Hey I've got a book now! It's about quest design and it's on preorder starting the 19th of Aug! You should totally check it out!! www.routledge.com/Quest-Giving...

Quest Giving: A Pocket Guide For Motivating People To Do Arbitrary Things

Constructing a quest, whether it’s for a video game, a fantasy novel, or an escape room, is a complex process that can be intimidating to approach and master. Whether this is your first time, or you’r...

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Author & Narrator@autumnwolff.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m calling everyone out.

A side project I've been working on—a curated link page of important essays on video game narrative—is now live. You can read about it on my blog: azhdarchid.com/the-game-nar... Or you can go straight to the dedicated website: www.gamenarrativereader.org

The Game Narrative Reader, Zeroth Edition

Announcing a curated, thematic link page of important essays and articles about video game narrative.

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Ok I love this take and I need it shared. Link is the ultimate golden retriever doof!

Bjarke A Larsen, PhD@bjarkeal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The only part I care about for the OoT remake is whether they finally acknowledge Links True Nature bjarke.it/article/ocar...

The only part I care about for the OoT remake is whether they finally acknowledge Links True Nature bjarke.it/article/ocar...

Wrote a little goodbye to the game that could until it couldn't bjarke.it/article/good... See you on June 9th.

Wrote a little goodbye to the game that could until it couldn't bjarke.it/article/good... See you on June 9th.

Thank you for everything Destiny 2. My life would not be the same without it. In so many ways.

Very excited to announce I'll be part of the GDC Experimental Games Showcase this year!! #GDC schedule.gdconf.com/session/expe... Showing off my experimental narrative Discord bot game, "Telegrams from the Choir Train" Super humbled to be among this crowd with this weird project.

Very excited to announce I'll be part of the GDC Experimental Games Showcase this year!! #GDC schedule.gdconf.com/session/expe... Showing off my experimental narrative Discord bot game, "Telegrams from the Choir Train" Super humbled to be among this crowd with this weird project.

It's December 1st, so this is your semi-annual (i.e. when I remember) reminder that I wrote an Advent Calendar! And you can read it! bjarke.it/christmas2018 It's a story about friendship, hope, noise, and, disturbingly, Christmas.

Hey friends! After taking a time off after PhD, I am now seeking new opportunities! My skill set is diverse, so I'm seeking a range of positions (thread), but in short: If you need someone with 🖥️technical skills who knows how 🐉narrative affects 📡communities, I am interested in chatting with you.

I Am a Doctor Now! Little blog announcing my dissertation is now published and readable! (And i have not been posting here so this also serves as the announcement that I am a PhD now lol) bjarke.it/article/i-am...

Neurocracy was a major inspiration for my thesis work and a super cool project! If you have interest in interactive, communal narrative absolutely do not miss this.

joannes@playthroughline.com · last yr.

🌐 NEUROCRACY 🌐 An episodic sci-fi hypertext game 🌐 Fall into a wiki hole from the future 🔍 Solve a murder across article edits 🤔 Being wrong is where the fun starts ‼️ First episode available NOW at omnipedia.app ‼️ ✅ More info: neurocracy.site 🤝 Bring your friends! Bring your cats! 😼

On July 16, join us for the launch of 🌐 N E U R O C R A C Y 3 . 0 🌐 ✅ A fresh live run of ten episodes on omnipedia.app! ✅ New stories and systems from amazing writers! ✅ Your investigation affects the outcome! More info: talk.omnipedia.app/t/neurocracy... #scifi #epistolary #hypertext #TTARG

Oh hey IM on this panel!!? Yeah I'm at PAX! Im taking about destiny's fiction and it's community narrative!

Dr. Amelia @ Serious Play@wanderingshrink.bsky.social · last yr.

Hey #Destiny2 fans! Did you know that there’s an awesome panel about Destiny happening at #PAXEast today? At 3.30pm EDT/12.30pm PDT, the Psychology of Destiny will be in albatross theatre and streamed at twitch.tv/pax! I’ll be covering my chapter on Season of the Haunted.

I Released a Game! (two months ago) While everyone is at GDC I was busy finishing up some final touches and a blog for my game "Telegrams from the Choir Train" bjarke.it/article/i-re... I explain why I think of this game as a "communal tamagotchi".

I wrote a Book Chapter! About Destiny! playstorypress.org/books/the-ps... It's called "Guardians Make Their Own Fate" and its about how Destiny's narrative themes are echoed in its community history, covering events in the narrative, community, and marketing over the last 10 years. Out Now!

IT EATS PLANETS is now publicly available to read! A queer, sci-fi comic about heists, ancient evil and fighting to survive on a dying planet. New pages every Thursday. Please kindly check it out, give it a read and share it 🔴 iteatsplanets.com 🔴

I don't know why, but I was honestly excited to post my first ever patch notes for a game I made (and also very terrified to break it). Makes it feel like a real thing?? It now has... history. Patch notes!! Patch notes are cool bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/imp...

game designers!!! the day is here! Polaris 2024 reports are released: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/ and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...

Enriching your Game with Disobedience

Authors: Alicia Fortier, Alexander “Droqen” Clair Tseu Martin, Tanya X. Short, Alexei Pepers, Kaitlin Tremblay, Linsey Murdock 🤔How to Use this Paper This paper is offered as a lens for you to (re)con...

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*The sky bleeds the color of paper. Clutching her small, precious bag, an excited passenger hears the singing. It's time. Choir Train 74 has arrived.* Telegrams from the Choir Train is OUT NOW! Play in YOUR DISCORD SERVER right now! bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...

*The sky bleeds the color of paper. Clutching her small, precious bag, an excited passenger hears the singing. It's time. Choir Train 74 has arrived.* Telegrams from the Choir Train is OUT NOW! Play in YOUR DISCORD SERVER right now! bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...

Hey it's a super cool project I wrote a story for coming out next week! I love the setting and the vibes Bjarke created for this and I'm super excited to see it go out to more people! (and of course enjoy the particular story I wrote for it too!)

Bjarke A Larsen, PhD@bjarkeal.bsky.social · 2y ago

ANNOUNCEMENT! my game is releasing on Monday! "Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods. It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER Releasing Monday January 20th! bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...

ANNOUNCEMENT! my game is releasing on Monday! "Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods. It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER Releasing Monday January 20th! bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...

ok scary announcement time

Been rewatching The Wire over the past few months and it really put some of its seasons in a new perspective for me. Season 2 really resonated a ton more after dealing firsthand with unions and labor in the US, huh. But I really wanna talk about Season 5... (spoilers for The Wire incoming)

Here's some stuff I liked in 2024 bjarke.it/article/stuf...

The blood on our Controllers - The Complicity of the Game Industry in the Palestinian Genocide Is OUT!! youtu.be/g7488to6Jpc?...

The blood on our Controllers - The Complicity of the Game Industry in the Palestinian Genocide

YouTube video by Hippolyte 🪐

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I'm going to GDC! For some of it least. hmu if you want to chat!