Greg R. Buchanan
@gregbuchananwriter.com
Bestselling Novelist. Writer of award-winning video games & TTRPGs | NO MAN'S SKY | SIXTEEN HORSES | DARK SOULS: EYES OF DEATH | Creative Text on MAGIC: THE GATHERING
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Greg R. Buchanan
@gregbuchananwriter.com
· Dec 12
At a AAA games company, I asked for feedback on my work so far, and I was told "you have as many bad ideas as you have good ideas, but you have them so quickly that you have more good ideas than most"
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I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
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In case you missed it: inkle's next game will be out in less than two weeks.
If our account disappears between then and now, this trailer is why.
If our account disappears between then and now, this trailer is why.
🚨⚠️ Release Date Disclosure! ⚠️🚨
TRAILER: VIDEO EVIDENCE, see below. Please watch, assimilate and share.
DESIGNATION: TR-49
GENRE: NARRATIVE DEDUCTION / AUDIO_DRAMA
DATE: 21st JANUARY
PLATFORMS: iOS / PC / Mac / Deck
This is what we know, so far.
TRAILER: VIDEO EVIDENCE, see below. Please watch, assimilate and share.
DESIGNATION: TR-49
GENRE: NARRATIVE DEDUCTION / AUDIO_DRAMA
DATE: 21st JANUARY
PLATFORMS: iOS / PC / Mac / Deck
This is what we know, so far.
TR-49 - Official Trailer
YouTube video by inkleStudios
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January 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
In case you missed it: inkle's next game will be out in less than two weeks.
If our account disappears between then and now, this trailer is why.
If our account disappears between then and now, this trailer is why.
I had an incredibly wholesome Elden Ring event today where, after a long duel with an invader where I was out of health potions, I ran a bit, bowed, then sat down to await my fate. The enemy approached, stood there for a moment, dropped a bunch of items, bowed, and left my world, leaving me alive.
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
I had an incredibly wholesome Elden Ring event today where, after a long duel with an invader where I was out of health potions, I ran a bit, bowed, then sat down to await my fate. The enemy approached, stood there for a moment, dropped a bunch of items, bowed, and left my world, leaving me alive.
In a game writing sense — the over-careers-ifying of craft improvement. Small samples for things that aren’t actually implemented or thought through in relation to fuller games — it’s fine initial practice, but beyond not being as useful or competitive, why not make something real? It feels joyless
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
In a game writing sense — the over-careers-ifying of craft improvement. Small samples for things that aren’t actually implemented or thought through in relation to fuller games — it’s fine initial practice, but beyond not being as useful or competitive, why not make something real? It feels joyless
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The phone is for making posts like "the ass is the father of the legs" whereas the computer is for posts that include words like "inexorably"
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The phone is for making posts like "the ass is the father of the legs" whereas the computer is for posts that include words like "inexorably"
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My neighbor has been on a 5-year squirrel eradication mission (he traps them, puts them in his car, and drives them to the lake). His children and the other neighborhood children are outraged, all of a sudden. There are signs. They picketed his front yard this weekend.
January 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
My neighbor has been on a 5-year squirrel eradication mission (he traps them, puts them in his car, and drives them to the lake). His children and the other neighborhood children are outraged, all of a sudden. There are signs. They picketed his front yard this weekend.
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Reposted by Greg R. Buchanan
"If you work for (X) game company it's your moral duty to quit" hey so idk if you've seen the game dev job market lately...
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
"If you work for (X) game company it's your moral duty to quit" hey so idk if you've seen the game dev job market lately...
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If you want to make your own game in 2026, consider joining my game writing workshop (starting February) -- three months with a group of both aspiring/pro writers, live playtests, weekly video calls, & a focus on craft and challenging ourselves.
More info at -> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses
More info at -> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses
Greg R. Buchanan
Bestselling Novelist and Writer for BAFTA award-winning games
www.gregbuchanangames.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
If you want to make your own game in 2026, consider joining my game writing workshop (starting February) -- three months with a group of both aspiring/pro writers, live playtests, weekly video calls, & a focus on craft and challenging ourselves.
More info at -> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses
More info at -> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses
Protip: Microsoft Office the-non-subscription-version is quite affordable to purchase keys for from a bunch of places - my 2021 copy is still going strong. You don’t have to subscribe to however they’re changing it.
Remarkable to me how only Google has come close to matching it
Remarkable to me how only Google has come close to matching it
January 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Protip: Microsoft Office the-non-subscription-version is quite affordable to purchase keys for from a bunch of places - my 2021 copy is still going strong. You don’t have to subscribe to however they’re changing it.
