Nate Horsfall
@lightningarts.bsky.social
Animator and Artist. 20ish years of Game dev. VGM album art, Live videos, logos, illustration. AI is trash.
Last game: Soundfall
Currently: The Game Band / SpeedFreeks
http://www.lightningarts.com/
Last game: Soundfall
Currently: The Game Band / SpeedFreeks
http://www.lightningarts.com/
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Nate Horsfall
@lightningarts.bsky.social
· Mar 16
Nate Horsfall: 3d Animation Reel 2024
YouTube video by LightningArts
youtu.be
Finally got some time to cut together a new demo reel for 2024.
There isn't much that new though because most of 2024 was either canceled projects or things still under NDA.
2025 will have more though.
youtu.be/THxQqJZlN4c
There isn't much that new though because most of 2024 was either canceled projects or things still under NDA.
2025 will have more though.
youtu.be/THxQqJZlN4c
Was a great privilege for me to be a part of a chip album that is trying to make the world a better place.
I wanted to go very differently for this one, but one of the heavy influences was Studio Trigger's stuff. High energy vibrancy against the darkness.
I wanted to go very differently for this one, but one of the heavy influences was Studio Trigger's stuff. High energy vibrancy against the darkness.
🚨WARNING: NEW COMPILATION INCOMING🚨
The wait is over: Chip For Change: Tenacity is coming!
• Release date: Friday November 21!
• 18 brand-spanking new #chiptune tracks!
• All proceeds go to the ACLU!
More details to come!
#musicsky #musiciansky
The wait is over: Chip For Change: Tenacity is coming!
• Release date: Friday November 21!
• 18 brand-spanking new #chiptune tracks!
• All proceeds go to the ACLU!
More details to come!
#musicsky #musiciansky
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Was a great privilege for me to be a part of a chip album that is trying to make the world a better place.
I wanted to go very differently for this one, but one of the heavy influences was Studio Trigger's stuff. High energy vibrancy against the darkness.
I wanted to go very differently for this one, but one of the heavy influences was Studio Trigger's stuff. High energy vibrancy against the darkness.
@dompalombimusic.bsky.social 's PAX West set is now online:
youtu.be/CmEEiCYuQ_Y?...
Was a great weekend!
There are some serious deep cuts in this set, like the Pokemon Trading Card game for the gameboy. I'm pretty sure that one has never been played live by anyone!
youtu.be/CmEEiCYuQ_Y?...
Was a great weekend!
There are some serious deep cuts in this set, like the Pokemon Trading Card game for the gameboy. I'm pretty sure that one has never been played live by anyone!
Dom Palombi's Game Night! - FULL SHOW | LIVE AT PAX WEST 2025
YouTube video by Dom Palombi
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
@dompalombimusic.bsky.social 's PAX West set is now online:
youtu.be/CmEEiCYuQ_Y?...
Was a great weekend!
There are some serious deep cuts in this set, like the Pokemon Trading Card game for the gameboy. I'm pretty sure that one has never been played live by anyone!
youtu.be/CmEEiCYuQ_Y?...
Was a great weekend!
There are some serious deep cuts in this set, like the Pokemon Trading Card game for the gameboy. I'm pretty sure that one has never been played live by anyone!
I made this for the first No Kings rally
So now is a good a time as any to post it again.
If you're in America, show up to make a statement.
So now is a good a time as any to post it again.
If you're in America, show up to make a statement.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I made this for the first No Kings rally
So now is a good a time as any to post it again.
If you're in America, show up to make a statement.
So now is a good a time as any to post it again.
If you're in America, show up to make a statement.
Reposted by Nate Horsfall
Absolutely preach it.
Caveat on my end: I still won't touch it, but I am FORCED to interact with everyone who do. I've been trying to experiment with how much I can tolerate that and so far the answer is.. Not much.
Anytime I work with people who also refuse to use it, it's a breath of fresh air.
