SolidArf

We are now hosting a One Shot session of REALIS by @austinwalker.bsky.social check it out hang out and donate!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYK...

Future Tense - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark In a world where it’s becoming exceedingly difficult to discern what’s real and what’s fake, Future Tense sheds light on the importance of preserving the truth. In our film, we hope to capture the thr...

Some former students are trying to get a cool sci-fi film about media archival and preservation funded. Consider checking it out!

seedandspark.com/fund/future-...

One of my favorite things I worked on this year!

honored to vote in Sight & Sound’s annual video essay poll this year 🙏 and REALLY proud to have my work recognized!

major thanks to @solidarf.bsky.social for the nomination!

check out some of 2025’s greatest videos here, including my own nominations 👀 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

The best video essays of 2025 Now in its ninth year, our annual poll showcases 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters.

Delighted to say that the BFI's Best Video Essays of 2025 poll released yesterday, and I was delighted both to participate as a nominator and to be mentioned myself! A brief thread: 1/

www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

YouTube video by SolidArf What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth:

youtu.be/QDP4rHhyWi4
(Thank you to @questingrefuge.bsky.social for the nomination!)

YouTube video by SolidArf I Studied for My Citizenship Test with Assassin's Creed 3

I Studied for My Citizenship Test with Assassin's Creed 3:

youtu.be/dM3VdyYsUeo
(Thank you to @lambhoot.bsky.social for nominating!)

Was honored to be a voter on Sight and Sound's "Best video essays of 2025" this year!

Also honored to have TWO(!) of my videos named on the list - alongside so many fellow creators I admire.

Stream number 2 is starting very soon! Please help Nina escape from a transphobic country where she lives in constant risk, by sharing, tuning in, or donating if you can!

At 12pm AEST (about 11 hours from now) I'll be playing in the TTRPG intermission segment, so come check thst out maybe!

i've had to head out for today, but the stream is still going for a while!!!

keep your eyes on and keep the donations coming, she's so close to her initial goal!!! 💜

My amazing fiance @zeitgeistmistress.bsky.social will be running two 24 hour fundraiser streams on the 6th and 13th of December to help her escape a country where her very existence is considered a crime, and join me here in Australia so we can get married.

Please share this around and donate!

I'll be on this Sunday morning (EST) - and also lots of cool folks all throughout!

Nina has spearheaded so many fundraisers by this point and is just one of the kindest, most supportive people in the video essay space. Let's come pay it forward!

A video thumbnail in which Sam is holding up a picture of a Solarpunk scene, with the text "fan of Solarpunk"

I have worked harder on this than on any previous video. I'm going to bed now. Goodnight 🌱❤️

youtu.be/pLYD3CG-5BQ

Full of Spirits, Devoid of Soul — Ghostwire: Tokyo is Haunted by the AAA Design Curse The only haunting thing about this game is the potential it squandered

Loved reading this article by @pixeladay.bsky.social, about the shallow version of mythology that permeated Ghostwire: Tokyo.

kat-pixeladay.medium.com/full-of-spir...

I voted Mass Effect! Your Wrex vid is still one of my fave ME video essays.

u ever think about how "from soft" games are "to hard" 🤔

I'm in a VIDEO ESSAY FANCAM by one of the GOATs in the space, lmao

Wild!!!

D'aww! You are too kind, friend.

making it my duty to glaze up this community while I wait for the dryer cycle to finish 🌞🙌

This is easily Aaraf's best work yet. Whether you like anachronistic fiction, political commentary, or the strange limbo between them where Assassin's Creed III sits, definitely give this video a watch. Loved the whole production.

YouTube video by SolidArf I Studied for My Citizenship Test with Assassin's Creed 3

been on youtube long enough to know to ALWAYS click on any AC3 video essay that blesses your timeline.

This is such a cool idea, expertly executed by @solidarf.bsky.social 🔥

YouTube video by SolidArf I Studied for My Citizenship Test with Assassin's Creed 3

🎬 New Video! ✨

I studied for my US citizenship test with Assassin's Creed 3. This is maybe my dumbest premise. Enjoy 🦅

youtu.be/dM3VdyYsUeo

"what about devs"

devs:

can't write a gameFAQs article without a good table of contents

Wrote a little tribute to GameFAQs, the site that taught me how to write (and read) about games.

One of my favorite pieces I've gotten to do!

why support palette swap?

-we hate generative AI and it will never have a place on our site
-no outside investors/interests, only people who want to make cool shit
-I want to give our contributors more money!

If liquid content > solid content, it only counts as a meal at breakfast

Bump for the newest video! Seems to be doing well, which is very gratifying. :)