Tomstipher Milstophacles
@totomimo.bsky.social
Lead Animator at Halfway House.
Previously: EA, Arcadem, Ubisoft, GameMaker, High Tea Frog, TPLD, Channel 5, Rare LTD.
Previously: EA, Arcadem, Ubisoft, GameMaker, High Tea Frog, TPLD, Channel 5, Rare LTD.
Any time i buy anything online these days I get a deluge of follow-up emails asking how well they did (as the middle-man between manufacturer & consumer), how expedient the courier was, & if I "really" love them or if I'm "just using them like all the others"
Mate I forgot I even bought Hot Wheels
Mate I forgot I even bought Hot Wheels
July 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Any time i buy anything online these days I get a deluge of follow-up emails asking how well they did (as the middle-man between manufacturer & consumer), how expedient the courier was, & if I "really" love them or if I'm "just using them like all the others"
Mate I forgot I even bought Hot Wheels
Mate I forgot I even bought Hot Wheels
Me every time I go number 2
May 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Me every time I go number 2
The ironic thing about the prevalence of AI imaging?
Whilst before all this I didnt always delve too deep into the thoughts, intentions, and humanity when I'd see a real painting, now it's the first thing I do.
Whilst before all this I didnt always delve too deep into the thoughts, intentions, and humanity when I'd see a real painting, now it's the first thing I do.
April 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The ironic thing about the prevalence of AI imaging?
Whilst before all this I didnt always delve too deep into the thoughts, intentions, and humanity when I'd see a real painting, now it's the first thing I do.
Whilst before all this I didnt always delve too deep into the thoughts, intentions, and humanity when I'd see a real painting, now it's the first thing I do.
Do not purchase a mastiff.
April 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Do not purchase a mastiff.
Didn't manage to get a #NintendoSwitch2 preorder, but thankfully there's 846 for sale on ebay right now at a mere £300 over RRP.
Nice one, folks.
#switch2 #switch #Nintendo
Nice one, folks.
#switch2 #switch #Nintendo
April 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Didn't manage to get a #NintendoSwitch2 preorder, but thankfully there's 846 for sale on ebay right now at a mere £300 over RRP.
Nice one, folks.
#switch2 #switch #Nintendo
Nice one, folks.
#switch2 #switch #Nintendo
I know you’re all raging about #NintendoSwitch2 games costing £75/$80, but I had to spend £85 GBP ($207USD in today’s money) to get games from Dixons in 1995, and you didn’t hear me crying about it.
Partially because it was my dad who had to buy them for Santa to wrap
Partially because it was my dad who had to buy them for Santa to wrap
April 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I know you’re all raging about #NintendoSwitch2 games costing £75/$80, but I had to spend £85 GBP ($207USD in today’s money) to get games from Dixons in 1995, and you didn’t hear me crying about it.
Partially because it was my dad who had to buy them for Santa to wrap
Partially because it was my dad who had to buy them for Santa to wrap
Whilst I AM enjoying #avowed , I'm getting increasingly perturbed by how many skeletons, bandits and nightmare beasts yield pocketfuls of stew when defeated.
Call me old-fashioned, but back in MY day, we carried our thick meat soups in our shoes
Call me old-fashioned, but back in MY day, we carried our thick meat soups in our shoes
March 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Whilst I AM enjoying #avowed , I'm getting increasingly perturbed by how many skeletons, bandits and nightmare beasts yield pocketfuls of stew when defeated.
Call me old-fashioned, but back in MY day, we carried our thick meat soups in our shoes
Call me old-fashioned, but back in MY day, we carried our thick meat soups in our shoes
Streaming services 10 years ago:
FOR ONE SMALL MONTHLY FEE, WATCH EVERYTHING YOU WANT, ANYWHERE, ON DEMAND - NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE ADS!
