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Caelum Beckinsale

@telekinesticman.bsky.social

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3D Artist, Unreal Engine lighting/tools, YouTuber He/him 🇦🇺🦖🦕 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@telekinesticman 3D Portfolio: https://t.co/xtPDqtA2q1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/telekinesticman/

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yo.

I'm an Australian 3D artist currently working in Unreal Engine 5 who also makes YouTube videos (sometimes)! You might have seen my past stuff about Sonic, Jurassic Park, Bayonetta, and other games.

Coincidentally, I hit 8K subscribers today, so that was nice.

Let's embrace the end of Twitter

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 2d

With alt text so everyone can get it

Post from x account gooseymane that reads "can somebody explain to me why it's bad if immigrants take our jobs but it's good if a.i. does?"

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 2d

Signal boosting some cool dinosaur pins you should consider getting.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/din...

Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Prehistoric Enamel Pins

A hard enamel pin set showcasing scenes right before the end of the dinosaurs!

www.kickstarter.com

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 3d

Respect (hello from Brisbane, enjoy your stay)

Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 8d

Preordered for the Feb/March Australian release!

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 16d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 17d

Joining @apochedgie.bsky.social 's stream trying out a bunch of the new games and demos from SAGE 2025!

That's "Sonic Amateur Games Expo" for those unfamiliar. Sonic! Click to see Sonic!

www.twitch.tv/apochedgie

ApocHedgie - Twitch

ApocHedgie streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community.

www.twitch.tv

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 19d

If that's the case then it makes a lot more sense, but as someone unfamiliar with this game and who only clicked on the video because it was about Bayonetta, it's not made very clear.

Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 20d

That is NOT Bayonetta

youtu.be/p9b0DThpjBw?...

Screenshot of "Bayonetta" from the trailer of The First Descendant x Bayonetta Collaboration Trailer.

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 22d

The LA Natural History Museum has an animated T. rex screen in the main hall that is clearly just the model from JWE2 with ugly feathers added on top. I didn't capture video, but it even does the exact same animations from JWE2. I think it may be related to the stupid Samsung Gemini AI crap.

Photo taken from the screens next to the Dueling Dinosaurs display at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. There's an animated T. rex model clearly taken from Jurassic World Evolution 2 but with a basic feather shader applied on top, everywhere aside from the head and feet.

Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 22d

Rolled credits before with about 28 hours on the in-game clock, but that can't be the end...I still have so much to do.

I think it's still a bit *too* similar to the original Hollow Knight, but I'm just having fun for what it is regardless. It's great.

Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · Sep 5

Very interested to see how Silksong progresses through mid and late-game, because while it's been excellent so far in my 5+ hours of play, it's also very much "Hollow Knight Again".

Still, the changes to movement and combat are welcome, I like the faster, bouncer feeling compared to HK.

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Grey @greyy.bsky.social · 23d

I love you Penny's Big Breakaway (we all say in unison)

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 23d

Feel like I need to post four images of this game and call it underrated so people start paying attention to it...

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 24d

I'm here, in-person again!

BOOlena Productions 👻 @balenaproductions.bsky.social · 24d

🔴LIVE now on YouTube streaming working on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and doing YOUR commissions! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Km... [ #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #christmaswithsonic #livestream #youtube #art #drawing #illustration #commission #commissions #sonicoc #animation ]

I can't believe it's another Christmas with Sonic Stream

YouTube video by Balena Productions

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 25d

I find the MKW feedback a little confusing to gauge sometimes. Obviously it's from different people, but I'll hear how the game is way too different from past ones, and then I'll hear how it's exactly like MK8D and doesn't feel like a substantial change. No real consensus has formed so far.

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 25d

The little commercial throwback to the Sonic marketing of the 90's just comes off as so embarrassing to me. Sonic games back then could back up that talk with actual quality games to rival Mario. This is not remotely the case anymore. It feels like fuel for Twitter toxicity instead of real marketing

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 25d

And to be clear, I'm not buying it, nor am I planning to make a video about it. I just don't care. Busy with Silksong right now anyway.

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 25d

This should have been something I was really interested in, but once again, the execution just doesn't live up to its potential.

Maybe I'd like the crossover angle if they felt like genuine inclusions instead of pointless brand integrations. Why is SpongeBob there? The whole thing feels cheap.

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 25d

Ridiculous DLC pricing (the game is *more* expensive than Mario Kart World!), ugly characters/stages, no voices for extra characters, needless stat customisation for the illusion of progression, awful dialogue and VA, etc.

I just don't see the appeal whatsoever, and I loved Transformed.

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · 25d

Surprised by the positive reception to Crossworlds, curious to see if it shifts over time.

I have issues with Mario Kart World, but it's still an incredibly polished game that's a lot of fun. I just don't see any of that in Crossworlds, it seems so desperate. Brand promos, reused assets, bad music.

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · Sep 15

That's awful, but I'm glad you're okay. Hope it doesn't escalate any further and you're able to relax again.

Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · Sep 13

Sonic fans have a victim complex and *need* to invent fictional enemies to fight back against so they feel as if they've "won" something. An imaginary battle for them to make themselves feel better.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Sep 7

I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.

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Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · Sep 7

man I can't wait to put my stinky feet all over that

Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · Sep 6

I'm here - in person this time! 🇺🇸

BOOlena Productions 👻 @balenaproductions.bsky.social · Sep 6

🔴LIVE now on YouTube working on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and taking drawing commissions! Come join us here: youtu.be/n8DATiA3UNk [ #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #christmaswithsonic #art #drawing #commissions #indieartist #stream #livestream #youtube ]

Caelum Beckinsale @telekinesticman.bsky.social · Sep 5

Also, I really want to play that new Shinobi, but Silksong was higher priority!