Philby Bear
@philbybear.bsky.social
A game master, voracious bookworm and cinephile, a tired socialist and a manic depressive chocolate salesperson from Montreal. They/them. 33.
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Since 2021, Manuel Kamekura has been making a pixelated version of Evangelion.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Since 2021, Manuel Kamekura has been making a pixelated version of Evangelion.
www.instagram.com/fredrikov
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*What the fuuuuuck-*
Why is this so cool?!
Why is this so cool?!
This pedestrian bridge between a parking garage and a Home2 Suites by Hilton does *not* need to go this hard.
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
*What the fuuuuuck-*
Why is this so cool?!
Why is this so cool?!
God, I love me a good giant theatre puppet.
You want a video about the making of an enormous stage puppet? Course you do
The 'Wicked' Lore of the Time Dragon
YouTube video by Wait in the Wings
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
God, I love me a good giant theatre puppet.
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You want a video about the making of an enormous stage puppet? Course you do
The 'Wicked' Lore of the Time Dragon
YouTube video by Wait in the Wings
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
You want a video about the making of an enormous stage puppet? Course you do
As someone who's never really paid attention to the TGA's...
... it's wild *this* is how I find out there isn't a category for puzzle games, maybe one of *the* foundational genres of the medium. That's absurd.
... it's wild *this* is how I find out there isn't a category for puzzle games, maybe one of *the* foundational genres of the medium. That's absurd.
Tetris wouldn't get a nomination if it was released today. This needs fixing
Tetris wouldn't win at The Game Awards — a new category could fix that
Tetris wouldn't get a nomination if it was released today. This needs fixing
www.polygon.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
As someone who's never really paid attention to the TGA's...
... it's wild *this* is how I find out there isn't a category for puzzle games, maybe one of *the* foundational genres of the medium. That's absurd.
... it's wild *this* is how I find out there isn't a category for puzzle games, maybe one of *the* foundational genres of the medium. That's absurd.
By the way…
I throughly recommend the novel to anyone who wanted to get into old school noir, but found the casual misogyny and homophobia of The Maltese Falcon a bit much.
Laura’s very much the antidote.
I throughly recommend the novel to anyone who wanted to get into old school noir, but found the casual misogyny and homophobia of The Maltese Falcon a bit much.
Laura’s very much the antidote.
I opted to take a wee break from gaming and read for a bit… and found myself reading Vera Caspary’s Laura.
There’s a line that strikes me as… harshly funny, with hindsight and inflation.
For an alibi, a suspect in a murder case went to a concert hall. He paid a whopping… 0.25¢, for a cheap seat.
There’s a line that strikes me as… harshly funny, with hindsight and inflation.
For an alibi, a suspect in a murder case went to a concert hall. He paid a whopping… 0.25¢, for a cheap seat.
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
By the way…
I throughly recommend the novel to anyone who wanted to get into old school noir, but found the casual misogyny and homophobia of The Maltese Falcon a bit much.
Laura’s very much the antidote.
I throughly recommend the novel to anyone who wanted to get into old school noir, but found the casual misogyny and homophobia of The Maltese Falcon a bit much.
Laura’s very much the antidote.
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Using an inflation calculator, that comes out to....
4.69.
*man my dad fucking wishes*
4.69.
*man my dad fucking wishes*
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Using an inflation calculator, that comes out to....
4.69.
*man my dad fucking wishes*
4.69.
*man my dad fucking wishes*
Out of very grim curiosity-
What's the going rate for a cheap seat these days at... any concert show?
I suspect it ain't $0.25!
What's the going rate for a cheap seat these days at... any concert show?
I suspect it ain't $0.25!
Said suspect treats this like a mark of shame, that a wealthy man like him should have fallen in such hard times.
Meanwhile, here I am, reading a noir novel from 1943, with a recession looming over our heads like the Swod of Damocles.
Meanwhile, here I am, reading a noir novel from 1943, with a recession looming over our heads like the Swod of Damocles.
a close up of a woman 's face with blonde hair and a yellow necklace
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with blonde hair and a yellow necklace
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Out of very grim curiosity-
What's the going rate for a cheap seat these days at... any concert show?
