nicholas theisen
@academicality.bsky.social
Game Design | Google Books @ UIowa Libraries | Co-host Furidashi Podcast
It's finally arrived folks! @espressocat.bsky.social and I have begun our infiltration of Outer Heaven in order to crack the Konami Code and discover the creative genius (?) of Kojima Hideo.
Join us in celebrating the start of season 6: The Year of Metal Gear!
Join us in celebrating the start of season 6: The Year of Metal Gear!
September 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's finally arrived folks! @espressocat.bsky.social and I have begun our infiltration of Outer Heaven in order to crack the Konami Code and discover the creative genius (?) of Kojima Hideo.
Join us in celebrating the start of season 6: The Year of Metal Gear!
Join us in celebrating the start of season 6: The Year of Metal Gear!
In a world where The Phantom Pain is a spiritual prequel to The Phantom Thread.
September 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In a world where The Phantom Pain is a spiritual prequel to The Phantom Thread.
When you're only a little evil:
August 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
When you're only a little evil:
From a half remembered late 19th century scroll painting (Japanese, maybe?):
August 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
From a half remembered late 19th century scroll painting (Japanese, maybe?):
I fucked up the coloring on the others, so this one will have to be representative.
August 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I fucked up the coloring on the others, so this one will have to be representative.
I swear to grot her eyebrows were that big in the reference photo.
August 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I swear to grot her eyebrows were that big in the reference photo.
When your coworker suggests teaming up to take of something you already handled:
August 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
When your coworker suggests teaming up to take of something you already handled:
From an old Vogue pictorial (circa 1950), I think...
August 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
From an old Vogue pictorial (circa 1950), I think...
I'm going to start collecting these in a thread, mostly so I can find them later.
After Waterhouse:
After Waterhouse:
August 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I'm going to start collecting these in a thread, mostly so I can find them later.
After Waterhouse:
After Waterhouse:
The angel Gabriel, after Luca Signorelli
July 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The angel Gabriel, after Luca Signorelli
Naiad and her shitty husband
July 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Naiad and her shitty husband
In this episode I shock @espressocat.bsky.social with the possibility that Halo>Half-Life.
But seriously, we talk about shooter protagonists and #halo 's insinuation that the stoic super soldier is, deep down, a broken person looking for human connection.
open.spotify.com/episode/2Z4u...
But seriously, we talk about shooter protagonists and #halo 's insinuation that the stoic super soldier is, deep down, a broken person looking for human connection.
open.spotify.com/episode/2Z4u...
July 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In this episode I shock @espressocat.bsky.social with the possibility that Halo>Half-Life.
But seriously, we talk about shooter protagonists and #halo 's insinuation that the stoic super soldier is, deep down, a broken person looking for human connection.
open.spotify.com/episode/2Z4u...
But seriously, we talk about shooter protagonists and #halo 's insinuation that the stoic super soldier is, deep down, a broken person looking for human connection.
open.spotify.com/episode/2Z4u...
Reference image:
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Reference image:
Accidental self portrait, after Fra Bartolomeo
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Accidental self portrait, after Fra Bartolomeo
I get that this is supposed to be read as "Guide-o-gram," but I can't not see "Guido-gram."
July 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I get that this is supposed to be read as "Guide-o-gram," but I can't not see "Guido-gram."
No more yielding
July 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
No more yielding
Another one of my weird dudes
July 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Another one of my weird dudes
Every year, for #Pride, @espressocat.bsky.social and I do a queer themed episode of the podcast, and this time, re: Ghost in the Shell, we decided to foreground trans-centric readings of the film. It comes very near the end of the episode, but this is why:
June 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Every year, for #Pride, @espressocat.bsky.social and I do a queer themed episode of the podcast, and this time, re: Ghost in the Shell, we decided to foreground trans-centric readings of the film. It comes very near the end of the episode, but this is why:
Excellent question... why DO magical girls transform?
June 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Excellent question... why DO magical girls transform?
This is what peak editing looks like.
May 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is what peak editing looks like.
Living in Iowa is a lot like living in an eternal Windows XP, which, much like the OS, feels like it hasn't been updated since 2014.
May 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Living in Iowa is a lot like living in an eternal Windows XP, which, much like the OS, feels like it hasn't been updated since 2014.
In this month's Furidashi episode, @espressocat.bsky.social and I wax poetic about why sometimes it's better when a game like #ClairObscur actively confuses you.
Get it wherever fine podcasts are sold! open.spotify.com/episode/1EL1...
Get it wherever fine podcasts are sold! open.spotify.com/episode/1EL1...
May 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In this month's Furidashi episode, @espressocat.bsky.social and I wax poetic about why sometimes it's better when a game like #ClairObscur actively confuses you.
Get it wherever fine podcasts are sold! open.spotify.com/episode/1EL1...
Get it wherever fine podcasts are sold! open.spotify.com/episode/1EL1...
What's your favorite Pokémon? Wrong answers only.
May 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What's your favorite Pokémon? Wrong answers only.
Cursed video game tutorial @espressocat.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Cursed video game tutorial @espressocat.bsky.social
Government documents are mostly incredibly dull, but every so often...
April 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Government documents are mostly incredibly dull, but every so often...