Caveat on my end: I still won't touch it, but I am FORCED to interact with everyone who do. I've been trying to experiment with how much I can tolerate that and so far the answer is.. Not much.
Anytime I work with people who also refuse to use it, it's a breath of fresh air.
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Absolutely preach it.
Caveat on my end: I still won't touch it, but I am FORCED to interact with everyone who do. I've been trying to experiment with how much I can tolerate that and so far the answer is.. Not much.
Anytime I work with people who also refuse to use it, it's a breath of fresh air.
Caveat on my end: I still won't touch it, but I am FORCED to interact with everyone who do. I've been trying to experiment with how much I can tolerate that and so far the answer is.. Not much.
Anytime I work with people who also refuse to use it, it's a breath of fresh air.
Seeya at Pax West! 🤘
ANNOUNCING DPGN’s official lineup for our upcoming Sunday Night show at @officialpax.bsky.social WEST!!!
August 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Seeya at Pax West! 🤘
My friend and I couldn't stop staring at this and we just kept finding more and more errors. Which I think is hilarious because the backwards monitor isn't even where it ends.
Way to go, Principal Dev Lead of MICROSOFT.
Way to go, Principal Dev Lead of MICROSOFT.
July 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
My friend and I couldn't stop staring at this and we just kept finding more and more errors. Which I think is hilarious because the backwards monitor isn't even where it ends.
Way to go, Principal Dev Lead of MICROSOFT.
Way to go, Principal Dev Lead of MICROSOFT.
7/3/25- Death of Liberty
OBBB funds ICE more than entire countries. So they can attack everyone, and put them into concentration camps they are building.
Funded by ripping away our healthcare to do it.
The America that received this statue and this quote, is dead. We need to fight for a new one.
OBBB funds ICE more than entire countries. So they can attack everyone, and put them into concentration camps they are building.
Funded by ripping away our healthcare to do it.
The America that received this statue and this quote, is dead. We need to fight for a new one.
July 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
7/3/25- Death of Liberty
OBBB funds ICE more than entire countries. So they can attack everyone, and put them into concentration camps they are building.
Funded by ripping away our healthcare to do it.
The America that received this statue and this quote, is dead. We need to fight for a new one.
OBBB funds ICE more than entire countries. So they can attack everyone, and put them into concentration camps they are building.
Funded by ripping away our healthcare to do it.
The America that received this statue and this quote, is dead. We need to fight for a new one.
9000 layoffs today from microsoft.
Still waiting for AI to "make new jobs"
still waiting for the trickle down effect.
still waiting for their 75 billion dollar activision merger to benefit people other than the execs already making millions.
This nonsense is why regulations are always necessary.
Still waiting for AI to "make new jobs"
still waiting for the trickle down effect.
still waiting for their 75 billion dollar activision merger to benefit people other than the execs already making millions.
This nonsense is why regulations are always necessary.
Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees
Xbox will end or decrease work ‘in certain areas’
www.theverge.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
9000 layoffs today from microsoft.
Still waiting for AI to "make new jobs"
still waiting for the trickle down effect.
still waiting for their 75 billion dollar activision merger to benefit people other than the execs already making millions.
This nonsense is why regulations are always necessary.
Still waiting for AI to "make new jobs"
still waiting for the trickle down effect.
still waiting for their 75 billion dollar activision merger to benefit people other than the execs already making millions.
This nonsense is why regulations are always necessary.
Reposted by Nate Horsfall
These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.
July 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.
Reposted by Nate Horsfall
Trump's Tax Scam is a disaster.
We need GOP senators’ phones to be ringing off the hooks: indivisible.org/reso...
And when their voicemails fill up, use this tool to send an email: act.indivisible.org/...
We need GOP senators’ phones to be ringing off the hooks: indivisible.org/reso...
And when their voicemails fill up, use this tool to send an email: act.indivisible.org/...
June 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump's Tax Scam is a disaster.
