Mata Haggis-Burridge

@matahb.bsky.social

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Writer of video games, horror, and more. Professor of video games, bi/pan, they/he, visibility still matters.

A chapel converted into a conference venue at Breda University of Applied Sciences, packed with people, with a large screen saying 'Welcome' to the Virtual Production Gathering 2026.
A picutre of a Bluesky timeline, in which a post saying 'If you see this post a monster' (with a picture of a horned demon) is followed by a post from The Guardian about Nigel Farage, including an image of his face.
Text saying: According to OxFam, a global confederation of non-government organizations, the $2.2tn growth in net worth for the world’s wealthiest 500 individuals would have been enough to lift 3.8 billion people out of poverty.
An screengrab of text from The Guardian's weekly video game newsletter. The highlighted text says "Columns on Game Gear is better than Tetris on Game Boy."
A screen capture from the website Reddit, showing comments such as "I love ADA's sassiness", "I burst out in laughter", and "Her snarky attitude is just chef's kiss level writing".
A moggie curled on a fluffy purple blanket.
In front of a sunset, an apparently loving male-human-presenting figure flings a child in a dress upwards. Text over the image says "Short story: A good human father. A completely normal story about becoming a parent. It is a hugely relatable tale and should probably be used in instruction manuals or something."
A quote from the linked story. The quote says "An absolute horror classic, read in a wonderfully plum English tone."
Mittens, a cartoon cat, leaps towards the screen, teeth and claws bared, but failing to look very menacing.
A quote from a horror-writing critique newsletter. The quote says: "it’s much weirder for something small and normal to be just a bit wrong than for something huge to be thoroughly f*****d up"
A screenshot of an early mission in the video game Mad Max. Max is carrying an injured dog. A rusty shack is in the background, surrounded by oil cans and other junk half-buried in the sand.
A photograph of the credits from the Marvel Avengers video game.
Five homegrown pumpkins of various sizes. The largest about the size of a small head, the smallest like a large fist. They sit proudly on a black stone kitchen counter, challenging the photographer to cook them.
A lonely monkey nut (a peanut in its shell) sits unloved and alone upon a granite background.
The front cover of the novel The Cabin at the End of the World, by Paul Tremblay.
A screenshot of an audiobook's title page: The Spite House, by Johnny Compton.
A screenshot of an audiobook's title page: The Last House on Needless Street, by Catriona Ward.
The front cover of the novel Where I End, by Sophie White, displayed on the screen of a Kindle e-reader device.
The front cover of the non-fiction book The Book of English Magic, by Philip Carr-Gomm & Richard Heygate.
The front cover of the novel A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, photographed on a purple background.
A photograph of cover of the horror novel 'Where I End' by Sophie White, displayed on the screen of a Kindle e-reader.
A behind the scenes photograph of a film crew. The scene involves two scientists and in being shot in front of a virtual production wall (a large LED wall) that is displaying a huge greenhouse scene.