Will Helmke
@williamhelmke.com
He/Him
Level 38 Scholar (of video games & media)
Almost Ph.D (University of Illinois)
So-called "Dr. Videogames" 😆 (I play video games, explore the physical places they recreate, & write research)
The Marxist college instructor Fox News warned you about
Level 38 Scholar (of video games & media)
Almost Ph.D (University of Illinois)
So-called "Dr. Videogames" 😆 (I play video games, explore the physical places they recreate, & write research)
The Marxist college instructor Fox News warned you about
Pinned
New #promosky for November!
I play video games (for fun and research), co-chair an anime convention, and GM TTRPGs.
Often post about:
-Video Games
-Anime
-Digimon
-TTRPGs
-Academic/Teaching Things
-Random Memes
Also like:
-Japanese Culture
-Cooking
-Tech (But HATE gen AI)
#gamingsky
#academicsky
I play video games (for fun and research), co-chair an anime convention, and GM TTRPGs.
Often post about:
-Video Games
-Anime
-Digimon
-TTRPGs
-Academic/Teaching Things
-Random Memes
Also like:
-Japanese Culture
-Cooking
-Tech (But HATE gen AI)
#gamingsky
#academicsky
Cheese Curds
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Cheese Curds
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like.
Other than the stuff I usually post on my #promosky:
🎃Pumpkin Spice
📖70s-80s French Philosophy
🧀 Cheese
🕹️Aligned analog sticks (PS, Steam Deck, etc)
📞Flip Phones
🦹♂️Cosplaying
🦾The Protomen (band)
🪖WWII History
📷Photography
🎹Playing Piano
Other than the stuff I usually post on my #promosky:
🎃Pumpkin Spice
📖70s-80s French Philosophy
🧀 Cheese
🕹️Aligned analog sticks (PS, Steam Deck, etc)
📞Flip Phones
🦹♂️Cosplaying
🦾The Protomen (band)
🪖WWII History
📷Photography
🎹Playing Piano
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like.
Animals
Fall weather
Coffee
Pop music
Cooking
Nature
Quiet evenings
Road trips
Help friends & family
Nostalgia (in general)
Tried to avoid the stuff I readily talk about
Animals
Fall weather
Coffee
Pop music
Cooking
Nature
Quiet evenings
Road trips
Help friends & family
Nostalgia (in general)
Tried to avoid the stuff I readily talk about
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like.
Non chain pizza
Cats
Cities
Yeungling
Sunflower seeds
Flea markets
Roller coasters
Obsolete technology
Cold weather
The smell of an FRH from an MRE
Non chain pizza
Cats
Cities
Yeungling
Sunflower seeds
Flea markets
Roller coasters
Obsolete technology
Cold weather
The smell of an FRH from an MRE
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like.
Other than the stuff I usually post on my #promosky:
🎃Pumpkin Spice
📖70s-80s French Philosophy
🧀 Cheese
🕹️Aligned analog sticks (PS, Steam Deck, etc)
📞Flip Phones
🦹♂️Cosplaying
🦾The Protomen (band)
🪖WWII History
📷Photography
🎹Playing Piano
Other than the stuff I usually post on my #promosky:
🎃Pumpkin Spice
📖70s-80s French Philosophy
🧀 Cheese
🕹️Aligned analog sticks (PS, Steam Deck, etc)
📞Flip Phones
🦹♂️Cosplaying
🦾The Protomen (band)
🪖WWII History
📷Photography
🎹Playing Piano
Reposted by Will Helmke
Today's the day! Kyle & I are embarking on our first ever playthrough of FINAL FANTASY IV! Keep hearing this is where it gets good (even though I really enjoyed I & II). See you on YouTube & Twitch!
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today's the day! Kyle & I are embarking on our first ever playthrough of FINAL FANTASY IV! Keep hearing this is where it gets good (even though I really enjoyed I & II). See you on YouTube & Twitch!
This mostly checks out.
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This mostly checks out.
Was a decent day, but got some really bad news that leaves a lot up in the air and upends all my plans for the next 7-8 months 🙃
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Was a decent day, but got some really bad news that leaves a lot up in the air and upends all my plans for the next 7-8 months 🙃
It's that time of year again:
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Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
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November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It's that time of year again:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Man, today is just a day of minor disappointments at this point.
