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The Willow Wisp

@willow0wisp.bsky.social
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(he/they) Writing. Magic: The Gathering (#MTG), video games, video essays, and general geekery. Neurodiverging every day.

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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFNx...
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How Gamers Killed Ultima Online's Virtual Ecology | War Stories | Ars Technica
YouTube video by Ars Technica
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ultima Online Retrospective | The Last Hurrah by Majuular www.youtube.com/watch?v=35SK...
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Ultima Online Retrospective | The Last Hurrah
YouTube video by Majuular
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc4I...
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Detail Diatribe: The Last Unicorn (And Why You Should Read It)
YouTube video by Overly Sarcastic Productions
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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 25/09/2026
The Echoverse comes for everyone, including Squen and Cragg! Don't eat the cards! Play them at a #MTGFracture prerelease this week instead!
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TCGplayer @tcgplayer.com · 19/09/2026
In the Echoverse, Niv-Mizzet is on the Ghost Council but happens to work quite well with fun little win condition in Commander. #MTGFracture #edh #mtgcommander
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The three genders
Cover of men, women and chainsaws by Carol J. Clover, with a scary backlit silhouette holding a chainsaw and a scary silhouette hand
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IAHFY ✦ @iahfy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Samus & Kirby
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Harley Quinn season 4 was a pretty good depiction of corporate capture.
A screenshot from the Harley Quinn animated series, Season 4. Poison Ivy is in a board room with elongated Venus fly traps moving things around the room for her. She has her left hand up to get people's attention and is saying: "But listen up. The plan is socially conscious evil."
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Christine M. Moeller, PhD @christinemmoe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UNION YES!
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Noah Caldwell-Gervais @noahgervais.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Adapting the '80s With Teyon Games youtu.be/8EYthstJbis
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Adapting the '80s With Teyon Games [Rambo: TVG, Terminator: Resistance, Robocop: Rogue City]
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
ecco the dolphin: defender of the future, advert, printed on the back of space channel 5 manual for the dreamcast (2000) www.mobygames.com/game/5764/sp...
text:
our fine-finned hero is back!
title font
(close-up of ecco the dolphin, splashing through water. various bubble, showing in game graphics of ecco swimming are shown around them).
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Final Fantasy XIV loves writing politicians. But what does it like about them?
YouTube video by Cleretic
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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If you're in Canada and want to tell Tim Hortons that their Harry Potter marketing campaign is shit, you can contact them here: www.timhortons.ca/support
help.timhortons.ca
Tim Hortons Help Centre
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Seeing this block in Celeste, knowing exactly what to do with it; realizing that some of the people who made it were close to the same age of nerd as I am.
A screenshot from the game Celeste. A simple pixelized red haired character stands in a mountainous level. An out of place block is on the right of the image, white, with screw like circles on each corner. It stands out from the more naturalistic textures around it.
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Mackenzie (he/his/him) @catmetamackenzie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There is some excellent and interesting conversation going on in this thread.
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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Donald Glover's 'Good' Meme Moment
Alt: Donald Glover's 'Good' Meme Moment
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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I just need y'all to see this post I saw mere moments after reading this:
A Reddit post from r/magictcg where they're mocking the NYT for using magic the gathering as a depiction of "frugality" for saving money in these trying times.
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Johnny Normality @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026
EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Spamton Encounter - Deltarune Animation
YouTube video by Davis
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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 15/08/2026
'The Old Oak' - one of my paintings in my most recent art drop. I'll be removing this on the 18th of August if it hasn't sold (it will be going up in an exhibition). So if you don't grab it now, there won't be another opportunity. buff.ly/0L4lioc #sunset #originalart #hobbitcore #cottagecore
an orange sunset behind a purply blue tree at dusk. It has lights on in the windows in its trunk and a small door with steps leading away into the undergrowth.
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Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Hey friends, how about a Designing Historical Games for the Classroom edition of ask-me-anything ? So that would be designing boardgames, interactive choice-based history texts, rpgs, (videogames of course but that is not core to this book)and/or helping students design them in for classes.
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Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators
Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators is a complete introductory guide for designing analog games and interactive choice‑based historical texts for history classes...
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Jen_FilthyMTGCasuals➡️MC Atlanta @jenfilthymtgcasual.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The good old days When Magic: The Gathering's Tempest set was released in October 1997, the original manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) for a single booster pack was $2.95, and starter decks typically retailed for around $9.95.
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Tony DiTerlizzi @diterlizzi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Vintage Magic the Gathering art! What a surprise to learn that an unpublished oldie for Magic finally gets a release! There are a couple more in their archive that have yet to see the light of day, so you never know.🤞
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Wayne Reynolds @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Hostage Taker - Alternative version. For Magic the Gathering. Re-released for Mystery Booster 2; Convention Edition. Artwork sized "11.2 x "8.2 / 28.5cm x 21cm. Acrylic on artboard. Painted 2018. Original artwork sold. Publishing copyright; Wizards of the Coast. Art Director; Taylor Ingvarsson.
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Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
You make a video saying that Homarids are in danger of type-errata unless they gain a unique mechanical identity. Specifically you prescribe caring about Tide counters. 2 years later Mystery Booster Commander prints Rikala Homarid King, a legend which cares about Tide counters! It's a lobster...
Spice in its video Saving Magic's Endangered Creature Types. It's standing beside a custom card depicting:

