Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey folks - story time. Here's a thread about something that happened this week and came to a head this morning. A few days ago, a friend called me and told me his son (he's 15) was interested in learning to play the guitar. So he wanted some advice about the best way to get him started. 100
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As an occasional consumer of high grade synthesizers, I have to say that if I have to watch ONE MORE product demo where the hardware is used to play the music from Interstellar, I'm going to scream. 110
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So, I've got proof now that YouTube's analytics are giving me false info. The site claims that NOBODY has listened to the latest podcast. But at least two people have told me they listened to it in full - and backed that up by referencing specific parts of it. 100
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The latest episode of Doomed Colonist's companion podcast about the tougher side of producing an AP show is now available to listen to for free on Ko-Fi. This one addresses demands for diversity - and why they're harder to satisfy than you might think. ko-fi.com/doomedcoloni...ko-fi.comBuy Doomed Colonist (HdE) a CoffeeBecome a supporter of Doomed Colonist (HdE) today! 001
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Guys - a couple of Doomed Colonist alumni have had a REALLY crappy time of things lately, and they could use some help. Rob and Flo are the best. 062
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Wowzers. Just gone 3:00am, and I've just downed tools after building a simple animation in Sony Movie Studio. It's for a new intro sequence for Doomed Colonist. It's nothing spectacular. But I'm quite pleased with how quickly I got it together and how polished it already looks. 101
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've seen enough movies to know that the Pope's gonna be absolutely fine with that big green orb thing so long as he doesn't put his face anywhere near it. 100
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I swear I'm about to have my very own James Cameron tea trolley incident any second now. 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There's a fine line between 'changing plans every five minutes' and 'being adaptable to circumstances at short notice.' That said... both of them are a pain in the ass. 010
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Did you know the Dishonored video games have their own #TTRPG? I took this off my shelf a few days ago. Been giving it a read during idle moments and coffee breaks, and, y'know, it doesn't seem like a half bad game. It even got its own dedicated dice, which are oversized D20s. 110
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 13/09/2026AWRIGHT! Managed to finish the first pass of audio editing on the preliminary session of a new campaign tonight. It may not be seen until January at this rate (we've yet to record session 1 properly) but it feels good to have things underway on this one. TONS of work's gone into it already. 010
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One of my pet peeves: music commentary channels who go overboard with their hyperbole. "This band created new time signatures!" "These songs are damned near impossible for normal people to learn!" Come off it. I'm nobody special, and I was gigging some of these songs when I was in my 20s. 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Had a good long crack at one particular video edit today. Currently trying to decide whether to plough ahead and get it fully finished this week or move on to another to stagger production. This will be a decision to make later, when my head no longer feels like it's on fire. 121
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I managed a really impressive SIX HOURS in my little music production cubby hole today. It was one of those rare occasions where I managed to get quite a lot done and felt like it was all pretty good stuff. The next batch of videos should have some decent tunes to support them. 030
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 02/09/20261/2 Folks - I'd like to expand the number of folks I have that I can draw on to contribute occasionally to Doomed Colonist. In this sense, what I'm talking about are folks who might be willing to record short audio clips to use as special effects in our shows. These are usually very small jobs. 131
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Thread. This will start a bit melancholy. But I'm going somewhere with it. I just found out that the actor Peter Marinker has alzheimers. That news hits me like a truck. I mainly know of him from his voice work. I grew up in the UK during the 90s anime boom. Marinker was in a lot of dubs. 100
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Had some time for musical adventures this morning. Mainly trying to find a way to make this bass synth into an ambient drone monster with pedals. I'm not quite there yet, but working it out slowly. 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Really hoping the current rumour that the Alien: Romulus sequel has been ditched outright so Ridley Scott can play with his toys again isn't accurate. Scott's still capable of making great movies. But his ego blinds him, and he has a TERRIBLE grasp of clarity in storytelling. 110
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 22/08/20261/2 Video editors using Davinci Resolve: I just learned something cool, which I'll share. For years, I've heard folks lamenting Resolve's apparent lack of an effective brick wall limiter. I think this is because most folks rely on the track level compressor / limiter However... 100
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Well, that Golden Axe show certainly looks like a thing that will exist. 010
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🧵Quick thread. Should be of interest to folks who enjoy #TTRPG content online. And maybe even folks who watch us. Seth Skorkowsky just put out a video titled 'Let's Talk About Actual Plays.' It's a good video, makes a lot of great points, and appreciated hearing them. 100
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Yeah, sure, I may have sent hundreds of comic books to print and I may work insane hours to create a TTRPG show beloved of literally tens of people. But we all know THIS is the thing they'll remember me for. 010
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Ahh, the hilarity of producing an entirely home-grown show for the internet. Got up at 6:00AM to start sketching musical ideas for a new title tune. An hour in, I was really excited by what I'd made. Then I realised what I'd played was 'Show Don't Tell' by Rush. So. Back to the drawing board.static.klipy.comAlex Lifeson of Rush Live Guitar PerformanceALT: Alex Lifeson of Rush Live Guitar Performance 130
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Had to deal with a fair bit of demoralising crap lately. But the show must go on! This is up in the video editing software tonight. And it's coming together nicely - if a bit slowly. Our adventure in Hadley's Hope from 2023 is getting a pretty big audio glow-up. 221
