"Conquest is easy. Control is not." Presenting the 2nd Edition of THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT Vol.1: THE BUSINESS OF RISK The latest #startrek fan-nonfiction work from @tranquilitypress.bsky.social. READ NOW edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business...

Maniac? Kicked out for fighting while playing Hockey? Well I never. (Its a #wingcommander joke)

Happy Bismarck Launch Day! (And nothing else). Just felt like breaking out the camera and lighting for a quick run while the computer is doing render duty again for the next video. Yes I own this. No I wont say how much it cost. #kantaicollection #kancolle

New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded and ready to watch! youtu.be/ADZKPcsbOX0

This morning I found out that the "Warriors of the Air" poster at the very end of #CrimsonSkies for PC has a much larger version uploaded by Mark Forrer (Dev Team Artist) on his Artstation. The tiny display resolutions of 2000 did this no justice. www.artstation.com/artwork/5vGNA8

Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight but make it point-and-click instead. I wouldn't know how to make pixel-art to save my life, so some photobashing, some fake pixelization and I at least managed to get something that resembles what I was picturing in my head.

Was recently commissioned to do a fancy render using assets provided by the Freespace 2 modding community

Lighting combined with Volumetrics in #Blender Cycles are no joke. #battletech #mechwarrior

When it came time to talk about the Mercenary Pirates in #crimsonskies, I thought it would be fun to use Merc groups from Battletech. I had a set list of companies I wanted going in, but when I skimmed over Big Kev here, I was like "lol yeah, I'm using them". He just looks so happy in his decal.

New No-Nostalgia Retro Gaming video uploaded and ready to watch! youtu.be/E80hEV3e1wY

I found an old Thrustmaster Flight Control Mk.1 Joystick in Value Village. It has no cable, I cant really use it, and its missing the WCS, but I felt compelled to buy it. Always wanted one as a kid anyway. So while I'm stuck in render hell, I brought out the flashes and did some photography.

So I found out today that on this month, 33 years ago (HOLY F-), the original version of #StarWars: X-Wing was released on floppy. Which means I have an excuse to repost my own version of the X-Wing box cover art. #blender #b3d

I should be rendering clouds in #Blender Cycles more often. #CrimsonSkies

In the long ago of 2000 AD, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda aired. And while it was obv made on the cheap, there was nothing like it. Then it was killed off mid-Season 2 and replaced with another show using the same name, cast, and props as the one before. But still different from the old show. #scifi

Way back when I was covering The Second Shivan War from #freespace2 , I made up an old style boxing poster for when the Colossus faced off against the first Sathanas. I just found the image again on my phone.

Chasing Cobra https://wcne.ws/17209

Inside every Man are two Timber Wolves, or Mad Cats depending on where you hail from. One Timber Wolf is a Falcon, the other Timber Wolf is a Wolf. Could I have phrased that less confusingly? Yes. #battletech #mechwarrior

So. In desperate need of help. Beginning of every year, the Electrical Commission plays some games, where basically everyone's Power Doubles, which also puts one's rates into a higher bracket for the next bill. Basically have $5 left for the month, before my medications. ko-fi.com/bishopsbeerf...

"Nee-San, it's Bear's Sabre from that movie, 'First to Kilrah!'" Wing Commander ships are my equivalent to comfort food in the realm of 3D rendering. All the more reason to do something with one. #Wingcommander #gfl2 #girlsfrontline2 #girlsfrontline2exilium

While I was working on the Bloodhawk video, a very strange issue came up in Blender 5 that I dont think happened in old versions, as it turned objects into disco balls in the final render. Sometimes it would do it, and others not. But never the same way twice. But rendering single frames was fine?

The Bloodhawk in #crimsonskies represents the three S's that are prevalent in the design philosophy of Hughes Aviation airplanes: Speed, Style, & puSher props. youtu.be/XjcEI0lMEbw

New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded and ready to watch! youtu.be/UvdVyzLmZj0

For the #HeavyGear fans in the house: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPgS...

