"Researchers are exploring the ways board games and tabletop role-playing games could be used in health and social care interventions." #rpg #dnd #mentalhealth

Why do some people elect to be trolls? Part of it is attention seeking, but there is a dark undercurrent of traits sending them down that path, including narcissism, trait sadism, and even straight-up psychopathy, all found to be strong predictors for such behavior. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here's an interview with Video Game History Foundation's Frank, where we talk about their Sega Channel finds, the NES's launch and lots of other stuff. Just search any podcast app for "RetroRGB Cifaldi", or check out the main post here: https://retrorgb.com/interview-with-vghfs-frank-cifaldi.html

Our 2025 Year in Review! Readers from 185 countries/territories visited the Journal of Geek Studies this year. We appreciate your support! 🤗 Top 10: USA, UK, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia, France, India, Japan, China. 🎉 And for the first time, Montserrat and Côte d’Ivoire joined the party!

Ma dernière étude est désormais disponible dans le dernier volume du JGS ! J'y parle pour rappel Conservation animale par le jeu vidéo, ses difficultés, ses enjeux, et ses perspectives !! 🦉

It’s officially ‘year in review’ season! Revisit our first 2025 issue and explore all the #geekstudies articles and interviews with game devs.

Don't forget to check out our recent contribution to the journal where @palaeostephan.bsky.social and I worked out the bite force of the Rancor from Star Wars! jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...

We're approaching the year's end, so our 2025 volume is now closed. 🎉 You can check it out at jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol... We have #geekstudies articles about Pokémon tournaments, Magic molluscs, cyberpunk, Another Crab's Treasure, conservation & video games, and steampunk dinosaurs in anime.

Ma dernière étude sur la conservation animale par le jeu vidéo est sorti mi-novembre, où j'essaie de baliser ce qui se fait et ce qui pourrait être fait dans un futur proche. Si vous êtes chercheur ou journaliste dans le JV et que le sujet vous intrigue, n'hésitez pas à venir m'en parler ^^

We have a new article! 🎉 Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology ⚙️🦖 @krakenscholar.bsky.social and @babimt.bsky.social discuss Iguanodon, from its discovery to modern-day interpretations. #GeekStudies #ScienceHistory #GeekCulture #anime #PrincessPrincipal 👉 Read it here:

Here's your Friday bird break: Read about how scientists taught parrots and starlings to copy the beeps and boops of R2-D2 to study how accurately different types of birds can mimic sounds. #ornithology

So, I finished the first "Duck Detective" realised by @happybroccoligames.bsky.social ". He was good. But as I'm ornithologist, I need to correct some facts I saw in the loading screens in this serious thread ⬇️🦉 #birds

My new study is online and it's all about animal #conservation and video games ! I make a case study on a game with a #bird and much more ! Thanks to JGS and Rodrigo for the opportunity ! 🪶 A little thread to synthesize my work ⬇️

Ma nouvelle étude est en ligne ! Je vais devoir pas mal jongler aujourd'hui entre communication en français et en anglais, priorité au public francophone à travers un fil pour résumer ce travail ! ⬇️🦉 Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !

🎮 Can a video game save a species? 🦜 Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion. Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c... #geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood

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I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc. vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

We've got a new article! 🦀 @aumpuma.bsky.social examines how @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters. #geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs

i just remembered that some people got genuinely upset when i pointed out that live action little mermaid's sebastian would die underwater

🚨 New article! 🎉 J. Hepper explored social media discussions to understand how #cyberpunk lexicon enters public discourse about real-world events. #GeekStudies #MediaStudies #Shadowrun #PopCulture

*laugh* So, it turns out there is an Antarctic brittle star, Ophiosteira bullivanti that bears more than a casual resemblance to STARYU! #pokemon #echinoday ha ha! 😂

The 10 Best Marine and Aquatic Species in the Star Trek Universe| Happy Star Trek Day, nerds!

Ever wondered how many molluscs live in the @magic.wizards.com multiverse? 🐌 No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it! Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m... #MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG

Was this new research funded by Elizabeth Báthory? 😆 🧪 #scicomm #vampires #FGO

The HGN team recently chatted with Rytis Jadzevicius of @fluxogames.bsky.social about their upcoming game, Book Smugglers. A decision-driven, point-and-click adventure set in 19thC Lithuania, the game blends resource management with historical storytelling: www.historicalgames.net/interview-wi...

