Daley
@daleyday.bsky.social
frazzled fantasy author ✨
unrepentant podcaster 🎙️
earnest editor at Worldbuilding Wednesday 🐉
attempted polyglot 日本語 ✶ 中文 ✶ 한국어
unrepentant podcaster 🎙️
earnest editor at Worldbuilding Wednesday 🐉
attempted polyglot 日本語 ✶ 中文 ✶ 한국어
Oh no, the first Avatar movie predicted the future à la Simpsons
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Oh no, the first Avatar movie predicted the future à la Simpsons
Avatar Fire and Ash was 75% of the previous movie rehashed, 20% fire cult baddie being hot, 5% Stephen Lang sass.
10/10 no notes
10/10 no notes
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Avatar Fire and Ash was 75% of the previous movie rehashed, 20% fire cult baddie being hot, 5% Stephen Lang sass.
10/10 no notes
10/10 no notes
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Want to dig deep into the current state of video game preservation? 🎮📚
Read the full transcript of our podcast episode on the subject, complete with links, quotes, stats, and all the academic extras we collected for our inaugural episode.✨
open.substack.com/pub/arcadeac...
Read the full transcript of our podcast episode on the subject, complete with links, quotes, stats, and all the academic extras we collected for our inaugural episode.✨
open.substack.com/pub/arcadeac...
Video Game Preservationists Phil Salvador and Andrew Borman Discuss the Importance of Protecting Gaming History
Insights from Library Director of the Video Game History Foundation, Phil Salvador, and Director of Preservation at the Strong National Museum of Play, Andrew Borman
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November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Want to dig deep into the current state of video game preservation? 🎮📚
Read the full transcript of our podcast episode on the subject, complete with links, quotes, stats, and all the academic extras we collected for our inaugural episode.✨
open.substack.com/pub/arcadeac...
Read the full transcript of our podcast episode on the subject, complete with links, quotes, stats, and all the academic extras we collected for our inaugural episode.✨
open.substack.com/pub/arcadeac...
Reposted by Daley
🚨 Episode 1 of Arcade Academia is now LIVE on Substack, Spotify and Apple Podcasts! 🚨
In our first episode, we interviewed @borman.bsky.social with the Strong National Museum of Play and @philsalv.bsky.social from the Video Game History Foundation about the state of video game preservation.
In our first episode, we interviewed @borman.bsky.social with the Strong National Museum of Play and @philsalv.bsky.social from the Video Game History Foundation about the state of video game preservation.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 Episode 1 of Arcade Academia is now LIVE on Substack, Spotify and Apple Podcasts! 🚨
In our first episode, we interviewed @borman.bsky.social with the Strong National Museum of Play and @philsalv.bsky.social from the Video Game History Foundation about the state of video game preservation.
In our first episode, we interviewed @borman.bsky.social with the Strong National Museum of Play and @philsalv.bsky.social from the Video Game History Foundation about the state of video game preservation.
2,227 words yesterday,
2,628 words today
making up for a long weekend without writing session
2,628 words today
making up for a long weekend without writing session
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
2,227 words yesterday,
2,628 words today
making up for a long weekend without writing session
2,628 words today
making up for a long weekend without writing session
LONG LIVE EVIL by @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social follows in the footsteps of isekai and otome stories, bringing villainess tropes to the West
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Reincarnated as the villainess??? The isekai story has made it to the West
How ‘Long Live Evil’ draws on a popular Asian subgenre
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November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
LONG LIVE EVIL by @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social follows in the footsteps of isekai and otome stories, bringing villainess tropes to the West
medium.com/worldbuildin...
medium.com/worldbuildin...
Retconning the idea that dinosaurs would spread over the world has got to be one of the worst retcons, right after "Somehow, Palpatine returned."
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The Consequences of Retconning
Did ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ shoot itself in the foot?
medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Retconning the idea that dinosaurs would spread over the world has got to be one of the worst retcons, right after "Somehow, Palpatine returned."
medium.com/theuglymonst...
medium.com/theuglymonst...
Paleo nerd friends, we're eating so good lately ✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oygs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oygs...
