M. Ryder
@wanderways.bsky.social
Just the letter.
Wizard of the Coast; Product Manager & Content Design on MTG Arena | prev. Narrative on Eternal CCG | They/Them✨🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
⚠️ Posts are my own (good) opinions & may contain strong language or suggestive content.
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M. Ryder
@wanderways.bsky.social
· Oct 17
We doin’ pinned posts now? Cool.
What’s up, I’m M.
Yes, just the letter.
Gamedev, writer, worldbuilder, queer, trans, hilarious, anxious, tired; not always in that order.
I post abt game design, narrative, Magic: the Gathering, cooking, my cat & any stupid joke that pinballs across my brain.
What’s up, I’m M.
Yes, just the letter.
Gamedev, writer, worldbuilder, queer, trans, hilarious, anxious, tired; not always in that order.
I post abt game design, narrative, Magic: the Gathering, cooking, my cat & any stupid joke that pinballs across my brain.
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uncharted waters
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
uncharted waters
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When you have to name 9 swords before content lock
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
When you have to name 9 swords before content lock
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If you've been impacted by the games industry layoffs, please understand that this is not normal. Something has been different since 2022. Its not you, its impacted tens of thousands of people. If you feel alone, DM me or look to community. Talking to others who've been through it helps a TON.
December 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
If you've been impacted by the games industry layoffs, please understand that this is not normal. Something has been different since 2022. Its not you, its impacted tens of thousands of people. If you feel alone, DM me or look to community. Talking to others who've been through it helps a TON.
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in this house we cherish the holiday classics 🎄
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
in this house we cherish the holiday classics 🎄
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hey man, you ok? you've barely hugged your wire mother
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
hey man, you ok? you've barely hugged your wire mother
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
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I know the competition is tight but RFK Jr really is the most evil and utterly fucking despicable
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I know the competition is tight but RFK Jr really is the most evil and utterly fucking despicable
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OH SHIT
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
OH SHIT
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1000xRESIST shows what the medium can be when we let Theater Sickos take the wheel away from the Movie Perverts for a moment, and it is a future I am desperate to explore more
December 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
1000xRESIST shows what the medium can be when we let Theater Sickos take the wheel away from the Movie Perverts for a moment, and it is a future I am desperate to explore more
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This is dead serious, do not do this. It opens up a ton of liability and actively decreases the likelihood (or fully eliminates) that what you want or hope to happen will happen.
PSA: Please do not send me or my colleagues your story ideas for the game we're actively working on. Especially do not send us your long, detailed manifesto about what changes we should make and your ideas for improving the story. We can't read it. We won't read it. Don't do it!
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is dead serious, do not do this. It opens up a ton of liability and actively decreases the likelihood (or fully eliminates) that what you want or hope to happen will happen.
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PSA: Please do not send me or my colleagues your story ideas for the game we're actively working on. Especially do not send us your long, detailed manifesto about what changes we should make and your ideas for improving the story. We can't read it. We won't read it. Don't do it!
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
PSA: Please do not send me or my colleagues your story ideas for the game we're actively working on. Especially do not send us your long, detailed manifesto about what changes we should make and your ideas for improving the story. We can't read it. We won't read it. Don't do it!
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re: will stancil having another meltdown: one of the cornerstone ideas of lib brain is that econometrics can never be wrong and if people seem to self-report a different experience from what a frictionless cow in some macro model is "supposed" to see, people must be wrong
December 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
re: will stancil having another meltdown: one of the cornerstone ideas of lib brain is that econometrics can never be wrong and if people seem to self-report a different experience from what a frictionless cow in some macro model is "supposed" to see, people must be wrong
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Interviewed several musicians and venue operators about the precarious state of the Seattle music scene for @thestranger.com .
www.thestranger.com/music/2025/1...
www.thestranger.com/music/2025/1...
Smaller Venues Keep Closing Even Though They're Vital to Our City's Nightlife
Music venue operators still booking live music and DJs are miracle workers. So many factors are working against them. The cost of everything is rising and music aficionados' wages mostly aren't keepin...
www.thestranger.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Interviewed several musicians and venue operators about the precarious state of the Seattle music scene for @thestranger.com .
www.thestranger.com/music/2025/1...
www.thestranger.com/music/2025/1...
