Joseph Eckert
@josepheckert.bsky.social
Father, husband, writer, photographer. Not actually a cat.
Author of The Traveler (the novel)
Author of The Traveler (the novel)
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Clutch win in Seattle 😱
Captain Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter score two goals in 22 seconds in the final minutes to secure @pwhltorrent.bsky.social's first win!
Captain Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter score two goals in 22 seconds in the final minutes to secure @pwhltorrent.bsky.social's first win!
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Clutch win in Seattle 😱
Captain Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter score two goals in 22 seconds in the final minutes to secure @pwhltorrent.bsky.social's first win!
Captain Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter score two goals in 22 seconds in the final minutes to secure @pwhltorrent.bsky.social's first win!
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Pure skill 🤯
Abby Roque with a between-the-legs goal!
Abby Roque with a between-the-legs goal!
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Pure skill 🤯
Abby Roque with a between-the-legs goal!
Abby Roque with a between-the-legs goal!
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
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November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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This week on the blog: Hoplites! We're taking a crack at explaining the long-running debate over the nature and significance of the ancient Greek heavy infantryman, the hoplite, and the phalanx in which he (mostly) fought.
acoup.blog/2025/11/14/c...
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Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part I: The Othismos over Othismos
This week (and next) we’re looking at hoplites, the heavy infantry of the ancient Greek poleis in the (early? mid? late?) Archaic and Classical periods, into the Hellenistic. In particular, I…
acoup.blog
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This week on the blog: Hoplites! We're taking a crack at explaining the long-running debate over the nature and significance of the ancient Greek heavy infantryman, the hoplite, and the phalanx in which he (mostly) fought.
acoup.blog/2025/11/14/c...
acoup.blog/2025/11/14/c...
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Hey, I can talk about EU5 now.
It's good! It is very complex, it is complex by the standards of a Paradox game. But it also embraces a historical vision that sees a wider range of actors than just states - both people within states and people outside of them.
acoup.blog/2025/10/31/m...
It's good! It is very complex, it is complex by the standards of a Paradox game. But it also embraces a historical vision that sees a wider range of actors than just states - both people within states and people outside of them.
acoup.blog/2025/10/31/m...
Miscellania: Europa Universalis V Confirmed! (First Impressions)
Something different this week! The folks at Paradox Development Studios were nice enough to give me a review copy of the upcoming Europa Universalis V (releasing Nov. 4) ahead of release so that I …
acoup.blog
October 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hey, I can talk about EU5 now.
It's good! It is very complex, it is complex by the standards of a Paradox game. But it also embraces a historical vision that sees a wider range of actors than just states - both people within states and people outside of them.
acoup.blog/2025/10/31/m...
It's good! It is very complex, it is complex by the standards of a Paradox game. But it also embraces a historical vision that sees a wider range of actors than just states - both people within states and people outside of them.
acoup.blog/2025/10/31/m...
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Misery Loop-- A Critique of Cronos: The New Dawn
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Coming June 9th, 2026!
Grumpy cat approved
Grumpy cat approved
October 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Coming June 9th, 2026!
Grumpy cat approved
Grumpy cat approved
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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August 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Spotted in central Washington—I didn’t even know these guys were out that direction
August 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Spotted in central Washington—I didn’t even know these guys were out that direction
August 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
All right, I finished The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social .
Definitely my jam. A brutal but compelling mix of historical and modern day horror with a series of twists to the vampire mythos; twists that drive straight through to the ending.
Read it! Or listen to it like I did!
Definitely my jam. A brutal but compelling mix of historical and modern day horror with a series of twists to the vampire mythos; twists that drive straight through to the ending.
Read it! Or listen to it like I did!
August 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
All right, I finished The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social .
Definitely my jam. A brutal but compelling mix of historical and modern day horror with a series of twists to the vampire mythos; twists that drive straight through to the ending.
Read it! Or listen to it like I did!
Definitely my jam. A brutal but compelling mix of historical and modern day horror with a series of twists to the vampire mythos; twists that drive straight through to the ending.
Read it! Or listen to it like I did!