Credits

This page acknowledges the sources that help(ed) make my work possible.

Contributors

Below are direct or indirect contributors — listed in alphabetical order.

Credit Usage Notes
Affinity Designer ⧉ Vector production Paid software
archive.today ⧉ Web archiving Free service
colordesigner.io ⧉ Colour tools Free service
Compress PNG ⧉ PNG file compression Free service
cottonbro studio ⧉ Stock videos Free under the Pexels License ⧉
Creative Commons ⧉ Licensing Free service
Dan Grossman ⧉ Online articles on airships Free reference
David Merfield ⧉ Public Icons ⧉ Free under CC0 ⧉
ElevenLabs ⧉ Text-to-speech generator (for proofreading) Freemium service
Emojipedia ⧉ Emoji reference Free service
Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopedia Free service
Fantasy Map Generator ⧉ Map generator and production Free software
favicon.io ⧉ Favicon generator Free service
GarageBand ⧉ Music production Free software
GIMP ⧉ Raster production Free software
GitHub ⧉ Software host and version control Freemium service
Google Sheets ⧉ Spreadsheet production and hosting Freemium software
Grammarly ⧉ Proofreading Freemium service
Hostwinds ⧉ Website host for schizoidnightmares.com and absurdrealms.com Paid service
iMovie ⧉ Video editing and compiling Free software
Internet Archive ⧉ Web archiving Free service
Jekyll ⧉ Static site generator for schizoidnightmares.com and absurdrealms.com Free under the MIT License ⧉
jekyll-last-modified-at ⧉ Page last modified Liquid tag Free under the MIT License ⧉
jekyll-paginate-v2 ⧉ News pagination Free under the MIT License ⧉
jekyll-tidy ⧉ Plugin for tidying up HTML Free under the MIT License ⧉
Kelly Lacy ⧉ Stock videos Free under the Pexels License ⧉
Lora by Cyreal ⧉ Font for my branding and websites Free under the OFL ⧉
Material Theme Builder ⧉ Website colour scheme generator Free tool
MediaWiki ⧉ Software powering the Schizoid Nightmares Wiki Free under the GPL ⧉
Miguel Á. Padriñán ⧉ Stock videos Free under the Pexels License ⧉
Miraheze ⧉ Website host for the Schizoid Nightmares Wiki Free service
NightCafe Studio ⧉ A.I. art generator Freemium service
Njalla ⧉ Domain registration Paid service
Pages ⧉ Word processor Free software
Pexels ⧉ Stock videos Free under the Pexels License ⧉
Pixabay ⧉ Stock videos Free under the Pexels License ⧉
RubyGems ⧉ Ruby packages Free service
Shaping Design Blog ⧉ Font size guidelines ⧉ Free service
Simone Carletti ⧉ Apache redirect tutorial ⧉ Free service
Simple Machines Forum ⧉ Forums software Free software under this licence ⧉
Stack Overflow ⧉ Programming help Free service
Tally ⧉ Form builder and hosting Freemium service
The Markdown Guide Markdown syntax reference Free service
Thales Group ⧉ Software versioning guide ⧉ Free service
Thesaurus.com ⧉ Thesaurus Free service
Tom Fisk ⧉ Stock videos Free under the Pexels License ⧉
Visual Studio Code ⧉ Source-code editing Free software
Vlad Momot ⧉ Cover artist for Schizoid Nightmares Anthology I and The Flippers Paid contributor; cover art produced for me under CC BY 4.0 ⧉
W3Schools ⧉ Web development reference Free service
Wiktionary ⧉ Dictionary Free service

Inspirations

Below are my sources of inspiration — listed by type in alphabetical order.

Films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • 2081 (2009)
  • 28 Days Later (2002)
  • Alien & Aliens (1979, 1986)
  • Alien vs. Predator (2004)
  • Annihilation (2018)
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
  • Avatar (2009)
  • Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 (1982, 2017)
  • Bourne (2002–2007)
  • Cargo (2017)
  • Children of Men (2006)
  • Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
  • Cube (1997)
  • Dawn of the Dead (1978, 2004)
  • Day of the Dead (1985)
  • Dead Alive (1992)
  • Falling Down (1993)
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
  • Fire in the Sky (1993)
  • Fortress (1992)
  • Gattaca (1997)
  • I, Robot (2004)
  • Idiocracy (2006)
  • Jurassic Park (1993–2001)
  • King Kong (1933, 2005)
  • Lord of the Flies (1990)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
  • Nope (2022)
  • Planet of the Apes (1968–1973)
  • Poltergeist (1985)
  • Predator & Predator 2 (1987, 1990)
  • Quarantine (2008)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Rec & Rec 2 (2007, 2009)
  • Scarface (1983)
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Sicario & Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2015, 2018)
  • Soylent Green (1973)
  • Star Wars (1977–2005 Skywalker Saga)
  • Terminator (1984–2003)
  • The Beach House (2019)
  • The Blob (1988)
  • The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
  • The Circle (2017)
  • The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
  • The Descent (2005)
  • The Fly (1986)
  • The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
  • The Land Before Time (1988)
  • The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003)
  • The Matrix (1999–2003)
  • The Mist (2007)
  • The Mosquito Coast (1986)
  • The Mummy Returns (2001)
  • The Night Eats the World (2018)
  • The Platform (2019)
  • The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
  • The Stuff (1985)
  • The Time Machine (1960, 2002)
  • The Thing (1982)
  • The War of the Worlds & War of the Worlds (1953, 2005)
  • They Live (1988)
  • Things to Come (1936)
  • THX 1138 (1971)
  • Tomorrowland (2015)
  • Transcendence (2014)
  • Virus (1999)
  • Zombie Movie (2005)
  • Zombi 2 (1979)
  • Z.P.G. (1972)

