Appendix New Arcade
This is a collection of things that have served as inspiration and influences for my work, both released and unreleased, as well as Rakhasim, my paracosm. It is not a complete list, and will likely never be considered fully complete. The "Elements, Themes, and Topics of Interest" section is especially incomplete.
Inspirations, Influences, and Impactful Things
A Beautiful Mind [Film]
Absurdism [Philosophy]
Akira [Anime Film]
Alice in Wonderland (1951) [Film]
All Tomorrows [Book]
The Amber Spyglass [Book]
American Idiot [Album]
Andor [TV Show]
Antumbra [Video Game]
Arcades [Location]
Arc of a Scythe [Book Series]
Arrival [Film]
Arrow [TV Show]
Begotten [Film]
Being John Malkovich [Film]
Betty Boop in Snow-White (1933) [Short Film]
The Bible [Book]
Bizarro Fiction [Genre]
The Black Parade [Album]
Bladerunner [Film]
The Book of Dust [Book Series]
Book of Genesis [Book in the Bible]
Book of Revelation [Book in the Bible]
The Call of Cthulhu [Short Story]
Cassette Futurism [Aesthetic]
Cat's Eye [Book]
Cement Mixer Simulator 2003 [Game]
Chess [Game]
Chicago, Illinois [City]
Christianity [Religion]
The City & the City [Book]
Cobra Kai [TV Show]
Codex Inversus [Web Series]
Codex Seraphinianus [Book]
Cruelty Squad [Video Game]
Dada [Art Movement]
Dark Matter (2024) [TV Show]
Death Note [Anime Show]
Delicious in Dungeon [Anime Show]
Detroit: Become Human [Video Game]
Doctor Who [TV Show]
Donnie Darko [Film]
DOOM (1993) [Game]
Dreamcore [Aesthetic]
Dream SMP [Web Series]
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves [Film]
Dungeons & Dragons [Tabletop Role-Playing Game]
E.V.O.: Search for Eden [Video Game]
Eraserhead [Film]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [Film]
Et Tam Deum Petivi: Mary-Ann and Salah [Web Series]
Everything Everywhere All at Once [Film]
Evolution (Stephen Baxter) [Book]
Ezekiel 1 [Chapter in the Bible]
The Fifth Element [Film]
Fine Structure [Book]
The Flash (2014) [TV Show]
Flowers for Algernon [Book]
The Flying Man [Short Film]
Forests [Location]
Fran Bow [Video Game]
Garfield [Comic Strip]
Goblincore [Aesthetic]
The Good Place [TV Show]
Good Will Hunting [Film]
Grunge [Aesthetic]
Guardians of the Galaxy [Film Series]
Half-Life [Video Game Series]
Half-Life [Video Game]
Hamilton [Musical]
Hard Sci-Fi [Genre]
Heathers [Film]
hendecad [Video Game]
Henry Darger [Artist]
His Dark Materials [Book Series]
House of Leaves [Book]
How Fish Is Made [Video Game]
howling dogs [Video Game]
H.P. Lovecraft [Author]
Hyperpop [Genre]
I Don't Know, Timmy, Being God Is a Big Responsibility [Short Story]
Inception [Film]
Interstellar [Film]
The Isla Project [Web Series]
Judaism [Religion]
Karate Kid [Film Series]
Kristoffer Zetterstrand [Artist]
Kurt Cobain [Musician]
The Legend of Zelda (1986) [Video Game]
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds [Video Game]
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past [Video Game]
Legends of Tomorrow [TV Show]
Looper [Film]
LSD: Dream Emulator [Video Game]
Lucidity in a Sea of Dreams [Video Game]
Malbolge [Programming Language]
Mappy [Game]
Marvel Cinematic Universe [Media Franchise]
Maximalism [Aesthetic]
Mickey Mouse (1930) [Comic Strip]
Mouthwashing [Video Game]
My Chemical Romance [Band]
MyHouse.wad [Game]
Narnia [Book Series]
Natural Born Killers [Film]
New Weird [Genre]
