Alex Bertram-Powell
@alexbpart.bsky.social
Videogames Artperson. Roman Sands RE:Build, Sonalethe, Dreamsettler. Current doings: @dunderbeckgame.com character art🌭🦄
Organ in ANTA, technical drawings for Forgotten Futures by Gotye.
He/Him
Organ in ANTA, technical drawings for Forgotten Futures by Gotye.
He/Him
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Hey newcomers :) I'm Alex, a videogames artist from Bristol, based in Hamburg, specialising in 3D environment work and 2D illustration.
Current and recent work includes Roman Sands RE:Build and Dreamsettler.
I also play synths in my band ANTA.
I'm always up for talking to new folks!
Current and recent work includes Roman Sands RE:Build and Dreamsettler.
I also play synths in my band ANTA.
I'm always up for talking to new folks!
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Your usage is beyond unfair
You cannot render human hair
With rubber skin and eyes of laminate
Your smile is like a pornstar's grin
Your model must be trained on him
And I cannot compile code in this state
AI, AI, AI, AI
I'm begging of you please don't trick my gran
You cannot render human hair
With rubber skin and eyes of laminate
Your smile is like a pornstar's grin
Your model must be trained on him
And I cannot compile code in this state
AI, AI, AI, AI
I'm begging of you please don't trick my gran
October 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Your usage is beyond unfair
You cannot render human hair
With rubber skin and eyes of laminate
Your smile is like a pornstar's grin
Your model must be trained on him
And I cannot compile code in this state
AI, AI, AI, AI
I'm begging of you please don't trick my gran
You cannot render human hair
With rubber skin and eyes of laminate
Your smile is like a pornstar's grin
Your model must be trained on him
And I cannot compile code in this state
AI, AI, AI, AI
I'm begging of you please don't trick my gran
I want to know where the profiles about how great mid-life selfishness is come from. Dear newspaper, I am 45 and I've decided to become a fucking emotional derelict. Can I get two pages about how I am a hero please
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I want to know where the profiles about how great mid-life selfishness is come from. Dear newspaper, I am 45 and I've decided to become a fucking emotional derelict. Can I get two pages about how I am a hero please
Ian Dunt saying Bluesky isn't funny enough. The funny people all blocked you man.
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Ian Dunt saying Bluesky isn't funny enough. The funny people all blocked you man.
A note on alt text, I've said this before... granted I don't know about accessibility but I can't imagine that if your image is e.g. a still from When Harry Met Sally, "a man next to a woman" is all that helpful.
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A note on alt text, I've said this before... granted I don't know about accessibility but I can't imagine that if your image is e.g. a still from When Harry Met Sally, "a man next to a woman" is all that helpful.
"Gorgeous little Papa. Papa is not big, he is little."
December 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"Gorgeous little Papa. Papa is not big, he is little."
This is probably problematic on some level given current conditions and whatnot but I really miss doing little game jams.
December 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This is probably problematic on some level given current conditions and whatnot but I really miss doing little game jams.
Hey synth fucks what's a good standalone synth-sequencer for improvisation? Like one of those pad dealies with the lights.
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hey synth fucks what's a good standalone synth-sequencer for improvisation? Like one of those pad dealies with the lights.
Just read a quote that Bryan Johnson was "demystifying" psychedelics, an extremely widely consumed category of recreational substances that have featured ubiquitously in popular culture and traditions for a very, very long time
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Just read a quote that Bryan Johnson was "demystifying" psychedelics, an extremely widely consumed category of recreational substances that have featured ubiquitously in popular culture and traditions for a very, very long time
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I cannot stress enough that is some rando responds to something you reposted trying to draw you into a “but have you considered” discussion of it, they are not acting in good faith, and you just block. Please, embrace the blue sky way. block. block. block.
December 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I cannot stress enough that is some rando responds to something you reposted trying to draw you into a “but have you considered” discussion of it, they are not acting in good faith, and you just block. Please, embrace the blue sky way. block. block. block.
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Since genAI has completely fucked the market for home computers, I guarantee there'll be an article complaining that people are playing older and less resource-intensive games and how this is killing the AAA gaming industry
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Since genAI has completely fucked the market for home computers, I guarantee there'll be an article complaining that people are playing older and less resource-intensive games and how this is killing the AAA gaming industry
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![[me, trapped in Lalande 21185 observational simulation hell #43233, circa common era one million]
[glowing six-eyed lizard creature, i call him "pat"] so it's like every species has this petroleum gap they have to get over
[me] oh i know exactly what you mean
[pat] like you shoot up to industrial civilization status because of fossil fuels, and then there's like this timer running, can you use the free energy of the fossil fuels to transition to a better energy source before you either run out or wreck your climate
[me] we did the climate thing
[pat] yeah we were totally blindsided. we had a series of glacier formations trapping giant methane bubbles so we were off to feedback loop city before we even noticed the carbon ppm was rising
[me] we actually saw it coming. we had like 100 years between us figuring out that carbon was affecting our climate and the system first going nonlinear
[pat] oh damn how did you allocate your resources during that time
[me] *slowly takes a deep breath*
[me] *deep breath*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2aebn3xk5t63net43eeepire/bafkreihn7ifncu2wwlwwr54il6ocopyvn5xduxs3kedpuhu3bvelxs7jxq@jpeg)
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Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
It's #portfolioday! I'm presently a senior narrative designer at Blizzard, but before that I was at Bungie and Arkane. I wrote for the Writer's Guild award-nominated Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and a bunch of critically acclaimed seasons and expansions in Destiny 2.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
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one of many parallels between anti-vaxxers & those who oppose gender-affirming care: they start by pretending they have a very specific concern (MMR vaccine, puberty blockers, etc), but once given any sway or say on the matter, they quickly strive to eliminate all of it
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
one of many parallels between anti-vaxxers & those who oppose gender-affirming care: they start by pretending they have a very specific concern (MMR vaccine, puberty blockers, etc), but once given any sway or say on the matter, they quickly strive to eliminate all of it
Paul.
