This process was fun. Thank goodness collaboration

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1817

one of my favorite bits of film knowledge is that in no country for old men, Javier Bardem was memorizing most of his lines phonetically, he didn't really speak English. He said it probably helped his performance come off as so cold and convincingly psychopathic. Dude won an Oscar for that role

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

FINALLY!!!! ♥️♥️♥️

I personally think the Epstein-Genocide class of people should not be chairing any UN security council sessions but what do I know.

Can't sleep. Thinking about that Springsteen film I watched on the plane. Cinematography was doing a lot of heavy lifting and dialogue was barely there. It felt comforting and disjointed all at once. Jeremy Allen White was interesting to watch/observe.

Part of functional literacy is being able to understand, on your own, the concept that the writer is writing for a specific audience. That the thing has a specific context. Like, an article about dog grooming is addressed to dog owners. It does not need to include cat grooming.

Think about chuds constantly going "man I used to love this band but they turned woke by putting politics in their songs" and the band is literally Rage Against the Machine or Bruce Springsteen. 54% of US adults read below 6th grade level. 20%, below 5th grade level.

I loved playing Relooted. It’s an intelligent blend of adrenaline, puzzle-solving, and real-world historical awareness. @nyamakop.co.za @mooncat.games #Relooted #Steam #indiegame wp.me/p70tPw-rGG

Did you notice this extra room in House of Horrors from the full game? 👀 aka… did you grab the Lipiko Mask? Small little detail you may have missed between the demo and the full game!

I must admit, I had dreams of relaxing after we launched the game. BUT I owe my agent a new novel so

When I have the strength (post launch fatigue is real), I will write about how working on Relooted has made me a better writer, thinker and person. I'm so very proud of the work we've done.

Our Paris Launch Party unlocked a new core memory for us! A massive thank you to Narratify for making it all happen 🧡 And to MansA for hosting an amazing event for all the attendees, participants and our devs! Thank you to everyone who joined us and made it a weekend we’ll never forget!

Fun fact: play Relooted and you can meet Etienne [ #jasperdraws #relooted @nyamakop.co.za ]

Birth of a legend.

Estate Agents keep calling to see if we want to sell. Sell and go where? Cape Town is impossible right now. Hang on to your leases and homes, friends.

We’re glad our maps with passive aggressively circled countries are doing the job we wanted 😂

Here are some cool #Relooted Concept-art, I did for the game's cinematics. These helped a lot in knowing the colors and lighting we needed for the cut-scenes to work.

I didn't expect @nyamakop.co.za's RELOOTED to be so educational, love it! There's such rich history in this game that I have never known about, some of it leaning into some very dark (but important) historical territory. My Twitch chat and I were having some heavy conversations about this today.

Relooted (2026): 4 concept art by @bonganivizdev.bsky.social (art director & cinematic artist) Thank you to Charlene Lebrun from @mooncat.games for managing to ask @nyamakop.co.za in the middle of their promotional campaign so that I could share some concept art from this fresh afrofuturist game. 🙏

From Cape Town to Johannesburg, even bringing together devs from Ghana and beyond, we are now speaking with @nyamakop.co.za about developing their recently released title RELOOTED!

Relooted is a great game! My daughter LOVES it and that’s an absolute win. She’s 4 and see loves the loop of this game and I get to enjoy the history of some of the artifacts and the way it makes me feel to steal them. :)

Liking Relooted a lot. Great heist parkour, some stuff to say, and very clean presentation. Pleasantly surprised by how pointed it is.

Have you checked out your Artifact Library yet? How many artifacts have you reclaimed so far? #indiegames

Play Relooted right now [ #jasperdraws #relooted @nyamakop.co.za ]

Tomorrow, Relooted hits Steam! Before (or after) you play, listen to this interview with developers @benjamming.bsky.social and @blckporcelain.bsky.social. Learning the differences between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism helped me better understand the game's ambitions!

Today’s Black Video Game Character: Ndedi (Relooted)

You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1778

Michael B Jordan and Wunmi Mosaku have been nominated for their first-ever Oscars for their performances in ‘SINNERS’ See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26

Ryan Coogler has officially become an Oscar-nominated director. See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26

'Sinners' is officially the most nominated film in Oscar history — with 16 nominations 🏆

In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights

I just thought everyone should see this

Nice trailer which covers just one game loop! You can see the dramatic structure built into the game which translates nicely into the trailer: Intro->Planning Escalation->Complications Climax->Execution The title cards provide a clear message: "It's not just a heist, it's a rescue mission."

👋Creators, ready to reclaim history at full speed!? Relooted is launching Feb 10th. Interested in early access? request your key here: forms.gle/iLqkuWFLNJii...

Today’s Black Video Game Character: Nomali (Relooted)

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1772

It’s wild to see each day how shameless the president is. To accept that peace medal is so embarrassing!

I was telling one of my kids that it was physically impossible for an ad to play between songs on any of the records I own, and they asked "and you only have to pay for it once?" and you could see how strange that seemed. You cannot overstate how many basic rules of media consumption have changed.

Morning.

Bruno gets picked up for daycare and this is the photo they sent me. Bathong, passenger princess 😂

Wow! I left that other place and I'm starting afresh here.

It's not just a heist. It's a rescue mission. On 10 February 2026, Relooted arrives at a museum (and store page, we guess) near you. #indiegame

Wishlist Relooted today on: Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/... Epic Game Store: store.epicgames.com/p/relooted-8... Xbox Series X|S: www.microsoft.com/store/produc...

@nyamakop.co.za Enjoy some cinematics stills from the announcement trailer. Big shout out to the art team! #Relooted #Indiegame #summergamesfest