Joe
@joe-byron.bsky.social
Primary school teacher; book and videogame enthusiast. Post to #blutoid quite a lot.
My attempts at poetry (and illustration) are to be found at https://joe-byron.itch.io/
My attempts at poetry (and illustration) are to be found at https://joe-byron.itch.io/
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Joe
@joe-byron.bsky.social
· Jul 31
'I'll sleep when I'm dead' is a short poem which attempts to crystalise some of my childhood memories, and sepcifically of my chilldhood garden, into something tangible - like a little diorama. #poetry #blutoid #books
More of my attempts at poetry and illustration are available at joe-byron.itch.io
More of my attempts at poetry and illustration are available at joe-byron.itch.io
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"Her Last, Now Forever Unfinished Project" - The Late Rebecca Heineman Was Working On A Dragon Wars Remaster. (Repost)
"Her Last, Now Forever Unfinished Project" - The Late Rebecca Heineman Was Working On A Dragon Wars Remaster
"She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end"
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November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Her Last, Now Forever Unfinished Project" - The Late Rebecca Heineman Was Working On A Dragon Wars Remaster. (Repost)
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"Secret Tunnels of Marok" by artist Don Maitz
#fantasyart
#fantasyart
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Secret Tunnels of Marok" by artist Don Maitz
#fantasyart
#fantasyart
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Also, @joe-byron.bsky.social , you should check out this delightful art for the Sharp X68000 version if you haven't yet:
www.mobygames.com/game/9829/ys...
#Blutoid
www.mobygames.com/game/9829/ys...
#Blutoid
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Also, @joe-byron.bsky.social , you should check out this delightful art for the Sharp X68000 version if you haven't yet:
www.mobygames.com/game/9829/ys...
#Blutoid
www.mobygames.com/game/9829/ys...
#Blutoid
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I was not aware of how sick the art in the Japanese manual for ActRaiser was! #blutoid #snes #actraiser
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I was not aware of how sick the art in the Japanese manual for ActRaiser was! #blutoid #snes #actraiser
There is such a thing as an Etrian Odyssey IV Drama CD. I don’t speak Japanese so can’t understand it lol but it uses sound effects and music from the game, which is extremely cute! m.soundcloud.com/blind_cloud/...
#blutoid #etrianodyssey
#blutoid #etrianodyssey
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
There is such a thing as an Etrian Odyssey IV Drama CD. I don’t speak Japanese so can’t understand it lol but it uses sound effects and music from the game, which is extremely cute! m.soundcloud.com/blind_cloud/...
#blutoid #etrianodyssey
#blutoid #etrianodyssey
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The artwork of Dungeon Master by David R. Darrow used on the cover of Japanese and western home computer releases. It was also used for the Chaos Strikes Back: Expansion Set on #Commodore #Amiga and #Atari ST. Removed logos/text, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch process.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The artwork of Dungeon Master by David R. Darrow used on the cover of Japanese and western home computer releases. It was also used for the Chaos Strikes Back: Expansion Set on #Commodore #Amiga and #Atari ST. Removed logos/text, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch process.
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"What an incredible game. This is an adventure where political traitors might attack my party in the night[...]and princesses might be found not only rescuing themselves, but still strangling their ex-captors when I meet them."
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/03/28/p...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/03/28/p...
Pool of Radiance: Deep as a well, bright as morning dew
Plenty of RPGs dump me right in the middle of somewhere new and expect me to get on with it, but few really convey the experience of being a bewildered adventurer trying to find their way around a …
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
"What an incredible game. This is an adventure where political traitors might attack my party in the night[...]and princesses might be found not only rescuing themselves, but still strangling their ex-captors when I meet them."
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/03/28/p...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/03/28/p...
Tharsis is the hub city of Etrian Odyssey 4. It’s beautifully designed as you’d expect; kind of Viennese or Polish. Unlike its historical namesake, it seems to have little connection to the outside world; existing in a self-contained prism where myth comes to life and explodes as the game progresses
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Tharsis is the hub city of Etrian Odyssey 4. It’s beautifully designed as you’d expect; kind of Viennese or Polish. Unlike its historical namesake, it seems to have little connection to the outside world; existing in a self-contained prism where myth comes to life and explodes as the game progresses
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Delighted to announce that the INSECTILE demo will be in Steam Animal Fest! I'm hoping this will be a great boost for my little indie game!🐌
So if you haven't already... now's the perfect time to piece bugs together 🐛 to form some attacks! 💥
#indierpg #indiegames #pixelart
So if you haven't already... now's the perfect time to piece bugs together 🐛 to form some attacks! 💥
#indierpg #indiegames #pixelart
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Delighted to announce that the INSECTILE demo will be in Steam Animal Fest! I'm hoping this will be a great boost for my little indie game!🐌
So if you haven't already... now's the perfect time to piece bugs together 🐛 to form some attacks! 💥
#indierpg #indiegames #pixelart
So if you haven't already... now's the perfect time to piece bugs together 🐛 to form some attacks! 💥
#indierpg #indiegames #pixelart
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Final Etrian Odyssey 1 update: it is done, the final final boss was beaten into purée.
