Eric S
@blkbishonen.bsky.social
I love Game Dev! Flavors include Animation, 3D modeling, Character Concepts, Level Design, and Gameplay Programming.
Dissidia inspires me greatly.
Dissidia inspires me greatly.
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"Time to say goodbye to my old self…to turn and face the truth…not to hide from it."
I watched Revolutionary Girl Utena when I was wee and in the closet, and man, this helped spark the questions I needed to break free from the egg of my world. 6w6 <3 I'll always be thankful for Utena and Anthy. 🌹🥚🌹
I watched Revolutionary Girl Utena when I was wee and in the closet, and man, this helped spark the questions I needed to break free from the egg of my world. 6w6 <3 I'll always be thankful for Utena and Anthy. 🌹🥚🌹
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
"Time to say goodbye to my old self…to turn and face the truth…not to hide from it."
I watched Revolutionary Girl Utena when I was wee and in the closet, and man, this helped spark the questions I needed to break free from the egg of my world. 6w6 <3 I'll always be thankful for Utena and Anthy. 🌹🥚🌹
I watched Revolutionary Girl Utena when I was wee and in the closet, and man, this helped spark the questions I needed to break free from the egg of my world. 6w6 <3 I'll always be thankful for Utena and Anthy. 🌹🥚🌹
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It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes, don't risk disapproval, don't upset your syndics. It's always easiest to let yourself be governed.
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes, don't risk disapproval, don't upset your syndics. It's always easiest to let yourself be governed.
Not enough people talked about South of Midnight, and maybe that's on me I should post more x.x I haven't played a game that blends call & response, humour, that distinctly Bayou way my grandmother talked. Anyone know where I can snag a collectors edition w/ the art book?
January 11, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Not enough people talked about South of Midnight, and maybe that's on me I should post more x.x I haven't played a game that blends call & response, humour, that distinctly Bayou way my grandmother talked. Anyone know where I can snag a collectors edition w/ the art book?
This year, any game I played that had a character creator, but didn't have skin tone options, got those darker skin tones modded in. This has been hella empowering! Here's me and my partner's characters in SMT Imagine (the 2004 SMT MMO that was live for 2 years)
#SMT #ShinMegamiTensei
#SMT #ShinMegamiTensei
December 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This year, any game I played that had a character creator, but didn't have skin tone options, got those darker skin tones modded in. This has been hella empowering! Here's me and my partner's characters in SMT Imagine (the 2004 SMT MMO that was live for 2 years)
#SMT #ShinMegamiTensei
#SMT #ShinMegamiTensei
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To sum it up:
Sword & Fairy 4 had combat QTEs since 2007.
The remake's art direction is exactly the same since its reveal in Dec 2024.
The combat UI is every modern JRPG ever, from Trails of Cold Steel III to Persona 5 to Star Rail.
Goddamn those sneaky Chinese stealing from the saviors of JRPGs!
Sword & Fairy 4 had combat QTEs since 2007.
The remake's art direction is exactly the same since its reveal in Dec 2024.
The combat UI is every modern JRPG ever, from Trails of Cold Steel III to Persona 5 to Star Rail.
Goddamn those sneaky Chinese stealing from the saviors of JRPGs!
December 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
To sum it up:
Sword & Fairy 4 had combat QTEs since 2007.
The remake's art direction is exactly the same since its reveal in Dec 2024.
The combat UI is every modern JRPG ever, from Trails of Cold Steel III to Persona 5 to Star Rail.
Goddamn those sneaky Chinese stealing from the saviors of JRPGs!
Sword & Fairy 4 had combat QTEs since 2007.
The remake's art direction is exactly the same since its reveal in Dec 2024.
The combat UI is every modern JRPG ever, from Trails of Cold Steel III to Persona 5 to Star Rail.
Goddamn those sneaky Chinese stealing from the saviors of JRPGs!
Watching Holy Flame of the Martial World. The costuming and choreography are off the charts. Also this has some of the silliest acrobatics. Definitely diving into Tony Lou Chun-Ku
boxd.it/2zjg
boxd.it/2zjg
Holy Flame of the Martial World (1983)
A brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents by honing their martial skills and searching for the legendary Holy Flame sword. To avenge their parents they must fight their way th...
boxd.it
December 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Watching Holy Flame of the Martial World. The costuming and choreography are off the charts. Also this has some of the silliest acrobatics. Definitely diving into Tony Lou Chun-Ku
boxd.it/2zjg
boxd.it/2zjg
It's a white nigga with dreads lmaooo 🤣🤣🤣
Here’s the problem with making Spider the emotional core of Avatar 3:
I hate this character. No shade to the actor but this guy sucks. He’s annoying as shit. If I showed up to a party and he was there, I’d leave the party. If he was in my friend group, I’d have to make some really hard decisions.
I hate this character. No shade to the actor but this guy sucks. He’s annoying as shit. If I showed up to a party and he was there, I’d leave the party. If he was in my friend group, I’d have to make some really hard decisions.
December 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It's a white nigga with dreads lmaooo 🤣🤣🤣
One of the coldest 3D fighters. Fully kitted Emerl was a MENACE.
