William J. Meyer
@bywilliamjmeyer.com
writer director so forth // The Orrery of Tomorrow • The Transposition of Chloë Brontë // #AudioDrama : #Theatre : #GameDev // byWilliamJMeyer.com
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Hi #GameDev + #IndieGameDev my name is William. As a Title + Motion Designer I’ve worked on Lauren Bacall's final film and the DARKEST DUNGEON II teaser trailer. Check out my reel if you need typography, motion graphics, or 2d puppets for your trailer or game. Or bookmark me for later! wjm.carrd.co
Tatsuya Nakadai was brilliant in so many films. ‘Intense’ hardly covers it. The Human Condition, Harakiri, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, so many, so many.
I wrote an essay about my favorite performance of his, The Sword of Doom, and its final frame— his face forever trapped in rage.
youtu.be/HHCEaWpycdY?...
I wrote an essay about my favorite performance of his, The Sword of Doom, and its final frame— his face forever trapped in rage.
youtu.be/HHCEaWpycdY?...
My Essay About the Final Frame of THE SWORD OF DOOM
YouTube video by William J. Meyer
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November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai was brilliant in so many films. ‘Intense’ hardly covers it. The Human Condition, Harakiri, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, so many, so many.
I wrote an essay about my favorite performance of his, The Sword of Doom, and its final frame— his face forever trapped in rage.
youtu.be/HHCEaWpycdY?...
I wrote an essay about my favorite performance of his, The Sword of Doom, and its final frame— his face forever trapped in rage.
youtu.be/HHCEaWpycdY?...
No.
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. One of my all-time favorite actors.
Harakiri 1962 Masaki Kobayashi w Tatsuya Nakadai in signature role. In my top 10 all time; MK & TN also did amazing 10 hour Human Condition trilogy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
No.
a government as capricious as ours is no government at all but a medieval spiked morning star wielded by capitalism
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
a government as capricious as ours is no government at all but a medieval spiked morning star wielded by capitalism
Camus says “what distinguishes modern sensibility from classical sensibility is that the latter thrives on moral problems and the former on metaphysical problems”— is this true? and if so, given this model, what would post-modern sensibilities thrive on?
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Camus says “what distinguishes modern sensibility from classical sensibility is that the latter thrives on moral problems and the former on metaphysical problems”— is this true? and if so, given this model, what would post-modern sensibilities thrive on?
just thinking of Golgafrinchans and the imminent danger of being eaten by an enormous mutant star goat
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
just thinking of Golgafrinchans and the imminent danger of being eaten by an enormous mutant star goat
are Democrats going to act in opposition of their very own victories only a week later???
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
are Democrats going to act in opposition of their very own victories only a week later???
Taking my first steps using 6502 Assembly w/ bAtari BASIC. #GameDev update on my #Atari2600 #Homebrew MUTATIS.
youtu.be/0BJplaXuicQ?...
youtu.be/0BJplaXuicQ?...
Making Mutatis | My First Minikernel! | Using Assembly with bAtari BASIC
YouTube video by William J. Meyer
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November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Taking my first steps using 6502 Assembly w/ bAtari BASIC. #GameDev update on my #Atari2600 #Homebrew MUTATIS.
youtu.be/0BJplaXuicQ?...
youtu.be/0BJplaXuicQ?...
“…the hook into pop culture, and the hook into the moment we live in, is ultimately the thing that allows the corpse of philosophy to drag itself along”
only recently started listening to Game Studies Study Buddies, so not sure which host is which yet, can’t identify the speaker, but dang, son
only recently started listening to Game Studies Study Buddies, so not sure which host is which yet, can’t identify the speaker, but dang, son
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“…the hook into pop culture, and the hook into the moment we live in, is ultimately the thing that allows the corpse of philosophy to drag itself along”
only recently started listening to Game Studies Study Buddies, so not sure which host is which yet, can’t identify the speaker, but dang, son
only recently started listening to Game Studies Study Buddies, so not sure which host is which yet, can’t identify the speaker, but dang, son
not really a TWILIGHT ZONE guy but that slot machine croaking “Franklin” and terrorizing Everett Sloane is pretty good
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
not really a TWILIGHT ZONE guy but that slot machine croaking “Franklin” and terrorizing Everett Sloane is pretty good
Republicans are literally starving their fellow Americans. Their death impulse makes me cry.