The base game was REALLY good, but the post game is easily skippable. The music is great, it has some interesting challenges, but most of it is timewasting bullshit. The bosses there are also bullshit. #blutoid
The base game was REALLY good, but the post game is easily skippable. The music is great, it has some interesting challenges, but most of it is timewasting bullshit. The bosses there are also bullshit. #blutoid
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Final Etrian Odyssey 1 update: it is done, the final final boss was beaten into purée.
The base game was REALLY good, but the post game is easily skippable. The music is great, it has some interesting challenges, but most of it is timewasting bullshit. The bosses there are also bullshit. #blutoid
The base game was REALLY good, but the post game is easily skippable. The music is great, it has some interesting challenges, but most of it is timewasting bullshit. The bosses there are also bullshit. #blutoid
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surely this movie from 1939 wont ruin all action movies forever (immediately after watching it) wow that ruined all action movies for me forever
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
surely this movie from 1939 wont ruin all action movies forever (immediately after watching it) wow that ruined all action movies for me forever
My mission to clog #blutoid with #etrianodyssey posts continues!
Here’s my little nano! figure of the Medic class 🩺 she won’t fit on her stand sadly as she arrived without the clear plastic standy bit - but I promise one day I’ll sort one for her! Then she can go with the Bushido party-mate 🗾
Here’s my little nano! figure of the Medic class 🩺 she won’t fit on her stand sadly as she arrived without the clear plastic standy bit - but I promise one day I’ll sort one for her! Then she can go with the Bushido party-mate 🗾
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
My mission to clog #blutoid with #etrianodyssey posts continues!
Here’s my little nano! figure of the Medic class 🩺 she won’t fit on her stand sadly as she arrived without the clear plastic standy bit - but I promise one day I’ll sort one for her! Then she can go with the Bushido party-mate 🗾
Here’s my little nano! figure of the Medic class 🩺 she won’t fit on her stand sadly as she arrived without the clear plastic standy bit - but I promise one day I’ll sort one for her! Then she can go with the Bushido party-mate 🗾
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"Ys was one very specific and successful thing, and that thing was not whatever Wanderers was doing."
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/01/29/y...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/01/29/y...
Ys III Wanderers From Ys: Hope would always be there
How does a series that’s stood at the pioneering forefront of a new genre for two games, its red-haired hero capturing the hearts and minds of everyone who sees them (and inspiring more than …
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
"Ys was one very specific and successful thing, and that thing was not whatever Wanderers was doing."
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/01/29/y...
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/01/29/y...
Checking out the manual for Card Master on SFC (Arcana on the snes), and I love the different depictions of Rooks, the main hero. The cover is clearly what he imagines he looks like, because a couple of pages in we see how he really looks! lol he’s just this weird kid lol aww #blutoid #drpg #arcana
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
SMT V is, warts and all, one of my favourite RPGs, but this THING is too big and has to go sadly. I don’t have a great deal of space in my house and I’m always looking for ways to slim down my stuff. This is the only Collectors Edition I ever bought and yes I do regret it lol #blutoid
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
SMT V is, warts and all, one of my favourite RPGs, but this THING is too big and has to go sadly. I don’t have a great deal of space in my house and I’m always looking for ways to slim down my stuff. This is the only Collectors Edition I ever bought and yes I do regret it lol #blutoid
This is absolutely one of my favourite stratums in EO so far. The setting, the music, the FOEs are really fun! And it fits really well into the game’s narrative too! #etrianodyssey #blutoid #eoiv
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This is absolutely one of my favourite stratums in EO so far. The setting, the music, the FOEs are really fun! And it fits really well into the game’s narrative too! #etrianodyssey #blutoid #eoiv
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Best thing I read this spooky season was by far and away Shirley Jackson’s short story collection, Dark Tales. So fantastic. Stories of estrangement, of how homes - memories of homes, homes we hate, homes we long for - are so important to being a human. And great twists! Great screw turning!
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Best thing I read this spooky season was by far and away Shirley Jackson’s short story collection, Dark Tales. So fantastic. Stories of estrangement, of how homes - memories of homes, homes we hate, homes we long for - are so important to being a human. And great twists! Great screw turning!
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A trailer for 'Panzer Dragoon Orta' on the Xbox.
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A trailer for 'Panzer Dragoon Orta' on the Xbox.
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If you're a Trekkie, you need to listen to Star Trek Khan. It's a new audio drama about Khan's time marooned on the planet in Ceti Alpha. I finished it and its really good y'all. Very well written and acted. Give us more of these, paramount!
youtu.be/UDOn6BBis_8
#blutoid #startrek #khan
youtu.be/UDOn6BBis_8
#blutoid #startrek #khan
Paradise | Episode 1 | Star Trek: Khan
YouTube video by Star Trek
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you're a Trekkie, you need to listen to Star Trek Khan. It's a new audio drama about Khan's time marooned on the planet in Ceti Alpha. I finished it and its really good y'all. Very well written and acted. Give us more of these, paramount!
youtu.be/UDOn6BBis_8
#blutoid #startrek #khan
youtu.be/UDOn6BBis_8
#blutoid #startrek #khan
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A two page magazine spread advertising Nihon Falcom's recent releases in 2005. This includes Ys VI's The Songs of Zemeth album as well as Gurumin.
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A two page magazine spread advertising Nihon Falcom's recent releases in 2005. This includes Ys VI's The Songs of Zemeth album as well as Gurumin.