https://www.javygwaltney.net/home daily 0.75 2019-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1566751244029-JB7ITPGRZP9AHKICK7B2/javymm.jpg Home - Javy Gwaltney writer, editor, and storyteller for hire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549740284330-CGL53CNPAK85U6Q82L7S/dreams.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549744645495-CSVIEVJO9M0ECGT42IJR/BLOPS.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549740300438-5XJY2BTZF9QKPSAN0DC1/rage+2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549741290006-JK09EK9QZJC12EWCLNGU/Witcher-Virtual-Life.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549741480422-N5F0VMKN2TRYKH14CYOC/XBOX.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549741646773-B1K5JUTN75I48L3BF4G9/RDR2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549743082958-X1PV4JRSGYSDTCQ308W7/TAT.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549743488807-NXD4OLKM8Z9BM0G79AFU/Dst.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549743704318-E1DMVDFILXV61TPA8XVS/YWMFL.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549746003237-ALWO0O49BVOH1Z91TQ8H/wolf.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549745991109-0GKJO6VDBHKK56JC0NMM/Add1.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1549745898007-M1595VH2EYPOM7KFI6FP/Add2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1566753084927-7BUTF82K0MHCGDCPWGRD/JV2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569880399470-BIUISTOXHZ1P3I4OYVHM/OW2.jpg Home The Outer Worlds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569880479566-55RY8IZY4ZW81AF04EGX/Ancestors.jpg Home Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569880532580-6WP56BCLXACDBH1WM206/KS.png Home Kerbal Space Program https://www.javygwaltney.net/jvhome daily 1.0 2025-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569958257999-XD6R3O27U1PP7F42CPXR/dreams.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569959137358-1F5S0J08MNWU3K0XJZ7V/outerworlds.jpg Home https://www.javygwaltney.net/living-in-the-not-knowing daily 0.75 2019-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1565733416704-HO7FSMVLM958GVRXTXRZ/Living+In+The+Not+Knowing.jpg Living In The Not Knowing: How To Survive Being a Freelance Writer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1565733528575-BYHT71BJL0Z58QE5EAWX/Tales.jpg Living In The Not Knowing: How To Survive Being a Freelance Writer Tales From The Borderlands: A game I’ve written about before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1565733738999-DD5NGBGL17F53QGKH7NC/Wolf.jpg Living In The Not Knowing: How To Survive Being a Freelance Writer Wolfenstein: The New Order. Another game I’ve written about. A lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1565733814392-0UAOSAT9XPNG1XM471U5/RZ.png Living In The Not Knowing: How To Survive Being a Freelance Writer Kentucky Route Zero. 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There are 70 entries on the site now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569894805771-9SAQOQP6BALF8CHWHOWU/xboxpresstour-0754-1.jpg Journalism - The Fight To Make Games Accessible One of my beats at Game Informer was covering disability in the video game industry. 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Here’s a sample. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569896774717-F88HSUV1M9PBF0OABVAF/Until+Dawn.jpg Journalism - Until Dawn Is A New Classic (Vice) Vice let me review Until Dawn. One of my favorite assignments when I was freelancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569896775509-61G0D7SH29FSA3WUV01Q/Wolfenstein.jpg Journalism - Disability and Representation in Videogames (Paste Magazine) One of several personal essays I wrote for Paste. This one, about disability and Wolfenstein, is probably the best. https://www.javygwaltney.net/video-1 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://www.javygwaltney.net/public-relations daily 0.75 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/f47fce44-4f85-4255-b9fd-ea8d1cc3ce8b/Battlefield+6+Key+Art+4K+%281%29.jpg Public Relations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/c6f14254-3a90-496b-83ed-9993d21d47bd/BF6G_KEY_EA_Dig_Horiz_16by9_3840x2160_1035_FINAL_A_FULL.jpg Public Relations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/769b90b4-39a8-42a3-88ba-72e03b59989f/JW.jpg Public Relations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/4d1b953c-37fa-4967-a5e8-65af5a2375eb/TOR.jpg Public Relations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569899357290-HI6BODW893I2P67JOMUP/OW2.jpg Public Relations The Outer Worlds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1623034006695-BGTTAYRO58BHZDPV7231/Hitman+3.jpg Public Relations - HITMAN 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1623034019552-E18TXNECE29TOWWLOD3N/Legends+of+Runeterra.jpg Public Relations - Legends of Runeterra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1623034032613-AI7WPSMICZ05CRIW1OR6/Teamfight.jpg Public Relations - Teamfight Tactics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1623034122311-Q8SDVPQ9OSUJY442ZXXF/VAL.jpg Public Relations - VALORANT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1623034142733-RTTH9EJF0LNGTCXC29V8/TOWreal.jpg Public Relations - The Outer Worlds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1623626489556-5DPP9VI59FI0XX7FV5EK/hades.jpg Public Relations - Hades (Playstation and Xbox versions) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1623034181956-FCPNM5V22B88JV177TUT/Olli+Olli+World.jpg Public Relations - Olli Olli World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1593531102569-YIO7SAMPR2TO9N3ATJMI/PH_lockup.png Public Relations https://www.javygwaltney.net/games-ive-made daily 0.75 2019-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569900765467-LTRFGD6QXL9DX5TVFEO1/Speedwell.jpg Games I've Made https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569900736600-VFXB6IR5Q2MRC0C9SK96/Distress.jpg Games I've Made https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1569900882544-GW0WFU6Y8AINXUWBZT6C/YWMFL.jpg Games I've Made https://www.javygwaltney.net/disco-elysium daily 0.75 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1579629823050-DTKXABGFDHOJ6HZCP2CS/DIsco1.jpg Disco Elysium And The Quest To Conquer Consciousness Disco Elysium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1579629930192-C1WKPKHLV3T1ICF991HC/Joyce.jpg Disco Elysium And The Quest To Conquer Consciousness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1579630051054-3R2IMT5Q0H5QDHBN6WX5/Planescape.jpg Disco Elysium And The Quest To Conquer Consciousness Planescape: Torment https://www.javygwaltney.net/quarantime daily 0.75 2020-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/1590427759184-7244ZB79BACDG1MSQLNA/airforce.JPG Quarantime - Quarantime https://www.javygwaltney.net/into-the-doomed-world daily 0.75 2022-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5ecbab9b7d151ebf0b897d/34d29254-f8fc-405b-89da-7fc8e9f6260b/DoomedWorld_final_small%281%29.jpg Into the Doomed World The people of Azra needed a savior. They got Eric instead. Set in an unnamed fantasy video game, Into the Doomed World is a short story collection that follows 30 non-playable characters (NPCs) after the player kills a quest giver, ensuring a slow but inevitable apocalypse. Across these stories, the people of Azra despair, laugh, rage, and even find freedom at the end of all things. The online version of this story can be read on this page for free. The eBook version of this collection is available for purchase on Amazon. A downloadable PDF can be purchased itch.io. Both versions cost $3.99. 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