Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦
@raphlife.bsky.social
He/Him. Get over it. Exploring apocalypses. I founded and lead Hinterland, and created THE LONG DARK. Director, writer, designer, human. Proud Canadian. Just doing my best.
Pinned
Today's surprise drop. WINTERMUTE Episode Five Teaser and release date announcement in the November dev diary.
The End is Near.
youtu.be/aGu6KAQyG24
hinterlandforums.com/forums/topic...
The End is Near.
youtu.be/aGu6KAQyG24
hinterlandforums.com/forums/topic...
THE LONG DARK -- WINTERMUTE, EPISODE FIVE: "THE LIGHT AT THE END OF ALL THINGS" (TEASER)
YouTube video by Hinterland
youtu.be
👀 It's happening, people. #thelongdark
In love.
Writing something about the new edition of The Thing Artbook, and I've finally traced the uncredited artist for the cover of the Bantam novelisation. It's Jim Burns. Rather vague where the film is concerned but it's still the best of the novelisation covers.
January 18, 2026 at 3:54 PM
In love.
Reposted by Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Stunning.
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 18, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Stunning.
That sounds like the one!
January 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
That sounds like the one!
Love it.♥️
One of my favorite play throughs I lost key clothing and ended up stuck in on the hunter's lodge for a week while I cured hides into new clothing and tangled with the bear that kept visiting me.
The pace got slow but the tension got so high.
The pace got slow but the tension got so high.
January 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Love it.♥️
@bill-lavoy.ca’s the only guy who can make losing something in TLD into a riveting and introspective story.
Lost and Found - How The Long Dark's persistence creates opportunity
Lost and Found - How The Long Dark's persistence creates opportunity
A lost revolver and ballistic vest started me on a journey across Great Bear Island.
dlvr.it
January 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
@bill-lavoy.ca’s the only guy who can make losing something in TLD into a riveting and introspective story.
This.
January 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This.
Haha Salesforce deserves to die.
Remember: They own Slack now!
Remember: They own Slack now!
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Haha Salesforce deserves to die.
Remember: They own Slack now!
Remember: They own Slack now!
Damn...that's impressive.
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Damn...that's impressive.
He‘s also surrounded by industry shills trying to extract profit without any concern for the environmental or societal costs.
Again, I don’t trust him in this role at all. We need someone much more skeptical and much less fond of seeing themselves on camera.
👎🏻
Again, I don’t trust him in this role at all. We need someone much more skeptical and much less fond of seeing themselves on camera.
👎🏻
January 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
He‘s also surrounded by industry shills trying to extract profit without any concern for the environmental or societal costs.
Again, I don’t trust him in this role at all. We need someone much more skeptical and much less fond of seeing themselves on camera.
👎🏻
Again, I don’t trust him in this role at all. We need someone much more skeptical and much less fond of seeing themselves on camera.
👎🏻
Good article.
For my part, I don’t trust Solomon one bit to head up Canada‘s AI strategy. He’s too much of a cheerleader, not careful enough, focusing on money much more than safety.
thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon...
For my part, I don’t trust Solomon one bit to head up Canada‘s AI strategy. He’s too much of a cheerleader, not careful enough, focusing on money much more than safety.
thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon...
Evan Solomon Wants Canada to Trust AI. Can We Trust Evan Solomon? | The Walrus
The journalist-turned-minister says the tech will make us richer and regulation should be “light”
thewalrus.ca
January 17, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Good article.
For my part, I don’t trust Solomon one bit to head up Canada‘s AI strategy. He’s too much of a cheerleader, not careful enough, focusing on money much more than safety.
thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon...
For my part, I don’t trust Solomon one bit to head up Canada‘s AI strategy. He’s too much of a cheerleader, not careful enough, focusing on money much more than safety.
thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon...
Haha yeah that sure was weird.
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Haha yeah that sure was weird.
Reposted by Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦
January 17, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Reposted by Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦
"Color is too real. It’s limiting. It doesn’t allow too much of a dream. Black has depth. You can go into it. The mind kicks in, a lot of things become manifest. And you start seeing what you’re afraid of. You start seeing what you love, and it becomes like a dream."
#DavidLynch
#DavidLynch
January 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
"Color is too real. It’s limiting. It doesn’t allow too much of a dream. Black has depth. You can go into it. The mind kicks in, a lot of things become manifest. And you start seeing what you’re afraid of. You start seeing what you love, and it becomes like a dream."
#DavidLynch
#DavidLynch
Reposted by Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Reposted by Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦
January 16, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Kill it with fire. All of it.
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Kill it with fire. All of it.
Yeah, can’t trust advice from people who could have one job their entire lives.
January 17, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Yeah, can’t trust advice from people who could have one job their entire lives.
i was more responding to the boss is always ooo comment
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 AM
i was more responding to the boss is always ooo comment
You sure?
a man with a beard wearing a cape and a hood
ALT: a man with a beard wearing a cape and a hood
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 AM
You sure?
I have two things to say to anyone considering visiting the US for GDC this year:
1) You’re fucking crazy, and
2) Don’t do it you’re fucking crazy
…
(Incidentally I offered the exact same advice last year around this time and was blasted for “fearmongering”. Right.)
1) You’re fucking crazy, and
2) Don’t do it you’re fucking crazy
…
(Incidentally I offered the exact same advice last year around this time and was blasted for “fearmongering”. Right.)
January 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I have two things to say to anyone considering visiting the US for GDC this year:
1) You’re fucking crazy, and
2) Don’t do it you’re fucking crazy
…
(Incidentally I offered the exact same advice last year around this time and was blasted for “fearmongering”. Right.)
1) You’re fucking crazy, and
2) Don’t do it you’re fucking crazy
…
(Incidentally I offered the exact same advice last year around this time and was blasted for “fearmongering”. Right.)
Jealous!!!
All set for the two-day marathon TWIN PEAKS - THE RETURN. Ten hours today. Nine hours tomorrow. At the fantastic Astor Theatre.
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Jealous!!!
Probably the only movie you’ll ever see where a bomb is defused using…philosophy.
John Carpenter's Dark Star was released 51 years ago today.
"In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong."
John Carpenter was born 78 years ago today, also. Twin anniversaries!
"In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong."
John Carpenter was born 78 years ago today, also. Twin anniversaries!
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Probably the only movie you’ll ever see where a bomb is defused using…philosophy.