Award winning developer. Husband to an Art Tutor. Father to a Pharmacy Manager and a Textile Design student. Art Books Nintendo Lego 📚Treekeepers
England, United Kingdom
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"Apparently 'e's evolved into the Mystery Finch."
In homage, to the @MrEFinch . Monday's @StudioTeaBreak #MythicalMashup
#Darwin #DinnerJacket #DarwinsFinches
DARWIN’S FINCHES + DINNER JACKET
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Dev Reveals Secrets Behind Stunning New "3D" Platformer For The ZX Spectrum. timeextension.com/news/2025/…
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Concept art by Hayao Miyazaki for Howl's Moving Castle (2004), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli
I just backed @Retro_Fusion and @Wizwords ‘s ZX Dreams Vol 2 (plus I added in @tandemar “O” game) on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/zza…
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Monday #MythicalMashup! ✍️
SELF PORTRAIT as SNAIL
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Roman mosaic depicting an octopus (Octopus vulgaris), dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, originating from Villaquejida, León Province, Spain. Currently on display at the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Nacional) in Madrid, Spain.
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This is the first of our custom @Immortaljoystix off the line - should be in our hands soon :)
Oh, and Kickstarter tomorrow! shorturl.at/0H9cs
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FREEZE-ZX issue 1 currently under construction…
freeze64.com/freezezx-issue-…
#ZXSpectrum #SpectrumNext #ZX81 #Speccy
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40 years ago, in-game maps didn't exist so mags like CRASH and ZZAP! printed them. We (or more often, our readers) would map games by hand, and those efforts were then painted (in this case by Oli Frey) to create incredible bespoke creations like this epic Tir Na Nog map. Fab!
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Thank you 😊🙏❤️ to all the lovely #ZXSpectrum enthusiasts out there who have already shown their support for FREEZE-ZX. If you’re a #Speccy enthusiast and gamer, then you’re going to *love* this new ZX zine. Coming Summer 2025.
Preorder your copy from:
freeze64.com/freezezx-issue-…
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For all of you who asked, I'm happy to tell you that #Chaosium just made my map '#Britain in the time of #Arthur #Pendragon' available at their Redbubble Store🥳
redbubble.com/shop/ap/148693…
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Excited and honored to be giving a talk at Retro Collective about Games That Weren’t and 25 years of uncovering unreleased, cancelled, and forgotten games. It’s been an incredible experience running this project, and I’m excited to share its history, the challenges we’ve faced.
Retro Event: Discover the world of unreleased, cancelled and forgotten games with @fgasking - Frank will be joining us for a day at @RetCollective to share 25 years of investigating this fascinating corner of gaming.
Book now at retrocollective.co.uk/view-e…
Sat 22nd Feb, Stroud, UK
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In case you missed it, we took a look at rare, never seen IK+ development documents from the archive of the late Archer Maclean, including ideas and graphical concepts that led to creation of the famous fighting game. #Commodore64
gamesthatwerent.com/2024/12/…
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My new game project now has a name and new home. Now I just need to add a large dose of effort to actually get the thing done. 😋 #blackfordpi #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart #isometric
bitglint.itch.io/blackford-p…
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Thrilled to be bringing out a new book set in the #HowToTrainYourDragon world next May, not everyone realises I do the illustrations for these books, here are some of them, ✏️🖌️love these caran d’ache coloured pencils
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Soooo … I’ve been keeping this one quiet for a bit ! Please tune in to @BBCOne tomorrow at 7pm for something very special ! bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/b…
@CBeebiesHQ #childreninneed @Plum_Agency
