Anne Kirn
@houseofdarkly.bsky.social
Plush artist, puppet builder, Supervising Editor @ Jackbox Games, other stuff. I have approximate knowledge of many things. houseofdarkly.com
Even though the Halo franchise has been gutted for failing to meet unrealistic expectations, at least Bungie, the original creators of Halo, have also been separately gutted for failing to meet unrealistic expectations
excited to share this illustration i did for 3 Oceans Puzzle Co.! i don’t do a lot of client work anymore, but who am i to resist puffins and a cute little newfie fishing village? you can get this as a really cool wooden puzzle on their site, and i have prints available too! (links below) #art
Weird way to describe the WB Paramount merger and Ellison, but it's not wron-- oh. Oh, okay, I see what they mean, actually
Sweated through five colors of this print, The City is My Religion, an homage to Chicago and its architectural history. Entirely made from metal type & ornament, with a little help from linoleum and wood. More here: www.starshaped.com/blog/2026/9/...
"put a bird on it" but it's about halloween stores and nonsensical skeletons
I just don't know what will be left of pop culture journalism (I'm including games!). We're losing so much
Comicsbeat@comicsbeat.bsky.social · yesterdayPopverse, ReedPop's comics and entertainment news site, will be shutting down at the end of the month, and its staff has been laid off
THE SEGWICK COUNTY ZOO PRINTED OUT MY DRAWING OF THE BABY TAWNY FROGMOUTH AND GAVE IT TO THE KEEPERS AND SHOWED IT TO THE FROGMOUTH ITSELF!!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!! 💕💕💕💕
The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
npr.org
Man I am open to hot tips on how to do things if you're too tired cause I had to sit down on the floor after dusting my Hellboy Qees
It is an immutable law that you cannot have fast, cheap, AND right. If you're asking for all three, the problem is your expectations, NOT the artists. AI marketers are really hoping no one will notice it's slow, wrong, and expensive (including to your reputation as a business!)
Litbowl@litbowl.bsky.social · 2d agoGlad to see this has been blowing up over on IG. Last Bookstore hosts a ton of artists-in-residence in the upstairs area, and this is so shameful and gross.
NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT RTs HUGELY APPRECIATED 🏌🏌🏼♂️🏌🏌️♀️⛳🛺 This is *Really Illegal Golf* It's essentially Metal Gear Golf with Friends. Really. - Multiplayer stealth golf - Dodge security, stay alive, and sink that putt - Free multiplayer demo available right now store.steampowered.com/app/4115520/...
Someone made this event 10 years ago and it’s fast approaching and while I said I was going as a joke way back when, I think this is very important and I will be there with any priestly amulets that are needed to make this come true
Went to Barnes & Noble while on another errand, but they said they couldn't sell me the Gravity Falls artbook because it was reservation-only? The staff was very confused, too! They did say they've "just gotten into" artbooks and were getting the Amazing Digital Circus one. It was very cute.
the much more disturbing "reverse pagliacci" where a clown tells you you should go see a doctor
He was memorable in so many movies and TV shows. He even played Q on Star Trek! The Q who rebelled and wanted to become mortal. Also TIL... HE WROTE SONGS FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD. RIP Gerrit Graham. May everyone know your name as well as your work.
Heatherface Wixson@thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 4d agoWhenever Gerrit Graham showed up in anything, you knew you were in for a good time. RIP legend and thank you for all the memories.
You won’t DIE if you draw a little wonky. One of the most successful games of all time has THIS going on.
In a perfect world, this all ends with Microsoft bankrupt. Along with every other company that perpetrated this wholesale cultural theft. Trashbags, all the way down.
Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 5d ago“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
I really wish I knew which bin it was in for a photo, but I have an "action figure" of the frog in just this pose
Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️⚧️@sharkabytes.bsky.social · last yr.All your favourites thus far: Aerith, Bullet, Cloud, and Frog. 📖: GameFan, May 1996
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
Crossfire~ you'll get caught up in the--
✪ Gray Skies Ahead ✪@jongraywb.blacksky.app · 5d agoCapitalism and the combination of growing up & absorbing media in the 80s and 90s are crazy. I cant be the only person who has a repository of advertising jingles forever lodged into my brain that will never go away and that I find myself humming deep in the back of my head like a gotdang jumpscare.
So Square Enix has an elaborate booth at TGS (visible on this page: www.jp.square-enix.com/tgs26/en/ ) that you can do some photo ops at, and I'm dying at this "get impaled by Sephiroth" area:
