Joe
@joe-byron.bsky.social
Primary school teacher; book and videogame enthusiast. Post to #blutoid quite a lot.
My attempts at poetry (and illustration) are to be found at https://joe-byron.itch.io/
My attempts at poetry (and illustration) are to be found at https://joe-byron.itch.io/
This month the Xbox 360 turned 20! I loved my 360 so much. Played some great games on it; Oblivion, Bioshock 1&2, Fallout 3 & NV, and of course Dark Souls! It’s one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played. While it’s all quite familiar now, it felt so obscure and impenetrable at the time!
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This month the Xbox 360 turned 20! I loved my 360 so much. Played some great games on it; Oblivion, Bioshock 1&2, Fallout 3 & NV, and of course Dark Souls! It’s one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played. While it’s all quite familiar now, it felt so obscure and impenetrable at the time!
I learned today about gall wasps, an insect I had no idea about. I have definitely seen these galls before but assumed they were seeds I guess 🤷♂️ (picture from the rhs site)
www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity...
#wasps #blutoid #nature
www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity...
#wasps #blutoid #nature
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I learned today about gall wasps, an insect I had no idea about. I have definitely seen these galls before but assumed they were seeds I guess 🤷♂️ (picture from the rhs site)
www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity...
#wasps #blutoid #nature
www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity...
#wasps #blutoid #nature
This website has really detailed maps for both The Forgotten Realms and Krynn, which is helpful as a newbie (and FR enjoyer) starting to read the Dragon Lance Chronicles. These are some extremely large literary maps!
atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com//?s=Krynn&se...
#d&d #blutoid #maps #dnd
atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com//?s=Krynn&se...
#d&d #blutoid #maps #dnd
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This website has really detailed maps for both The Forgotten Realms and Krynn, which is helpful as a newbie (and FR enjoyer) starting to read the Dragon Lance Chronicles. These are some extremely large literary maps!
atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com//?s=Krynn&se...
#d&d #blutoid #maps #dnd
atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com//?s=Krynn&se...
#d&d #blutoid #maps #dnd
I randomly got this Fire Emblem game for a tenner on an unnamed auction site. I’ve never played a Fire Emblem game before but I love strategy games and this one looks interesting. It has an English Translation so I might give it a go next year :) #blutoid #fireemblem
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I randomly got this Fire Emblem game for a tenner on an unnamed auction site. I’ve never played a Fire Emblem game before but I love strategy games and this one looks interesting. It has an English Translation so I might give it a go next year :) #blutoid #fireemblem
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just finished reading Kadare’s Spring Flowers, Spring Frost. I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as the densely atmospheric Broken April, but it had some interesting moments. My lack of knowledge in Albanian politics couldn’t have helped, but it felt meandering and much, much looser #blutoid #books
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I was not aware of how sick the art in the Japanese manual for ActRaiser was! #blutoid #snes #actraiser
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I was not aware of how sick the art in the Japanese manual for ActRaiser was! #blutoid #snes #actraiser
There is such a thing as an Etrian Odyssey IV Drama CD. I don’t speak Japanese so can’t understand it lol but it uses sound effects and music from the game, which is extremely cute! m.soundcloud.com/blind_cloud/...
#blutoid #etrianodyssey
#blutoid #etrianodyssey
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
There is such a thing as an Etrian Odyssey IV Drama CD. I don’t speak Japanese so can’t understand it lol but it uses sound effects and music from the game, which is extremely cute! m.soundcloud.com/blind_cloud/...
#blutoid #etrianodyssey
#blutoid #etrianodyssey
Tharsis is the hub city of Etrian Odyssey 4. It’s beautifully designed as you’d expect; kind of Viennese or Polish. Unlike its historical namesake, it seems to have little connection to the outside world; existing in a self-contained prism where myth comes to life and explodes as the game progresses
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Tharsis is the hub city of Etrian Odyssey 4. It’s beautifully designed as you’d expect; kind of Viennese or Polish. Unlike its historical namesake, it seems to have little connection to the outside world; existing in a self-contained prism where myth comes to life and explodes as the game progresses
My mission to clog #blutoid with #etrianodyssey posts continues!