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Man, today is just a day of minor disappointments at this point.
Pleasantly buzzed at a wedding while reading Baudrilliard,
and chatting with another guest about surveillance and the economics of scale in agriculture. A decent way to spend a Saturday evening.
and chatting with another guest about surveillance and the economics of scale in agriculture. A decent way to spend a Saturday evening.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Pleasantly buzzed at a wedding while reading Baudrilliard,
and chatting with another guest about surveillance and the economics of scale in agriculture. A decent way to spend a Saturday evening.
and chatting with another guest about surveillance and the economics of scale in agriculture. A decent way to spend a Saturday evening.
Reposted by Will Helmke
Hello November, My name is Diogo and I’m a wide variety of interest. Here are some below:
🎮Video Games (Switch & Steam)
🌈Anything gay
🎧Music/Podcasts
📺TV/Movies/Anime
🍴Food
✈️Travel
📚Books
🌟 Shenanigans
Fresh moot search. Very friendly here 😁. Let’s be friends. #Promosky #Gamingsky.
🎮Video Games (Switch & Steam)
🌈Anything gay
🎧Music/Podcasts
📺TV/Movies/Anime
🍴Food
✈️Travel
📚Books
🌟 Shenanigans
Fresh moot search. Very friendly here 😁. Let’s be friends. #Promosky #Gamingsky.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hello November, My name is Diogo and I’m a wide variety of interest. Here are some below:
🎮Video Games (Switch & Steam)
🌈Anything gay
🎧Music/Podcasts
📺TV/Movies/Anime
🍴Food
✈️Travel
📚Books
🌟 Shenanigans
Fresh moot search. Very friendly here 😁. Let’s be friends. #Promosky #Gamingsky.
🎮Video Games (Switch & Steam)
🌈Anything gay
🎧Music/Podcasts
📺TV/Movies/Anime
🍴Food
✈️Travel
📚Books
🌟 Shenanigans
Fresh moot search. Very friendly here 😁. Let’s be friends. #Promosky #Gamingsky.
The Megaman Legends games are better than the N64 Zelda games.
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Megaman Legends games are better than the N64 Zelda games.
Reposted by Will Helmke
Overdue for another #promosky
Follow me and you’ll get:
-Posts about my newest YouTube videos of me gaming
-Stupid jokes
-Offhand political comments
-Existential dread as I overthink everything
Current YouTube series
-Adventures of Chance Rando (Fallout 4)
-Star Trucker
-Stardew Valley Saturdays
Follow me and you’ll get:
-Posts about my newest YouTube videos of me gaming
-Stupid jokes
-Offhand political comments
-Existential dread as I overthink everything
Current YouTube series
-Adventures of Chance Rando (Fallout 4)
-Star Trucker
-Stardew Valley Saturdays
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Overdue for another #promosky
Follow me and you’ll get:
-Posts about my newest YouTube videos of me gaming
-Stupid jokes
-Offhand political comments
-Existential dread as I overthink everything
Current YouTube series
-Adventures of Chance Rando (Fallout 4)
-Star Trucker
-Stardew Valley Saturdays
Follow me and you’ll get:
-Posts about my newest YouTube videos of me gaming
-Stupid jokes
-Offhand political comments
-Existential dread as I overthink everything
Current YouTube series
-Adventures of Chance Rando (Fallout 4)
-Star Trucker
-Stardew Valley Saturdays
Reposted by Will Helmke
Reposting this cause I'm feeling lazy haha
Let me join in on all these #promosky
✨ Fallout
✨ Star trek
✨ Writing
✨ Positive Vibes
✨ Halo
✨ Star craft
✨ Horizon
✨ Anime/Manga
✨ RTS
✨ Persona
✨ Pokemon
✨ FE3H
✨ DC/Marvel
✨ ATLA
✨ History
✨ Dragon Ball
✨ Kingdom Hearts
✨ Hearts of Iron 4
✨ Youjo Senki
✨ Red Dead Redemption
✨ Fallout
✨ Star trek
✨ Writing
✨ Positive Vibes
✨ Halo
✨ Star craft
✨ Horizon
✨ Anime/Manga
✨ RTS
✨ Persona
✨ Pokemon
✨ FE3H
✨ DC/Marvel
✨ ATLA
✨ History
✨ Dragon Ball
✨ Kingdom Hearts
✨ Hearts of Iron 4
✨ Youjo Senki
✨ Red Dead Redemption
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Reposting this cause I'm feeling lazy haha
Reposted by Will Helmke
#Promosky time!
