David L. Craddock - Author/Filmmaker

If you're still looking for the perfect gift for the reader/gamer in your life, check out some of the holiday specials I'm running on my books!📚 All $2.99 for Kindle.
🕹️Arcade Perfect: www.amazon.com/dp/B07XCDZZ12
👾Monsters in the Dark: www.amazon.com/dp/B09FH8W6KQ

YouTube video by John Romero December 10 - DOOM's 30th Anniversary Stream with John Romero, John Carmack, and David L. Craddock

Happy 32nd birthday to #Doom! Two years ago, I interviewed @johnromero.bsky.social and John Carmack about the game for its 30th anniversary. Celebrate today by watching the video, especially if you missed it live in 2023. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvAk...

In a weird way, I think in America, Sonic kinda distracts from how important Sega is in the grand scheme of things

Surprise! HELL BENEATH🔥, my ebook about the making of @johnromero.bsky.social's SIGIL II mod for #DOOM👹, is available FOR FREE💰. Get the epub from digital outlets here: draft2digital.com/book/3904414

More platforms, including Apple Books and Nook, will be added over the next 12-24 hours.

FREE book incoming later today! Here's a hint.

a woman in a purple hat is standing next to a man in a white shirt holding a baseball glove .. ALT: a woman in a purple hat is standing next to a man in a white shirt holding a baseball glove ..

How actions indicate character:

Kit, a pitcher, ducks as she's used to line drives coming back at her

Marla, a middle infielder, plants herself to field the ball

Dottie, a catcher, catches the ball

Sad to learn of the passing of Nick Huddleston, a prolific freelance artist and one of the #MortalKombat community’s biggest fan art contributors. I commissioned this Kitana piece from Nick and am proud to feature it in the Ultimate edition of Long Live Mortal Kombat.

Walton Goggins says Fallout belongs to everyone. #Fallout #PrimeVideo #FalloutSeason2

It's Giving Tuesday at the VGHF! We've had an incredible 2025, but we need your help to make sure we can continue doing our charitable work in 2026 and beyond. We just launched our annual Winter Fundraiser campaign, please give if you're able (and share this post!). http://gamehistory.org/donate

Boss Fight Books’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale is on! Use code BFCM25 at checkout to receive 20% off your order of books, including SHOVEL KNIGHT, written by yours truly. bossfightbooks.com.

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the trans people lost to violence in the U.S. this year.

Widespread poverty, homelessness, and discrimination makes trans people 4x more likely to experience violence than the average person.

We shouldn’t have to live in fear to be who we are.

YouTube video by David L. Craddock - Author MK Legacy Kollection: doc_radical in Mortal Kombat (1992)

Been having a blast with #MKLK. Here are some of my (doc_radical) matches in MK '92, played earlier today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkoF...

Thanks for the heads-up!

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Bet on Black: How Microsoft and Xbox Changed Pop Culture From Adventure and Minesweeper to Age of Empires, Halo, Xbox, and beyond, explore Microsoft's history in the PC and video game industries. Based on over 100 hours of interviews.

Read Bet on Black: How Microsoft and Xbox Changed Pop Culture, a @davidlcraddock.bsky.social long read, for free at Shacknews! www.shacknews.com/article/1203...

The Chosen One Con The Chosen One Con is the first book in the Lost in the Aether duology—a queer gaslamp fantasy of industrial magic in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions from the author of ...

My crowdfund is now LIVE!

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Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.

I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.

New content: MK Legacy Kollection book, Borderlands 4 documentary Check out new content from author/filmmaker David L. Craddock.

Miss out on No More Secrets or 24 'Til Launch: Borderlands 4
@shacknews.com? Check out the latest issue of my newsletter for links to both. davidlcraddock.substack.com/p/mk-legacy-...

No More Secrets: The Making of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Since 2024, Digital Eclipse has worked on one of its biggest projects in secret. The time has come to pull back the curtain on Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kolletion—its design, its documentary, and the othe...

I'm a big fan of what @digitaleclipse.bsky.social has done since Atari 50, so it's fantastic to see behind the curtain for how they get behind the curtain.

Before taking the kiddos out trick-or-treating, read @davidlcraddock.bsky.social on the MK Legacy Kollection.
www.shacknews.com/article/1462...

No More Secrets: The Making of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Since 2024, Digital Eclipse has worked on one of its biggest projects in secret. The time has come to pull back the curtain on Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kolletion—its design, its documentary, and the othe...

ICYMI: My latest #longread📚 for
@shacknews.com, No More Secrets, dives into the making of #MortalKombat Legacy Kollection #MKLK. Read about…
🕹️Emulating MK4
🎮The history of @digitaleclipse.bsky.social
📽️Making the interactive documentary
📖And more! www.shacknews.com/article/1462...

No More Secrets: The Making of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Since 2024, Digital Eclipse has worked on one of its biggest projects in secret. The time has come to pull back the curtain on Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kolletion—its design, its documentary, and the othe...

If you've even the least bit curious about how something like #MKLK happens, this long-form @shacknews.com piece from @davidlcraddock.bsky.social is the piece for you. It's the deepest dive I've ever seen into what we're trying to do at @digitaleclipse.bsky.social.

www.shacknews.com/article/1462...

Got to spend some time with @davidlcraddock.bsky.social to talk about my love for MK and my role helping MKLK.

This entire read is incredible, but I'm partial to Chapter 6, myself. For no real reason...

Exciting news: I have an agent!📚 I’ve signed with Rachel Swyer of The Swyer Agency. Our first project together is my horror novel, which she called “a bold reimagining of the vampire mythos.”🧛‍♀️ We plan to go on submission early next year.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky

I was honored to be interviewed as part of this look into the making of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection.

I'm not going to lie, I was gobsmacked that my contribution got an entire chapter.

It's the making of a making of!

Awesome. And congrats to @digitaleclipse.bsky.social on today's release. I've got it downloaded and ready to check out tonight.

David is the guy I interviewed when I wanted to talk to a Mortal Kombat expert. He is the guy who did the best work out there reporting on the history of the franchise. Read this!

I have, um... 1500 hours. It was my first Animal Crossing, and I got a little obsessed.

No More Secrets: The Making of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Since 2024, Digital Eclipse has worked on one of its biggest projects in secret. The time has come to pull back the curtain on Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kolletion—its design, its documentary, and the othe...

I interviewed @digitaleclipse.bsky.social to write No More Secrets: The Making of #MortalKombat🐉 Legacy Kollection!
Read about… 📖
🕹️ Emulating MK4
🎥 Making the documentary
👾Digital Eclipse’s history
🎮And more!
Only @shacknews.com www.shacknews.com/article/1462...

And I am here for it.

1 day until the next @shacknews.com #longread!
#mortalkombat