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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 24/09/2026

As I often say (and I'm sure many others before me have also said similar): An ignorant populace is a feature of Capitalism, not a bug.

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Ash @shaulaash.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When you are tired after a long day at work but want to play video games as well

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Cartoon Character Gaming

ALT: Cartoon Character Gaming

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 24/09/2026

How much do you like these tropes? Enemies to lovers: 8/10 Second chance: It depends/10 Fake dating: 5/10 Friends to lovers: 9/10 Age gap: 6/10 Found family: 10/10 Grumpy x sunshine: 11/10 Pregnancy: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯/10 Slow burn: YOU'RE TAKING TOO LONG/10 Love triangle: 2/10

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 23/09/2026

When industry-wide unionization finally gets established in the video game industry in the states, we need to be prepared to support a long strike that will delay some of your favorite games. Cuz' that's what it's going to take to make these companies start giving a shit about their workers.

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🗝Sorawolfkiba👑🎮 @sorawolfkiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Made another Kingdom Hearts reaction image by accident 😆

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 23/09/2026

Not that pro football in general doesn't have other, major problems beyond this (the ongoing concussion issues being a big one), but this can seriously demonstrate that community ownership makes society better, not worse, to the average Wisconsin native.

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 23/09/2026

Probably the best kind of story to help radicalize Wisconsinites to the Left, and I mean that unironically.

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The NFL BANNED the Packers' Ownership Model. Here is Why

YouTube video by Prime Time Sports

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Dr Heidi Colthup @heidi-colthup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What a great idea! @drjohnwills.bsky.social it can be used in the classroom too.

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 21/09/2026

It's gonna be Wild Arms for me-it was the first time I played a game that showed you can tell serious, interesting stories. It started me down the road to where I am today, studying games as a scholar.

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Rudy Roughknight Wild Arms

ALT: Rudy Roughknight Wild Arms

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 19/09/2026

Or "Shitty Intelligence," if we're feeling vulgar.

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 19/09/2026

If the industry switches to "SI" instead of "AI", We all agree we're gonna just call it "Stolen Intelligence," right?

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 18/09/2026

QTP with 10 games to get to know you 🎮 #promosky #gamesky 🔹️ Chrono Trigger 🔹️ Wild Arms 🔹️ Mega Man Legends 🔹️ Xenosaga Episode I 🔹️ Final Fantasy IX 🔹️ Fallout: New Vegas 🔹️ Ratchet & Clank 2 🔹️ Dark Cloud 2 🔹️ Steambot Chronicles 🔹️ Journey

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Dr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tech CEOs are existential risk to our societies and democracies.

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𝐵𝑒𝒸𝓀𝓎 💜✨ @beckypostsgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Don’t miss this moots! Time for another road trip 🤩🫶🏻

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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

it's creepypasta for adults but somehow dumber.

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 16/09/2026

One of my continual frustrations of being a media and games scholar is that neither field can seem to come to a consensus on a unified citation style for their journals 🫠

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 16/09/2026

Boy, this week has been hectic between work/teaching/writing/anime con running 😩

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 15/09/2026

Happy 25 years to the Nintendo GameCube

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 13/09/2026

Day 4: Dance-Off! (It's a bullet hell rhythm/dance fight, so I say it counts): www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeDI...

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068. Death By Glamour (UNDERTALE Soundtrack) - Toby Fox

YouTube video by Toby Fox

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UI-CON @ui-con.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

UI-Con is recruiting volunteer staff for 2027! If you want to join us, fill out this form and we will be in touch: forms.gle/3jMvLw3BAmzQ...

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

They want you to think you have to buy it. You don't. It was already in your own heart all along. Support your friends. Support strangers. Support independent publishers. You do not need a corporation's permission to have fun.

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Possessor Fessor @professorfessor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You don’t have to qualify to play a game. You don’t have to pay any dues to enjoy something. If you only play FFXVI and want to praise Final Fantasy, go for it. Just like things.

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DecodeVen @decodeven.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I need to remind everyone, especially after their presentation today. Level-5 has been very openly using Generative AI in their game development and are proud of it. This includes their newly announced titles such as New World of Steam, Yo-Kai Watch 2 and Curious Village Remake.

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 09/09/2026

Anime-styled characters have, in general, looked bad when rendered in extremely realistic graphics, but look great when the entire world is rendered in an animated style. If you like it and are still excited about it, great, but it makes complete sense that many are put off by it.

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 09/09/2026

My $.02 on the Zelda OoT Remake: The visual direction forgot about the reality of the uncanny valley. They needed to choose between realistic graphics or fidelity to the original art style, and instead they're trying both. It looks off because many people are finding that combination jarring.

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 08/09/2026

Nice to have a shorter week this week, but I still wish the weekend had been longer 😩

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Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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Sophia_Nyx 🐰 @sophianyx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

don't let the fear of being mid stop u from being silly.

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 04/09/2026

Mother HD2D Collection (including Mother 3)

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Huntonic @huntonic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

For freaking real

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 04/09/2026

I'm just hoping for FF Dimensions myself.

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Dr. Will Helmke @williamhelmke.com · 04/09/2026

This was pretty fun, and it got me: a farm kid from central Wisconsin, and it still shows. mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

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MiracleMoan @miraclemoan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm too pleased with my already pinned introduction post to do a new promosky, ever, so I'm just gonna quote it here. 📋 Really, I obsessed over it for longer than I care to admit, trying to get the most out of the 300 characters limit and cram some of my personality in there. 😆 Let's be friends! 🫶

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Mo 🎮 @mokayos.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

September #promosky Hi I’m Mo I’m a: - lover of video games - board game enjoyer - anime watcher - cat parent I’m currently: - extremely depressed - grieving - insomniac I’m currently playing Raft & struggling to exist.

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🌸Legend of Aly🎮 @alycore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Reasonable consumers also will NOT be buying a PlayStation 6, if Sony doesn’t start acting like a reasonable business.

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