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Nov 17, 2022

✨Hi! I'm Hannah Nicklin, writer, erstwhile academic, game & narrative designer, & current Studio Lead at

@gutefabrik

. 💛 Buy my book: WritingFor.Games 📸 Pictorally on Instagram.com/HannahNicklin ✍️🏻Long-form on medium.com/@hannahnicklin 🎮 Company at gutefabrik.com

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All the best folks launch their books at

@PaperHouseGames

imo

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Kait Tremblay (they/she)

@kait_zilla

22h

Folks in Melbourne: come join for this! I won’t be there in person but I’ll be having a coffee and starting my day by video calling in for this!

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Kait Tremblay (they/she)

@kait_zilla

22h

Folks in Melbourne: come join for this! I won’t be there in person but I’ll be having a coffee and starting my day by video calling in for this! ☕️ 🎮 📕

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Paper House

@PaperHouseGames

23h

Paper House Presents: An in-store book launch of 'Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games' with Kaitlin Tremblay! (@kait_zilla) You can pre-order the book at a discount and pick it up on the night!

15 March, 9pm

865 High St. Get tickets here: shop.paperhousegames.com/product/collab

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Paper House Presents: An in-store book launch of 'Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games' with Kaitlin Tremblay! (@kait_zilla)

You can pre-order the book at a discount and pick it up on the night!

When:
15 March, 9pm

Where:
865 High St.

Tickets and book at www.paperhousegames.com

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Mar 5

Willow says Trans Rights Now

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William Davies · The Reaction Economy · LRB 2 March 2023

Mar 5

These thoughts brought to you tangentially by my faintly obsessing about this

@LRB

article on The Reaction Economy

lrb.co.uk

It is an infernal riddle of digital culture that ‘authenticity’ is constantly breeding its opposite: the ‘...

Look the book is good too tho

A picture of a page in the book which is a diagram labelled COMMUNICATING and shows a linear scale from low-context to high-context communication with a spread of different cultures placed on the scale by country

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A picture of a page in the book which is a diagram labelled ‘emotionally expressive’ and shows a quadrant scale from emotionally expressive to emotionally inexpressive on one axis and confrontational to avoids confrontation on the other - with a spread of different cultures placed on the scale by country

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Featuring: Romania Flanders (that Flanders has its own the Voice is a whole indication in itself) Germany France Spain South Africa Norway Australia Mongolia The UK

You *could* read the excellent book on helping teams from different cultures communicate The Culture Map, OR you could watch a series of clips from different auditions for The Voice from around the world and get the same basic vibe:

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Best Blind Auditions of 2010's on The Voice

These talents from around the world perform some of the best Blind Auditions of 2010. Which one was your favorite? Let us know in the comments below!

This book sounds great and also makes me think about Woman at War which is also toeing a line of absolute conviction and comedy (in place of thriller) and climate crisis youtu.be/U2v3_jHrvBQ

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Jay Owens

@hautepop

Mar 4

Good to see a reviewer hit that fine balance of, ‘I would like this book to have done X’ but also ‘Perhaps it doesn’t want to be that type of novel’ And it makes me want to buy the book anyway bc hell, who doesn’t like a good thriller? theguardian.com/books/2023/mar

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poses an interesting question: How can a novel this good not attempt to be literature? That is, to have some sense of moral shading, and some desire to reach beyond the usual cultural impasses. theguardian.com/books/2023/mar

But then again, if the state of the world is deadlock, that is what the literary novel has to address — beloved ‘nuance’ isn’t gonna save us theguardian.com/books/2023/mar

Matt Hancock admitting to covering up big spikes in Covid cases due to Rishi Sunak's Eat out to Help Out scheme.

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Mikaela Loach #FreeAlaa

@mikaelaloach

Mar 2

I am SO over white ppl saying it's "too late" to save the planet over and over. Stop! Too late for who?? Every fraction of a degree of warming is lives saved or made better. It's never too late. These statements help absolutely noone. Climate doomism rlly is a white phenomenon.

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BBC Politics

@BBCPolitics

Mar 2

Too late to save environment, says Green Party co-founder bbc.in/3J6SsIy

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Unclench your jaw everyone

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Carol Mertz

@carolmertz

Mar 3

I can’t stop thinking about the fact that my dentist told me the other day that your teeth are only supposed to touch for about 6 minutes a day. And that’s mainly while chewing. Like, hang on, you’re NOT supposed to stress-clench your jaw 24 hours a day? IMPOSSIBLE.

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Mar 3

Robin came up with me as part of the New Writing Network theatre writing stuff and has made a wonderful home in IF & associated places - hire him!

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Robin Johnson

@rdouglasjohnson

Mar 3

Depending on some things, I may be looking for freelance games writing/narrative work soon. I like the emotional power of humour & stories that work together with puzzles. IFComp, Spring Thing and Xyzzy winner, knower of Ink, Inform 7, TADS, exp in UE4/5 and O3DE (1/2)

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Game Devs of Color Expo #GDoCExpo

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Submit your talk or game to GDoCExpo! It's always been about devs sharing their expert knowledge. No tokens or diversity 101 here. All speakers paid, dev interviews paid. No fees. We award over $100,000 in no-strings funds per year; all speakers & devs automatically eligible!

