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Sobtanian
@sobtanian.mstdn.games.ap.brid.gy
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Iraqi. Gamer. Geek. Geriatrician. Greyhound owner. Reader of books. Father who knits. Massive Jean-Michel Jarre fan. The artist formally known as GeriatricGamer on Twitter.

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I mean, honestly 😍😍😍😍😍
A detailed collectible statue from R-Type Dimensions III shows a monstrous alien with a segmented, biomechanical body, glowing green eyes, and a gaping mouth facing a small red-and-blue spacecraft. The dark base glows with green accents and bears the game’s title. A disclaimer reads “Design not final. Subject to change.”
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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My youngest son spontaneously made this video and now I’m all 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

I never forced my boys down a certain path but boy am I happy they’re both nerdy geeks 😍

#startrek #knitting
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Friends!

Six weeks to the day when I first cast this on, and I’m happy to tell you that the #startrek double #knitting scarf is complete!

This has been such a fun, and very challenging, project to make, at times feeling like it was never going to end.

I […]

[Original post on mstdn.games]
Left side shows whole scarf with black spaceships and insignias on a rainbow background. Right side is opposite. Includes TOS, TNG, Voyager, and DS9. Scarf in the shape of a V to show off half of each side. The most handsome Arab you’ve ever seen wearing the scarf.
December 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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#startrek scarf #knitting update:

Today I finished the side profile view of the Deep Space Nine station!

There’s only 62 rows left, and they’ll make up the top view of the same station.

I do like how, by pure chance, the station sits within the complete […]

[Original post on mstdn.games]
On the left: black station against rainbow sky. On the right: vice versa
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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She’s up!
Festively lit indoor Christmas tree with multicolored lights and ornaments—baubles, snowflakes, a heart, and a star topper styled like a Mario star. Set in a cozy room with wooden floors, a leather chair, striped curtains, and nearby houseplants.
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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One of our #greyhounds is called Dasher, so naturally we had to buy this mug when we saw it.

Art is by cartoonist and humorist Richard Skipworth, who’s a greyhound advocate and friend.
A ceramic mug with a festive cartoon design featuring Santa Claus and two animal companions. Santa has a large nose, round glasses, and a white beard, wearing a red hat and coat. On either side are reindeer with antlers and bell collars, but the middle figure is a greyhound disguised as a reindeer—its elongated snout, wide yellow eyes, and sleek build hint at the canine beneath the costume. The background is blue with white dots representing falling snow. The mug rests on a kitchen counter near containers labeled “Tea” and “Beans.”
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Good morning.

Today is a weigh in day, and for the first time in my adult life my weight starts with the number 8.

This is quite an emotional thing for me, I never thought I’d see the day where I get to 90kg, let alone go past it 🥹🥹🥹

Target weight is 85kg so […]

[Original post on mstdn.games]
Scales app shows weight at 89.45kg.
December 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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STUNNING #nintendo #switch #metroid #videogames
First-person view from Metroid 4: Beyond, showing a vast desert with sand dunes and rocky outcrops under a dramatic sky. A single sun casts a bright lens flare across the scene. In the distance, the fog-shrouded peak of a mountain floats above the haze, its base obscured. The player’s arm cannon is visible in the foreground, with a heads-up display showing health at 99 and targeting reticles locked on the mountaintop.
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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This will never, ever get old.

And it *always* gives me goosebumps.

Welcome back, Samus. We’ve missed you.

#nintendo #switch #metroid #videogames
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Talking of Metroid, here be all current released amiibos in the series so far.

This doesn’t include the SSMB Samus one, that’s on a different wall 😅
Seven boxed Metroid-themed Nintendo Amiibo figures arranged in two rows against a white background. Characters include multiple versions of Samus Aran in gold and blue armor, the alien Metroid creature, Sylux, and a Samus & E.M.M.I. duo from Metroid Dread. One figure features Samus riding a futuristic motorcycle. Each package displays vibrant artwork and the “amiibo” logo, celebrating different eras of the Metroid franchise.
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Metroid Prime 4 arrived today with some goodies \o/

I do really like the desk mat, goes well on the game room coffee table.
A tabletop display featuring a large mousepad with Samus Aran in her Power Suit from Metroid, surrounded by gaming controllers: a purple GameCube controller, a black Xbox controller, and a black Nintendo Switch Pro controller. To the left, a figurine rides a spiked pink vehicle. Above the mousepad, pixelated Pac-Man-style ghosts in yellow, red, blue, and orange are arranged in a row. Two retro-themed magazines sit nearby, one titled “AMIGA FORMAT” celebrating its 400th issue. Also visible are two cartoon-style coasters: a green Koopa shell and a gray floppy disk with a thumbs-up icon.
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The NHS hospital staff car park really is the gift what keeps on giving 😅
Always sanitary pad (still in its packet thankfully) and band aid plaster on a wet car park ground.
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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#startrek friends, what insignia have I just finished #knitting please?