Here’s my little nano! figure of the Medic class 🩺 she won’t fit on her stand sadly as she arrived without the clear plastic standy bit - but I promise one day I’ll sort one for her! Then she can go with the Bushido party-mate 🗾
Here’s my little nano! figure of the Medic class 🩺 she won’t fit on her stand sadly as she arrived without the clear plastic standy bit - but I promise one day I’ll sort one for her! Then she can go with the Bushido party-mate 🗾
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
My mission to clog #blutoid with #etrianodyssey posts continues!
Here’s my little nano! figure of the Medic class 🩺 she won’t fit on her stand sadly as she arrived without the clear plastic standy bit - but I promise one day I’ll sort one for her! Then she can go with the Bushido party-mate 🗾
Here’s my little nano! figure of the Medic class 🩺 she won’t fit on her stand sadly as she arrived without the clear plastic standy bit - but I promise one day I’ll sort one for her! Then she can go with the Bushido party-mate 🗾
Checking out the manual for Card Master on SFC (Arcana on the snes), and I love the different depictions of Rooks, the main hero. The cover is clearly what he imagines he looks like, because a couple of pages in we see how he really looks! lol he’s just this weird kid lol aww #blutoid #drpg #arcana
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
There’s a bag, a double album of SMT V music and series music from a bunch of different games (which is cool!), a steel book case and an art book with all the demons inside (pictured below). It’s a cool CE, but I haven’t really looked at it since I played the game 2 years ago and I need more space
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There’s a bag, a double album of SMT V music and series music from a bunch of different games (which is cool!), a steel book case and an art book with all the demons inside (pictured below). It’s a cool CE, but I haven’t really looked at it since I played the game 2 years ago and I need more space
SMT V is, warts and all, one of my favourite RPGs, but this THING is too big and has to go sadly. I don’t have a great deal of space in my house and I’m always looking for ways to slim down my stuff. This is the only Collectors Edition I ever bought and yes I do regret it lol #blutoid
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
SMT V is, warts and all, one of my favourite RPGs, but this THING is too big and has to go sadly. I don’t have a great deal of space in my house and I’m always looking for ways to slim down my stuff. This is the only Collectors Edition I ever bought and yes I do regret it lol #blutoid
This is absolutely one of my favourite stratums in EO so far. The setting, the music, the FOEs are really fun! And it fits really well into the game’s narrative too! #etrianodyssey #blutoid #eoiv
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This is absolutely one of my favourite stratums in EO so far. The setting, the music, the FOEs are really fun! And it fits really well into the game’s narrative too! #etrianodyssey #blutoid #eoiv
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Best thing I read this spooky season was by far and away Shirley Jackson’s short story collection, Dark Tales. So fantastic. Stories of estrangement, of how homes - memories of homes, homes we hate, homes we long for - are so important to being a human. And great twists! Great screw turning!
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Best thing I read this spooky season was by far and away Shirley Jackson’s short story collection, Dark Tales. So fantastic. Stories of estrangement, of how homes - memories of homes, homes we hate, homes we long for - are so important to being a human. And great twists! Great screw turning!
I can’t get over how funny this version of Ys is! This guy looks like he should be selling cigarettes not long swords lol
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I can’t get over how funny this version of Ys is! This guy looks like he should be selling cigarettes not long swords lol
Casually browsing copies of Ys V for SFC on eBay, and there’s this leaflet advertising the walkthrough which comes with the game - and I love this art of Adol! I can’t find the art anywhere else on the internet (in the short search I did) 😫 lol There’s some great art linked to Ys V! #blutoid #ys
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Not sure I like the look of this monkey😬 #blutoid #etrianodyssey
November 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Not sure I like the look of this monkey😬 #blutoid #etrianodyssey