Bratansov
@bratansov.bsky.social
Passionate about letters, games & programming.
I also bake bread and water trees.
Recently developed a thing for DSLR's.
Writing about games at:
https://interfacesofplay.substack.com/
I also bake bread and water trees.
Recently developed a thing for DSLR's.
Writing about games at:
https://interfacesofplay.substack.com/
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Bratansov
@bratansov.bsky.social
· May 12
Apocalypse, Trauma and Meaning
Narrative Destinies in The Last Of Us and The Aeneid
interfacesofplay.substack.com
Over the last months, I read the Aeneid and, unrelatedly, played through #TheLastOfUsPart2. Turns out their narratives are structurally similar, asking their characters (and the reader/player):
How can meaning endure the violence of the meaningless?
interfacesofplay.substack.com/p/apocalypse...
How can meaning endure the violence of the meaningless?
interfacesofplay.substack.com/p/apocalypse...
#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
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
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#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
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
#DeathStranding2OnTheBeach #virtualphotography #thephotomode
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"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
#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)
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)
December 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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)
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
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
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
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
Wind grazing crystal monsoon;
I step: it rings true.
#poetry #grazing #haiku #haikufeels
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Song of tracks in snow,
Wind grazing crystal monsoon;
I step: it rings true.
#poetry #grazing #haiku #haikufeels
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!
- 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!
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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!
- 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!
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"Rooftops in the Snow (snow effect)", 1878, Oil on canvas, 640 x 820 mm - Gustave Caillebotte, French (1848 - 1894)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"Rooftops in the Snow (snow effect)", 1878, Oil on canvas, 640 x 820 mm - Gustave Caillebotte, French (1848 - 1894)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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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
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"[...]
You come from the cistern of brutality
and hunger. You are the resonator. Just breathe."
#poetry #booksky
You come from the cistern of brutality
and hunger. You are the resonator. Just breathe."
#poetry #booksky
Karma Affirmation Cistern Don’t Be Afraid Keep Going Toward the Horror
Life can be like that all the time if you let it. Remember all the balance beams and the room full of stuffed animals at the children’s hospital? When you learned it’s okay to hold out your hand and h...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Gustaf Fjaestad, Swedish, 1868 - 1948
"Snow-covered Road with Fence" 1930
Oil, 52.5 x 65.5 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Snow-covered Road with Fence" 1930
Oil, 52.5 x 65.5 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Gustaf Fjaestad, Swedish, 1868 - 1948
"Snow-covered Road with Fence" 1930
Oil, 52.5 x 65.5 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Snow-covered Road with Fence" 1930
Oil, 52.5 x 65.5 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
November 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."
~ Henry David Thoreau
#photography #mindfulness #mindfulphotography #contemplativephotography
~ Henry David Thoreau
#photography #mindfulness #mindfulphotography #contemplativephotography
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."
~ Henry David Thoreau
#photography #mindfulness #mindfulphotography #contemplativephotography
~ Henry David Thoreau
#photography #mindfulness #mindfulphotography #contemplativephotography
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Yuri Krotov (Russian Painter, born 1964)
"March Sun", 2011.
Oil on Canvas, 64 × 91 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"March Sun", 2011.
Oil on Canvas, 64 × 91 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Yuri Krotov (Russian Painter, born 1964)
"March Sun", 2011.
Oil on Canvas, 64 × 91 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"March Sun", 2011.
Oil on Canvas, 64 × 91 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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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
"The First Snow is Magical", 1963.
Gouache (an opaque Watercolor Paint) on Illustration Board.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt #Winter
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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
"The First Snow is Magical", 1963.
Gouache (an opaque Watercolor Paint) on Illustration Board.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt #Winter
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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
"Der Christbaum (The Christmas Tree)", 1903.
Oil on Canvas, 76.5 × 60.5 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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
"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)
So I fire up NGE for the first time in a few days, and!..
C CODE
#NeonGenesisEvangelion (ep. 13, first scene)
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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)
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
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
Jorie Graham · Poem: ‘Then the Fog’
www.lrb.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"[...]
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
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
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November 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM