Michael Smith

@scriptfinch.itch.io

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Game writer and narrative designer. Resident node peddler. Play my games: https://scriptfinch.itch.io

A text snippet that reads, "1. corporate answer / 2. the actual answer (rom) / 3. the pathetic compromise (michael)
A ranking of my favorite games. 1. Fallout: New Vegas 2. Pokémon Emerald Version 3. Disco Elysium 4. Victoria 3 5. The Walking Dead 6. A Short Hike 7. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 8. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire 9. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 10. Long Live the Queen 11. Risk of Rain 2 12. Nintendo - Super Mario Sunshine 13. Dark Souls 14. Zoo Tycoon 15. Bastion 16. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 17. Ultimate Chicken Horse 18. Battle Brothers 19. RimWorld 20. XCOM 2 21. The Sailor's Dream 22. Nidhogg 23. Undertale 24. Downwell 25. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People
Dialogue from our upcoming game that reads: It's a sorry state, I've got to say. When we knew our enemies, we were strong. We tracked them. Understood them. Surveillance was the key. Scrutiny. Hell, the prosecution wouldn't have what they had without the damn Ring camera. But our enemies successfully deceived us into resting on our laurels once the wall fell. Too many people pretended the outward battle was over. They reckoned it was time to turn inward. The worst part? Our politicians agreed. Perhaps the worst executive betrayal since the Bay of Pigs.
A silhouette of a demon. His description reads: The radical centrist academic is a mainstay of liberal and conservative columns and TV punditry alike. Despite their claims of neutrality, they somehow always end up agreeing with the conservatives. Don’t be fooled by this Harvard-educated WASP — they actually grew up in a little-known place in western Virginia (the western part of the state of Virginia, to be clear). Everyone in their hometown loves them, just don’t ask anyone about their book, “The Problem With Appalachia Is The People.” This demon loves a good debate, and one of the main problems with this country is that nobody will debate them. Backing up every sentence with an out-of-context quote or just straight up lying about what a study says, this demon doesn’t understand what everyone’s so upset about — they’re ”just asking questions.”
A snippet of a 1998 interview in which Iran’s then-President Mohammad Khatami says to CNN, “Alexis de Tocqueville… which is am sure most Americans have read.”
A scary crab telling you, "The sooner you acclimate to these particular market conditions, the better." From my game, Carcinogen.
A planning spreadsheet for my game Talleyrand Simulator, which plots out when each of the game’s goals can be accomplished.