eric stirpe
@stirpicus
Dad. Writer for Games + Animation. Currently Sr. Writer at Remedy. Prev @ Telltale, Fortnite, MultiVersus, Netflix, others. He/Him. Mgmt: Gotham Group (TV/Film/Comics) www.ericstirpe.com
Pictured: Me, 8:25am, entering week six of my five year’s old summer vacation.
Well this was… certainly a novel by Charlie Kaufman. Layers upon layers of different meta-fictional realities and plotlines that span millions of years and dozens of characters. I loved some parts of this, hated others, and though the last 20% was an absolute slog I think (?) I’m happy I read it.
Douchey 2013-as-hell title aside, these letterpressed business cards are definitely the coolest ones I’ve ever had.
Did you know that in 1965 General Electric tried to make “HARDIMAN”, the first powered exo-skeleton? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardiman
working on the playlists for entering and leaving my dad’s memorial and I may have synthesized the platonic ideal of Dad Core
Did you know that if you were briefly a Dr. Pepper influencer in 2017 they still sometimes send you free merch nine years later
It’s my 38th birthday. Here’s a photo of me on my 28th birthday for comparison.
Continuing to have fun experimenting with sampling and looping. I’ve given myself the rule that I can only use samples I get via record player; it’s been a fun constraint that keeps it feeling playful and not “completely overwhelming.”
Saturday night hobby of browsing listings for used synths and drum machines I can’t afford and good lord look at this beauty 🤤
4 years ago in the Telltale Games Alumni FB group, Michael Parsons was asking if anyone had advice for helping his 15 year old son Kane achieve his dreams of being a filmmaker. Turned out alright.
Me and the ghosts of all my cancelled projects having a cheeky little cry together. (Cancelled comic/graphic novel projects not pictured as they would need their own whole wing)
good god reading the polygon spider-noir review has got me frothing at the mouth with excitement
This weekend I had the fun but weird experience of going to the "Helsinki Classic Car Festival", which was basically a bunch of Finns cosplaying a pastiche of mid-century America. Star of the show was this guy singing Elvis covers in the thickest rally driver English I have ever heard.
Did you know you can put Korean marinated pork from your friend’s mom on nachos You can just do it You don’t need a license or anything
I wore a Green Lantern ring daily for most of my university years which now lives on my keys. So yes, you bet your ass I’m hoping the new LANTERNS series is good.
My kintsugi partner’s attentiveness is only surpassed by the ill-fittingness of his gloves.
Some days you just need to make something really stupid on your lunch break.