I suspect it ain't $0.25!
What's the going rate for a cheap seat these days at... any concert show?
I suspect it ain't $0.25!
I opted to take a wee break from gaming and read for a bit… and found myself reading Vera Caspary’s Laura.
There’s a line that strikes me as… harshly funny, with hindsight and inflation.
For an alibi, a suspect in a murder case went to a concert hall. He paid a whopping… 0.25¢, for a cheap seat.
There’s a line that strikes me as… harshly funny, with hindsight and inflation.
For an alibi, a suspect in a murder case went to a concert hall. He paid a whopping… 0.25¢, for a cheap seat.
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I opted to take a wee break from gaming and read for a bit… and found myself reading Vera Caspary’s Laura.
There’s a line that strikes me as… harshly funny, with hindsight and inflation.
For an alibi, a suspect in a murder case went to a concert hall. He paid a whopping… 0.25¢, for a cheap seat.
There’s a line that strikes me as… harshly funny, with hindsight and inflation.
For an alibi, a suspect in a murder case went to a concert hall. He paid a whopping… 0.25¢, for a cheap seat.
I daresay, reading back?
Dennis Wheatley‘s brand of paranoid racism could give Lovecraft’s more paranoiac brand a run for its money.
I cannot stress enough the biggest indication in Devil Rides Out, from the jump, that there’s “evil” afoot...
Dennis Wheatley‘s brand of paranoid racism could give Lovecraft’s more paranoiac brand a run for its money.
I cannot stress enough the biggest indication in Devil Rides Out, from the jump, that there’s “evil” afoot...
… did the sentence, “One of those bad blacks, I suspect,” bounce between the walls of my brain.
Oh, oh, man.
Then-
Cue the satanic cult made of seemingly every ethnicity under the rainbow, up to and including, “slit-eyed ageless Orientals.”
The colonial Britishness is strong with this one.
Oh, oh, man.
Then-
Cue the satanic cult made of seemingly every ethnicity under the rainbow, up to and including, “slit-eyed ageless Orientals.”
The colonial Britishness is strong with this one.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I daresay, reading back?
Dennis Wheatley‘s brand of paranoid racism could give Lovecraft’s more paranoiac brand a run for its money.
I cannot stress enough the biggest indication in Devil Rides Out, from the jump, that there’s “evil” afoot...
Dennis Wheatley‘s brand of paranoid racism could give Lovecraft’s more paranoiac brand a run for its money.
I cannot stress enough the biggest indication in Devil Rides Out, from the jump, that there’s “evil” afoot...
I was chatting with Dorian earlier and realized...
Oh, wow.
I haven't read that many new books this year. That is to say, novels published this past year. Everything I've read ranges from last year to, literally, well over two centuries ago.
Oh, wow.
I haven't read that many new books this year. That is to say, novels published this past year. Everything I've read ranges from last year to, literally, well over two centuries ago.
So, so, so many horror novels with a strong start... and a terrible finish.
Any book made you go like this? (Can be figurative.)
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I was chatting with Dorian earlier and realized...
Oh, wow.
I haven't read that many new books this year. That is to say, novels published this past year. Everything I've read ranges from last year to, literally, well over two centuries ago.
Oh, wow.
I haven't read that many new books this year. That is to say, novels published this past year. Everything I've read ranges from last year to, literally, well over two centuries ago.
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
Which looks better, right or left?
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Which looks better, right or left?
BIIIIIIIIG.
BIG KITTY.
BIG KITTY.
“Here kitty kitty” ❤️
33 lb Maine Coon
Theodore Scritches McWiggles
TT: tonnagrimm
33 lb Maine Coon
Theodore Scritches McWiggles
TT: tonnagrimm
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
BIIIIIIIIG.
BIG KITTY.
BIG KITTY.
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Swagger recognize swagger.
Yul Brynner arriving to the New York premeire of "The Ten Commandments" 1956
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Swagger recognize swagger.
