A bunch of classical receptions in one photo, from a folk pub in Edinburgh.

Para quienes no pudisteis acercaros a esta interesantísima jornada sobre recepción de la Antigüedad en las extremas derechas, aquí os dejo el link a los videos: ehutb.ehu.eus/series/691f0... @anihoproject.bsky.social

Calling all #archaeogaming folks! Immortals Fenyx Rising is now free on Ubisoft Connect for the launcher's fifth anniversary. The game is set on the Golden Isle, a land ruled by the Greek gods, and you play as Fenyx, a young mortal shield-bearer in the Spartan army. Just claimed it!

Anno 117: Pax Romana just launched today and some players are already complaining about inaccurate "woke propaganda" because a woman is declared empress and a centurion is "not white enough". I'm speechless.

Llevaba mucho tiempo con ganas de explicar, con más calma, cómo se ha reconstruido el pasado de forma gráfica a lo largo de la historia y cómo lo reconstruimos hoy en día. Ha llegado el momento. 📕🔽 @akaleditor.bsky.social  @elbarroquista.bsky.social

You are a Post-Padawan now!

Friends! On November 11th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Kevin Marín-Rubio. The talk is titled Play Utopia - Videogames for Critical Imagination in a Barcelona Youth Club. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/kevin-...

hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn

My book "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is now available for pre-order. Use promo code WIN26 to get 30% off. Coming January 6th 2026! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

And last, but certainly not least, Ian Regueiro-Salcedo and Xavier Rubio-Campillo talking about alternative pasts in videogames!

As #TIPC4 is rapidly approaching (8-10 October register now for FREE: interactivepasts.com/the-interact...) we have all sorts of SUPER COOL stuff for this year's celebratory edition! A Game Dev panel, a Playful Archaeology Panel, workshops, pizzas, and of course amazing talks! Check the thread!

I just published my article Archaeology as Worldbuilding, an effort that grows out of 20+ years of digital (and analog) archaeological making. Adjacent to recent arguments about storytelling, I broaden our scope to make past worlds & tell stories in community with others. doi.org/10.1017/S095...

I wrote a piece for the Guardian games newsletter this week on my PhD research into preserving play experiences, and why I think that the most archaeological games are those that that actually make you *think* like one 🏺 www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...

Step into the heart of Medieval Baghdad—right from your phone. 📜 Uncover rich, immersive history 🦅 Explore 9th century Baghdad 📱 Experience it all for free, anytime, anywhere Launching today for free: the Discovery Tour App – Medieval Baghdad #AssassinsCreed

Playing a video game (The Forgotten City) that portrays an ancient board game (Senet) which also has its own video game version (Senet: Households by @valuefnd.bsky.social)

Question to the BlueSky game studies-crowd! What are some of the best studies you know about the psychological, emotional and cognitive engagement of players with game fictions? I'm thinking of books by @kcisbister.bsky.social , Aubrey Anable and some others, but any other key recommendations?

🎮 I’m co-organizing The Interactive Pasts Conference 4 this October in Leiden! A seriously playful event where games, heritage & history meet. Expect workshops, papers, demos & good vibes. New blog post ➡️ itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/08/08/c... #TIPC4 #VALUE #Archaeogaming

After some technical hiccups (including a broken laptop), I'm happy to annouce the first prototype of my new game, 'Galar', is available for download! 🧵1/5 #historygames #gamingthepast #gamestudies #gamedev #archaeogaming

Can't wait to participate in this amazing conference!

PUBLISHED #OpenAccess! HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF GAME STUDIES: What It Has Been, What it Could Be 780 pages of disciplinary self-care, otherwise known as intellectual history. Come for the pixels, stay for the resolutions. #VideoGames #MediaStudies @cmejeur.bsky.social @emmavphd.bsky.social

I grew up on these streets

Last call for our exciting online panel discussion with experts on history, games and gender! 16:00 UK time >>today<<.

"Danger à Pompéi" porte son nom ! Vous devrez essayer de vous échapper de la ville lors de l'éruption du Vésuve en résolvant différentes énigmes : store.steampowered.com/app/1592920/... Le jeu est disponible en français et conçu pour être éducatif. #JVH

New on the HGN blog: Gender panel guest speaker @katexe.bsky.social explores the widespread lack of engagement with “women’s histories” in historical video games, & discusses some examples that do represent women’s stories more meaningfully: www.historicalgames.net/womens-histo...

I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.

Goosebumps

We’re excited to announce that the online panel discussion for our Gender theme will take place on 29 July, 16:00-17:30 UK time, featuring @tesswatty.bsky.social (chair), @katexe.bsky.social, @andreaskjeldsen.bsky.social and a third, mystery panellist. Tickets at buytickets.at/historicalga....

