Tom
@warriorcult.bsky.social
Designer who occasionally writes about games, fitness and grappling.
Magic wand tool in Photoshop is absolutely fucking useless since they’ve added the generative fill shite in. Imagine just embracing enshittification.
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Magic wand tool in Photoshop is absolutely fucking useless since they’ve added the generative fill shite in. Imagine just embracing enshittification.
Finished Arkham Knight a day or two ago and that was a game. It’s a shame they never let Rocksteady do a proper sequel focused on the Bat family without Bats. I think a proper rivalry between Red Hood, Nightwing, Azrael and Robin would have been interesting.
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Finished Arkham Knight a day or two ago and that was a game. It’s a shame they never let Rocksteady do a proper sequel focused on the Bat family without Bats. I think a proper rivalry between Red Hood, Nightwing, Azrael and Robin would have been interesting.
Right. I’m not being funny but why does that Street Fighter film look like a real terrible YouTube fan film. Costumes and everything look terrible.
December 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Right. I’m not being funny but why does that Street Fighter film look like a real terrible YouTube fan film. Costumes and everything look terrible.
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Hiro Isono, Bai’s Forest, 1993
December 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hiro Isono, Bai’s Forest, 1993
Is it millennial coded to buy the Chaos Space Marine Xmas jumper just for a work Christmas party?
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Is it millennial coded to buy the Chaos Space Marine Xmas jumper just for a work Christmas party?
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Any of you Bolt Thrower fans checked out Chainsword? Discovered them yesterday and they’re absolutely hard as nails.
youtu.be/qtP8PZsZFik?...
youtu.be/qtP8PZsZFik?...
Chainsword - Primarch
YouTube video by Chainsword
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Any of you Bolt Thrower fans checked out Chainsword? Discovered them yesterday and they’re absolutely hard as nails.
youtu.be/qtP8PZsZFik?...
youtu.be/qtP8PZsZFik?...
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Tekken 2 / Print ad / Namco / 1996
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Tekken 2 / Print ad / Namco / 1996
Apparently I like synth a lot.
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Apparently I like synth a lot.
One of the hardest tracks ever written. youtu.be/TJbWcWdaPHs
Stampin' Ground - Officer Down
YouTube video by MurderAttack
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
One of the hardest tracks ever written. youtu.be/TJbWcWdaPHs
That new live studio recording of Bland Street Bloom proves that Sikth still have it. Honestly with them and Stampin’ Ground back in the saddle it’s time for underrated pissed off grimy British metallic hardcore to take its place at the table.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
That new live studio recording of Bland Street Bloom proves that Sikth still have it. Honestly with them and Stampin’ Ground back in the saddle it’s time for underrated pissed off grimy British metallic hardcore to take its place at the table.
Probably the same issue as DIY music. Unless you catch heat via a big streamer or something you’re just going to be grinding it out as an indie. All you can do is hope you’ve done all the other stuff. Good marketing, solid game, appealing aesthetics, fostered a rabid community etc
yeah the harsh reality is that we do take a chance on small games no one's heard of a lot more often than anyone thinks we do. but literally no one reads the articles, which then reinforces to the powers that be that they're not worth doing. I don't know how to solve that problem!
I've been doing this all year but indie journalists have the same issues as indie games. Unless it's a big name, nobody cares.
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Probably the same issue as DIY music. Unless you catch heat via a big streamer or something you’re just going to be grinding it out as an indie. All you can do is hope you’ve done all the other stuff. Good marketing, solid game, appealing aesthetics, fostered a rabid community etc
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Mgla
Wardruna
Raging Speedhorn
Cold Hard Truth (many times)
Spineshank
Mgla
Wardruna
Raging Speedhorn
Cold Hard Truth (many times)
Spineshank
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Bon Jovi (I was nine)
Morrissey (pre-cancellation)
Amanda Palmer (pre-cancellation)
Marylin Manson (pre-cancellation)
PULP
Bon Jovi (I was nine)
Morrissey (pre-cancellation)
Amanda Palmer (pre-cancellation)
Marylin Manson (pre-cancellation)
PULP
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
The Veronicas*
Janet Jackson
Chappell Roan (very early career)
Tinashe
(I think that’s literally it. I don’t like crowds lol)
The Veronicas*
Janet Jackson
Chappell Roan (very early career)
Tinashe
(I think that’s literally it. I don’t like crowds lol)
December 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Mgla
Wardruna
Raging Speedhorn
Cold Hard Truth (many times)
Spineshank
Mgla
Wardruna
Raging Speedhorn
Cold Hard Truth (many times)
Spineshank
In Vienna for the weekend. It’s very lovely. Had a lot of sausage, bread, punsch and beer. Few good churches and cathedrals too.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In Vienna for the weekend. It’s very lovely. Had a lot of sausage, bread, punsch and beer. Few good churches and cathedrals too.
