Mark Thomason
@blackfaer.bsky.social
Lighting Designer, Teacher, Board Game Fanatic
Meanwhile The Gamers films have only a few thousand people who’ve seen them all but the majority of those fans are smitten and seek out more work by the creators and actors and wrote fan fiction and become supporters at a very deep level. Surface Beauty versus deep storytelling.
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Meanwhile The Gamers films have only a few thousand people who’ve seen them all but the majority of those fans are smitten and seek out more work by the creators and actors and wrote fan fiction and become supporters at a very deep level. Surface Beauty versus deep storytelling.
Avatar is the polar opposite of The Gamers and Journeyquest films. They have millions of people who pay to go watch the movies and enjoy them, but no one who is so taken in by them that they become superfans and dedicate time to writing fan fiction and following the cast and writer etc.
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Avatar is the polar opposite of The Gamers and Journeyquest films. They have millions of people who pay to go watch the movies and enjoy them, but no one who is so taken in by them that they become superfans and dedicate time to writing fan fiction and following the cast and writer etc.
I have that book!
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I have that book!
I’m 48 and still spend all my time in the theatre. This theatre kid made it his living, thank you very much.
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I’m 48 and still spend all my time in the theatre. This theatre kid made it his living, thank you very much.
Ah yeah, that makes sense. I’m only halfway so far, haven’t heard that part yet…
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Ah yeah, that makes sense. I’m only halfway so far, haven’t heard that part yet…
This teaser made me laugh…. ‘Today on OA, racism in America, racism in immigration policy, racism in the presidency, and of course, trademarking vegetables’ - record scratch- what?? 😂
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This teaser made me laugh…. ‘Today on OA, racism in America, racism in immigration policy, racism in the presidency, and of course, trademarking vegetables’ - record scratch- what?? 😂
Tax law at the federal level should be mostly about creating incentives for how we want people to behave. If destroying something before it hits market has a financial incentive, something is wrong in the tax law; even hardcore capitalists should agree with that.
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Tax law at the federal level should be mostly about creating incentives for how we want people to behave. If destroying something before it hits market has a financial incentive, something is wrong in the tax law; even hardcore capitalists should agree with that.
And that being the case, tells me that we should be looking at reworking the tax code because something in it is unfair and creating an incentive that shouldn’t exist. Like saying ‘if your shop lost money, you still owe taxes, but if you let someone steal your inventory, you don’t pay taxes’
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
And that being the case, tells me that we should be looking at reworking the tax code because something in it is unfair and creating an incentive that shouldn’t exist. Like saying ‘if your shop lost money, you still owe taxes, but if you let someone steal your inventory, you don’t pay taxes’
There is clearly a major perverse incentive in the tax code. I think the idea is that the marketing and distribution costs versus the possible income expected will be a greater loss than taking a tax write off for complete loss of the film- but how or why that is the case I don’t get.
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There is clearly a major perverse incentive in the tax code. I think the idea is that the marketing and distribution costs versus the possible income expected will be a greater loss than taking a tax write off for complete loss of the film- but how or why that is the case I don’t get.
Just 5? I have a long list… how about just in the pacific ocean? Still have a long list…
Orca
Sea Turtle
Whale
Dolphin
Manta Ray
Orca
Sea Turtle
Whale
Dolphin
Manta Ray
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Just 5? I have a long list… how about just in the pacific ocean? Still have a long list…
Orca
Sea Turtle
Whale
Dolphin
Manta Ray
Orca
Sea Turtle
Whale
Dolphin
Manta Ray
I know it’s a different landscape with around 2000 games a year being published as opposed to the 200 or so a decade ago….
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I know it’s a different landscape with around 2000 games a year being published as opposed to the 200 or so a decade ago….
That’s disappointing. Wonder if it’s being the biggest fish in the criticism pond is making them feel inundated with low-quality self-published games vying for their attention? Like all the designers are shipping crappy prototypes to them in hopes of getting public attention?
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
That’s disappointing. Wonder if it’s being the biggest fish in the criticism pond is making them feel inundated with low-quality self-published games vying for their attention? Like all the designers are shipping crappy prototypes to them in hopes of getting public attention?
Haven’t seen it but I find the concept curious. I mean, Roy’s Last Light game is basically indie, he made it all himself until he found a publisher…. What makes a game indie and why is that bad? How does one define an indie game?
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Haven’t seen it but I find the concept curious. I mean, Roy’s Last Light game is basically indie, he made it all himself until he found a publisher…. What makes a game indie and why is that bad? How does one define an indie game?
Guarantee he’d be stoked to be asked. He brags about that all the time. 🥰
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Guarantee he’d be stoked to be asked. He brags about that all the time. 🥰
Hint: that voice you listened to wasn’t your conscience, that was your internalized racism, misogyny, or both.
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hint: that voice you listened to wasn’t your conscience, that was your internalized racism, misogyny, or both.
I mean, that’s not really what it’s referring to and we know it’s both - the point was more people voted Obama over McCain and Romney, while people chose not to vote Clinton over Trump, which suggests (and yes of course it’s more complex than this) that misogyny was stronger than racism in that way.
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I mean, that’s not really what it’s referring to and we know it’s both - the point was more people voted Obama over McCain and Romney, while people chose not to vote Clinton over Trump, which suggests (and yes of course it’s more complex than this) that misogyny was stronger than racism in that way.
It probably was then!
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It probably was then!
I still remember the statement someone made after Trump was elected referencing Obama and Clinton…. I guess now we know whether America is more misogynistic or more racist…
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I still remember the statement someone made after Trump was elected referencing Obama and Clinton…. I guess now we know whether America is more misogynistic or more racist…
I mean… I’d take just the knees and ankles and be okay keeping the rest of the current body…
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I mean… I’d take just the knees and ankles and be okay keeping the rest of the current body…
Many people underestimate her. Personally I think she may be the smartest justice ever appointed to the Supreme Court. It’s just a shame she’s spent all her time so far writing dissents with the most corrupt court in history….
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Many people underestimate her. Personally I think she may be the smartest justice ever appointed to the Supreme Court. It’s just a shame she’s spent all her time so far writing dissents with the most corrupt court in history….
The stupid…. It hurts…
October 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The stupid…. It hurts…
Honestly this is the one eventuality that I thought would have happened faster not slower…
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Honestly this is the one eventuality that I thought would have happened faster not slower…
Different lists I think. Chase is talented but a terrible person. Jimmy isn’t talented. Though this news does kind of show he’s also too obsequious to stand up for his country or industry. Different kind of awful than Chase…
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Different lists I think. Chase is talented but a terrible person. Jimmy isn’t talented. Though this news does kind of show he’s also too obsequious to stand up for his country or industry. Different kind of awful than Chase…
It fits, it’s just like every other tech innovation but faster…
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It fits, it’s just like every other tech innovation but faster…