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A Profound Waste of Time. An award winning independent magazine celebrating games as an art form.
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So proud to finally unveil the Kickstarter campaign for A Profound Waste of Time Issue 4, Featuring Valve, Keiichirō Toyama, Dotemu and many more!
🟠🔵
Pledge now for your copy!
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With all of the Hollow Knight buzz at the moment, it seems only fitting that our first post of 2021 should be a reveal of a beautiful Silksong illustration by the supremely talented
@blurring_my_day
for our interview with
@TeamCherryGames
in issue 2.🌱
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It is with immense pride that we can finally unveil Issue 2 of A Profound Waste of Time. This wonderful, nearly 200 page tome is a love letter to the medium of videogames and the people who make them.
Arriving in July! Pre-order now!
✨ ✨
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@mossbag69
Mossbag we’re really sorry, we said we’d ask them if Hornet was void but we forgot.
We did speak to them about food though!
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Happy Friday! Here's all 3 versions of our debut Shovel Knight cover by none other than
@Danmumforddraws
.🌙
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The special edition just arrived, and it looks… well, really special ✨🌈
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We're incredibly proud to unveil the kickstarter campaign for issue 3 of A Profound Waste of Time, Featuring Fumito Ueda, Tim Schafer, Rodney Greenblat and more!
Please share and retweet!
✨ ✨
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It's with immense pride that we can finally launch the Kickstarter of Issue 2 of A Profound Waste of Time! Featuring
@KeitaTakahash
,
@TeamCherryGames
,
@Mizuguchitter
and many more!
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Our cover story for this issue is a fantastic in-depth interview with
@fumito_ueda
by
@SimonParkin
. Simon travelled to Tokyo, Japan to speak to the creator of Ico and Shadow of The Colossus about his career and philosophy when making videogames.
👁🗨👁🗨
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Very proud to unveil the second illustration by the wonderful
@Danmumforddraws
for our feature piece on
@YachtClubGames
and
#shovelknight
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Amanda Yeo sits down with Team Cherry's Ari Gibson and William Pellen to discuss their evolution from game design hobbyists to creators of one of the most beloved and esteemed metroidvanias ever made.
Words by
@amandamyeo
Art by
@blurring_my_day
🪲 🪲
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Delighted to announce that APWOT 3 is nearing completion and pre-orders are now live! An incredible issue featuring Yoko Shimomura, Bennet Foddy, Shu Takumi, Tim Schafer, Hiroyuki Sakamoto and many, many more.
👉
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Okay you asked for it! Please sign up for THE GREAT APWOT REPRINT! ✨🌕🌈✨
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It's coming. Sign up to be notified on launch! 🎇
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24 HOURS TO GO!!! PLEASE SHARE AND RETWEET! This is the final push. 📣
Right now we're 150% funded with over 1300 backers! Thank you for supporting our independent games magazine!
Please help spread the word in these last few hours!
🌈 🌈
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Please excuse the phone camera snap but sometimes the Special Edition cover gets hit by the light at just the right angle and it's amazing.
🌈🌈
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A crop of some work Temmie Chang did for issue 1 of the mag, featuring beloved Undertale characters like Papyrus, Undyne and Mii Gunner.
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In issue 2 you will find a wonderful retrospective of the games and history of Hal Laboratory inc. by
@SuperBentendo
, accompanied by beautiful hand sculpted figures by
@meeellla
!
Here's Satoru Iwata, Masahiro Sakurai and Shigesato Itoi!
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Did we mention that our issue 2 cover is actually an enormous panoramic image with 13 mm gatefolds? 👀
🌈 🌈
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👀Just want you to know:
The APWOT reprint is hopefully going to launch this Thursday!!! ✨⏰✨
I also have a few important things to say about the magazine and its future in the thread below...
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Relieved and excited to say that the APWOT Reprint is done and being sent out tomorrow! Thank you all so much for helping us reach this point! 💛
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Here are some of the many friendly(?) faces you'll be seeing in APWOT 2! Pre-order now!
🎭 🎭
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Laura E. Hall talks with Katamari Damacy and Wattam creator
@KeitaTakahash
to explore the wild and wonderful creations he has made as both an artist and a game developer over his creative life.
Words by
@lauraehall
Art by
@DougJohnMiller
🌟 🌟
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We've been getting so many requests for APWOT 1 reprint, and while it would be great to make more of them, we just don't have the resources right now. Maybe if there's enough support for issue 2?
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In the upcoming issue 2 of APWOT we have an illustrated guide to some of the many important roles in the games industry, done in a tarot card style by
@torpordust
with descriptions by
@Gaohmee
.
