#bellazzia

Ah well thanks! I’ve been working at Telltale Games for 2.5ish years now - The Walking Dead: Season 2 was my first writing assignment, then Tales from the Borderlands, and now I’m on Minecraft: Story Mode. Writing for games is a funny field with people bringing their experience from all over. At Telltale our writing team includes novelists, playwrights, TV writers, indie filmmakers… Personally, I wrote for animated movies and cartoons in my pre-Telltale career, but I’ve always been a huge video game enthusiast. (Here’s a little blog post about my career path in general)It sounds like cliched advice, but honestly the best thing you can do to get a job writing for games is to start making games of your own - Before Telltale I had been a hobbyist game maker making games in a free program called Adventure Game Studio. (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/) It’s dead simple, barely requires any programming, and I just stol–err, utilized graphics from other games on the internet. Another amazing tool is Adventure Creator - Sort of the same thing but a little more modernized. (http://www.adventurecreator.org/)When I applied at Telltale I had some of these little games to show and it was a great talking point. Understanding how games are put together and figuring out what makes them fun are fundamental skills to have for writing in games - You’re going to be working with people from all different disciplines and need to understand how to communicate with people outside your own field. That’s the reason a lot of games critics have transitioned into writing for games - they have the knowledge and language of games and can speak critically about them. Look at the video games you like, figure out why you like them, what you would improve and, just as importantly, look at the aspects you don’t like and figure out why you don’t like them - That sort of critical thinking ability is absolutely vital to being in games.

So… There’s a little bit of advice I guess? I am definitely no expert and still learning every single day on the job, but that’s how I landed here anyway!

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Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 92 Truths about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. (I'm not going to tag 25 people oops)

WHAT WAS YOUR:

1. last beverage = water I'm boring

2. last phone call = i think it was to interndylan for some stupid reason

3. last text message = to peasoupdadoup -"thankkkk"

4. last song you listened to = The City by Ed Sheeran

5. last time you cried = this morning

HAVE YOU EVER:

6. dated someone twice = nope

7. been cheated on = yes sadly

8. kissed someone & regretted it = no, i wouldn't say so

9. lost someone special = yes

10. been depressed = no

11. been drunk and threw up = nooo

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS: purple, blue, and red (those were the first three to come to mind)

IN THE LAST YEAR, HAVE YOU:

15. Made a new friend = yes! many :)

16. Fallen out of love = yes

17. Laughed until you cried = yes

18. Met someone who changed you = no? yes? i don't really know

19. Found out who your true friends are = not really, though i do have some fantastic friends. time will tell.

20. Found out someone was talking about you = yes 

21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend’s list = yes

GENERAL:

22. How many people on your FB friends list do you know in real life = a good 98%

24. Do you have any pets = a cat, named Princess

25. Do you want to change your name = nopee

26. What did you do for your last birthday = I think I went out to breakfast with my family and then just did nothing all day 

27. What time did you wake up today = 8:00 a.m.

28. What were you doing at midnight last night = just getting home oops

29. Name something you CANNOT wait for = askdemstucks to start up!

30. Last time you saw your Mother = today!

31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life? = I can't really think of anything at the moment

32. What are you listening to right now = Dangerous by Big Data

33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom? = Yesss 

34. What’s getting on your nerves right now = I have a ton of homework and i can't seem to focus on it... probably why I'm doing this right now instead...

35. Most visited webpage = tumblrrr

36. Blood type = i have noo idea

37. Nickname = I don't really have one, I'm just Erica

38. Relationship Status = single????

39. Zodiac sign = Sagittarius 

40. Pronouns = She/Her

41. Elementary = it was fun being a little kid

42. High School = still there. it's... uh... its high school alright

43. College = I have no idea what I'm going to do about that 

44. Hair color = light brown

45. Long or short = long

46. Height = 5'3

47. Do you have a crush on someone? = eh

48. What do you like about yourself? = I like my eyes a lot, physical features wise. Other than that I really like my voice and acting abilities and I think I'm a pretty trustworthy person. 

50. Tattoos = they're cool! i don't have one, and I don't think I'd get one but they're really cool

51. Righty or lefty = righty

52. First surgery =  haven't had one yet

53. First piercing = my ears, the only ones to this day

54. First best friend = her name was Gabby, we've since stopped talking

55. First sport you joined = i think it was baseball or soccer. I don't play sports anymore though 

56. First vacation = Disney World!

58. First pair of trainers = i don't know

RIGHT NOW:

59. Eating = nothing, though i was eating chocolate earlier

60. Drinking = water. once again, boring. 

61. I’m about to = probably have dinner

62. Listening to = Too Close by Alex Clare

63. Waiting for = nothing at the moment

64. Want kids? = wow i have no idea

65. Get Married? = yes, probably

66. Career? = once again, no idea. i want to go into some creative field though, i can't really see myself in any sort of office job

WHICH IS BETTER:

67. Lips or eyes = eyes

68. Hugs or kisses = hugs :3

69. Shorter or taller = taller than me probably, but I'm only 5'3

70. Older or Younger = neither?

71. Romantic or spontaneous = both?

72. Nice stomach or nice arms = i don't care

73. Sensitive or loud = sensitive, but still fun obviously 

74. Hook-up or relationship = relationship, i'm not big on the concept of hook-ups 

75. Trouble maker or hesitant = somewhere in the middle

HAVE YOU EVER:

76. Kissed a stranger = sort of???

77. Drank hard liquor = noooo

78. Lost glasses/contacts = i don't think so

79. Sex on first date = nooo

80. Broke someone’s heart = I sure hope not, though i might have

81. Had your own heart broken = not really

82. Have you arrested = noooo

83. Turned someone down = yes

84. Cried when someone died = yes

85. Fallen for a friend = yes...

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

86. Yourself =  most of the time

87. Miracles = not really

88. Love at first sight = yes

89. Heaven = i don't know

90. Santa Claus = yes and no

91. Kiss on the first date = yes!

92. Angels = i don't know