Mitchell R. R. Akhurst
@mrrakhurst.bsky.social
I like stories that end with the castle crumbling down and the sunlight shining through, or the characters fly away into the horizon.
I've worked on an anthology, written a comic book, and many short stories. Now I just need to get something published.
I've worked on an anthology, written a comic book, and many short stories. Now I just need to get something published.
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there was a time when fantasy storytelling was accompanied by imagery that allowed you to imagine this was all real
and an unfortunate number of people just want to go with like GIGANTIC PAULDRONS and SKULLS and SPIKES EVERYWHERE and RULE OF COOL and that's not what Dio's shit's about
and an unfortunate number of people just want to go with like GIGANTIC PAULDRONS and SKULLS and SPIKES EVERYWHERE and RULE OF COOL and that's not what Dio's shit's about
January 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
there was a time when fantasy storytelling was accompanied by imagery that allowed you to imagine this was all real
and an unfortunate number of people just want to go with like GIGANTIC PAULDRONS and SKULLS and SPIKES EVERYWHERE and RULE OF COOL and that's not what Dio's shit's about
and an unfortunate number of people just want to go with like GIGANTIC PAULDRONS and SKULLS and SPIKES EVERYWHERE and RULE OF COOL and that's not what Dio's shit's about
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here's what I'm talking about. it's very different. it's from a world that's being envisioned by people influenced by fairy tales and tolkien and painters as much as anything. everything has this sense of physicality and being lived in. also lots of smoke machines
January 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
here's what I'm talking about. it's very different. it's from a world that's being envisioned by people influenced by fairy tales and tolkien and painters as much as anything. everything has this sense of physicality and being lived in. also lots of smoke machines
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This man's media team is a bunch of goddamned geniuses, someone scouted for locations and figured out they could set up this very shot. Look at it, it's incredible. Look up pics of Adams being sworn in at the ball drop, which look chaotic, cheap, and undignified in comparison.
January 1, 2026 at 4:17 PM
This man's media team is a bunch of goddamned geniuses, someone scouted for locations and figured out they could set up this very shot. Look at it, it's incredible. Look up pics of Adams being sworn in at the ball drop, which look chaotic, cheap, and undignified in comparison.
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My only Stranger Things take is that I'm not watching all of that.
January 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
My only Stranger Things take is that I'm not watching all of that.
oh. great. atomic robo IS available on the apple store in Australia, but only in French
what the fuck is going on with comic books
what the fuck is going on with comic books
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
oh. great. atomic robo IS available on the apple store in Australia, but only in French
what the fuck is going on with comic books
what the fuck is going on with comic books
so it appears that 'Atomic Robo' is only available on comixology and comixology is not available in Australia ...?
December 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
so it appears that 'Atomic Robo' is only available on comixology and comixology is not available in Australia ...?
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I gotta finish KH2 and Dragon Age 2 one of these days
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I gotta finish KH2 and Dragon Age 2 one of these days
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So, among my Steam sale haul were a few things that just looked FASCINATING but I couldn't quite get a handle on at a glance.
I just had my first poke around Twilight Epoch, which is like... a low-fi anti-formalist experimental boomshoot/blobber JRPG hybrid with a lot of dense, flowery prose???
I just had my first poke around Twilight Epoch, which is like... a low-fi anti-formalist experimental boomshoot/blobber JRPG hybrid with a lot of dense, flowery prose???
Save 25% on Twilight Epoch on Steam
A science-fantasy FPS-RPG, taking a party of characters on a story-rich journey through a galaxy on the brink of extinction.
store.steampowered.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So, among my Steam sale haul were a few things that just looked FASCINATING but I couldn't quite get a handle on at a glance.
I just had my first poke around Twilight Epoch, which is like... a low-fi anti-formalist experimental boomshoot/blobber JRPG hybrid with a lot of dense, flowery prose???
I just had my first poke around Twilight Epoch, which is like... a low-fi anti-formalist experimental boomshoot/blobber JRPG hybrid with a lot of dense, flowery prose???