Here's the cards for engineers and QA!
👉👈 👀
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We can finally properly show you our special badges from our Kickstarter campaign! Our logo has been given a special twist by
@KeitaTakahash
. 👋
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Happy to announce that due to the incredible response to the magazine, we can now offer pre-orders for our second printing of Issue 1! Both the standard and special edition will be available in late September, grab a copy at
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Test prints arrived on Friday. Our special edition for issue 2 is going to be absolutely 🌈💥🤯!
Pre-order here:
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@Sir_Clinkerton
We don't really do very short articles. This is all in flux, but currently the Team Cherry piece is sitting at just over 4.5 thousand words, thanks to the very talented
@amandamyeo
for conducting the interview and writing the piece.
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Exciting news! All sections of the magazine have been printed, now we need to get them bound and collated, which will take a few days 😊
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Our cover story for our new issue is "Upwards: The Escalating World of Keita Takahashi".
An incredible retrospective of Keita's career by
@lauraehall
, with illustration by
@DougJohnMiller
and answers and original drawings by
@KeitaTakahash
himself!
🌈🌈
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APWOT 3 is being sent out!!! 🥳📚
The first wave of UK orders are going out now and should start arriving with people from next week! Once those are all sent we will move on to European countries and then the rest of the world! More information to come soon! 🫡
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Not to cause alarm, but we're already down to our last 200 copies of issue 2! 🎉👀‼️
The reception has been incredible since the mag started to arrive with people last Friday, please get one now while you can:
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IT'S COMING! TIME TO SIGN UP! 💫✨👇
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@blurring_my_day
The special edition of the cover will have heat sensitive ink, allowing you to wipe away the darkness with your hand and reveal Trico underneath!
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Let's look at this gorgeous double page spread by
@EiffelArt
, done to close out an article by
@johntv
on the Dragon Quest series in issue 2!
Pre-orders available here:
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And that's a wrap! Less than a week after releasing, APWOT 2 has completely sold out. This issue was a huge labour of love during a time of real difficulty from a group of exceptionally talented writers, artists and game devs. Thank you so much for supporting it. 🎉🙏🥲
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And that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who has ever supported the magazine in any way, APWOT would not exist without you! ❤️✨🙏
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APWOT 4's cover story is a gorgeous re-imagining of the world of Portal 2 by Molly Mendoza
@thisismollym
. Each issue of APWOT is filled to the brim with incredible content, and a cascade of beautiful bespoke imagery.
🔵🟠
Please repost and share! 🙏
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#Downwell
has landed on Switch! Once you're done playing it to death, you should have a look at this fold out diagram of the game written by
@moppin_
himself with art by
@fell_martins
.
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🃏 GAME DEV TAROT 🃏
A piece explaining the characteristics of some of the many roles in the videogame industry.
Each position is beautifully represented with illustrated cards by
@torpordust
and summarised with written descriptions by
@Gaohmee
!
🎴 🎴
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Hope you had a happy Dragon Quest day! To celebrate, here's another illustration by
@EiffelArt
for an article by
@johntv
about the series for issue 2!
The remake of DQ3 looks fantastic!
#DQ35th
#DragonQuest
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Happy to announce that due to the fantastic response we have expanded our first print run and been able to offer more stock of the special edition! Get a copy at
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Firstly, hi there! My name's Cas (
@cazwis
), and I'm the founder, art director & editor of A Profound Waste of Time, and also the person running this twitter account👋
Here I am looking like a deer caught in the headlights of a car, as I try to explain what APWOT is for a video🙈
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🚨 NEARLY SOLD OUT!!! 🚨
We only have 100 copies left of APWOT 2, they've been going so quickly🤯
If you want a copy then please grab one now! Thank you for spreading the word!
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Issue 1 features 'The Bard and the Dog', a 12 page conversation between
@tobyfox
and
@virtjk
that is beautifully illustrated throughout by the wonderful
@tuyoki
.
#Undertale
#mintpotion
#illustration
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WE DID IT! APWOT 2 reached its funding goal earlier today with the help of over 900 people and 25 days to go! 💫
Thank you all so much! Our new update has a bigger, more elaborate thank you for you to read:
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The upcoming Issue 4 of APWOT will feature an interview with Masato Maegawa, founder of beloved game studio Treasure.
🟠🔵
Treasure was one of the most celebrated developers of the 16-bit era. Known for iconic series like Sin and Punishment and Ikaruga.