Hi, I'm Becky!
Here's some stuff I like 💕...
Gaming including...
♡⁎ Zelda 💚
♡⁎ NieR 🤍
♡⁎ Pokémon ⚡️
♡⁎ Animal Crossing 🏝️
Other interests...
♡⁎ Photography 📸
♡⁎ Manga 📚
♡⁎ K-pop 🎧
♡⁎ Cats 😺
Looking to connect with people and spread a little positivity! 😄💖
♡ & ⟳ appreciated!
Hi, I'm Becky!
Here's some stuff I like 💕...
Gaming including...
♡⁎ Zelda 💚
♡⁎ NieR 🤍
♡⁎ Pokémon ⚡️
♡⁎ Animal Crossing 🏝️
Other interests...
♡⁎ Photography 📸
♡⁎ Manga 📚
♡⁎ K-pop 🎧
♡⁎ Cats 😺
Looking to connect with people and spread a little positivity! 😄💖
♡ & ⟳ appreciated!
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#Promosky time!
Hi, I'm Becky!
Here's some stuff I like 💕...
Gaming including...
♡⁎ Zelda 💚
♡⁎ NieR 🤍
♡⁎ Pokémon ⚡️
♡⁎ Animal Crossing 🏝️
Other interests...
♡⁎ Photography 📸
♡⁎ Manga 📚
♡⁎ K-pop 🎧
♡⁎ Cats 😺
Looking to connect with people and spread a little positivity! 😄💖
♡ & ⟳ appreciated!
Hi, I'm Becky!
Here's some stuff I like 💕...
Gaming including...
♡⁎ Zelda 💚
♡⁎ NieR 🤍
♡⁎ Pokémon ⚡️
♡⁎ Animal Crossing 🏝️
Other interests...
♡⁎ Photography 📸
♡⁎ Manga 📚
♡⁎ K-pop 🎧
♡⁎ Cats 😺
Looking to connect with people and spread a little positivity! 😄💖
♡ & ⟳ appreciated!
Reposted by Will Helmke
Hello, it time for my November #promosky! Here's what I post about:
- My Little Puppy
- Final Fantasy
- MTG Arena
- bite
- potato
- movies
- animals
Thanks for reading and stay bitey!
- My Little Puppy
- Final Fantasy
- MTG Arena
- bite
- potato
- movies
- animals
Thanks for reading and stay bitey!
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hello, it time for my November #promosky! Here's what I post about:
- My Little Puppy
- Final Fantasy
- MTG Arena
- bite
- potato
- movies
- animals
Thanks for reading and stay bitey!
- My Little Puppy
- Final Fantasy
- MTG Arena
- bite
- potato
- movies
- animals
Thanks for reading and stay bitey!
New #promosky for November!
I play video games (for fun and research), co-chair an anime convention, and GM TTRPGs.
Often post about:
-Video Games
-Anime
-Digimon
-TTRPGs
-Academic/Teaching Things
-Random Memes
Also like:
-Japanese Culture
-Cooking
-Tech (But HATE gen AI)
#gamingsky
#academicsky
I play video games (for fun and research), co-chair an anime convention, and GM TTRPGs.
Often post about:
-Video Games
-Anime
-Digimon
-TTRPGs
-Academic/Teaching Things
-Random Memes
Also like:
-Japanese Culture
-Cooking
-Tech (But HATE gen AI)
#gamingsky
#academicsky
November 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New #promosky for November!
I play video games (for fun and research), co-chair an anime convention, and GM TTRPGs.
Often post about:
-Video Games
-Anime
-Digimon
-TTRPGs
-Academic/Teaching Things
-Random Memes
Also like:
-Japanese Culture
-Cooking
-Tech (But HATE gen AI)
#gamingsky
#academicsky
I play video games (for fun and research), co-chair an anime convention, and GM TTRPGs.
