Swillion
@swillion.bsky.social
Reverse engineer by trade, tech junkie by choice
A net nostalgic
A net nostalgic
Blender has made me feel the same kind of fright I felt opening Eclipse for the first time. Learned how to select a PNG as a texture, at least! Starting from somewhere
September 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Blender has made me feel the same kind of fright I felt opening Eclipse for the first time. Learned how to select a PNG as a texture, at least! Starting from somewhere
Can't wait to see Xenosaga ports get their time in the sun for tomorrow's direct!
September 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Can't wait to see Xenosaga ports get their time in the sun for tomorrow's direct!
Zeztz's first episode was pretty sweet, feels like it could get Kuuga-ish? Ended up enjoying the suit design more than I expected, too. The Daft Punk Alive 2007 lines were cool!
September 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Zeztz's first episode was pretty sweet, feels like it could get Kuuga-ish? Ended up enjoying the suit design more than I expected, too. The Daft Punk Alive 2007 lines were cool!
Building this thing did also make me strangely introspective, so I took a sec to jot down some quick thoughts I had about it. Read on below the fold!
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/bionicl...
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/bionicl...
August 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Building this thing did also make me strangely introspective, so I took a sec to jot down some quick thoughts I had about it. Read on below the fold!
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/bionicl...
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/bionicl...
@vaatividya.com did I have the honor of getting absolutely trashed by your hammer??
August 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
@vaatividya.com did I have the honor of getting absolutely trashed by your hammer??
Very successful MIT Swapfest today, found some real sick finds. A chiptune doujin arranged album on a famicom cart and a full set of FF8 discs for running on Windows! Very eager to check it all out over this next week
July 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Very successful MIT Swapfest today, found some real sick finds. A chiptune doujin arranged album on a famicom cart and a full set of FF8 discs for running on Windows! Very eager to check it all out over this next week
I'm 3 for 4 in T.H White's Arthur collection, finished off "The Ill-Made Knight" this morning! Absolutely loved how Lancelot is both parts the shining example of chivalry yet also so human and so frail. Poor old Lance deserved his miracle, and I'm glad he got it.
July 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I'm 3 for 4 in T.H White's Arthur collection, finished off "The Ill-Made Knight" this morning! Absolutely loved how Lancelot is both parts the shining example of chivalry yet also so human and so frail. Poor old Lance deserved his miracle, and I'm glad he got it.
Decided to start watching Gquuux now that it's almost over, and ep 2 was such a great way to do a throwback. The purple-yellow explosion, the near shot-for-shot entry into Side 7, the way the beam saber "bends" on a slash, the mid episode eye catches that go *da dunn*.... SHAAA!
It's all so fun
It's all so fun
June 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Decided to start watching Gquuux now that it's almost over, and ep 2 was such a great way to do a throwback. The purple-yellow explosion, the near shot-for-shot entry into Side 7, the way the beam saber "bends" on a slash, the mid episode eye catches that go *da dunn*.... SHAAA!
It's all so fun
It's all so fun
Tetris Effect is the best drug I have ever had
June 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tetris Effect is the best drug I have ever had
Been reading T.H. White's "Once and Future King," and felt inspired to do some writing in the arthurian theme. Been a while since I wrote fiction, so the urge to endlessly revise is there, but I'm proud enough for putting it out there! Give it a go:
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/wretche...
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/wretche...
Wretched and Ugly Knight
nostalgicforthe.net
May 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Been reading T.H. White's "Once and Future King," and felt inspired to do some writing in the arthurian theme. Been a while since I wrote fiction, so the urge to endlessly revise is there, but I'm proud enough for putting it out there! Give it a go:
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/wretche...
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/wretche...
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trump executive order cut federal grants to the strong museum of play (which among other definitions of play is the definitive playable digital game museum), leaving them with a half million dollar budget shortfall. store.museumofplay.org/Webstore/sho...
May 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
trump executive order cut federal grants to the strong museum of play (which among other definitions of play is the definitive playable digital game museum), leaving them with a half million dollar budget shortfall. store.museumofplay.org/Webstore/sho...
Finished Kamen Rider Kuuga this afternoon, first time watching a KR show! I didn't expect it to lean so far into the horror/slasher vibe, but really enjoyed it as a B tier horror movie. I think they could cut out most of the middle without losing much, but the last ~10 episodes were super sweet.
👍
👍
May 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Finished Kamen Rider Kuuga this afternoon, first time watching a KR show! I didn't expect it to lean so far into the horror/slasher vibe, but really enjoyed it as a B tier horror movie. I think they could cut out most of the middle without losing much, but the last ~10 episodes were super sweet.
👍
👍
Xenoblade X has a reputation of being an odd duck out, deservedly.
When I finished it recently, I had some (lots) of thoughts about it that I wanted to get down. So I did! If you have the time, you should check out my long form ramblings on my time with the game
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/xenobla...
When I finished it recently, I had some (lots) of thoughts about it that I wanted to get down. So I did! If you have the time, you should check out my long form ramblings on my time with the game
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/xenobla...
Xenoblade Chronicles X
nostalgicforthe.net
May 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Xenoblade X has a reputation of being an odd duck out, deservedly.
When I finished it recently, I had some (lots) of thoughts about it that I wanted to get down. So I did! If you have the time, you should check out my long form ramblings on my time with the game
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/xenobla...
When I finished it recently, I had some (lots) of thoughts about it that I wanted to get down. So I did! If you have the time, you should check out my long form ramblings on my time with the game
nostalgicforthe.net/blog/xenobla...
Heading into the epilogue final boss of Xenoblade X. Of course, I had to make my Skells themed after the classic mechs. From top left clockwise:
KOS-MOS, Shatter, All Engine and Sailor V!
KOS-MOS, Shatter, All Engine and Sailor V!
April 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Heading into the epilogue final boss of Xenoblade X. Of course, I had to make my Skells themed after the classic mechs. From top left clockwise:
KOS-MOS, Shatter, All Engine and Sailor V!
KOS-MOS, Shatter, All Engine and Sailor V!
There really was something about this planet...
April 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
There really was something about this planet...
A hard day at the number factory.
April 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A hard day at the number factory.
Just finished "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracey Kidder. I've read one of his earlier works-- "Soul of a New Machine", highly recommend-- and equally enjoyed this one. I think the NYT blurb on the front cover describes it well:
"Inspiring, disturbing, daring and completely absorbing."
"Inspiring, disturbing, daring and completely absorbing."
April 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Just finished "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracey Kidder. I've read one of his earlier works-- "Soul of a New Machine", highly recommend-- and equally enjoyed this one. I think the NYT blurb on the front cover describes it well:
"Inspiring, disturbing, daring and completely absorbing."
"Inspiring, disturbing, daring and completely absorbing."
Been listening to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as my commute entertainment for the past few months, and man they shoulda named this shit after Zhuge Liang for real
March 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Been listening to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as my commute entertainment for the past few months, and man they shoulda named this shit after Zhuge Liang for real