Homarid Bastard [1UU]
Creature - Homarid Warrior
At the beginning of your end step add or remove a tide counter from Homarid Bastard.
So long as Homarid Bastard has 1 or fewer tide counters on it, it has hexproof and doesn't untap during your untap step. Otherwise you mill 2 cards for each tide counter on Homarid Bastard. (There should be an trigger on your untap step or something for that last ability)A picture shared by mtg_tarzan of:
Rikala, Homarid King [1GU]
Legendary Creature - Lobster Noble
At the begining of your upkeep, put a tide counter on Rikala. Then if there are four or more tide counters on Rikala, remove them.
Creatures you control get +1/+0 for each tide counter on Rikala.
Whenever you tap an island for mana, if there are three or more tide counters on Rikala, add an additional U.
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DevLev Echoverse Observer @levdev.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Another deep cut!
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
oh god oh fuck
A bluesky notification reading “Tonberry followed you”, from three minutes prior.  Their icon is a picture of a Tonberry from final fantasy, a weird little green dude in a brown robe with a featureless face consisting of only two yellow dot eyes.  It’s holding a lantern, for being spooky, and a knife (for ending your life). It offers me the option to follow the tonberry back, which is generally not how this works, but can be useful in getting through the ARR bonus dungeon Wanderer’s Palace (Hard).
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milkbean @milkbean.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The absolute legend… our lord jimothy! 🍃
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
might and magic III: isles of terra, screenshot, dos (1991) www.mobygames.com/game/1621/mi...
rpg screen, party member face profiles down the bottom of the screen (x8), icons on the right hand side of the screen. graphics are a green forest with an ominous sign in front: crazed are the dead.
sky is blue with a cloud.
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b101nf0matr @b101nf0matr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Some of @kilnfiendpotter.bsky.social's lovely Klimt-inspired work. bsky.app/profile/b101...
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Screaming Pectoriloquy @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
literally this meme:
delta airlines poster: UNION DUES
COST AROUND
$700 A YEAR.
A NEW VIDEO GAME SYSTEM WITH THE LATEST HITS SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
PUT YOUR MONEY TOWARDS THAT INSTEAD OF PAYING DUES TO THE UNION.


homer simpson: Aww, higher wages!
I wanted a video game!

