Jordan Turner

I really need to see Night Watch (2004) again... A movie I'm not entirely sure is any good, but one my teenage self desperately wanted to believe was cool.

I found out about Night Watch, when David and Margaret reviewed the sequel Day Watch on At The Movies... It seemed immediately to be my kind of shit.

The Mass Effect trilogy gets a lot of shit these days, but it was my Bioware series and I will always have a special place in my heart for the characters. Genuinely sad to see so much talent poured into the grinder for nothing.

I wore an N7 jacket for nearly all of my first year at film school and it's still in my drawer almost 10+ years later. I will never get rid of it.

Big day for AusPost deliveries... Finally got the first issue of @continuemag.bsky.social and the ash can of @ridgelowis.bsky.social comic series Mahou Grindhouse in hand!

Huge environment lighting inspo from @waypoint-events.com Constellations at the Opera House. It felt surreal walking into the venue we've been working on this past month

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

Had a great time at @waypoint-events.com Constellations last week. Felt like a real full circle moment for us as we continue to work on Mission 02 which is set inside the Sydney Opera House.

Take pictures of the ones you love as much as you can and then get them printed.

The sweetest guy

Sydney nights

When they announced Galactic Racer I lamented the fact it wasn't all podracing. Now that I'm playing it, I love that they lean into how it supposedly takes inhuman skill to race them.

You know what Sebulba, you're alright

Walking around the city streets on a sunny afternoon, snapping some reference photos for the game.

The scale of the Opera House level is already shaping up to be something special. Can't wait for people to enter the sails themselves when this mission is finally completed.

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

Huge thanks to everyone who has played the Opening Act demo so far! Because of your support, we are able to make Mission 02 a reality. Here's a little look at Klo's arrival at the Opera House.

It feels good to finally have a full day to work on a new environment.

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

Working on a new section of the S3PF Command. Everyone likes those Ratchet & Clank style 'leaving a location' cutscenes right?

Adam, the art director on this whole endeavour, has made a beautiful set of modular assets that allow me to have a lot of fun when making new sections of the S3PF Command.

Back where it all started. Celebrating one year together in the city.

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We're looking for content creators who are interested in covering the OPENING ACT demo in whatever way suits your style and audience. We don't check DMs or emails for key requests, so this is the only way to show your interest > shorturl.at/tNDjS

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

OPENING ACT demo is LIVE! Big update with new lighting, story sections, and the first look at the playable hub area. There's a whole bunch of smaller fixes to make the experience better on controller as well as some extra surprises waiting for you. Find out how to get access below!

Starting to go through my film photos from Tasmania and feeling so grateful to have shared that experience with the love of my life. Shot on Lomography 800 + Nikon N50

Literally made this trailer in a day to get this announcement out before the weekend, hopefully it shows off the experience in an engaging way!

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

Reaction seems to be good and no one has pointed out any glaring issues with it, so the frantic capture + edit in one day was a success 😅

20 Sept

Kinda disappointed by Resident Evil, it nailed the mechanical feeling of the games throughout the opening half... But the decision to avoid the iconic monster designs in favour of something more akin to The Thing or Inside left it feeling like a missed opportunity to capture the true RE experience.

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Resident Evil is so rich in visual identity, that slotting in the flesh ball monsters from Inside kinda did a massive disservice to all the good things the film was setting up in the opening third.

22 Sept

Ok, one last thing. I loved Bryan as a character and I guess the reason I was left so cold by the ending is cause why couldn't he shoot a rocket at a Tyrant? Why couldn't he run through a Raccoon City that felt true to the games? So much potential left on the table in favour of arms and tentacles.

This feels like a huge moment for myself and the team... Can't really explain the journey it's taken to get here, but I am so ready to look forward and see how development on the full game shapes up from this point.

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

We just rolled out a big overhaul to the playtest, so if you have access to that on Steam, you should re-install it. Major changes to lighting, new cutscenes, and the first look at the S3PF Command hub is all available. Proper announcement and trailer coming next month.

Took the Nikon F3 and a roll of Lomography 800 for a guided tour around the HARS Aviation Museum and workshop.