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Not gonna lie - sometimes I look at the state of the YouTube scene, between the platform and the antics of creators on it, and I despair. On a really bad day, it's extremely demotivating. 020
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Blegh. I put out a thread last night after seeing the news about YouTube's new monetisation requirements where I slotted the wrong numbers into it - that's what I get for doing napkin maths after midnight with whisky in me. TL;DR - nothing really changes. 110
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Quang makes good things. Buy Quang's things. 010
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I've been using a new time management system to make sure I make a decent measure of progress on new video edits each day. Really aiming to adopt a 'production line' process without fear of compromising quality. So far, results are encouraging. 010
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Oof. 2:00am finish. But I made good progress on the thing that was giving me trouble. And managed to write a new end credits tune for something from scratch, which is all finished bar the mixing. I doubt many folks stick around to hear these things, but we'd miss 'em if they weren't there. 010
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I'm having a very fun evening comping up synthesizer tracks. But my god, I fear I've turned the entire flat into one massive tripping hazard. I've got cables everywhere! 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 31/07/2026🧵Literally a couple of folks have asked me why I've not set up a Patreon page for Doomed Colonist. Apple pulling nonsense like this - besides my own reservations about how Patreon does things - is a big part of why that's not happened. Some further explanation follows: 100
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Things are not going especially well at HdE Towers today. 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Props to the elderly lady who just pulled up in the B&M car park on a massive motorcycle that looked like something Judge Dredd would ride. While blaring 'Downtown' by Petula Clarke. We need more of this, I think. 020
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Hey folks - got something to share here: A comic book I've been working on for some time is currently enjoying pretty major success over on Kickstarter. Waypoint, by Jeff Treppel and Jakub Wisniewski, is a very cool, very funny book. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/way...kickstarter.comWaypoint Vol. 1 | A Cosmic Crime SagaFollow Claire Carlisle as she tries to survive the depths of space and find herself. For fans of Doctor Who and Saga. 152
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 18/07/2026It's crazy to me that Aliens is 40 years old today. A rare 10 out of 10 perfect movie, in my book.static.klipy.comAliens Motion Tracker DisplayALT: Aliens Motion Tracker Display 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 12/07/2026We hit a milestone! Things seem to be going pretty well for us over on YouTube. Are we gaining subscribers every five minutes? No. But we DO seem to be experiencing natural organic growth, with folks subscribing because they actually want to watch us. That's a big deal. 010
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Hey folks - big, nerdy thread coming up that's unrelated to the stuff usually I yak about here. There's a new Ghost In The Shell anime on Amazon Prime right now. Some of you may know that I wrote anime reviews for Anime UK News for a few years. And GITS was always one of my favourite properties. 100
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Classic Game Room in a church was no ton my 2026 bingo card. Not complaining. This was a good way to kick off my Monday. 130
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I spent some time fiddling with the Electro Harmonix Oceans 12 pedal this morning. That's an INSANELY powerful stereo reverb engine. Lots of tweakable parameters and input / output options. It's got quite the learning curve. I'm in danger of getting lost in this thing as I write new music. 050
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Heads up! The second episode of the quarterly Doomed Colonist behind-the-scenes podcast 'Making An Internet Show Is Fun And Hard' is now available to listen to FOR FREE over on our Ko-Fi page. ko-fi.com/post/Podcast...ko-fi.comPodcast: Agonizing over what to play, and howDoomed Colonist (HdE) published a post on Ko-fi 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Just finished work on Doomed Colonist stuff at 4:00am. Kind of got lost in the flow, wanting to make up for lost time during the UK heatwave. Just chilling for a bit with a cup of decaf to wind down. Tired but happy. 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Hey @gigerpunk.bsky.social - I was joking yesterday when I mentioned 40K power washing antics. Turns out it's an actual thing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcgf...youtube.comPowerWash Simulator Warhammer 40,000 Launch TrailerYouTube video by Warhammer 130
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Not TTRPG stuff, but this is some really cool news all the same. We mentioned in a previous pre-game chat on one of our videos how sad it was to see the die-off of so many cherished print media titles. So to see this is really heartening. More of this, please! 010
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I have decide that, to boost engagement on our YouTube uploads, I will be adding 'the BANNED ending they didn't want you to see!' to the end of all our video titles. I keep seeing this nonsense in my feed. It's gutter level ploy for views and clicks. Does my head in. 130
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Seems a few folks have spent their weekend so far by binge watching The Gramtech Incident. This makes me happy. If you've not yet jumped in, and fancy taking the plunge, you can start here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF9t...youtube.comThose Dark Places: The Gramtech Incident - character creationYouTube video by Doomed Colonist 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Having one of those days where I have a long list of amazing things to accomplish, but my battery feels completely flat. I have been prescribed fish and chips and a big bottle of cola. Let us pray it does the trick. 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Apparently we should all be able to read and fully understand a TTRPG core rulebook in a couple of hours or there's something wrong with us. That's a pretty bad take, if ever I've heard one. Not all books are made equal. And neither are the folks reading them. Come on. 000
Doomed Colonist @doomedcolonisthde.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Awright! The fourth and final episode of The Gramtech Incident is now available on YouTube. Which means that the whole shebang can be binge watched at your leisure! Stats suggest a few folks are catching up on the previous episodes. That gives me warm fuzzy feelings. youtu.be/om6jQizAhCgyoutu.beThe Gramtech Incident session 4YouTube video by Doomed Colonist 021