It’s a genuine question, I don’t know the series but I do know that this one is my favourite that I’ve made so far.

It looks really cool!

I thank you.
Knitted insignia with a triangle surrounded by a thick circle going around its middle part only.
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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For the first time in 8 years, Jean-Michel Jarre isn’t my most listened to artist of the year.

That spot belongs to Faithless, thanks to their staggeringly good new album, Champion Sound!

#applemusicreplay
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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465 rows out of 611.

I’ve gone a bit cross eyed so time to call it quits for tonight.

In related news: I’ve broken the tiny crochet hook I was using for the beads. I’ll use a piece of wire instead for the final home run 😅

#knitting #startrek
Me in a light robe holding up a scarf with geometric designs of rockets, planets, and space motifs in orange, purple, pink, and yellow on a black background.
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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@UKFilmNerd
Black-and-white comic-style drawing. A woman gestures toward an empty shelf and says, “this is where I keep all the tangible benefits of leaving the EU.” Two seated figures look on. The shelf is completely bare, underscoring the sarcastic message that Brexit brought no visible gains.
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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My son (11) is taking piano lessons at school.

Yesterday, apropos of nothing, he decided to bang this out on his mum’s really old keyboard 😍

That’s my boy!

PS: we’ve got him a proper digital piano for Christmas.
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Folks!!

We have a #startrek USS Voyager!

Now listen, I’m not a Trekkie but throughout the process of #knitting this scarf I’ve learned that Voyager is either loved or loathed.

I know that the future recipient of this scarf loathes it 😅

Still to do: the […]

[Original post on mstdn.games]
Top shows Voyager knitted in rainbow colours against a black sky. Bottom is the exact opposite.
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Arrived today!

I love them!

#xbox #crocs
A person wearing dark gray Crocs customized to resemble Xbox controllers, complete with thumbsticks, D-pad, and colored A/B/X/Y buttons. They’re dressed in blue jeans and orange socks, with legs crossed on a white surface.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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There’s a moated mansion (https://www.helmingham.com/) near us in #suffolk #england that creates this beautiful festival of light around Christmas time.

We went there yesterday and it was as magical as ever 😍

#photography
#iphonephotography
A nighttime walkway arches with glowing red hearts, leading toward a grand, light-drenched manor. People stroll beneath the illuminated path, one person pausing to capture the scene on their phone. A stately manor glows red and white against the night sky, its facade adorned with projected heart shapes. A stone bridge glows with warm white lights, its spires reflected in still water below. Beside it, a brick manor stands quietly, while a towering tree bursts with color—red, blue, purple, green—casting a magical glow across the night. The scene feels like a fairytale paused mid-breath. (Sorry, copilot made this description but I quite liked it so I kept the cheesiness)
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Reader! The plot thickens!!

And I’m currently in the middle of making the USS Voyager 😅😅😅

Guess I shall have to make the DS9 station, just to balance it out for him.

#startrek #knitting
Out of interest, are there only 5 Star Trek tv shows? My list. 1. TOS (the original show) 2. TNG 3. Lower Decks 4. Strange New Worlds 5. DS9 .... 99. Voyager
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
sobtanian.mstdn.games.ap.brid.gy
An update:

As suggested by @consumablejoy, I asked my friend if he liked DS9. This was his reply.

So I’m guessing I’ll just stop after the voyager logo 😅

#startrek #knitting
Yo dude, totally random question: Deep Space Nine, yay or nay? Had it's moments. I liked the Dr Bashir character played by a British actor, and they had some good arcs from about S3 on. S1 and S2 were a slow start. So, yay. I guess. My 5th favourite star trek TV show?
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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#startrek double #knitting scarf update and question:

I’m at 407 rows (out of 611) and the scarf now measures 155 cm (62 inch), and I’m wondering whether I should stop at the end of the USS Enterprise spaceship and logo, or do I complete the whole thing […]

[Original post on mstdn.games]
Scarf folded to show both sides: dark sky with rainbow ships and vice versa. Side by side of the full length scarf, dark on the left and rainbow on the right. DS9 knitting pattern chart.
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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#nowplaying the rather excellent Richard. D. James Album by Aphex Twin.

Some of his music can be quite harsh/clinical, but this album is full of some beautiful electronic melodies.
Cover shows Aphex Twin grinning slightly menacingly directly at us.
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Same gym clothes, six months apart 😅

I think I need to get some smaller ones now. These look silly.

#mounjaro #weightloss
On the left, the most handsome man you’ll ever see but he’s fat. On the right, same but thinner.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM