maxtimes3

Storyteller and Multi-Disciplinary Artist; Art, Writing, Level Design, Filmmaking, Painting, etc.
I make stuff I think is cool.

An exploration and puzzle focused Half-Life Mod.
My main project as of recent.

My blog.
I barely update it unfourtunately, but it's there if you'd like it.

The Inspiration List

Select media that informed and inspired my own work:

Movies and Television

  • August in the Water
    (1995, Gakuryū Ishii)

  • Watersmith
    (1969, Will Hindle)

  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
    (1999, Jim Jarmusch)

  • Fallen Angels
    (1995, Wong Kar-wai)

  • Mulholland Drive
    (2001, David Lynch)

  • Donnie Darko (Directors Cut)
    (2001, Richard Kelly)

  • 28 Days Later
    (2002, Danny Boyle)

  • The Ascent
    (1977, Larisa Shepitko)

  • Run Lola Run
    (1998, Tom Tykwer)

  • Strange Days
    (1995, Kathryn Bigelow)

  • Twin Peaks
    (1990-1991, David Lynch and Mark Frost)

  • Aeon Flux
    (1991-1995, Peter Chung)

  • The Maxx
    (1995, Sam Keith)

Video Games

  • Disco Elysium
    (2019, ZA/UM Studios)

  • The Silver Case
    (1999, Grasshopper Manufact.)

  • Frozen Soul [DG]
    (2020, VerticalAscent)

  • Deus Ex
    (2000, Ion Storm)

  • Flower, Sun, and Rain
    (2001, Grasshopper Manufact.)

  • Pathologic
    (2005, Ice-Pick Lodge)

  • Uru: Complete Chronicles
    (2004, Cyan Worlds Inc)

  • Kentucky Route Zero
    (2013, Cardboard Computer)

  • The Immortal Lock
    (2024, Amelie C. Langlois)

  • Control
    (2019, Remedy Entertainment)

  • King’s Field IV
    (2002, FromSoftware)

  • Planescape: Torment
    (1999, Black Isle Studios)

  • Half-Life
    (1998, Valve)

  • E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
    (2011, Streum On Studio)

Literature

  • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
    (1994, Haruki Murakami)

  • By The Fire: Sami Folktales and Legends
    (1922, Emilie Demant Hatt)

  • House of Leaves
    (2000, Mark Z. Danielewski)

  • There is Power in a Union
    (2010, Philip Dray)

  • Don Quixote
    (1605, Miguel de Cervantes)

  • Tales of Mystery and Imagination
    (1908, Edgar Allen Poe)

  • The Forge and the Crucible
    (1956, Mircea Eliade)

  • The Vertical Ascent
    (2021, Wolfgang Smith)

Music

  • The Works of Erik Satie
    1866 - 1925

  • Dummy
    (1994, Portishead)

  • Mezzanine
    (1995, Massive Attack)

  • Blue Wonder Power Milk
    (1998, Hooverphonic)

  • Vespertine
    (2001, Björk)

  • Misery is a Butterfly
    (2004, Blonde Redhead)

  • Version 2.0
    (1998, Garbage)

  • Dots and Loops
    (1997, Stereolab)

  • A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
    (1997, Hooverphonic)

  • Accelerator
    (1991, The Future Sound of London)