Games

  • Aliens Versus Predator 2 (2001)
  • Aliens vs. Predator (2010)
  • Arma (2009–2013)
  • BioShock (2007)
  • Dead Rising (2006)
  • Dead Space (2008)
  • Democracy 3 (2013)
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Dwarf Fortress (2006)
  • Fallout (1997–2015)
  • Far Cry 4 (2014)
  • Gears of War (2006)
  • Half-Life (1998–2007)
  • Halo (2001–2007)
  • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995)
  • Jade Empire (2005)
  • Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death (2005)
  • King Kong (2005)
  • Mass Effect (2007–2012)
  • Myst (1993–2001)
  • NationStates
  • Night of the Consumers (2020)
  • Oddworld (1997–2005)
  • Paranoia
  • Particracy
  • Predator: Concrete Jungle (2005)
  • Prison Architect (2015)
  • Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (2010)
  • RimWorld (2018)
  • Scorn (2022)
  • Shenmue & Shenmue II (1999, 2001)
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization
  • SimEarth (1990)
  • Soma (2015)
  • Star Wars: Battlefront & Star Wars: Battlefront II (2004, 2005)
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
  • Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (2005)
  • System Shock 2 (1999)
  • The Forest (early access)
  • The Longest Journey & Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (1999, 2006)
  • Tropico 3 & Tropico 4 (2009, 2011)
  • Unreal II: The Awakening (2004)
  • Unreal Tournament (1999)

Literature

  • 2000 AD
  • Animal Farm (1945)
  • Annihilation (2014)
  • Anthem (1938)
  • Atlas Shrugged (1957)
  • The Bible
  • Bourne (1980–1990)
  • Brave New World (1932)
  • Childhood’s End (1953)
  • Colossus (1966)
  • Concrete Island (1974)
  • Das Kapital (1887)
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
  • Dune (1965)
  • Ender’s Game (1985)
  • Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
  • Frankenstein (1818)
  • The Four Books and Five Classics
  • Goosebumps (1992–1997)
  • “Harrison Bergeron” (1961)
  • Holes (1998)
  • I, Robot (1950)
  • Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
  • “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” (1967)
  • Jennifer Government (2003)
  • Jurassic Park (1990)
  • Leviathan (1651)
  • Lord of the Flies (1954)
  • Make Room! Make Room! (1966)
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
  • The Quran
  • Republic (375 BC)
  • SCP Foundation
  • Silent Spring (1962)
  • Starship Troopers (1959)
  • The Children of Men (1992)
  • The Circle (2013)
  • The Communist Manifesto (1850)
  • “The Concentration City” (1957)
  • The Edict (1971)
  • The Girl with All the Gifts (2014)
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  • The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955)
  • “The Lottery” (1948)
  • “The Marching Morons” (1951)
  • The Metamorphosis (1915)
  • The Mist (1980)
  • The Mosquito Coast (1981)
  • The Population Bomb (1968)
  • The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
  • The Time Machine (1895)
  • The Trial (1925)
  • The War of the Worlds (1897)
  • The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island (2005)
  • The Zombie Survival Guide (2003)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
  • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1872)
  • We (1924)
  • Who Goes There? (1938)

Places

  • Ancient Athens
  • Ancient China
  • Ancient Rome
  • Bhutan
  • Burkina Faso (1980s)
  • Chile (1970s–1980s)
  • Chuck E. Cheese fun centres, Ontario
  • Cuba
  • Detroit, Michigan
  • El Salvador
  • Fantasy Fair, Woodbine Centre, Toronto
  • Greater Toronto Area
  • Great Wolf Lodge, Niagara Falls
  • Home Depot superstores, Ontario
  • Iran (1950s–1970s)
  • Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Libya (1960s–2010s)
  • McDonald’s restaurants, Ontario (1990s–2000s)
  • Mexico
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Paramount Canada’s Wonderland (1993–2006)
  • Peru
  • Philippines (1960s–1980s)
  • Russia (1910s–1950s)
  • Rwanda
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Syria (2000s–2010s)
  • The Grand Canyon
  • The Himalayas
  • Tibet
  • Tropical Islands Resort, Brandenburg
  • Turkey (1920s–1930s)
  • Walmart superstores, Ontario
  • Walt Disney World (1970s–2000s)
  • West Edmonton Mall, Alberta

Television

  • Black Mirror (2011–2017)
  • Daybreak (2019)
  • Dead Set (2008)
  • Squid Game (2021)
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
  • Survivor (2000s)
  • The Last of Us (2023)
  • The Magic School Bus (1994–1997)
  • The Twilight Zone (1959–2003)
  • The Walking Dead (2010–2021)
  • Wipeout (2008–2014)

Websites

Statistics

Below are the top ten national origin percentages of all credits.

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