@runemeisterkris
Professional Archaeologist, & Archaeogaming Content Creator I play video games, meme, & trick you into learning Streamer DM Dad & Dingus ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐ฒ Twitch (1k+) | YouTube (700+) | TikTok (42k+) linktr.ee/RuneMeisterKris Inquiries: runemeisterkris@gmail.com
Also yall should subscribe to my YouTube so I feel societal pressure to post more videos since it's the easiest way for me to engage in independent #archaeology & #archaeogaming research/public outreach in my preferred subject areas while still being able to be a goof
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Oh hey I did my first YouTube video in over a year where I sat in my backyard 4 days after getting surgery making a historic #VikingAge recipe for Leek & Onion Soup (which some sources claim were used to triage gut-wounds) & tested whether I was gonna survive. I did, btw ๐
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we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
๐ฐ The identification of a unique board game from the Roman Netherlands has big implications for our understanding of ancient games
๐บ #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @labrujulaverde.bsky.social
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Day 2 God of War: Ragnarok from an Archaeooogist with a Master's in Viking Runestones!
How well do they render cultural material compared to historical counterparts? Are mythological figures represented in ways consistent with how they were viewed? What about the fish???
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A recent post from the BBC website: something fun for all my fellow runatics to read.
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A copy of the book โAncient Egypt in Video Gamesโ edited by Jennifer Cromwell
Always exciting to get the latest delivery off @dgb-history.bsky.socialโs โVideo Games and the Humanitiesโ conveyor belt!
First week back in the field post surgery/winter paperwork break... It's amazing the sorts of things the human body can recover from.
Especially one that's been put through the wringer by a gung-ho pilot with a "that's a future me problem" approach to self care
*glares at my own reflection*
As I suspected, trying to sleep for 1-2hrs before my 4am Uber to the airport this morning has probably left me feeling worse than if I had just tanked through with an all nighter...
The craziest part is that you can export your creations as STL files for 3D printing or digital use in other projects (with credit). If any other archaeologists/historians are looking for a way to get decent reconstructions of historic blades give this a shot
store.steampowered.com/app/2305640/...
Last night we tried the new blacksmithing game @bladesonggame.bsky.social & made a historically accurate #Viking #ULFBERHT #Sword! Using the Rosenlund Sword, the Ballinderry Sword, & other unnamed examples from National Museum Denmark for reference, I think it came out pretty good! #Archaeogaming
Building a FIRE
Eating MEAT
Forging digital Historically accurate #ULFBERHT SWORD
GET IN ERE
#Bladesong #Viking #archaeology #blacksmithing #archaeogaming #Twitch
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Urnes-style Uppsala memorial runestone
๐ฒ Urnes-style Uppsala memorial runestone (U 614) from Torsรคtra, dating to the late C11th.
๐ 'Skรบli and Folki raised this stone in memory of their brother Hรบsbjวซrn. He fell ill while collecting payment on Gotland' (Historiska).
The runemaster was most likely Visรคte.
My ๐ท Historiska museet
My sons school put them on remote learning all week because its "too cold" w/ daily tasks to complete for all 1st grade classes including GYM. They then sent a message reprimanding parents for not doing all the assignments quick enough. Where should I send the Invoice for being a Substitute Teacher?
I'm told I can beat God of War tonight if I lock in... Well brother I'm SNOWED it so let's get that deified BREAD!
#GodofWar #Archaeogaming #Twitch
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Giving the LIVE NOW function a try! Click my Profile Pic and lemme know if it works!
I'm told I'm most of the way through by now, but if you know how it goes and want to see an Archaeologist playing through God of War while he waits out this blizzard outside drop on by!
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*blows dust off app icon*
People kept sending me Twitter links so I somehow got roped back in over there, but I remembered that place is cancer so I'm coming back here if thats chill
Just gave a "Career Day" Q&A about Archaeology to a class of 3rd Graders as a favor to a friend and I was lowkey impressed with how well they listened and asked questions. Maybe the kids are alright after all haha
Happy Hangoverween
Its so good. I literally i think spent about an hour going through and reading all the plaques.
Check the hallways of the school too, theres lots more extra exhibits!
A carved duck figurine on display at the Swedish History Museum - 107535_HST
A carved duck figurine on display at the Swedish History Museum, photo by Christer ร hlin, SHM.
Spent a few hours at the Swedish History Museum recently, and among all the shiny viking objects on show, this simple carved duck from Birka stood out to me. Ascribed all kinds of sublime and symbolic roles, it may have simply been a kid's toy; a beloved, ordinary plaything without frills or fuss ๐ฆ
The Great Viking Survey logo against a background of a mountainous landscape - the words 'Closes 19 May!' are also superimposed in red.
Don't miss the boat! Take part in the Great Viking Survey before it closes on 19 May.
Quick to complete and wholly anonymous, find it at vikingsurvey.org!
I dont speak European Quebecois, will I be able to enjoy Clair Obscur Expedition 33 or should I wait for the Japanese dub with English subtitles so people dont call me a poser
I am flabbergasted that 100 men vs 1 gorilla is even a convo. We evolved as PURSUIT PREDATORS biologically constructed to outlast most animals. Even without tools, we take shifts to enrage the gorilla by yelling, baring teeth, etc. & kite it around for a few hours preventing it from sleeping till โ ๏ธ
This is amazing. I could watch 4mo re hours of this.
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I've partnered with @Thorum to showcase the company's Archaeology-inspired wedding rings, including ones made from Pattern-Welded "Damascus" Steel, T-Rex fossil, meteorite, WWII gunstock & more!
Use link www.thorum.com/discount/RUN... & code "RUNE20" to get 20% off the ENTIRE order! #ForgedbyThorum
Last night I streamed the Oblivion remaster and I'd safely say I spent about 2.5 hours alone on inventory micromanagement, shuttling rusty iron gear to the Imperial City Market, and doing the Speech minigame to max my merchant reputation and buyback rate.
Semi related, but yes I am mentally unwell
4E was a tabletop MMO. It allowed for a character that could be brought around into games at your FLGS easily with mechanics that favored and streamlined combat in a way that was easy for new players while giving every class a fantasy/magic feel.
It wasn't my cup o tea, but I do use some parts in 5E
Ugh, methinks perhaps an undulating masse of shadow-touched monocles affixed upon ends of chains meeting within a single pocket, bothe secret and terrifying, for the beholder doth not don trousers...