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@stormwaltz.net
Game writer, Outer Worlds 1, Mass Effect 1&2, EverSpace 2, Aliens: Fireteam, Dawngate, Asheron's Call, Elder Scrolls Online, Magic: the Gathering
Known elsewhen as Stormwaltz. A fairly terrible person trying to do the least harm. He/Him, masks, dysthymia.
Known elsewhen as Stormwaltz. A fairly terrible person trying to do the least harm. He/Him, masks, dysthymia.
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@stormwaltz.net
· May 12
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I mostly like and recirculate posts here. I never discuss my current work, and only rarely my previous work. (The specifics are mostly NDA'd, and the generalities you can get from less socially-anxious game writers.)
My personal grumbling is (mostly) confined to Mastodon.
I mostly like and recirculate posts here. I never discuss my current work, and only rarely my previous work. (The specifics are mostly NDA'd, and the generalities you can get from less socially-anxious game writers.)
My personal grumbling is (mostly) confined to Mastodon.
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Aerial view from a U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariner of Crossroads Baker atomic test, less than one second after detonation. USS Saratoga can be seen in the center, IJN Nagato on the opposite side of the blast. 25 July 1946.
February 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Aerial view from a U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariner of Crossroads Baker atomic test, less than one second after detonation. USS Saratoga can be seen in the center, IJN Nagato on the opposite side of the blast. 25 July 1946.
Oh, the "delete post" button is another thing that doesn't work anymore on bsky Firefox?
Good to know, I guess.
Good to know, I guess.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Oh, the "delete post" button is another thing that doesn't work anymore on bsky Firefox?
Good to know, I guess.
Good to know, I guess.
Bank of America charged me a USD $1.16 "international transaction fee" for donating $38.54 to a Canadian charity.
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Bank of America charged me a USD $1.16 "international transaction fee" for donating $38.54 to a Canadian charity.
If twentysomethings survived on gruel, out-of-touch Boomers would STILL begrudge it as a luxury.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
If twentysomethings survived on gruel, out-of-touch Boomers would STILL begrudge it as a luxury.
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Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
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The winner of tonight's battle for the #fluffyFort is...
February 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The winner of tonight's battle for the #fluffyFort is...
I would absofreakinglutely listen to that.
Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
February 10, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I would absofreakinglutely listen to that.
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New page! howtobeawerewolf.com Hey mom and dad, could you just ignore my existence, please? #howtobeawerewolf
February 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
New page! howtobeawerewolf.com Hey mom and dad, could you just ignore my existence, please? #howtobeawerewolf
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Exactly how I feel about mangoes.
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Exactly how I feel about mangoes.
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
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“Why is AI helping me write a song or tell a story? Send some shit through a black hole; do something that we can’t do. Or dig a ditch; do the shit we don’t want to do. Why is it coming after the stuff that we essentially need to do to be human beings?”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Gore Verbinski Sounds Off on AI as He Launches ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ filmmaker is back after nearly a decade, and is ready to skewer how technology has taken over our lives (even more) in that time: “Why is AI helping me write a song or t...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“Why is AI helping me write a song or tell a story? Send some shit through a black hole; do something that we can’t do. Or dig a ditch; do the shit we don’t want to do. Why is it coming after the stuff that we essentially need to do to be human beings?”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
Age verification: used a rotary phone on a landline as a teenager.
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Age verification: used a rotary phone on a landline as a teenager.
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Another useful guide from your friends at Buckinghamshire Archives
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Another useful guide from your friends at Buckinghamshire Archives
Absolutely sounds like the dialogue of a science fiction film AI, right before it shoves the astronaut out the airlock.
February 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Absolutely sounds like the dialogue of a science fiction film AI, right before it shoves the astronaut out the airlock.
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There was a #StarTrekProdigy Art Book in the works. I was going to co-write it.
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
That said, if they don't release a #StarTrekProdigy art book it will be a literal crime.
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
There was a #StarTrekProdigy Art Book in the works. I was going to co-write it.
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
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"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
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Afrofuturist heist game Relooted is now available!
It is a South African game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums, as the end of the 21st century approaches.
It's a subject that has fascinated me for a long time, so it's nice to cover it in a video game.👌
It is a South African game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums, as the end of the 21st century approaches.
It's a subject that has fascinated me for a long time, so it's nice to cover it in a video game.👌
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Afrofuturist heist game Relooted is now available!
It is a South African game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums, as the end of the 21st century approaches.
It's a subject that has fascinated me for a long time, so it's nice to cover it in a video game.👌
It is a South African game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums, as the end of the 21st century approaches.
It's a subject that has fascinated me for a long time, so it's nice to cover it in a video game.👌
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.