Streaming services now:
WATCH A FEW THINGS YOU LIKE FOR A SMALL FORTUNE, IN 720P, WITH PERIODIC ADS, ONE EPISODE A WEEK, ON ONE DEVICE WITH YOUR IP ADDRESS
FOR ONE SMALL MONTHLY FEE, WATCH EVERYTHING YOU WANT, ANYWHERE, ON DEMAND - NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE ADS!
Streaming services now:
WATCH A FEW THINGS YOU LIKE FOR A SMALL FORTUNE, IN 720P, WITH PERIODIC ADS, ONE EPISODE A WEEK, ON ONE DEVICE WITH YOUR IP ADDRESS
March 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Streaming services 10 years ago:
FOR ONE SMALL MONTHLY FEE, WATCH EVERYTHING YOU WANT, ANYWHERE, ON DEMAND - NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE ADS!
Streaming services now:
WATCH A FEW THINGS YOU LIKE FOR A SMALL FORTUNE, IN 720P, WITH PERIODIC ADS, ONE EPISODE A WEEK, ON ONE DEVICE WITH YOUR IP ADDRESS
FOR ONE SMALL MONTHLY FEE, WATCH EVERYTHING YOU WANT, ANYWHERE, ON DEMAND - NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE ADS!
Streaming services now:
WATCH A FEW THINGS YOU LIKE FOR A SMALL FORTUNE, IN 720P, WITH PERIODIC ADS, ONE EPISODE A WEEK, ON ONE DEVICE WITH YOUR IP ADDRESS
Wait, air fryers have temperature settings?!
WHY?! Just try MY method
*Selects Nuclear Burger Annihilator strength and twists timer to "3 hours - I'll just wrench the tray open when I remember about you" mode*
And voila! Dinner is... acceptable!
WHY?! Just try MY method
*Selects Nuclear Burger Annihilator strength and twists timer to "3 hours - I'll just wrench the tray open when I remember about you" mode*
And voila! Dinner is... acceptable!
March 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Wait, air fryers have temperature settings?!
WHY?! Just try MY method
*Selects Nuclear Burger Annihilator strength and twists timer to "3 hours - I'll just wrench the tray open when I remember about you" mode*
And voila! Dinner is... acceptable!
WHY?! Just try MY method
*Selects Nuclear Burger Annihilator strength and twists timer to "3 hours - I'll just wrench the tray open when I remember about you" mode*
And voila! Dinner is... acceptable!
Aw no, Harriet the Spy, now?!
February 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Aw no, Harriet the Spy, now?!
My Wispa Bites have nae middle
Bloody w___a bites
Bloody w___a bites
February 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My Wispa Bites have nae middle
Bloody w___a bites
Bloody w___a bites
We're playing #warhammer #spacemarine2 right now, and whilst Iz and Will are marvelling at the skull-stomping action, the crispy graphics and the terrifying enemies, I'm sat repeatedly asking - NON-RHETORICALLY - how crap it'd be to be an Ultramarine's downstairs neighbour
February 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We're playing #warhammer #spacemarine2 right now, and whilst Iz and Will are marvelling at the skull-stomping action, the crispy graphics and the terrifying enemies, I'm sat repeatedly asking - NON-RHETORICALLY - how crap it'd be to be an Ultramarine's downstairs neighbour
The #MarvelRivals splash screen is absolutely GORGEOUS and the artist is PHENOMENALLY talented, but every time it pops up, I can’t NOT see Magneto’s CRAZY 80S GUY BONITIS FINGERS
February 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The #MarvelRivals splash screen is absolutely GORGEOUS and the artist is PHENOMENALLY talented, but every time it pops up, I can’t NOT see Magneto’s CRAZY 80S GUY BONITIS FINGERS
My mum: "You know Cathleen McGurk? Wee Cathleen McGurk?"
Me: No, who's that?
Mum: OF COURSE you know her. Mind in 1986 we were in the chemist's and she gave you that whistle lolly? Aggie McGurk's sister. You know her! Cathleen McGurk!
Anyway...
she died.
