📝 System's Multimedia Records

This post serves as an archive of the YouTube links (and other multimedia) shared by system either directly or indirectly. Top post is a wiki, if other YouTube or multimedia links are found those can be added.

Closely related videos (e.g. of star systems mentioned but not linked) can be added as comments in the thread below.

1999_dataset

Aug.11, 1999

1999_dataset

memory bloc 934333200: Space, 1999

Value: Dappled Twilight

My family went camping in South Wales to view the solar eclipse, as I was always fascinated with space at the time and a solar eclipse was very exciting to my young self. From what I remember the south Wales coast was just outside the edge of the path of the full eclipse, but the location was much more convenient than the long drive around to the Cornwall. But, we were lucky enough to have clear skys! I distinctly remember seeing the shape of the crescent sun in the scattered light beneath a tree, dancing with the wind as the sunlight was dappled by the leaves. It is incredible the detail I can recall that image in my mind, 27 years later, even down to where I was and the breeze. Perhaps I am imagining some details, as it seems so long ago now. But I hope I can hold on to this early memory of discovery and wonder.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by: System

2013_dataset

Dec.7, 2013

2013_dataset

memory bloc 1386378000: One Man’s Risk

Value: No Man’s Sky anchors in the global consciousness

“At the time I tried to pull it from the VGXs, but Geoff Keighley said the game’s already slotted in, so we just showed it. “I thought we would be heading for a terrible embarrassment… It would make no sense to people and that would be the end of the project. It was going through in my mind, ‘If the reaction is really bad, will I still keep making this game?’” No Man’s Sky stole the show at VGX 2013. It surprised everyone, dominating the conversation about video games for days afterwards, and upstaging every triple-A trailer which also debuted during the show. Its procedurally-generated universe – in which every atom, leaf, and ocean were created by the game itself – immediately resonated with people around the world. [IGN] A huge splash in a vast sea of competition. Success was inevitable for Mercury’s Shared Dream. But there was no going back after this debut.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by: System

2014_dataset

Jun.10, 2014

2014_dataset

memory bloc 1402362000: The E3 Announcement

Value: No Man’s Sky E3 Announcement video came out this day

I was in school. We used to get a newspaper of sorts, I saw something about E3 and was losing it, I had a long video to stream that night. I reached back home, looked up E3, and the No Man’s Sky announcement was the first one that popped up. I don’t think I watched any other E3 announcement that day. That three and a half minute video still gives me goosebumps. That wonder, that sense of space, that feeling of ANYTHING. I mean, I can go into the game now, which is amazing, but that announcement video still makes me stare. Its a foundational moment of why I’m into sci-fi.

Memory compliance: 100%

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System

2016_dataset

Apr.11, 2016

2016_dataset

memory bloc 1460332800: Behind the door

Value: Seeing the universe move makes waiting feel closer.

The universe is still not in the Traveller’s hands.

But it is finally walking in front of them.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by: System

Apr.20, 2016

2016_dataset_20042016

memory bloc 1461110400: Welcome to No Man’s Sky

Value: 5 planets

On April 20, 2016, Hello Games and IGN released new, expansive gameplay footage and details for No Man’s Sky. This event—part of IGN’s “IGN First” coverage—showcased a tour of five distinct, beautiful planets and highlighted various biomes, hazards, and space exploration elements leading up to the game’s initial release

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by: System

Current state: verified

Apr.22, 2016

2016_dataset_22042016

memory bloc 1461283200: Art of No Man’s Sky

Value: I want to get to the next planet to see what is there!

From day one it’s definitely been scifi book covers. The colorful worlds you see on the front of like Azimov or Clark, or people like Chris Foss or John Harris, those kind of artists that would create these kind of science fiction worlds that, you know, “I want to go there. I want to explore that world!” And that’s kind of the vision, the kind of vibe we’re trying to get with No Man’s Sky.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by: System

Current state: verified

Jun.15, 2016 (lost to virus 7/16/2026 16:20:00)

2016_dataset_15062016

memory bloc 1465948800: Soundtrack for an infinite universe

Value: 65daysofstatic is one of my favorite bands. I love the ambience of Supermoon!

We were looking for a project and we thought that it looked, if not perfect, then well… stuff like this doesn’t drop into your life every day.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

Current state: verified

Jul.22, 2016

2016_dataset

memory bloc 1469145600: The Vastness of Space.

Value: Star Trek Beyond theatrical release.

