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Dansky Macabre
@rdansky.bsky.social
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Narrative expert for video games and writer of fiction and TTRPGs. Author of THE VIDEO GAME WRITER’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING AN INDUSTRY THAT HATES YOU. Former Ubisoft & Crytek & Romero narrative director. Lover of scotch, books, Sasquatches, and cats.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2h
Things I did not see at the Steven Wilson show tonight:

People talking over the music
Cell phones
Someone in the front row trying to engage the performer in personal conversation.

Thing I did see:

An amazing concert performed by incredible musicians. Probably a top 10 all time show for me.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 7h
Off to go see Steven Wilson, which is basically like entering the prog rock multiverse to go watch Loki play guitar.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 11h
....yours weren't nose hairs....
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 15h
My calendar for the rest of the month is, frankly, terrifying.
Which makes sense, me being a horror writer and all and it being October.
But still...
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 15h
The tracks, they were fine with. The nose hair samples, however....
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 1d
Finished a rewrite on an older novel manuscript tonight, then ritually intoned the words "Fuck you, Annie Dillard."

Gotta admit, it felt good.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 1d
Yeah, got accused by multiple folks of faking a collector's item, which, needless to say, I have neither the time, the interest, or the expertise to do.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 1d
Always thrilled when complete strangers accuse me of perpetrating a fraud for the sake of a couple of bucks.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 1d
A true story of the Paris Catacombs for spooky season...

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Dude Stole A Femur | Richard Dansky
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
I would like to thank my niece Paige for imparting to me the secret wisdom of the Ninja Creami ice cream maker in my kitchen, which has mocked me for so very long.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
And who could forget MegaFoot?

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Megafoot: Part Cyborg, Part Bigfoot...All Terror! (Promo #2)
YouTube video by Megafoot Movie
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
Real Bigfoots are smart enough to want nothing to do with people (unless you believe David Paulides, which is a bad idea.)

Movie Bigfoots, on the other hand...

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Willow Creek Official Trailer 2 (2013) - Horror Movie HD
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
And the dinosaurs largely get blown up or eaten or shot or covered in lava.

I'm thinking Bigfoot is way smarter.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
Bigfoot frankly has better narrative logic than those movies do.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
Honestly, I could do with less convoluted nonsense around the dino snacking. "So they swam off the island which was an entirely different island but now there's a giant herd of an entirely different species in Canada and...."

*sigh*
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
I'd argue they've basically become figure skating competitions - the audience is there to watch for creativity and degree of technical difficulty.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
I think at this point we can all agree the Jurassic Park movies are just big budget slasher films where the whole point is watching people get creatively eaten.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 2d
It's about removing plausible deniability....
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 3d
So, who wants to see the video of me competing in the world's oldest and most prestigious Sasquatch Calling competition?
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 3d
Taking a few days off from the current WIP novel to take another run through another manuscript to spruce it up.

...I may have too many projects.
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 3d
The working titles were, in order, "Lot's Wife" and "McDonald's French Fries"....
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 3d
It's Sunday, which means it's time for a shameless book plug! Interested in being a writer for video games? Not sure what that actually means? Check out my ever-so-slightly-salty survival guide!

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The Video Game Writer's Guide to Surviving an Industry That Hates You
Amazon.com: The Video Game Writer's Guide to Surviving an Industry That Hates You: 9781032972619: Dansky, Richard: Books
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 4d
Some thoughts on a writer who inspired me, from the free side of my Patreon. Here's me talking about Manly Wade Wellman.

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On Writers Who Molded Me: Manly Wade Wellman | Richard Dansky
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 5d
Hey science fiction movie fans! Check this bad boy out!

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Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution
More Reflections on Futuristic Films That Broke the Rules
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Dansky Macabre @rdansky.bsky.social · 6d
Elusive, obviously….