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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 15h

The only people hyped for this are the shareholders

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 1d

Both PS6 and the next Xbox are planned for a 2027 release, according to separate reports.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps6-and...

PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC

Both companies are reportedly planning to release their next-gen consoles within two years…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 1d

Sure the new games are good but when are we going to see a decent remake of Silent Hill: Downhill X-Treme?

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Emiel Boven @emielboven.itch.io · 9d

The first stretch goal has been unlocked! 🌟

The Adventure Zine will now also contain an updated and re-illustrated version of The Rot King's Sanctum!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/emielboven/durf

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 1d

Three indie games, three different takes on a digital nightmare. While Proximate, Without a Dawn, and Dead Letter Dept. differ in their approaches, the takeaway is the same: our very perception of the world has been warped by systems outside our control. youtu.be/0zxQ9YAzy00

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 5d

Jason Blum missing the key takeaway that if artists work and copyright isn’t being stolen the plagiarism machine no worky

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 5d

Lots of people are being taken out for some really nice big dinners recently and their wee heads are being filled up with all sorts and then they go away from that big dinner, tummy all full up and spout shite like this

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 5d

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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Emiel Boven @emielboven.itch.io · 10d

Funded and heading towards the first stretch goals!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 5d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 5d

Loved coming up with illustrations for the major cards in the game - lots of puns to work with on this project! On the left a giant robot 'Laser Mouse' Boss card and on the right a nerdy guy with an anime body pillow becomes the 'Ninja Gaijin' Character card.

giant cartoon robot mouse runs amok in a burning city

nerdy guy cosplaying as a samurai with an anime body pillow strapped to his back

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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DIZZI2X @windowsmetan.bsky.social · 5d

promise mascot agency (2025)
MASCOTS WILL save the world

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 8d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Hideo Kojima @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 5d

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 5d

Loved coming up with illustrations for the major cards in the game - lots of puns to work with on this project! On the left a giant robot 'Laser Mouse' Boss card and on the right a nerdy guy with an anime body pillow becomes the 'Ninja Gaijin' Character card.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 6d

"Survival Kit for the Information Age."

Electronic organizers and early PDAs continue to be fascinating to me, and this is one of the more unusual hybrids: The debut OZ-7000 model, expandable via 'IC Cards', each with specific functions, memory storage, and touch-sensitive overlays.

A magazine ad for the OZ-7000 with its sleek folio type design and calculator style buttons and a small green LCD. IC cards flow to it to be slotted in.

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 7d

Can you smell what Lost In Cult's COOKIN'!? 🍖

Lukasz Kowalczuk @elkowalczuk.bsky.social · 7d

I love the smell of package from @lostincult.co.uk in the morning. I did shitload of illustrations for Do You Know Gaming. It looks amazing. The Console Chronicles looks great. Thanks!

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Tatum @tatum.bsky.social · 9d

“Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared.”

Finally got some of the extra goodies framed from @lostincult.co.uk’s Immortality Design Works. An extremely special game and an experience playing I’ll never forget.

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 6d

The Item Shop called, and they’re running out of ‘Do You Know Gaming’!

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SAJAN @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 7d

I'll make another post but reminder that I'm looking for work! I did pretty okay last year, but didn't really feel like it because a bunch of gigs paid late/barely on time which had a real knock-on effect, and this year's been very slow

SAJAN @planetsmudge.bsky.social · Oct 8

hi #PortfolioDay - available to make otherworldly work from 2025.
TTRPGs, board games, more vinyl covers and concept + visdev stuff for games/film/tv would be cool!

illustration for Haunted Table's Triangle Agency adventure 'rom dump' - of adventurers zapping out of a barn window - a horned cyclops witha book of spells, a protagonise-looking goblin girl, a blue demon with some kind of spirit mace. A grim reaper hovers in front of the crescent moon.

Illustrated cover to the monkey man soundtrack vinyl. The monkey god hanuman opens his ribcage out, behind Dev patel's head. Hanuman's tail is a flaming circle that frames the figures, which dev patel graps. There's flame, blood, fleshy vomit.

the busts of two figures, one looks in pain, as they're having their vocal cords yanked from a hole in their throat by the other, who clutches them in a bunch with their furthest hand. With their other hand they concentratedly use a stringed instrument bow on the vocal cords. A rainbow bridges the heads, and is dotted with fantastical music notation. Their busts rest above a small basin.

a dark starry background, and a blue room where a bed sit next to windows looking out to the night sky. Psyche lies naked on a patterned bedframe amongst plants, her white hair arching around to the foot of the bed. She looks in wonder at Cupid - who is illuminated by the three candles she holds up. Cupid appears as a fleshy mass, strung within a halo, from which arrows eminate haphazardly.

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 7d

Incredible stuff 👏👏👏

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 7d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 11d

Excited to say that ‘Do You Know Gaming?’ Is now shipping out from @lostincult.co.uk!

It’s a fully illustrated trivia rpg card game from @didyouknowgaming.com that’ll be sure to test your gaming knowledge!

Available in standard and ‘PC big box homage’ editions:

www.lostincult.co.uk/dykgmobile

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 9d

Such a fantastic book, well worth checking out if you haven’t done so already.

Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hi, I spent 10+ years researching all sorts of PC RPGs: AAAs, indies, RPG Maker, non-English, etc. Together with 167 volunteers, I created/edited The CRPG Book: crpgbook.wordpress.com

You can download it for free, or buy a hardcover edition from Bitmap Books - ALL author's revenue goes to charity!❤️

The CRPG Book Project

The CRPG Book Project is a collaborative, non-profit effort to create an ebook on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games.

crpgbook.wordpress.com

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 10d

I made this poster in anticipation of the game shipping and I’m still proud of ‘Prepare to Buy’ as a tagline, I haven’t looked into it at all in the slightest but feel totally confident in saying that I came up with this first.

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 10d

Nice! Thanks, hope you enjoy!

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 11d

Before you consider buying it though please check the system specs to see if you can run it…

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Stephen Maurice Graham @smgdraws.bsky.social · 11d

Myself, @elkowalczuk.bsky.social and Juan Pez worked on the illustrations alongside @nijimaw.bsky.social on the design.

Tons of cards, tons of artwork and tons of questions, we went all out on this one.

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