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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 2h

Ooh, weirdly I only died twice on the path to the good ending. Loved playing this, thanks for making it!

I abused the Substack links system to make an interactive thing recently too (it only works in a browser like Chrome, not the Substack app) : matahaggisburridge.substack.com/p/interactiv...

Interactive story! You Are A Wolf

Choose your own path through the story

matahaggisburridge.substack.com

Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 23h

Free online event about video game narrative <3

Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 2d

Shaping your game narrative - 15 October

Join our expert panel of games writers/narrative designers for this free online series of talks + Q&A, sponsored by @articydraft.bsky.social

Non-members welcome too!

Find out more + register:

forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Photo of the speakers from left to right: Kim MacAskill, Will Aryitey, George Lockett, Rose Behar and chair Ben Sabin

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is giving a thumbs up and saying `` exactly '' .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is giving a thumbs up and saying `` exactly '' .

media.tenor.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 1d

When my Microsoft authenticator gives me the code '69', I always imagine it asked me what number it was thinking of in the voice of a young Keanu Reeves.

Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 1d

*looks around*

It might have worked, just not how we expected.

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 7d

September 30 October 1

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 7d

I had that done the old way with flames, so perhaps my results were less extreme. As long as you're okay, that's good, I was just a bit worried.

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 7d

If these are the Chinese cups, then that doesn't look right. They leave red rings for a while, but not giant hickeys. Maybe I'm wrong, but are you sure this person is good?

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 7d

I didn't understand that post particularly, but recognised the deep jeans lore and knew it was legit WG.

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 9d

Fun fact: One of EA's new owners, Affinity Partners (investment group founded by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner) has a similar logo to fictional Templar-run evil Assassin's Creed gaming company Abstergo Entertainment

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 10d

THE MEME IS REAL

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 9d

With the style of film, it could be deliberate 🤷 it gave us plenty of chuckles, sounds like you had a good time too.

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 9d

Enjoy!

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 10d

Mittens has been staring at the steak knives for three hours.

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 10d

It's when the AI bubble pops and governments start arguing it's all too important to fail and bailing out the companies, like happened with banks in 2008, that it'll get really interesting.

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rellac ಠ_ಠ @rellac.bsky.social · 11d

Waiting for Waiting for Godot.

Hudson Theater view from second row of balcony seating with a bottom inset playbill of Waiting for Godot with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 12d

Absolutely gorgeous!

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 12d

Book Cover of the Day:

Book cover of Le Petit Chaperon Rouge & Other Stories - Little Red Riding Hood & Other Stories. Had a dark green background with gold accents, depicts a scene from the fairy tale:
Little Red Riding Hood: She is shown sitting in the branches of a tree, wearing a pink hooded cape and a green dress, holding a basket filled with what appear to be berries or flowers.
Below the tree, a wolf is looking up towards Little Red Riding Hood.
A stylized golden sun or moon is visible in the upper left, and small pink flowers are scattered across the green background. The title "LE PETIT CHAPERON ROUGE & OTHER STORIES" is prominently displayed in gold lettering.

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 12d

Watched it last night - it's a lot of fun!

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 12d

I watched The VelociPastor last night. I can confirm it is exactly as expected: knowingly rubbish and very good fun.

I also admire the editing. With bad editing literally none of the jokes would have landed, but it's solid throughout and makes the film is fun and very watchable.

Rick Garrett @ricksrambles.bsky.social · 13d

This is a real movie.

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S.H. C🎃🎃per @pippinacious.bsky.social · 12d

Hey, guys, bad news. Just been to the void and it's closed to any new screams. Apparently it's overflowing so we've gotta find somewhere else to unburden ourselves into the ether. I might try the abyss next, but I hear if you scream long enough, it'll start screaming back, which, y'know, fair.

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 12d

1. Why are there ninjas?
2. Why would I care when it's got that title?

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Mata Haggis-Burridge @matahb.bsky.social · 12d

Blimey.

I'd love to pitch this to a literary agent these days! 🤣

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divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 13d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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