@briangomez.bsky.social
Video game exec, game designer, producer, and writer based in Scotland. Creative Director at 4J Studios. BAFTA Scotland committee member. Former EP of Jurassic World games at NBCUniversal. Former Disney Imagineer. Horror genre expert. Recovering goth.
When Arcade Fire released this video 15 years ago, it was just a work of dystopian fiction.
Just watched it again for the first time in many years and it left a lump in my throat.
#arcadefire
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Out for a wander around Glencoe.
#scotland #highlands #winter #nts
My view, just the now.
#scotland #lochawe
Gonna go out on a limb here and say the seagulls might not be the problem today.
#corvid #standrews #scotland
My cat hasn’t moved from this spot since I switched the AGA on two months ago.
#blackcats #winter #lifeinscotland #aga
Starting my last day of work for 2025. As they said in Glengarry Glen Ross, “Coffee is for Closer.”
My favorite novel. I think I’ve read it more than any other book. Enjoy!
I think The Criterion in St Andrews needs to hire this crow to perch on their sign full-time.
#scotland #StAndrews #corvids
I’ve been so busy making Reforj, I didn’t even notice we dropped a title update teaser last night.
#reforj #indygames #scotland #gamedev
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Last light of the day on Kinnoull Hill.
#scotland #perth #autumn
I’m overachieving on NYT Puzzles this morning.
Happy Halloween! What’s your favorite horror game? Whatever it is, chances are the 50 horror game creators (including yours truly!) featured in Terrorbytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming probably dissected it, layer by bloody layer!
terrorbytesdoc.com
You think that’s bad? You should hear the way some product managers talk about their player base in F2P games… 😬
The story told around WDI is that Walt coined the term because his dogs would follow him around the house if he showed them a hotdog. The “dumb hungry dogs” bit is news to me. Not saying it didn’t happen, but also never heard it put that way while I was at Disney.
At Walt Disney Imagineering, the equivalent was what John Hench had dubbed “the weenie” — using a landmark and environmental storytelling to lead the guests towards the main attraction.
Over the summer, our lead designer and I did a live stream and Q&A for our game in early development, Reforj. If you’re into open world survival games, I hope you’ll add it to your wishlist and visit us on Discord.
#reforj #gamedev #indygames #MadeInScotland
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Toasting marshmallows on the wood burning stove. For breakfast.
#autumn
Fungi spotting around Dunkeld today.
My view, right now.
#autumn #scotland #dunkeld #hermitage
Any chance we’ll ever see a vinyl repress of Year Zero…?
Tonight’s entertainment: Reading a signed copy of Budgie’s biography while listening to his first album as a Banshee.
#budgie #siouxsie #postpunk #goth
For some reason I’m finding it very hard to get any work done tonight…
My part-Latina daughter just complained that living in Scotland has turned her “Daniel Radcliffe white.” I wonder how it came to be that Radcliffe is her benchmark for a pale complexion?
It doesn’t seem that bad, actually. More than 10% of players are getting to the end of the game (or what I assume is the end — I’ve not played it.) When I worked at Disney and Universal, I got to regularly see retention data and that looks like a pretty common drop off.
Feeling kinda fungi today, so I took a walk to Maspie Den in Falkland.
#scotland #fungi #mushrooms
If you’re at the Games Day at the Big Real event in Dundee today, find me during the breaks and say hello! (You can also get a chance to play Reforj!)
#gamedev #indygames #dundee #reforj
Reforj looks pretty good on a 9k wraparound screen. I wish everyone could play it on one of these!
My cat is having none of my shit today.
Mark your calendar, grab some popcorn and tune in to the first ever official Reforj stream on Thursday 8th May at 3pm BST!
Join Tom, our lead designer, plus Joe and Nathan for a guide to Reforj, a tour of its mechanics and a live Q&A.
Tune in here:
🔴 youtu.be/nYmO5Lh4fro
🟣 twitch.tv/4JStudios
Thanks, I hope you get a chance to play it soon! We just launched our pre-alpha test two days ago.