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@GDoCExpo

Mar 1

We've GOT NEWS!

Game Devs of Color Expo is BACK online for our 8th year. Join us — we’re amplifying the creative power held by people of color in games. And guess what? Speaker and Games submissions for interested #gamedev are now OPEN. Links below

#GDoCExpo

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Are you trans and have an idea to create lasting change for trans communities in England? Apply for up to £25k (or more), and/or non-financial support to help you deliver transformative change! (1/3)

This image has a white background with black text that reads: Are you trans and have an idea to create lasting change for trans communities in England? Apply for up to £25k (or more), and/or non-financial support to help you deliver transformative change. We aim to fund and nurture projects designed by the trans community, for the trans community. We want to encourage ideas that will support trans safety, dignity, and joy in the areas of healthcare, criminal justice, and for under 18’s. There are graphics of the trans flag in the bottom left and top right corners of the image.

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It’s not even GDC yet and I already need a break

Nordic Game should have known what happened- the people in charge are still there. With the organizers threatening victims, I’m curious if this investigation was even able to get the full picture.

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Investigation finds Nordic Game likely violated discrimination law gamesindustry.biz/investigation-

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Four-day working week campaigners invite more firms to sign up after success

Mar 1

Things have gotten to the place where I’m ordering pizza even though I know all the pizza near me is terrible. Bottom of the barrel day, buds.

IT'S HAPPENING 🚨 WE’RE BACK 🥳 THE NEW INDEPENDENT HOME OF CYCLING MEDIA

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🫶 escapecollective.cc is live with a ton of familiar faces. RT to help spread the word 🗣️ (1/6)

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Interested in moving to a four-day working week with no loss of pay this year? Our new National Rollout Programme will help make your organisation ‘four-day week ready’ and support you on your journey. Find out more: 4dayweek.co.uk/national-rollo

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Could your company sign up?

Ben Abraham @ AfterClimate

Feb 27

(There’s a limit on gifts to employees so I do have to ask lawyers how to make such a thing possible)

Going to email this to myself and see if it’s legal for DGF to do.

A thing larger WFH orgs should do: match fund conversion to solar panels and air source heating in the homes of their workers.

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@afterclimate

Feb 27

This week on Greening the Games Industry I wrote about @afterclimate's 2022 carbon footprint, and shared how I'm using some simple tools to calculate our WFH emissions. Its a method any WFH/distributed team looking for better data can use. gtg.benabraham.net/afterclimates-

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Ben Abraham @ AfterClimate

@afterclimate

Feb 27

This week on Greening the Games Industry I wrote about

@afterclimate

's 2022 carbon footprint, and shared how I'm using some simple tools to calculate our WFH emissions. Its a method any WFH/distributed team looking for better data can use.

gtg.benabraham.net

AfterClimate’s 2022 emissions, plus a prototype method for monitoring & measuring in the work-fro...

With 2022 now squarely in the rear view mirror, it’s time to start thinking about the annual emissions reporting process. I make a point of emphasising that the games industry needs to lead by...

The Australianisation of global refugee policy continues, with devestating consequences

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62 people are dead off the coast of Italy. How many more will anti-migrant policies kill? | Lorenzo...

Italy’s hardline stance has been enabled by the EU, says the philosopher and activist Lorenzo Marsili

I'm so excited about our new climate impacts call - wellcome.org/grant-funding/ - looking for teams not just of researchers but policymakers, practitioners, community stakeholders, communications, and public engagement experts. £millions available. Deadline mid-April.

wellcome.org

Climate Impacts Awards | Wellcome

We're funding research that aims to unlock climate action by making the direct and environmentally driven impacts of climate change on a wide range of physical and mental health outcomes visible -...

After many years I finally found the toggle which makes Strava talk to apple fitness. My fitness rings are whole again.

You can afford good voice and

@sagaftra

talent! You can direct them well! You can optimize your scripts to save time! And cast efficiently! Woo!

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Kait Tremblay (they/she)

@kait_zilla

Feb 23

For folks attending GDC, I'm really excited that @kbavoice is speaking as part of the Indie Game Summit, providing a toolbox for indies to help demystify everything about VO schedule.gdconf.com/session/indepe

Feb 24

Much love to the Third Angel team. They were foundational to my career & many others’, collaborators on some of my favoe works of performance & play, the first board I ever served on, and friends too! I know this move is positive for them so I offer the most fond farewell. ❤️❤️❤️

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Third Angel

@thirdangeluk

Feb 24

Hello friends, we have some big news. This summer, after nearly 28 years of collaboration, we'll be packing away the post-its, hanging up our wings, and Third Angel will close. You can read more about our decision on our website: thirdangel.co.uk/thank-you

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