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Erik Sagen

@kartooner.bsky.social
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Illustrator. Former game designer; forever a theater kid. Voice Actor. Creative Enigma. Curiosity Expert. Lead Product Designer at Paychex. Prev: AOL/Engadget/Joystiq. www.kartooner.com

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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I’ll never get over the fact that Mr. Castle’s first wish in the Twilight Zone was fixing broken glass in his antique shop display case. I’d prioritize money, a last moment with a loved one, and then the proverbial monkey’s paw to bring someone back I think about this often.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
In the game Mixtape there’s a sequence where you can paint a doorway to a hideaway property and this is my creation. Love it when games give you a moment to just express yourself in small ways.
A door filled with various colors of paint (red, orange, blue) in dabbed pattern using paint brushes, from the game Mixtape.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I don’t want
A sign posted at a cemetery, the back of it says No Shrubs.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I may or may not relate.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I take back everything I said before about what my epitaph should convey. Decided this week it should (in Trajan) say: “Back in the early 2000s, he created Rick Baker’s Wikipedia page.”
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Dan @d4m1n.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
there is only one correct way to redesign GitHub and this is it
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svenning🌲 @svenning.io · 25/04/2026
Ollee made the product of my dreams! Casio F-91W-1 as a smartwatch. Yep, they already got my money! www.olleewatch.com
olleewatch.com
Ollee Watch
Ollee Watch is a smartwatch modification for classic digital watches, primarily the Casio F91W and A158W. We aim to provide a low maintenance smartwatch experience, minimize the noise of the modern wo...
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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 23/04/2026
Sophie's Grids is playable now! (for FREE!) Your first solve will maybe take a few minutes, but with practice you'll be doing it in seconds! Play in the browser: sophieh.itch.io/sophies-grids On mobile: play.google.com/store/apps/d... Or Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2310850/...
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I recently learned about Lewis Hine, who went undercover to document child labor in the early 1900s. He used disguises to sneak past guards, risking his safety to expose the truth. Surprised there's no movie yet as his work helped change laws to protect kids. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ki...
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Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
Book — Non-fiction. By Russell Freedman. 1998. 112 pages. Child labor through images and essays, for middle school and above.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What would Kurt Cobain think of this? Likely applaud it because way back when in the 1900s Nirvana was trying to keep ticket prices to $17. youtube.com/shorts/anI0N...
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Kurt’s reaction to Madonna’s ticket prices in 1993 #nirvana #kurtcobain
YouTube video by 90TheOriginal
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I will continue to fund PBS because it’s the right thing to do and Mr. Rogers helped raise me. Least I can do.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
As good as Project Hail Mary is, not enough people are talking about the music by Daniel Pemberton. Particularly Last Man on Ship & Life is Reason. Absolutely gorgeous.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A great end to a rather chill week. That little sketch is what seals the deal for me.
Cover of the 20 Doublefine Years book. Yellow backed.An inscription on the inside from Tim Schafer: Erik - thanks for playing! And for reading this book, I mean. Hope both your heads enjoy it! - Tim S.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I have decided Crimson Desert IS for me. And yet, my top three to-dos are as follows: 1. Tame a pet 2. Tame a bear mount 3. Figure out how to fish
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Accurate.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Psst, hey you. Yeah you! I finally added a new section to my site for my ThreeJS games and other tinkering. Some of you I know have played these, but it's nice to have a home for them. If you do check them out, let me know what you think. www.kartooner.com/experiments
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Experiments - Erik Sagen
Interactive experiments, games, and playful projects built with Three.js and web tech.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Did I make sure an episode of Golden Girls plays in the background in a game where I run a VHS store? Yes. Yes I did.
Corner television in the game Retro Rewind where an episode of Golden Girls plays.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Finally. A Bigfoot emoji.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The new season of Jury Duty, now called Company Retreat, is fascinating to watch. I’d like to think if I were ever duped in this way, I’d surely be able to point out at least one person around me that looked familiar, but probably not. The name of the show is weird, though.
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a woman says what 's going on my man in front of a purple background
ALT: a woman says what 's going on my man in front of a purple background
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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
“Good” is not a design outcome. A design is successful, or unsuccessful, relative to its goals. alistapart.com/blog/post/su...
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Evolving Design Language in the AI Era: From Good to Great
Explore how the AI era reshapes design language, emphasizing objective critique over subjective opinions for successful outcomes.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is also why I like using lo-fi for product design. Make it obvious.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
There is no perceptible difference between Willem Dafoe doing Green Goblin and the dude who voices Ghostface. Just listen closely.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Like cats? Play game.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
@amyrichau.bsky.social Did you know I remastered The Secret of NIMH with some upscaling tools? Figured I’d share, considering your avatar ;) Had to order an overseas BluRay just to make a personal restored copy.
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Making a free cycling game @dfeldman.org · 19/03/2026
The NYT front page is 49 megabytes, larger than the original install disk size for Windows 95 thatshubham.com/blog/news-au...
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The 49MB Web Page
A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.
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Amy Richau @amyrichau.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It's finally up! I think I was the perfect age for Young Sherlock Holmes when it came out & it was truly a joy to chat with ILM legend Dennis Muren about the film 40 years later & the unique place it holds in the history of visual effects. www.ilm.com/young-sherlo...
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‘Young Sherlock Holmes’: Milestones and Memories from an ILM classic with Dennis Muren
One of ILM’s first visual effects supervisors looks back at the film’s mix of practical methods and revolutionary digital effects 40 years later.
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Octoberpferd @laserpferd.dtun.de · 12/03/2026
If you have any love for independent games and/or independent games media, PLEASE go check out what the folks at noclip_2 have been cooking. Super cool stuff
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Andy “voice of Brak” Merrill. 🎅🏻🤡🐒💩 @amerrill2.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Happy Mar10 Day!!!
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The downside to being the “theater kid” in the family is that I’m the only one who gets hyped by local school plays and other productions, so I attend these shows by myself. The upside is that I annoy my family with the songs and plot after the fact, so once a theater kid, always a theater kid.
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Chuck Jordan @sasquatchers.wtf · 04/03/2026
This book is available today, and a look at the index of contributors (in the first reply) gives an idea of the broad range of voices, with a broad range of topics. I've enjoyed all the ones I've read so far. It's really thoughtfully put together, right down to the option to skip through randomly.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I may or may not have eaten all my chocolate in Cairn in the tutorial level. A mistake? Yes.
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Sunshine, MPH 🛸🐸🔬☣️ @callsignwhisker.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
One of the greatest, Bruce Campbell, announcing he has cancer. Our hearts are with you Bruce, Hail to the King.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I have started and restarted No Man’s Sky so many times since it first released might as well call it Groundhog Day in Space.
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lalalyds @lalalyds.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Hey, you did a good job today. I'm proud of you
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/02/2026
THUS PASSES ANOTHER AGE OF THE EARTH www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Minute Maid discontinues frozen juice concentrate after 80 years
The process to make juice concentrate was invented by the research team C.D. Atkins, Edwin Moore and Louis MacDowell in the 1940s.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Genuinely heartbroken over this. RIP funny lady.
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
MICROSOFT: "We're putting AI in Windows!" CUSTOMERS: "No, please don't do that." MICROSOFT: "You'll drink this fucking AI even if we have to hold your nose closed and use a vice to keep your jaws open." CUSTOMERS: "That only sounds bad." MICROSOFT: "Why have customers abandoned Windows?"
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Yeah. Why do RSS readers look like email clients? Brilliant piece. www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obli...
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Phantom Obligation
Why RSS readers look like email clients, and what that's doing to us.
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konnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
PSA: If you need a sleep mask and don’t like the feeling of a tightly wrapped strap around your face, try this out. Feels like a t-shirt wrapped around your head. a.co/d/4zsB0ys
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Amazon.com: FRESHME Cotton Sleep Eye Mask for Men - Upgrade Design Blackout Side Sleeper Eyes Cover for Night Sleeping, Large Size Wide Soft Travel Airplane Blindfold with Adjustable Velcro Strap for ...
Buy FRESHME Cotton Sleep Eye Mask for Men - Upgrade Design Blackout Side Sleeper Eyes Cover for Night Sleeping, Large Size Wide Soft Travel Airplane Blindfold with Adjustable Velcro Strap for Work Nap...
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Steve Morgan @steveve.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
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Tinotenda Mabasa @tinotendamabasa.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
🧱 Perfect tiles, any pixel size. Game-ready tilesets in 8×8, 16×16, 32×32 & 64×64 — crisp and consistent 🎮 Hire Taruna — ⭐ 4.9 (104 reviews) 📦 2 orders in queue | 💰 From $20 👉 Order here: go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=1... #PixelArt #TilesetArt #GameDevelopment #IndieGames #BlueskyArtists
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
it’s all i’ve got
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
Laptop screen that says: 2025 Accomplishments. 1.

