4 years ago, ads starring ✨Kathy Bates✨ tricked me into downloading Merge Mansion. I realized immediately the ads had deceived me, but kept playing anyway. Find out whether this was worth it in "Fake Games", out now in #Eludamos: eludamos.org/index.php/el...

When Elden Ring had been announced but not yet released, its subreddit started collectively pretending the game was already out. I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research. This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...

DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025 Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026 www.digraconference2026.com #games #gamestudies

Excited to share that my new novel, 'What We Owe the Dead,' is now available to readers across the Americas. It is a strange detective story set against the backdrop of ecological collapse. You can now find 'What we Owe the Dead' through all major booksellers! CC @freeklomme.bsky.social

📯 CFP Alert 📯 Special Issue on Game Advertising With a stellar guest editor board, this issue invites submissions on any aspect of video game advertising. Submission deadline October 31, 2025 Details here: dl.acm.org/journal/game... Do share 🙃

Re-watched the trailer I made for @gua-le-ni.com 's experimental game Doors. And really enjoyed the David Attenborough-eque narration I added. Also play the game, so I can tell Stefano, how well the trailer worked. 😅 youtu.be/t4K63Ad2JmI?...

🎤 KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT 🎤 📢 Thrilled to announce Stefano Gualeni is joining iGGi CON 2025! Philosopher, game designer & Prof. at the Institute of Digital Games, Univ. of Malta. 🍃 10+11 Sept, York 🌱 Register: iggi2025.org #iGGi25 #GameStudies #games #conference

Next week I will be talking about my new novel in Belgium! 📢 Join me and Elly McCausland in a conversation about science fiction and climate imaginaries in Ghent on May the 27th, at the bookstore Paard van Troje. The event starts at 19.:30!

👩‍🍳 𝐂𝐅𝐏: 𝐂𝐇Æ𝐅 - 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 Want to talk about your favourite dish or latest culinary faux pas? 🍕🍍 Or reflect on how food is represented in art? 🍰 Submit an idea by 6 June and join us in Tilburg in August! 👉More info: nelevandemosselaer.wordpress.com/chaef-cultur...

I invited my favourite author, Jonathan Coe, to a conference about his work and he said yes. Find out whether this was a good idea by joining us this Thursday! More info: nelevandemosselaer.wordpress.com/truth-in-fic...

Genuinely excited to talk all things conspiracy theories at a webinar open to all, on Monday 17th at 14:00GMT 🌍 I'll be joined by @psychunseen.bsky.social , psychiatrist, U-Wen Low, biblical scholar, and @nelevdm.bsky.social to compare CTs and videogames! 🎮 ✨ www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/...

The #DiGRA2025 registrations are NOW OFFICALLY OPEN! 📢 🚨 digraconference2025.org/conference-r... 🚨

Yeah, well... WHAT WE OWE THE DEAD - my new sci-fi novel - will be out in March with Set Margins'. >> www.setmargins.press/books/what-w... << The book is beautifully illustrated by @demigiant.bsky.social, and if you're into #philosophy and #games, you might enjoy this one :)

Next Tuesday >> January the 28th at 14:00 << I will talk about the conceptual use of games and video games at the University of Ghent (Belgium). Come join us if you're interested! #gamestudies CC @digrabelgium.bsky.social @alexvandewalle.bsky.social

Ever wondered what philosophers have to say about fame and celebrity? Now is your chance to find out! Featuring amazing contributions from @isernmas.bsky.social, @charactergap.bsky.social, and others not yet on here. Available at a 30% discount until December 8th. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/philosoph...

Join us tomorrow to discuss fiction in fiction! Hope to see you there 👀

On Artribune: videogames meet conceptual art, and @gua-le-ni.com's "Il videogioco del mondo. Istruzioni per l'uso" (Timeo) meets @marijamdid.com's "Everything to Play For: How Videogames Are Changing the World" (Verso).

Let's talk about (fiction that talks about) fiction! 🤔 Join us on the 2nd of December in Tilburg, or online! 👉 More information: nelevandemosselaer.wordpress.com/metafiction-...