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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When parking downtown, be sure to park near the Parking Violation Bureau. You know, just in case. Or as @mscharff.bsky.social put it: "Feels like a trap."

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're releasing one chapter a week of our upcoming fantasy novel, tentatively titled "Riptide" right here. First drafts, so you're seeing them hot off the keyboard! Also a whole bunch of other industry updates and stories available even at the free tier. Join us! www.patreon.com/cw/cinevore

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Cinevore Studios — Creating Comedy, Scifi and Fantasy Worlds, Characters & Stories

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So, who else has big exciting plans for tonight? I was thinking about drinking this whole thing and then going out to the opera, or at least maybe seeing a movie. Don't see why any of that would be interrupted! 😅 #40slife #iykyk

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New healthcare provider, who dis? Best response came from Lauren's brother: "Sounds like a World War One villain. Kaiser Permanente: the only Spaniard working for the Germans."

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A reader recently finished our fantasy novel Dark & Zarus and they loved our story about a phoenix so much they bought us this 🐦‍🔥! Isn't it cool? 😍 Not quite as cool as the feeling when your book connects with somebody unexpected. But almost as cool!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Cool cloud cover this morning! Looking south down Woodman towards Ventura Blvd in Studio City/Sherman Oaks.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Our panel at San Diego Comic Con is tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30 in room 10! We'll be talking about adapting works across media. The line will be shorter than Hall H. And we'll even sign stuff! @laurencipollo.bsky.social @jennipowell.bsky.social @ryanomega.bsky.social @joebarrette.bsky.social

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hey! Look what we found at Barnes & Noble Burbank! First time ever having a book we've written officially on a store shelf and not just online. We decided to sign it and leave some bookmarks inside for the lucky person who decides to pick it up. Maybe you? 👀

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Heard a rumor our fantasy book was available at the Barnes & Noble in Burbank. Time for a field trip to find out! 😎

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

So I moved my mouth slightly yesterday, and pulled a jaw muscle or something?? Throbbing pain for about a minute. Eventually eased to an ache but felt like my teeth were misaligned. Eating dinner was uncomfortable. This morning... fine! So what's the dumbest old person way you've hurt yourself??

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Thursday morning at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH! I get to talk about making games AND writing/pitching scripts today, so that's pretty much my happy place.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Book release/reading/signing yesterday at Book Carnival in Tustin for the new horror anthology Blood Fiction v.4 curated and edited by Mark Sevi.

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Emmett Furey @emmettfurey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Shoutout to the Podracer players! @jennipowell.bsky.social & @laurencipollo.bsky.social are still there. @cinevore.bsky.social started there, but was forced to become a Stormtrooper. @mscharff.bsky.social's character died, and @jacksonlanzing.bsky.social joined late. And Scott Ross isn't on here.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Excited to have been able to throw a little support to the remake of one of my favorite games! If you've never played a Tex Murphy game, check them out (they're on steam) And then check out this campaign! Update #7: A support video from two super fans of Tex www.kickstarter.com/projects/tex...

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Update 7: A support video from two super fans of Tex · Tex Murphy: Killing Moon Rising

We got a support video from two incredible superfans: Hollywood screenwriters with an impressive body of work across books and television, including the beloved Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since thi...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Also the plot of 1994 video game Under A Killing Moon, FWIW.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

@laurencipollo.bsky.social and I wrote on this game! It also happens to be the expansion to our favorite new deckbuilder. And the Kickstarter for it is now live! Chemical Overload: Entropy - Alchemy Tableau & Deckbuilder by Rebirth Games on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/reb...

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Chemical Overload: Entropy - Alchemy Tableau & Deckbuilder

Toxins rise and potions get personal, in this all new full size expansion to the hit deck builder/tableau builder - Chemical Overload!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/05/2026

OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Some shots of our booth at AnaCon this past weekend! We met so many cool people and got to hear all their stories about what draws them to reading, and their favorite books. It was also wonderful to hear how many people wanted Dark & Zarus specifically because it had a real human cover artist! 🥳

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

So cool to see people excited about our books! 🥹

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 16th: We'll be signing books and launching our first fantasy novel at the Anaheim Central Library for AnaCon! Be one of the first to snag a copy of Dark & Zarus! We'll also have copies of the complete Parallax trilogy as well. 🥳🚀🦾🐉📚 Come say hi! @laurencipollo.bsky.social

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Ran a session of Cinevore Games' not-yet-released TTRPG Authors of Fate with @laurencipollo.bsky.social and the crew at Super Geeked Up! Join us on a hilarious journey across space and time as they try to rescue Shakespeare from... well, you'll just have to watch. www.youtube.com/live/cqjn_F2...

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Authors of Fate RPG Actual Play with the Game Creators!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

322% funded! Our first fantasy book is becoming a reality! Thank you all so much, we can't wait to bring you all this story. First to our backers with all the special bonuses they've unlocked, and then eventually to conventions and bookstores near you(?).

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

New Stretch Goal achieved! And next Stretch Goal unlocked! Every backer will now receive an original piece of in-world character art along with all the other perks! Now, who wants a Secret Evil Map in the back of their book?? Check out the KS page for more info www.kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

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penguinaph.bsky.social @penguinaph.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

STRETCH GOAL THREE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Three days left! Journey into a world of psychic undead, sketchy alchemists, mysterious automata, and a world on the edge of ruin, where all hope rests on a band of outcasts raising a dormant Phoenix Back soon or miss out on discounted books and digital rewards! kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We're in our last week on Kickstarter!! We've done a ton so far but there's so much more we could do. Help us hit our next stretch goals and get the coolest book possible! Ebook starts at $8. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

My home for the week, in Louisville Kentucky. And my partners from the Cinevore Games team just arrived! We have three prototypes with us and we're on two different panels today, along with a batch of meetings with publishers. Time to find some partners and make some games! #gamaexpo2026

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

@laurencipollo.bsky.social and I will be on one of our favorite podcasts, Super Geeked Up, tonight at 9ET/6PT. Join us for geeky games and conversation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgy2...

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Super Geeked Up - Best Bookworms, Scream 7, Super Movie Pitch, Matt Conant and Lauren Cipollo!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Two outcasts vs. an army of undead that can embody your greatest fears, controlled by a force nobody can identify. The only answers lie in a book written by a madman. Check out our Kickstarter page and get yourself a copy of the epic adventure Dark & Zarus in Ebook, paperback or hardcover!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I have learned, knowing as many artists as I do, that whenever somebody asks me if I have five minutes to stand against a white wall and make specific expressions, it is always worthwhile. @laurencipollo.bsky.social makes a good alien for sure.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Clearly our fans love sci-fi AND fantasy. (Maybe that's why you follow us. 🚀🐉) One of our most popular tiers in the Dark&Zarus Kickstarter is the Completionist Level!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Every fantasy book is better when you have a fantasy map to follow along with, right? Well good news! We're almost halfway to our next stretch goal, which will mean including a Map of the Realm in Dark & Zarus! Join our adventure now and help us get there!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

What a first day! Our fantasy novel Dark & Zarus launched on Kickstarter yesterday and exceeded our initial goal in under five hours! Now, the first of our stretch goals will mean digging back into our formatted book files but it'll be well worth it... (1/2)

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We did it, all thanks to you! We hit our 30 day goal for Dark & Zarus in under 5 hours! Now it's time to work towards some sweet sweet stretch goals, and make these awesome fantasy books even cooler. Join us! 🏰🧟‍♀️🙀🗡️🏹🐦‍🔥❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Hey, look what we did! Now, get yourself a copy and maybe some sweet sweet rewards. 👀 If you're a fantasy fan, you won't regret it. We're at 70% funded in three hours! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cip...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Sneak peak of what I've been working on. Coming to you this week! If you're not following the campaign yet, and you love D&D, Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings, the link is in my bio. So excited to bring this to all of you! We've been working on it forever. And it's really good.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Session 18 of @laurencipollo.bsky.social's D&D game, In the Wake of the Fallen, is in the books! Set loosely in the world of our fantasy novel, Dark& Zarus, this session saw chaos gremlin NPC Lenya lead us to talk to a necromancer about obtaining a mysterious orb from an oasis in exchange for...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Coming soon!! We're so excited to finally be putting Dark & Zarus, our first fantasy book, out into the world. It's a little bit The Lord of the Rings, a little bit The Princess Bride, and a lot all of our favorite parts of the best Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Happy holidays from Team Cinevore, everybody! mailchi.mp/b2d843ac4a76...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Tonight! Join us for the first ever Actual Play of Cinevore Games' first ever tabletop RPG: AUTHORS OF FATE, based on the incredible graphic novel Stoker & Wells.

TRRPG Actual Play of Cinevore Games' Authors of Fate

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

It's time for @loscon.bsky.social LOSCON 2025! Join us at the Hilton LAX for some of the best literary sci-fi conversations you could ever have with some true legends in the field (and also us)!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

From one convention straight into the next with barely any time to digest turkey! LOSCON is my favorite sci-fi convention. Such amazing people and great panels I just get lost in (which is difficult when moderating). Come see @laurencipollo.bsky.social and me, talk to us and get some books signed!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

At PAX Unplugged for the weekend with Team Cinevore! Getting around is a little confusing. Pretty sure we just received instructions to another dimension...

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Well damn!! 5/5 stars! Thanks to @cknightwrites.bsky.social for the incredible and humbling review of our novel Dark & Zarus. Check out Charlie's Patreon (free to follow) for more book reviews and writing tips.

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

It was a very video-game-inspired Halloween this year! But @laurencipollo.bsky.social and I will definitely be using these costumes again (and the Fallout ones). Maybe Comic-Con?

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

First Halloween event of the season! @laurencipollo.bsky.social and I almost won the costume contest but another couple had a pretty solid Toad/Peach combo, so I can't compete with that!

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Matt Conant @cinevore.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

We @laurencipollo.bsky.social and I actually remembered to get outside and walk around yesterday, instead of being our usual indoor gremlins. Perfect day for it. This trail is only a half hour from our apartment and we'd never been there! #angelesnationalforest

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Lauren Cipollo @laurencipollo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Fancy breakfast at the Front Yard to celebrate a great meeting! I hope we have more news for you next week! 🤞🤞🤞

Matt and Lauren sitting at a table at the Front Yard restaurant with yummy breakfast feasts!

Nutella stuffed French toast with strawberries and bananas.

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