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Archivist Shepard

@archivistshepard.bsky.social
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Play video games, make video essays, disseminate feelings he/him | aro/ace www.youtube.com/@ArchivistShepard

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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 2h
Regarding the Jacob Geller of it all: did some unsubscribing and membership cancelling today (as I imagine many have in the last twenty-four hours). My genuine thoughts are with those most closely affected. Believe victims. Believe survivors. Believe people who have been hurt and are hurting.
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Another thrilling installment of "Is Shepard gonna make this weird?" Spoiler alert: you bet I am, but at a digestible four minutes!
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Archivist Approved | Forbidden Solitaire
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ButtPoems @buttpoems.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
An unabashed favorite of mine BECAUSE messing up a puzzle can end up with someone getting Saw'd. 😂
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Everybody shut up new 1000xRESIST dev game before I've gotten around to 1000xRESIST.
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Got one for you storytelling nerds out there! We go back to basics for a hot minute and talk about Story Mountains and games in some unexpected (and pleasantly expected!) ways. Also, Batman makes an appearance! 🦇 Give it a watch!
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How does a "Plot Mountain" translate into a game?
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Go watch the first one if you haven't! Then this one! 🤍 (it's on my near-future to-do list, but you can be better than me!)
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Trying this new thing where I get my thoughts about a game out while the game is still kind of sort of in the conversation instead of eight months from now. Short version: @inkle.co absolutely killed it, between this, Overboard!, and Heaven's Vault, they've got certified range. Check out TR-49!
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TR-49 | Archivist Approved
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
www.youtube.com/live/ucYKKIp... Help Nina (a certified Real One) raise enough cash to move and marry their one true love! They'll be playing Wolfenstein, which is as thematically on the nose now as it was in 2017. GET PSYCHED <3
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Get Nina to Safety Fundraiser (Part 2) #1
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Dammit, Katie, you can't drop something like this the DAY I purchase Horses, and the DAY BEFORE I will be UNABLE TO PLAY GAMES for SEVERAL WEEKS. 😭
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Nina @zeitgeistmistress.northsky.social · 04/12/2025
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 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)
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Get in, losers, we're talking about tools and history and humanity, and there's a lot of satisfying footage of bad guys getting absolutely merc'd by things that weren't designed to merc bad guys. Big ups to @katieandcatburger.bsky.social for her absolute S-tier voice work! Give it a watch, yeah?
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The Power and Legacy of Last Stand Weapons
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
I don't know how many of you are clocking in tomorrow (or are currently clocked in), but I'll bet a lot of you play Work Sims during your precious off-time. You ever think about why? Cuz I have. youtu.be/tSPKjZzjTN8
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Work Sims and Why We Work For Fun
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Can I offer you some existentialist, English-major-coded, heartfelt appreciation for Dead Space in these ongoing, trying times?
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Dead Space is Every Single Form of Conflict
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
If the government won't help us, we must help each other. Join up and help a pal get out of Dodge. <3 There's a designated "Punch a Racist" counter, so you literally can't go wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yftj...
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Blind DISCO ELYSIUM Fundraising Marathon!
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Art makes us feel. So, what does it make YOU feel? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET3i... #signalis
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Signalis, Analysis, and Answers
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I'm going to spend the next several hours testing the theory that, actually, Doom and ancient philosophy (courtesy of Ursula K. Le Guin) DO actually go together like peanut butter and chocolate. www.youtube.com/live/Y0EgNwq...
The Doom Slayer from the 2016 release of DOOM fighting demons in the orange-red hellscape, while Ursula K. Le Guin calmly observes all from the horizon.
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
In a time where leadership, political and otherwise, sees fit to find new, horrible ways to rake us over the coals, I found comfort in an unexpected game...not BECAUSE of the ability to have a bootlegger merc somebody who did you wrong, but in spite of it.
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Archivist Approved | Hollywood Animal
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David Foster WallStreetBets @batmansrobyn.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Mel Brooks is the only person to do Nazis correctly in contemporary media and we are now experiencing the fallout of 50+ years of movies telling us that actually the Nazis are stylish and well-organized adversaries who should be respected and admired
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 29/03/2025
my husband just sent me this
tumblr user nitewrighter says:
Me: I don’t get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I’m like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now?

The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it’s the fascism. You’re completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you’re also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you’re going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances.

Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW.

Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I know that you know that I know that this is all fucked, but this is fucked. I wish I could talk about video games more here, but god DAMN.
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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Doing the Actual Lord's work.
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Mossy | ENGVtuber | 🖤🤍💜 @mossygames333.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
In a similar vein I think this is why Fantasy stories about an underdog hero rising up and overthrowing a seemingly all-powerful BBEG appeals to so many people.
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This is it. This is my glimmer of good news in a sea of abject and absolute bullshit.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is a better shot of the size of the crowd at Powder House Square for Rumeysa Ozturk. Less than 24 hours notice.
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
"we have seen this before— this swallowing of bodies, this hunger for breath, this grinding of names into dust. they did it to the ones who marched before us, who sang before us, who dared to cup light in their hands and show the country its own face."
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Mahmoud Khalil...Then You?
Wake up, because you're not safe either.
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
On Fridays, we get angry.
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DOOM, Billionaires, and Rage for Those Who Break Us
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Science is how I get awesome papers and citations for my videos, so color me invested. The advancement, safety, and understanding of humanity and our world is a nice bonus. If you are able to attend somehow, check the Local Events page; plenty of opportunities in the usual urban hubs.
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Crow @crowpotkin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Zelenskyy stayed in Kyiv while Russia was bombing the city and sending in hit squads to kill him. J.D. Vance fled to an undisclosed location because some peaceful protesters yelled at him while he was on vacation. This is why I believe victory over these people is still possible.
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
On the one hand, the world (and our world in America) is Objectively Bad for anyone with a single empathetic bone in their body. But on the other hand, I finally got to uninstall the Dasher app from my phone. Gig courier work can choke, and I'm going to take my little victory for today.
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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 01/03/2025
“Sic semper tyrannis.”
A photo of Luigi from Super Mario on a black stand wearing a hoodie and holding a zapper. He is holding Elon Musk’s bloodied severed head as Wario from the now infamous SNL skit.
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Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
So with almost all digital game stores being based in the US,this could seriously fuck up the type of games we can release. We're not talking about small titles either. We're talking about Baldur's Gate 3, Disco Elysium, Cyberpunk and so on. 1/2
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Spoiler alert: it's not just with shotguns and rivet guns. But it's not NOT just with shotguns and rivet guns. Gotta work with what you got. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_zR...
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Finding Different Meaning Beneath DUSK
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Archivist Shepard @archivistshepard.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I'm trash at social media, so here's the rundown: I make video essays! Topics intersect between video games, life, and storytelling. We have fun! We keep it authentic! We occasionally whiplash between hope and righteous fury. It's a good time for everyone. Check it out! Talk to you soon!
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