Somebody wake up Hicks
@jonmarkhicks.bsky.social
I'm all about ALIEN '79.
I wrote the ALIEN RPG adventure Rapture Protocol, Those Dark Places, Pressure, Fireteam & Deep Space.
I also love Tolkien, Robin of Sherwood, OD&D, Dead Space, Battlestar Galactica, The Expanse, 2000AD, Star Trek, Star Wars.
I wrote the ALIEN RPG adventure Rapture Protocol, Those Dark Places, Pressure, Fireteam & Deep Space.
I also love Tolkien, Robin of Sherwood, OD&D, Dead Space, Battlestar Galactica, The Expanse, 2000AD, Star Trek, Star Wars.
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My main two social media feeds are Bluesky and Instagram. Here I'll jabber about all kinds of stuff but on Instagram it's going to be more ALIEN-centric. I'm porting a lot of my posts from here to there and sharing ALIEN posts I make here, too.
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Another great photo of the Nostromo interior, with the mirror effect in place creating the illusion of a longer corridor.
Practical effects are fantastic. Even the simplest tricks give a sense of reality and depth. In reality, there are few shots in the film where you get to appreciate the effort.
Practical effects are fantastic. Even the simplest tricks give a sense of reality and depth. In reality, there are few shots in the film where you get to appreciate the effort.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Another great photo of the Nostromo interior, with the mirror effect in place creating the illusion of a longer corridor.
Practical effects are fantastic. Even the simplest tricks give a sense of reality and depth. In reality, there are few shots in the film where you get to appreciate the effort.
Practical effects are fantastic. Even the simplest tricks give a sense of reality and depth. In reality, there are few shots in the film where you get to appreciate the effort.
A great BTS photo of the space jockey sound stage that helps establish the size and chaos of shooting on the set.
One thing that stands out to me is the size of the cameras back then. Setting up to establish shots would have been a lengthy process and handheld stuff must have been backbreaking.
One thing that stands out to me is the size of the cameras back then. Setting up to establish shots would have been a lengthy process and handheld stuff must have been backbreaking.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A great BTS photo of the space jockey sound stage that helps establish the size and chaos of shooting on the set.
One thing that stands out to me is the size of the cameras back then. Setting up to establish shots would have been a lengthy process and handheld stuff must have been backbreaking.
One thing that stands out to me is the size of the cameras back then. Setting up to establish shots would have been a lengthy process and handheld stuff must have been backbreaking.
When I toured Pompeii many years ago I found myself quite melancholic afterwards. Here I was exploring a snapshot in time, walking streets and sitting in theatres and entering the preserved homes of those who lived there, who had their lives turned upside down in a day.
I really felt a weight of...
I really felt a weight of...
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
When I toured Pompeii many years ago I found myself quite melancholic afterwards. Here I was exploring a snapshot in time, walking streets and sitting in theatres and entering the preserved homes of those who lived there, who had their lives turned upside down in a day.
I really felt a weight of...
I really felt a weight of...
I'd forgotten what a batshit insane movie Nemesis is. It's great stuff.
It's pretty much one of my Shadowrun games. Exposition. Smack talk. Crazy blasting.
It's pretty much one of my Shadowrun games. Exposition. Smack talk. Crazy blasting.
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'd forgotten what a batshit insane movie Nemesis is. It's great stuff.
It's pretty much one of my Shadowrun games. Exposition. Smack talk. Crazy blasting.
It's pretty much one of my Shadowrun games. Exposition. Smack talk. Crazy blasting.
If you've picked up these games and want some official adventures to go with them, then there's four full Reports to pick up, as well as a couple of short encounters and a Star Trek-inspired supplement.
They're written for TDP but compatible with Pressure.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
They're written for TDP but compatible with Pressure.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you've picked up these games and want some official adventures to go with them, then there's four full Reports to pick up, as well as a couple of short encounters and a Star Trek-inspired supplement.
They're written for TDP but compatible with Pressure.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
They're written for TDP but compatible with Pressure.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
Ron Cobb said that the special effects department got sick of waiting for a decision on the Nostromo and they just went in to the studio and grabbed drawings. The picture they used had the ship coloured yellow, so that's what they did.
