They/them. Game dev, writer, queer polyamorous SJW. Co-founder of @PlayFutureProof, host of @TabletopGarden. @gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social
Charlotte, NC, USA
Joined December 2009
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I've set up a Bluesky account at: bsky.app/profile/gregoryaver… It's better than here, as faint as that praise is.
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I'm presenting "Dada, Animal Crossing, and ChatGPT: Can We Ever Write Our Own Stories With the Master's Tools?" at the Charlotte Writing Project Fall 2024 Conference on Sep. 19! writingproject.charlotte.edu… Slides will be posted afterward.
ALT I Am Presenting! Charlotte Writing Project Fall 2024 Conference. Writing Out Loud: Community Literacy, Censorship, & the Future of Democracy. Enjoy interactive sessions from K-12 educators, undergraduate students, community leaders, youth researchers, and practitioners! Join me and register for this year's conference! Thursday, September 19, 2024 9:00 AM. UNC-Charlotte Center City Campus
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I'll be streaming in a few hours! I'm looking forward to this one. It looks gorgeous, and it's short enough that I'll probably be playing the whole thing.
Tomorrow (Saturday, Sep. 7) at 3PM Eastern, Gregory will stream The Collage Atlas from John William Evelyn. For real, this time! Hang out with us and chat as they explore a pen-and-ink dream world. twitch.tv/gregoryaveryweir
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I've released a full version of my GM-less, zero-prep tabletop RPG for 2-5 players about dealing with your interpersonal clashes while defending your home from attack! It's Fusion Time!
gregoryaveryweir.itch.io/fus…
I'll be streaming in about three hours! It's a horror game, in honor of Halloween coming up, but it should be rather different from the first-person sketchy-art weird horror games I've streamed recently.
Tomorrow, Sunday the 8th, at 3 PM Eastern, @gregoryweir is going to play Inmost, a short atmospheric story-platformer from @HLGteam! twitch.tv/gregoryaveryweir They'll be chatting about what we're working on and giving a game designer's thoughts as they play, so come hang out!
I'm in a new podcast! beforethefuture.space/ We're looking at the ideals of Star Trek and how it portrays its postcapitalist utopia. The first episode will be on the film Star Trek: First Contact! Check out our preview episode and subscribe on your podcast platform of choice.
I'll be streaming in three hours! There'll be a lot of dice and a lot of reading, so of course I'm super excited. Come hang out in chat as I play @CitizenSleeper! It's good timing, too, since they recently announced the sequel.
Tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern, Gregory will be playing @CitizenSleeper! twitch.tv/gregoryaveryweir/ They'll be trying to survive as an escaped laborer in a tabletop-inspired narrative RPG. Join us for some cyberpunk struggle!
In three hours, at 3 Eastern, I'll be playing NORCO by @roboticgeo for our biweekly @PlayFutureProof stream! Melissa is very excited; they've played it and I haven't. I'm looking forward to finally diving into this surreal Southern Gothic experience. twitch.tv/gregoryaveryweir/
I'll be streaming in around two and a half hours! I've been working on a big game studies writing project, so expect me to be pretty extra today.
Tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern, Gregory will be streaming Haven from @TheGameBakers! twitch.tv/gregoryaveryweir/ Join us for another Future Proof Plays, where we'll talk game design and probably be grumpy about Twitter.
As Discordianism puts it, "Reality is the original Rorschach." principiadiscordia.com/book/… This essay below had an extra little treat for me since I didn't pay attention to a detail about its creation until something was revealed in the final section. Touching and lovely.
I wrote an essay called "Grid World" for the latest issue of The HTML Review (thehtml.review). Read it here: alex.miller.garden/grid-worl…
I had a really fun time creating the graphics that accompany the essay!
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At 3 EDT I'll be streaming @COTSGame for Future Proof Plays! Join me and the other half of @PlayFutureProof as I explore a mysterious island in search of my husband. twitch.tv/gregoryaveryweir/ We're sure to chat about game design, colonialism, and cosmic horror. Come hang out!
I voted! It went well. Here are the details: cohost.org/gaw/post/234275-i… Please vote if you're in the US and are able to.
Tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern (mind daylight savings!) I'm gonna stream @ArcadeSpiritsVN for @PlayFutureProof! twitch.tv/gregoryaveryweir Hang out with us as I play a dating sim about an arcade. We'll probably also chat about what we've been up to in our own work!
Be careful about normative assumptions in your world model; they flatten and limit your design space and turn real sorts of folk into "exceptions". And you might not notice any glaring omissions until far too late.
One head is part of every person. One torso is part of every person. One pair of legs is part of every person. One pair of feet is part of every person. One seat is part of every person.
Restoration videos are a uniquely human activity. No other animal records film of themselves meticulously cleaning and fixing old and damaged devices or artworks and eventually restoring them to a nearly-new or "better-than-new" state.
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If, like me, you want a playthrough of CONTROL that pauses for decaminutes to discuss the history of computing, or Umberto Eco and Jung, this is the series for you. I am very excited for this Long October and look forward to the next installment.
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Cool: scammer tried to trick me with a money request imitating a message from @PayPal support. Can't submit a scam ticket (because the transaction is "pending"?); if I deny it, they get a verification that it reached a human. I knew PP was evil, but this is just incompetent.
In a couple hours, I'll be going live with Pleroma. I'm looking forward to it!
Tomorrow at 3PM Eastern, @GregoryWeir will be streaming Pleroma by @Aleks_S as part of our ongoing Future Proof Plays series! twitch.tv/gregoryaveryweir/ It looks like a mysterious explore-y game; come puzzle it out with us and chat about our work!