WHY DINOSAURS? Official Trailer
YouTube video by WHY DINOSAURS?
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November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Paleo nerd friends, we're eating so good lately ✨
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oygs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oygs...
I'm so proud to reveal a secret project I've been working on!!
🎮 New Podcast Alert! 🎙️
We’re thrilled to announce Arcade Academia — a new podcast hosted by Daley Wilhelm and Emily Reuben, launching its first episode at the end of November 2025!
We’re thrilled to announce Arcade Academia — a new podcast hosted by Daley Wilhelm and Emily Reuben, launching its first episode at the end of November 2025!
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm so proud to reveal a secret project I've been working on!!
Ran into this while researching an article... Captain America has always been relevant
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ran into this while researching an article... Captain America has always been relevant
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✨✨✨1,431 words today✨✨✨
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
✨✨✨1,431 words today✨✨✨
I totally fell for the aestheticization of the genre, forgetting that the “dark” part of dark academia once meant murder 🗡️
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I misunderstood the “dark” part of dark academia
How the genre has wandered away from its literary roots.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I totally fell for the aestheticization of the genre, forgetting that the “dark” part of dark academia once meant murder 🗡️
medium.com/@daleywwrite...
medium.com/@daleywwrite...
A hard won 1,678 words today for the Novel November Challenge ✨
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ALT: a cartoon of a girl sitting on a couch with a picture in the background that says anna
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November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A hard won 1,678 words today for the Novel November Challenge ✨
1,770 words today in the Novel November Challenge!! 👻✨
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
1,770 words today in the Novel November Challenge!! 👻✨
1,696 words on day two of the Novel November Challenge ✨
November 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1,696 words on day two of the Novel November Challenge ✨
First #nanowrimo writing sprint LET'S GOOO
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
First #nanowrimo writing sprint LET'S GOOO
Just finished another great read by @tkingfisher.com who has thoroughly proven her understanding of the psychology of cats
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just finished another great read by @tkingfisher.com who has thoroughly proven her understanding of the psychology of cats
Anyone taking on NaNoWriMo this year? Or an alternative challenge?
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medium.com/@daleywwrite...
Is Novel November the new NaNoWriMo?
NaNoWriMo is dead, long live National Novel Writing Month.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Anyone taking on NaNoWriMo this year? Or an alternative challenge?
medium.com/@daleywwrite...
medium.com/@daleywwrite...
Destiel was a hell of a drug.
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The Folk Religion Built Around a ‘Supernatural’ Ship
The Star and the Catfish, The Riverlands Hymnal, and Two Unnamed Prophets
medium.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Destiel was a hell of a drug.
medium.com/theuglymonst...
medium.com/theuglymonst...
Wilhelm scream in the middle of the Battle of Helm's Deep: cool, fun, flirty 👍
Wilhelm scream during an important, named character's death: uncool, disrespectful, dumb 👎
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Wilhelm scream during an important, named character's death: uncool, disrespectful, dumb 👎
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The Lord of the Rings and the Wilhelm Scream
How the legendary sound effect became a Middle-Earth staple
medium.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Wilhelm scream in the middle of the Battle of Helm's Deep: cool, fun, flirty 👍
Wilhelm scream during an important, named character's death: uncool, disrespectful, dumb 👎
medium.com/theuglymonst...
Wilhelm scream during an important, named character's death: uncool, disrespectful, dumb 👎
medium.com/theuglymonst...
I accidentally watched the same movie three times
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‘Sweet November’, ‘Me Before You’, and ‘My Oxford Year’ are all the same movie
And only one of them does it right
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September 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I accidentally watched the same movie three times
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“I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); ... (1/3)
September 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); ... (1/3)
Hobbit Day is fast approaching! Perfect opportunity for a re-watch or reread of your preferred Tolkien tale.
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Hobbits made Tolkien go from good to great
“Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet…
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September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hobbit Day is fast approaching! Perfect opportunity for a re-watch or reread of your preferred Tolkien tale.
medium.com/worldbuildin...
medium.com/worldbuildin...