Nick Tierce

Gave my portfolio site an overdue coat of paint in anticipation of the (sadly postponed) Next Stage immersive summit, and I printed some cute new cards with space for me to personalize:

I will not be seeing Doomsday, but I have listened to all the audio messages available on the Doomnet.

Incredible year for puppets in IMAX.

Fascinating to see how many hallmarks of the immersive medium were presented fully formed in the passport-style playbill for TAMARA. Setting expectations for a play with scenes staged simultaneously across many rooms still isn't easy, but they did it beautifully in this example from 40 years ago.

Fright Fest at Magic Mountain hasn't traditionally been part of my annual haunt rotation, but that changed this year. I was very impressed by the build quality of their maze environments, the variety and inventiveness of their gags, and the sheer volume of live entertainment offerings.

It's slime time!

Honored to join Jason & Gabe on @blastpoints.bsky.social to discuss the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art! Come for the perilously deep cuts, stay for the narrative taxonomy. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. on.soundcloud.com/yydPqD2f5816...

The folks who make The Room series of delightful puzzle games are crowd-funding a plush of the mysterious safe from their first level!

Hat & Beard Press is publishing a book of Blade Runner contact sheets!

The new "Inked" maze at Knott's Scary Farm is a masterpiece.

The Datapad is dead. Long live the Datapad.

I think I've found a new third space in the @lucasmuseum.bsky.social library.

Another vibrant Founder's Day, filled with hitchin' traditions, book clubs, time capsules, secrets revealed, and a visit from the Governor declaring, "Calico belongs to the people!" Ghost Town Alive remains a shining beacon of boundless communal play in an increasingly passive theme park landscape.

If you could use a laugh, and also feel suffocated by corporate malfeasance, please go see COYOTE VS ACME in a theater this weekend.

In happier theme park gameplay news, Knott's / Six Flags has released the fourth iteration of their interactive lantern for the 2026 haunt season. This improved version features a new "color collector" experience in addition to previous modes, and, for the first time, a speaker for sound effects!

I know how heartbreaking it is to lose a third space. We're all entering an era that will test our boundaries. Tragic to watch a company founded by artists discard what remains of its legacy in order to repeatedly chase silicon valley snake oil down the drain. Mike renders his pain beautifully.

Instead of tuning in to the big announcement stream, consider watching this panel about Imagineering's collaboration with Adobe. It just might cure you from ever wanting to spend another dime in a Disney Park.

It's nearly slime time.

I completely understand why folks want to interview Kane Parsons about Backrooms, but it saddens me that I can't find a single interview with the movie's screenwriter.

I love Blade Runner.

A selection of episodes from STAR WARS DETOURS, George Lucas's final, unreleased Star Wars project, will screen at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

“The Cinerama Dome to reopen as an Alamo Drafthouse”

Seinfeld 2026: George rents a wheelchair to attend an otherwise sold-out screening of The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm.

If you still have a local comic shop, I heartily suggest picking up Darrow's latest Shaolin Cowboy offering, "Stayin' A.I. Live". I think it might be his best work yet.

Happy 20th, Dead Man's Chest. Here's one of my favorite deleted exchanges, from Ted & Terry's screenplay:

I love Ghostbusters.

We lost Joe Negri yesterday. I've been thinking a lot about the neighborhood recently. I had made myself his hat just a few weeks ago. Makes me feel good, wearing it around. Rest in peace, neighbor.

Thrilled 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.

Trading my Disneyland annual pass for a Lucas Museum founding membership and not looking back.

I just backed STUCK IN THE GLOBOSPHERE on Kickstarter:

Animatrix on the big screen!

Visiting 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.)