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Pixel Pizza Podcast @pixelpizza.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

It's the Pixel Pizza 200th Episode Special!! We're celebrating this awesome milestone with life updates from nine amazing previous guests from across the industry :) #gamingpodcast #milestone open.spotify.com/episode/7Ina...

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Congrats on the milestone!! And thanks so much for inviting me and having me back 🖤

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Lost Lake Games @lostlakegames.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We're so excited to reveal our debut title: Vaunted! Vaunted is a narrative-rich turn-based tactics game that fuses the dynamism of shooters with the strategic depth of RPGs. @hoodedhorse.bsky.social will be our publisher for this project. More details: store.steampowered.com/news/app/243...

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This extends to students and aspiring devs as well btw, especially marginalized groups. If chatting with a non-binary game designer who's been at this for a while feels like it could help, I will absolutely do my best to make time for you 🖤

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Heya #gamedev network ✌🏼 If folks are interested in chatting a bit at GDC, I'll be there on Monday and Tuesday (March 9/10). Hit me up! #GDC2026

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Congratulations on the announce, Guerrilla fam 🥹🍻 Thinking of you.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

these are so fuckin good........ I am deceased...... ty for blessing my eyeballs with your art 🥹

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Me every time Ameorry works on weapon designs and/or dark fantasy (let alone bOTH AT ONCE): 👀👀👀👀🔥😩👏🏼‼️💯😍🥹💗💗

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This is a perfect 'tag yourself' 😂 Extremely hard to choose, but I think I'm "Doltclous", with "Made daily with food" as a close second

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

ngl this has gotta be in my top 5 Guerrilla memories.... probably even top 3, I had such a blast 😭🖤 thank you for inviting me and being such a trooper during my chaos skfjskfkfk

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I'm so glad you educated us, I was def saying it wrong before this 😭!! And names are important 🥺🧡

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

OH RIGHT lol i keep forgetting people don't really see me anymore dkdjfkf Yeah sometimes I ask them to tone it silver, it really accentuates the eye color I think 🥹

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Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 03/06/2025

We're hiring at Lost In Cult! ✨ A few job listings incoming soon, but this one's for a new Project Manager for our growing team, where you'll be responsible for a number of our video game projects from start to finish. Info/application 'ere: www.designjobsboard.com/job/97162/pr...

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I'm not any more talented or deserving than any of these other incredible people, I've just been lucky as hell at some key points. If we've worked together, I'm always happy to recc you anywhere I have connections, and I'll keep trying to boost job listings. It's brutal out there 🥺

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The timing of my new start isn't lost on me. It feels unfair to be docking in such a promising harbor at a time when so many teams are being gutted, and so many devs are struggling.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Coming to terms with the fact that Motiga would never exist exactly as it did in that moment in time was one of the saddest and most difficult things about that story for me. It hurts every time a team's unique chemistry is gutted by the industry.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Nah, imo to say LL "is" Motiga is a disservice to both. Motiga was a much bigger team; we're missing a lot of folks who were at its heart 😔 & LL def feels like its own place. That said, a lot of the things I loved about Motiga seem true here too 🖤 team culture comes from the people, so it tracks

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

LOL, also that 😂😂😂 been a minute. Forever in the cycle of destroying and remaking myself 💪🏼🔥 Hope you're doing well! 🥺🫶🏼

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

My favorite of the new companions, for all the reasons. First self-indulgent Horizon commission I got was of him (art by @boobaloof.bsky.social 🥰) I still laugh forever at "That was an unkind comparison :c", great line with perfect delivery by @noshirdalal.bsky.social 😩🔥

Illustration of Idris (left) sharing music with Kotallo (right). Drawn by boobaloof!