Revisiting Tomb Raider Legend in 2025 is paying off immensely. It’s a good preview for my 2026 which will be almost entirely a retrospective year of filling in gaps and replaying old favourites
December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Revisiting Tomb Raider Legend in 2025 is paying off immensely. It’s a good preview for my 2026 which will be almost entirely a retrospective year of filling in gaps and replaying old favourites
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Dragon Quest enemy ass pose
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Dragon Quest enemy ass pose
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I hate this type of meme so much because it's always "damn it's a shame nobody makes this kind of game any more... no I will not scroll past the front page of steam to check"
December 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I hate this type of meme so much because it's always "damn it's a shame nobody makes this kind of game any more... no I will not scroll past the front page of steam to check"
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wing commander setting ds9/baylon 5 station simulator
you know what would be cool would be a wing commander tactics/rpg
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
wing commander setting ds9/baylon 5 station simulator
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Saw a comment calling the Whale Probe in Star Trek 4 Lovecraftian and rather than bother some poor stranger I will inanely vent that it is very clearly more of an Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama sort of thing
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Saw a comment calling the Whale Probe in Star Trek 4 Lovecraftian and rather than bother some poor stranger I will inanely vent that it is very clearly more of an Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama sort of thing
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I need to find a better phrase for this then
December 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I need to find a better phrase for this then
There are many things I could do over the next three days between work shifts, but I think I need to focus on playing SMTV and finishing Mossy Log
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There are many things I could do over the next three days between work shifts, but I think I need to focus on playing SMTV and finishing Mossy Log
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A reminder that The Escapist that people remembered does not exist anymore. Almost all the core staff packed up and left. Most reformed as Second Wind, which is doing decent work.
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
The Escapist accused Blue Prince developer Dogubomb of using generative AI. This is patently false and an utterly gross accusation.
The story has since been amended, but the damage has been done. You can search out the current version if you want, but here’s the original.
archive.ph/CKiOB
The story has since been amended, but the damage has been done. You can search out the current version if you want, but here’s the original.
archive.ph/CKiOB
archive.ph
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A reminder that The Escapist that people remembered does not exist anymore. Almost all the core staff packed up and left. Most reformed as Second Wind, which is doing decent work.
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die
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One of the dumbest things about Harry Potter that ended up infecting a lot of other stories is the idea of the friends you make in school are the ones that follow you throughout your whole life.
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
One of the dumbest things about Harry Potter that ended up infecting a lot of other stories is the idea of the friends you make in school are the ones that follow you throughout your whole life.
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Thanks for listening! I haven’t and am embarrassed to say it turns out I already own it and just never got to it. 🫣 no promises but I’ll install it so I don’t forget it completely. Is it good?
@gameonysus.bsky.social
Hi there, long time listener (on MinnMax) first time skeeter-er, I would really like to ask, in your status as a platformer-knower, have you played and/or discussed Promenade?
Hi there, long time listener (on MinnMax) first time skeeter-er, I would really like to ask, in your status as a platformer-knower, have you played and/or discussed Promenade?
December 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Thanks for listening! I haven’t and am embarrassed to say it turns out I already own it and just never got to it. 🫣 no promises but I’ll install it so I don’t forget it completely. Is it good?
@gameonysus.bsky.social
Hi there, long time listener (on MinnMax) first time skeeter-er, I would really like to ask, in your status as a platformer-knower, have you played and/or discussed Promenade?
Hi there, long time listener (on MinnMax) first time skeeter-er, I would really like to ask, in your status as a platformer-knower, have you played and/or discussed Promenade?
December 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@gameonysus.bsky.social
Hi there, long time listener (on MinnMax) first time skeeter-er, I would really like to ask, in your status as a platformer-knower, have you played and/or discussed Promenade?
Hi there, long time listener (on MinnMax) first time skeeter-er, I would really like to ask, in your status as a platformer-knower, have you played and/or discussed Promenade?
Holiday sales on Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon wrestling in my mind
December 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Holiday sales on Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon wrestling in my mind
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Ideas are not a resource that the games industry needs generated. You cannot shoot a nerf gun into a studio and miss someone without a thousand great ideas. It's never been a problem for any of us. Just ask us.
Fuck sake you evil bastards just admit you don't want to pay for staff.
Fuck sake you evil bastards just admit you don't want to pay for staff.
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Ideas are not a resource that the games industry needs generated. You cannot shoot a nerf gun into a studio and miss someone without a thousand great ideas. It's never been a problem for any of us. Just ask us.
Fuck sake you evil bastards just admit you don't want to pay for staff.
Fuck sake you evil bastards just admit you don't want to pay for staff.
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