a black & white photo of a hand holding a cardboard box with a 3.5" disc labelled OBEX inside
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a black & white photo of a hand holding a cardboard box with a 3.5" disc labelled OBEX inside
A 3x3 grid of the cover art for the video games Tux and Fanny, The Lost Vikings, Flashback, Into the Breach, Doom II: Hell on Earth, Firewatch, Dead Cells, The Longest Journey and Chrono Trigger against a white background.
Go on then, I'll do the video game thing. There are lots that could go on a "favourites" list depending on exactly how I frame the criteria, but I've chosen the ones that I'm feeling the most *personal* attachment to when I rotate them in my mind.
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A man and his dog: in @albertbirney.bsky.social's "lovely, warm piece of DIY cinema" OBEX (2025), an agoraphobic computer guy ventures out (and within) on a gamified, monochrome fantasy quest. Re-screens 4pm today at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/10/30/o...
"Obex mines the liminal nexus of cinematic visuals and video game narratives to provide a truly haunting playthrough."
OBEX is on UK/ROI VOD from Monday.
Read Benjamin Poole's review at www.themoviewaffler.com/2026/03/obex...
#Obex #AlbertBirney #CallieHernandez #film #movies
Lots of deleted scenes, including the (nasty) original ending, on the OBEX blu-ray, available for pre-order now: store.oscilloscope.net/products/obe...
30 minutes now completed of Tux and Fanny 3, 50-60 minutes to go...
OBEX blu-ray now available for pre-order: store.oscilloscope.net/products/obe...
“I don’t want to romanticize the past but it’s hard not to love the idea of how these old trade mags were assembled.”
Retro publications like Happy Computer helped inspire @albertbirney.bsky.social's film OBEX. Enjoy these scans showing how it imagined a world fully immersed in personal computing.
The cover for FUNLAND NO 07. Funlad quests with the fae heroes of BANQUET FOR FOOLS. Art by Caim "TOC" Luna.
FUNLAND ZINE NO. 07 // YEAR OF THE GOBLIN
The otherworldly encounter that helped complete @thestaticman.bsky.social's ONTO MAIZILIND UNTO INFINITY.
How vintage computers made for interesting co-stars in @albertbirney.bsky.social's OBEX.
Cover by @toc.bsky.social.
funland.itch.io/funland-zine...
new video, reposts would be appreciated!! 💗💗 • Top 10 Best Animated Movies of the 2020 Decade (So Far)
youtu.be/7vnUIl4BM1w
Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing Obex, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of Obex to bring her home: mkefilm.org/obex
this was from an old commercial where if you bought a special recliner chair you'd get a free VCR. look at the joy on their faces
The cover of ZEN AND SLOW GAMES is from Tux and Fanny, the game version of Albert Birney's brilliant animated movies, and one of my favourite recent reflective games.
store.steampowered.com/app/2094730/...
www.gog.com/en/game/tux_...
www.nintendo.com/en_CA/games/...
#18 OBEX The Video Game
One of my favorite films of last year is getting a wide release and the director prepped a HARD video game tie in to promote the film. It fun despite the rage.
Opening today at The Frida!
🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/obex/
Utterly enraptured by Albert Birney’s OBEX, from its hypnotic sound design to how it reminds us abt the beautiful inconvenience of community, even while it's sympathetic to our digital plight to escape our embodied hells. 2026 is off to a great start. Review for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:
Albert Birney’s latest film, ‘Obex,’ is full of dated tech: old keyboards, clicky TVs, and ASCII art. You may be surprised to find yourself missing the days of tearing the sides off computer paper after you’ve printed something.
still playing at IFC!
'Obex' boots up an early moment of computer escapism with nightmarish panache
SUPPORT INDEPENDENT CINEMA! is a really rallying cry for us at Feeling Seen, and OBEX is as indie as things get. Saw it at last years Sundance and finally got to chat with Albert Birney about his inspirations and to my great delight: Marcel the Shell!!
cc: @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social @albertbirney.bsky.social
Rectangle promo image. The background is a collage of the protagonists of Dust Bunny and Obex. Text: Bryan Fuller's Dust Bunny. Wednesday, Nov. 5. And adventure movie by Albert Birney. Saturday, Nov. 8. Coming to Anomaly: The Rochester Genre Film Festival. November 5-9.
✨ 2 More Films Appear! ✨
Our opening night selection is DUST BUNNY! A dark + thrilling fairytale adventure, and first feature film from Bryan Fuller.
And OBEX, a lo-fi fantasy RPG by Anomaly alum Albert Birney.
Soon all shall be revealed...
➡️ www.anomalyfilmfest.com/2more2025
Tux and Fanny - Episode 161 "A Deep Sea Discovery" www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBYZ...
“Fireflies Along the Fence”
Short film by @albertbirney.bsky.social inspired by track 10 on Landscapes, the new album from Birney-Willen (a.k.a. filmmaker Albert Birney and artist/designer Bruce Willen).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5NT...
My new collab album with @albertbirney.bsky.social is out now. And it's #bandcampfriday 👀👀👀
For @bmoreart.bsky.social: A preview of the New/Next Film Festival @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social which begins tomorrow night and reviewed some must-see movies, including @albertbirney.bsky.social's touching/disturbing "Obex" and crypto caper comedy "$POSITIONS" bmoreart.com/2025/10/new-...
Landscapes is out today!
Listen while looking out the window of a moving train, on a long walk around the neighborhood, on the porch as a storm rolls in, at home with eyes closed.
👇 CASSETTE / DIGITAL / STREAMING 👇
birney-willen.bandcamp.com/album/landsc...
