Ste Pickford

Did you know that Plok, star of the cult classic 1994 Super Nintendo game, has his own comic? Written and drawn by my brother and I, the original creators of the game, the first five volumes, and a colouring book, are available now in print or ebook. www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=plok+com...

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Something to consider whenever you feel the spectre of Imposter Syndrome hovering over you.

You know what Nintendo does when they have a surplus set of devs from cancellations or production ending? Put them on other projects. The ability to redeploy headcount while keeping teams together over time is like, the main strategic benefit of scale in the game industry

the video game company is discontinuing its hit product, the video game

Was out with friends in a pub with no phone signal, and I miss Foden scoring a hattrick after not scoring since December (apart from last Saturday). I can only apologise. Foden! Foden!! FODEN!!!!

My close personal friend Duncan Jones has seen to it that I get mentioned in the 'Special Thanks' credits to the ROGUE TROOPER film - along with every writer, artist and colourist who've ever worked on the character. (My platoon are @cavan.bsky.social and @abbybulmer.bsky.social). What a gesture.

When Coal Was King, painting by Roma Mountjoy, self-taught South Wales artist.

Always a treat to see a new book from Aly Fell.

There needs to be a fighting game with a roster made up EXCLUSIVELY of niche 90s platformer characters

Foden!

Ysabel Yates'... I mean Cookie Monster's superb takedown of why GenAI in the workplace sucks.

Hello, UK-resident book-liking folks! We have put some copies of our magnificent cursed pirate book, GOLD TEETH, on sale from our little shop. Currently these are UK-only shipping while we get international stuff sorted, that's coming soon. In the meantime, though: teethrpg.bigcartel.com

Really weird to see something you vaguely recognise on your timeline, before remembering that you actually drew it yourself, erm.. 39 years ago I think.

Watching The Pitt while looking away from the screen about 50% of the time. It’s not just me, right?

My finest ever work. I wrote it on a treadmill in a gym, recording each title, as I thought of them, into the notes app.

Someone should make a game where you paintgun stuff yellow to guide a friendly (but gormless) NPC around a hazardous game world.

It really very strongly feels like this should be illegal. They just got 20+ years of my email to train on without my consent, from a service I pay for. But I guess we're just going to let them keep doing it.

Incredible trailer for this lovely looking little game.

A comic artist. I think I dodged a bullet getting into video games.

TV Highlight Of The Weeeeeek.

Ed Gamble suddenly looks like one of the Young Offenders.

i dislike the whole project but his paintings have always overwhelmingly struck me as NAIVE in a way that he doesnt seem to intend-- he's treating the illo as lowbrow and authorless and making a joke of putting it into Fine Art, but all i can see is man this fucker had no grasp of drawing at all lol

Oh hey it's the Steam autumn sale! That means: Demonschool is 20% off. store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/... Hyper Gunsport is 75% off store.steampowered.com/app/1663250/... Gunhouse is 75% off store.steampowered.com/app/704110/G... Buy the gun duology for less than 4 bucks!

Always love seeing a level designer leaving a calling card in their work. (American Truck Simulator)

S T E A M S A L E T I M E! All our games a CHEAP and I need all the money I can get my grubby little hands on to fund the next thing, which is BRILLIANT already. Grab a bargain, please. Grabbing a quick bargain does WONDERS round here: store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

Press release: {Good product} has introduced a new AI-enabled function that allows users to {something fucking awful}

Incredibly weathered takeaway sign on Dale Road, Buxton. One for @deswalsh.bsky.social ‘s environment art reference.

In 2002/3, while at Zed Two, I coded two complete Pocket PC games that were never released. One of these was and official conversion of Tetris. Here's @stepickford.bsky.social's hand-drawn design for the layout and how it looked in the game.

These are clearly neutralising boluses and preserving boluses from Elden Ring.

Not drawn anything (outside of work) for ages. Especially not something on actual paper with an actual physical pen! Feels good to get something finished.

"Unsteady Evening" - my oil painting

Not drawn anything (outside of work) for ages. Especially not something on actual paper with an actual physical pen! Feels good to get something finished.

Anything above Twin Peaks The Return? Madness.

Anything above Twin Peaks The Return? Madness.

"One Of The Finest Coders I'd Worked With" - Tributes Pour In For Star Citizen, Wetrix & Project Gotham Racing Dev, David Bone Gill

I totally thought this post was about Electronic Arts, the unpleasant corporate video game publisher that started life with a focus on creative game developers.

Sunday morning breakfast beer.

We've just dropped four banging albums on our brand-new bandcamp page. Go get 'em! thalamus.link/bandcamp #cecconoid #sidlifecrisis #deathraymanta #retrurntoblacktooth #h0ffman #virgill #weebl #ohstevie

Issue *2500* of @2000ad.bsky.social just arrived. That’s a good innings in anyone’s book. Can’t be too many comics that have made it to such a number. (I recall in the UK, only half a dozen or so managed this and only two of those are still going: The Beano and Commando.)

Do I know anyone in my network who specialises in Zbrush/3D sculpting (UK based)? Requesting for a one off workshop teaching students 3D sculpting tools and techniques in London (paid). Please DM me if you're interested!

Great thread. My only slight disagreement is that personally I think Chronocops is the best 5 page comic ever created.

Manchester is BLUE. That is all. To Blue Moon: "Ten men You couldn't beat ten men You couldn't beat ten men You couldn't beat ten men.'

Colourful Test Card Party

As someone who worked at a British dev studio in the north of England who made superhero games for Acclaim, this post is spot on.