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Max Mantic

@maxmantic.bsky.social
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Artist, video-gobbler, Y2K apologist. He/Him. Websurfing the Forkspace at twitch.tv/max_mantic Also running @lowpolyhighres.bsky.social

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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A video of me sliding the DLSS5 effect on and off, showing a scene from Obsession with a clearly intentional lighting, obscuring Nikki's face with only her eyes having gentle glints. The AI lights up her face while not moving her mouth as she talks, "inventing" detail and ruining the scene. 3/6
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hyperrealism as an artistic genre deals with this phenomenon, "[...]meticulously detailed to create the illusion of a reality not seen in the original photo. Textures, surfaces (etc.) appear clearer and more distinct than the reference photo or even the actual subject itself." 2/6
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Adding DLSS5 to videos clearly shows what this slop filter does, as it eliminates the argument of "improving on imperfections in games" some people have. Film is "ground truth", a finished product with an intended look. DLSS5 imagines detail that makes our brain think it's somehow "more real". 1/6
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I've literally gone through hundreds of X-Men issues and related comics to find these buggers so it's been a frustrating but fun ride and hopefully we'll find the couple of Cyclopses and Wolverines still missing at some point. Hope you found the thread interesting or useful! Cheers! ✨ 13/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Wolverine: Marvel - Year in Review (1992) page 36. Also used for The Uncanny X-Men Alert Adventure Game and X-Men Deck the Mutants Card Game from the same year. Folks on Reddit have suggested it might be Steve Lightle art but I can't seem to find the actual source anywhere, drivin' me nuts! 12/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Dazzler: production art for Pryde of the X-Men, seen in Marvel Age #63 page 17, also the character size comparison chart for the pilot, art by Russ Heath, redrawn in a kneeling position, probably to better fit the control panel area. Thanks to u/Remote_Possibilities on Reddit for the help! 11/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Control panel: Cyclops: also no idea, this Cyclops guy is very elusive! Colossus and Nightcrawler use the same art from the top marquee. Storm: Uncanny X-Men #238 (1988) cover by Marc Silvestri. 10/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Side art: Colossus, Cyclops and Wolverine: Jim Lee's "...and the best is yet to come!" pin up poster for the new 1991 X-Men #1. You'll notice that Cyclops is heavily edited to fit his old outfit used ingame. 9/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Bottom front control panel: Storm: from the unpublishedxmen.blogspot.com/2013/12/unca... blog, apparently art by Marc Silvestri from one of the quarterly or annual Marvel shareholder-aimed comics but I can't find the exact source page. Nightcrawler: no clue yet. 8/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Marquee art: Dazzler: Uncanny X-Men #260 (1990) page 7, art by Marc Silvestri. (she's upside down!) Cyclops: no idea Nightcrawler: Uncanny X-Men #102 (1976) page 5, art by Dave Cockrum. Colossus: X-Men #1 (1991) page 10, art by Jim Lee. 7/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Now for the massive 6-player cabinet which has a wider marquee with the addition of Cyclops, Dazzler, Nightcrawler and Colossus, different side art as well as unique control panel top, front and side art, although some of the art repeats so I'll just mention the new additions. 6/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Dazzler: There's no exact matching image on the web that I can find but this production art from Pryde of the X-Men found in Marvel Age #63 page 35 (end page) with art by Russ Heath shows the exact same pose and art style so it's safe to assume that's the source. Also, lots of X-Cake here. 👀 5/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Storm: X-Men #1 (1991) page 6, art by Jim Lee. Nightcrawler: Marvel Age #60 cover, art by Alan Davis. (thanks for both of these as well as Wolverine to @badhumans.bsky.social ) Can't find the Cyclops art anywhere so no info on that one unfortunately so here's a couple of higher res images. 4/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
As for the side art, we got: Colossus: Uncanny X-Men #279 (1991) page 3, art by Andy Kubert. (someone posted this but can't find their post sry) Wolverine: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe page 12 (1983), art by John Byrne. Also, the Pryde of the X-Men character sheet by Russ Heath. 3/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The 4-player cabinet has a shorter marquee on top with Wolverine and Storm while both sides are covered in the same collage of characters on both sides. Wolverine: Uncanny X-Men #147 (1981), page 14 with art by Dave Cockrum. Storm: Uncanny X-Men Annual #12 cover (1988), art by Arthur Adams. 2/13
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Neverending Moon Child
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Happy Birthday @bouphe.bsky.social ! Sending hugs to the little Bouphe back in time to let her know she's always been awesome and cool and special and a lot of people are gonna love her and what she does and she'll have a ton of cats and now brrrwooo back to today hope you have a wonderful birthday!
Bouphe sleeping with a little drool from her mouth while being covered in cats, with Brenda on the left squishing her bum on Bouphe's cheek, Keith sitting on top and resting his human thumb paws on her head and Candice playfully bopping Bouphe's legs .
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Doing a special birthday stream on Monday, March 2nd at 8 PM CET / 7 PM GMT / 2 PM EST It's gonna be wacky and fun and gonna play a lot of games with a twist so hop on by and say hi and don't forget to bring a fork!
Blue skies with puffy white clouds and floating words saying:

Monday
March 2nd

BIRTHDAY STREAM

8 pm CET / 7 pm GMT / 2 pm EST

twitch.tv/max_mantic
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Rummaging through some X-Men comics and found this page where Angel falls from the sky into an old lady's backyard and wakes up, revealing his young Conan O'Brien face.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
She's art 💖
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Oooh, I wonder if these cards were an inspiration for some of the character art in The Lords of Midnight.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Brian Fargo posting a high-res scan of the original 35mm slide of 1988's Neuromancer game cover got me searching the artist, Darrel Anderson, who's been a pioneer in digital art since the Atari ST days and it looks like he's done a few iterations on his self-portrait before the famous box cover.
A photo of artist Darrel Anderson in grayscale and deep contrasted shadows as only his left side (our right) is illuminated.Seemingly the same portrait, now digitally enhanced with a lot of pixely and glitchy details with cables and wires going everywhere and the signature round glass goggle only appearing over his right eye.