Remarkable to me how only Google has come close to matching it
Remarkable to me how only Google has come close to matching it
I have managed to fix the boiler twice now -by myself-
a close up of a man 's face with the words he is the one
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words he is the one
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I have managed to fix the boiler twice now -by myself-
We got through to our first Night Lord but started the fight a bit earlier than we needed to, from what I can tell. Really good game and fun to play a soulslike with such speed
Got ELDEN RING: NIGHTREIGN setup with the seamless coop mod for playing with three others. Lots of fun so far
January 4, 2026 at 1:17 PM
We got through to our first Night Lord but started the fight a bit earlier than we needed to, from what I can tell. Really good game and fun to play a soulslike with such speed
Got ELDEN RING: NIGHTREIGN setup with the seamless coop mod for playing with three others. Lots of fun so far
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Got ELDEN RING: NIGHTREIGN setup with the seamless coop mod for playing with three others. Lots of fun so far
If you want to make your own game in 2026, consider joining my game writing workshop (starting February) -- three months with a group of both aspiring/pro writers, live playtests, weekly video calls, & a focus on craft and challenging ourselves.
More info at -> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses
More info at -> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses
Greg R. Buchanan
Bestselling Novelist and Writer for BAFTA award-winning games
www.gregbuchanangames.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
If you want to make your own game in 2026, consider joining my game writing workshop (starting February) -- three months with a group of both aspiring/pro writers, live playtests, weekly video calls, & a focus on craft and challenging ourselves.
More info at -> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses
More info at -> www.gregbuchanangames.com/courses
Playing the FMV game DEAD RESET with friends -- so much fun. I love Wales Interactive having this niche
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Playing the FMV game DEAD RESET with friends -- so much fun. I love Wales Interactive having this niche
Omg 😦 I loved this and forgot it existed
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Omg 😦 I loved this and forgot it existed
I’m really enjoying reading physical books this Christmas - I’d gotten into a run of reading ebooks mostly for a while (faster to get for research and I’d recently downsized my library). Good fun!
December 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’m really enjoying reading physical books this Christmas - I’d gotten into a run of reading ebooks mostly for a while (faster to get for research and I’d recently downsized my library). Good fun!
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Reposted by Greg R. Buchanan
Playing Samsara was what made us approach Meghna for 80 Days. Wonderful thing.
Storynexus is shutting down soon and Josh is doing heroic work preserving Samsara - my game of courtly intrigue, opium-fuelled poetry and dream-walking set in Bengal in 1757, at the dawn of the British Raj. You can play along + even vote on options!
For a little preservation effort, EJ is doing a commented playthrough of Yoon Ha Lee's Winterstrike, and I've started one for @meghna.bsky.social's Samsara:
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#InteractiveFiction
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#InteractiveFiction
December 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Playing Samsara was what made us approach Meghna for 80 Days. Wonderful thing.
I’ve decided that somehow, the world of Vince Gilligan’s PLURIBUS eventually becomes the world of Pixar’s CARS. There will be no further questions at this time
December 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I’ve decided that somehow, the world of Vince Gilligan’s PLURIBUS eventually becomes the world of Pixar’s CARS. There will be no further questions at this time
Indeed!
(Most recent loved thing: the tv show Pluribus)
(Most recent loved thing: the tv show Pluribus)
A reminder for 2026:
in a time where internet algorithms are being trained on anger, & politicians & media outlets are learning how to capitalise on fear & hatred, the most radical thing you can do in public is SHARE MOMENTS OF JOY.
Share what you love as much as possible. Let gratitude be fire.
in a time where internet algorithms are being trained on anger, & politicians & media outlets are learning how to capitalise on fear & hatred, the most radical thing you can do in public is SHARE MOMENTS OF JOY.
Share what you love as much as possible. Let gratitude be fire.
December 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Indeed!
(Most recent loved thing: the tv show Pluribus)
(Most recent loved thing: the tv show Pluribus)
It's so hard to know when something is Done in writing. So much is affected in our judgement by daily mood/taste that it can be hard to tell legitimate causes for alteration from panic or being overhabituated to how things look on the page. I'd advise everyone to keep multiple drafts to check back!
Reaching the age-old question: at what point is an MS finished?
I'm a terrible tidge-monster (comes with years and years of professional copywriting/editing), and, if left to my own devices, will go back and back and BACK over a manuscript, obsessing about the tiniest things.
I don't want...
I'm a terrible tidge-monster (comes with years and years of professional copywriting/editing), and, if left to my own devices, will go back and back and BACK over a manuscript, obsessing about the tiniest things.
I don't want...
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It's so hard to know when something is Done in writing. So much is affected in our judgement by daily mood/taste that it can be hard to tell legitimate causes for alteration from panic or being overhabituated to how things look on the page. I'd advise everyone to keep multiple drafts to check back!
The War Between the Land and the Sea (BBC, 2025)
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The War Between the Land and the Sea (BBC, 2025)