Chris Allcock

@taskbaarchitect.com

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Writer and Video Game Designer for hire. Wrangles words, finds fun. Opinions are my own!

The bridge of Voyager, mostly brown and grey, with several bright schematics of the ship visible behind Tom Paris, Kathryn Janeway and B'Elanna Torres. A text box from B'Elanna reads: "You managed to get something. You Starfleet don't know how to fight, but you sure talk good."
A frightened young woman in a jester costume. She has green eyes, a purple bow, and a blue and red costume with yellow trim. Based on Merry from Merry Hell, and Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus.
A map on a wall in Minecraft showing an image of Merry, a brown-haired girl with a purple bow, red top and blue jeans. There is red kanji to her right roughly translating to "cheerful person".
The final boss battle in Final Fantasy V. A green background speeding by can be seen behind a purple portal on the left, from which a huge abominable creature is reaching. A white mage, time mage, bard and chemist face it.
A screencap of Principal Skinner from the Simpsons episode "22 Short Films About Springfield", standing in front of a window in which a fast food restaurant is framed. His expression is cunning as he declares "What if I were to remove the Super FX Chip? Ho-ho-ho, delightfully devilish!"
The Friends opening titles but the logo has been adjust to read "STARFRIENDS".
A top-down view of a small spaceship, at a junction with a cave in the top-left corner and three paths to the north, east and west. The spaceship has three hearts. It looks like it would be dangerous to go alone.
A Sea of Thieves pirate stands morosely in a hot tub, surrounded by stools, gunpowder and a maelstrom of dead, flying Splashtails.
A two panel comic. In the first, Agnes, a pig in a green dress from Animal Crossing, tells the player "Surprise gift exchange! Here, take Aran-knit cardigan!" In the second, Samus Aran, in her trademark red helmet and orange combat suit, struggles with knitting.
A pixelated homunculus wielding a gigantic mug stands defiantly, resisting the innate pointlessness of its own existence. It has unkempt brown hair and a goatee, glasses, a red T-shirt with Knuckles on it, black trousers and shoes. The background is Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog with blue skies, green hills, palm trees and lush grass.
An image of the Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who, floating surrounded by a field of pure magical energy, unleashing a beam of energy from his hand.
A timeline showing Doctor Who, its spin-offs and movies, next to Star Trek, its spin-offs and movies, and Stargate just for funsies. It stretches from 1963 to 2026. Yes, I know I forgot the two made-for-TV Stargate movies. I think most people did.
An interview with Ted Woolsey. Of particular interest is the right-most column where he's asked about Final Fantasy V, which reads: Q) Final Fantasy VI is going to be released as Final Fantasy III in the US, with FFVI being held over 'till 1995 to be released as a separate game. Could you explain this decision, and tell us about the games themselves? A) The Final Fantasy series basically has two separate tracks: the odd series (FFI, FFIII and FFV) are controller command drive games, whereas the even series are more story line driven games. As for FFV though, well although we're sure it's a great title it hasn't been a hit with too many people in our focus grousp, although experienced gamers loved the complex character building - it's just not accessible enough to the average gamer. But, we're determined we want to release it so we're going to wait and introduce it once there's a larger audience for its particular style. Hence the wait.
Link, asleep on his bed in Ocarina of Time.
A King of the Hill screenshot from the Disney+ app.
A cyberpunk skyscraper in Minecraft made of grey stone with a black connecting sky tunnel and lots of neon lights.
Squawks talks to Donkey Kong outside of his treehouse. All of the text is purple.
An episode title card in the style of Star Trek: The Animated Series. The text reads "Big Spock Will Return .. Avengers: Doomsday"
An image of Yoshi and the Amazing Book. Three plants have cleavage.
A temperature graph for the next week reading predicted temperatures, in Celsius, of 27, 24, 27, 30, 30, 28 and 27.
Canadian actor William Shatner, on set as Captain James T. Kirk in cult sci-fi failure, Star Trek.
A Balatro game showing various cards and jokers against a red swirling background. A flush is selected.
The Ferry of the Damned from Sea of THieves. A battered galleon bathed in glowing green light rests upon a ghoulish sea of mist. The Sea of Thieves Insider watermark is visible in the top-centre of the image.
A deck of cards in Balatro, in which over 40 are the Spades suit.
A small box with a number of games pictured on it, and Dizzy the egg sitting on an Evercade.
A Minecraft cave of gray stone bricks. A brown pointed dripstock stalactite is dripping red lava into a cauldron. It's a mess.
