Craig Morrison
@silirrion.bsky.social
https://www.feelinstrangelyfine.com/
Studio Director @ www.bluescarab.com | Founder http://startmakinggames.com | Once of Azeroth, Rubi-Ka, Hyboria, & other battlefields | Enthusiastic Optimist | Globetrotter | BAFTA Member | Painter of plastic things
Studio Director @ www.bluescarab.com | Founder http://startmakinggames.com | Once of Azeroth, Rubi-Ka, Hyboria, & other battlefields | Enthusiastic Optimist | Globetrotter | BAFTA Member | Painter of plastic things
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Craig Morrison
@silirrion.bsky.social
· Oct 15
Now that we can pin posts, about time for a permanent reminder of my #gamedev resource.
www.startmakinggames.com
This is a completely FREE resource, aimed at folks wanting to make games for the very first time. So if you know folks asking 'How do I start making games?' this is the link for you!
www.startmakinggames.com
This is a completely FREE resource, aimed at folks wanting to make games for the very first time. So if you know folks asking 'How do I start making games?' this is the link for you!
I think I don't mind a review site lowering a score based on moral grounds, but I do then expect them to be consistent.
Otherwise it's more just click-bait than an actual stand.
Large publishers currently promote their use of various AI techs. I'd expect all their games to be treated the same way
Otherwise it's more just click-bait than an actual stand.
Large publishers currently promote their use of various AI techs. I'd expect all their games to be treated the same way
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I think I don't mind a review site lowering a score based on moral grounds, but I do then expect them to be consistent.
Otherwise it's more just click-bait than an actual stand.
Large publishers currently promote their use of various AI techs. I'd expect all their games to be treated the same way
Otherwise it's more just click-bait than an actual stand.
Large publishers currently promote their use of various AI techs. I'd expect all their games to be treated the same way
Random sofa hanging out on the way home this evening.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Random sofa hanging out on the way home this evening.
This NFL season continues to be absolutely confounding.
From week to week the same team can swerve from looking like utter garbage to playoff caliber, while the perennial playoff contenders look awful dropping games to unexpected teams.
From week to week the same team can swerve from looking like utter garbage to playoff caliber, while the perennial playoff contenders look awful dropping games to unexpected teams.
This might be the weirdest NFL season in years.
Who is actually good? Who is actually bad? Changes week to week it seems. Even when you think you're sure, like how bad my Dolphins are, you'll see someone make em look good.
It's living up to the old 'Any given Sunday' cliche for sure this year.
Who is actually good? Who is actually bad? Changes week to week it seems. Even when you think you're sure, like how bad my Dolphins are, you'll see someone make em look good.
It's living up to the old 'Any given Sunday' cliche for sure this year.
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This NFL season continues to be absolutely confounding.
From week to week the same team can swerve from looking like utter garbage to playoff caliber, while the perennial playoff contenders look awful dropping games to unexpected teams.
From week to week the same team can swerve from looking like utter garbage to playoff caliber, while the perennial playoff contenders look awful dropping games to unexpected teams.
Been slow at the painting table of late due to general busyness, but I did manage to knock out this Scribbus Wretch from the backlog.
Of course he got some added oozing slime treatment.
#warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #40k
Of course he got some added oozing slime treatment.
#warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #40k
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Been slow at the painting table of late due to general busyness, but I did manage to knock out this Scribbus Wretch from the backlog.
Of course he got some added oozing slime treatment.
#warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #40k
Of course he got some added oozing slime treatment.
#warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #40k
Last game of the season here in Sweden, so a final home game for Hamnarby against Elfsborg.
Guaranteed 2nd place already, so another European adventure to look forward to next year. Been a fun year even if they couldn’t quite scale the summit.
Guaranteed 2nd place already, so another European adventure to look forward to next year. Been a fun year even if they couldn’t quite scale the summit.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Last game of the season here in Sweden, so a final home game for Hamnarby against Elfsborg.
Guaranteed 2nd place already, so another European adventure to look forward to next year. Been a fun year even if they couldn’t quite scale the summit.
Guaranteed 2nd place already, so another European adventure to look forward to next year. Been a fun year even if they couldn’t quite scale the summit.
Weekend yumminess with a visit to Mamawolf in Stockholm for some Japanese goodness.
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Weekend yumminess with a visit to Mamawolf in Stockholm for some Japanese goodness.
Oh my, woke up to see the Warhammer preview news.
Dammit. I'd been doing so well with working on backlog rather than buying new kits, but so much Nurgle goodness revealed. I'm going to end up with some of it for sure.
