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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

ROGUELIKES. They're everywhere. Indie games are roguelikes, AAA games are roguelikes, half the Game of the Year nominees are roguelikes. Why are they so popular though? What makes them click so perfectly with so many people? Let's dive in and find out! youtu.be/kEOYfaz5x6U

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The Strange Psychology of Roguelikes

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🚨NEW VIDEO ALERT!🚨 Why is Mario Kart the biggest kart racing game? How come no other franchise has been able to take them down? What the heck even qualifies as a “kart game”?? I intend to find out!! youtu.be/c7uR5F44q_Y?...

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How Mario Kart Perfected Kart Racing

YouTube video by aSwordBear

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

i hate the swamp in silksong i hate the swamp in silksong i hate the swamp in silksong i hate the swamp in silksong i hate the swamp in silksong i hate the swamp in silksong i hate the swamp in silksong i hate the swamp in silksong i hate the swamp in silksong i hate the swamp in silksong

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I just wanna know who, back in 2001, thought “let’s make Luigi a Ghostbuster”

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I have had non-stop acid reflux since getting back home from Germany lmao Gotta love the good ol' USA

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

How many times do i need to click “show me less like this” on football and baseball posts before BlueSky realizes I don’t want them? Swear I’ve done it like 50 times already.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

12 hours of Berlin to Chicago with nothing to do but get this thing started

Hollow Knight Silksong’s launch page on a steam deck taken from the Berlin airport

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Yeah the worlds on fire and everything is chaos everywhere, but it’s been a pretty insane year for game releases 🙃

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Sorry I’ve been away from content lately. Been a bit busy getting engaged 🙂

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Y'know there's something kinda beautiful about the fact that Silksong took so long because they were "having too much fun making it" instead of some big drama or failure or falling out with Xbox or whatever

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

One of the other developers in my office dimmed the fluorescent lights and everyone loved it. Everyone except the project managers. We may have a war on our hands...

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Movie games were a staple of childhood and everywhere in the early 2000's and 2010's. So why did they vanish? 🤔 I intend to find out, so join me as I dive into the history of movie games, why they've gone extinct, and what their future holds. youtu.be/CYjEVJR_r0k?...

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The Rise and Fall of Movie Games

YouTube video by aSwordBear

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Ok but like…. I shouldn’t buy a Switch 2 but jfc I need to hear this Mario Kart World soundtrack. Didn’t realize Nintendo would be dropping jazz album of the year with their new console.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Every night this week I've sat down intending to finish editing this new main channel video. Every night this week my attention span lasts ~15 minutes then Nightreign takes over.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

One of the managers I work with asked me if I've played Blue Prince. I dont think he realizes what type of special-interest pandora's box he's just opened.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Finally rolled credits on Yakuza 0 last night. Been chipping away at it since November. Probably the longest I've stuck with a game on stream (unless you count my bi-annual Destiny 2 week). Feels like the end of an era almost. What a great game though. VERY excited to dive into Kiwami soon!

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a man in a tuxedo with a bandage on his eye

ALT: a man in a tuxedo with a bandage on his eye

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

They put a gift shop in Blue Prince but aren’t even selling actual merch. What gives??

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

😔 Barista hears my name wrong ONE TIME and I'm branded for life

A meme image of two cartoon characters pointing at a photo of aswordbear. aswordbear has a speech bubble saying "hey guys", to which the characters reply "JADE", and aswordbear response saying "NOT WHAT I'M CALLED"

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Oh yeah I have social media accounts besides Twitch and YouTube! 😅

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Streaming more The Roottrees are Dead tonight. Bout to start Blue Prince for YT Let's Play. Playing The Witness in my free time. I'm so on my puzzle game shit right now it's not funny.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I feel like I went from never having heard of Blue Prince before to suddenly getting bombarded by potential GOTY praise overnight..... I do love puzzle games tho......

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I'm on my 4th Dungeon Crawler Carl book in a ~2 week period... I might have a problem...

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Everyone playing Monster Hunter has me wanting to try Monster Hunter….

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

OH COOL. FUN. HAPPY WEDNESDAY TO ME.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

We found Stardew Valley's jank evil twin 👇👇👇 youtu.be/jk7T37Y7I-c?...

Thumbnail for YouTube Video. The top of the thumbnail features bold text reading "Same Game?". The rest of the thumbnail is divided into two distinct halves. On the right-hand side is a character in the Stardew Valley character art style with green skin, a bright orange moustache, wearing a green shirt and a brown cowboy hat in front of a pixelated green-mountainous landscape and blue sky. The left-hand side features a dark orange background with the sillohuette of a pine tree. A 3D character with a similar design to the right-hand character stands in front. He has the same green skin and orange moustache, with a green floral print shirt and a white-brown cowboy hat.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Gonna tell my kids this is Sakamoto Days

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I got this pin from @jardicus.bsky.social and its so perfect it’s not funny 😭

Photograph of an enamel pin depicting a grey cartoon bear standing on their hind legs and holding a sword. The pin is attached to a Shure SM7B microphone in front of various pieces of stream gear in the background.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It’s been a crazy January 😅 started this month at ~700 subs. I was proud of the new videos I was working on at the time, but had no idea they’d do THIS.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I learned last night that Warrior Cats are just normal cats doing normal cat stuff. I thought it was like Redwall for cats or something. That’s…….Disappointing

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

❗NEW VIDEO Time to talk about what games I want to see remade on the Nintendo Switch 2 👇Go check it out👇 youtu.be/dwwIfTBxSzs

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Every YouTube comment I get complaining about me holding my SM7B in hand rather than on a mic arm makes me wanna hold EVEN HARDER

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

🚨New Youtube Video!🚨 I took a dive into "Work" games ranging from Satisfactory to Lethal Company to Eurotruck Simulator to figure out why we enjoy games that are just jobs so much! Check it out 😁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXkx... #gamingsky #youtube #gaming

Thumbnail image for aSwordBear's newest YouTube video. Several video game characters are lined up against a dark backdrop including Lethal Company, Satisfactory, Powerwash Simulator, Half Life, and Eurotruck Simulator. TCG Card Shop Simulator and Factorio's logos are also shown. At the bottom of the image is the text "THESE ARE JUST JOBS" in white with "Jobs" highlighted in yellow

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

This is the photo equivalent of “sentences that have never been spoken before”

aSwordBear against a green screen backdrop holding up a Nintendo Alarmo and a copy of Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix for the GameCube

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I've reprogrammed my brain to call it Infinite Nicholas instead of Infinity Nikki and now I'm physically incapable of reading this skeet out loud

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

FILMING FOR NEW VIDEO IS DONE 😤 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Christmas Shoes is the worst holiday song and it’s not even a close competition.

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Finally started filming next YT vid! Trying more new ideas with this one 👀

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Burning up my luck real early in the new Pokemon TCG set 😅

Gold Aerodactyl EX card from Pokemon TCG Pocket

Illustration Aerodactyl EX card from Pokemon TCG Pocket

Illustration Exeggutor EX card from Pokemon TCG Pocket

Illustration Dedenne EX card from Pokemon TCG Pocket

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aSwordBear ⚔️🐻 @aswordbear.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I bought a PS5 basically for Astrobot, Spider-Man 2, and Demon's Souls, and ended up loving Astro's Playroom so much I platinum'd it before playing anything else. I start Astrobot on Monday and needless to say I am SO STOKED.

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