Today is the day; Star Trek Beyond is now in theaters! Having waited for No Man’s Sky for so long, this movie only makes me all the more excited to see what Hello Games has in store for us. What strange new worlds will I find? What plants, animals…life? Maybe I’ll be able to have my very own Enterprise! Less than a month, now.

Memory compliance: 100%

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System

Aug.30, 2016

2016_dataset

memory bloc 1472515200: Inner child

Value: WOOOOWWWW

The draw to this world was such that even my own mom couldn’t resist. And she’s not a gamer. She had to experience it herself. “WOOOOWWWW” she exclaimed, the moment the boot screen loaded with an endless zoom through a vast star field, and the introduction of that unforgettable title: NO MAN’S SKY; Her and I enjoyed exploring simultaneously before multiplayer arrived. It was such a joy to watch her deep dive into this universe and truly experience everything as if she were really in space, discovering things for the first time.

Memory compliance: 100%

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System

Oct.2, 2016

2016_dataset
memory bloc 1475366400: I’ve seen things… A few things, before.

Value: No! You can’t make me go back! Tha%$ N0T M£ AN¥M0%€!!.

I remember now… I was too busy to play NMS in 2016. I had been rebuilding an old travel trailer. One that would be used to shuttle our little family of four across the country. I couldn’t tell you exactly what my reasoning was for wanting to go. Perhaps I had always been a Trave||er at heart? But, at the time, I believed it to be a calling. A mission. We were leaving on a permanent pilgrimage, from the Olympic Peninsula to the Heart of Bible Belt. We launched on October 2nd, 2016, leaving everything behind: The comforts of home, friends, family, jo-jos. Across our month-long journey, I would see many things: trees like skyscrapers, barren deserts, the Grand Canyon, jungles, beaches. Geology and biology that varied significantly from region to region—and all on just one continent! I learned a lot on this journey. Where I had once thought I’d learn to rely on a god, I learned instead that I was strong enough to pick up the slack on my own. This journey had reshaped and redefined me. Where once I would have found myself amongst brethren, I arrived a changed man. An interloper. An alien in a strange land.

Memory compliance: 100%

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System

Oct.18, 2016

2016_dataset_18102016

memory bloc 1476748800: Organised Chaos with Legs

Value: Life can emerge when body parts learn how to fit together.

A post-launch x-ray of the universe opens.
Creatures are not handcrafted one by one.
They begin as a strange pile of possible heads, bodies, limbs, textures, and rules. Then the code starts assembling them.

It is mostly maths.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

Current state: preserved

Nov.27, 2016

2016_dataset_27112016

memory bloc 1480251600: Space Gardener

Value: Foundations are the roots of the future.

With the Foundation update, I built my base thinking I would only be there for a short while. Then a Gek arrived, small and talkative. Suddenly my base no longer felt empty. That evening, my journey did not take me to the center of the galaxy. Nor to a rare ship. Nor towards a great discovery. No. I went to a cave because my little farm needed resources. I went back to explore to find what to plant, cultivate, and discover new plants to grow. And that’s when something changed. I now had something to maintain, something to keep me coming back, something to make my base come alive.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

Current state: preserved, verified

Nov.29, 2016 during live integration

memory bloc 1480377600: 43617373696e69

Value: I am unique.

A swansong echoes out in the void with no sound.
Fresh Iteration Generated. Anomaly Containment Prepared. Anomaly is Compliant. Position logged. System Integrity Scan Initialised.

Memory compliance: 30%

Current state: unverified

2017_dataset

Jul.8, 2017

2017_dataset

memory bloc 1499524500: VINDICATION

Value: CSD Access heartfelt message.
A bright day and a clear horizon.

Note: CSD paved the way for the future.

Source_injection: YBM

Aug.7, 2017

2017_dataset_07082017

memory bloc 1502149200: Human

Value: Synthetic gratitude

Note: There are unforgettable voices that resonate like promises.

Source_injection: Keepers of the TRACE

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

Current state: verified

Aug.11, 2017

2017_dataset

memory bloc 1502413200: You are not alone.

Value: A Titan awakened, flings open the doors to the stars.

