Spacefall

One of the finest and most beloved Watsons ever to grace the screen has passed away. David Burke was 91 years old, just shy of his 92nd birthday, and he is survived by his wife Anna Calder-Marshall and his son Tom Burke.

By all accounts, he was a gentleman and a wonderful human being. He could have stayed on to play Watson much longer, which would have made many of us very happy, but he chose to leave the show to be nearer to his family, especially since Tom was very young at the time.

His was not the first intelligent and competent Watson, but this version marked a turning point in mainstream depictions, from comedic sidekick to a hero in his own right.

RIP, dear sir. You will be missed. Thank you for everything.

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MYSTERY! INTRIGUE! ART HISTORY! The Mona Lisa has been stolen from The Museum of Everything, a giant museum housed inside a space station. Prickly cleaner and long time MoE resident Madge is the only one who knows about the crime, and so she's the only one who can solve it... with help from a very unlikely source.

🖌️🖌️🖌️ I've been missing the days of early development on The Beekeeper's Picnic when I was sharing that creative process with all of you, and so I thought I'd do a little teaser trailer to introduce the (probable?) name of my next game, and its general premise!

To set expectations, it's really early days. Video games are born slowly, especially when you're working on them part time. But who knows, maybe in a few years...

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And here's a screenshot, for fun:

Instead of starting something new, CCEO pic of AI Jack taking Rhys for a little walk outside Old Haven. He copied a bunch of Rhys's sensory layer to thread them together in a pinch; maybe did a bit more than intended. Kind of tripping honestly. Also about to wake up as two people in the best possible way.

[Putting these here to bring the AU all into one tag: https://sf-bl.tumblr.com/tagged/cyber%20ceos mostly Rhack, totally out-of-sequence]

Not pictured: Gortys just having a normal one. Also, Hyperion made a big hole in this rock.

Bonus pics:

Somehow my brain let me draw again. CCEO AU, after the ... you know, and after this one .

He got more or less what he came for.

I've been going through Tales from the Borderlands taking freecam shots of game locations, as well as occasional bits and bobs that don't appear on screen. There are plenty of fun things to see, but nothing has given me more pleasure than AI Jack's character model chilling in outer space during those scenes where he appears projected on the screens. I always thought he'd be tucked into a little hidden room somewhere for those shots, but no, he's just floating in the void of space like a Handsome Space Station. Beautiful.

'cause I was talking about this yesterday, here are some Rhack-themed badges I made a while back. These are the latest version of the badge images (made from scratch in Inkscape, not 100% game-accurate.)