22 years ago today, Sonic Battle was originally released as a Game Boy Advance system exclusive in JP. It was developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One of the coldest 3D fighters. Fully kitted Emerl was a MENACE.
Raceplay fetishist garbage film with Israel supporting actors and such a horrid reading on any sort of organized movement. Blaxploitation for the white gaze and revolutionary cosplay.
One Battle After Another takes its third Best Film prize this time from NBR as the organization makes some surprising picks on its top 10 list... Complete list:
'One Battle After Another' Is National Board Of Review's Best Film Of 2025
One Battle After Another was named National Board of Review's Top Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Breakthrough Performance of 2025
theplaylist.net
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Raceplay fetishist garbage film with Israel supporting actors and such a horrid reading on any sort of organized movement. Blaxploitation for the white gaze and revolutionary cosplay.
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The #scifi and the #gothic have always been entwined. Chinese ideas of the gothic is its own thing, and has long inspired SF writers in China. I'll be at the Mufant Museum in Turin on 23.11 to talk about how they blend into Chinese genre fiction, and Sinophagia, which is now out in Italian! #books
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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"A website that catalogues the fonts used in video games.
Fuck, it's genius... why didn't I think of that...!"
www.gamefontlibrary.com
Fuck, it's genius... why didn't I think of that...!"
www.gamefontlibrary.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"A website that catalogues the fonts used in video games.
Fuck, it's genius... why didn't I think of that...!"
www.gamefontlibrary.com
Fuck, it's genius... why didn't I think of that...!"
www.gamefontlibrary.com
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For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.
Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
www.designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.
This framing now makes The Alamo Draft houses linking of this game to a series they did on Kurosawa Films (inspired by Ghost of Yotei) felt it should be the other way around though.
Ran
Lady Snowblood
13 Assassins
7 Samurai
Zatoichi
Ran
Lady Snowblood
13 Assassins
7 Samurai
Zatoichi
Ghost of Yotei finally helped me understand what Sony’s breed of tentpole game really is: old Hollywood epics. Grand craft showpieces that are destined to be dated. And from that perspective, Yotei really does deliver as a sublime moment in time. My review. www.polygon.com/ghost-of-yot...
Ghost of Yōtei is as close as PlayStation can get to an old Hollywood epic
The samurai sequel yearns for life after violence
www.polygon.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This framing now makes The Alamo Draft houses linking of this game to a series they did on Kurosawa Films (inspired by Ghost of Yotei) felt it should be the other way around though.
Ran
Lady Snowblood
13 Assassins
7 Samurai
Zatoichi
Ran
Lady Snowblood
13 Assassins
7 Samurai
Zatoichi
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Some of my character layouts for The Line’s Hades 2 trailer for @supergiantgames.bsky.social ~
September 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Some of my character layouts for The Line’s Hades 2 trailer for @supergiantgames.bsky.social ~
Alien 3 is the best movie in the original trilogy because it ultimately contextualizes what Alien is about, being dispossessed. Instead of an easily empathetic cast we follow a prison colony. The audience is asked to humanize prisoners and to witness truly how much property matters over ppl (1/2)
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Alien 3 is the best movie in the original trilogy because it ultimately contextualizes what Alien is about, being dispossessed. Instead of an easily empathetic cast we follow a prison colony. The audience is asked to humanize prisoners and to witness truly how much property matters over ppl (1/2)
Also let's be real. Hella white folks grew up with Nintendo. When I look at my black friends in the 90s - early 20000d we had Playstation, Sega Genesis, Dreamcast
Since today's discourse is on how "not everyone grew up with Nintendo", I'll reshare this: medium.com/@felipepepe/...
And reinforce that this is systemic - a consequence of US hegemony. It's NOT a personal attack on American journos, youtubers & gamers, but rather a reminder of our differences.
And reinforce that this is systemic - a consequence of US hegemony. It's NOT a personal attack on American journos, youtubers & gamers, but rather a reminder of our differences.
The Gentrification of Video Game History
We’re not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas
medium.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Also let's be real. Hella white folks grew up with Nintendo. When I look at my black friends in the 90s - early 20000d we had Playstation, Sega Genesis, Dreamcast
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You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
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Here's my last story for the One More Run special. I had the pleasure to talk with @auroramoonx.com and ask about their experience playing the Deep Dungeons in Final Fantasy XIV!
After countless runs, the dark corridors of Deep Dungeons enthrall solo players in FF14
Final Fantasy XIV's roguelite mode keeps solo players coming back
After countless runs, the dark corridors of Deep Dungeons enthrall solo players in FF14
www.polygon.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Here's my last story for the One More Run special. I had the pleasure to talk with @auroramoonx.com and ask about their experience playing the Deep Dungeons in Final Fantasy XIV!
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Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
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500 Caliber Contractz demo is UPDATED!!
-Gyro support
-Some player skins
-Wallpaperz
-Gyro support
-Some player skins
-Wallpaperz
June 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
500 Caliber Contractz demo is UPDATED!!
-Gyro support
-Some player skins
-Wallpaperz
-Gyro support
-Some player skins
-Wallpaperz