Lis
@thewritegame.bsky.social
Creative Lead: Disney/20th Century Games. Working on cool stuff like Alien, Predator, etc. Fmr Senior Game Writer, Narrative Designer
Opinions are mine. she/her
https://www.thewritegame.com
Opinions are mine. she/her
https://www.thewritegame.com
Congratulations to all these teams! All these stories were such a joy to play.
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to all these teams! All these stories were such a joy to play.
Several people have died in ICE custody and because of ICE detention. Renee Goode’s murder is a crime everyone could plainly see but make no mistake, there are many families who will never see their father, mother, sibling, or parent again because of ICE.
January 8, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Several people have died in ICE custody and because of ICE detention. Renee Goode’s murder is a crime everyone could plainly see but make no mistake, there are many families who will never see their father, mother, sibling, or parent again because of ICE.
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10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good
at the site of her murder
at the site of her murder
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good
at the site of her murder
at the site of her murder
I was working for WB Avalanche on January 6th five years ago. I was home because of the pandemic, doing tasks while I played the certification of the vote live as background noise. And suddenly it wasn’t background noise anymore. Slack slowly went dead and I could only watch it happen in real time.
January 7, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I was working for WB Avalanche on January 6th five years ago. I was home because of the pandemic, doing tasks while I played the certification of the vote live as background noise. And suddenly it wasn’t background noise anymore. Slack slowly went dead and I could only watch it happen in real time.
The music is haunting, some of the shots are so exquisite they remind you of Rembrandt or Caravaggio, but it’s Seyfried’s performance as Ann Lee that I’ll be thinking about for a long long time.
See it in the 70mm if possible because gee whiz.
See it in the 70mm if possible because gee whiz.
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 AM
The music is haunting, some of the shots are so exquisite they remind you of Rembrandt or Caravaggio, but it’s Seyfried’s performance as Ann Lee that I’ll be thinking about for a long long time.
See it in the 70mm if possible because gee whiz.
See it in the 70mm if possible because gee whiz.
“I have no real patience for art that doesn’t believe in itself.”
Fantastic writing the whole way down.
Fantastic writing the whole way down.
I wrote about seeing Oedipus on Broadway and why the most monstrous thing that he does isn’t the killing his dad or marrying his mother thing but his demand to know the truth, regardless of the cost.
open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
Oedipus at Studio 54
On why Oedipus is worthy of the event
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 AM
“I have no real patience for art that doesn’t believe in itself.”
Fantastic writing the whole way down.
Fantastic writing the whole way down.
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Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor, a non-fiction multi-generational saga with threads of magical realism woven throughout. It covers the early 20th century, Mexico, California, war, immigration, lineage, and destiny. It was published in 1991 yet remains a vital story, esp in our current moment.
If I could read only one novel next year, what would you suggest?
December 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor, a non-fiction multi-generational saga with threads of magical realism woven throughout. It covers the early 20th century, Mexico, California, war, immigration, lineage, and destiny. It was published in 1991 yet remains a vital story, esp in our current moment.
This experience has reinforced to me that at times hostility aimed at the humanities comes from people needing to believe investing in them is a waste of time, energy, and effort. They need to affirm that their sacrifices for today’s notions of practicality are right.
Hey, if you’re in the game industry and have a literature degree, would you please comment?
We got a family friend over here who insists my having a career in games while holding a literature degree is a one-off aberration and per usual, I’m not letting it go.
We got a family friend over here who insists my having a career in games while holding a literature degree is a one-off aberration and per usual, I’m not letting it go.
December 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This experience has reinforced to me that at times hostility aimed at the humanities comes from people needing to believe investing in them is a waste of time, energy, and effort. They need to affirm that their sacrifices for today’s notions of practicality are right.
Hey, if you’re in the game industry and have a literature degree, would you please comment?
We got a family friend over here who insists my having a career in games while holding a literature degree is a one-off aberration and per usual, I’m not letting it go.
We got a family friend over here who insists my having a career in games while holding a literature degree is a one-off aberration and per usual, I’m not letting it go.
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hey, if you’re in the game industry and have a literature degree, would you please comment?
We got a family friend over here who insists my having a career in games while holding a literature degree is a one-off aberration and per usual, I’m not letting it go.
We got a family friend over here who insists my having a career in games while holding a literature degree is a one-off aberration and per usual, I’m not letting it go.
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Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment co-founder and the head of EA's Battlefield series, has died at age 55. gameinformer.com/2025/12/22/v...
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment co-founder and the head of EA's Battlefield series, has died at age 55. gameinformer.com/2025/12/22/v...
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Holy crap, the tweet is still up??
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Holy crap, the tweet is still up??
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In 2017, Last of Us director Bruce Straley quit Naughty Dog following the release of Uncharted 4. He has stayed out of the games spotlight ever since. Now for the first time since then, Straley told me why exactly he quit and how his new studio came together. www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...
8 years later, The Last of Us director explains why he left Naughty Dog
Bruce Straley's long-overdue exit interview
www.polygon.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In 2017, Last of Us director Bruce Straley quit Naughty Dog following the release of Uncharted 4. He has stayed out of the games spotlight ever since. Now for the first time since then, Straley told me why exactly he quit and how his new studio came together. www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...
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The people with the most creative freedom on AAA projects are senior ICs who’re assigned to own features of secondary importance with fewer dependencies and low oversight
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The people with the most creative freedom on AAA projects are senior ICs who’re assigned to own features of secondary importance with fewer dependencies and low oversight
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at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
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"This is a little bit of proof, that you shouldn't be afraid to dig deep into your own lived experiences and culture for video games." –– Remy Siu, #1000xRESIST creative director.
In this exclusive Peabody Conversation, Siu and actress Nhi Do reflect on what winning a Peabody means for #gaming.
In this exclusive Peabody Conversation, Siu and actress Nhi Do reflect on what winning a Peabody means for #gaming.
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"This is a little bit of proof, that you shouldn't be afraid to dig deep into your own lived experiences and culture for video games." –– Remy Siu, #1000xRESIST creative director.
In this exclusive Peabody Conversation, Siu and actress Nhi Do reflect on what winning a Peabody means for #gaming.
In this exclusive Peabody Conversation, Siu and actress Nhi Do reflect on what winning a Peabody means for #gaming.
I’ve only played a couple of Santa Ragione’s games but these former IGF narrative winners are doing work I deeply appreciate. I’ll be playing HORSES, and I hope you will too.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I’ve only played a couple of Santa Ragione’s games but these former IGF narrative winners are doing work I deeply appreciate. I’ll be playing HORSES, and I hope you will too.
inject it into my veins
We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
TR-49 on Steam
Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Heaven’s Vault, Overboard! and A Highland Song.
store.steampowered.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
inject it into my veins
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Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
I only know @burgerbecky.bsky.social by reputation but what an incredible reputation it is. Her contributions to the industry and RPGs more generally cannot be overstated. Please consider supporting her and her family.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I only know @burgerbecky.bsky.social by reputation but what an incredible reputation it is. Her contributions to the industry and RPGs more generally cannot be overstated. Please consider supporting her and her family.
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Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
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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
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Tower Dungeon (Tsutomu Nihei)
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Tower Dungeon (Tsutomu Nihei)
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Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul