Kommander Karl
@kommanderkarl.bsky.social
Reload Guy | Technical Artist for RWS Studios | YouTuber | 3D Artist for Half-Life 2: RTX | Award winning photographer | quantum viz nerd
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Kommander Karl
@kommanderkarl.bsky.social
· Jun 12
I still receive a lot of comments asking why I don’t do reload videos as much anymore. Hopefully this explains everything!
I’ve played a cocktail of amazing games the last few weeks from 2003 - 2013 or so. Games I haven’t touched in many years. Genres that basically don’t exist anymore from big budget studios.
And man, besides some occasional okay releases, AAA gaming sucks. There’s basically no soul in it anymore.
And man, besides some occasional okay releases, AAA gaming sucks. There’s basically no soul in it anymore.
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I’ve played a cocktail of amazing games the last few weeks from 2003 - 2013 or so. Games I haven’t touched in many years. Genres that basically don’t exist anymore from big budget studios.
And man, besides some occasional okay releases, AAA gaming sucks. There’s basically no soul in it anymore.
And man, besides some occasional okay releases, AAA gaming sucks. There’s basically no soul in it anymore.
Imagining a game where one of the main mechanics is consuming “anti-glitch” to keep the player character from glitching out to death. Thanks to @gfuel.com I made an IRL concept 🫡
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Imagining a game where one of the main mechanics is consuming “anti-glitch” to keep the player character from glitching out to death. Thanks to @gfuel.com I made an IRL concept 🫡
this game is ass (new video dropping tomorrow)
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
this game is ass (new video dropping tomorrow)
My camera roll from the last 5 or 6 months. I don’t think I’ve found enjoyment in anything quite as much as I have photography.
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
My camera roll from the last 5 or 6 months. I don’t think I’ve found enjoyment in anything quite as much as I have photography.
I took photos these by peering my lens into a kaleidoscope aperture affixed to an outdoor garden sculpture, no AI bullshit here 🫡
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I took photos these by peering my lens into a kaleidoscope aperture affixed to an outdoor garden sculpture, no AI bullshit here 🫡
Found a cool glass bowl at the thrift store and had a photoshoot with it. Did I cook?
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Found a cool glass bowl at the thrift store and had a photoshoot with it. Did I cook?
It’s been a fun car to have. Harder to say goodbye than I thought 😔
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s been a fun car to have. Harder to say goodbye than I thought 😔
Aurora borealis is visible all the way down here in Iowa, incredible. This is a roughly 3 second exposure shot from my iPhone. Will probably get the DSLR out tomorrow night and get some LEs
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Aurora borealis is visible all the way down here in Iowa, incredible. This is a roughly 3 second exposure shot from my iPhone. Will probably get the DSLR out tomorrow night and get some LEs
Got some cool macros of ice (the water-based non-immigration enforcement kind). With the right toning, looks very cosmic in nature.
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Got some cool macros of ice (the water-based non-immigration enforcement kind). With the right toning, looks very cosmic in nature.
Didn’t know they started selling toilet paper at the local book store
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Didn’t know they started selling toilet paper at the local book store
Experimental photo composite of wooden teepee structure, using forced perspective and compositing clouds, added some softness for a more dreamy look #photography
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Experimental photo composite of wooden teepee structure, using forced perspective and compositing clouds, added some softness for a more dreamy look #photography
Spoopy Halloween arm reload
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Spoopy Halloween arm reload
So much of life has happened in this room alone. I got famous in this room. All of my best content was filmed in here. Kind of breaks my heart having to say goodbye. 💔
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
So much of life has happened in this room alone. I got famous in this room. All of my best content was filmed in here. Kind of breaks my heart having to say goodbye. 💔
Was invited by Gameology to host a few episodes of their “gun expert reacts” series. In this episode, we look at Insurgency: Sandstorm
youtu.be/Rbzd6Ugx1i8?...
youtu.be/Rbzd6Ugx1i8?...
EXPERTS REACT: Kommander Karl Breaks Down the Realism of Insurgency: Sandstorm
YouTube video by Gamology
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October 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Was invited by Gameology to host a few episodes of their “gun expert reacts” series. In this episode, we look at Insurgency: Sandstorm
youtu.be/Rbzd6Ugx1i8?...
youtu.be/Rbzd6Ugx1i8?...
Found this quartz crystal at hobby lobby a while back for some at home photo experiments. Refraction is interesting enough on organic forms, but through faceted quartz it becomes controlled interference. Each face acts as its own micro-lens, splitting light into repeating geometric harmonics.
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Found this quartz crystal at hobby lobby a while back for some at home photo experiments. Refraction is interesting enough on organic forms, but through faceted quartz it becomes controlled interference. Each face acts as its own micro-lens, splitting light into repeating geometric harmonics.
Experimental photo I composited from two underwater photos at an indoor botanical center fountain by leveraging smartphone waterproofing #photography #experimentalphotography #shotoniphone
October 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Experimental photo I composited from two underwater photos at an indoor botanical center fountain by leveraging smartphone waterproofing #photography #experimentalphotography #shotoniphone
Look what I found hiding in some tree bark. He’s having a little snacky poo 🥺
October 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Look what I found hiding in some tree bark. He’s having a little snacky poo 🥺
This is why it’s important to water your laptop, otherwise it gets all shriveled up
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is why it’s important to water your laptop, otherwise it gets all shriveled up
I know the reloads will always be my most memorable, but if I could make a living on my photography, I’d never look back. #photography #macrophotography #marbles #shotoniphone
October 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know the reloads will always be my most memorable, but if I could make a living on my photography, I’d never look back. #photography #macrophotography #marbles #shotoniphone
AI still can’t do this
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
AI still can’t do this
Unprecedented levels of oof. This is measuring a 9.5 on the oof index.
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Unprecedented levels of oof. This is measuring a 9.5 on the oof index.
On my walk today, I found what effectively looked like a giant plant ball sack. I tore out a small hole in the suspiciously scrotum like shell and peered inside with my iPhone lens, revealing this awesome central core suspended by tendrils.
Nature is cool #photography #nature
Nature is cool #photography #nature
September 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On my walk today, I found what effectively looked like a giant plant ball sack. I tore out a small hole in the suspiciously scrotum like shell and peered inside with my iPhone lens, revealing this awesome central core suspended by tendrils.
Nature is cool #photography #nature
Nature is cool #photography #nature
How Trump gets his facts
September 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How Trump gets his facts
The hubs has been making hand painted sacred geometry Tarot cards, they’ve been really turning out dope af
Please give him a follow and some love 🫡
www.instagram.com/julianschech...
Please give him a follow and some love 🫡
www.instagram.com/julianschech...
September 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The hubs has been making hand painted sacred geometry Tarot cards, they’ve been really turning out dope af
Please give him a follow and some love 🫡
www.instagram.com/julianschech...
Please give him a follow and some love 🫡
www.instagram.com/julianschech...
Banjo Tooie was one of my all time favorite 64 titles along with Donkey Kong 64. I remade Pine Grove outside of Witchy World here in Unreal 4 way back in 2015. Never got to fully finish it as the project became corrupted and inaccessible. I still think about trying again from time to time…
September 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Banjo Tooie was one of my all time favorite 64 titles along with Donkey Kong 64. I remade Pine Grove outside of Witchy World here in Unreal 4 way back in 2015. Never got to fully finish it as the project became corrupted and inaccessible. I still think about trying again from time to time…