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Republicans are literally starving their fellow Americans. Their death impulse makes me cry.
not sure what happened, all my NES manuals disappeared from my e-reader :(
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
not sure what happened, all my NES manuals disappeared from my e-reader :(
Hi #GameDev + #IndieGameDev my name is William. As a Title + Motion Designer I’ve worked on Lauren Bacall's final film and the DARKEST DUNGEON II teaser trailer. Check out my reel if you need typography, motion graphics, or 2d puppets for your trailer or game. Or bookmark me for later! wjm.carrd.co
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hi #GameDev + #IndieGameDev my name is William. As a Title + Motion Designer I’ve worked on Lauren Bacall's final film and the DARKEST DUNGEON II teaser trailer. Check out my reel if you need typography, motion graphics, or 2d puppets for your trailer or game. Or bookmark me for later! wjm.carrd.co
Hello #PitchYaGame ! I’m making MUTATIS, will be my first video game since high school. New update in a few days. Collect biota to mutate and escape prison. Final version will include short comic. Next gameDev programming video includes my first foray into Assembly.
bywilliamjmeyer.itch.io/mutatis
bywilliamjmeyer.itch.io/mutatis
Mutatis by byWilliamJMeyer
Rescue the latest biological horror...!
bywilliamjmeyer.itch.io
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hello #PitchYaGame ! I’m making MUTATIS, will be my first video game since high school. New update in a few days. Collect biota to mutate and escape prison. Final version will include short comic. Next gameDev programming video includes my first foray into Assembly.
bywilliamjmeyer.itch.io/mutatis
bywilliamjmeyer.itch.io/mutatis
seems much of modern media don’t actually tell stories? but simply a sequence of events— before writing my Interactive Fiction I want to structurally understand more about Narratology— also this site, extra- intra- and meta- diegetic theory
narrativetheoryandtheearlynovel.weebly.com/extradiegeti...
narrativetheoryandtheearlynovel.weebly.com/extradiegeti...
extradiegetic narrative
An extradiegetic narrator is one who narrates a story from outside the fictional universe of a particular text. This narrator communicates the primary narrative to an audience equally removed...
narrativetheoryandtheearlynovel.weebly.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
seems much of modern media don’t actually tell stories? but simply a sequence of events— before writing my Interactive Fiction I want to structurally understand more about Narratology— also this site, extra- intra- and meta- diegetic theory
narrativetheoryandtheearlynovel.weebly.com/extradiegeti...
narrativetheoryandtheearlynovel.weebly.com/extradiegeti...
in Los Angeles food pantry line today, roughly two hours, I estimate the line was three/four times as long as usual b/c of SNAP shutdown, def significantly less food available once inside (not complaining about what I did receive), a lot more toddlers in line, props to the volunteers for good cheer
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
in Los Angeles food pantry line today, roughly two hours, I estimate the line was three/four times as long as usual b/c of SNAP shutdown, def significantly less food available once inside (not complaining about what I did receive), a lot more toddlers in line, props to the volunteers for good cheer
those of you who also record and edit your own voice, as well as the voices of others, it is normal to hear a lot more aberrations in your own voice, right? #AudioDrama #AudioFiction
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
those of you who also record and edit your own voice, as well as the voices of others, it is normal to hear a lot more aberrations in your own voice, right? #AudioDrama #AudioFiction
whenever I see the DEEP BLUE SEA 2 dvd spine on the shelf at the library I make a Terence Rattigan joke quietly on the inside #TheatreSky
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
whenever I see the DEEP BLUE SEA 2 dvd spine on the shelf at the library I make a Terence Rattigan joke quietly on the inside #TheatreSky
as a kid one of my favorite games was ATLANTIS, something about the hum of the ships, I think— ominous but soothing— well I just found a 30-minute PBS program from back in the day all about its making at Imagic, pretty cool #Atari
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
as a kid one of my favorite games was ATLANTIS, something about the hum of the ships, I think— ominous but soothing— well I just found a 30-minute PBS program from back in the day all about its making at Imagic, pretty cool #Atari
:)
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
:)
me: I think this food is making me sick … also me: I guess I’ll eat the rest of it to be sure
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
me: I think this food is making me sick … also me: I guess I’ll eat the rest of it to be sure
a testament for yesterday— we are not capitulating in advance to the authoritarian project of disenfranchisement, but instead taking deep breaths and working those lungs of democracy— a friend of mine became a US citizen within days of this election and voted for the very first time
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
a testament for yesterday— we are not capitulating in advance to the authoritarian project of disenfranchisement, but instead taking deep breaths and working those lungs of democracy— a friend of mine became a US citizen within days of this election and voted for the very first time
only learned about Eugene Debs a year ago, so was surprised last night to hear Mamdani open with a quote from him, I simply don’t know where he sits in the zeitgeist, but the audience seemed receptive?
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
only learned about Eugene Debs a year ago, so was surprised last night to hear Mamdani open with a quote from him, I simply don’t know where he sits in the zeitgeist, but the audience seemed receptive?
yes
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
yes
lotta wins tonight and good news to share
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
lotta wins tonight and good news to share
discovered the fruit known as dates
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
discovered the fruit known as dates