It was resprayed but it would have been interesting.
It was resprayed but it would have been interesting.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Ron Cobb said that the special effects department got sick of waiting for a decision on the Nostromo and they just went in to the studio and grabbed drawings. The picture they used had the ship coloured yellow, so that's what they did.
It was resprayed but it would have been interesting.
It was resprayed but it would have been interesting.
I'm a huge fan of the ALIEN Fate of the Nostromo boardgame by @scottrogers.bsky.social and released by @ravensburgertcg.bsky.social. it's full of tension and can get really exciting - we've only beaten it once.
The minis are really cool, too. I'd love to see Ash and Kane minis to complete the crew.
The minis are really cool, too. I'd love to see Ash and Kane minis to complete the crew.
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I'm a huge fan of the ALIEN Fate of the Nostromo boardgame by @scottrogers.bsky.social and released by @ravensburgertcg.bsky.social. it's full of tension and can get really exciting - we've only beaten it once.
The minis are really cool, too. I'd love to see Ash and Kane minis to complete the crew.
The minis are really cool, too. I'd love to see Ash and Kane minis to complete the crew.
What a dickhead.
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
What a dickhead.
Exciting news!
It's finally here! Thank you for your patience but Alien: Cult, the result of nearly 40 years of Loving the Alien* is finally here on 25/11/2025! I hope you guys love it as much as I did writing it: titanbooks.com/8789-alien-c...
*As Bowie would have it.
#alien #aliens
@titanbooks.bsky.social
*As Bowie would have it.
#alien #aliens
@titanbooks.bsky.social
Alien: Cult
In the affluent, technocratic Alexandria Colony, people are disappearing. And witnesses are dying in grisly, mysterious ways—it all reeks of Xenomorphs. At a loss, the Hume City police call in Special...
titanbooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Exciting news!
Not my home, but I know my way around.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not my home, but I know my way around.
I can't lie to you about your chances, Charlie Brown, but... you have my sympathies.
I watched him for 15 years, sitting in a room… inhumanly patient, waiting for some secret, silent alarm to trigger him off. Death has come to your little town, Charlie Brown. Now, you can either ignore it, or you can help me to stop it.
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I can't lie to you about your chances, Charlie Brown, but... you have my sympathies.
Other than my work on the ALIEN #RPG adventure 'Rapture Protocol' and my Osprey Games books, I design and write short #TTRPG games and adventures, rules light and very cheap.
They're good for one-shots or campaigns and you can learn and play within an hour.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
They're good for one-shots or campaigns and you can learn and play within an hour.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Other than my work on the ALIEN #RPG adventure 'Rapture Protocol' and my Osprey Games books, I design and write short #TTRPG games and adventures, rules light and very cheap.
They're good for one-shots or campaigns and you can learn and play within an hour.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
They're good for one-shots or campaigns and you can learn and play within an hour.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
This is awesome. Fantastic mood material for games of Those Dark Places/Pressure.
youtu.be/7-E0cBkcb14?...
youtu.be/7-E0cBkcb14?...
Space is Terrifying - Astrophobia
YouTube video by ElmoSanchez
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is awesome. Fantastic mood material for games of Those Dark Places/Pressure.
youtu.be/7-E0cBkcb14?...
youtu.be/7-E0cBkcb14?...
Fantastic BTS shot of the Nostromo landing leg. This was another big set made to look even bigger by putting kids into scaled spacesuits.
There's a smaller version of this so they could film the leg touching down, but this is really impressive.
There's a smaller version of this so they could film the leg touching down, but this is really impressive.
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Fantastic BTS shot of the Nostromo landing leg. This was another big set made to look even bigger by putting kids into scaled spacesuits.
There's a smaller version of this so they could film the leg touching down, but this is really impressive.
There's a smaller version of this so they could film the leg touching down, but this is really impressive.
Actual photo of me running a game of D&D.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Actual photo of me running a game of D&D.
I miss the simplicity of a landline.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I miss the simplicity of a landline.
She's come in from the rain after three hours, didn't bother cleaning, plopped herself wet and dirty on my bed and went straight to sleep.
She's a wet muddy-pawed psycho furball piece of shit. But she's tired, so we're good.
