Emma Kidwell
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Award nominated writer at @Firaxis | Opinions are mine | Narrative @HindsightGame | @ForbesUnder30 2021 | @TheGameAwards FC 2023 | @bafta connect | 🇺🇸/🇯🇵
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I worked on Deadpool for
@midnightsuns
! It was a blast, I had so much fun and the entire team worked really hard to make the merc with a mouth shine 🦄
The Merc with a Mouth has officially arrived. Join Deadpool as he teams up with the Midnight Suns in our first DLC pack, The Good, The Bad, and The Undead. Available NOW!
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Someone in an among us sever asked how old I was, when I typed 26 they told me it was “time for the big sleep granny”
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Geoff Keighley says woman was due to appear on Summer Game Fest stage
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Extremely cool and not devastating at all how even studios and devs who make award winning or best selling games aren’t safe from ✨restructuring✨ and ✨divesting resources elsewhere✨
Microsoft Closes Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda
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can the industry:
1. stop using AI in place of voice actors
2. laying off developers
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I am physically incapable of being evil in an rpg. I’ll cry if I pick a mean dialogue option
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🗣️‼️ HEY I'm a WRITER at Hangar 13 now and it feels surreal to be able to say that! I'm so excited and nervous!
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Does that mean when I become mother to a son I’ll make a video game where I start caring about men
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every dev hired is the "right person" or else they wouldn't have been offered the job to begin with. ceo showing his entire ass
After a round of layoffs that impacted multiple departments, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons allegedly told remaining employees that the company had kept “the right people” to continue work on Destiny 2.
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Have a woman on stage, bonus points if it’s me
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me: OK we're socializing soon, do you remember what that is
my brain: yes
me: prove it
my brain: would you like to discuss the funeral industry and or the lore of mass effect
me: try again
my brain: i hear weather is happening right now, ha ha !
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If Death Stranding is a walking simulator and the people who hate walking simulators come out of the woodwork to praise it specifically for being that kind of game I'm going to eat my entire hand
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Me: Let's wind down for the night with something creatively fulfilling
My brain: OK
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My mom definitely wouldn't let me date this new Hanzo skin, I'll tell you that much
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someone tell this 8 year old she makes video games for a living and is also ✨30✨ today!! Thanks for sticking it out kiddo, it’s all been worth it
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(kid)well, well well… look who they finally let in
Welcome the 2023
#TheGameAwards
Future Class.
Meet and learn about this year's class, who represent the inclusive future of gaming:
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Whoever wrote “death can have me when it earns me” in that God of War trailer just know I audibly went “that line goes hard”
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If anyone says “well it’s just contractors” or “it’s just QA” I’m going to kill you
NEW: Naughty Dog is laying off contract developers.
Sources tell Kotaku over 25 people have been cut early. No severance and they're being asked to keep it quiet.
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game idea: explain to your parents what you do for a living and reassure them that yes, it's a viable career
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If Pedro Pascal handed me an award I would’ve said “thank you daddy”
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I made the 20201 Forbes 30 under 30 list for games, AAAAAAAHHHHHH
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I lost several followers after responding "fuck yes" to this A+ tweet so I'll take that as a win
This guy sent me hate on Facebook so I told his mom on him. She was really nice about it.
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If you play Hades and don’t say hi to the Supportive Shade after each and every time you kick Theseus’ bitch ass I don’t trust you
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Hi, reminder for no particular reason that the ABK fund is still up and running:
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My first AAA credit as a writer and a joy to work on turns 1! I had so many firsts (first time working on ip, first time directing va’s). The Midnight Suns team made something special and i’m so lucky i got to have a small part in it🥺
Marvel's Midnight Suns released exactly one year ago today! Thank you to everyone for playing our game and supporting us through this amazing journey! 🖤💛
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no offense but i get a profound sense of joy picking dialogue options a real human person wrote because it’s so cool and neat to play through what their brains designed and wrote
this can be done right now by people like me without generative AI.