Often post about:
-Video Games
-Anime
-Digimon
-TTRPGs
-Academic/Teaching Things
-Random Memes
Also like:
-Japanese Culture
-Cooking
-Tech (But HATE gen AI)
#gamingsky
#academicsky
If you see this post a random pick on your camera roll or you’ll have a bad November
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you see this post a random pick on your camera roll or you’ll have a bad November
Reposted by Will Helmke
looking for more active mooties
✮ Ashley 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
✮ she/her 29
✮ My Hero Academia
✮ Spy × Family
✮ Dispatch
✮ Chaos Zero Nightmare
✮ Ambrosia Sky
✮ Where Winds Meet
✮ UNBEATABLE
✮ Constance
✮ Demonschool
✮ RPG’s
✮ Indies
✮ Cooking
✮ Spreading Positivity
✮ ↻ / ♡︎ if u wanna be moots ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎
#promosky
✮ Ashley 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
✮ she/her 29
✮ My Hero Academia
✮ Spy × Family
✮ Dispatch
✮ Chaos Zero Nightmare
✮ Ambrosia Sky
✮ Where Winds Meet
✮ UNBEATABLE
✮ Constance
✮ Demonschool
✮ RPG’s
✮ Indies
✮ Cooking
✮ Spreading Positivity
✮ ↻ / ♡︎ if u wanna be moots ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎
#promosky
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
looking for more active mooties
✮ Ashley 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
✮ she/her 29
✮ My Hero Academia
✮ Spy × Family
✮ Dispatch
✮ Chaos Zero Nightmare
✮ Ambrosia Sky
✮ Where Winds Meet
✮ UNBEATABLE
✮ Constance
✮ Demonschool
✮ RPG’s
✮ Indies
✮ Cooking
✮ Spreading Positivity
✮ ↻ / ♡︎ if u wanna be moots ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎
#promosky
✮ Ashley 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
✮ she/her 29
✮ My Hero Academia
✮ Spy × Family
✮ Dispatch
✮ Chaos Zero Nightmare
✮ Ambrosia Sky
✮ Where Winds Meet
✮ UNBEATABLE
✮ Constance
✮ Demonschool
✮ RPG’s
✮ Indies
✮ Cooking
✮ Spreading Positivity
✮ ↻ / ♡︎ if u wanna be moots ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎
#promosky
Wake the fuck up samurai,
You got undergrads to teach.
You got undergrads to teach.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Wake the fuck up samurai,
You got undergrads to teach.
You got undergrads to teach.
Depression is hitting hard today.
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Depression is hitting hard today.
Finally got around to beating Digimon Story: Time Stranger tonight. A fantastic game, period, and a worthy follow-up to Cyber Sleuth (which is worth checking out if you enjoyed Time Stranger, FYI). Any fan of Pokémon and/or Persona should definitely give it a try (it has a demo, so check it out).
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Finally got around to beating Digimon Story: Time Stranger tonight. A fantastic game, period, and a worthy follow-up to Cyber Sleuth (which is worth checking out if you enjoyed Time Stranger, FYI). Any fan of Pokémon and/or Persona should definitely give it a try (it has a demo, so check it out).
Today is definitely one of those days where I'm very thankful for caffeine.
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Today is definitely one of those days where I'm very thankful for caffeine.
Got out my favorite Halloween decoration today (IYKYK)
October 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Got out my favorite Halloween decoration today (IYKYK)
Reposted by Will Helmke
“This wasn’t just one rogue brand…. Dozens of smart vacuums, all potentially vulnerable to the same abuse. Our homes are filled with cameras, microphones, and mobile sensors connected to companies we barely know, all capable of being weaponized with a single line of code.”
𝑊𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑎-𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚? 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡.
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“This wasn’t just one rogue brand…. Dozens of smart vacuums, all potentially vulnerable to the same abuse. Our homes are filled with cameras, microphones, and mobile sensors connected to companies we barely know, all capable of being weaponized with a single line of code.”
Man, I really want a Cyberpunk open-world style game set in the world of Digimon Beatbreak.
October 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Man, I really want a Cyberpunk open-world style game set in the world of Digimon Beatbreak.