homer simpson’s brain: Higher wages can buy many video games.
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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
New video! We're talking about Sony ending physical media, and why it made me think of British supermarkets making cheese harder to get out of a packet. Watch here: youtu.be/IVlMdxuwVaY
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Zombie Capitalism,The Death Of Physical Media, And Cheese Dividers
YouTube video by Stephanie Sterling
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A tale of two Seths. www.reddit.com/r/Deltarune/... #Deltarune #Illusionsofgaia #Seth
An image of Seth from Deltarune beside and image of Seth from Illusions of Gaia. The word "Seth" is written above them both. The Seth on the left, from Deltarune is a violet coloured video game sprite with long hair and glasses who is holding a book. The Seth on the Right is also a violet coloured video game sprite with long hair and glasses.
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.404media.co/this-archivi...
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This Archivist Has Saved 175,000 Articles from 30 Years of Writing about Magic: The Gathering
The Library of Leng contains old usenet posts and forgotten articles from Magic: the Gathering's long history.
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Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Hey do starter packs still work? In honor of a new colleague who has joined BSky, I'm sending this around. If it does work and you think you should be on the historical game studies list (you decide; I don't gatebjeep) let me know go.bsky.app/DCc9miK
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Accursed Dirt Beast 🔞 @aftermoles.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If anyone is getting smacked with this - just use deer.social or another alternate client. Bsky is just an AT Protocol Client, and your Bsky account is an AT Protocol account - you can use your same Bsky account thru another AT Protocol Client, no migration or loss necessary. Could not be easier.
deer.social
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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New article out! 🎮🚨 I explore hegemonic and counter-hegemonic forces in video game receptions of Greco-Roman mythology, considering whether the contrast between conservative and progressive depictions maps onto the similar distinction between AAA and indie games. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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AAA Versus Indie? Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Forces in Video Game Receptions of Greco-Roman Mythology - International Journal of the Classical Tradition
The reception and tradition of Greco-Roman mythology in video games is traditionally considered as violent, masculine and sexist. Nevertheless, there are alternatives to this generalising description,...
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Oooh look at these elegant mono white ones
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Disappointing that Fionna & Cake won't be getting a third season.
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Found out the hard way what happens when you go over the maximum possible money in Stardew Valley....
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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 29/06/2026
The three largest RAM manufacturers in the world are being sued for allegedly working together to fix the supply and price of memory, leading to the recent surge in price for consumers. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ram-man...
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RAM manufacturers have been sued for allegedly fixing prices and supply, leading to increased costs | VGC
The class action lawsuit claims Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron have been squeezing supply…
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I am not there today, but starting tomorrow you can find me haunting the Biblioplex like a very earnest ghost. Come talk to me about OMENS OF CHAOS! Get a friendship bracelet, and make my sequel more likely!
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Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A magic card

Planewide Celebration
{5}{G}{G}
Sorcery

Choose four. You may choose the same mode more than once.

• Create a 2/2 Citizen creature token that’s all colors.

• Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

• Proliferate.

• You gain 4 life.
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
MTG Arena makes me play games I don't care about in order to play games that I do care about.
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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The woods are alive 🎨 Ulla Thynell
Illustration depicting an enchanted woodland scene with trees, mushrooms, weird plants and an eerie figure with glowing red eyes.
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Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Production editor has confirmed the proofs are off to the printers! July 31st is the planned publication date! Really hope you all like it and find it helpful! www.routledge.com/Designing-Hi...
routledge.com
Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators
Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators is a complete introductory guide for designing analog games and interactive choice‑based historical texts for history classes...
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The Willow Wisp @willow0wisp.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Trash Can Knight, Dustin Binsley: store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
store.steampowered.com
Kingdoms of the Dump on Steam
A SNES styled JRPG set in a fantasy world of garbage, created by two janitors. Join Trash Can Knight, Dustin Binsley, as he fights his way through the Five and a Half Kingdoms of the Dump!
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Schera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN @scherawyss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Here's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again dronexl.co/2026/06/09/p...
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Pokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained The Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military Drones
Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.
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Schera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN @scherawyss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines
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Geoffrey Palmer @livingcardsmtg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Magic: The Gathering versus Universes Beyond: 3
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