I have the Alien Trilogy godmode code memorised 1G0TP1NK8C1DB00TS0N because my dad loved the game but found it too hard to play and struggled with the first person perspective.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I have the Alien Trilogy godmode code memorised 1G0TP1NK8C1DB00TS0N because my dad loved the game but found it too hard to play and struggled with the first person perspective.
Predator Badlands might be one of the worst films I’ve ever seen and I’ve watched those Silent Hill films. It’s clearly just slop aimed at getting “Dek” into Fortnite and the dialogue is just joss whedon MCU shite. Boiled piss.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Predator Badlands might be one of the worst films I’ve ever seen and I’ve watched those Silent Hill films. It’s clearly just slop aimed at getting “Dek” into Fortnite and the dialogue is just joss whedon MCU shite. Boiled piss.
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Our debut title, sword action shooting game BIRDCAGE, is out now! Shoot, slash and weave through bullets and enemies in this challenging, story-driven arcade shooter!🕊️🥚
store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our debut title, sword action shooting game BIRDCAGE, is out now! Shoot, slash and weave through bullets and enemies in this challenging, story-driven arcade shooter!🕊️🥚
store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
Might be a nostalgia trip but I’m on a proper mid-00s metalcore trip at the moment. Trustkill, Ferret, Roadrunner, Victory stuff. You know the ones vaguely melo-death fused with hardcore. Remembering Never, Caliban, Unearth.
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Might be a nostalgia trip but I’m on a proper mid-00s metalcore trip at the moment. Trustkill, Ferret, Roadrunner, Victory stuff. You know the ones vaguely melo-death fused with hardcore. Remembering Never, Caliban, Unearth.
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A few of my tour poster illustrations over the years!
(Municipal Waste, Frozen Soul, Spirit World)
(Municipal Waste, Frozen Soul, Spirit World)
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A few of my tour poster illustrations over the years!
(Municipal Waste, Frozen Soul, Spirit World)
(Municipal Waste, Frozen Soul, Spirit World)
I’ve made it to Arkham Knight. Which I bounced off over ten years ago. But I was deep in the Soulsbourne trap at that point. So I didn’t appreciate it properly at the time. Still looks and feels incredible now. Everything about the game is polished. I can appreciate it properly now.
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I’ve made it to Arkham Knight. Which I bounced off over ten years ago. But I was deep in the Soulsbourne trap at that point. So I didn’t appreciate it properly at the time. Still looks and feels incredible now. Everything about the game is polished. I can appreciate it properly now.
You know full well Hollywood looks at these numbers and just can’t figure out why the latest slop they put out doesn’t do well.
‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ crosses $700M at the global box office 💰
It opened to $52.5M in China this weekend
It opened to $52.5M in China this weekend
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
You know full well Hollywood looks at these numbers and just can’t figure out why the latest slop they put out doesn’t do well.
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
I know people can enjoy things in different ways and such, and I haven’t seen it. But the schmaltzy-twee shipping deluge of fanart of the new Predator and Elle Fanning is really making me not want to see it. When that type of fanart arrives it usually means it’s not a series for me anymore.
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I know people can enjoy things in different ways and such, and I haven’t seen it. But the schmaltzy-twee shipping deluge of fanart of the new Predator and Elle Fanning is really making me not want to see it. When that type of fanart arrives it usually means it’s not a series for me anymore.
You ever want to go back in time and stop when Disney purchased the MCU from Paramount and Whedon’ified dialogue in everything ever since. We don’t need “comic relief”. I always thought that sort of dialogue was because writers didn’t respect what they were making.
Oof. 😢
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You ever want to go back in time and stop when Disney purchased the MCU from Paramount and Whedon’ified dialogue in everything ever since. We don’t need “comic relief”. I always thought that sort of dialogue was because writers didn’t respect what they were making.