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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 28/09/2026

i guess now that I'm between gigs, I'll finally learn how to play Deadlock

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🌈miski🌦️ @miski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

here with you

big walk fanart. 2 blorbos holding hands and a light and looking at the stars #bigwalk #gameart #fanart

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Shannon Strucci @strucci.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So @toddlyenough.bsky.social and @nickolaiboulton.com were impacted by the Halo layoffs- I worked with each of them at my old job and they are both fantastic to work with and video wizards! Check out their stuff, especially if you're hiring- toddlyenough.com www.nickolaiboulton.com

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 24/09/2026

Definitely going to miss working at Halo. But I'm thankful for old clients and fellow freelancers who are reaching out to help me hit the ground running. Beyond grateful to my peers and the creative community. Corporations could never.

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Todd Cameron @toddlyenough.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Took some time for myself the last day or so, but I was also affected by the Halo Studios layoffs. To go from YouTube to Halo was an incredible jump, and I think our community team was hitting at an absolute premium throughout my whole time there. I freaking love editing, man...

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 23/09/2026

Appreciate the kind words from everyone. I’m going to be fine and will keep working on cool stuff. If anyone needs a video producer, motion designer, or trailer artist. Feel free to reach out! Anyway, here’s an animation of a breakdancing Elite that I did for fun.

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 19/09/2026

“Destiny is ripping apart at the seams, it’s all culminating to this! There is no turning back!” 👾*pop up* “There is no going back after this point in the game, so be prepared. You can go to the vending machine to get what you need!”

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 14/09/2026

Doing some frame-by-frame hand animation and god I love doing this but also wow it takes forever

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 12/09/2026

My heart breaks for every designer and developer who now has a new deliverable for that overpriced folding iphone

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 10/09/2026

Turns out going on vacation works and I feel excited to make stuff again

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 10/09/2026

I hope that whoever was the UX person that worked on FF7R who added “Return to title screen” and “Give up” but no “Retry” to the pause menu for all of the mini-games, burns in hell for all eternity.

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 08/09/2026

OoT remake looks pretty much what I expected tbh! I think Link’s design has textures that are a a bit too detailed that kind of clashes with the other character designs that are more faithful to the original N64.

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 08/09/2026

Final Fantasy 7 Remake should have multiplayer

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 03/09/2026

I get to see my dad today!! I haven’t seen him in almost 3 years

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 02/09/2026

Monster Hunter is absolutely obliterating almost every other game that I play in regards to “Rule of Cool”

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 01/09/2026

⚔️🔥CAPTURE QUEST: CHARIZARD🔥⚔️ I have wanted to paint this for over a decade and spent the last year of my life fighting to bring it to the finish line. Please take a look, there is a lot to see

Gargantuan illustration of a charizard redesigned in the style of a monster hunter elder dragon. There are 4 hunters attacking him and their pikapalico is readying a voltorb bomb to throw. There is so much stuff in there, I spent a damn year on this. I'm exhausted.

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Rivals of Aether II @rivals2.com · 28/08/2026

All systems ready. Mecha Madness GX goes live 9.1.26

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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Gamescom AI Slop Thread. Every game from the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies that was actually AI Slop so you don't have to care about it.

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 24/08/2026

The Duskbloods is so funny, like what do you mean the old man character turns into a dinosaur

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 23/08/2026

Started playing Splatoon Raiders and this guy is the coolest mother fucker ever to hit it

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 22/08/2026

The Duskbloods is not a Souls-like, it is a Kirby-Air-Ride-like.

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 22/08/2026

The Duskbloods being a game with vampires doing air dashes makes it the Darkstalkers to Nightreign’s Street fighter.

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Alex Ahad o_8 @oh8.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Celebrating Metroid's 40th Year Anniversary, I'll share some of the Metroid fanart I've done over the years in the coming days~ Starting off, something always near and dear to me, Super Metroid ! #MetroidAnniversary #メトロイド40周年 👀👁‍🗨

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 17/08/2026

My favourite level in Ninja Gaiden 4 is the one where you get a surfboard to go to fight in underground nightclubs with a bo-staff that turns into a jet-powered hammer fuelled by blood. 10/10

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 04/08/2026

Got myself a Hayabusa helmet as a little treat

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 01/08/2026

Nothing annoys me more in a game than when there isn’t an option to rebind controls and it is all “Type ABCD” presets.

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 28/07/2026

Incredibly honoured to play a part in the launch of Halo: Campaign Evolved! I've been playing Halo since I was 9 years old and seeing my name in the credits is beyond surreal. I'm so thankful to work with wonderful people, on a project that means so much to us all.

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 26/07/2026

Enjoying my weekend playing a Halo remake and a new Marvel fighting game like it’s November 15 2011 all over again

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 16/06/2025

Please feel free to cite the Deep Magic to me!
I was there when it was written so I love talking about it :)

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GWIZ 🎧🌙✨ @gwizofthestars.com · 24/07/2026

A Hero Must Rise. Believe. WalMart.

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 23/07/2026

A little gift from the studio to celebrate Launch day for Halo: Campaign Evolved!

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 23/07/2026

Marvel Tokon is looking pretty fun, absolutely going to check the open beta this week to see if I take the plunge!

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 21/07/2026

Probably my favourite Short that I’ve done so far for Halo, really happy with how the Prophet shot turned out! youtube.com/shorts/1W-X5...

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Play Halo: CE together with Difficulty Modifiers!

YouTube video by HALO

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Todd Cameron @toddlyenough.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I know I don't post about work here often, but I'm always honored when people say my machinima work at the studio reminds them of Red vs. Blue. RvB and RT were a huge part of me finding my comedy voice (and getting into online community spaces) before YT. T^T VID: www.youtube.com/shorts/huKSQ...

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Let's talk MACHINIMA MODE

YouTube video by HALO

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 18/07/2026

Scooped a copy of Game Informer today, some screenshots in it were provided by me and my team! Pretty neat!

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 16/07/2026

Yeah, you could say I’m quite familiar with “The Odyssey”

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✦ Nickolai Boulton ✦ @nickolaiboulton.com · 13/07/2026

Really enjoying Ninja Gaiden 4 but I think that the game's level design really works against the systems of the game a lot of the time, straight up some of the worst arena design in a game that feels so good when it hits right.

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