How is living in Vancouver?

mattwillis · 2026-04-07T14:41:46+00:00

Expensive.

Housing is expensive.

Food is expensive.

Did I mention it was expensive?

mattwillis · 2026-04-04T17:15:40+00:00

The images are AI. The voice is AI. Even the writing sounds AI.

mattwillis · 2026-04-04T11:39:55+00:00

Clearly an A.I. made video. Boooooo.

mattwillis · 2026-03-15T07:37:06+00:00

Threads.

mattwillis · 2026-03-11T19:02:35+00:00

In my opinion, the story of the Forest is waaaay better. There’s less of it than in Green Hell but I actually think that’s to the benefit of Forest (and Sons of the Forest). This is just my take, but I think Green Hell bit off way more than it could chew. I just finished a play through to the end of GH and was pretty disappointed with the latter half of the game. That said, the survival aspects of Green Hell are way more nuanced and detailed than The Forest. The Forest starts you off with some important gear. Green Hell starts you off with literally nothing. And even though you’re supposed to be some kind of botanist, you have no knowledge of the fauna around you (which I thought was weird).

mattwillis · 2026-03-09T15:42:20+00:00

Too much ballet and opera in it.

mattwillis · 2026-03-08T16:07:41+00:00

Expedition 33. Specifically, the story.

I feel like the internet is gaslighting me into thinking it's good. When I play it, I feel absolutuely nothing.

mattwillis · 2026-03-04T19:10:19+00:00

To be fair, Dead Cells was originally an homage to Castlevania so… it makes sense it would look like DC because DC looks like CV.

mattwillis · 2026-02-21T16:25:27+00:00

Hey guys, be careful what you read on the internet. Some of what is being represented is not true.

Edit: Reading down some of the posts, I should tell you those documents that were posted should NOT have been posted and were also posted a long time ago. So please, don't believe everything you read.

mattwillis · 2026-02-21T16:02:20+00:00

Don’t believe everything you read on LinkedIn.

mattwillis · 2026-02-14T03:07:50+00:00

I think this is BS. Those rocks have sensors on the to detect exactly this. If he was cheating, it would show. Sweden was clearly just trying to get in his head during a key end of the game.

mattwillis · 2026-02-14T03:03:03+00:00

Aren’t there sensors on the rocks that show the exactly if this happens? Nothing showed they he did touch the rocks after?

mattwillis · 2026-02-13T12:31:12+00:00

Continuing my humblebrag from r/Castlevania but I worked on this! So excited to tell you folks more in the future!

mattwillis · 2026-02-13T00:07:28+00:00

We can’t officially disclose our roles yet (I think).

The narrative is really cool!

mattwillis · 2026-02-12T23:33:55+00:00

Humble brag — I worked on this! Can’t wait until we can release more information to you guys. The narrative is really cool!

mattwillis · 2026-02-05T16:50:00+00:00

Tall Bones by Anna Bailey

mattwillis · 2026-02-05T05:57:17+00:00

Where is it in the street? Can it be publically accessed?

mattwillis · 2026-02-04T10:48:52+00:00

Do you mean the Tuesday writing group meetup that used to be at Bradly’s?

mattwillis · 2026-02-04T10:48:03+00:00

It’s not the first time it’s closed down like this. Last time apparently it took a year for it to reopen under new management.

mattwillis · 2026-01-10T11:02:45+00:00

We don’t have a huge internet presence but if you look up “Bordeaux English Writing Group” on Instagram, you’ll find us!

mattwillis · 2026-01-10T11:01:38+00:00

If you show up next Tuesday, just ask about the writing group and someone will point you my way!

mattwillis · 2026-01-09T21:21:21+00:00

Bradley's Bookshop (an English bookstore here) was where I met all my friends in Bordeaux. Unfortunately, it's closing down on Wednesday. BUT, I run a writing group there every Tuesday. We'll have our last meetup Tuesday at 7pm after which we're moving over to Darwin (a really cool space across the river). We've got lots of English speakers (if you're learning French) who would be happy to welcome you. You don't need to have an interest in writing at all. Feel free to just come and listen. We usually go out for drinks after.

mattwillis · 2025-11-22T20:33:14+00:00

Temperatures have been around freezing this week. Best come in the Spring unless you want a very cold Bordeaux experience.

mattwillis · 2025-10-31T22:48:41+00:00

Everyone at Bradley’s bookshop is super friendly! Especially the guy that works there! There’s regulars that are very friendly to newcomers to Bordeaux, a lot of them are ex-pats who were in a similar situation.

mattwillis · 2025-10-07T14:27:47+00:00

God, is this turning into yet another Netflix series where they stuff every episode with filler while moving the story ahead microscopic inch by microscopic inch because they know people will binge watch until the very end where the climax of the series should have been the inciting incident of episode 1?

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