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Aw, thank you! 🥰 When I was at Guerrilla, all the narrative was handled by the writing team- the Quest Designers just worked closely in tandem with them to execute on their vision (and vice versa, with gameplay-forward moments). So sadly no, can't claim credit on Kotallo, but he is also MY BOY😩

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

YOOOOOOoooooOoOoOoOoo why you keep being so interested in things I like HUH STEVEN why is your taste so good HUH???? (I got to see them live once and they floored me lol. Coolest vibes for a band, and omfg their SONGSSSS the LYRICSSSS the GRAVITY OF IT ALL , AAAAAÂ)

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I worked with a lot of these folks at Motiga, & I'm incredibly fortunate to be working with them again now, circling back amongst those who first took a chance on me at the start of my career. The years haven't dimmed their spark in the least 🔥 Keep an eye out, y'all. lostlakegames.com

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Heya! I'm Idris (they/she), a narrative-focused game designer and aspiring shounen protagonist! I've worked on Gigantic, Shadow of War, and Horizon Forbidden West. Currently a Senior Content Designer at Lost Lake Games (whose name you can abbreviate with fingerguns ✨👈🏼👀👈🏼✨)

Image of Idris, posing with their hands in fingergun position such that they appear to spell out "LL"

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

BRO BLACK MIRROR S7 EP 1 🫠👍🏼💯😭

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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Liam Wong had a wildly successful career as an art director for major video games when, during a promo trip to Japan, he bought a camera, and altered his life’s trajectory. In a rare, wide-ranging interview, the street photographer discusses his unique and fascinating journey:

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🥺🥺🥺 Thanks, Lloyd. All the best 🫶🏼

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I'm overdue for a trip back to Germany haha, my original "is this home???" 🖤 We'll dance at the Molotow again soon 🥹 Viel Glück auch bei dir 💞

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Yeah, I think so 🥹 "every ending is a new beginning" etc etc 🖤

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Thank you, Samantha 🥹 and likewise. Forever grateful to you for poring over my GDDs with care and being the world's greatest hype squad for my deranged ramblings 😭🖤 I hope we get to do it again someday.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Dankeschön! 🥹 And likewise. Thanks so much for your enthusiasm, for being so proactive, for your RAD TASTE IN TATTOOS, and especially for that one time we got to write in German together 😂🖤

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Today was my last day at UNSEEN 🖤 The next adventure is already in the works, so you'll be hearing from me again soon enough. おつかれさまでした。

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

HELL YEAH STEVEN LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOO 🔥🔥🔥 happy to have you aboard the Gain Train 🥹🤝😤

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

NDNSJDJD YES 🥹🥹 Thanks so much for thinking of me!! Super cute work, they both look so relaxed and content 😭💗

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 14/04/2025

Ubisoft released a color blind simulation tool today, called UbiChroma. The free and open source tool enables developers to test for color blind accessibility issues in real-time. Fitting existing workflows, it can help catch color blind issues early. caniplaythat.com/2025/04/14/u...

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UbiChroma, a real-time color blind simulator released by Ubisoft - Can I Play That?

Ubisoft released a color blind simulation tool, UbiChroma, making it possible to test for color blind accessibility issues in real-time.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

.................... wAIT A FUCKING MINUTE AKFJSKSLFJS OH MY GOD

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

i ain't strong enough for this right now bro i'll call him later ajgkldshg BUT GOD see this is exactly the stuff i meant......... ohhhhhhh i'm sososo glad CDPR and Trigger made these parallel experiences 😭💖

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

i finished writing this then went back into the game, remembered the ui notification for a job that could be tracked pressed t, audibly and compulsively yelled "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" when this popped up

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

YEAH........ the planning and execution is just astounding. I'm actually super stoked I'm experiencing it like this, but once I'm done I'd love to compare notes with someone who had the inverse experience (played the game when it came out, then watched the anime)

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

FGFJKD FUCK THIS WAS PROBABLY A TEASER FOR THE ANIME RIGHT???????????? i was sat here all emotional as it ended thinking 'at least i didn't have to see david getting hur-' AND THEN THEY SLAP ME WITH ONE OF THESE............... ,A G ON Y (see i knew this would happen)

Cyberpunk 2077 screenshot. Red text reads:
'A cautionary tale
One David Martinez ignored
Will you?'

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

case in point: was already coincidentally thinking about Edgerunners while trotting around the city, but running into !!! THIS !!! right after was what finally broke me. saw this and literally paused the game to draw the img above and make this post because this is schrodinger's PAINDANCE 😭

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

probably UNSURPRISING AF but I watched Edgerunners before getting into the game. the attention to detail in this transmedia experience has reminded me why working on a transmedia story is on my bucket list 😭 everything means way more to me than it prob would have if I hadn't watched the anime first

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