Paul Kirsch

4. For Pete's sake, try and enjoy the process. We only live once.

3. Give players an unanswered question to chew on. The most rewarding experience is to watch players deep dive on some fringe lore I tucked into a secret crevasse.

2. Make something you love, even if it's just one small corner of a big world. Something to hang your hat on and say "That dumb little thing? Mine."

1. Don't wait for an opportunity to do something cool and fun (within scope). Do it and invite others to join in.

I've now been a full-time Narrative Designer for ten years 😊 Every project is still full of unique challenges that force me to learn and adapt. But a few ideas I picked up along the way remain constant:

Well said!!

"Writing is like religion. You go there to pray, you don't work at the church." My mentor was gently steering me away from writing as a career. I still think about it often, and my interpretation of following that advice is to be a very different kind of writer in my personal vs. professional time.

Six and Rover

Six and Rover on the beach

A scientist interrogates Six

Number Two in a gi

I thought I'd share some screenshots from The Prisoner, one of the best shows ever made. (1/3) popheist.com/category/tv/...

Save 20% on Last Report on Steam Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Par...

Just finished the demo of Last Report and immediately installed the full game. Similar vibe as Papers, Please and Firewatch. Cozy, oppressive, pixelated. Stay spooky 🔦🌳

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Carl Sagan on why books are human’s greatest invention:

This book looks fabulous, and it needs pledges to help it across the finish line ❤️ I'm doing my part! Three days remain.

The little engine that couldn't ☹️

Describe your favorite movie in the most misleading way possible:

Gentlemen yearn for each other away from the prying eyes of civilization.

I love this 😍 Everyone looks so handsome, less wretched than in the miniseries!

Tyranny mentioned ❤️ I still remember the first time I heard the main theme. I dropped my coffee cup and stared off into the middle distance like the end of The Usual Suspects.

Alan Wake makes me grateful for the medium. It's like a tech demo showing how one's dark creative impulses and joyful sense of humor can occupy the same story simultaneously. Aspirational. Happy 15 years, @remedygames.com!

🍃 Happy Mother’s Day 🍃

1000xRESIST was an outstanding surprise. What a thoughtful game told in such an unexpected way. Finishing it left me with the same emotional wreckage of having reached the end of a great novel. Best of all, it makes me want to write. 10/10.

*returning my shopping cart, somberly* For those who come after.

My expectations for Expedition 33: This accursed land has evolved specifically to kill humans. Time is running out. Compromise everything. Say farewell to your friends.

Reality: ✨Bonjour, mon ami. Have you seen my lucky stone? I sell fashionable outfits in exchange for good vibes. Au revoir!

10/10

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage on Steam Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that m...

Really enjoyed Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. Life is Strange nostalgia with a sprinkling of IT and The Craft. Fascinated to see all the possible (at times bonkers) alternate approaches to the ending, and how my choices were often in the minority of global stats. What a vibe! 🎥🦌🦋

Barry already knows, but he deserves to hear it every once in a while ❤️

Decipher the spiritual world with us—Weaver and animancer. Huge congratulations to our friends at @compulsiongames.bsky.social on the launch of South of Midnight!

Cursed reactivity 💀❤️ I could write about these two morbid goofballs forever.

One of my favorite Giatta lines, and I’m forever grateful that the timing and performance lined up so nicely ☺️

We marathoned South of Midnight all weekend ❤️🐊 This was a gorgeous and well-told story, and I was happy to spot Avowed veteran Debra Cardona in the voiceover cast. Don’t miss this one ✨🕷️✨

🎺🥂❤️ Giatta Castell fan fiction found in the wild! ❤️🥂🎺 Today is a great day for Giatta fans, and therefore the world. archiveofourown.org/works/64211119

Make sure and declare “Shut it down! Shut it down forever!” in a refined British accent when finished.

Break a leg, Josh!

Lis Moberly (@thewritegame.bsky.social) comparing the process of designing RPG characters to cake wrecks