She's a wet muddy-pawed psycho furball piece of shit. But she's tired, so we're good.
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
She's come in from the rain after three hours, didn't bother cleaning, plopped herself wet and dirty on my bed and went straight to sleep.
She's a wet muddy-pawed psycho furball piece of shit. But she's tired, so we're good.
She's a wet muddy-pawed psycho furball piece of shit. But she's tired, so we're good.
I'm overjoyed that the Pioneer Kickstarter from Mongoose has funded and is still doing really well.
I'm miffed because this near-future space exploration theme was going to be my next version of Those Dark Places, inspired by 'For All mankind' and 'Ad Astra'!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
I'm miffed because this near-future space exploration theme was going to be my next version of Those Dark Places, inspired by 'For All mankind' and 'Ad Astra'!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
The Pioneer RPG: Explore the Solar System
Pioneer – a new RPG set 10–20 years into the future as humanity explores the Solar System, based on the popular Traveller rules.
www.kickstarter.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm overjoyed that the Pioneer Kickstarter from Mongoose has funded and is still doing really well.
I'm miffed because this near-future space exploration theme was going to be my next version of Those Dark Places, inspired by 'For All mankind' and 'Ad Astra'!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
I'm miffed because this near-future space exploration theme was going to be my next version of Those Dark Places, inspired by 'For All mankind' and 'Ad Astra'!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
There's a lot to love about this image from ALIEN, but the thing that stands out to me the most is the depth of that corridor.
We know mirrors were used to increase the length of corridors, and in the hypersleep room on the Sulaco in ALIENS, but it's amazing the difference a simple trick can make.
We know mirrors were used to increase the length of corridors, and in the hypersleep room on the Sulaco in ALIENS, but it's amazing the difference a simple trick can make.
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There's a lot to love about this image from ALIEN, but the thing that stands out to me the most is the depth of that corridor.
We know mirrors were used to increase the length of corridors, and in the hypersleep room on the Sulaco in ALIENS, but it's amazing the difference a simple trick can make.
We know mirrors were used to increase the length of corridors, and in the hypersleep room on the Sulaco in ALIENS, but it's amazing the difference a simple trick can make.
I need to start making plans to secure autographed ALIEN 1979 memorabilia, or even just get hold of stuff signed from the stars and makers of the movies.
I don't trust the online market; if it seems too good to be true it usually is.
I'm going to start reaching out more and hit more conventions.
I don't trust the online market; if it seems too good to be true it usually is.
I'm going to start reaching out more and hit more conventions.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I need to start making plans to secure autographed ALIEN 1979 memorabilia, or even just get hold of stuff signed from the stars and makers of the movies.
I don't trust the online market; if it seems too good to be true it usually is.
I'm going to start reaching out more and hit more conventions.
I don't trust the online market; if it seems too good to be true it usually is.
I'm going to start reaching out more and hit more conventions.
An excellent video essay from @sskorkowsky.bsky.social. The Satanic Panic was a weird period and while it didn't directly affect me too badly I was well aware of it from across the pond and in the UK.
youtu.be/OpjV-melB-c?...
youtu.be/OpjV-melB-c?...
The 3 Waves of the RPG Moral Panic - RPG History
YouTube video by Seth Skorkowsky
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
An excellent video essay from @sskorkowsky.bsky.social. The Satanic Panic was a weird period and while it didn't directly affect me too badly I was well aware of it from across the pond and in the UK.
youtu.be/OpjV-melB-c?...
youtu.be/OpjV-melB-c?...
Everyone looks at Jones.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Everyone looks at Jones.
God damn. I thought I was going to get a Dead Space Isaac Clarke figure at a great price but it turns out they listed it at the wrong price.
I really want an original figure, a plasma cutter and a helmet but, wow, they're expensive.
I really want an original figure, a plasma cutter and a helmet but, wow, they're expensive.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
God damn. I thought I was going to get a Dead Space Isaac Clarke figure at a great price but it turns out they listed it at the wrong price.
I really want an original figure, a plasma cutter and a helmet but, wow, they're expensive.
I really want an original figure, a plasma cutter and a helmet but, wow, they're expensive.