Panel 2: 
Purple guy looking thoughtful

Panel 3:
Purple Guy typing

Panel 4:
Laptop screen that says: 2025 Accomplishment: Didn’t die
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Jesse Boo-rascia 👻 @jesseguarascia.com · 31/12/2025
This is a REALLY fun list of stuff. Big obscure hits, unique things I’ve never heard of, good categories that are celebratory and critical - exactly what you want in an annual recap
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Designing a slime game and it always starts with some sketches. Of slimes.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
People legit bringing in blankets and stuff for Fire & Ash and I’m over here cheering it on. 4 hours in Pandora requires some planning.
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Need some testers for my paper plane game. I just added pitch and yaw to the physics itself and other little game stuff — it’s mostly a chill Starfox like thing. www.kartooner.com/experiments/...
kartooner.com
ThreeJS: Paper Airplane
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Erik Sagen @kartooner.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
PSA for my gamer people: If you like Nintendo type platformers, The Knightling is on sale for $18 on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/1471650/... /cc @kr1573n.bsky.social (thought of you and your Steam Deck)
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Save 40% on The Knightling on Steam
The Knightling is an open world, action-adventure where you play as an aspiring knight in search of their missing mentor, Sir Lionstone. Equipped with only a legendary shield, you’ll brave your way th...
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