Jess Haskins | The Game Editors

One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness

A screenshot of the dominicarmato.com website, showing a black and white (and blue) image of Dominic's eyes, the title "Dominic Armato — Voice Actor," and an audio player labeled "Interactive Demo."

Big news (for me)! Signal boost appreciated!

TL;DR: I’ve posted a new interactive voiceover demo at dominicarmato.com, and I’m lookin’ for work.

For the long version, read on!… (1/7)

5 MINUTES AFTER iNVENTION OF WHEEL bro, literally tho bro, the whole world is a wheel, turning round and round, an endless cycle of seasons and lives and realms--it all keeps turning, and it all keeps coming back around 5 MINUTES AFTER iNVENTION OF BOOKS bro, literally tho bro, the whole world is a book, God is The Author of Being and he writes our names in the Book of Life. In the beginning was THE WORD, bro. You see bro?? 5 MiNUTES AFTER iNVENTION OF COMPLEX GEARS bro, literally tho bro, the whole world is mechanical, God is The Divine Watchmaker, and the planets spin along predetermined paths according to the turning of cosmic gears! It's all just predictable mechanical paths from creation to here! 5 MiNUTES AFTER iNVENTION OF COMPUTERS bro, i think i just figured something out-

A good meme to send people who are convinced we live in a computer simulation.

Appreciate the tag! I do narrative consulting and editing, and sometimes writing and design for the right project. Feel free to check out my professional site: https://thegameeditors.com and my personal portfolio: https://jesshaskins.com

Now THAT'S a proper big box!

What a delight to get home from @adventurex.bsky.social and unpack the brimming box of treasures that @inklingwood.bsky.social and @inklingwood-sophie.bsky.social graciously gifted us for our voiceover production work on Foolish Mortals—launched earlier this month!

Save 10% on Foolish Mortals on Steam Louisiana, 1933. Thirty years ago an entire wedding suddenly & mysteriously vanished on the island of Devil's Rock, and with it went the location of the lost treasure of Bellemore Manor. To find it,…

PROJECT LAUNCH! Spooky adventure Foolish Mortals, which @grundislav.games and I produced the voiceover for, launched today to glowing early reviews (100% score from Adventure Game Hotspot).

Huge congrats to @inklingwood.bsky.social and @inklingwood-sophie.bsky.social!

NEW: After my last piece about what's slowing down game development, folks wrote in to ask "why didn't you talk about bad leadership?"

It uhhhh never came up. So I returned to the well and asked devs to explain why better leadership—not AI or any other tool—is vital to efficient game development.

Dithering - Part 1 Understanding how dithering works, visually.

Very cool animated explanation of how dithering works.

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Specifically, 58 600-year-old suspension bridges in Tibet and Bhutan built by Thang Tong Gyalpo, the 14th-century mystic, civil engineer, enlightened Buddha, and inventor of the Tibetan opera form Lhamo, which he created to fund the construction of his visionary engineering marvels. Cool dude.

We all know, per Frank Lantz, that games are operas made out of bridges, but today I was chuffed to learn about some bridges made out of operas.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhamo
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Next NYC Indie Games Social is Nov 5! Plus venue and NYC Game Dev calendar updates The next edition of the NYC Indie Games Social is in two weeks on Wednesday, 11/5, 7-10pm, outdoors.

The event page for the next NYC Indie Games social is now live! The venue will be changing in December, so subscribe to the newsletter for updates so you don't miss out:
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Could be a fun watch if you're curious about new ways to test out parts of your narrative at any stage in development—or if you just want a peek behind the scenes of Rosewater!

Presented by Francisco González and Jess Haskins NarraScope 2025 - Day One - 3:45pm - ANNEX-110 Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Description: “We really need to balance our relationship… NarraScope 2025 - Tabletops and Twine: Adventures in Adventure Game Proto- and Telotyping

Finally getting around to sharing the video of the talk @grundislav.games and I gave at this year's @narrascope.org—all about how we prototyped and "telotyped" parts of Rosewater with tabletop RPG scenarios and a fully playable Twine model. (It includes a link to try the model for yourself!)

Foolish Mortals | A Merry & Macabre Point & Click Adventure Game Foolish Mortals | A Merry & Macabre Point & Click Adventure Game by David & Sophie Younger

Foolish Mortals is The Game Editors' first external voiceover production project. It was a joy to work with creators David and Sophie Younger and an amazingly talented cast, starring A.J. LoCasio, on this spooky gem. Hearing it all come together, fully voiced (plus a stunning score)—shivers!

