I'm hours into the Origins game, and there's not a single face in the rocks. There is no glimpse of distant horizons. Very little underbrush, moss, or ferns.

carving. And THAT is a major loss, because the landscape of the original game conveys age and magic and seamlessness that isn't present in the remake.

The footprints in the snow are gone, eliminating the implication of many coming and stopping, possibly turning back. The hint of warmer climes are gone. The cave... doesn't make a convincing shelter for the sleeping giant, who now rests on the snow. The rocks are jagged, not worn smooth by time and

Now, here's the original game alongside the plan for the remake.

Simon appears to be part of the world in the original. He can interact with the detailed setting in various ways. The world is more real because it isn't JUST a vehicle for the quest actions.

Compared to the back and front of the cottage in the original.

Here's the back and front of Calypso's cottage in the remake.

Origins completely guts the flavor text and exploration that made the first game fun. It's removed details of the setting that made the fantasy world unique and memorable.

The decrease in overt misogyny + the added magic mechanic are good updates, but it doesn't beat the net negatives.

Just found out that they're following up Simon the Sorcerer Origins by remaking the original Simon the Sorcerer. I have OPINIONS.

First of all, I'm on Ch 5? 6? of Origins. And I'm going to have to make a video at some point to properly compare, but...

UPDATE: Rigsby WI chapter 4 page 191

Rigsbywi.com

Ugh.

Planning to do a painting stream today, but the bottom third of the sketch is just... not coming together.

The palette: yellow ochre, yellow bismuth (light), ultramarine blue, indanthrene blue, alizarin crimson, payne's gray, ivory black, titanium white

Pale early dawn over a winter road. There is snow on the ground. A skeletal shrub sits in the center of the composition.

11 x 7, finally found a perfect palette. Probably going to submit this one for LAA's upcoming Winter/Holiday Exhibition.

Prints:
www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1750...

I don't know if any of you caught my last stream, but I think it might be among the best paintings I've ever done.

Composite of 16 digital landscape paintings.

Hello again #PortfolioDay
I'm a french illustrator specializing in landscapes and sceneries.
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I've checked out the Simon the Sorcerer: Origins demo and now I reeeally want to do a play-through of the full game with commentary and comparisons to the 1993 experience.

Exploring Absorbent Ground: A New Approach to Painting Discover my September painting journey as I experiment with absorbent ground and explore new winter palettes. Join the creative process!

I feel like I should start doing recap blogs for busy months. Here's September + early October - moorecozy.com/2025/10/12/s...

Also, all three of the winter palette VODs are linked in there!

Clippy cloppy!

Even more minimal Corot palette, for winter. 10.5x7, acrylic. Please appreciate how small this horse is.

MooreCozy - Twitch Chill autumn morning, winter palette test 🎨 !palette !news

Just a chill autumn morning paint session - www.twitch.tv/moorecozy #livestream #traditionalart #painting

I feel like I'm really not making good use of the ultramarine blue as a blue/purple.

Parts of this turned out surprisingly good. Parts are super scuffed.

Test test

In the hopes of getting more eyeballs on Rigsby WI: Burn it Down leading up to the print edition's Kickstarter launch, I'll be posting Burn it Down pages in this thread over the next few days! If you havent read it, check it out ⬇️
KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Webcomic: rigsbywi.com

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Time to nail down some winter palettes.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job. AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

This whole section really.

A wide painting of empty, flat fields, viewed from an empty rural road. The sky is clear with blues overhead. There is a crossroad near the horizon and staggered electric poles staggered along its length.

Okay bsky, since you got the last one late, you get the new one pronto.

12 x 24, acrylic on absorbent ground, hardboard base.
The scene is Monticello, IL, in December. You know the view is like this on sides. Bright light, bare earth, sparse as bones. Air that is crisp and clear.

I'm not keeping up with the postmortem videos yet, but I always wasn't expecting to submitting to shows and streaming this year, so there's that.