Technical Narrative Designer, Community Researcher Yes, Destiny 2 is mythology, WoW is wrestling and Charles Dickens is the culprit. He/him.https://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3mnumu3uswc2aThe only part I care about for the OoT remake is whether they finally acknowledge Links True Nature https://bjarke.it/article/ocarina-of-time-is-an-endearing-mess09 Jun 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnumu3uswc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3mnawv4oa3s2kWrote a little goodbye to the game that could until it couldn't https://bjarke.it/article/goodbye-destiny See you on June 9th.01 Jun 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnawv4oa3s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3mnawv4oa3s2kWrote a little goodbye to the game that could until it couldn't https://bjarke.it/article/goodbye-destiny See you on June 9th.01 Jun 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnawv4oa3s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3mmezgeh67s2vThank you for everything Destiny 2. My life would not be the same without it. In so many ways.21 May 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmezgeh67s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3mdnwdhcdnc2wVery excited to announce I'll be part of the GDC Experimental Games Showcase this year!! #GDC https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/experimental-games-showcase/917424 Showing off my experimental narrative Discord bot game, "Telegrams from the Choir Train" Super humbled to be among this crowd with this weird project.30 Jan 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnwdhcdnc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3mdnwdhcdnc2wVery excited to announce I'll be part of the GDC Experimental Games Showcase this year!! #GDC https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/experimental-games-showcase/917424 Showing off my experimental narrative Discord bot game, "Telegrams from the Choir Train" Super humbled to be among this crowd with this weird project.30 Jan 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnwdhcdnc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3m6wywyo5ik2tIt's December 1st, so this is your semi-annual (i.e. when I remember) reminder that I wrote an Advent Calendar! And you can read it! bjarke.it/christmas2018 It's a story about friendship, hope, noise, and, disturbingly, Christmas. https://bjarke.it/christmas201801 Dec 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wywyo5ik2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3m4t4vltuqk2uHey friends! After taking a time off after PhD, I am now seeking new opportunities! My skill set is diverse, so I'm seeking a range of positions (thread), but in short: If you need someone with 🖥️technical skills who knows how 🐉narrative affects 📡communities, I am interested in chatting with you.04 Nov 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4t4vltuqk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3m34irtday22dI Am a Doctor Now! Little blog announcing my dissertation is now published and readable! (And i have not been posting here so this also serves as the announcement that I am a PhD now lol) https://bjarke.it/article/i-am-a-doctor-now14 Oct 2025 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3m34irtday22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lu4cmukkdk2iNeurocracy was a major inspiration for my thesis work and a super cool project! If you have interest in interactive, communal narrative absolutely do not miss this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2025 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu4cmukkdk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3loodsefssk2dOh hey IM on this panel!!? Yeah I'm at PAX! Im taking about destiny's fiction and it's community narrative! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3loodsefssk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lkmi5hzomc2gI Released a Game! (two months ago) While everyone is at GDC I was busy finishing up some final touches and a blog for my game "Telegrams from the Choir Train" https://bjarke.it/article/i-released-a-game I explain why I think of this game as a "communal tamagotchi".18 Mar 2025 01:07 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkmi5hzomc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lh2m62diek23I wrote a Book Chapter! About Destiny! https://playstorypress.org/books/the-psychgeist-of-pop-culture-destiny/ It's called "Guardians Make Their Own Fate" and its about how Destiny's narrative themes are echoed in its community history, covering events in the narrative, community, and marketing over the last 10 years. Out Now!31 Jan 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2m62diek23https://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lgrbvfisfc25I don't know why, but I was honestly excited to post my first ever patch notes for a game I made (and also very terrified to break it). Makes it feel like a real thing?? It now has... history. Patch notes!! Patch notes are cool https://bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/improvements.html28 Jan 2025 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgrbvfisfc25https://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lg7aczscac2z*The sky bleeds the color of paper. Clutching her small, precious bag, an excited passenger hears the singing. It's time. Choir Train 74 has arrived.* Telegrams from the Choir Train is OUT NOW! Play in YOUR DISCORD SERVER right now! https://bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/index.html20 Jan 2025 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg7aczscac2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lg7aczscac2z*The sky bleeds the color of paper. Clutching her small, precious bag, an excited passenger hears the singing. It's time. Choir Train 74 has arrived.* Telegrams from the Choir Train is OUT NOW! Play in YOUR DISCORD SERVER right now! https://bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/index.html20 Jan 2025 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg7aczscac2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lfxm35t3tc2lANNOUNCEMENT! my game is releasing on Monday! "Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods. It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER Releasing Monday January 20th! https://bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/index.html17 Jan 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxm35t3tc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lfxlwgejyc2lok scary announcement time17 Jan 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxlwgejyc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lfnub45nes2xBeen rewatching The Wire over the past few months and it really put some of its seasons in a new perspective for me. Season 2 really resonated a ton more after dealing firsthand with unions and labor in the US, huh. But I really wanna talk about Season 5... (spoilers for The Wire incoming)13 Jan 2025 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnub45nes2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3lep3gwcsvs25Here's some stuff I liked in 2024 https://bjarke.it/article/stuff-of-the-year-202401 Jan 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lep3gwcsvs25https://bsky.app/profile/bjarkeal.bsky.social/post/3knahnjuaju2rI'm going to GDC! For some of it least. hmu if you want to chat!09 Mar 2024 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:n2o7nk6kwf67z64uqecn323u/app.bsky.feed.post/3knahnjuaju2r