#thedarkroom — Public Fediverse posts

New, photo-heavy blog post: a trip to Tainan, Chiayi, and Taichung https://gosha.net/2026/tainan-chiayi-taichung/ #taiwan #theDarkroom

Superb documentary work: "Aeronautics in the backyard", by Xiaoxiao Xu https://xiaoxiaoxu.com/work/aeronautics-in-the-backyard/ #theDarkroom #photography

I never imagined I would meet video game legend and first-person pioneer John Romero, and especially not in Yorkshire.

Last week, a packed-out WX Wakefield Exchange played host to Game Republic‘s Dark and Doomy gathering. The main draw being a Fireside Chat with the bitch-making ‘rockstar’ developer of Wolfenstein 3D, Quake, and (of course) DOOM. Hearing about the event through the Creative Wakefield network, I made sure I was there to meet the man responsible for bringing a touch of Metal to the gaming world.

Equal respect was paid to his wife, Brenda Romero, who had many stories of her own from her work on tabletop games and the Wizardry series. The chat was a fascinating hour of anecdotes and insight, covering how both found themselves in the industry before it became an industry, and touching on id Software’s collaboration with Trent Reznor on the Quake soundtrack.

While I sidled up to grab his Doom Guy autobiography and pose for a very awkward photo (with thanks to Alex from Rebellion for doing the honours) we had a chat about the Doomed 486 days. I spent many entertaining early-nineties nights in the computer labs at Bradford University, waiting eagerly for the shareware edition of Episode 1 to drop, dying repeatedly in countless deathmatches against my peers, and playtesting one of the first-ever .WAD files developed by a classmate. In retrospect, it’s no wonder I flunked.

Although I’m not as eager a gamer as I was back then, I took the opportunity to investigate other game developers sharing projects old and new inspired by Romero’s work. Local luminaries Team17 were in attendance, offering an emulated edition of Amiga classic Alien Breed 3D. Of special interest was Manchester’s Paranomalous Games, showcasing an early (yet playable) build of Voxel Keeper. A spiritual successor to a certain Dungeon-themed game of yore, with more than a hint of Minecraft to empower the 3D domain-tunnelling.

The main event of the evening was The Dark Room, a raucous ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ game presented by Australian comedian John Robertson, adorned in fetching glowing spaulders that mostly survived the show.

Starting (and very often restarting) in the eponymous room, the game was presented as a sequence of four options, each leading further along the route to freedom or death. Picking a member of the audience for each run through, he improvised his way through their choices as they led themselves to their inevitable demise. With the clock ticking down and a dual effort by the Romeros failing to make it out, things became increasingly manic and sweary – ultimately offering democratic decision to the crowd factions who could shout the loudest.

We did not escape.

It’s a very exciting time to be in and around the WF postcode, with a big push from Creative Wakefield to showcase more engaging events in the region. Many of the technologies used in modern film production, especially virtual sets and volumes, owe their origin to the games industry. The divisions between disciplines fade as we find the common ground to tell our tales.

Game Republic: https://gamerepublic.net/
Voxel Keeper: https://www.voxelkeeper.com/
The Dark Room: https://www.thejohnrobertson.com/thedarkroom/
Creative Wakefield: https://creativewakefield.net/

I never imagined I would meet video game legend and first-person pioneer John Romero, and especially not in Yorkshire.

Last week, a packed-out WX Wakefield Exchange played host to Game Republic‘s Dark and Doomy gathering. The main draw being a Fireside Chat with the bitch-making ‘rockstar’ developer of Wolfenstein 3D, Quake, and (of course) DOOM. Hearing about the event through the Creative Wakefield network, I made sure I was there to meet the man responsible for bringing a touch of Metal to the gaming world.

Equal respect was paid to his wife, Brenda Romero, who had many stories of her own from her work on tabletop games and the Wizardry series. The chat was a fascinating hour of anecdotes and insight, covering how both found themselves in the industry before it became an industry, and touching on id Software’s collaboration with Trent Reznor on the Quake soundtrack.

While I sidled up to grab his Doom Guy autobiography and pose for a very awkward photo (with thanks to Alex from Rebellion for doing the honours) we had a chat about the Doomed 486 days. I spent many entertaining early-nineties nights in the computer labs at Bradford University, waiting eagerly for the shareware edition of Episode 1 to drop, dying repeatedly in countless deathmatches against my peers, and playtesting one of the first-ever .WAD files developed by a classmate. In retrospect, it’s no wonder I flunked.

