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Clay Sheldon
@claysheldon.bsky.social
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Writer, DM, Storyteller and a fan of all things fiction.
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http://claysheldon.com/
Check out this fantasy murder mystery party game! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/402695/mysteries-of-the-flying-haddock-a-trilogy
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I try not to dabble in politics, but this one hits close to home. ICE and the DHS are using Halo to recruit agents, releasing this post which refer to immigrants as 'the Flood', which is a parasitic alien in-game. As a gamer, this is just wrong.

Article:
thehill.com/policy/natio...

🎮 #gaming #Halo
A Halo screenshot of a military vehicle on a ring world with 'Destroy the Flood, Join.Ice.Gov' written in crude dumb text in the middle of the screen.
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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You earn an ability early on in Silksong that allows you to play music to open doors. However, it has a secret function, allowing you to play music for NPCs (even enemies) and they'll often start singing along with their own harmonies and/or lyrics. With some very interesting results.
A female bug in a red cloak plays a tune on a makeshift silk guitar. A wild beast bug nearby sings with her while standing on a floor made out of bells.
October 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Mysteries of the Flying Haddock has just been released and is now available online via DrivethruRPG! I worked with a bunch of really awesome people on this and I hope folks give it a try. It's a fantasy murder mystery party game! Wanna check it out for yourself?

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
A banner for the Mysteries of the Flying Haddock, an Enigmatic Events Mystery Series. Now available to download!
August 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Test your gaming cred with #ScreenshotSleuth! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. Try and get all four! (don't check the other comments till you've answered!) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
An island town with a small boat in the water in front of it. An apple orchard inside a white picket fence. A prison cell with a green question mark on the back wall. A ferry with a bridge over it that says 'Welcome to Bright Falls' on the side.
June 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Test your gaming cred with #ScreenshotSleuth! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. Try and get all four! (don't check the other comments till you've answered!) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
Two prison security guards looking over a balcony at a large electrical device. A ferry sails under a bridge that says 'Welcome to Bright Falls' Along the side. A lonely diner at night in the empty streets of Santa Monica A cavern with a statue of a monk being illuminated by light from above.
June 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Test your gaming cred with #ScreenshotSleuth! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. Try and get all four! (don't check the other comments till you've answered!) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
The interior of the Oh Deer Diner with a neon sign and a deer head mounted on the wall. A large glowing tree looms in the background of a small ruined church. A large misshapen mansion with many rooms sits in a forested area behind a large circular fountain. A hotel front desk with a large sign with the letters MFN behind it and a smaller sign in the front that says 'Ring me' on a small green chalkboard.
June 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Okay, I know that using only shields is kinda dumb in Elden Ring. But... it’s actually pretty effective. You can’t crit or backstab, but shields do good poise break. I like to imagine the frying pan sound effect every time I whack them over and over again with my shield.

🎮 #gaming #RPG #EldenRing
A Disney princess posing in the mirror while twirling a frying pan around in her hand, bonking herself on the head.
May 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Hell yeah! That's 3 out of 4! You were VERY close with Yakuza 0, but this offshoot of the main series was made more recently (2018) and follows a different main character! Here's a selfie in the exact same spot!
A selfie of a Japanese detective in a brightly-lite Japanese street with a bright archway behind him.
May 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Don't mind me, just posting some screenshots of #RDR2 because they're pretty. I often find myself stopping what I'm doing and just staring at the scenery. Breathtaking. Enjoy!
#gaming
A vast mountaintop view with a forest below. A small waterfall and river in a snowy tundra. The moon rising over a snowy forest and river. An abandoned cart next to a verdant valley.
May 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Time for the next round of #ScreenshotSleuth! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. First to get all four wins. (don't check the other comments till you've answered) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
A very sad man in armor sitting on the steps of a large brick construction overlooking a vast lake filled with ruins. A protectron standing outside a large door made of scrap. A busy street in Japan with lots of bright neon lights and people passing by. There's a large neon entryway arch in the back. A blue-filtered dream-like sequence where two men in Victorian outfits are attempting to grab a young woman. There is a whale floating in the background.
May 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Writing Tip:
Most people don’t have villain monologues. It’s fun, sure (and fun to write) but most people won’t dive into a speech describing all their villainous plots and motivations. And most people won’t just sit there and let them do it.

