Some scenes from day one of the new No Man's Sky Relics update / expedition that dropped today.

Moon of a giant lush planet featuring shallow pools of water all across its hilly surface (No Man's Sky)

I had to smile.

A chat last night in the No Man's Sky Discord, folks tipping their hats to Hello Games for the incredible NMS comeback story, was -interrupted- by Sean Murray dropping an incoming update emoji, out of nowhere. Another (free) update is imminent!

This pretty much sums up the No Man's Sky experience over the past nine years.

A very cool music video of sorts I found showing No Man's Sky Atlas Rises (2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnPf60l6B0

I shared the backstory in a blog post about the enigmatic Base Computers in the wild in No Man's Sky that I keep seeing people ask about. (Blog post w/ pics, video, etc.)

For those curious...

https://nmsspot.com/2025/03/11/about-those-base-computers-in-the-wild/

Amazing vibes on this desolate moon of a desert giant. #NoMansSky

I spent the last two nights playing #TheLastCampfire by #HelloGames and it's been a long while since a game has hit me in the feels like this. It's full of beautiful music and artwork, sly humor, and puzzles akin to Fez, with a narrator who sounds a lot like Bjork.

It's all about grief and despair and trepidation, death and other transitions, and holding onto enough hope to rekindle it in others. Oh, and did I mention it is cute and has no combat?

https://youtu.be/Xu8_Q44BIPA
Go play.
#Games #Steam

I expect that most players are rather doing the new expedition, but a few weeks ago I found this bountiful giant (only my second giant I'd come across).

I'm not sure about staying though, as it has both these eyes looking at you, as well as a purple haze. This also would be a cool waterfall, if they existed.

A few more images in the next post.

Amazing alien hoop world I discovered in No Man's Sky

Orbiting a gas giant on an icy moon.

No Man's Sky “ Worlds Part II ” 5.5 update : This game is a hard drug (I'm forgetting myself in the evenings right now in its space explorations) … and the good people at #HelloGames seem really passionate and invested in adding quality content

https://youtu.be/2lG2DTjP-_M

Just wow -- this lush world from No Man's Sky: Worlds Part II update...

Everyone has their own cozy game and for me it's No Man's Sky. I've been here since day one and it's wild to think that was way back in 2016. Now we have this new amazing update! I did just recently lose my permadeath save but that's the fun lol or I'm just a masochist #nomanssky #hellogames

This screenshot from the new No Man's Sky Worlds Part II update somehow reminds me of Shadow of the Beast for Amiga.

Antics in the ByteCellar on a Sunday afternoon

Scenes from this week's travels in No Man's Sky

Pretty cool little glass cube screen thing for animated GIFs I picked up to keep Atlas close at hand.

#NoMansSky

I've been thinking about this game's existential arc lately, and so I thought I would share my first blog post about No Man's Sky, published on Sept 1, 2016 (a little over eight years ago).

https://nmsspot.com/2016/09/01/a-few-words-about-the-best-game-ive-ever-played-no-mans-sky/

"...All my life I have dreamed of exactly this in gaming — an interesting, alternate universe, massive in scale, in which I can freely wander and explore at my own pace. That is what No Man’s Sky is to me, and it’s my observation that many others are similarly moved by the game. The fact that the universe is procedurally generated and that even the game’s creators can’t describe everything that’s out there to be encountered adds to the incredible sense of the unexplored, the alien...."