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Why are Silksong's Bosses Named like That? YouTube video by SolidArf

🪡🎬 New Video! 🐝🦋

Silksong's bosses have some pretty unique names, so I wanted to thread through them and see what patterns emerge. Also: Why?

Shares and reposts appreciated!
youtu.be/FKl3WJ5lxmI

How (and Why) Psychonauts 2 Adapts Real History YouTube video by SolidArf

🎬🧠 New video! 🧠🎭

I've had a lot about Psychonauts 2 on the brain for a while. One of those things?

youtu.be/bc5SaIRl96k
#Psychonauts #VideoEssay

Bump for the weekend!

Tweet from @TheOmegaVirus Mgs4 boss: *Tries to give Snake a lapdance and dies* Drebin: "That was Angry Armadillo, she was forced to eat cement as a child"

With more people getting the opportunity to play Metal Gear Solid 4, it means more people will understand one of my favorite posts online

How (and Why) Psychonauts 2 Adapts Real History YouTube video by SolidArf

🎬🧠 New video! 🧠🎭

I've had a lot about Psychonauts 2 on the brain for a while. One of those things?

youtu.be/bc5SaIRl96k
#Psychonauts #VideoEssay

An image of clouds and a rainbow superimposed on top is an image of the trans flag and a golden retriever puppy. Bridget from guilty gear is also edited in to the image. Text reads "Deposit a trans person $100 and tomorrow something incredible will happen to you. Don't miss this opportunity.".

Hey Bluesky! Do you want to help a trans woman move to a safe place so she can be with her loved ones? Boy do I have an opportunity for you!

I continue raising money to cover all the immigration expenses (and there's a lot of them)

ko-fi.com/zeitgeistmis...

Donations and reposts are appreciated 💙

Nina and I are working hard to complete get all the documentation and everything else we need for immigration in order to get her here into Australia permanently! There are still many and more expenses involved in this thing besides just the visa though, so any continued support would be welcome!

We are now hosting a One Shot session of REALIS by @austinwalker.bsky.social check it out hang out and donate!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYK...

A poster for the fundraiser stream featuring the protagonist of the Wolfenstein series against the red background. The text says: Get Nina to Safety (Part 2) Featuring: Darkfry, Gianni Matragrano, Liv Smith, Jehtt, Noah Caldwell-Gervais, The Cursed Judge, Pixel a Day, Ladyknightthebrave, Yakkocmn, Pillar of Garbage, LegalKimchi, Vivian Aladren, Swolesome, Questing Refuge, TSD Talks and more!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

This and next weekends @darkfry.bsky.social and I are hosting the final two streams to help me raise enough funds to move to safety and marry my amazing @deviousbec.bsky.social

New quiz shows, a bunch of guests and the entire Wolfenstein trilogy included. Come say hi!

Future Tense - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark In a world where it’s becoming exceedingly difficult to discern what’s real and what’s fake, Future Tense sheds light on the importance of preserving the truth. In our film, we hope to capture the thr...

Some former students are trying to get a cool sci-fi film about media archival and preservation funded. Consider checking it out!

seedandspark.com/fund/future-...

One of my favorite things I worked on this year!

honored to vote in Sight & Sound’s annual video essay poll this year 🙏 and REALLY proud to have my work recognized!

major thanks to @solidarf.bsky.social for the nomination!

check out some of 2025’s greatest videos here, including my own nominations 👀 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

The best video essays of 2025 Now in its ninth year, our annual poll showcases 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters.

Delighted to say that the BFI's Best Video Essays of 2025 poll released yesterday, and I was delighted both to participate as a nominator and to be mentioned myself! A brief thread: 1/

www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth YouTube video by SolidArf

What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth:

youtu.be/QDP4rHhyWi4
(Thank you to @questingrefuge.bsky.social for the nomination!)

I Studied for My Citizenship Test with Assassin's Creed 3 YouTube video by SolidArf

I Studied for My Citizenship Test with Assassin's Creed 3:

youtu.be/dM3VdyYsUeo
(Thank you to @lambhoot.bsky.social for nominating!)

Was honored to be a voter on Sight and Sound's "Best video essays of 2025" this year!

Also honored to have TWO(!) of my videos named on the list - alongside so many fellow creators I admire.

Stream number 2 is starting very soon! Please help Nina escape from a transphobic country where she lives in constant risk, by sharing, tuning in, or donating if you can!

At 12pm AEST (about 11 hours from now) I'll be playing in the TTRPG intermission segment, so come check thst out maybe!

i've had to head out for today, but the stream is still going for a while!!!

keep your eyes on and keep the donations coming, she's so close to her initial goal!!! 💜

My amazing fiance @zeitgeistmistress.bsky.social will be running two 24 hour fundraiser streams on the 6th and 13th of December to help her escape a country where her very existence is considered a crime, and join me here in Australia so we can get married.

Please share this around and donate!

I'll be on this Sunday morning (EST) - and also lots of cool folks all throughout!

Nina has spearheaded so many fundraisers by this point and is just one of the kindest, most supportive people in the video essay space. Let's come pay it forward!

A poster for a fundraiser stream showing the face of Elster from Signalis against the red background. The text says: Get Nina to Safety Fundraising Stream (Part 1) Featuring: Darkfry, Noah Caldwell-Gervais, Errant Signal, Daryl Talks Games, The Cursed Judge, Ashley Heather Quills, Casey Explosion, Codex Entry, Ashley Schofield, Hoots, RickiHirsch, Sam (afterthoughts), Talistheintrovert, Kai After Kai and More! December 6th, December 13th 15:00 (GMT), 10:00 (ET), 07:00 (PT), 09:00 (CT), 02:00 (AEST)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

On Saturdays December 6th and 13th @darkfry.bsky.social and I will be hosting the first two 24 hour fundraisers with a bunch of cool guests to help me move to safety and finally marry @deviousbec.bsky.social

Oh yeah, and we'll be playing Signalis! Info below:

A video thumbnail in which Sam is holding up a picture of a Solarpunk scene, with the text "fan of Solarpunk"

I have worked harder on this than on any previous video. I'm going to bed now. Goodnight 🌱❤️

youtu.be/pLYD3CG-5BQ

Full of Spirits, Devoid of Soul — Ghostwire: Tokyo is Haunted by the AAA Design Curse The only haunting thing about this game is the potential it squandered

Loved reading this article by @pixeladay.bsky.social, about the shallow version of mythology that permeated Ghostwire: Tokyo.

kat-pixeladay.medium.com/full-of-spir...

I voted Mass Effect! Your Wrex vid is still one of my fave ME video essays.

u ever think about how "from soft" games are "to hard" 🤔

I'm in a VIDEO ESSAY FANCAM by one of the GOATs in the space, lmao

Wild!!!

D'aww! You are too kind, friend.

making it my duty to glaze up this community while I wait for the dryer cycle to finish 🌞🙌

This is easily Aaraf's best work yet. Whether you like anachronistic fiction, political commentary, or the strange limbo between them where Assassin's Creed III sits, definitely give this video a watch. Loved the whole production.