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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ecca Vandal's LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW is going to be pretty hard to top as my album of the year.

Album art for Ecca Vandal's LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW. It depicts a blue-haired Ecca in a bathroom, sitting in a bath and wearing headpones. The bathroom is littered with various items, including a partly-demolished cake sitting in the sink.

Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Can't stop making 'em! Yet another sci-fi roguelike concept! This time it's with 2x2 tiles, rather than 1x1. #roguelike #pixelart #C64 #Commodore64

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Pretty happy with this waterfall effect created with a 4-character animation loop, and two "planes" of graphic moving at different speeds within in the same character. #pixelart #C64 #Commodore64

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

quote with your current game rotation

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Until recently, I'd been off social media for quite a while; that doesn't mean I wasn't toiling away on #PETSCII ideas in the background the whole time. #C64 #Commodore64 #pixelart #textmode

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Happy Return of the Living Dead Day!

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

cc @jeffgerstmann.com, in case you want to celebrate Garfield's special day when it's June 19th in your part of the world.

Noted video gamesman Jeff Gerstmann, rendered in the style of Jim Davis's curmudgeonly cat, Garfield.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Ugh, I always forget to mention my #PETSCII Jason-inspired tees well before another #Fridaythe13th rolls around. Anyway you can grab 'em in Regular and Lurid Juicy Nintendo: REGULAR www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/5119... LJN www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/6635... #pixelart #C64 #Commodore64 #textmode

A Jason-inpired t-shirt design, rendered in the Commodore 64 PETSCII character set. In the design, a figure with a white hockey mask and silhouetted shoulders stands before a background of a grid of red slashes.

A Jason-inpired t-shirt design, rendered in the Commodore 64 PETSCII character set and utilising the colours from the NES game from LJN. In the design, a figure with a cyan hockey mask and silhouetted shoulders stands before a background of a grid of purple slashes.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Speaking of old magazine ads, I'm dragging this over from The Other Place, just so I've got it here 😉

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I remember figuring it out as a kid from this magazine ad back in the day, and thinking they were so friggin' clever/lucky with that name.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

@kimimi.bsky.social I've just noticed your new avi - spookily enough, today I'm wearing this shirt with embroidered Boos on the pocket! (This is not me in the photo.)

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Oh, cool, I can wear my PETSCII metal shirt to this! \m/

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Hey, I've slapped this #PETSCII skull design on a bunch of shirts 'n shit. Also, I don't think I've ever owned a pink shirt in my life, but this has got me stroking my chin. www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/7535... #Commodore64 #C64 #pixelart #textmode

White skull on a black background, rendered in the Commodore 64 PETSCII character set

White skull on a pink t-shirt; the skull design is rendered in the Commodore 64 PETSCII character set

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I've got a folder full of auto caption quotes from @jeffgerstmann.com that I screencap while he's playing NES games; one of these days I'm gonna start up an account dedicated to posting them all.

I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to do this I’m not going to do this anymore we’re done

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Noice. Also, you've reminded me I've got a few stray weird beers in the fridge - gonna try this key lime and orange sour with my Friday fish and chips!

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Ha! It's only just occurred to me I added a Monster Land mock up in that lot - whoops! But yeah, I've got a separate folder with Monster Land WIP stuff 😊

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

It's long been high on the list of #C64 games I would love to give a facelift. Maybe @davesretroforge.bsky.social shares this view? 😉

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Please enjoy some more shoops from my time as a frequent Giant Bomb Enjoyer

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

It's only just occurred to me I should hop on Giant Bomb and download all the shoops I made over the years (mostly of Ryan).

Photoshopped image of Jeff Gerstmann (Giant Bomb, et al) signing an image of Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat II

Photoshopped image of Jeff Gerstmann's (Giant Bomb, et al) portrait rendered on a Etch A Sketch

Photoshopped image of Ryan Davis (Giant Bomb, et al) as he would appear on the box art for StarCraft II

Photoshopped image of Ryan Davis (Giant Bomb, et al) as Rambo, killing somebody from behind

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Love it when the timeline gets it right

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

No idea, but I'm guessing it's covered in the instruction manual for this

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

OMFG DAY 49 I DID IT #BluePrince (Potential spoilers in the image, depending on how close you look and how far/engrossed you are with Blue Prince.)

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

If you see this post a #vampire and pass it on.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

You may know me as a #PETSCII artist, but what you might not know is that I also slap a bunch of designs (PETSCII or otherwise) onto shirts and stuff over at www.teepublic.com/user/petscii #pixelart #C64 #Commodore64 #textmode

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Working on concept stuff for a Side Arms clone for #SEUCK 😊 #C64 #Commodore64 #pixelart

A pixel art mock up for a C64 clone of Side Arms, to be made in the Shoot 'Em Up Construction Kit.

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Cal Skuthorpe @buzzclik.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Yeah, C64 Bionic Commando is always high on the list of dream graphical redux projects for me. Here's a couple of screens from my concept overhauls.

Pixel art reimagining of Bionic Commando on the Commodore 64.

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