Philby Bear
@philbybear.bsky.social
A game master, voracious bookworm and cinephile, a tired socialist and a manic depressive chocolate salesperson from Montreal. They/them. 33.
If anyone ever described my art that way, I’d walk into the sea.
Kinda crazy to bring Gans out of retirement for what is spiritually a live action Disney remake complete with Blumhouse sheen
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If anyone ever described my art that way, I’d walk into the sea.
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It really does feel like they're embarrassed by the edgy arthouse vibes of the original and want to distance themselves as far from it as possible. Replace it with this slick hi-def big budget blockbuster.
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It really does feel like they're embarrassed by the edgy arthouse vibes of the original and want to distance themselves as far from it as possible. Replace it with this slick hi-def big budget blockbuster.
... Boy, kinda feels like Konami's really rubbing it in our faces, eh?
"You'll never have the original, but, hey, why not settle for a glossy remake and an airbrushed instagram cosplay photoshoot?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPH...
"You'll never have the original, but, hey, why not settle for a glossy remake and an airbrushed instagram cosplay photoshoot?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPH...
Return to Silent Hill - Official Trailer (2026) Hannah Emily Anderson, Jeremy Irvine, Robert Strange
YouTube video by IGN
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
... Boy, kinda feels like Konami's really rubbing it in our faces, eh?
"You'll never have the original, but, hey, why not settle for a glossy remake and an airbrushed instagram cosplay photoshoot?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPH...
"You'll never have the original, but, hey, why not settle for a glossy remake and an airbrushed instagram cosplay photoshoot?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPH...
It is genuinely fascinating to see friends on multiple Discord servers, and on bsky in general, split down the middle about Dispatch. Some takes have been pretty measured ("Not a fan of its workcom vibe, I got enough of that from the MCU"), others, I feel, wildly disproportionate-
"It's AI drivel."
"It's AI drivel."
a black and white sign that says dispatch on it
ALT: a black and white sign that says dispatch on it
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It is genuinely fascinating to see friends on multiple Discord servers, and on bsky in general, split down the middle about Dispatch. Some takes have been pretty measured ("Not a fan of its workcom vibe, I got enough of that from the MCU"), others, I feel, wildly disproportionate-
"It's AI drivel."
"It's AI drivel."
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D&D elves: lol you die?? You die of old age?? After like 70 years? Lmao. You're like vermin to us. You're like a shitty animal
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
D&D elves: lol you die?? You die of old age?? After like 70 years? Lmao. You're like vermin to us. You're like a shitty animal
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
BEHOLD
My new library set up! I dragged my balcony chair inside and my parents offered this carpet they otherwise would’ve thrown away.
Combine that together, and you have a cozy lil’ reading nook, eh? What do you think?
… should the carpet be more horizontal?
My new library set up! I dragged my balcony chair inside and my parents offered this carpet they otherwise would’ve thrown away.
Combine that together, and you have a cozy lil’ reading nook, eh? What do you think?
… should the carpet be more horizontal?
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
BEHOLD
My new library set up! I dragged my balcony chair inside and my parents offered this carpet they otherwise would’ve thrown away.
Combine that together, and you have a cozy lil’ reading nook, eh? What do you think?
… should the carpet be more horizontal?
My new library set up! I dragged my balcony chair inside and my parents offered this carpet they otherwise would’ve thrown away.
Combine that together, and you have a cozy lil’ reading nook, eh? What do you think?
… should the carpet be more horizontal?
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The armour designs in Legend of the Galactic Heroes is top tier.
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The armour designs in Legend of the Galactic Heroes is top tier.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Not saying I would be caught by sirensong but I would definitely crash my ship straight into a rock if I heard this
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Not saying I would be caught by sirensong but I would definitely crash my ship straight into a rock if I heard this
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I posit that Ichi the Killer is to Crying Freeman what Nic Cage in The Vampire’s Kiss is to Christian Bale’s Patrick Bateman. Like the weird, uncomfortable, pathetic version of basically the same archetype of character.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I posit that Ichi the Killer is to Crying Freeman what Nic Cage in The Vampire’s Kiss is to Christian Bale’s Patrick Bateman. Like the weird, uncomfortable, pathetic version of basically the same archetype of character.
I'm realizing I am... a very emotional person.
Disco Elysium. Spiritfarer. Silent Hill 2 & 3. Journey. Kingdom Hearts 2. Final Fantasy IX. Pentiment. Shadow of the Colossus. Undertale. Unsighted. MGS4. Pathologic 2. Papers, Please.
There video games that made you cry (but not out of frustration or anything like that)
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I'm realizing I am... a very emotional person.
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one of my earliest childhood memories is being absolutely fucking terrified of Talos
Jason and the Argonauts (1963). Stop motion effects by Ray Harryhausen. Brilliant creepy score by Bernard Herrmann
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
one of my earliest childhood memories is being absolutely fucking terrified of Talos
Who doesn't love ceremonial processions through the woods at night?
I'm a sucker for gel lighting. And ceremonial processions.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Who doesn't love ceremonial processions through the woods at night?
Not normally someone who plays those sort of games, but @strangelibrary.com convinced me to put Idol Manager on my wishlist.
