Erik Sagen
@kartooner.bsky.social
Illustrator. Former game designer; forever a theater kid. Voice Actor. Creative Enigma. Curiosity Expert. Lead Product Designer at Paychex. Prev: AOL/Engadget/Joystiq.
I’m eriksagen.26 on Signal if you use such things.
www.kartooner.com
I’m eriksagen.26 on Signal if you use such things.
www.kartooner.com
Some people just play Red Dead Redemption 2. I play it and sketch the world I see, much like Arthur does in the game.
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Some people just play Red Dead Redemption 2. I play it and sketch the world I see, much like Arthur does in the game.
My non-spoiler take on Train Dreams. boxd.it/bOBS0V
A ★★★★★ review of Train Dreams (2025)
A quiet masterpiece about the American wilderness and the men who shaped it. Beautifully crafted and acted. Edgerton’s face tells the whole story wherein every loss, every season of hard labor, every ...
boxd.it
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My non-spoiler take on Train Dreams. boxd.it/bOBS0V
I started with The Way of Kings and just started the second book. It’s good stuff but dense.
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I started with The Way of Kings and just started the second book. It’s good stuff but dense.
That’s on my list. After I’m done obsessing over ARC Raiders and my third playthrough of RDR2.
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
That’s on my list. After I’m done obsessing over ARC Raiders and my third playthrough of RDR2.
Recommend everyone give this film a watch. It’s quite beautiful.
Train Dreams director Clint Bentley and star Joel Edgerton speak with Mitchell Beaupre about their film’s balance of the mythic and the intimate, Edgerton’s draw towards stoic, sensitive characters, and the people whose impact echoes within us. boxd.it/2Po
The New World: Clint Bentley and Joel Edgerton on balancing the mythic and the intimate in Train Dreams • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
Train Dreams director Clint Bentley and star Joel Edgerton speak with Mitchell Beaupre about their film’s balance of the mythic and the intimate, Edgerton’s draw towards stoic, sensitive characters, a...
boxd.it
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Recommend everyone give this film a watch. It’s quite beautiful.
Reposted by Erik Sagen
Hey #ScreenshotSaturday, here's my one-button basketball game, playable in your web browser, on Itchio: ottoojala.itch.io/ottos-basket...
The game is getting closer to being done - today's build, v0.9.2, adds subtle improvements and a few bug fixes.
Let me know what you think :--)
#gamedev #godot
The game is getting closer to being done - today's build, v0.9.2, adds subtle improvements and a few bug fixes.
Let me know what you think :--)
#gamedev #godot
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hey #ScreenshotSaturday, here's my one-button basketball game, playable in your web browser, on Itchio: ottoojala.itch.io/ottos-basket...
The game is getting closer to being done - today's build, v0.9.2, adds subtle improvements and a few bug fixes.
Let me know what you think :--)
#gamedev #godot
The game is getting closer to being done - today's build, v0.9.2, adds subtle improvements and a few bug fixes.
Let me know what you think :--)
#gamedev #godot
Immediately after finishing Frankenstein I texted my brother: “Hope there’s a making of and a book.”
And next thing I know, seconds after it’s sent, Netflix queues the 45-minute making of doc.
@realgdt.bsky.social, you really did it. Bravo to you, the cast and crew.
And next thing I know, seconds after it’s sent, Netflix queues the 45-minute making of doc.
@realgdt.bsky.social, you really did it. Bravo to you, the cast and crew.
a black and white drawing of a puppet with smoke coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a puppet with smoke coming out of it
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Immediately after finishing Frankenstein I texted my brother: “Hope there’s a making of and a book.”
And next thing I know, seconds after it’s sent, Netflix queues the 45-minute making of doc.
@realgdt.bsky.social, you really did it. Bravo to you, the cast and crew.
And next thing I know, seconds after it’s sent, Netflix queues the 45-minute making of doc.
@realgdt.bsky.social, you really did it. Bravo to you, the cast and crew.
The trifecta of unusually fantastic pop culture.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The trifecta of unusually fantastic pop culture.
My favorite bit of trivia from The Simpsons is that Marge’s height, with hair, is 8’6”.
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
My favorite bit of trivia from The Simpsons is that Marge’s height, with hair, is 8’6”.
Reposted by Erik Sagen
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
People complaining about the pacing of Pluribus: did you watch Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul? Vince Gilligan and his creative team light a match and let it burn slowly.
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
People complaining about the pacing of Pluribus: did you watch Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul? Vince Gilligan and his creative team light a match and let it burn slowly.
Not a lot of people know this but Pennywise is in that first Dora movie.
Why Isn’t Pennywise in The Running Man? It's more complicated than you might think... bit.ly/4a04Vvk
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not a lot of people know this but Pennywise is in that first Dora movie.
What would you call it? I just picked it up and have heard this from others. Interactive animated movie? I’m excited to play it soon.
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
What would you call it? I just picked it up and have heard this from others. Interactive animated movie? I’m excited to play it soon.
Do you sub to YouTube TV? We used to piggyback off my in laws account but after they raised rates, lost that privilege.
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Do you sub to YouTube TV? We used to piggyback off my in laws account but after they raised rates, lost that privilege.
Wherein I write about how everyone is creative, just like anybody can cook.
www.kartooner.com/entry/everyo...
www.kartooner.com/entry/everyo...
Everyone Creates - Erik's Journal
www.kartooner.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Wherein I write about how everyone is creative, just like anybody can cook.
www.kartooner.com/entry/everyo...
www.kartooner.com/entry/everyo...
Same, same! It’s a fun romp.
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Same, same! It’s a fun romp.
This is for you @kr1573n.bsky.social ;) And others.
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is for you @kr1573n.bsky.social ;) And others.
Honestly, Anyone Looking For Legitimate Information From Early Industry Sources Can Only Make Informed Nerdy Guesses.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Honestly, Anyone Looking For Legitimate Information From Early Industry Sources Can Only Make Informed Nerdy Guesses.
Hope it comes with a new Half Life game.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hope it comes with a new Half Life game.
I’m trying to figure out what even makes it look any better?
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I’m trying to figure out what even makes it look any better?
I obviously found them later, but that place, just one look away and they are gone.
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I obviously found them later, but that place, just one look away and they are gone.
That and you might lose little buddy like I did, losing all my kids at Strong MoP.
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
That and you might lose little buddy like I did, losing all my kids at Strong MoP.
I was wondering which was which. Let’s just leave it alone.
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I was wondering which was which. Let’s just leave it alone.
Smoothed textures are overrated. I want those crisp pixels.
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Smoothed textures are overrated. I want those crisp pixels.
“I’m not afraid of dying, but I am afraid of not being capable of living. That is a fear. And being boring.” - Stellan Skarsgård
October 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“I’m not afraid of dying, but I am afraid of not being capable of living. That is a fear. And being boring.” - Stellan Skarsgård