We need GOP senators’ phones to be ringing off the hooks: indivisible.org/reso...
And when their voicemails fill up, use this tool to send an email: act.indivisible.org/...
We need GOP senators’ phones to be ringing off the hooks: indivisible.org/reso...
And when their voicemails fill up, use this tool to send an email: act.indivisible.org/...
Reposted by Nate Horsfall
NEW: EA CEO Andrew Wilson was paid $30.5 million in cash and stock this past year, up about $5m from a year ago
Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart
To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL
Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...
Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart
To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL
Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...
EA CEO’s pay is up, as EA worker median income drops
Behold, the tallest chart in Game File history. PLUS: EA execs were paid (a little) more for boosting generative AI
www.gamefile.news
June 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
NEW: EA CEO Andrew Wilson was paid $30.5 million in cash and stock this past year, up about $5m from a year ago
Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart
To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL
Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...
Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart
To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL
Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...
Reposted by Nate Horsfall
The US ban on state AI regulation may be voted on in the senate very soon. If you live in one of these states - FL, MO, TX, TN, WI, AK, ME - please call your senators & ask them to remove the "state AI regulation ban" in the budget reconciliation bill NOW! Link to call & what to say in next post 1/
June 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The US ban on state AI regulation may be voted on in the senate very soon. If you live in one of these states - FL, MO, TX, TN, WI, AK, ME - please call your senators & ask them to remove the "state AI regulation ban" in the budget reconciliation bill NOW! Link to call & what to say in next post 1/
This is fucked.
And before this, Noem said:
"We are not going away," she said. "We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into this city."
And before this, Noem said:
"We are not going away," she said. "We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into this city."
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is fucked.
And before this, Noem said:
"We are not going away," she said. "We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into this city."
And before this, Noem said:
"We are not going away," she said. "We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into this city."
In the middle of all the terrible news all the time, this is a breath of fresh air.
I'm not sure why they only target Midjourney, but it's a start. Burn them to the ground.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
I'm not sure why they only target Midjourney, but it's a start. Burn them to the ground.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
June 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In the middle of all the terrible news all the time, this is a breath of fresh air.
I'm not sure why they only target Midjourney, but it's a start. Burn them to the ground.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
I'm not sure why they only target Midjourney, but it's a start. Burn them to the ground.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
6/10/25- No Kings
June 14th. No Kings. Not now, or ever.
June 14th. No Kings. Not now, or ever.
June 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
6/10/25- No Kings
June 14th. No Kings. Not now, or ever.
June 14th. No Kings. Not now, or ever.
Reposted by Nate Horsfall
Tonite at 9pm ET, we're gonna be joined by the awesome humans that helped make ROBOT PROM to chat about BTS!
👁👁 Twitch.tv/BonusStageVan
@bonusstagevan.bsky.social
Awesome humans:
@gtx.bsky.social @lightningarts.bsky.social @emfedex.bsky.social
👁👁 Twitch.tv/BonusStageVan
@bonusstagevan.bsky.social
Awesome humans:
@gtx.bsky.social @lightningarts.bsky.social @emfedex.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Tonite at 9pm ET, we're gonna be joined by the awesome humans that helped make ROBOT PROM to chat about BTS!
👁👁 Twitch.tv/BonusStageVan
@bonusstagevan.bsky.social
Awesome humans:
@gtx.bsky.social @lightningarts.bsky.social @emfedex.bsky.social
👁👁 Twitch.tv/BonusStageVan
@bonusstagevan.bsky.social
Awesome humans:
@gtx.bsky.social @lightningarts.bsky.social @emfedex.bsky.social
6/2/25- Ai is great though
Just, you know, ignore basically everything about it.
Just, you know, ignore basically everything about it.
June 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
6/2/25- Ai is great though
Just, you know, ignore basically everything about it.
Just, you know, ignore basically everything about it.
