Matthew Birdzell

Writer of wise-cracking characters with heart, humor & grand scale. #SFF Novels/Videogames. Bylines with @Jumperscape, @lovethynerd, Insta@matthewbirdzell

[Matthew Birdzell @HDSimplicityy]

@GhostyFace86 It's major story beats weren't as interesting as Zero Dawns are. Well, or I wasn't paying close attention.

The conversations are far too long. It's way too talky.

The villains are lame and thinly characterized.

The gameplay is amazing!

[Matthew Birdzell @HDSimplicityy]

@sqsehrish 1050

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@haruspis The children of Abaddon. By George....

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@KellyHGay @TDenningauthor With the layoffs from Halo Studios, are you two gonna be able to write more novels?

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@VNanon_ @TDenningauthor @Halo No.

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@haruspis Excited to see a strong final blog.

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@ske7ch @Unyshek Hats off for the hard work you guys did. Hopefully Activision makes a wise choice and hires you all.
I'veet you a couple of times at HCS, but you probably don't even remember.
For job resources, Amir Satvat's Discord is very useful. Job searching, networking, etc.

[Matthew Birdzell @HDSimplicityy]

@Unyshek Bummer dude. You and the whole Community team are stalwart workers over there. Let's hope Activision picks you and as many of your teammates as possible.

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@DestinLegarie @ske7ch Destin...cmon dude. I think this is one to take it easy on them.

Do they have to invite everyone content creator and their brother to test a game? No, not really.

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@leaks_infinite Dude. Matt Booty specifically said they had "already begun assembling a purpose-built team".
This means they're hiring them.

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@Tashi343i Yaaaay. And good: help them out first. Excellent.

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@CryptonautB @Mr_Rebs_ Uh, that's false.

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@JadeEmpire64 @Mr_Rebs_ Lol

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@Tashi343i This definitely will being the community together despite the job cuts, which just stinks.

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@haruspis You guys were/are wonderful writers. Endlessly creative.

I had hoped to join the Franchise Team one day.

Do you want to join a Discord server that has game development job resources and a pretty big network? Amir Satvat's Discord I recommend.

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@DMC_Ryan A reboot is such a bad idea.

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@bombsquad67 @Mr_Rebs_ Of course. People also stopped talking about Uncharted , The Last of Us, or any other game that is 15 hours long because of just the playtime.

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@discord_support Is there a fix around headphones on PC having poor audio quality when streaming and playing a game? Its happened in Helldivers 2 using Sony ULTs.

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@RyuTakahashi117 @asha_shar @Xbox Err...wrong on half of those.

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@asha_shar Halo 3. Bombastic campaign and groundbreaking social features. Finish the Fight :).
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Nuff said.
It Takes Two. Totally unique story to videogames. Some of the coolest platforming action...SO GOOD.