tariffs? I'm betting tariffs.
Sure is screwing up the sofa we bought/ordered in November.
Sure is screwing up the sofa we bought/ordered in November.
Overwatch needs to start up a gene-hacking post-humanist faction pushing back against the android/robot advance.
Yeah that's right: Overwatch should go full furry.
Yeah that's right: Overwatch should go full furry.
February 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Overwatch needs to start up a gene-hacking post-humanist faction pushing back against the android/robot advance.
Yeah that's right: Overwatch should go full furry.
Yeah that's right: Overwatch should go full furry.
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blog post about how using ai shit makes you a scab
February 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
blog post about how using ai shit makes you a scab
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Read it and weep
WE TOLD YOU
ATODASO! I Fucking ATODASO!
WE TOLD YOU
ATODASO! I Fucking ATODASO!
"We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average"
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245
How AI Impacts Skill Formation
AI assistance produces significant productivity gains across professional domains, particularly for novice workers. Yet how this assistance affects the development of skills required to effectively su...
arxiv.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Read it and weep
WE TOLD YOU
ATODASO! I Fucking ATODASO!
WE TOLD YOU
ATODASO! I Fucking ATODASO!
The best to ever do it.
After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The best to ever do it.
We regret to inform you the juice has been banned
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
We regret to inform you the juice has been banned
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what society has lost is basic decency and, importantly, holding each other to expectations of it
people who make decisions like this should be shunned, no matter their class, wealth, network. people need to grow backbones.
people who make decisions like this should be shunned, no matter their class, wealth, network. people need to grow backbones.
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
what society has lost is basic decency and, importantly, holding each other to expectations of it
people who make decisions like this should be shunned, no matter their class, wealth, network. people need to grow backbones.
people who make decisions like this should be shunned, no matter their class, wealth, network. people need to grow backbones.
Wowwwww
Update: their PR manager wrote me back and said that my position on AI was wrong and called me unprofessional for commenting on the game development credentials (or lack thereof) of their board and CEO
February 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Wowwwww
Y'all I FROZE.
Then I fell off.
Then I fell off.
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Y'all I FROZE.
Then I fell off.
Then I fell off.
Imagine if a third of the US economy was being propped up by a paradigm that XKCD took to the cleaners TWENTY YEARS AGO.
xkcd.com/327/
Infosec has been segregating execution and data for decades, and genAI just looked at all that progress like Garfield looking at a "No Garfields" sign.
xkcd.com/327/
Infosec has been segregating execution and data for decades, and genAI just looked at all that progress like Garfield looking at a "No Garfields" sign.
February 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Imagine if a third of the US economy was being propped up by a paradigm that XKCD took to the cleaners TWENTY YEARS AGO.
xkcd.com/327/
Infosec has been segregating execution and data for decades, and genAI just looked at all that progress like Garfield looking at a "No Garfields" sign.
xkcd.com/327/
Infosec has been segregating execution and data for decades, and genAI just looked at all that progress like Garfield looking at a "No Garfields" sign.