Paul?
You. Have. No. Good. Car. Ideas.
Paul?
You. Have. No. Good. Car. Ideas.
What's a line (or lines) that's forever stuck in your head?
Mine is:
"Get back here Shocker! SHOCKEEEEERRRR! You can't escape ME, I'll chase you to the ends of the EAAAAARRRTH!!!!!!"
Mine is:
"Get back here Shocker! SHOCKEEEEERRRR! You can't escape ME, I'll chase you to the ends of the EAAAAARRRTH!!!!!!"
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Paul.
Paul?
You. Have. No. Good. Car. Ideas.
Paul?
You. Have. No. Good. Car. Ideas.
No billionaires are a superior species let's let them dictate policy directly
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
No billionaires are a superior species let's let them dictate policy directly
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Polling basics is you don’t let your cohort self select like this. More appalling bullshit journalism laundering government bullshit form the BBC
Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Polling basics is you don’t let your cohort self select like this. More appalling bullshit journalism laundering government bullshit form the BBC
Why didn't the character in the story behave with perfect watertight logical efficiency? Why weren't their actions exactly economical? Why did they do something impulsive or imprecise? Why didn't they make the flawless optimal choice I would have made after observing their circumstances externally?
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Why didn't the character in the story behave with perfect watertight logical efficiency? Why weren't their actions exactly economical? Why did they do something impulsive or imprecise? Why didn't they make the flawless optimal choice I would have made after observing their circumstances externally?
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I
am
almost
done.
Then I can sleep for 168 hours straight.
#ScreenshotSaturday #Quake #LevelDesign #GameDesign #QuakeBrutalistJam3
am
almost
done.
Then I can sleep for 168 hours straight.
#ScreenshotSaturday #Quake #LevelDesign #GameDesign #QuakeBrutalistJam3
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I
am
almost
done.
Then I can sleep for 168 hours straight.
#ScreenshotSaturday #Quake #LevelDesign #GameDesign #QuakeBrutalistJam3
am
almost
done.
Then I can sleep for 168 hours straight.
#ScreenshotSaturday #Quake #LevelDesign #GameDesign #QuakeBrutalistJam3
Animaniacs are going to be packed in the Netflix N like sardines. Like an iron maiden. At least until two of them are laid off
December 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Animaniacs are going to be packed in the Netflix N like sardines. Like an iron maiden. At least until two of them are laid off
Me: my tonsils feel bad
J: well, do you want to go to the walk in clinic?
Toddler: the orcatee. I go to the orcatee.
Me: the walk in clinic?
Toddler: the orcatee, yes.
Me: you don't even know what that is.
Toddler: I want to
J: well, do you want to go to the walk in clinic?
Toddler: the orcatee. I go to the orcatee.
Me: the walk in clinic?
Toddler: the orcatee, yes.
Me: you don't even know what that is.
Toddler: I want to
December 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Me: my tonsils feel bad
J: well, do you want to go to the walk in clinic?
Toddler: the orcatee. I go to the orcatee.
Me: the walk in clinic?
Toddler: the orcatee, yes.
Me: you don't even know what that is.
Toddler: I want to
J: well, do you want to go to the walk in clinic?
Toddler: the orcatee. I go to the orcatee.
Me: the walk in clinic?
Toddler: the orcatee, yes.
Me: you don't even know what that is.
Toddler: I want to
There's a guy who always turns up at the ice cream place where I sometimes take Toddler. I've never not seen him there for the past year. He always has surgical dressings on his scalp. A life of only ice cream and melanoma.
December 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
There's a guy who always turns up at the ice cream place where I sometimes take Toddler. I've never not seen him there for the past year. He always has surgical dressings on his scalp. A life of only ice cream and melanoma.
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Laws aren't real. They exist solely on account of buy-in from society's participants. Once one side disengages, you no longer reside in a society based on laws. You live in a society based on power and armed force. I am begging folks to accept this so we can get moving.
Just legal Calvinball. Obviously lawless.
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Laws aren't real. They exist solely on account of buy-in from society's participants. Once one side disengages, you no longer reside in a society based on laws. You live in a society based on power and armed force. I am begging folks to accept this so we can get moving.
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At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
Ha ha got past Covid 2 days ago and now I've got tonsillitis. Secondary infection waow
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Ha ha got past Covid 2 days ago and now I've got tonsillitis. Secondary infection waow
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also this thinking is why the internet is awful? being served what an algo thinks we want instead of people building weird shit for themselves that the rest of us can either live with or make our own is like, half the problem.
unfortunately, this paragraph of the manifesto is not correct in any way whatsoever.
no existing thing sold as "AI" does this at all. the marketers lie that it does, and then it doesn't.
anyone signing this manifesto, ask them for the software that does this.
no existing thing sold as "AI" does this at all. the marketers lie that it does, and then it doesn't.
anyone signing this manifesto, ask them for the software that does this.
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
also this thinking is why the internet is awful? being served what an algo thinks we want instead of people building weird shit for themselves that the rest of us can either live with or make our own is like, half the problem.