Joe Fielder

Joe Fielder

@joefielder.bsky.social

Principal Narrative Designer at Obsidian on The Outer Worlds 2. (Previously: Deathloop, Ghost of Tsushima DC, Star Wars Battlefront II, Flame in the Flood, some BioShocks). he/they, ADHD.

3,700 Followers 1,797 Following 1,467 Posts Joined May 2023
3 hours ago

Sad to see the Ides of March becoming commercialised like this. I really feel like we're losing track of the true spirit of the holiday. It's not about how many knives you can stick in a tyrant all at once, it's about the whole community coming together to stab the tyrant as many times as possible.

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3 hours ago

Returned home to a gorgeous Folio Society edition of Ursula K. LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness.

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11 hours ago

Good god these editions are incredible. I have AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS and it's 🔥🔥🔥

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4 months ago
Philippa Islington-Smythe - aka my cat Roscoe - hanging out at home

THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...

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12 hours ago
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A Fallout 4 QA tester nuked the RPG so hard that Zenimax executives got emails about it: "I was running around super-nuking the entire wasteland and found 4 crashes in a single morning" "I am professionally stupid in a way that a machine could not even dream of"

Chef's kiss: "I would love to see an AI do my job. I am professionally stupid in a way that a machine could not even dream of."

www.gamesradar.com/games/fallou...

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1 day ago
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When you choose the movie and everyone hates it

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20 hours ago

Respond to this with an image from a movie that always cheers you up, but don't name the movie. just share an image.

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2 days ago

AKA 100x this week during GDC:

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“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

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2 days ago

AKA 100x this week during GDC:

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2 days ago

When I was little, a kid issued the epic burn at me, "MY DAD LET'S ME RIDE MY BIKE ON THE STREET!" and it plays in my head whenever a bike or scooter goes careening by me on the sidewalk.

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2 days ago

His quote on this film in Sayles on Sayles inspired my freelance writing work: "If you're writing a film with a giant alligator, you need giant alligator poop!"

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2 days ago

we don't talk enough about the genius of John Sayles (he wrote Alligator's screenplay)

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2 days ago

Stealthily the stars slid forward into nothingness.

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2 days ago

Thread on mentorship and some things you as comics creators can do to share your good fortune with others in your field.

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3 days ago

Don't put Todd in a box.

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4 days ago

The subtext of every bit of communication from AI companies is ‘we’re just trying to look busy for 6-12 more months’

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4 days ago

It’s been a long time coming! It’s the biggest adventure yet, well over 200 pages by @knightofpaper.bsky.social @sebastiangirner.bsky.social & Jeff Powell and a new beginning for the series at its new forever-home publisher!

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4 days ago

I love the tiny little shred of humanity that is a mutual "gg" between strangers at the end of an online game.

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4 days ago
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✅ Steam Deck Verified with certainty!

The Outer Worlds 2 is now on the official Steam Deck support list. Players can now explore and shape the fate of Arcadia on the go, wherever they are. The Earth Directorate thanks you for your time and support.

Get The Outer Worlds 2: bit.ly/4rmST4s

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5 days ago

Apparently, Potato looked for me in the bed this morning and was miffed he couldn't jump on me aka our standard method of starting the day.

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5 days ago

Not a single person has yet been able to answer my fundamental question about AI “writing”: why would someone want to play a game that nobody even bothered to write?

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5 days ago
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Not at #GDC but I’m #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

Writer, editor, Narrative Designer and DEI Consultant for 10+ years. A very hireable one, still seeking work a year after Monolith’s closure. ✌🏾

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5 days ago

I read this in Darth Vader's voice.

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5 days ago

The foundation of American fascism rests on three things: extreme bigotry, whining about other people's coffee orders, and saying "so much for global warming" whenever it's cold out

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5 days ago

the dialogue in this photo is literally beyond parody

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6 days ago
English Bulldog boy. Very handsome.

Potato could tell I was leaving this morning and wasn't *super* happy about it.

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6 days ago

We loved You Won't Be Alone, Exhuma, and others on this list.

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6 days ago

This quote has been with me every day since I first heard it and I love her so much for saying it.

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6 days ago

As someone who's currently playing way too much Cult of the Lamb, please forgive me if my first thought was about how much divine inspiration each of these structures would generate.

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