Made on an Atari ST on the Spectrum 512 software by Darrel Anderson and Richard Berry, the founding members of Braid Media Arts, later also working together on the ending cyberspace sequence on the Johnny Mnemonic movie.An even more advanced and detailed version of the game box cover art with added glitchy details and a different colorization with more purple hues.

The bottom of the image info says:
"© 1995 DARREL ANDERSON   www.braid.com"A scan of the 35mm slate of the 1988 Neuromancer video game box art, very similar to the latter 1995 version but with much more blue-tinted hues, a more analog look and a black background with a lot less detail.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
There is something really fitting in watching the new mess of a Return to Silent Hill movie and realizing that a lot of it was filmed in Serbia and seeing the Military Medical Academy building in Belgrade as a stand in for Brookhaven Hospital, reaffirming that I've lived in Silent Hill my whole life
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Seeing (and hearing) Simon Templeman, the voice of Kain from Soul Reaver, in Wonder Man was a particularly nice treat. It's a minor role but always a pleasure to hear him do that crispy thespian delivery.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
You know what, that Quake Brutalist Jam III is pretty alright!
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I ain't a big fan of winter but sometimes it looks nice
An eastern european suburban front yard covered in snow and the setting sun shining through the tree branches, showing a nice lens flare.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
I took a look at the Team 47 GoMan CD and interestingly enough it has an EXTRA\WATCHYDEMO\WATCHY dot ZIP with a shareware version of the Watchy minigame (just one level). I took a few screenshots and the contents of the readme txt.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
That Wolverine's got some cakes!
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Saw a cat on a roof
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Silksong's beautiful soundtrack, especially the Choral Chambers theme has this haunting and very catchy tune, which very much reminded me of early 2000s eurodance with the key and chord progression. So I thought I'd try and see what the chambers would be like if the bugs were doing a rave. Enjoy! 🙌
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Happy 40th birthday Super Mario Bros.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Love all the little details on the cute critters in MGSΔ
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I checked this out a bit, looks like the remaster uses the SS2 Community Patch (SCP) and it seems this easter egg might actually be from that patch. Here's the documentation: drive.google.com/file/d/1XJZK... Specifically the highlighted part in the image
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Apparently a new collection of classic C64 games from Cosmi is coming out soon on Steam called Cosmi: Forbidden Forests, but the interesting bit is that it includes a remake of the original Forbidden Forest in a medieval manuscript artstyle which is oddly quite fitting
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
TNG Season 3 done: - Ep 15 - Yesterday's Enterprise - Lovely sendoff for Tasha - Ep 16 - The Offspring - Data uses Bethesda character creator to make dumbest looking robot - Ep 20 - Tin Man - Love the gooey alien ship interiors, feels like a 90s FMV game - Ep26 - The Best of Both Worlds - Locutus!
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
✨ BIRTHDAY STREAM(S)! ✨ 4 days of streams 40 years of gaming history Tons of games A dozen forks Everyone's invited! fri - sat - sun - mon 18 pm CET / 19 pm GMT / 12 pm EST twitch.tv/max_mantic
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
⏳ 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 ⏳ #Bryce3D #3DSMax #RetroCG
Retro CGI render of a orange/red desert with a greenish sky and a small moon crescent in the sky. The centerpiece is an abstract, swirling hourglass with the sand half-done.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Same energy
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
TNG Season 2 done, some notable episodes: - Ep 2 - I just like the badly UV mapped alien face guy, also Worf hates portals - Ep 9 - THE MEASURE OF A MAN - Ep 14 - ANBO JYUTSU (it's bad, I just love how goofy Riker looks) - Ep 16 - First encounter with the Borg in their cozy jimjams
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
RIP David Lynch. I hope he finds beautiful blue skies and sunshine all along the way.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
There's a cat in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle called Fried Egg.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Oh yeh that's fabulous! Man Level 42 keep surprising me all the time, great band!
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Finished TNG Season 1, here's my favorite episodes: - Ep 8 - nice moral dilemma ep, and come on, everyone's almost naked - Ep 17 - tech killing our kids and us all, the Custodian is cool - Ep 23 - quite dark, wobbly tar monster, Tasha 😢 - Ep 24 - the three Datas scene is forever imprinted in my mind
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I firmly stand by my words
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Worf and his homies at 3 AM after filling the holodeck with toilet paper
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I've started rewatching The Next Generation (I have huuuge gaps and haven't seen most of the latter seasons). The first season is usually regarded as the worst one (often with good reason), but it also has its fair share of good stories, lovely moments and beautiful imagery.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
✨🌟 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 🌟✨ #Bryce3D #3DSMax #RetroCG
A 90s style CG render of a snowy mountain and a stylized, cone-shaped Christmas tree with a shining star on top.
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Max Mantic @maxmantic.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
magnetic rose
An abstract 3D CGI render of a fjord. Purple skies with two crescent planets in the distance. An abstract 3D object resembling a rose in the center with a glass-like texture, full of reflections and the water below it forming a whirlpool.
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