Night In The Woods [Video Game]
The Nightmare Before Christmas [Film]
Origin of the Modern Mind [Book]
Outsider Art [Type of Art]
Pac-Man [Game]
Perdido Street Station [Book]
Persona 5 [Video Game]
Phtanum B [Web Series]
Planet Aion [Web Series]
Pop Art [Art Movement]
Porpentine Charity Heartscape [Artist]
Portal [Video Game Series]
Possibly in Michigan [Short Film]
Postmodernism [Philosophy]
Pretend That You Love Me [Film]
Primer [Film]
Psycho Nymph Exile [Book]
Pulp Fiction [Film]
Pulp Sci-Fi [Genre]
Pump Up The Volume [Film]
Punk [Genre and Movement]
Python [Programming Language]
Return to Oz (1985) [Film]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story [Film]
Rust and Humus [Web Series]
Scene [Subculture]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World [Film]
SCP Foundation [Web Series]
The Secret Commonwealth [Book]
Serial Experiments Lain [Anime Show]
The Shape You Make When You Want Your Bones To Be Closest To The Surface [Video Game]
Silver Surfer [TV Show]
Skulljhabit [Video Game]
Slacker [Film]
The Sleeper Awakes [Book]
Snaiad [Web Series]
Solo: A Star Wars Story [Film]
Sonic Adventure 2 [Video Game]
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) [Video Game]
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) [Comic Series]
Sonic The Hedgehog [Media Franchise]
Spider-Man [Media Franchise]
Spider-Verse Saga [Film Series]
Star Wars (1977) [Film]
Star Wars (2015) [Comic Series]
Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015) [Comic Series]
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2016) [Comic Series]
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back [Film]
Star Wars [Media Franchise]
Sugarcube [Programming Language]
Super Mario Bros. (1985) [Video Game]
Surrealism [Art Movement]
THAT NIGHT, STEEPED BY BLOOD RIVER [Video Game]
There Is No Antimemetics Division [Web Series]
The Things They Carried [Book]
Three Worlds Collide [Short Story]
True Romance [Film]
The Truman Show [Film]
Tik-Tok of Oz [Book]
Timeless (2016) [TV Show]
The Time Machine [Book]
Un Chien Andalou [Film]
Underneath Highways [Location]
Upstream Color [Film]
Used Future [Aesthetic]
The Walking Dead [TV Show]
Wang's Carpets [Short Story]
Watch Dogs [Video Game]
Webcore [Aesthetic]
Weirdcore [Aesthetic]
Weird Fiction [Genre]
Will of the People: Dead Biorb Rising [Video Game]
The Wizard of Oz (1939) [Film]
Xeelee Sequence [Book Series]
Xenology: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial Life, Intelligence, and Civilization [Book]
Yume Nikki [Video Game]
Y2K [Aesthetic]
21st Century Breakdown [Album]
2000s Emo & Alt Fashion [Fashion Trend]
2001: A Space Odyssey [Film]
2020s Emo & Alt Fashion [Fashion Trend]
17776 [Web Series]
Elements, Themes, and Topics of Interest
Christian Imagery [Religious Imagery]
Coca-Cola [Drink]
Computer UI [Computing]
Constructed Languages
Cultural Relativism [Anthropology]
Dr. Pepper [Drink]
Fractals [Mathematics]
Heterochromia [Physical Condition]
Higher-Dimensional Spaces [Mathematics]
Keyboard Layouts [Computing]
LGBTQIA+ [Genders and Sexualities]
Moral Relativism [Philosophy]
Neopronouns [Linguistic Construct]
Non-Euclidean Geometry [Mathematics]
Set Theory [Mathematics]
Soda [Type of Drink]
Speculative Evolution [Genre]
Time Travel [Concept]
Wormholes [Physics]
Xenogenders [Genders]
Xenology [Fictional Field of Research]