Even some new Tau?? Temptation all around.
#WarhammerCommunity
Dammit. I'd been doing so well with working on backlog rather than buying new kits, but so much Nurgle goodness revealed. I'm going to end up with some of it for sure.
Even some new Tau?? Temptation all around.
#WarhammerCommunity
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Oh my, woke up to see the Warhammer preview news.
Dammit. I'd been doing so well with working on backlog rather than buying new kits, but so much Nurgle goodness revealed. I'm going to end up with some of it for sure.
Even some new Tau?? Temptation all around.
#WarhammerCommunity
Dammit. I'd been doing so well with working on backlog rather than buying new kits, but so much Nurgle goodness revealed. I'm going to end up with some of it for sure.
Even some new Tau?? Temptation all around.
#WarhammerCommunity
Yeah, I definitely have the ARC Raiders bug.
GOTY territory for me.
Can't recall the last time a game has me itching for 'one more run' as much as this one. Gorgeous game, brilliantly designed and executed.
It has even done the impossible, and has me *happily* using voice coms with strangers.
GOTY territory for me.
Can't recall the last time a game has me itching for 'one more run' as much as this one. Gorgeous game, brilliantly designed and executed.
It has even done the impossible, and has me *happily* using voice coms with strangers.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Yeah, I definitely have the ARC Raiders bug.
GOTY territory for me.
Can't recall the last time a game has me itching for 'one more run' as much as this one. Gorgeous game, brilliantly designed and executed.
It has even done the impossible, and has me *happily* using voice coms with strangers.
GOTY territory for me.
Can't recall the last time a game has me itching for 'one more run' as much as this one. Gorgeous game, brilliantly designed and executed.
It has even done the impossible, and has me *happily* using voice coms with strangers.
The more I play ARC Raiders, the more impressed I am with the design of the ARC themselves.
Their behavior, the way they interact with the physics sim and weapon impacts, really make them feel 'real'. Constantly forcing players to consider their situation, creating cool timing windows for reaction
Their behavior, the way they interact with the physics sim and weapon impacts, really make them feel 'real'. Constantly forcing players to consider their situation, creating cool timing windows for reaction
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The more I play ARC Raiders, the more impressed I am with the design of the ARC themselves.
Their behavior, the way they interact with the physics sim and weapon impacts, really make them feel 'real'. Constantly forcing players to consider their situation, creating cool timing windows for reaction
Their behavior, the way they interact with the physics sim and weapon impacts, really make them feel 'real'. Constantly forcing players to consider their situation, creating cool timing windows for reaction
Was watching the new season of Star Wars Visions. Happily enjoying the anime #StarWars vibes.
Then the last episode queued up.
Wow. Just wow.
Possibly the most original thing that has ever been allowed to be done with the galaxy far, far, away? Visual animated jazz?
Weird, sublime, superb.
Then the last episode queued up.
Wow. Just wow.
Possibly the most original thing that has ever been allowed to be done with the galaxy far, far, away? Visual animated jazz?
Weird, sublime, superb.
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Was watching the new season of Star Wars Visions. Happily enjoying the anime #StarWars vibes.
Then the last episode queued up.
Wow. Just wow.
Possibly the most original thing that has ever been allowed to be done with the galaxy far, far, away? Visual animated jazz?
Weird, sublime, superb.
Then the last episode queued up.
Wow. Just wow.
Possibly the most original thing that has ever been allowed to be done with the galaxy far, far, away? Visual animated jazz?
Weird, sublime, superb.
This is such a nice clean flowing sculpt.
Dammit, I'm going to be tempted by the new Warhammer Quest box aren't I?
Dammit, I'm going to be tempted by the new Warhammer Quest box aren't I?
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is such a nice clean flowing sculpt.
Dammit, I'm going to be tempted by the new Warhammer Quest box aren't I?
Dammit, I'm going to be tempted by the new Warhammer Quest box aren't I?
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
Ok, ARC Raiders is just ridiculously gorgeously lit.
Also, a great lesson in why atmospherics and lighting matter if you really want to use time of day to help extend or alter the game-play experience on your maps.
This one is quickly creeping into GOTY territory for me.
Also, a great lesson in why atmospherics and lighting matter if you really want to use time of day to help extend or alter the game-play experience on your maps.
This one is quickly creeping into GOTY territory for me.
November 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Ok, ARC Raiders is just ridiculously gorgeously lit.
Also, a great lesson in why atmospherics and lighting matter if you really want to use time of day to help extend or alter the game-play experience on your maps.