"Over 200 unique buildings have been built including Hereford’s most memorable landmarks such as Hereford Cathedral, the 3 spires of Hereford and Butchers Row" yourherefordshire.co.uk/all/featured...

I'll be remotely attending the Writing Gameplay workshop at DiGRA this afternoon! We've got a really interesting selection of texts to discuss. I put forward @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy 's "An Approach to the Ethics of Archaeogaming" intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...

Hi everyone! I'm in the very early stages of developing my #archaeogaming game for my research. I've heard about Game Design Documents (GDDs), but I have no idea how to start the writing process. Any templates or tips to follow? Thanks in advance!

Glad to have taken part in the archaeogaming session! What an amazing week it was. I also found myself in the acropolis listening to the Assassin's Creed Odyssey main track, for a more authentic archaeogaming immersion!

🏆 CONGRATULATIONS to @louisearchaeology.bsky.social @dah-lab.bsky.social for creating No Stone Left Unturned, a game which re-purposes digitised archival materials from the Avebury Papers Project to create public engagement for archaeological research ⛏️

Just yesterday I was thinking about how, when social media platforms rolled out algorithms, everyone was like “we don’t want that.” And they were like “no no, trust us, the data says you do; it’ll be great.” Now not only are the algorithms not great, they sucked the life out of everything

Wearing #socks in sandals! This shroud from #Egypt, #Roman period, shows a woman wearing a tunic, jewellery and bright red socks in sandals. Socks were usually divided at the big toe, as they were designed to be worn with thonged sandals. Several examples of ... 🧵1/2 🏺

FELIZ DÍA DEL LIBRO, chiquis 📚💚💚💚 Leed mucho y apoyad sobre todo a los pequeños autores y pequeñas editoriales (las que no hacen uso de las IA y apuestan por creadores humanos que tienen que comer XD)

Hoy, 23 de abril, Día Internacional del Libro, quiero rendir homenaje a todas las personas que escriben, leen y viven entre páginas. Las horas de investigación, los cafés fríos, las dudas, los nervios del lanzamiento… Todo eso también es escribir un libro.

lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider : are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No. *but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no. *but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no. maybe you're not being negative *enough*

Wait, why is this late Roman statue in here?? Ooooh snap! 😍

You can now register for the Mythological Game Studies Conference (22-24 May, online)! We'll have around 30 presentations on mythology & games, a dev roundtable, and more. Head over to mythgamescon.wordpress.com for the conference schedule and abstracts! @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social #MythGames2025

Beloved #pet: a #Roman burial of a #dog. The animal was buried with a vessel, its head was bedded on a piece of leather. Even the Romans knew it: A life without #dogs is possible but pointless! From Cologne, dating 1st AD. 📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln 🏺 AncientBluesky

New article! 🚨 By @drpierpischedda.bsky.social See how games deal with language deciphering through the lens of archaeolinguistics — from Indy to Lara Croft to Nathan Drake. 🎮 Read more: jgeekstudies.org/2025/04/05/a... #GeekStudies #GameStudies #Archaeology #Uncharted #TombRaider #IndianaJones

Me temo que tenemos otro #FakeHistórico siendo difundido por los medios de comunicación de forma acrítica y dañina. La supuesta reconstrucción facial de una joven micénica no es tal: es un fake creado con IA generativa.👇🚫

1/ La "estética de lo plausible" explica por qué una imagen generada con inteligencia artificial puede parecernos real sin serlo. Esta estética no busca la mímesis, tampoco la verosimilitud, sino la credibilidad visual del "pasado sintético"🧵

Lo de las reacciones con el nuevo AC no me sorprenden a estas alturas, pero cuando Ubisoft alertó a sus trabajadores de no poner en RRSS que habían trabajado en el juego era por algo. Entras en perfiles de la alt-right gamer y su contenido 24/7 desde hace días es exclusivamente sobre esto.

Newest project, delighted to be presenting on divine quantification in strategy games set in antiquity for what I am sure will be an exciting time at the Mythological Game Studies Conference in May.

¿Cómo transforma la IA nuestra cultura visual? 🧵👇

If Tesla's stock drops far enough, the bank loans Elon took out to buy Twitter lose their collateral and get called back immediately. Which is why Elon is panicking, Trump is panicking, and their shadow backers are all panicking.

As game Senet: Households is nearing 5000 downloads (what?!?!) we want to highlight the amazing dev team that work with us! In this thread you can check out their incredible work and follow them where you can! You can download the game for free here store.steampowered.com/app/3457490/...