[Mum pauses for me to be devastated]
Me: No, who's that?
Mum: OF COURSE you know her. Mind in 1986 we were in the chemist's and she gave you that whistle lolly? Aggie McGurk's sister. You know her! Cathleen McGurk!
Anyway...
she died.
[Mum pauses for me to be devastated]
February 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My mum: "You know Cathleen McGurk? Wee Cathleen McGurk?"
Me: No, who's that?
Mum: OF COURSE you know her. Mind in 1986 we were in the chemist's and she gave you that whistle lolly? Aggie McGurk's sister. You know her! Cathleen McGurk!
Anyway...
she died.
[Mum pauses for me to be devastated]
Me: No, who's that?
Mum: OF COURSE you know her. Mind in 1986 we were in the chemist's and she gave you that whistle lolly? Aggie McGurk's sister. You know her! Cathleen McGurk!
Anyway...
she died.
[Mum pauses for me to be devastated]
Today marks six months since I had to say goodbye forever to my best friend in the world, and not a day has passed without my heart aching.
I miss you, Medo.
I miss you, Medo.
February 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Today marks six months since I had to say goodbye forever to my best friend in the world, and not a day has passed without my heart aching.
I miss you, Medo.
I miss you, Medo.
"Id like to make an appointment with a GP, please."
"Is it urgent?"
"I... it's not life-threatening, I don't think."
"Okay, next available is in three and a half weeks."
"Oh. Three weeks? Aye, ok, thanks. Hopefully I'm still unwell by then."
"Is it urgent?"
"I... it's not life-threatening, I don't think."
"Okay, next available is in three and a half weeks."
"Oh. Three weeks? Aye, ok, thanks. Hopefully I'm still unwell by then."
February 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"Id like to make an appointment with a GP, please."
"Is it urgent?"
"I... it's not life-threatening, I don't think."
"Okay, next available is in three and a half weeks."
"Oh. Three weeks? Aye, ok, thanks. Hopefully I'm still unwell by then."
"Is it urgent?"
"I... it's not life-threatening, I don't think."
"Okay, next available is in three and a half weeks."
"Oh. Three weeks? Aye, ok, thanks. Hopefully I'm still unwell by then."
Microsoft: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF ONEDRIVE STORAGE
Apple: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF ICLOUD STORAGE
Google: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF GDRIVE STORAGE
The future was supposed to have flying cars
Apple: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF ICLOUD STORAGE
Google: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF GDRIVE STORAGE
The future was supposed to have flying cars
February 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Microsoft: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF ONEDRIVE STORAGE
Apple: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF ICLOUD STORAGE
Google: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF GDRIVE STORAGE
The future was supposed to have flying cars
Apple: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF ICLOUD STORAGE
Google: YOU'VE RUN OUT OF GDRIVE STORAGE
The future was supposed to have flying cars
As a dad, this made me snort laugh. KERSLAM! TAKE THAT, LITTLE TRYSTAN WITH A Y FOR SOME REASON
Always anchor your TVs and furniture to the wall.
February 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
As a dad, this made me snort laugh. KERSLAM! TAKE THAT, LITTLE TRYSTAN WITH A Y FOR SOME REASON
Cereal inventors' thought processes:
Corn Flakes: we should flake the corn
All Bran: It should all be bran. All of it
Cookie Crisp: Cookies for breakfast. That's the whole pitch.
Shreddies: we should have rodent-sized grain cages to ensnare the souls of curious, gluttonous shrews
Corn Flakes: we should flake the corn
All Bran: It should all be bran. All of it
Cookie Crisp: Cookies for breakfast. That's the whole pitch.
Shreddies: we should have rodent-sized grain cages to ensnare the souls of curious, gluttonous shrews
February 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Cereal inventors' thought processes:
Corn Flakes: we should flake the corn
All Bran: It should all be bran. All of it
Cookie Crisp: Cookies for breakfast. That's the whole pitch.