This one is quickly creeping into GOTY territory for me.
Also, a great lesson in why atmospherics and lighting matter if you really want to use time of day to help extend or alter the game-play experience on your maps.
This one is quickly creeping into GOTY territory for me.
Spent the morning at Stockholm Comic-con.
Had fun wandering around and seeing all the geeky goodness. My wallet did survive relatively unscathed too, a bonus!
Had fun wandering around and seeing all the geeky goodness. My wallet did survive relatively unscathed too, a bonus!
November 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Spent the morning at Stockholm Comic-con.
Had fun wandering around and seeing all the geeky goodness. My wallet did survive relatively unscathed too, a bonus!
Had fun wandering around and seeing all the geeky goodness. My wallet did survive relatively unscathed too, a bonus!
Finding that the extension of this is that if a game doesn't immediately grab me and make we want to play it again after a first session or two, I'm probably not going back.
Outer Worlds 2 has suffered from this for me this weekend. I'm just having more fun with ARC Raiders.
Outer Worlds 2 has suffered from this for me this weekend. I'm just having more fun with ARC Raiders.
But playing Remix, having BF6 gnawing at my attention, and ARC Raiders and Outer Worlds 2 releasing this week, let alone a raft of cool indies I really want to spend time with, really starts to drive home that there simply isn't enough time for it all.
Just not enough free time for all this.
Just not enough free time for all this.
November 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Finding that the extension of this is that if a game doesn't immediately grab me and make we want to play it again after a first session or two, I'm probably not going back.
Outer Worlds 2 has suffered from this for me this weekend. I'm just having more fun with ARC Raiders.
Outer Worlds 2 has suffered from this for me this weekend. I'm just having more fun with ARC Raiders.
We double dipped on finding the new bagel place yesterday and brought some home so I could make some brunch bagels today too.
Egg, bacon, halloumi, and hashbrown came together nicely.
Egg, bacon, halloumi, and hashbrown came together nicely.
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We double dipped on finding the new bagel place yesterday and brought some home so I could make some brunch bagels today too.
Egg, bacon, halloumi, and hashbrown came together nicely.
Egg, bacon, halloumi, and hashbrown came together nicely.
Starting up Outer Worlds 2 and feel like having a literal dumb playthrough.
I'm going to try to play it as a smooth talking idiot.
Let's see how this goes.
It'll be fine. I'm sure of it.
(I am loving the early options to make very bad jokes that the 'dumb' trait unlocks 🤣)
I'm going to try to play it as a smooth talking idiot.
Let's see how this goes.
It'll be fine. I'm sure of it.
(I am loving the early options to make very bad jokes that the 'dumb' trait unlocks 🤣)
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Starting up Outer Worlds 2 and feel like having a literal dumb playthrough.
I'm going to try to play it as a smooth talking idiot.
Let's see how this goes.
It'll be fine. I'm sure of it.
(I am loving the early options to make very bad jokes that the 'dumb' trait unlocks 🤣)
I'm going to try to play it as a smooth talking idiot.
Let's see how this goes.
It'll be fine. I'm sure of it.
(I am loving the early options to make very bad jokes that the 'dumb' trait unlocks 🤣)
Was lucky to see this in its limited theatrical release earlier in the month, but I'll happily watch again when Netflix release it on the 7th.
A great adaptation, superbly cast, one of Del Toro's best films for me, and I don't say that lightly.
A great adaptation, superbly cast, one of Del Toro's best films for me, and I don't say that lightly.
Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | Final Trailer | Netflix
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October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Was lucky to see this in its limited theatrical release earlier in the month, but I'll happily watch again when Netflix release it on the 7th.
A great adaptation, superbly cast, one of Del Toro's best films for me, and I don't say that lightly.
A great adaptation, superbly cast, one of Del Toro's best films for me, and I don't say that lightly.
Spent some time today with Fotografiska’s 15th anniversary exhibit.
It’s a place I love to go when the creative battery needs a little recharging.
Never fails to inspire something. We became members last year to both support it, and so I could go whenever I needed the creative itch scratched.
It’s a place I love to go when the creative battery needs a little recharging.
Never fails to inspire something. We became members last year to both support it, and so I could go whenever I needed the creative itch scratched.
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Spent some time today with Fotografiska’s 15th anniversary exhibit.
It’s a place I love to go when the creative battery needs a little recharging.
Never fails to inspire something. We became members last year to both support it, and so I could go whenever I needed the creative itch scratched.
It’s a place I love to go when the creative battery needs a little recharging.
Never fails to inspire something. We became members last year to both support it, and so I could go whenever I needed the creative itch scratched.
