Zaire

I joined the @aftermath.site crew this week to chat through my pivot to independence with @verticalslice.news and other video game GUBBINS. Here's my partial take on the Asha Sharma marketing tour:

Why do mainstream publications keep trying to help Xbox rehabilitate its image? aftermath.site/aftermath-hour...

Tried to keep mostly calm here. BioWare management shouldn't be let off the hook for its own part in the troubles of the past decade, but every story we hear about how EA mismanaged the studio is a reminder that this was entirely avoidable.

Who up Ken Russeling they Devils 👀? Saw The Devils on the silver screen with @spac3gh0s7.bsky.social. First time I saw it was on a laptop years ago What an amazing movie to see on the big screen and in its perpetual societal relevance a few years after the end of the Hayes Code. Truly a triumph.

If anyone is looking to hire a Peabody and BAFTA winning senior writer, I am looking for work. I’ve got six years experience in games. Everything from indie to AAA. I am not married to staying in games. I am hoping to relocate to the Bay Area. I am keeping my ears to the ground.

Still looking for writing work! Been about four months. I know everything is on fire, but still looking.

Congrats to Gears of War: E-Day for the launch! Excited to see what the team cooked up. I was lucky enough to spend a year writing for the world with a wonderfully talented group of people. It was an amazing time Congrats again to everyone that put their heart and souls into making this happen

honestly the most depressing thing to me is that we have to talk about this again and again and again and again and again. how to teach men to have human feelings, how to get people to believe us

Me mollywhopping Dylan in Control: Resonant so he can get his ass in the Gap for those sweet sweet upgrades.

Cyborg

Great time talking with Sharpie and I hope everyone enjoyed the narrative insights. Always a pleasure :)

Our host Sharpie @sharpiepls.com sat down with Zaire Lanier @zeestermeester.bsky.social to talk about their work on games like Unknown Worlds' Subnautica: Below Zero and Compulsion Games' South of Midnight. #gamedev #GDocExpo2026

Hey, about three months later I am still looking for work. I have done senior level work, I’m comfortable owning zones, writing cutscenes, and environmental narrative. Open to working in other mediums as well.

My novel is fully released! You can grab a copy of PolyCorpse from Amazon or your favorite brick and mortar bookshop. www.amazon.com/-/zh_TW/Jarr...

So for this Juneteenth, I went back and updated my feature on the need to incorporate more Blackness into your gaming perspective, more relevant now than when I wrote it years ago. Check it out on @pcmag.com www.pcmag.com/opinions/cel...

And what's hilarious is that Game Companies ™️ are still requiring folks to move to work at their studio. Lol absolutely not. No no no. Don't do it. Not worth it.

South of Midnight was the first time I saw my peers talk about the South as something beautiful and worth seeing. That game did something I didn't think was possible; it was a love letter to a region I believe we should fight for, and for once, my peers got to see the beauty and magic that I see.

Shut up. Sit down And go fucking play south of midnight right now and I'm not asking www.theverge.com/games-review...

If anyone is looking to hire a Peabody and BAFTA winning senior writer, I am looking for work. I’ve got six years experience in games. Everything from indie to AAA. I am not married to staying in games. I am hoping to relocate to the Bay Area. I am keeping my ears to the ground.

if you ever wanted silent hill but with Indonesian folklore, you'll love Agni: Village of Calamity, where an unauthorized investigation in a remote village turns into brutal body horror

Man, the end of an era. I will never forget the late nights with friends while I was going through rough transitions in life. The terrible and rewarding raids I got tricked into. Doing Final Shape and hollering at the screen. Telesto breaking shit. The community mourning Lance Reddick Truly a game

Coco Gauff

We acted out our scripts a ton and did so many passes for flow. It was a really fascinating process to make the dialogue feel as natural as possible. The writing, mocap, and VA all came together so well. Hazel’s voice and being felt real.

😭😭😭 so proud of the team!

Tonight, South of Midnight was recognized with a BAFTA for New Intellectual Property. ✨🏆 Rooted in the stories, the sounds, and the beauty of the Deep South, this is a game built with compassion and wonder. What a moment. What a team. What a journey. Thank you to all our players.

Don’t want to thank everyone individually and inundate the feed, but thank you all for your well-wishes and support. We worked so hard on Midnight!

I have no words. Other than I am honored and humbled to be nominated alongside such meaningful stories. So proud of the team and the work we did 😭.

Witchy Storm Commission #storm #marvel #xmen

Not my launch PS5 being an appreciating asset!? Get like me brokies. 💸💸

There is no amount of failure or success that will warrant reasonable job security in this industry. The human cost of making games or frankly being a creative of any industry in this hellscape is obscene. More blood on the altar for shareholders. Love it.

My friends wont let me be great.

the video game industry is a mess

IM NOT MENTALLY SOUND ENOUGH FOR THESE PUNCH THE MONKEY VIDEOS. SOMEONE HELP HIM!?!? CALL THE UN, CALL THE NATIONAL GUARD, DO SOMETHING????

Erin Jackson the first Black Woman to win Olympic Gold Medal in Speed Skating

Aint nothing I can put in a deeper fryer and tossed in herbs and spices gonna beat me up.

THAT’S US, BABY. So excited to be nominated.