Best business/management game?
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Not normally someone who plays those sort of games, but @strangelibrary.com convinced me to put Idol Manager on my wishlist.
In order:
• I used to fantasize about that sort of thing... now I think, "Boy, I think games are too good for live-action adaptations."
• That's incredibly specific, I can't think of anything that comes to mind.
• I don't really read tie-in novels.
• I used to fantasize about that sort of thing... now I think, "Boy, I think games are too good for live-action adaptations."
• That's incredibly specific, I can't think of anything that comes to mind.
• I don't really read tie-in novels.
What's a game that you would think would benefit from a live action adaptation
And what's your favorite book adapted into a game before it was made into a movie
What's your favorited video game tie in novel.
And what's your favorite book adapted into a game before it was made into a movie
What's your favorited video game tie in novel.
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In order:
• I used to fantasize about that sort of thing... now I think, "Boy, I think games are too good for live-action adaptations."
• That's incredibly specific, I can't think of anything that comes to mind.
• I don't really read tie-in novels.
• I used to fantasize about that sort of thing... now I think, "Boy, I think games are too good for live-action adaptations."
• That's incredibly specific, I can't think of anything that comes to mind.
• I don't really read tie-in novels.
Disco Elysium. Spiritfarer. Silent Hill 2 & 3. Journey. Kingdom Hearts 2. Final Fantasy IX. Pentiment. Shadow of the Colossus. Undertale. Unsighted. MGS4. Pathologic 2. Papers, Please.
There video games that made you cry (but not out of frustration or anything like that)
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Disco Elysium. Spiritfarer. Silent Hill 2 & 3. Journey. Kingdom Hearts 2. Final Fantasy IX. Pentiment. Shadow of the Colossus. Undertale. Unsighted. MGS4. Pathologic 2. Papers, Please.
So, so, so many horror novels with a strong start... and a terrible finish.
Any book made you go like this? (Can be figurative.)
a man is sitting on a couch reading a book in a living room .
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch reading a book in a living room .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
So, so, so many horror novels with a strong start... and a terrible finish.
It's on my Wishlist!
Have you heard of a game called Caves of Qud? It's basically an open world Rogue and has a really cool science fantasy thing going on
AMA... but, specifically, only about literature or video games.
In a real reading and gaming sort of mood.
In a real reading and gaming sort of mood.
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It's on my Wishlist!
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god i really hope someone has slid a copy of ring shout across cooglers desk
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
god i really hope someone has slid a copy of ring shout across cooglers desk
In order:
I'd pay good money for an adaptation of P. Djeli Clark's Ring Shout, with Ryan Coogler at the helm (or, at least, as executive producer).
... they should never, ever, adapt House of Leaves.
Star Fox.
Leisure Suit Larry.
I'd pay good money for an adaptation of P. Djeli Clark's Ring Shout, with Ryan Coogler at the helm (or, at least, as executive producer).
... they should never, ever, adapt House of Leaves.
Star Fox.
Leisure Suit Larry.
Literature: which book do you think should be adapted into a film, and which book do you think should never be adapted into a film
Video Games: Which series deserves a comeback and which series should stay buried.
Video Games: Which series deserves a comeback and which series should stay buried.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In order:
I'd pay good money for an adaptation of P. Djeli Clark's Ring Shout, with Ryan Coogler at the helm (or, at least, as executive producer).
... they should never, ever, adapt House of Leaves.
Star Fox.
Leisure Suit Larry.
I'd pay good money for an adaptation of P. Djeli Clark's Ring Shout, with Ryan Coogler at the helm (or, at least, as executive producer).
... they should never, ever, adapt House of Leaves.
Star Fox.
Leisure Suit Larry.
All my yay, I've a very strong fondness for that aesthetic.
20s/30s pulp, yea or nay?
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
All my yay, I've a very strong fondness for that aesthetic.
Is it clichéd to say I adore Victor Hugo? Even with his long-winded spiels about the Parisian sewer system?
Also a big fan of Dumas's Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers...
And, of course, I grew up with Jules Verne novels. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Fucking a.
Also a big fan of Dumas's Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers...
And, of course, I grew up with Jules Verne novels. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Fucking a.
Favourite French or French Language novel?
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Is it clichéd to say I adore Victor Hugo? Even with his long-winded spiels about the Parisian sewer system?
Also a big fan of Dumas's Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers...
And, of course, I grew up with Jules Verne novels. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Fucking a.
Also a big fan of Dumas's Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers...
And, of course, I grew up with Jules Verne novels. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Fucking a.
AMA... but, specifically, only about literature or video games.
In a real reading and gaming sort of mood.
In a real reading and gaming sort of mood.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
AMA... but, specifically, only about literature or video games.
In a real reading and gaming sort of mood.
In a real reading and gaming sort of mood.
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Furries, do NOT buy this game if it is using any of that generative ai BS. Even if it is "just a little". This is how they slowly add it in and make it more accepted, and they WANT that. THAT is their plan.
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Furries, do NOT buy this game if it is using any of that generative ai BS. Even if it is "just a little". This is how they slowly add it in and make it more accepted, and they WANT that. THAT is their plan.