eric stirpē!!!

📌New pinned intro post Hello! I'm Eric. I'm a writer currently based in Helsinki. For the last 15 years I've been lucky enough to work on some cool stuff with cool people around the world. Stuff like this:

My son was on a huge Mister Roger’s kick earlier this year, and when we watched this episode together I cried.

Honestly graphics have all been downhill since Kirby’s Dreamland 3 on the SNES

BioWare closing rings the same hollow bell in my soul as WB and Paramount becoming “Skydance.” Across movies, TV, publishing, games, we’re watching decades of legacy and history being hijacked and fed to the furnace of an abyssal engine with no desire beyond the abstract concept of “More.”

oh wait I'm really bad at this game

Michael Chabon is one of those writers whose prose is so blisteringly good that I’m constantly stopping every few pages to jot down some incredible bit of wordcraft.

This illustration from “The Grumpy Monkey” speaks to me on a deep level.

Just got all my boys together to take on the wandering ronin who came to town. There’s like 15 of us and only one of him so pretty much the only thing that would give me any pause is if he was master of the devastating and lightning-fast iaidō style. But that’s not likely. Coward hasn’t even drawn h

Just got out of the Street Fighter movie and I have so many questions!

holy fuck

Thank you for the support ❤️ For playing, sharing, and being a part of the community. #CONTROLResonant

There’s really only one way to mark the 99th anniversary of Roger Moore’s birth

tough to choose just 9, but these were all fundamental pieces in shaping my taste as both a gamer and developer

www.ericstirpe.com/posts/new-mu... New plunderphonics by Avalanches! Goofy but profound art rap from The Koreatown Oddity! Soothing ambient sky music with Resavoir!

Stumbled on the band SONS OF ZÖKU and their new album "Everywhen." It's 37 minutes of groovy, synthy, psychedelic rock and I've been really enjoying it on this grey October morning. Maybe you will too. sonsofzoku.bandcamp.com/album/everyw...

what a fantastic all-timer thread on this phenomena and the psychology behind it I think about this all the time and not understanding this is the difference between successful liminal horror, and just horrorslop. liminal horror is about the baked-in hostility of public spaces we millenials saw die

A racing flying car for those who like to compete, without the pressure of winning.

First time shooting color film with my 1957 Ilford Sportsman and I'm pretty pleased with the results! The grain is pretty chunky, but love those colors.

If you haven’t played this lovely gem of a game, ya really should. One of my favorite indie games of all time. Such fun gameplay, gorgeous art, charming storytelling… go play!

Just saw it again. Loved it just as much. I need this thing on Blu-ray with commentary STAT.

this is easily my most anticipated game this year and hoooooly cow it looks like they pulled it off

Holy shit that was my favorite movie I’ve seen in a long time holy shit

Good morning

Playing Guacamelee! by @drinkboxstudios.com for the first time, and this game is charming as all heck!

hey wouldn’t it be hilarious if we all pretended like i was a synth/drum machine influencer so companies would send me free gear to review? Haha jk jk jk Unless

I know nothing about Deadlock but I have just learned there’s an undead skeleton in an old-timey pilot getup with a steampunk jetpack AND MUSTACHE and do I need to play Deadlock??

Congrats to the CONTROL Resonant team on getting this wild beast across the finish line and into the hands of the people.

Today is what would have been the 90th birthday of one of my biggest heroes, Jim Henson. His spirit, creativity, and massive heart continue to reverberate as an enormous inspirations decades after he’s gone.

Episodes 4 and 5 of Lanterns had me a little worried but episode 6 has got me right back on board, baby. LANTERNS.