Although I’m not as eager a gamer as I was back then, I took the opportunity to investigate other game developers sharing projects old and new inspired by Romero’s work. Local luminaries Team17 were in attendance, offering an emulated edition of Amiga classic Alien Breed 3D. Of special interest was Manchester’s Paranomalous Games, showcasing an early (yet playable) build of Voxel Keeper. A spiritual successor to a certain Dungeon-themed game of yore, with more than a hint of Minecraft to empower the 3D domain-tunnelling.

The main event of the evening was The Dark Room, a raucous ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ game presented by Australian comedian John Robertson, adorned in fetching glowing spaulders that mostly survived the show.

Starting (and very often restarting) in the eponymous room, the game was presented as a sequence of four options, each leading further along the route to freedom or death. Picking a member of the audience for each run through, he improvised his way through their choices as they led themselves to their inevitable demise. With the clock ticking down and a dual effort by the Romeros failing to make it out, things became increasingly manic and sweary – ultimately offering democratic decision to the crowd factions who could shout the loudest.

We did not escape.

It’s a very exciting time to be in and around the WF postcode, with a big push from Creative Wakefield to showcase more engaging events in the region. Many of the technologies used in modern film production, especially virtual sets and volumes, owe their origin to the games industry. The divisions between disciplines fade as we find the common ground to tell our tales.

Game Republic: https://gamerepublic.net/
Voxel Keeper: https://www.voxelkeeper.com/
The Dark Room: https://www.thejohnrobertson.com/thedarkroom/
Creative Wakefield: https://creativewakefield.net/

I never imagined I would meet video game legend and first-person pioneer John Romero, and especially not in Yorkshire.

Last week, a packed-out WX Wakefield Exchange played host to Game Republic‘s Dark and Doomy gathering. The main draw being a Fireside Chat with the bitch-making ‘rockstar’ developer of Wolfenstein 3D, Quake, and (of course) DOOM. Hearing about the event through the Creative Wakefield network, I made sure I was there to meet the man responsible for bringing a touch of Metal to the gaming world.

Equal respect was paid to his wife, Brenda Romero, who had many stories of her own from her work on tabletop games and the Wizardry series. The chat was a fascinating hour of anecdotes and insight, covering how both found themselves in the industry before it became an industry, and touching on id Software’s collaboration with Trent Reznor on the Quake soundtrack.

While I sidled up to grab his Doom Guy autobiography and pose for a very awkward photo (with thanks to Alex from Rebellion for doing the honours) we had a chat about the Doomed 486 days. I spent many entertaining early-nineties nights in the computer labs at Bradford University, waiting eagerly for the shareware edition of Episode 1 to drop, dying repeatedly in countless deathmatches against my peers, and playtesting one of the first-ever .WAD files developed by a classmate. In retrospect, it’s no wonder I flunked.

Although I’m not as eager a gamer as I was back then, I took the opportunity to investigate other game developers sharing projects old and new inspired by Romero’s work. Local luminaries Team17 were in attendance, offering an emulated edition of Amiga classic Alien Breed 3D. Of special interest was Manchester’s Paranomalous Games, showcasing an early (yet playable) build of Voxel Keeper. A spiritual successor to a certain Dungeon-themed game of yore, with more than a hint of Minecraft to empower the 3D domain-tunnelling.

The main event of the evening was The Dark Room, a raucous ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ game presented by Australian comedian John Robertson, adorned in fetching glowing spaulders that mostly survived the show.

Starting (and very often restarting) in the eponymous room, the game was presented as a sequence of four options, each leading further along the route to freedom or death. Picking a member of the audience for each run through, he improvised his way through their choices as they led themselves to their inevitable demise. With the clock ticking down and a dual effort by the Romeros failing to make it out, things became increasingly manic and sweary – ultimately offering democratic decision to the crowd factions who could shout the loudest.

We did not escape.

It’s a very exciting time to be in and around the WF postcode, with a big push from Creative Wakefield to showcase more engaging events in the region. Many of the technologies used in modern film production, especially virtual sets and volumes, owe their origin to the games industry. The divisions between disciplines fade as we find the common ground to tell our tales.

Game Republic: https://gamerepublic.net/
Voxel Keeper: https://www.voxelkeeper.com/
The Dark Room: https://www.thejohnrobertson.com/thedarkroom/
Creative Wakefield: https://creativewakefield.net/

I never imagined I would meet video game legend and first-person pioneer John Romero, and especially not in Yorkshire.

