iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I realise I'm turning into a cat poster. One of those cat picture people. But still.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Doing a study with the light filter glasses

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow! Okay, let's go. Yep. That makes sense. You what?

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I would just like to share these two paintings by my partner.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Going for a kind of 'extra from Jesus Christ Superstar' look today

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

2004/2005/2006. A certain lighting and type of character model that feels to me right in the nexus between real and not real/drawn directly from references but still subjective/dark but vivid/serious, not conservative. Goes well with guns and death.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Not into Lego. Get a bit judgemental about adults and Lego But the Maersk dual fuel container vessel. Baby.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I also have a feature in this edition about the creation, design and psychology of background NPCs, speaking to the makers of GTA, Cyberpunk, The Witcher, Fable, Blood of Dawnwalker, Fallout, Elder Scrolls and NeoNPC. A small clip:

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Meanwhile this guy's just happy all the time

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

She glares at me with such contempt.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A little teaser for something new we have coming and that we've been working on for a while now. First episode later this week...

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

At the Haven arcade with my partner doing the 2p shuffler machine

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Finally started playing Samson. Amazing graphics.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Staying in a lodge on a Haven holiday park. Found a map belonging to the owner, with a big cross through the lake.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Slightly revised from last year. No order.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

For all you boppers and street people out there with an ear for the action, word's out that the French national team couldn't handle the Spanish heat. Got checked and wrecked, peeled and sealed. So, you know what that means, babies. Things are about to get Messi with the Three Lions.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Then it would look like complete shit. Next.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A new article from me about James Bond as a sadomasochistic, imperial and fantasy figure, and First Light as a game that cuts off his past. Please read and share if you're inclined. If you like this kind of work, you can also subscribe to Bullet Points. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/07/03/h...

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We live in a world where 'Supreme Court confirms that current president is liable for millions of dollars in sexual abuse damages payments' goes into the 'Also in news' section.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

First image: from last month Second image: a story from 70 years ago

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A few more examples. It seems quite a lot of the headlines attached to my byline have been rewritten.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

These are not my headlines. I would just like it known that if you happen to see these old news stories that have my name attached to them, these are not my original headlines and they have been changed.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Have you played Deus Ex? Yeah so what so have I.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility

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