My wife found a new bagel place in Stockholm, and we had some time off this morning, so some very tasty bagels were experienced.
Good bagels are rarer here, so this was a great find. 🥯
Good bagels are rarer here, so this was a great find. 🥯
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My wife found a new bagel place in Stockholm, and we had some time off this morning, so some very tasty bagels were experienced.
Good bagels are rarer here, so this was a great find. 🥯
Good bagels are rarer here, so this was a great find. 🥯
I really like the aesthetic of the world they have crafted for ARC Raiders.
I haven't been a huge extraction fan up until now, but this one has something a little special to it. Even more unexpected, I'm actually finding it 50/50 whether other players attack first or ask to pass by or group up.
I haven't been a huge extraction fan up until now, but this one has something a little special to it. Even more unexpected, I'm actually finding it 50/50 whether other players attack first or ask to pass by or group up.
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I really like the aesthetic of the world they have crafted for ARC Raiders.
I haven't been a huge extraction fan up until now, but this one has something a little special to it. Even more unexpected, I'm actually finding it 50/50 whether other players attack first or ask to pass by or group up.
I haven't been a huge extraction fan up until now, but this one has something a little special to it. Even more unexpected, I'm actually finding it 50/50 whether other players attack first or ask to pass by or group up.
But playing Remix, having BF6 gnawing at my attention, and ARC Raiders and Outer Worlds 2 releasing this week, let alone a raft of cool indies I really want to spend time with, really starts to drive home that there simply isn't enough time for it all.
Just not enough free time for all this.
Just not enough free time for all this.
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
But playing Remix, having BF6 gnawing at my attention, and ARC Raiders and Outer Worlds 2 releasing this week, let alone a raft of cool indies I really want to spend time with, really starts to drive home that there simply isn't enough time for it all.
Just not enough free time for all this.
Just not enough free time for all this.
I missed the Pandaria Remix for WoW, but I have had a chance to play the new Legion Remix for the last week.
It's an interesting, and very compulsive, power fantasy way to replay old content.
Have had a blast with it, and have new lvl 80s of classes I probably wouldn't have played otherwise.
It's an interesting, and very compulsive, power fantasy way to replay old content.
Have had a blast with it, and have new lvl 80s of classes I probably wouldn't have played otherwise.
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I missed the Pandaria Remix for WoW, but I have had a chance to play the new Legion Remix for the last week.
It's an interesting, and very compulsive, power fantasy way to replay old content.
Have had a blast with it, and have new lvl 80s of classes I probably wouldn't have played otherwise.
It's an interesting, and very compulsive, power fantasy way to replay old content.
Have had a blast with it, and have new lvl 80s of classes I probably wouldn't have played otherwise.
Some good games in that old ad, but I spent so much time with Deluxe Paint 3
Went on to use it in college to add titles and motion graphics to film school projects since the Amiga had the rare ability to plug straight into the old S-Video (SHVS) mixing desks we worked with pre digital editing.
Went on to use it in college to add titles and motion graphics to film school projects since the Amiga had the rare ability to plug straight into the old S-Video (SHVS) mixing desks we worked with pre digital editing.
October 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Some good games in that old ad, but I spent so much time with Deluxe Paint 3
Went on to use it in college to add titles and motion graphics to film school projects since the Amiga had the rare ability to plug straight into the old S-Video (SHVS) mixing desks we worked with pre digital editing.
Went on to use it in college to add titles and motion graphics to film school projects since the Amiga had the rare ability to plug straight into the old S-Video (SHVS) mixing desks we worked with pre digital editing.
This might be the weirdest NFL season in years.
Who is actually good? Who is actually bad? Changes week to week it seems. Even when you think you're sure, like how bad my Dolphins are, you'll see someone make em look good.
It's living up to the old 'Any given Sunday' cliche for sure this year.
Who is actually good? Who is actually bad? Changes week to week it seems. Even when you think you're sure, like how bad my Dolphins are, you'll see someone make em look good.
It's living up to the old 'Any given Sunday' cliche for sure this year.
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This might be the weirdest NFL season in years.
Who is actually good? Who is actually bad? Changes week to week it seems. Even when you think you're sure, like how bad my Dolphins are, you'll see someone make em look good.
It's living up to the old 'Any given Sunday' cliche for sure this year.
Who is actually good? Who is actually bad? Changes week to week it seems. Even when you think you're sure, like how bad my Dolphins are, you'll see someone make em look good.
It's living up to the old 'Any given Sunday' cliche for sure this year.