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I've been waiting MANY years for this day. Hindsight may not be a game for everybody, but I hope it's a game for you. 🔑
HINDSIGHT (
@HindsightGame
) is available now on Switch, Steam, and the App Store.
Switch //
Steam //
App Store //
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It's finally out! Several great game devs talk about their experiences in this piece, and for some reason I'm in it too.
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What's this? A perfect opportunity to play a great game that I wrote on? for free??
Marvel's Midnight Suns is free on Epic Games Store. Redout 2 & Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms are the next free titles
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therapist: so why do you think your last relationship failed
me: he said he didn't like walking simulators so I
walked out
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Busting this out again
Celebrate 30 years of PC Gamer magazine with us in our latest magazine issue. Look back on three glorious decades of being your trusted source for all things PC gaming.
✨ OUT TODAY ✨
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I am notoriously bad at taking pictures and I couldn’t take any decent ones but here’s my Kim Kitsuragi
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Thank you IGN here’s the money I owe you for reviewing me as a 9/10, this is how real games journalism works folks
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Hey look, remember this? Well it's finally HERE. Thanks to
@shoomlah
,
@hentaiphd
,
@emilybuckshot
,
@bravemule
,
@sophiemallins
,
@gabdar
,
@ceschiii
and
@so_good_lin
for sharing their experiences with me!
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Thanks for a great first time co-hosting experience
@GameOverGreggy
! A great way to start off GDC.
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gdc talk proposal: good marriages in games and pressing x to kiss your wife
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if you don’t respect QA that means you don’t respect your mom cause she spent 9 months troubleshooting you before your release so think about THAT
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A gentle reminder that people of color also exist in the games space to be on podcasts and talk shows, etc. It’s important not only to advocate, but to show up and do the work. It’s okay to want better from the communities you like/are an active part of.
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many of the writers/devs responsible for what I loved about Bioware games were laid off, and that makes me so angry and heartbroken. years of service and being responsible for the reputation the company cultivated and yet they were axed🙃
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Reasons to go to therapy:
1. Holds you accountable for unpacking your emotions
2. It’s genuinely good
3. You can unload all your NDA stuff to your therapist, who is contractually obligated to keep it to herself. So it’s a win win
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Oh hey, I wrote this. My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness is incredibly special to me and I did my best to explain why. Please read!
Learning about my mother, and myself, through 2017’s most intimate manga
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genuinely learning that all of my peers are older than me makes me much less scared of turning 30 in a few months because they’re all still cool which means i’ll only grow cooler
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flop our way to the top baybee ✨
firaxis games watching everyone buy and love midnight suns a year after it was deemed a commercial flop
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oh shit geoff mentioning the layoffs? telling companies to treat their devs better?? asking players to share the games they like and are excited about, especially indies??? wow
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Take a shot every time ghost of Tsushima mentions honor and I guarantee you’ll be sloshed in 5 minutes
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I keep forgetting to mention it because I’m equal parts NERVOUS and excited, but I’ll be co-hosting Kinda Funny Games Daily with
@GameOverGreggy
on March 18th!
On a completely unrelated note is this a bad time to mention I don’t like La Croix or should I wait
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Not going to
#GDC
this year 😭
I’m Emma. I’m a writer at Firaxis and previously worked for Hangar 13 and Riot. Used to be in games media, but have been in game narrative for 6-ish years (still consider myself a junior tho)
I wrote
@HindsightGame
which was my first big credit!
Not going to
#GDC
and I never have bc I could never afford it. So instead, let’s do a round of online networking?
Hi, I'm Shila. EP for
@MetalHellsinger
Believer of kindness and hope to encourage an ounce of humanity in our industry.
RT and say hi?
