I absolutely love the look of MGS2 with texture filtering disabled (mostly cause you can see how close it was to MGS1 stylistically) I tried forever to find a hacker that could get filtering disabled on original PS2 hardware, even offered payment. never found em until then, youll need an emulator

toronto is dead

BombRush Hyperfunk was announced. not sue how I feel about it Im very conflicted on BRCF. its an utterly gorgeous game, one of the best pieces of design in forever but it also seems to have inherited all of the flaws of JSR and JSRF. obtuse flow, bad level layouts www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDzg...

I feel that we're sort of "stuck" and most games are fan continuations of existing styles/franchises. a counterpoint to this is that its a brand new medium and I think a lot of people are learning through imitation. 1/2

had a good meeting today, my game is getting more fun on a systemic level also, pushing my level design chops to the limit, which i guess is its own sort of fun

when I peer into the retro game hobbyist scene, its crazy to me how many hundreds of dollars people will spend just to not simply get a CRT I dont care where you live, CRTs are around and you can have them for cheap, they were THE standard media platform for 70 years, every household had at least 1

photo of my video studio rig

photo of my video studio rig

gonna rent this tonight

naming a character Mr. Creosote is such a good bit

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

ugh why am I still Z sorting in 2025 you KNOW which polygons are in front, dont lie to me computer

Electric for ICC, Turn Dithertypes, 2023

Electric for ICC, Turn Dithertypes, 2023

its weird that the only Elektron Tonverk chatter seems to be from japanese twitter. not a single person I know mentioned it Id love to play around with one, but it seems to be missing a lot of features to justify the premium price. it can do polyphony? great, so can any rack synth from 1989 onwards

Montreal, 2021 Dithertype

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖒𝖞 𝖛𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖘 Film: Ektachrome (#E6 process) Camera: Nikon F3, 35mm 1.4 #art #photography #miniature #kitbash #nikon #ektachrome #film

Photo of my piece for the Zium Exposition. play it for free here: theziumsociety.itch.io/the-zium-exp...

showing the process: these images are composited in-camera. there is no photoshop involved. they're done with miniatures, lots of careful lighting, and modified model car kits (kitbashing + full electrical interiors)

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖒𝖞 𝖛𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖘 Film: Ektachrome (#E6 process) Camera: Nikon F3, 35mm 1.4 #art #photography #miniature #kitbash #nikon #ektachrome #film

another shining example of what the PS1 was capable of was Silent Hill. it sits as a unique example of careful art direction within severe restrictions the world is cold, damp, swollen, forgotten. derelict spaces, that felt divorced from typical horror tropes these are photographed off of a CRT

if you can't imagine life without a cellphone you're in for a rough 21st century you sweet summer child etc

all the eye-popping ghostbusters toys are fantastic pieces of "gross" design I have a handful and they're a delight of mechanism

s̶̢̧̛̞͈̟̪͉͇̻͋͌́̀̍k̶͇̦͂̇͂͛͋̄̐̾í̵̧̢̛̟̟͕͇̰̽̆̔͊̍̃̀̀̽́̚͜͠n̴̢̡̝͍̲͇̬͈̻̰̓̆̾́̓̅͋͘ͅk̸̨̢̛̳͖̠̣͙̫̝̯͈͍̜̻̘͑͆ Sculpture series I did in 2003-2004 #miniature #photography #latex #horror #sculpture #ceramic

c̴̨̛̛̭͈̝͈̊͗͑̄̏̕ó̴̧̡̠͕̦͉̼͑̆͆ñ̸̡̧̹̃̋́̅̊̅̍̐̈́̚t̶͉̝̗͙̖͂̽̈́̋̊̉̿̋͌̂͝o̴̩̠̼̫̮͗̔̀͛͆ŗ̶̥͈̟͓̼̪̗̪̼́͆́t̷̢̩̞̮̬̖̪͎͔̣̫̘̣̞̱͆̚e̸̪̼̓̈ͅd̷̨̝̰̟̱̘̤͉͈͌̔́̆̈́͛͘ ̵̧̢̨̠̪̯̖̱̦̟͇̇͛̿̍̓̕f̷̧͙͇͕̳̼̤̱͂̽̀͆̉̍̽͒̕͝͠i̵̩̅̂̈͒͛͑̏̕g̸̯̻͓͔͘ụ̴͈̓͋̄̓̇̐̍̈̃̃̃̃͗͒͠r̵̢̺͓̪̰̓̓̈̿̆̍͆̄͑e̸̫̊͐͗̾̾̈ Latex Sculpture series I did in 2003-2004 #miniature #photography #latex #horror #sculpture #ceramic

𝕮𝖑𝖎𝖒𝖇 𝖇𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝖉𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖗 Latex Sculpture Series, mixed media #miniature #latex #sculpture #horror #photography #nikon

gonna be selling a zine of these photos at Toronto Games Week Mart thing next sunday

if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever, vivid colors, 4k, uhd, high quality boot, realistic human face, orwellian

I think Sony shot themselves in the foot by maintaining this processing arms race, while everyone realized that hardware has diminishing returns its a tool problem: game dev still requires far too much labour, very few companies can tap the power of a PS5. So, its a console with a tiny library

What an expertly called shot

ah yes, the unrealistic timeline of Cyberpunk 2020

Happy Dreamcast 909 day to all those who celebrate! this is the only day of the year you can combine these japanese electronics

BTAS villians are genuinely terrifying, not because of some malicious violence, but because they are broken human beings — unable to cope with an uncaring, oft corrupt society. Batman often ends up performing de-escalation, rather than punitive violence. a fascinating portrayal

shot on a mixture of nikon f3, canon ae-1 and sony a7s composited optically in-camera, no photoshop or digital post effects used 1/18th scale miniatures with rear projection (E6 reversal film)

is there an open source Gremlins?

Don't talk to me or my sons ever again

I love movies but Ive never felt compelled to notice or take part in anything TIFF related. expensive tickets, long lines, weird schmoozy atmosphere, way too much King St tourist vibes in general. Ill just wait until its on uh, blu-ray, yeah, bluray. thats how Ill see it.

whats your favourite year? Im partial to the 1994 TV and Skull I dont recognize anything after 2001~

BTAS villians are genuinely terrifying, not because of some malicious violence, but because they are broken human beings — unable to cope with an uncaring, oft corrupt society. Batman often ends up performing de-escalation, rather than punitive violence. a fascinating portrayal

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results: 1) Does UBI work? (yes) 2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

Apparently its Bandcamp friday! go grab my weird Death Techno music here: escote.bandcamp.com go grab my Jazzpunk soundtrack (more electro-acoustic lo-fi beats music) here: jazzpunk.bandcamp.com all proceeds go to me eating food and having a place to live <3

Im making a #000000 game because its also black

cryptic wireframe time

something I learned about myself is that I will travel hundreds of miles to see a band if they are good enough but if my favourite band plays in Downsview "Rogers" Stadium I am not going, thats not Toronto anymore. Id just as soon get a plane ticket to another country

if I ever get this fucking rich Im sending all of you a cheque

I call this character design "waking up super late for hockey practice and running out the door in your pajamas with your blanket still wrapped around you"

I call this character design "waking up super late for hockey practice and running out the door in your pajamas with your blanket still wrapped around you"

nothing captures the misery of late 90s Toronto like municipal photos of parks

this reminds me of when Scorsese won an academy award for the Departed and not like, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, Taxi Driver Im sure this album is fine but ATF and White Pony was the zenith