Joshua Rivera

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writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and drop me a line: jriverawrites@proton.me

At the 2016 Game Developers Conference, Birkett – soft-spoken, a little nervous, long hair tied back in a ponytail – got behind the podium to deliver his talk, which he called "The No-Hit Wonder – 11 Years and Still Going. How?" and delivered the toughest of tough love openers.
"You're not special, nor is your game, and you'll never ship a hit," Birkett told the room, which takes a beat to register what he's saying before laughter and applause greet his gambit. "The sooner you come to terms with that, the sooner you can start figuring out how to survive as an indie

fwiw I do long for inconvenience. I want close friends to drop by unannounced just to see if I can hang. I want people to ask me for a hand with something. I want people to call me without texting to ask if it’s a good time first. every moment is algorithmically accounted for, and I want folks to help me take that time back

“Age-appropriate women in my contacts/askin what they think about the Lorax/bc we gotta love our trees more than an ax

[bridge] but on-ly thee a-dult trees/why would I know the age of consent for a tree/thats weeeeeird

a page from mister miracle (King, Gerads) where Scott free gets laid out by Orion over and over again