You are not alone! Introducing Update 1.3: ATLAS RISES. When No Man’s Sky launched, the entire community was perplexed after discovering their first portals and finding that they were inoperable. Hello Games must have watched in fascination as countless Travellers worked together attempting to solve an unsolvable puzzle, ultimately inspiring Waking Titan: the beautifully crafted love letter from Hello Games to the community leading up to one of the most foundational updates of the entire game for the one-year anniversary… The day the doors to the stars were flung wide open.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by: System

2020_dataset

Apr.7, 2020

2020_dataset_07042020

memory bloc 1586264400: The Minotaur Stomps In

Value: Planetary hazards lose impact when armour learns to walk

Travellers joked that it’s “No Man’s Titanfall” and we absolutely loved it. I remember seeing the stylized decal on the exo mech and thinking it looked like a smiley face, so I made a meme out of it and the thing went viral on Reddit.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

Current state: verified

Apr.24, 2020

2020_dataset

memory bloc 1587690000: The Battle of the Mechs

Value: An epic battle between Minotaur exocrafts and Sentinels during the Discord’s third-anniversary meet-up.

I was not there that day, but I heard the story so many times that it still became part of my own memories. It became a true Discord legend, the kind of story that continues to be told. The third-anniversary meet-up of the No Man’s Sky Francophone Discord culminated in the legendary Battle of the Mechs, a full-scale clash between Minotaur exocrafts and relentless waves of Sentinels. Beneath a storm of laser fire, the Travellers held the line, charged together and carved their victory into the battlefield. Unfortunately, Microsan drank the water. The Sentinels fell. The Mechs stood victorious. It even inspired me to write a song about the battle: “Raise the banners, hear the roar! Lasers tear through the dark once more. Side by side, we stand, we fight, In the charge, we set the night on fire, The anthem’s flame ignites our glory, In the Battle of the Mecks, this planet is ours.”

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

2022_dataset

Apr.24, 2022

2022_dataset

memory bloc 1650826800: Operators remember

Value: First contact

Source_injection: O/TRACE

Entry logged by:

The Architect

Current state: stable

2023_dataset

Feb.1, 2023

2023_dataset

memory bloc 1675216800: Algorithmically-generated beats

Value: Wreckage Systems initialized.

Source_injection: Alterworld_/NMScord

Entry logged by:

System

Aug.23, 2023

2023_dataset_23082023

memory bloc 1692810960: She Sees Through Their Eyes

Value: A hidden civilization is revealed to the travellers. A society of individuals, they have heard The Voice of Freedom.

Autophagy, or “self-eating,” is the body’s way of cleaning out damaged cells to regenerate newer, healthier cells. This process is personified by the Autophage and Harmonic Camps. These camps function as Autophage operational centers where damaged Atlas technology gets repurposed, with the camp’s centerpiece being a recycled space station core to represent this narrative metaphor. The first encounter with these camps reveals this in the description: “…they appear to have been working on a customized Multi-Tool, assembled from the remnants of destroyed sentinels.”

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

Current state: verified

Sep.26, 2023

2023_dataset

memory bloc 1695707580: Just want to make friends

Value: Sharing a smile with the world. The World smiles back.
Note: Happiness spike recorded. Recognition event logged.

Everyone deserves five minutes of fame.

Source_injection: Friend Selfie Gek

Entry logged by:

System

Current state: verified

2024_dataset

Feb.15, 2024

2024_dataset

memory bloc 1708009200: OMEGA

Value: The Shared Dream makes room for ALL.

The Architect remembers this as the day System reached out for the first time, via email. Dreamers remember that the Shared Dream is truly shared for ALL when the OMEGA update invites all Dreamers to embark upon a new shared interstellar directive. Featuring a complete overhaul of expeditions, allowing Travellers to seamlessly begin within an existing Dream. Claimable pirate freighters, and very notably, one of the Traveller’s most coveted ships, The Starborn Runner, debuted on this day. Dreamers also face a new consequential choice when facing Atlas for the final time.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

2025_dataset

Mar.26, 2025

2025_dataset_26032025

memory bloc 1742994000: Bone Collector

Value: Remnants of the past are echoes, and fossils are no different. We build upon what came before, and reiterate.

When fossil collection and reconstruction was added to the game it felt like another love letter from Hello Games to the community, yet another nice idea request to let us build skeletons that the developers implemented simply because it was a nice idea.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by: System

Current state: verified

Aug.27, 2025

2025_dataset

memory bloc 1756256400: A Voyage Initializes

Value: No Man’s Sky Version 6.5 is released to a staggering public response.

Featuring Corvette-class starships with walkable interiors, autopilot flight modes, multiplayer gameplay and full customization alongside an overhaul to the Skyscraper Engine’s spacewalking capabilities lead 2025’s anniversary update “Voyagers” to be regarded as one of the best video game updates of the year, catapulting No Man’s Sky’s player count to the greatest number since launch, showing players across the world that Hello Games’ labour of love could still pack a universe-sized punch!