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One of the highlights of the first issue of APWOT is this fold-out diagram explaining the design of Downwell, annotated by
@moppin_
himself and brought to life by
@fell_martins
#downwell
#GameDesign
#games
#illustration
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Today we want to talk about one of the highlights of issue 2, our piece on the history of a singular development studio: Hal Laboratory inc.
The article is written by
@SuperBentendo
and features a series of gorgeous figurines by
@meeellla
. This thread explains how we made it! 👇
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BIG NEWS! APWOT now has a proper e-commerce shop! You can finally buy multiple issues at once to save on shipping and orders are now sent in more secure packaging with tracking information!
🛍️ 📚
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I had the pleasure breaking down some of the references of our beautiful cover by
@DougJohnMiller
about the games and worlds of
@KeitaTakahash
for
@Polygon
. I also showed off some never before seen images of early versions of the cover. Please have a look!🌈
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"Oh! Come in search of treats have you?"
A lovely illustration of Willoh from Hollow Knight by
@blurring_my_day
, which accompanies our interview with Team Cherry in issue 2, launching soon!
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@blurring_my_day
Hi everyone! Please support our kickstarter for the new issue with this amazing cover by
@blurring_my_day
!
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Working on the Kickstarter 💪
Hopefully will have a launch date for you in not too long.
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John Ricciardi reflects on videogames as escapism and his personal history with one of the medium's oldest and most beloved series, Dragon Quest.
Words by
@johntv
Art by
@EiffelArt
💧 💧
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@blurring_my_day
@TeamCherryGames
Here's a sneaky behind the scenes time-lapse of the illustration being created.👀
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APWOT 2 has finally begun to arrive with people in the UK! It should spread out to Europe and the rest of the world from next week on 🎉
It's been incredible seeing people's reactions to it today, thank you so much for all your kind words!
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11 hours and 23 minutes into this campaign, we reached our goal! Currently at 112% funded and 870 backers! 🎉🔥🎆
Thank you for this absolutely incredible response, feeling so humbled from all of your help and support. Here's the first campaign update!
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The cover for this issue is drawn by the incredible
@blurring_my_day
, who has rendered the world of The Last Guardian in incredible sumptuous detail.
🌱 🌱
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Incredibly proud to say that Issue 3 is here! 🎊
If you are a journalist or content creator who would like a review copy, please reach out or email us at:
info(at)!
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Another highlight from issue 3, a deep dive into the world of PaRappa The Rapper creator Rodney Greenblat, featuring behind the scenes development sketches and original art drawn for APWOT!
Back issue 4 here: 🔵 🟠
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We always began by drawing a turnaround of each character in the pose we wanted, and then sent them over to Camille. Here you can see four images showing the original rough sketch, then Camille's wire armature, a more developed sculpt and then the final figure once painted.
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A heads up. APWOT 2's printing is due to be finished over this week. There's a chance it might wrap early next, and then we'll ship it to our shipment company and then out to you all. We'll send out an email when we do so! Nearly there!
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It's the 6th anniversary of Undertale! ❤️
In issue 1 Toby Fox sat down with legendary composer Jake Kaufman and talked about life, art, and everything in-between. On top of that, the piece is fully illustrated by Temmie Chang herself!
The reprint Kickstarter goes live tomorrow!
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APWOT Initially started as a student zine I did while studying Graphic Design and Communication at uni. Here's what it looked like back then! It was much smaller, and only 20 pages. Back then I had to do all the art and writing on my own. The mag has come a long way since then...
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The exclusive pin for this issue is designed by
@KeitaTakahash
himself! Our logo has never looked more happy and carefree.
Catch one for yourself by backing our campaign! 🏃♂️
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We have something we're incredibly proud of to reveal to you soon...👀
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Some test prints arrived on Friday! We're experimenting with different approaches for the cover of our special edition. Art by
@DougJohnMiller
based on the works of
@KeitaTakahash
. 🌈
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"We can believe in you for 10 minutes in Earth time, but any longer than that and even the King of All Cosmos can't be expected to wait."
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🔥 APWOT issue 1 is now back in stock! 🔥
Don't miss out, get it from our site:
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Happy to share that Issue 2 of APWOT has been shortlisted for the 101st ADC Awards. A big thank you the writers, illustrators and backers that made this possible! 🙏🎉
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Happy new year! Question:
If we were to make an issue 2, who are the developers / writers that you’d most like to see included?
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Seeing as we've sold out of all our previous issues, we're trying to get a sense of whether or not there's enough people interested in the previous copies to justify a reprint of issues 1 and 2!
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