Last week, a packed-out WX Wakefield Exchange played host to Game Republic‘s Dark and Doomy gathering. The main draw being a Fireside Chat with the bitch-making ‘rockstar’ developer of Wolfenstein 3D, Quake, and (of course) DOOM. Hearing about the event through the Creative Wakefield network, I made sure I was there to meet the man responsible for bringing a touch of Metal to the gaming world.

Equal respect was paid to his wife, Brenda Romero, who had many stories of her own from her work on tabletop games and the Wizardry series. The chat was a fascinating hour of anecdotes and insight, covering how both found themselves in the industry before it became an industry, and touching on id Software’s collaboration with Trent Reznor on the Quake soundtrack.

While I sidled up to grab his Doom Guy autobiography and pose for a very awkward photo (with thanks to Alex from Rebellion for doing the honours) we had a chat about the Doomed 486 days. I spent many entertaining early-nineties nights in the computer labs at Bradford University, waiting eagerly for the shareware edition of Episode 1 to drop, dying repeatedly in countless deathmatches against my peers, and playtesting one of the first-ever .WAD files developed by a classmate. In retrospect, it’s no wonder I flunked.

Although I’m not as eager a gamer as I was back then, I took the opportunity to investigate other game developers sharing projects old and new inspired by Romero’s work. Local luminaries Team17 were in attendance, offering an emulated edition of Amiga classic Alien Breed 3D. Of special interest was Manchester’s Paranomalous Games, showcasing an early (yet playable) build of Voxel Keeper. A spiritual successor to a certain Dungeon-themed game of yore, with more than a hint of Minecraft to empower the 3D domain-tunnelling.

The main event of the evening was The Dark Room, a raucous ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ game presented by Australian comedian John Robertson, adorned in fetching glowing spaulders that mostly survived the show.

Starting (and very often restarting) in the eponymous room, the game was presented as a sequence of four options, each leading further along the route to freedom or death. Picking a member of the audience for each run through, he improvised his way through their choices as they led themselves to their inevitable demise. With the clock ticking down and a dual effort by the Romeros failing to make it out, things became increasingly manic and sweary – ultimately offering democratic decision to the crowd factions who could shout the loudest.

We did not escape.

It’s a very exciting time to be in and around the WF postcode, with a big push from Creative Wakefield to showcase more engaging events in the region. Many of the technologies used in modern film production, especially virtual sets and volumes, owe their origin to the games industry. The divisions between disciplines fade as we find the common ground to tell our tales.

Game Republic: https://gamerepublic.net/
Voxel Keeper: https://www.voxelkeeper.com/
The Dark Room: https://www.thejohnrobertson.com/thedarkroom/
Creative Wakefield: https://creativewakefield.net/

I never imagined I would meet video game legend and first-person pioneer John Romero, and especially not in Yorkshire.

Last week, a packed-out WX Wakefield Exchange played host to Game Republic‘s Dark and Doomy gathering. The main draw being a Fireside Chat with the bitch-making ‘rockstar’ developer of Wolfenstein 3D, Quake, and (of course) DOOM. Hearing about the event through the Creative Wakefield network, I made sure I was there to meet the man responsible for bringing a touch of Metal to the gaming world.

Equal respect was paid to his wife, Brenda Romero, who had many stories of her own from her work on tabletop games and the Wizardry series. The chat was a fascinating hour of anecdotes and insight, covering how both found themselves in the industry before it became an industry, and touching on id Software’s collaboration with Trent Reznor on the Quake soundtrack.

While I sidled up to grab his Doom Guy autobiography and pose for a very awkward photo (with thanks to Alex from Rebellion for doing the honours) we had a chat about the Doomed 486 days. I spent many entertaining early-nineties nights in the computer labs at Bradford University, waiting eagerly for the shareware edition of Episode 1 to drop, dying repeatedly in countless deathmatches against my peers, and playtesting one of the first-ever .WAD files developed by a classmate. In retrospect, it’s no wonder I flunked.

Although I’m not as eager a gamer as I was back then, I took the opportunity to investigate other game developers sharing projects old and new inspired by Romero’s work. Local luminaries Team17 were in attendance, offering an emulated edition of Amiga classic Alien Breed 3D. Of special interest was Manchester’s Paranomalous Games, showcasing an early (yet playable) build of Voxel Keeper. A spiritual successor to a certain Dungeon-themed game of yore, with more than a hint of Minecraft to empower the 3D domain-tunnelling.