Shreddies: we should have rodent-sized grain cages to ensnare the souls of curious, gluttonous shrews
Corn Flakes: we should flake the corn
All Bran: It should all be bran. All of it
Cookie Crisp: Cookies for breakfast. That's the whole pitch.
Shreddies: we should have rodent-sized grain cages to ensnare the souls of curious, gluttonous shrews
You know what makes me want to MURDER A PERSON?
Amazon Prime Video's profile selection screen. "New" option.
THESE SINGLE WHITE PIXELS
Amazon Prime Video's profile selection screen. "New" option.
THESE SINGLE WHITE PIXELS
February 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
You know what makes me want to MURDER A PERSON?
Amazon Prime Video's profile selection screen. "New" option.
THESE SINGLE WHITE PIXELS
Amazon Prime Video's profile selection screen. "New" option.
THESE SINGLE WHITE PIXELS
Reposted by Tomstipher Milstophacles
What the heck happened to anime titles? They used to be like
MIGHTY FISTER
or
STAB BLOKE STAN
But now everything's called
OH NO! MY UNCLE IS DISAPPOINTED IN ME, THE SHIELD MAIDEN, FOR HE IS A WEREWOLF CHEF ON TUESDAY AND THOSE ARE DISPARATE CONCEPTS. IN AN MMORPG WORLD
MIGHTY FISTER
or
STAB BLOKE STAN
But now everything's called
OH NO! MY UNCLE IS DISAPPOINTED IN ME, THE SHIELD MAIDEN, FOR HE IS A WEREWOLF CHEF ON TUESDAY AND THOSE ARE DISPARATE CONCEPTS. IN AN MMORPG WORLD
February 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What the heck happened to anime titles? They used to be like
MIGHTY FISTER
or
STAB BLOKE STAN
But now everything's called
OH NO! MY UNCLE IS DISAPPOINTED IN ME, THE SHIELD MAIDEN, FOR HE IS A WEREWOLF CHEF ON TUESDAY AND THOSE ARE DISPARATE CONCEPTS. IN AN MMORPG WORLD
MIGHTY FISTER
or
STAB BLOKE STAN
But now everything's called
OH NO! MY UNCLE IS DISAPPOINTED IN ME, THE SHIELD MAIDEN, FOR HE IS A WEREWOLF CHEF ON TUESDAY AND THOSE ARE DISPARATE CONCEPTS. IN AN MMORPG WORLD
GenAI will be insidious, like palm oil, E-numbers & MSG. Everyone will try to sneak more in where they can to cut costs.
It will get worse before it gets better.
Eventually though, people'll WANT to pay a premium for "organic games" - purely human-made, gourmet games without... nasty additives.
It will get worse before it gets better.
Eventually though, people'll WANT to pay a premium for "organic games" - purely human-made, gourmet games without... nasty additives.
February 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
GenAI will be insidious, like palm oil, E-numbers & MSG. Everyone will try to sneak more in where they can to cut costs.
It will get worse before it gets better.
Eventually though, people'll WANT to pay a premium for "organic games" - purely human-made, gourmet games without... nasty additives.
It will get worse before it gets better.
Eventually though, people'll WANT to pay a premium for "organic games" - purely human-made, gourmet games without... nasty additives.
Its easy for Scots, Engs, Nirish and Welshies to look over at the USA and, with our patented snark, guffaw at the hubris of end stage capitalism yielding nothing more than a turbo-oligarchy.
But after Tweety Man buys the USA, do you honestly think he wont try to buy us next?
But after Tweety Man buys the USA, do you honestly think he wont try to buy us next?
February 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Its easy for Scots, Engs, Nirish and Welshies to look over at the USA and, with our patented snark, guffaw at the hubris of end stage capitalism yielding nothing more than a turbo-oligarchy.
But after Tweety Man buys the USA, do you honestly think he wont try to buy us next?
But after Tweety Man buys the USA, do you honestly think he wont try to buy us next?