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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · Mar 24

Hi new folks! 👋 I’m Emma, i work at Firaxis and wrote on Civilization 7 and Marvel’s Midnight Suns. I wrote the award nominated indie game Hindsight and have a few accolades myself, including Forbes 30u30, Future Class, BAFTA connect (and now hosting lol)

I still make stuff here: emmkid.itch.io ✨

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 1h

fellas is it DEI if i'm uncomfortable when everything isn't about me

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 17h

Classic Steam forums

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 3h

going home 🤠
to america 😔

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 6h

really disappointing to see game devs so close to home trying to justify using genAI. maryland doesn't have a lot of studios and the scene is small, so we notice. shit sucks!!

AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 7h

A rep for Sackbird Studios tells me the team's logo was hand drawn by a human artist.

Some elements of the website did use AI and were later touched up.

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 22d

Updated my website to reflect my status as a highly employable writer ooooooh you feel compelled to look www.emmkid.info 🪄

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 12h

Collectors! Store owners! Hoarders! Help us out! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is looking to source copies of this 1985 NES pack-in poster for fundraising reasons, and we need them asap. We already cleaned out eBay. Note that they need to be the ones that say copyright 1985, as pictured! Can pay!

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 7h

💕💕

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 7h

big fan of !!

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 16h

plastic beach is one of my favorite albums so this is promising!

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 16h

shibuya said free palestine and i couldn't agree more 🍉

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 18h

If you only read one story today, make it @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's breakdown of the Saudi-backed EA buyout, which includes thoughts from multiple business analysts and experts who explain what the $55B deal could mean for EA workers, its video games, and the wider industry.

Essential reading.

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 18h

'Gaming is the new oil:' How the EA buyout 'diverges from the traditional playbook'

Analysts explain how the high-risk leveraged buyout will impact Electronic Arts and the video game industry.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 23h

have the best time being offline and in love 🥰

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 23h

agreed!!

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 1d

gone, just like media literacy and reading comprehension 😔

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 1d

the team did a great job and i'm lucky to share even a small fraction of that credit 💕

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 1d

didn't get the gamecube in my blind box, thanks mr nintendo 😔

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 2d

This is one of the last workspaces still functioning in all of Gaza, and it’s in the north where the IOF is focusing its ground invasion. And the kids are still coming for their exams, and the team is still helping them—to ground their community in the land and resist ethnic cleansing. Join in.

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 2d

I don’t care about being correct. If you care about digital rights, this is a volunteer-run tech space supporting dozens of kids for their exams this week. In Gaza City. Which is being invaded.

They rely on us to cover fuel costs for their generator. Chip in: chuffed.org/project/spark-space-gaza

🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!

In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken in...

chuffed.org

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René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 2d

oh my god

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 2d

she really went "no i remember the cliff notes version (that's still wrong)" 😩

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 2d

hideo kojima ass bread

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 2d

enjoy 4!!

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 2d

i was reading the lyrics to the song and going ???? ?!!!!!!

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 2d

not to be sappy on main but i'm constantly amazed by how yall show up for me. i love games and i love the people who make up this industry!! weirdos (endearing)

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 2d

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 2d

Boosting again, please share! Still looking for writing work-- full time or contract, i'm incredibly adaptable and eager to learn and grow ✍️

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info

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