If you ever feel shitty about mispronouncing a word you've never used in speech, then know that nothing could be worse than the way I said 'banal' in front of an entire company.

New post! On the nature of freelancing in games and luck and hard work and unfairness, plus some of what we can do about it in response rather than just settling for chaos or giving up —>.

This type of work does not even need to be for a negative reason re: reception; BALDUR’S GATE 3 is a great example of a project that has received multiple narrative edits and additions to enhance existing storyline rather than fix perceived problems.

I wrote the new main campaign for No Man’s Sky in 2017— what that helped lead to (as well as others’ work on FFXIV & Fallout 76) makes me feel like too many ignore post-launch story updating potential. I’ve consulted for a few such projects — revamp more achievable than it seems.

Joe R Lansdale on storytelling vs plotting: