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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Anyone have deep thoughts about player characters being total blank slates? I'm deeply proud of the freedom we offer in #OuterWorlds2, but the narrative sometimes suffers w/out a properly defined protagonist. I wonder how it'd feel if social archetypes forced specific roleplaying paths instead?

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I've honestly never been this proud of a game I've worked on. It turned out awesome.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Everyone be safe, have fun, find solidarity in your fellow Americans, and generously apply talc before you get dressed. By the time you realize how moist it is inside your wombat costume, it'll be far too late to do anything about it.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

He remains my favorite ADA of the series. Or, at least, of the 5 or 10 seasons I watched.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Honestly, I'm damn impressed with what our @obsidian.net team and Microsoft whipped up for this show. It's both entertaining and a great ad for the game. If you like engaging RPGs steeped in satirical humor, give it a watch. youtu.be/jjzWwXTL2LU?...

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The Outer Worlds 2 - Full Direct | Xbox Games Showcase 2025

YouTube video by IGN

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

It's the kind of night that has me awake at 03:35, earnestly pondering whether I hated The Last Jedi or Rise of Skywalker more.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Finally tried Warhammer 40k @tacticusgame.bsky.social. Enjoyed the primary gameplay loop and cute graphics. Was confused by the complete lack of narrative. But the aggressive monetization totally ruins it. I don't understand why casual games demand you either give all your money or none of it.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Pondering terrible choices with high degrees of life-shortening risk - and all I can hear is Dennis Leary saying, "Yeah, but it's the ones at the end! Those years suck. You can have those years!"

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Steam was compromised. Update your passwords, even if you use 2FA. And if you're using the same password on multiple sites/apps, stop it. You know better than that. It's not 1997 anymore.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

As I'm enjoying #Avowed, I keep wondering what it'd take to get Obsidian to do a full historical combat game? Oh! You play Andreas' sibling, avenging his death after the events of #Pentiment, hacking, slicing, and shooting your way across 16th cent Europe! Whaddya think, @jesawyer.bsky.social? 😆

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Critical rule for creatives: Don't get attached to your work. Today, I deleted several pages that I loved and replaced them with something far less entertaining, but that served the story exponentially more. It felt like slamming my nadgy-bits in a car door, but it was the right thing to do.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I will only use my powers for good. I will only use my powers for good. I will only... Bah! Who am I kidding?

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I want to run an RPG campaign where every session starts with chaotic combat filled with terrifying monsters - and then becomes a purely roleplay experience focused on the adventurers working through their horrific PTSD.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Wasn't the last one just a few years ago?

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

We've got an honest to goodness trailer! With gameplay and jokes and words that sound smart but may or may not be real!

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

My Friday at GDC is shockingly open! Who feels like connecting in actual, non-digital, supposedly real life?

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

#GodzillaMinusOne did not disappoint. I haven't enjoyed a #Godzilla movie that much in a long time. That said, it's a huge reminder that you should make your protagonist at least a little likable. I haven't rooted so hard for someone to be eaten since I watched The Walking Dead.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Spent half the night coveting the lifestyle of writers in the early 20th century. Super fancy bars, drinking yourself close to death in Southern European hotels, being an ex-pat in the south pacific. Then I realized I work remote and could totally do it... I'm just a damn coward.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Get a bidet. Good for you, good for the environment.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Write a horror movie synopsis of a non-horror movie. Garfield: A monstrous, rage-filled cat psychologically tortures a man while obsessively plotting the murder of a kitten he deems too pretty to live.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Okay, I'm not into GunPlay-- heck, I may never have watched a full episode of Gundam--but if I find these files, I just might start.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Had the realization that trying to find the discipline to write for your side project after a 9 hour day of writing for your main project is exactly like trying to stab yourself in the thigh. That's it. I don't know why or how it might be a deeper metaphor--I just know it's true.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

"And we should try doing it to the car's GPS, too!"

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

In a way we've literally never seen before. Part of me is excited to see the historical perspective on this 20 years from now.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

If you're going to play a game on Friday the 13th in October...

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

I will pay one of you five shiny new dollar bills if you'll come over and set up an IV of coffee feeding directly into my veins.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Can you call it lounge wear if you can't slouch, stretch, or breath in it?

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

What's it like to be a professional writer? I spent 4 hours iterating on the name of a hotel and I still got it wrong.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Pro Tip for RPG game writers: Never, ever stop and figure out how little of your work any single, individual player will see. Once you realize that person only experiences 14% of your content, those giant branching dialog trees feel way less worthwhile.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Working in the industry means I know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that someone at Bethesda went horse from repeatedly screaming, "No! We cannot ship Starfield with an Inventory system this broken!" over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

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Greg Spyridis @gspy.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

You absolutely keep the credit. You have no idea how much your work impacted or inspired the final product, or if it was used to draw investors, demonstrate mood or tone, etc. You did the work, you get credit for it.

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