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Oh hey, my very first GOTY for
@giantbomb
is live! I had a lot of fun writing it, and it's pretty short and to the point. Take a look:
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Normally for N7 day i look forward to the yearly Bioware letter but it feels disingenuous after the layoffs and former employees still fighting to get fair severance, so instead I’ll shoutout
@N7SeveranceDay
and thank the devs for making a franchise I love
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Another alternative to sharing the video of his shooting:
Update: Jacob is stable, and there is a Go Fund Me to support medical costs, legal fees, and provide therapy/care to his children and family.
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i had professional headshots taken so I no longer need to use selfies or my nyt photo and bruh
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AND the former employees are being welcomed back? I hope that’s actually true and feasible because that’s just more good news on top of great news 😭
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I’m Emma, an award nominated writer at Firaxis! I wrote
@HindsightGame
and make twines in my spare time. I’m always available for freelance work too
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
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You know what's cool? 👏small👏games👏
please play and write about them
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I still feel really weird saying this but (and I'm probably a little biased) you should really play Season 2!! I was script supervisor for the last few episodes (my name is in the credits wowee) and the folks I got a chance to work with were great, and so is the game! 🐺
We have reached the
#JourneysEnd
#LifeisStrange2
Episode 5 is out now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
Get the full season here:
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I forgot to mention that my game Half is the going to be at the Smithsonian this weekend as part of the American Art
Museum's SAAM Arcade...which is...wild to think about
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I've made a lot of stuff pulled from my personal life, and I always felt this one was difficult to justify. "Who am I making this for?" crossed my mind a lot. To all of my mixed friends, this is for you. I hope you enjoy.
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I JUST GOT A TARGETED AD THATS A DATING APP FOR GAMERS lmfaoooo the literal last thing I would ever use on planet earth
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I hope these games outlets and studios look internally to see the severe lack of black folks in senior positions (or positions at all!) Your words mean nothing if they’re not backed by action.
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In case y’all are forgetting... masks on in public, please for the love of god
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OR if you can't do that, at the very least link to the writers who are qualified/knowledgeable on the subject and acknowledge you lack the cultural lens to speak critically on....
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Bisexuality is nearly crashing your car to get a second look at a hot couple walking their dog
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Been playing too much of TLOU cause I want to open this with my bare hands and rush inside
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OK it's been 2 years since I wrote/finished this game and September seemed like the appropriate time to finally drop this. PLEASE heed the content warnings!
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making friends as an adult?? who has always worked from home?? AND as an introvert? how
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I love Uncharted taunt videos so much I made one myself to the tune of Stayin' Alive
#Uncharted4
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Hey, are you a developer whose work has been influenced by Neopets? I'm writing something for Gamasutra and I want to hear from you! Hit me up with those tasty experiences here: emma.kidwell
@ubm
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my parents neighbor learned i was a game dev and she caught me as i was walking hana and we got to chatting, she asked if i’d ever heard of “edith finch” because she loved it and i said “oh yeah i made a game with the same publisher” and she went 🤯
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Wow I didn’t mess up my talk AND I felt good about it!! 😮💨
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My mom has been watching me play a lot of Overwatch and she asks so many pure and good questions like: "why do you keep dying?"
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so my therapist played the game about depression i'll be releasing soon and she said it was very good and she thought about it a lot after and even dreamt about it so i'll take that 10/10 score right now IGN
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my heart goes out to my friends at insomniac. what happened isn’t only incredibly violating, but demoralizing and disgusting. i urge y’all to respect the developers and not to seek out what was leaked. don’t share anything other than your condolences and support
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l👀k at my twitter bio if you’re curious as to what i’ve been doing the past six months......
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will never get over the fact that my partner and i met because he was tending bar on a random weekday and overheard me talking *very loudly* about hot the aliens in mass effect
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Me: *wakes up*
Brain: good morning
Me: please don't do this yet it's too early
Brain: here's a list of everything you should worry about
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Hi! My name is Emma and I’m a writer at Firaxis working on stuff™️. I helped make a game called Hindsight that’s coming out this year and it’ll be my first big boy writing credit. I’ve been in the industry for 6 years with many more to go!
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
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