5/29/25- Comin' Through
Been awhile since I posted any art, huh? Well thats because I've been absolutely buried in projects. But today I had a small breather, so I decided to do my own thing again.
The projects- and these personal paintings now and again, will continue!
Been awhile since I posted any art, huh? Well thats because I've been absolutely buried in projects. But today I had a small breather, so I decided to do my own thing again.
The projects- and these personal paintings now and again, will continue!
May 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
5/29/25- Comin' Through
Been awhile since I posted any art, huh? Well thats because I've been absolutely buried in projects. But today I had a small breather, so I decided to do my own thing again.
The projects- and these personal paintings now and again, will continue!
Been awhile since I posted any art, huh? Well thats because I've been absolutely buried in projects. But today I had a small breather, so I decided to do my own thing again.
The projects- and these personal paintings now and again, will continue!
Saw a trend going posting old work to new
1998 - 2022
(have done less character stuff the past few years)
Fuck 🖕 AI
YOU can be a better artist. Just try.
1998 - 2022
(have done less character stuff the past few years)
Fuck 🖕 AI
YOU can be a better artist. Just try.
May 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Saw a trend going posting old work to new
1998 - 2022
(have done less character stuff the past few years)
Fuck 🖕 AI
YOU can be a better artist. Just try.
1998 - 2022
(have done less character stuff the past few years)
Fuck 🖕 AI
YOU can be a better artist. Just try.
Martin will never have to worry about his job being taken by AI, because not even other HUMANS can do this madness.
May 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Martin will never have to worry about his job being taken by AI, because not even other HUMANS can do this madness.
After many months, this is finally up! One of the wildest things I've worked on. a 2.5ish hour rock Opera for @cybertronicspree.bsky.social - tag teaming it with @gtx.bsky.social because 2.5 hours of music in a month is unreasonable haha!
But this has it all. It's one hell of a ride!
But this has it all. It's one hell of a ride!
Finally completed this insanely epic set by @cybertronicspree.bsky.social at @magfest.org !
Alongside @lightningarts.bsky.social , I co-authored about half-ish of the visuals for this set in a matter of weeks and then re-cut the video for publishing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etcy...
Alongside @lightningarts.bsky.social , I co-authored about half-ish of the visuals for this set in a matter of weeks and then re-cut the video for publishing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etcy...
MAGFest 2025: The Cybertronic Spree
YouTube video by MAGFest
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
After many months, this is finally up! One of the wildest things I've worked on. a 2.5ish hour rock Opera for @cybertronicspree.bsky.social - tag teaming it with @gtx.bsky.social because 2.5 hours of music in a month is unreasonable haha!
But this has it all. It's one hell of a ride!
But this has it all. It's one hell of a ride!
This game I've been helping off and on for 2 years, released today
It's Twisted metal + Warhammer Orks basically:
store.steampowered.com/app/2078450/...
It's been in early access for awhile but finally it's "version 1.0"
Hop in and go blow some shit up!
It's Twisted metal + Warhammer Orks basically:
store.steampowered.com/app/2078450/...
It's been in early access for awhile but finally it's "version 1.0"
Hop in and go blow some shit up!
Save 20% on Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks on Steam
Adrenaline-fueled combat racing in the brutal Warhammer 40,000 universe! Drive ferocious vehicles equipped with powerful weapons and abilities into a full-throttle battle to the death. Speed Freeks is...
store.steampowered.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This game I've been helping off and on for 2 years, released today
It's Twisted metal + Warhammer Orks basically:
store.steampowered.com/app/2078450/...
It's been in early access for awhile but finally it's "version 1.0"
Hop in and go blow some shit up!
It's Twisted metal + Warhammer Orks basically:
store.steampowered.com/app/2078450/...
It's been in early access for awhile but finally it's "version 1.0"
Hop in and go blow some shit up!
Reposted by Nate Horsfall
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
Reposted by Nate Horsfall
the Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs i made in 2017.
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
May 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
the Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs i made in 2017.
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net