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The way people talk about game narrative is like if game artists constantly had to fend off people arguing that they should stop using the color green
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The way people talk about game narrative is like if game artists constantly had to fend off people arguing that they should stop using the color green
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Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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time to boycott Fortnite on top of everything else!
spend that Fortnite skins cash on your local trans charity instead, just to spite Joanne
spend that Fortnite skins cash on your local trans charity instead, just to spite Joanne
"Rowling will undoubtedly receive substantial royalties from the Fortnite skins… That money will likely be funneled into her hate campaign against trans people.
"… over a third of… funding for the [U.K.] case came directly from Rowling…"
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/fort...
"… over a third of… funding for the [U.K.] case came directly from Rowling…"
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/fort...
Fortnite dragged for collaborating with JK Rowling after canceling Pride celebration - LGBTQ Nation
An upcoming Harry Potter x Fortnite collab got leaked.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
time to boycott Fortnite on top of everything else!
spend that Fortnite skins cash on your local trans charity instead, just to spite Joanne
spend that Fortnite skins cash on your local trans charity instead, just to spite Joanne
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Never forget the entire anti-trans hype machine is built on lies. It's not "cruel truths" or "two sides." It is blatant, deliberately cruel lies.
They are liars.
Never give them the benefit of the doubt, because they are proven, deliberate, malicious liars.
They are liars.
Never give them the benefit of the doubt, because they are proven, deliberate, malicious liars.
every politician who attempts to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth is anti-science, transphobic, or some combination. prior to their votes, they should be forced onto cross-sex hormones so they can experience the horror they're inflicting on these kids
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation…
NOTE: this essay is a 15 minute read. If it’s listed as longer than that, it’s because it contains a list of over 100 references at the…
juliaserano.medium.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Never forget the entire anti-trans hype machine is built on lies. It's not "cruel truths" or "two sides." It is blatant, deliberately cruel lies.
They are liars.
Never give them the benefit of the doubt, because they are proven, deliberate, malicious liars.
They are liars.
Never give them the benefit of the doubt, because they are proven, deliberate, malicious liars.
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ICE whistles work.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE whistles work.
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the source problem with what feels like the majority of things in America is: there's a nontrivial percentage of people who are obsessively aggrieved with things to the point of mental illness, they have nothing going on in their lives and no community that would moderate their behavior at all
It was a perfect viral moment, a 5 second video snippet that appeared to tell an entire story. Then the country got way, way, way too invested.
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the source problem with what feels like the majority of things in America is: there's a nontrivial percentage of people who are obsessively aggrieved with things to the point of mental illness, they have nothing going on in their lives and no community that would moderate their behavior at all
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// ROOK IS OPERATIONAL
Clip from Closed Technical Test. Player-applied voice modification is not an in-game feature of Marathon.
Clip from Closed Technical Test. Player-applied voice modification is not an in-game feature of Marathon.
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
// ROOK IS OPERATIONAL
Clip from Closed Technical Test. Player-applied voice modification is not an in-game feature of Marathon.
Clip from Closed Technical Test. Player-applied voice modification is not an in-game feature of Marathon.
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I do want to clarify your ideas don't need to be deep and profound.
"This elf is a badass archer." is an idea. The challenge is how do you show your audience. This could be anything from a stick figure to a hyper realism. I used to say no wrong answers, but now, only one wrong answer. (GenAI)
"This elf is a badass archer." is an idea. The challenge is how do you show your audience. This could be anything from a stick figure to a hyper realism. I used to say no wrong answers, but now, only one wrong answer. (GenAI)
The very first lecture I had at art school, told us that we weren't there to learn to make beautiful images. We were there to learn to communicate ideas. (That could sometimes be beautiful but also not.)
If we wanted to make "soulless beauty" we were pointed to the door.
This was 20 years ago.
If we wanted to make "soulless beauty" we were pointed to the door.
This was 20 years ago.
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I do want to clarify your ideas don't need to be deep and profound.
"This elf is a badass archer." is an idea. The challenge is how do you show your audience. This could be anything from a stick figure to a hyper realism. I used to say no wrong answers, but now, only one wrong answer. (GenAI)
"This elf is a badass archer." is an idea. The challenge is how do you show your audience. This could be anything from a stick figure to a hyper realism. I used to say no wrong answers, but now, only one wrong answer. (GenAI)