Writer. Designer. Rabbithole cartographer. Immersive & interactive adventures. nicktierce.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mlyoil6gjc2cThrilled to see THE ANIMATRIX on the big screen this morning, thanks to @secretmovieclub.bsky.social! Also, the hallway to the subterranean restrooms at the Million Dollar Theater felt thematically appropriate.16 May 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyoil6gjc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mlme26sn6s2x11 May 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlme26sn6s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mljaexhx3c25I attended @thedorkydiva.bsky.social's Dagobah Swamp Social as Irvin Kershner, after last year's appearance as Larry Kasdan at their Hoth Bash! (You may be able to guess what madness will be committed upon my facial hair next year....) Please note the stack of Saja rocks I added to my build-a-bog:10 May 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljaexhx3c25https://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3ml2bbbzwwc2fTrading my Disneyland annual pass for a Lucas Museum founding membership and not looking back. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2bbbzwwc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mkv5dlisls2xI just backed STUCK IN THE GLOBOSPHERE on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/meppity/stuck-in-the-globosphere-pilot?ref=android_thanks_share02 May 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv5dlisls2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mksn4mpwik24Animatrix on the big screen! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/animatrix-redline-speed-racer-the-million-dollar-theater-tickets-198857357710001 May 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksn4mpwik24https://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mklxotxm4s2gVisiting the Barnsdall Art Park for a screening of The Rocketeer! There's an exhibit of artifacts bookended by a comp sketch for the cover of Howard Hughes' jetpack blueprint folio and one of the four final props made to be burnt on screen. (It was rescued from the fireplace after an early take.)29 Apr 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklxotxm4s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mkevom7sns2qI saw Laraine Newman play Dobbu Scay tonight, and all is right with the world.26 Apr 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkevom7sns2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mkeacgpfms2dWerner Herzog should be in every wrestling documentary.25 Apr 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeacgpfms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mjxzg4grhs2aI need a time machine so I can visit WB Movie World Gold Coast between 2003 and 2007.21 Apr 2026 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxzg4grhs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mjnbcjygm22qI know they aren't likely to bother offering a popcorn bucket for the one-night Speed Racer IMAX rerelease next week, but if they did it should be this prop from the movie:16 Apr 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnbcjygm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mjhzqof4wk2hI saw someone bemoan the current, combat-free state of The Matrix Online fan-hosted emulator as a "walking simulator," and I thought that sounded like heaven so I jacked in for a few hours.14 Apr 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhzqof4wk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mjhqlbgzk227I just backed “SLEEPY HOLLOW, 1998,” a Story Delivered to Your Mailbox on @kickstarter.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jaybushman/sleepy-hollow-1998-a-story-delivered-to-your-mailbox?ref=thanks-tweet14 Apr 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhqlbgzk227https://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mjgep6dflc2vIn honor of Sid Krofft's passing today, this is the (incredibly tall) map for "The World of Sid and Marty Krofft" amusement park that hung in his office when I visited him in 2019. Here's a download link in case you'd like to print one out for yourself: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ieRKagYfjlc44QY-gXt-kdTOHd_UGxoK14 Apr 2026 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgep6dflc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mj67ndymdk2k"The author is purely dead, and a year out the corpse is decomposing fast." — Blue Prince's Tonda Ros on @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social https://eggplant.show/156-filling-buckets-with-tonda-ros-blue-prince10 Apr 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj67ndymdk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mizym75h6c2fToday's reference material: A 1946 Dell paperback with a callout for a "crime map on back cover" in the form of a charming cutaway illustration. With this being a tie-in printing, I'm tempted to check if the diagram matches the movie set.09 Apr 2026 04:42 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizym75h6c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3miub3zzzfc22Mad respect to Topps for including in their Disneyland 70th trading cards the unbuilt Uranium Hunt in Tomorrowland where guests would have used Geiger counters to search for real uranium embedded in the rockwork. I'll take any walkthrough attraction I can get, no matter how radioactive.06 Apr 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3miub3zzzfc22https://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mimyfzwnnk2mCaught THE BRIDE! before it leaves theaters and, surprising nobody, I loved it. I only have one question. (Complimentary) Did Maggie Gyllenhaal play IMMORTALITY?04 Apr 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimyfzwnnk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3milxqokgsk2aAn extra on the Rocketeer has shared his collection of personal photos from the set, and he captured some real gems. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1647121688844327/permalink/58881508165083679/03 Apr 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3milxqokgsk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3miltrvrfcc2aThe idea that persistent narrative systems in theme parks require animatronics and an AI backend displays both a profound lack of imagination and a complete ignorance of what has already been achieved in this space. This dream has been achieved by human actors and human-curated story systems. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3miltrvrfcc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mi5cq7xyik2cBelieve it or not, I tried to talk her out of this sign. (She was immediately swarmed by @blueprincegame.bsky.social players at our small local protest, and I've never been happier to be wrong.)28 Mar 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5cq7xyik2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mhyu6q4sek23I don't share this fandom, but it makes me happy to see legacy properties developed by people who deeply love them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyu6q4sek23https://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mhhe3xjvys2uIn the post-post-postgame of Blue Prince, I still like to visit Mount Holly occasionally to set little goals for myself. After many days and more rerolls than I had planned to burn, I finally managed to fill up my dining room table! Does it never end?20 Mar 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhe3xjvys2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mhc3powrw22uFellow members of the Haute & Freddy royal court, I am pleased to report that the CD edition of "Big Disgrace" contains song lyrics! (If your physical media proclivities had exclusively favored vinyl, you may want to make an exception on this occasion.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhc3powrw22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicktierce.com/post/3mhbkvdqlgk2lApparently Fortnite is vaulting their Daft Punk experience on the 19th. If you haven't had a chance to pop in, it is a surprisingly lovely communal postscript.17 Mar 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:dkqfolehi6cblrznlr3rf463/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbkvdqlgk2l