As requested @docseuss.bsky.social, I'm letting you know that my HARS photos are up! Unfortunately I failed to take a photo of the Black Cat (I think it was a little too obscured by scaffolding for a nice shot), but I did get some that I was happy with.

Well, there was technically one photo of the Black Catalina 😅

20 Sept

20 Sept

The ending really left me feeling cold, cause while it is certainly true to Zach Cregger's directorial tendencies, it does not match the mechanical or story escalation you find in the games.

I did not need to see characters from the games or straight recreations of plot points to be satisfied by the movie. All I really needed was monster designs that felt like they had the DNA of the games in them, more of an Umbrella presence, and a follow through of mechanical and story escalation.

17 Sept

Last night in Hobart with the love of my life. Enjoying our favourite holiday tradition of wandering to some local bars for a big night out before we fly home.

15 Sept

Went to Tassie for the first time and tried to see as much as possible over the course of a week, shot too many rolls of film.

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14 Sept

Latest edition of the blog is free to access on our Patreon because it's more of a news roundup and tease of what's coming up for supporters. Read it here > www.patreon.com/posts/168823...

12 Sept

That Starcraft Dominion trailer pulled me all the way back in, but then I read somewhere that it is actually an FPS... Guess I will re-install the original to satiate my excitement.

4 Sept

Sydney landmarks will be added to the game until everyone finally realises this a game set in Australia, made by Australian based devs.

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

Without doing any research, I think Samurai Unicorn might be the first game where you can walk around a mostly accurate Sydney Opera House.

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1 Sept

Full circle moment... Last year I went to the cherry blossom festival just before I met my girlfriend and this year I got to go to the festival with her.

1 Sept

Full circle moment... Last year I went to the cherry blossom festival just before I met my girlfriend and this year I got to go to the festival with her.

2 Sept

Colour reversal film is so cool, love getting these back. Shot on Kodak E100 with a Nikon F3.

28 Aug

I love playing around with these scenes and teasing more of the story. Devin is one of my favourite corporate scumbags.

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

When Klo defeats a Dream Eater, you can always count on Devin Solomon and GRS1 to be the first on the scene. Goliath are hungry for new specimens and Devin is a dedicated company man...

21 Aug

As someone who has shot video and photography in public places both professionally and for fun, the cost of doing so should be a very visible camera that people on the street can see and react to. You should not have free license to capture images of people with complete secrecy.

21 Aug

When people see the camera and become uncomfortable, that is supposed to be your cue to assess what you're doing and whether it's appropriate. People have to be able to confront you when you overstep. That's the trade off for shooting in shared spaces.

21 Aug

Obviously the creep glasses are a separate issue, but instagram street photography is big and there is overlap that makes this angle worth commenting on. There's a lot of bad advice out there that encourages the worst kind of attitudes.

16 Aug

Sofie and Whiskey at the beach on an absurdly warm Winter afternoon. Shot on Kodak ColorPlus

16 Aug

I actually don't need you to dunkshare the shitty environment art from angry gamer fraud. I would like you to just share cool environment art from indies who give a shit about the craft

16 Aug

It's 2026 and the biggest voices would still rather score internet dunk points over talking about things that they are legitimately excited by.

15 Aug

Sleepy Saturday mornings with Rumi on Kodak Gold.

screenhub.com.auCult Aussie film Sample People returns after 26 years: 'We had so many great actors involved' | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and GamesScreenHub sits down with Sample People writer-director Clinton Smith and co-writer Peter Buckmaster to discuss the return of the 'forgotten' film.

14 Aug

Over the past year I've been watching 90s Australian movies set or shot in Sydney for research purposes. Sample People is like a fever dream filled with every "hey isn't that" actor from aussie film and TV.

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sample people (2000) came and went without much impact, despite starring some of australia's biggest up-and-coming stars (inc. kylie minogue and ben mendelsohn). here's the creators on the film's impact and why its return after 26 years feels earned:

14 Aug

Sydney in the 90s on film is very interesting to me for SamUni reasons, so I am always open to other recommendations.

14 Aug

Last year we had Death Stranding 2, a game allegedly set in Australia with no real interest in Australia. This year we have Big Walk and Pro Jank Footy, two games that are very interested in presenting hyper-specific Australiana to the world. Looking forward to critics I admire engaging with them.