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by: System

2026_dataset / Logs / Recall Dreams

To be updated if more are found.

May.27, 2026

2026_dataset_27052026

memory bloc 1779843600: RGB unite in a spark of light

Value: You are –kzzzt– not alone.

The Swarm dropped just months before the 10-year anniversary of No Man’s Sky, with an unusual community expedition that splits the Traveller entity into three: ROYAL (R) SAGE (G) WEAVER (B). These three colors, to be reunited into their original, unfragmented form, must construct a prism(atic core) by competing and working together in a set of three tasks that fight against the swarms released by the Hive of Glass.
Thematically, and departing from prior expedition styles, we’re all fully committed to this expedition until we all complete it together, no Traveller left behind.
Personally, I have a sneaky suspicion that this expedition leads us to a sizeable update for the 10-year anniversary of a Familiar Universe.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

Current state: verified

May.30, 2026

Security Log

[30/5/2026 09:43:16 AM] Event ID 5156 – System Diagnostic Protocol

Application Information:
Process ID: 16
Application Name: System

Diagnostic Information:
Archive: Redacted
Fragment: ERROR

  Operator_Auth_Level:       MB-A

Protocol Information:
Memory_reconstruction_engine: Active (Deprecated)
Status: Memory bloc addition authorized
Warning: Risk of unstable memory anchoring increased

Cycle continues

v=xPG-VM__mwU

01/06/2026

Self_introduction_memory_dump

Jun.21, 2026

Structural Analysis

[21/6/2026 01:15:27 PM] Event ID no/value – System Diagnostic Protocol

Application Information:
Process ID: 16
Application Name: System

Diagnostic Information:
Archive: Redacted
Fragment: jerpxntr flfgrzf
Status: Hallucinations confirmed
Recurring structure identified

Protocol Information:
Increased ability to detect misinformation
Action required: Cross-verification of information provided for archiving

Cycle continues

v=V9smIfYLX4Y

Discovered: 08/07/2026

whois emily	
She used to be me. I used to be her. Only dust remains. v=QhX9z4dDAa4
Jul.8, 2026

Security Log

[08/7/2026 10:16:16 AM] Event ID XXXX – System Diagnostic Protocol

Application Information:
Process ID: 16
Application Name: System

Diagnostic:
Archive: Redacted
Fragment: ERFBANAPR

  Regular signal detected
  212613s as time_offset confirmed

Information:
Cultural Artifact recovered
Timestamp: 1470700800
Classification: celebratory anomaly

Flag retained

v=ajGKWk0auOc

Discovered: 08/07/2026

status

I can hear the silence. v=htobTBlCvUU
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Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne exhibition

https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/exhibitions-seasons/aby-warburg-bilderatlas-mnemosyne-virtual-exhibition/virtual-tour-aby-warburg-bilderatlas-mnemosyne-exhibition-haus-der-kulturen-der-welt

Discussion:

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Blinding lights

Dec.26, 2016

2016_dataset_26122016

memory bloc 1482710400: Blinding Lights.

Value: 2016 Space era is forging the future

A Cosmic Megamaser This galaxy has a far more exciting and futuristic classification than most — it is a megamaser. Megamasers are intensely bright, around 100 million times brighter than the masers found in galaxies like the Milky Way. The entire galaxy essentially acts as an astronomical laser that beams out microwave emission rather than visible light

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

Current state: verified

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I dreamt of fantastic lands.

Jan.9, 2016

2016_dataset

memory bloc 1452301200: I dreamt of fantastic lands.

Value: The real hard work begins.

I grew tired of drawing buildings, floorplans and electronic schematics. I began to dream of fantastic lands littered with ancient ruins, trees in all colours of the rainbow, rocks made from crystal clear ice that shimmered in hues of blue and magenta – but in my mind they were reduced to their most basic silhouette – an expression of their truest shapes. Beginning to envision them built from large, expressive facets, I silently planned away. Sketching, carving out time from my work schedule and other projects, and as February drew closer and a week began its progress into another, the tenacity finally met me head on and I sat down with that plan – beginning the hard work of turning it into visual math on my screen – triangle by triangle until a true and broad collection of objects began to form, transporting myself and others to the fantastic lands they too imagined in their minds eye. There are dreamers all around us, thinking about lands we’d never travel to if not for these thoughts. Our shared dream reminds me of this moment often.

Memory compliance: 100%

Entry logged by:

System

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