#writing #writingtips #Booksky
Syndrome from the Incredibles firing a laser from his fingers with text below saying 'You sly dog, you got me monologuing.'
April 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Time for #ScreenshotSleuth! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. The most correct guesses wins. (don't check the other comments till you've answered) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
A sci-fi cantina filled with aliens A concave interior of a giant crab-like shell where people have created mansions and stores connected by rope bridges. A grim cyberpunk-styled street with neon lights. The art style is very pixilated. Two creepy children stand under a streetlamp behind a short wall of sandbags.
March 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Time for #ScreenshotSleuth! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. The most correct guesses wins. (don't check the other comments till you've answered) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
A seaside ruin with two birdmen statues and a large armored man standing between them. A large temple with twin statues in front of it. A large rock with scaffolding hovers above it. A television set for a children's TV show. A street with houses and a pizza place can be seen in front of a city backdrop. Two orcs protect a ramshackle house with a skull throne inside.
March 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Time for another round of #ScreenshotSleuth! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. First to get all four wins. (don't check the other comments till you've answered) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
A hyper-realistic lake in a snowy tundra. There's a stylistic minimap in the corner. (that's a hint!) A delipidated steampunk entryway with 'hound pits' signs plastered everywhere. The sign to the left is obscured, but has the word 'Dunwall' painted on the side. A fantasy medieval city street with a large palace in the background. A ruined small town made of sticks and crude stone. A large pit sits in the center with some strange statues to the left of it.
March 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Ready for more #ScreenshotSleuth? Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. First to get all four wins. (don't check the other comments till you've answered) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
A dusty western town with electricity and more modern buildings. A trolley is running through the middle of the street. A pixelized diner with a bright neon sign that says 'open'. A lit fantasy stone building at night with lit braziers in front of it and an aurora borealis in the winter sky behind it. A lone spire sitting on the edge of an extended cliff at sundown with an ocean in the background. You can't see it well in the shot, but there are old ruins poking out of the waves. (hint)
March 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Time for the next round of #ScreenshotSleuth! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. First to get all four wins. (don't check the other comments till you've answered) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
A light blue dreamscape where two wounded men flee from two other men with mechanical walkers. A rocket is about to strike the two wounded men. A large flaming tower with many burning windows and embers rising from the top. A large grimy cistern with ramshackle living accommodations built in with a bright light acting as a spotlight in the middle. A black-and white hotel courtyard with a fountain and painting easel in the middle. There are several humanoid statues scattered around the courtyard. There are splashes of red everywhere.
March 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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TTRPG building programs like TaleSpire are great for session planning even if you don't use it for running your game. Below is an example of how I designed a multi-level cruise liner my players were on for a chunk of their adventure.

I call it the Titan(ic).

Screenshot from #TaleSpire
#D&D #TTRPG
An overhead floorplan showing four separate floors of a multi-level fantasy cruise liner built using TaleSpire. The top deck of a fantasy cruise liner with an open-air market. The middle deck of a fantasy cruise liner with fancy stairs leading up and a fountain surrounded by tourists. The lower deck of a fantasy cruise liner involving lava flowing from a pipe and workmen shoveling coal into furnaces.
March 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Time for another round of #ScreenshotSleuth! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. First to get all four wins. (don't check the other comments till you've answered) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
A modern city street with 'Medical Clinic' written in lights above the left building. You can't see it from this photo, but the apartment complex on the right has a large bloodstain on the front steps. (hint) Two figures stand and sit at the end of a long table inside a building with stained glass windows. A sandcrawler sits on the edge of a busy city on a sand swept planet. A large rusting display of a spaceship with a ruined car beneath it. The display has 'Red Rocket' in bright red letters next to it.
March 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Time for a game I'm calling 'Screenshot Sleuth'! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. First to get all four wins. (don't check the other comments till you've answered) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
A dimly lit dungeon hallway with a torch in the distance illuminating a giant snail. A lavish skyscraper with a radio tower on top of that. The letters M F and N are emblazoned on the skyscraper A black and white screenshot of a tentacle emerging from the sea and pulling out the mast of a classic wooden sea vessel while crew and passengers flee in terror. A hyper-realistic image of a foggy swamp with a mossy tree in the foreground next to a river.
March 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Think you're a hardcore gamer? Prove it! Here are four screenshots from four different games. Identify the games in the comments. First to get all four wins. (don't check the other comments till you've answered!) Bonus points if you can identify the specific location too!
🎮 #VideoGame #Gaming
A cartoonish island with an large house and shack sitting next to a dock. A hyper-realistic night shot of a river flowing through a snowy mountainside. A series of stone buildings and a river running through town during a rainstorm. Two stone bridges cross the river. A log cabin out in a snowy tundra. There is abandoned vehicles on the road and a Canadian flag flapping in the breeze.
March 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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I'm experimenting with how to post photos to Bluesky so enjoy some scenic views from Red Dead Redemption 2 that I screenshotted in my latest playthrough. These views are absolutely stunning. Very tempted to just wander around and find good vistas to share.
🎮 #gaming #RPG #RedDeadRedemption2 #RDR2
A scenic mountain view with trees in the foreground. A bare tree with dreamcatchers hanging from it. A night time shot of a forest with moonlight poking through the trees. A small island in the middle of a large forested bay.
February 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Just found my favorite feature of Enshrouded.
10/10. Five Stars. Would recommend.
🎮 #gaming #RPG #Enshrouded #cat
Gameplay picture of a cat sleeping on a cat bed with the prompt to pet it above its head.
February 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Been awhile, so here's another chibi version of a character from the superpower VN I've been writing in my spare time, Heart of a Hero!
Violet is the shy/quiet one in the group. She enjoys books, libraries, and comfortable sweaters.
🎮 #Gaming #Writing #Writesky
Artist:
@dragonnova.bsky.social
A young woman with red hair and glasses in a frumpy orange sweater and green track pants.
February 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,894,981!

(I saw so many people doing this so I just HAD to get in on the action.)
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #5,894,981, Clay Sheldon ‪@claysheldon.bsky.social‬, joined on Jun 16, 2024"
September 27, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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Here's another chibi version of a character from Heart of a Hero! Rose is the deadpan snark of the group. She also happens to be dangerously psychic. That device around her neck prevents her from accidentally blowing up your head.
🎮 #Gaming #Writing #WritingCommunity
Artist: @dragonnova.bsky.social
A tired-looking girl with black hair, purple highlights and a stylish purple shirt and short jeans. Has a mechanical choker around her neck.
August 31, 2024 at 8:31 PM