ASCII Simulation of Ants vs Doodlebugs, written in #Java. -- Music: Blockades, by Muse. #programmingtoy #betweensemesters

Monochrome Ghost Ghost of Tsushima #TheCapturedCollective #TheGhostOfNoir #VPRT

ASCII ants, strolling and now breeding on a 20x20 grid, on Rhye's Come in Closer #programmingtoys #Java Next is to implement the Doodlebug predator

Down in the hole #DeathStranding2 #virtualphotography #thephotomode

An ASCII ant, strolling about its 20x20 grid, on Radiohead's Videotape #mood #programming #Java

Au Bonheur des Dames (1883), 11th in the series. Genealogy of department stores, applies the famous cheese description style to many exotic arrangements of fabric/merch. Zola's incredibly smart figuring the sales out, considering how everything has turned commercial. #booksky #bookreview

Newgate - Exercise Yard (1862) by French painter, illustrator, engraver, caricaturist, and lithographer, Gustave Doré (1832–1883), Wood engraving 24 x 19 cm Nicholas Hall Art #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

In the past year, I've walked more than ever. In time, I became aware that it's actually a foundational mechanic in almost every game I've played! What would it mean to no longer take walking, and its transformational prerogative, for granted? Feat. Eastward, Death Stranding and Kant.

His hat was old, his coat threadbare - there were holes at his elbows; the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul. - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables #photography | #dslr | #trees

Mind into motion #photography | #dslr | #walking

I've mostly played older games in 2025, and I hope to continue that trend next year. A top 5 of my most impactful games this year: 5. The Last of Us P2 4. Metaphor:ReFantazio 3. Fire Emblem (2003, GBA) 2. Dragon's Dogma 2 1. Eastward Each is special and embodies a different facet of play. 1/thread

Good read: "GPU Cache Hierarchy: Understanding L1, L2, and VRAM" charlesgrassi.dev/blog/gpu-cac...

Number 2 on my top 10 images of 2025. It just resonates deeply In that moment it was just me and the badger it saw me when it came out of its den but it lay there back turned to me showing trust and I’m not sure we humans always deserve the trust of wildlife anymore #badger ##wildlifephotography

Feels electric to finally have gotten some writing into my next post, after the viruses & duties of the Holidays. It's so important to bring a clear spirit and a good disposition to writing, even if criticizing; without these, articulation feels crippled and the thread of thought so easily lost

Crabapple in wintertime #photography | #trees | #dslr

What The Forest Taught Me #Eastward #NintendoSwitch

Wind's caress Sky's grace #DeathStranding2 | #virtualphotography | #thephotomode | #PS5

Seeking the holiday spirit alongside Wheeljack and his friend 🌲🕯️ Robot in disguise, shh

#FestiveSeason Augustus Edwin Mulready (British, 1844-1905), Buy a Christmas carol, 1882. Oil on panel, 27 x 17.8cm (10 5/8 x 7in). #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

The things you see when you're not constantly looking at the back of the main character's head. 😁 God of War (2018) #VPRT #VideoGames

One of #Eastward's themes is that thought begins where molding/standardization breaks; and that games can help achieve that by showing the limits of that mold.

Closure #DeathStranding2OnTheBeach #virtualphotography #thephotomode

Day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "The Count" #birds #owls

#Eastward, a gem I've barely played. Starts by mixing Plato's Cavern with post-apocalypse. Screenshots do not do justice. Unitary in its design. Everything just fits. Story and gameplay resonate. One to think about and learn from. Has a full game within the game, too. #NintendoSwitch

"It did not take very long to get over the mountain, you thought; but have you got over it indeed?" - Thoreau, Letter to Blake, 1857 #DeathStranding2OnTheBeach #virtualphotography #thephotomode

Two #movies recently enjoyed 1. A Little Trip to Heaven (rich & subtle acting by Whittaker, moody atmosphere-music combination, insurance as a theme) 2. Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen (experiments with unempathetic affect, countryside DDR setting stages well the small passionate details)

I had this question on my programming languages final Why is this a tricky question? Because we're dealing with Python, an interpreted language, going line by line and making ANY change you ask of it. It's an extremely dynamic language: it would jump off a cliff if you asked it to. 1/thread

Song of tracks in snow, Wind grazing crystal monsoon; I step: it rings true. #poetry #grazing #haiku #haikufeels

2025 PlayStation Wrap-Up #PS5 - makes sense TLOU2 is up there (so memorable to write about, think about it often) - props to Curse for making it on here in 2025 (I will platinum this... one day...) - to many more discoveries!

"Rooftops in the Snow (snow effect)", 1878, Oil on canvas, 640 x 820 mm - Gustave Caillebotte, French (1848 - 1894) #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Peder Andersen Balke (1804-1887), Norwegian painter. Title: "Coastal landscape." Date of artwork 1852. Oil on card. Dimensions: 23 × 18 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Seeking light to find you #DeathStranding2OnTheBeach #virtualphotography #thephotomode #PS5

"[...] You come from the cistern of brutality and hunger. You are the resonator. Just breathe." #poetry #booksky

Runoff #DeathStranding2 #virtualphotography #thephotomode #PS5

Gustaf Fjaestad, Swedish, 1868 - 1948 "Snow-covered Road with Fence" 1930 Oil, 52.5 x 65.5 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Frigid linger #photography #dslr #trees

Minus 61 #DeathStranding2 #virtualphotography #PS5 #ThePhotomode

Camille Pissarro - Snow at Montfoucault , 1874. Oil on canvas #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

By hush became hoar; But to lunge into being I, face no before. #poetry #hush #haiku #haikufeels

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." ~ Henry David Thoreau #photography #mindfulness #mindfulphotography #contemplativephotography

End of November, where hope goes to die #photography #dslr #eastcoastkin

Faith. Credo. Capital. Hope (around Berri-UQAM) #photography #montreal #dslr

Yuri Krotov (Russian Painter, born 1964) "March Sun", 2011. Oil on Canvas, 64 × 91 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

Richard Scarry (American Children's Book Author and Illustrator, 1919–1994) "The First Snow is Magical", 1963. Gouache (an opaque Watercolor Paint) on Illustration Board. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt #Winter

Emil Czech (Austrian, 1862–1929) "Der Christbaum (The Christmas Tree)", 1903. Oil on Canvas, 76.5 × 60.5 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

Finished my Clojure assignment (aka recursion hell) So I fire up NGE for the first time in a few days, and!.. C CODE #NeonGenesisEvangelion (ep. 13, first scene)

"[...] Then for a time it is God’s law. The priests observe the men from the heights of the earth, they look down into the depths, they conclude it is not hell, it is a system of production. We go on. We do not turn back. The world becomes so small we can fit it into a handshake, [...]" #poetry

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II #tpmlights #KingdomComeDeliverance2 #KCD2 #virtualphotography

Episode 8 now and I've realized how good the audio mixing is, which very often will put a faded background noise/radio/voices which makes me stop and take off my headphones to make sure where it came from. This only happens with the JPN dub. Masterful immersion #NeonGenesisEvangelion

Episode 4 hit the spot #NeonGenesisEvangelion