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Theo Priestley

@theopriestley.net
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Narrative Designer/Game Writer/Screenwriter/Author/TTRPG Designer/Transmedia Consultant. Chair of an environmental charity. IGDA and Limit Break mentor. Scottish, too many tattoos, not enough cats. theopriestley.net

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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 40m
wtaf lol did not expect a murder tunnel.
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 4h
It’s never been an accident
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 5h
If you wanted someone to get to know you, what horror movie would you show them?
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Kurt Russell in The Thing: You Gotta Be Kidding Me
ALT: Kurt Russell in The Thing: You Gotta Be Kidding Me
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 5h
Look out for the what now??? #Edinburgh
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 5h
“Nicki Minaj dragged with blunt,” - commas are important
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 14h
ME: Hey, so what's this game about? CRIMSON DESERT: what do you mean ME: I mean... what's the main thing you spend time doing. What's the point? CD: oh CD: *takes giant breath* ME: Wait-- CD: *keeps taking breath* ME: What are you doing?! CD: *swallows a small landmass* ME: WHAT ARE YOU DOING
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 8h
"I'm not sure if this will be a consolation, but – we received around 500 applications for this single vacancy in just the first few days..." #gamedev
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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 8h
Smile 3 (2027)
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 9h
Starblazer would have too if DCT hadn't abandoned it.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 20h
Do yourself a favour, go see it, not for Tom Cruise but to make sure this kind of ballsy filmmaking can still happen. Because now that Skydance has so much control over Hollywood, it could be a long time before Warner Bros. releases another like it.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 9h
Snow Beast (1977)
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 9h
Can't wait to taste my O'Hare Bottle Air just so I can ask my personal chatbot if I need to take a shit today.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 15h
I can’t say it was deliberate, just necessary to understand the film.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 15h
Won’t ssy
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 16h
What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times?
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The Wizard of Oz Characters Get Scared
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20h
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 17h
Trailer can’t give the movie away and I think that’s what’s going to harm it.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 17h
Has nothing to do with it.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 17h
Because Hollywood are morons. And because the trailer can’t give away what the movie really is.
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Paul Verhoeven: too subtle for his own good.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 18h
bsky.app/profile/theo...
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 18h
Fair enough.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 18h
Fucking hated high school. Fuck that shit.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 18h
All good 😊
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 18h
It’s not what you expect and that’s why the trailer can’t do it justice.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 18h
lol I had to look that up, I’ve haven’t seen The Marvels.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 18h
I said that about what film lol?
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 20h
With alt
Digger is a work of art, a real cult classic. I can see why the trailers are cut the way they are; they cannot tell the full story without revealing the film's layers and spoiling it.

It reminds me of big swings like The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Terry Gilliam. Wildly ambitious, utterly bonkers, and the world is richer for its existence.

I don’t know how Iñárritu can pass this off as a GenZ movie though, I can see what he was thinking but that was a misfire. It’s more than that. 

I'm still glad this movie exists and that Iñárritu and Cruise took a punt on it. In a world where every film feels like a safe bet for an instant box office weekend return, Digger gives it the bird. I honestly don't think Cruise thought this would break any records or even break even at the box office, despite his pulling power. I think he knew this film would play the long game and get people talking about it long after it's gone from the big screen.

That's how I feel about Digger. You can't define it unless you've seen it. And the messages are subtle, layered and crystal clear all at the same time. Sure, it's got some inconsistencies and niggles, but what movie hasn't?

Plus, Maggie the Cat is the real star of the movie. 

Do yourself a favour, go see it, not for Tom Cruise but to make sure this kind of ballsy filmmaking can still happen. Because now that Skydance has so much control over Hollywood, it could be a long time before Warner Bros. releases another like it.

Everyone will focus on the box office bombing, and that’s a real injustice.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 20h
Do yourself a favour, go see it, not for Tom Cruise but to make sure this kind of ballsy filmmaking can still happen. Because now that Skydance has so much control over Hollywood, it could be a long time before Warner Bros. releases another like it.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 21h
No
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 21h
Fuck everyone who shits on this film. Instant classic.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 23h
Seated.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
Thinking about all the IP sitting in limbo that’ll most likely never see the light of day again because they aren’t deemed profitable. This is hell.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
“You see this…it's worthless. Ten dollars from a charity shop in the street. But I take it, I bury it in the sand for a thousand years, it becomes priceless...like the Ark…”
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
Sadly owned by Warner Bros, now Skydance, so any chances of something new seeing the light of day is zero.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
Same energy
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
I’d rather have an economy that didn’t require that much wealth to simply exist. People applauding this but it’s still the wrong take.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
It’s cost of existence. Living is entirely separate.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
I wanted to jump back in, loved ESO but most of the team is gone now so I’ve no idea whether it’s going to survive long term now.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026
Stop putting off that thing you wanted to do
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
New Space MMO that runs entirely in your browser. #gamedev xetodus.com
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XETODUS | Free Browser Space MMO: Fly, Fight, Trade & Land
Free-to-play 3D space MMO in your browser. Fly across 750 star systems, fight pirates and players, trade, land on planets and build colonies. No download.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
lol'd
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
Medieval Star Trek
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
Farhaven looks like a nice cosy MMO (they call it a FriendMO). #gamedev www.kickstarter.com/projects/dra...
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Farhaven: Not an MMO, a FriendMO
Help us shape a game where you build a life with up to 15 of your friends in a private, persistent magical world.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
Great blog post from author and poet Michael Rosen. "Four-way crushing of the arts" michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/four...
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Four-way crushing of the arts
I woke up this morning with a strange realisation. I work in four areas that are endangered species: public service broadcasting, universi...
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
Stares at Steam backlog Downloads game Stares at Steam backlog Downloads game Stares at Steam backlog Downloads game Stares at Steam backlog Downloads g... Harddrive full Deletes games Stares at Steam backlog Downloads game ...
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
Imagine having to pay a subscription to read this lol
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
Off to see Digger (2026) tonight. I have a feeling this is going to be a cult classic.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/10/2026
One of Our Skeletons is Missing (1975)
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