Louisiana, 1933. Thirty years ago an entire wedding suddenly & mysteriously vanished on the island of Devil's Rock, and with it went the location of the lost treasure of Bellemore Manor. To find it,… Foolish Mortals Release Date Trailer - November 5, 2025

Something to liven up the tail end of spooky season— @inklingwood.bsky.social 's Foolish Mortals, a merry and macabre adventure about a very haunted house, launches on November 5!

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…the rewards of showing up as a volunteer; our uniquely groundbreaking, innovative spirit; and the diversity, vibrance, and resilience of our communities.

Huge thanks to fellow panelists Yiyi Zhang, @xenjade.bsky.social, & @mpts33.bsky.social, mod @timrattray.bsky.social, & the volunteer team.

It was a wide-ranging, at times sobering conversation on the realities of making games in New York: the employment and financial challenges facing not just our city or our industry but workers and creators everywhere; the ability and responsibility of AAA studios to anchor and nurture local scenes…

If you missed last week's panel discussion on NYC's indie game scene, the video is available on the Game Center's Twitch channel!

www.twitch.tv/videos/25875...

Happening tonight at the NYU Game Center! I'll be joining a panel of local community leaders and moderator @timrattray.bsky.social to chat about supporting NYC's indie game scene. We'll also be getting a peek at the trailer for Tim's upcoming docuseries!

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Tickets are PWYW, with proceeds supporting the documentary and the orgs of the panelists taking part. I'll be there representing the NYC Indie Games Social, a monthly institution still going strong in our 11th year.

Hope you can come out and join us for what promises to be a great conversation!

The State of NYC Indie: Developing a Better Games Community A panel discussion between local leaders about how we can grow the NYC game development scene.

On Thursday evening, I'll be joining a panel of local community leaders at the NYU Game Center for a wide-ranging discussion about NYC's homegrown indie game scene. The host and moderator is @timrattray.bsky.social, who's working on a docuseries all about the NYC game dev community.

Tickets are PWYW, with proceeds supporting the documentary and the orgs of the panelists taking part. I'll be there representing the NYC Indie Games Social, a monthly institution still going strong in our 11th year.

Hope you can come out and join us for what promises to be a great conversation!

Save 29% on World of Vespuccia Bundle on Steam

Explore the alternate history steampunk-ish 19th century World of Vespuccia!

Solve 5 mysteries in the dark alleys of Lamplight City

Set off across the wild western frontier from the town of Rosewater

Grab both adventure games for less than $20!

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bluewyvernn - Twitch Playing cards with King Graham (Hoyle's Official Book of Games) | Games 101

Tonight I'm prepping for class by playing some games of Hearts against King Graham and Larry Laffer. That's right--I'm streaming Sierra's 1989 Hoyle's Official Book of Games, which pits you against adventure game heroes and Sierra employees (and their children): www.twitch.tv/bluewyvernn

bluewyvernn - Twitch The People vs Stephen Baggano | HFT GTA RP

Today on Happy Fun Time GTA RP: It's the trial of the century in The People vs Stephen Baggano. Will the former mayoral chief of staff get away with fraud, theft of $1.5 million of city funds, and multiple murders? What does this mean for Mayor Zoe? Tune in to www.twitch.tv/bluewyvernn to find out!

bluewyvernn - Twitch I'm a game editor and narrative designer who makes adventure games and plays anything with a great world or story. Streaming mostly GTA RP with some Peak, Valheim, and occasional surprises. Schedule…

Streaming some Peak with pals today for Peak Week! Honestly, it doesn't take much nudging to get us out for a climb together... www.twitch.tv/bluewyvernn

The Good, the Bad, and the Iffy: is there such a thing as an ethical designer? Designers from Pentagram, Koto, Creech, and more talk candidly about the murky waters of client selection, the logistics and risks of rejecting work on moral grounds, and how to keep afloat without…

This is a thoughtful and nuanced article about the challenge of refusing work that doesn’t align with your values and how the mantra “no ethical consumption under capitalism” can abet abdicating responsibility. Some of my bright lines: no work involving gen AI, crypto, gambling, or dark patterns.

Happy to be included, thank you! 💖

bluewyvernn - Twitch 1-Year Stream Anniversary! | Hiking & Climbing Games

Did you know I stream on Twitch? Probably not, because I don't talk about it much! Today is my 1-year anniversary stream, and I'm celebrating with a selection of games about hiking and climbing. Come hit the trail with me! www.twitch.tv/bluewyvernn