Tony Walsh

@tonywalsh.fyi

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Phantomcompass.com studio head. 30+ yrs in the #gamedev biz & still learning. He/him/ratboy. ✍️ #artist + #writer 👾 #videogames + #tech 🎲 #ttrpg + #minipainting 🎤 #karaoke 🦝 #Toronto

Photo of post-apocalyptic tabletop wargame Gaslands featuring toy car scale models and scenery.
Photo of a toy tanker rig with nearby coffee mug for scale reference.
Karaoke playlist screenshot featuring Prefab Sprout.
Text rendered in the Pokopia font reading “BUY A MAN EAT FISH, HE DAY, TEACH FISH MAN TO A LIFETIME.”
View from a window at the Excalibur hotel in Las Vegas: fantasy medieval towers contrasted against a large modern rooftop dotted with ventilation infrastructure.
Screenshot of an email from Adobe reading: "I know how important Animate is to you. I want to reassure you that we are not discontinuing or removing access to Animate. Animate will continue to be available for both current and new customers, and we will ensure you continue to have access to your content."
Text from an Adobe email reading "We’re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027."
Album cover by the band Goddo entitled “Best Seat in the House,” featuring a photo of a person’s clothes rear end.
Nighttime photo of an east end Toronto residential street piled with high snow drifts as far as the eye can see.
Photo of a Toronto back yard smothered in over 12” of fresh powdery snow, while it continues to snow heavily.
Photo of small cardboard tubes arranged and painted to resemble concrete pipes for tabletop wargaming.
Photo of a dark Toronto backyard laden with 8-12” of powdery snow.
screenshot of an empty Windows folder with an OS message that reads "Working on it..."
Photograph of tabletop wargame Gaslands in progress. Armed cars battle as they race for the finish line.
Photo of a wargame tabletop featuring post-apocalyptic scenery suitable for vehicular combat.
Photo of a tabletop wargame setup with a grid of 4 by 6 terrain tiles featuring cracked desert and pavement.
Closeup photo of board game “Brass: Birmingham” showing player turn order area, wild card draw pile, a corner of a player board.
Photograph of a 7-tier plastic organizer with rows of hobby paint and related supplies.
Closeup photo of a player board from tabletop board game “Evergreen.” A grid of slots grouped into irregular biome areas. Some of the slots are occupied by small wooden tokens representing saplings, small trees, large trees and other natural features.
Closeup photo of a toy muscle car modified to resemble an armed and armored wasteland vehicle.
Closeup photo of a 1/64 scale toy car modified to resemble an armed and armored Mad Max style vehicle.
Closeup photo of a black Australian Labradoodle with a big mustache and floppy ears.
Party mix snack packaging reading “Bits & Bites” in English and “Méli-Mélo” in French.
Screenshot of the Reddit app featuring a post entitled “Huge pregnant mantis chilling on my hand”
Portrait photo of a black labradoodle reclining while wrapped in a blanket.
Publicity photo of legendary Canadian rock star Burton Cummings from the 1970s or 80s. He sports a bushy mustache, puffy hair and stripey jumper.
Overhead photo of a Gaslands tabletop wargame in progress. Tiny post-apocalyptic cars and pieces of battlefield scenery adorn a desert playmat.
Marketing photo of The Eurythmics (Dave Stewart & Annie Lennox) wherein they are wearing very 1980s sunglasses. 😎
Photo of a mural on the wall of Jollibee in Scarborough (Toronto) featuring their bee mascot with skates and a hockey stick. The word “Canada” appears nearby.
Closeup photo of an enormous bee perched on a Fall flower.
Screenshot of a karaoke app listing tracks from Prefab Sprout.
The text "UNDERCOVER SEGA AGENTS" rendered in the style of the "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" logo.
Still image from 1970s "Three's Company" series (US version) featuring characters Mr. and Mrs. Roper in animated conversation.
Closeup photo of a model buggy suitable for driving across the wastelands.
Unpleasantly close-up photograph of an aging white man. His sickly baldness is worsened by two even more disagreeable features: the “soul patch” chin adornment combined with the “fu manchu” mustache.
Closeup photo of doodles in a notebook. A series of nonsensical machines, pipes, and doodads.
Still image from cartoon series “The Real Ghostbusters” featuring all four main characters in their expected ghost busting gear, ready to bust ghosts.
Closeup photo of a Hot Wheels toy car modified to resemble a post apocalyptic death machine on jacked-up suspension with huge fat wheels, gigantic exhaust pipes and a roof-mounted Vulcan cannon.
Illustration of Toad from Nintendo’s Mario universe. A cartoonish pink creature with a round face, tiny black eyes and a toadstool cap for a hat.
Still frame from the Monty Python dead parrot sketch in which the pet shop owner tries to convince the customer that their recently deceased parrot is not dead but only sleeping.
Closeup photo of two common houseflies perched on a grape leaf facing each other.
It’s a potato on the sidewalk.
Photo of a karaoke screen featuring a half naked white guy sitting on a ladder in diapers.
Photo of a karaoke screen featuring a grouchy looking white person. On screen lyrics read “TOGETHER WE’LL BE MY BABY BREAK THE CHAINS OF LOVE”
Closeup photo of board game “Rise & Fall” (2024) illustrating the full board layout with multiple height levels and player pieces, such as nomads, cities and merchants, placed.
Image of Princess Peach with a speech bubble indicating she is speaking the below skeet. She is flanked by a horrified Luigi and smug Donkey Kong.
Publicity photo from 1997 Justice League tv series featuring dollar-store versions of Martian Manhunter, The Flash, Green Lantern, The Atom and uh two others I don’t recognize.
Photo of a medium black labradoodle at night. It’s lying down on the sidewalk.
Photo of a medium black labradoodle lying flat out on his side on the sidewalk.
Closeup photo of an illustration of a weird little guy. Ballpoint pen on paper.
Photo of a container of freshly picked raspberries.
Photo of White Dwarf magazine, number 34, depicting a closeup illustration of a warrior brandishing a sword and wearing an elaborate dragon helmet.
Black labradoodle dog with a red harness reclining on a bed of wood chips in a tree-lined park.
Portrait photo of a young black labradoodle dog reclining in a sun-dappled park.
A 1:64 scale toy car modified into a wasteland killing machine. It sports an armored windscreen, exposed blower and pipes, a minigun and spiked wheel hubs.
Photo of a colorful box of holiday chocolate. The words “Gamer” and “Freddo” and the phrase “GAME ON!” accompany illustrations of gamepads and a cropped image of the titular Gamer Freddo. The chocolate is molded in the shape of a wild-haired person wearing sunglasses and seated in a chair.
Closeup photo of an 8” tall scale model building with industrial styling. It’s unpainted, exposing the raw wood and plastic materials used in its construction.
Photo of Bigfoot-esque “Harry” from 80s TV series “Harry and the Henderson’s” with a speech bubble crudely drawn on, suggesting Harry is speaking the quoted post.
Screenshot of a sliced meat product labelled "Sikorski Sausages, Grandpa Ham"