Today I learned that Vagabond from Wing Commander was actually Shredder all this time. What. The. Fuc-. Maybe I should get him to sign my WC3 Premiere Edition.

I honestly couldn't tell you what I based the voice on. Something stereotypically 1930s-ish? I dunno. It just kinda felt right. #crimsonskies

Season 8 of Ancient DOS Games has begun! youtu.be/w7r_zwZtMBI

Why yes, the Japanese #Umamusume Racing Association would have an Air Militia in #Crimsonskies. (At least my headcanon likes to think so)

I'm a little late to the party on this, but Terra Nova in #HeavyGear celebrates Christmas too: dp9community.com/posts/a-very...

"In its short active life, the Phantasm has quickly built up a reputation as an outstanding interceptor and tough dogfighter with flyers all across the globe..." - #CrimsonSkies The Airman's Gazetteer.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from the team at Mac's Lore. Which is essentially just me since there is no actual team back here. So it's me, I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to come. Actually come to think of it I probably should've just said that at the start.

"A sci-fi comedy adventure game" Something about that just sounds like it has a tone of defeat to it. Especially knowing a little of its dev history over the years. Still, its from the SpaceQuest guys so there's a non-zero chance I'll buy it. store.steampowered.com/app/1374960/...

Streaming Starsiege for Christmas Eve's Eve just because. youtube.com/live/E1ztR9n...

Doing some #crimsonskies work tonight for a potential video. At current I'm working between two options for the next topic, but unfortunately both are turning out to be long ones. So I'm now trying for a 3rd option that's hopefully a lot shorter and easier to produce. #b3d #blender

The horses really skewed this chart something fierce. Otherwise "Mechs" would have been competing with whatever categories Helldivers 2 falls under. (I started in late September)

Bearcat Joins the Formation https://wcne.ws/17163

#Homeworld Mobile gets the lore document treatment by Norsehound, and it really gets into detail about the universe and where they had wanted to go with HWM. It's a hell of a Christmas gift. Im going to have to fully read through this when I can. www.homeworlduniverse.com/homeworld-mo...

Before I would name my preferred Mechs after ships from Kantai Collection. But since I got back into MWO, I started naming them after horses instead. #mechwarrioronline #umamusume

Advanced Kushan space tech vs alt-1930s propeller planes maintained by scrappy Air Pirates. Sounds like pretty bad odds, for the Kushans. #crimsonskies #homeworld #blender #b3d

Yeah, that checks out. #spotifywrapped

More experimenting with the new audio setup by reading out #freespace & #freespace2 tech room descriptions of the GTD Orion. Also thank Sajuuk for VoiceMeeter, it might very well be blessed by him if he were real.

Got a new Audio setup (XLR baby!), and Im testing it with a segment about #Battletech History from the #Mechwarrior 2 Strategies & Secrets Guide by Bernie Yee It's going to take a bit before I can get used this new setup & and it's quirks, but I'm loving tf out of it's results.

One more before I close up the #HeavyGear folder. Btw yeah, I got into the horses a few months ago. it's a surprisingly addictive game. #UmaMusumeGlobal #umamusumeprettyderby #blender #b3d

Happy Thanksgiving to those down in southern North America. When you get exhausted of watching football and eating, then how about learning a bit of what makes the Northern Hemisphere of Terra Nova in #heavygear who and what they are. #heavygear3 #scifi #lore youtu.be/5HIrcGFNuOM

New Boot Leg Gaming video uploaded and ready to watch! youtu.be/8WIskoI8F_8

The #HeavyGear video about the North is in it's final stages of development. Hopefully it'll be finished by the end of this week, or early next week.

Ever since I saw that one episode of Undergrads, I always wanted to try out Quake III multi-player. Now I might finally get the chance to try:

I went back to #MechwarriorOnline

What the frak.

I needed to break off the usual production schedule for the #HeavyGear video and ended up making another CG Reel set to the music of Bush (again) to amuse myself.

So. That ending to the Goddess Fall event in #NIKKE huh?