🚨 New article out now! 🚨 By ‪@beelzebruno.bsky.social Can we predict competitive Pokémon VGC leads using Latent Semantic Analysis? 🧠🔍 #GeekStudies #PokemonVGC #DataScience #CompetitivePokemon

🚨Our 1st 2025 issue is complete!🚨 Explore the latest in geeky research, with interviews with game devs and articles on Tintin, #StarWars, #IndianaJones et al., Pokémon, and #StudioGhibli. Check it out 👉 jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol... #GeekStudies #scicomm #geekculture

🚨 New article alert! Ecocriticism meets anime in this piece by Audrey Aguirre. The article explores the environmental toll of war through the haunting beauty Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. #GeekStudies #AnimeStudies #StudioGhibli #Miyazaki #風の谷のナウシカ #スタジオジブリ #アニメ研究

"The road to repairing sharks’ reputations [post-Jaws] has been long and full of obstacles, and in many ways, it’s a blueprint for how we might reframe other misunderstood or maligned species."

You can turn any shape into a die thanks to a study showing a way to calculate the probabilities for any shape. #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #rpg #ttrpg

A hard truth of science communication is that knowledge and attitudes (to say nothing of behavior) are not intrinsically linked. A panel from my 2017 comic on the intersection of science and religion, free to read: jordancollver.myportfolio.com/comics #sciart

"As a free piece of software preloaded onto every system, it would function (...) as a welcome tour for new owners, packed with little interesting nuggets of information and secrets to find. It could even help inspire the next generation of hardware engineers. But only if they see it." #STEM

A nice story of game preservation. 🎮

Just learned that the paper I wrote with @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social to debunk the connection between #dinosaur fossils and #griffin #mytholgy was among the most-read papers from Sage Publishing last year. If you missed it, it's open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Happy #GeekPrideDay / #TowelDay 🎉 It's a great opportunity to read all the cool #GeekStudies we've published this year. 🤓 Take a look around, you're bound to find an article you'll love: jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol... And remember: don't panic and always carry a towel!

Today's The birthday of the coolest palaeontologist ever: Mary Anning. 🥳🎂 And we have just the article for the occasion, describing Anning's life and work, and also her incarnation as a heroic spirit in Fate/Grand Order. 😉 #FGO #FateGO #palaeontology #fossils #メアリーアニング

New article alert! 🚨 🧬 Ever wondered about the science behind the Pokémon virus? Come check out some fascinating ties of the Pokérus virus with real-world biology: jgeekstudies.org/2025/05/01/p... #geekstudies #scicomm #Pokemon #Virology

The bite force is strong with this one! Reposting our recent study by @taphonomist.bsky.social and myself investigating the biomechanics and bite of the Rancor. jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i... in @jgeekstudies.bsky.social‬ Happy May the 4th!!!! #StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Here's an oldie but goodie for #EarthDay - an interview with Javier Ramello from @herobeatstudios.bsky.social about their fantastic game #Endling - Extinction is Forever. 🦊 #NatureConservation #scicomm @handy-games.com

On #EarthDay, don't miss our interview with Paul Goodenough, co-founder of Rewriting Earth, about their comics and other initiatives to increase environmental awareness. 🌍 #NatureConservation #scicomm

So, Ubisoft made a powerful tool for colorbind persons. And it could be a game changer for #birds and animals lover. 300 millions are colorblind in the world, and it could be huge for them🪶 news.ubisoft.com/fr-fr/articl...

I’ve been digging into the history of AAA games again, and would you believe the term actually goes all the way back to 1991? It’s true! Marketers were using AAA to distinguish between “high quality” NES games versus the “inferior” 8-bit titles out there. www.videogamecanon.com/adventurelog...

Colossal’s bungled wolf announcement isn’t a conservation win. It’s a sad reminder of how the offensively rich want to foist their vision of the future on everyone. My latest for @slate.com

For the language and history gamer nerds among us. 😉👇 #TombRaider #Archaeogaming

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

"The reaction shows our views of the deep sea – long ignored or seen as a realm of monsters – may at last be changing" said OI member 𝗗𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘂 from the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre. theconversation.com/icarus-of-th...

Just discovered Journal of Geek Studies (not peer reviewed), and it is pure joy. jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...

This project was so much fun! If you want to watch a video abstract - check it out here! youtu.be/C3JsBb2ZyRU

Can a bone stop a Rancor’s massive jaws?🦴🦖 This new study, by @palaeostephan.bsky.social and @taphonomist.bsky.social, estimates the #StarWars predator’s bite force at a bone-crushing 44,000 N!🔥⚔️ Read the full article at jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i... #geekstudies #scicomm #paleontology

This project has started a long time ago, but in a galaxy not too far away… Happy to share this new study with @taphonomist.bsky.social looking at the functional morphology and biomechanics of the Rancor. Warning! Nerdy sci fi, palaeo & biomechanics thread following! jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...