A Minecraft screenshot. Pink and magenta glass blocks surround pinkish amethyst clusters growing out of purple amethyst buds in all directions. Beyond the glass is darkness.
A small, brown muddy cave with a natural waterfall separates two, grey stone corridors in Minecraft.
Grandpa Simpson at a typewriter, composing a crumudgeonly letter. From the episode "The Front".
A man stands with his foot up on a street sign reading "Mycock Lane".
The Xbox UI showing two achievements, one unlocked on April 18th, 2026, the other on May 30th, 2007.
A message on the Bluesky status page declaring that "We are investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos."
A book cover featuring assorted NES games
Mr Burns frantically rolls the window up to avoid contact with an intoxicated Lenny. The Simpsons.
Box art depicting 20 game choices. Favourite Game - Super Mario Bros 3 Best Story - What Remains of Edith Finch Favourite Art Style - Luigi's Mansion Biggest Personal Impact - Duke Nukem 3D Best Combat - Doom II Overheated - Final Fantasy XIII Underrated - Control Overrate - Super Mario Odyssey Needs a remake - Panzer Dragoon Saga Criminally Overlooked - Layton Vs Wright Favourite Protagonist - Celeste Favourite Antagonist - The Stanley Parable Best Soundtrack - Donkey Kong Country 2 Best Multiplayer - Worms Not Usually My Thing, But... - FTL Turn My Brain Off - Minecraft Best With Friends - Smash Melee Best Retro Game - Tetris Nostalgic Childhood Game - Fantasy World Dizzy Game Everyone Should Play - Unpacking
A meme from the anime "The Brave Fighter of Strong Fighbird" where the protagonist asks "Is this... Merry Hell?" while looking at a butterfly.
Phillip J. Fry from Futurama, angrily declaring "I'll show ye..."
The final hand of a game of Balatro. A straight is being played, from Ace to 10, with several enhanced cards. The hand has beaten the boss because there are two "Invisible Jokers" and a third Joker mimicking one of them. Shut up, no, that's actually interesting.
A Super Mario Maker 2 level. The arrangement of blocks resembles that of Meredith 'Merry' Steems from the comic "Merry Hell". Mario is not impressed because there's no way to reach the flagpole.
In the Tavern of Legends, the Pirate Lord extends his hand to another pirate. When she reciprocates, a large green surge of magic surrounds her and leaves her as a ghost. Belle, Merrick and the pirate's socially-awkward crewmates watch on. Accomplices, one and all.
A Ditto in the form of a human child stands on a green grassy hill, atop a half-completed stone path. Pokemon involved in construction are nearby, down below is a house with blue roof tiles.
A small house in Pokemon Pokopia, with brown wooden walls and a yellow floor. A workshop is visible behind a curtain.
Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black, as the anthropomorphic personification of Death, learning about the expression "death and taxes" for the first time and being slightly offended.
The file select screen from the Legend of Zelda. One new save exists, named "Samus".
The boxart for Pokémon Snap on the Nintendo 64, containing 64 Pokémon to photograph.
A large Minecraft Shulker Shell farm. Many blocks of stone and scaffolding hang in the air above the biege and purple of the End Dimension, against a black sky.
Pilotwings on the SNES. A pilot with a rocketbelt llies through a ring and then gracefully lands on a moving target over the water.
Kiddy Kong in Donkey Kong Country 3. Despite being an infant, the text on screen has him declaring "Oh! Wrinkly's asleep! I'm sure she won't mind if I save my game though."
A simple 3x3 tunnel with minecart rail in Minecraft made of grey stone.
Sabre Wulf on the Game Boy Advance. The blue wolf Sabrewulf stands outside his stone lair and howls angrily at Sabreman who is holding a golden treasure.
The PAL box for The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
A comic panel of Doctor Droom riding a masked T-Rex version of himself.
The same Picross puzzle, now very zoomed in.
A 40x30 Picross puzzle.
A screenshot of Minecraft. A somewhat decayed stone tunnel system is lit by a couple of lanterns. The original texture of the stonework is faded and eroded.
A tier ranking list of Sonic's 16-bit zones. S-Tier: Aquatic Ruin, Casino Night, Ice Cap, Flying Battery, Lava Reef. A-Tier: Marble, Spring Yard, Angel Island, Hydricity. B-Tier: Green Hill, Chemical Plant, Launch Base, Hidden Palace, Sky Sanctuary C-Tier: Star Light, Emerald Hill, Wing Fortress, Mushroom Hill, Death Egg D-Tier: Labyrinth, Scrap Brain, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Carnival Night, Sandopolis, Doomsday E-Tier: Hill Top, Metropolis, Sky Chase, Death Egg (S2), Marble Garden
The ghostly Pirate Lord, carving a Ship's Crest on the deck of a Brigantine. It reads "Ghost Ropes".
A greenhouse in Plants vs. Zombies. Crazy Dave, a shopkeeper with a saucepan on his head, is saying "Hey, check it out, you found a watering can!" There is no watering can.
Merry from Merry Hell stands under a streetlamp in a big coat and Santa hat, happily clutching a present labelled for Jess. A crowd of indifferent shoppers mill about her.