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Honestly this is very important
There is a very large and heavy handed brush in the "Player Autonomy" discussion that often sidelines the fact that while you are roleplaying a person it is still a group experience
More often than not having someone be an evil dick is gonna spoil their play time
There is a very large and heavy handed brush in the "Player Autonomy" discussion that often sidelines the fact that while you are roleplaying a person it is still a group experience
More often than not having someone be an evil dick is gonna spoil their play time
being an evil murderhobo is kind of anathema to a good tabletop experience like 9 times out of 10
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Honestly this is very important
There is a very large and heavy handed brush in the "Player Autonomy" discussion that often sidelines the fact that while you are roleplaying a person it is still a group experience
More often than not having someone be an evil dick is gonna spoil their play time
There is a very large and heavy handed brush in the "Player Autonomy" discussion that often sidelines the fact that while you are roleplaying a person it is still a group experience
More often than not having someone be an evil dick is gonna spoil their play time
What a *lineup.*
Thank you to our friends at Filmbot for their support in presenting this amazing series, kicking off at The Frida on Dec 12 with PIG and RED ROCKET. RELIC, THE WILD GOOSE LAKE, & RELIC on Dec 13th. THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF & WOLFWALKERS on Dec 14 🎬️
🎟️: thefridacinema.org/film-series/...
🎟️: thefridacinema.org/film-series/...
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What a *lineup.*
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A completely inscrutable anime OVA from 1985 was in the US box office top 5 for a couple of days, congrats angels egg www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0208...
Angel's Egg
www.boxofficemojo.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A completely inscrutable anime OVA from 1985 was in the US box office top 5 for a couple of days, congrats angels egg www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0208...
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Is it effective? Then congratulations, the movie won.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Is it effective? Then congratulations, the movie won.
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Saw a review entitled “Is Hamnet just highly effective grief porn” and…that’s a sad movie, you described a sad movie right there.
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Saw a review entitled “Is Hamnet just highly effective grief porn” and…that’s a sad movie, you described a sad movie right there.
If anyone ever described my art that way, I’d walk into the sea.
Kinda crazy to bring Gans out of retirement for what is spiritually a live action Disney remake complete with Blumhouse sheen
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If anyone ever described my art that way, I’d walk into the sea.
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It really does feel like they're embarrassed by the edgy arthouse vibes of the original and want to distance themselves as far from it as possible. Replace it with this slick hi-def big budget blockbuster.
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It really does feel like they're embarrassed by the edgy arthouse vibes of the original and want to distance themselves as far from it as possible. Replace it with this slick hi-def big budget blockbuster.
... Boy, kinda feels like Konami's really rubbing it in our faces, eh?
"You'll never have the original, but, hey, why not settle for a glossy remake and an airbrushed instagram cosplay photoshoot?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPH...
"You'll never have the original, but, hey, why not settle for a glossy remake and an airbrushed instagram cosplay photoshoot?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPH...
Return to Silent Hill - Official Trailer (2026) Hannah Emily Anderson, Jeremy Irvine, Robert Strange
YouTube video by IGN
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
... Boy, kinda feels like Konami's really rubbing it in our faces, eh?
"You'll never have the original, but, hey, why not settle for a glossy remake and an airbrushed instagram cosplay photoshoot?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPH...
"You'll never have the original, but, hey, why not settle for a glossy remake and an airbrushed instagram cosplay photoshoot?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPH...
It is genuinely fascinating to see friends on multiple Discord servers, and on bsky in general, split down the middle about Dispatch. Some takes have been pretty measured ("Not a fan of its workcom vibe, I got enough of that from the MCU"), others, I feel, wildly disproportionate-
"It's AI drivel."
"It's AI drivel."
a black and white sign that says dispatch on it
ALT: a black and white sign that says dispatch on it
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It is genuinely fascinating to see friends on multiple Discord servers, and on bsky in general, split down the middle about Dispatch. Some takes have been pretty measured ("Not a fan of its workcom vibe, I got enough of that from the MCU"), others, I feel, wildly disproportionate-
"It's AI drivel."
"It's AI drivel."