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Erik Loyer
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Making a drum, to play through the problem. / 95 MOMENTS ON A TRAIN is out now for iPhone and iPad. // erikloyer.com
Hi all, so I’ve got a new app out TODAY called 95 Moments on a Train — it’s a remixable VHS time capsule from the 90's, filmed in one day on a train bound for Los Angeles. I’d be grateful if you’d check it out and spread the word! apps.apple.com/us/app/95-mo...
95 Moments on a Train App - App Store
Download 95 Moments on a Train by Opertoon LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like 95 Moments on a Train.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Wonderful films curated by Jane de Almeida for the LA Filmforum "Indexicality in Astronomy" screening last night, followed by live/zoom chat with James Tralie and Eames Demetrios. (And to whomever put Tomita on before the screening: nice touch. :) www.filmforumexperimentations.org/events/image...
February 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
An Infinity of Ships — loved the vibe and ethos of this project since I first heard about it, excited to see it out in the world! Imaginative, inclusive, flavorful spaceships for your sci-fi TTRPGS: 72stations.itch.io/infinity-of-...
An Infinity of Ships by STATIONS
Toolkit for creating wild and wonderful spaceships
72stations.itch.io
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Litany of protection (excerpt), made from the words that will get your research flagged at the “new and improved” National Science Foundation, per the Washington Post. There’s a link in the replies if you want to run it on your device.
February 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I’ve been making these little fidget songs lately. Just little phrases that jump out at me. It’s kind of comforting to tap them out. I’ll make you one for your phone if you want, drop a phrase in reply or DM.
February 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Pleasantly surprised to learn about a major sci-fi archive so close to me: The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy at UC Riverside. Authors' papers, fandom materials, more. Now, what to explore... library.ucr.edu/collections/...
Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy
Located in: Special Collections & University Archives The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy is one of the world's largest, richest, and deepest collections of science fiction, fantasy, hor...
library.ucr.edu
February 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Reposted by Erik Loyer
thirteen years ago i was writing about similar mutual aid or “virtual volunteer” communities that sprung up seven years prior during hurricane katrina.

folks ain’t new to this, they are true to this ❤️

msmagazine.com/2012/08/29/t...
January 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Got my own shots of the Vancouver Lookout UFO over the holiday — hadn’t put it together that I was going to be there in person when I reposted that shot a few weeks earlier, so was a very pleasant surprise when I turned a corner and it was right in front of me!
January 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It used to be that archiving a year’s worth of digital files took a few CD-Rs, then a few DVD-Rs, and now it’s up to 10+ BD-Rs… 💿 💿 💿 😅
December 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Had a wonderful time revisiting past digital humanities work with NYU Cinema Studies + DH students yesterday — the occasion made happier still since digging thru my archives uncovered this high FPS clip of The Knotted Line in action, haven't seen it running like this in a while! knottedline.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Couldn't get the whole piece working unfortunately, but nevertheless was very happy to see Ruffle bring this bit of Flash magic from The Virtual Window Interactive back to life...

More about the piece here: erikloyer.com/index.php/pr...
November 30, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Some of the oldest media in my personal archive. One-bit screen captures from Betamax videotape made on a Macintosh 512Ke in Santa Rosa, California between 7:30 pm and 7:39 pm on October 25, 1986.
November 27, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Crashing into the edge of the moon on a DEC GT40. Light pen input and vector display 😍
November 26, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Reposted by Erik Loyer
What typeface should be on your book cover? Well if you've had it with Helvetica and you're tired of Times New Roman why not revive a classic pulp font or two?

Here's a list of some stand-out typefaces that are fruitier than Frutiger and louder than DIN 1451...
November 24, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Took longer than I expected, but finally got the Conundrum Luna score ported into FMOD. Excited to refine and expand without having to scratch-build as much. #conundrumluna
November 24, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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Pay your freelancers before Christmas.
November 24, 2024 at 11:31 AM
L.A. folks, great opportunity to see this striking film with filmmaker Q&A: www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
November 20, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Virtual Space Shuttle overflying virtual South Los Angeles. (The map is an historic one, showing the TMZ or “thirty mile zone” considered local to Hollywood, allowing studios to film at reduced costs as an incentive to keep production close to Los Angeles.)
November 19, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Quartet of images from Ahree Lee’s Bojagi (Memories to Light) — this piece knocked me out today at UC Riverside Arts’ Digital Capture exhibit. Learn more and see it for yourself here: www.ahreelee.com/work/bojagi
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Editors of 1970s sci-fi mags had opinions…

(from Star Warp, April 1978, which I picked up at the excellent More Fun Comics in New Orleans)
November 17, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Was in Mobile, AL recently looking up my mom’s family history and was reminded that much of Close Encounters was filmed there. We didn’t have much time, but managed to get a glance at the hangars where the mothership landing set was built. Two motherships in one city, you could say :)
November 15, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Exhibiting Forgiveness is in theaters now and well worth seeking out. Powerful, beautiful drama from a writer/director/painter who puts all three talents to stunning use, and some wonderful performances to boot. www.exhibitingforgivenessfilm.com
October 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM
VR play with the Eagle and Moonbase Alpha from Space: 1999.

If I hold up the right ship I can feel it triggering impressions as I turn it this way and that, but since I don’t have childhood memories of Space: 1999, it’s the clever post-lunar design language that has the greatest impact.
October 1, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The STELLAR GOURD, the first spaceship seen in Conundrum Luna, is not a peopled vessel at all, but a medium for communication. The craft carries a gift from its extraterrestrial authors: a reality-bending instrument called a conundrum, in the shape of the Moon.
#conundrumluna #shiptember #scifi
September 23, 2024 at 1:34 PM