maxtimes3

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

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

My blog.
Features some of my writing on it, gives insight into my world-building and stories.

Inspiration List

Select media that informed and inspired my own work:

Movies and Television

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

  • Fallen Angels
    (1995, Wong Kar-wai)

  • Mulholland Drive
    (2001, David Lynch)

  • Stalker
    (1979, Andrei Tarkovsky)

  • Donnie Darko
    (2001, Richard Kelly)

  • Fargo
    (1996, Joel Coen)

  • Trainspotting
    (1996, Danny Boyle)

  • The Ascent
    (1977, Larisa Shepitko)

  • Watersmith
    (1969, Will Hindle)

  • The Text of Light
    (1974, Stan Brakage)

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

  • Aeon Flux
    (1991-1995, Peter Chung)

  • Madness Combat
    (2002-Ongoing, Matt Jolly)

Video Games

  • Disco Elysium
    (2019, ZA/UM Studios)

  • Control
    (2019, Remedy Entertainment)

  • Frozen Soul [DG]
    (2020, VerticalAscent)

  • Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
    (2004, Cyan Worlds Inc)

  • Critters For Sale
    (2021, Sonoshee)

  • Marathon
    (1994, Bungie)

  • Kentucky Route Zero
    (2013, Cardboard Computer)

  • Deus Ex
    (2000, Ion Storm)

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

  • Alan Wake II
    (2023, Remedy Entertainment)

  • Half-Life
    (1998, Valve)

  • Pathologic
    (2005, Ice-Pick Lodge)

  • King’s Field IV
    (2002, FromSoftware)

  • Planescape: Torment
    (1999, Black Isle Studios)

Literature

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

  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
    (1977, Roald Dahl)

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

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

  • The Fifty Year Sword
    (2012, Mark Z. Danielewski)

  • Don Quixote
    (1605, Miguel de Cervantes)

  • The Silmarillion
    (1977, J.R.R. Tolkien)

  • Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America
    (1985, Kirby A. Miller)

Music

  • The Works of Erik Satie
    1866 - 1925

  • Satellite State
    (2004, Disparition)

  • Version 2.0
    (1998, Garbage)

  • Haunted
    (2004, Poe)

  • Dots and Loops
    (1997, Stereolab)

  • Dummy
    (1994, Portishead)

  • Blue Wonder Power Milk
    (1998, Hooverphonic)

  • Accelerator
    (1991, The Future Sound of London)

  • Misery is a Butterfly
    (2004, Blonde Redhead)