Bestselling Novelist. Writer of Video Games & TTRPGs NO MAN'S SKY | SIXTEEN HORSES | DARK SOULS: EYES OF DEATH | MAGIC: THE GATHERING gregbuchananwriter.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3ml6rde42ms22So some news -- my wife and I are expecting our first baby!06 May 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6rde42ms22https://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3ml6r3yw3l22qSo my controversial opinion is that... -parts- and -moments- of Batman V Superman, are absolutely terrific. The 'knightmare' dream sequence then irradiates the film and all memory of any good bits, and after that, the clustering of rot increases exponentially. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6r3yw3l22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3ml3x2tmjfc2gI've been going down a deep rabbit hole of Warhammer 40K lore05 May 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3x2tmjfc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mkqqixkkek2mEvery writer learns soon enough: Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query.30 Apr 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqqixkkek2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mki3qvp2ts2aA goal I never thought I’d hit any time soon - we are moving into our first ever non-rented-home! We will have a couple of weeks to set things up or do stuff before we need to move. Any advice on stuff to do with new place first, or shifting from renting to owning mindset etc?27 Apr 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki3qvp2ts2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mke4v6qw5s2jBut Doctor… I -am- Lightning McQueen25 Apr 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mke4v6qw5s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mjg5aimnxc2gAnd yet when Iron Man did this at Christmas and made those suits so he could multitask, Gwyneth Paltrow clearly felt less connected and not in fact more connected, to her company’s founder. Makes you think. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjg5aimnxc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mjce6r72rs2aKill Jester got brought up explicitly in more than one narrative design meeting i've been part of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKo1JPNf4s [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Apr 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjce6r72rs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mj2qcahy2k27Pokémon Champions is a little bit addictive and good09 Apr 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2qcahy2k27https://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3miwqw5fy5k2aFinal Fantasy VII [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwqw5fy5k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mivohel6mk27I don't know about anyone else, but I'm extremely tempted to improve my old writing when I'm permitted to do so. I wonder if there's any interesting articles, writeups, reflections on this kind of George Lucasing & any thoughts people have about what the boundaries should be for this kind of thing07 Apr 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivohel6mk27https://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mivoe57mt227Any UK video game conferences or tabletop events -- especially if dev-focussed or lots of creators going -- people are going to these days? I used to love going to Develop Brighton, Feral Vector, Rezzed etc -- but my attendance has become sporadic. I want to go to Dragonmeet this year07 Apr 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivoe57mt227https://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3miougvcwac22But we already had Jim Henson’s Labyrinth [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3miougvcwac22https://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3milkjvrnxk2aGood Friday, AKA the day of sudden freelancer confusion about why no-one is answering any emails03 Apr 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3milkjvrnxk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3milhapfnyk22I wrote a well-received undergrad essay purely analysing prologues. The, er, fact I had not been able to read much more of the books in question, was beside the point... [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3milhapfnyk22https://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3milh3gysn222For those who have moved from Substack to other platforms or ways of doing newsletters -- where did you go, and how did it go? I'm worried about deliverability issues (when I used mailchimp, it links to your own email a lot / hits spam, whereas Substack doesn't seem to do this as much).03 Apr 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3milh3gysn222https://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3milgkpg55222Some days, everyone in this GIF is me (Homer especially)03 Apr 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3milgkpg55222https://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mil75xqkvk2iThis being said, I think a lot of execs have this precise insane take on the industry. A source of much woe [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mil75xqkvk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mijfqes3bc2yStorm UK Gold [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijfqes3bc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3migtes2abc2dAnyone good at map making? Apply here -> https://cubicle7games.com/blog/cartographers-needed (I write for Cubicle 7 as a freelancer, but no affiliation to this posting)01 Apr 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3migtes2abc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3migoanvts22nEveryone in Scotland just buying all the fuel today it seems. https://media.tenor.com/-8EZLiuD0YgAAAAC/riding-dirty.gif?hh=300&ww=30001 Apr 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3migoanvts22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mienzf5zhc2dTransphobes are “this is more of a comment than a question”, incarnate. Consuming their lives for nought but the pain of all involved. Such lack of humility to feel like you don’t understand a group of people, & jump to insisting the worst instead of realising that “not understanding” would be OK31 Mar 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mienzf5zhc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mie5ekylgk2qGood day so far — fixed a chapter of my WiP, prepped some work for a client game, fixed a race condition in my own game, and just found out I passed a writing test for a project I’m really excited about 😎31 Mar 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mie5ekylgk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3mido2a2hyk2qPikachu wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mido2a2hyk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbuchananwriter.com/post/3micualki722cA while ago I asked for any thoughts on comedy in games. I am now looking for thoughts on comedy UI and UX in games. What is the funniest font? Has a menu ever made you laugh? Any interesting pieces on all this?30 Mar 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:7tessqxe6pssegenvcehnu6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3micualki722c