The main event of the evening was The Dark Room, a raucous ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ game presented by Australian comedian John Robertson, adorned in fetching glowing spaulders that mostly survived the show.

Starting (and very often restarting) in the eponymous room, the game was presented as a sequence of four options, each leading further along the route to freedom or death. Picking a member of the audience for each run through, he improvised his way through their choices as they led themselves to their inevitable demise. With the clock ticking down and a dual effort by the Romeros failing to make it out, things became increasingly manic and sweary – ultimately offering democratic decision to the crowd factions who could shout the loudest.

We did not escape.

It’s a very exciting time to be in and around the WF postcode, with a big push from Creative Wakefield to showcase more engaging events in the region. Many of the technologies used in modern film production, especially virtual sets and volumes, owe their origin to the games industry. The divisions between disciplines fade as we find the common ground to tell our tales.

Game Republic: https://gamerepublic.net/
Voxel Keeper: https://www.voxelkeeper.com/
The Dark Room: https://www.thejohnrobertson.com/thedarkroom/
Creative Wakefield: https://creativewakefield.net/

Cool startup from Hong Kong/Shenzhen that makes cameras and film backs that use the Instax Square film! https://nonscamera.com/

I wonder if the guy who made the Zinstax back for the Mamiya RZ67 is involved in any way, he's been inactive online for a long time. I was never able to repair my Zinstax back after I broke it again, so I might just order the equivalent from Nons, since people are saying the build quality is better.

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A few more Delicas 4 u #theDarkroom #得利卡

Taipei Delica Style #theDarkroom #得利卡

Taichung, day 5
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Chiayi to Taichung, day 4
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Tainan to Chiayi, day 3
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Tainan, day 2
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Tainan, day 1
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Today’s wanderings #taipei #newtaipeicity #theDarkroom

It’s really lovely to see my daughter discover more and more of Taiwan with her mum! She’s curious about everything, picks up new mandarin vocab daily, and struts on the MRT like she owns the place.

I love to see it, but it’s also a bit bittersweet, because I won’t get to show her my own hometown in the same way any time soon. Well… gotta count my blessings, anyway.

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It’s a #Delica world

#theDarkroom #NewTaipeiCity #得利卡

Walking New Taipei City #theDarkroom

2026, let’s go! #theDarkroom

6:30 am, Christmas Day 🎄
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A walk with my son. #London #Camberwell #theDarkroom

First trip as a family of four, to the New Forest national park. #theDarkroom

Thinking about this old blog post a lot these days (incidentally, it’s only available in archive.org anymore because typepad shut down) https://web.archive.org/web/20250910074851/https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/05/a-leica-year.html #aLeicaYear #theDarkroom

I've been taking daily instant photos of our son with my massive Mamiya RZ67. I've done this for the first year of our daughter's life, too, and now it's his turn 🥰 This is when we went to register his birth today! #mamiya #rz67 #theDarkroom

We didn’t have the time to go to the hospital, and he was born right there, in our kitchen. Both baby and mum are well. @Tingyi was absolutely incredible!

Welcome to the world, little guy.
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yesterday was my daughter’s first serious birthday party: we booked a softplay venue, invited all her nursery friends (and their parents), got cake, lil sandwiches, balloons, it was a lot of fun, but exhausting, too 😁 #theDarkroom

Coming and Going

Coming…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54446911759/in/datetaken/

…and going…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54445862352/in/datetaken/

But coming and going to and from where? In this specific case it was the post office. I mailed some important stuff for my wife and one absolutely not important thing for me. What was the thing? Film. Seven rolls of 35mm film has been sent off to the lab for developing. Get ready for insufferable Robbie to rear his very ugly head.

#downtown #film #filmDeveloping #iphoneography #methuen #photography #theDarkRoom

It's nearly time for #TheDarkRoom here at #i70

Very excited. Here with @PrinceMumbles and a far away @Fyrsta

It's nearly time for #TheDarkRoom here at #i70

Very excited. Here with @PrinceMumbles and a far away @Fyrsta

Some pictures from #Taipei's #Wanhua district. #theDarkroom

Lockdown bathroom photoshoot with @Tingyi #theDarkroom #theBathroom