this is amazing! two of my favorite things in one awesome collab!

Cool new issue of Game Studies: gamestudies.org/2502 Inter alia, fishing games (Dave the Diver and Dredge) 🎣 and Genshin Impact lore and fan practices. 📜

Happy to finally see this in print!! Dr. Michael Straeubig (whom I never met prior) and I were brought together for a guided discussion by the editors on and around the topic of rules and games. The chapter is our (polished up) conversation -- definitely my favorite kind of scholarship 😊

Ludocene, a free "dating app that matches you with games rather than people," has launched, following a successful Kickstarter campaign.

thank you @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social for writing a wonderful piece on cosy games, honoured to be quoted =)

We never thought he was joking. I don't understand why American media keeps trying to say we're just mad about the tariffs. We're mad about THIS. No matter their trade policy, I suspect Canadians will *never* see America as a true ally again.

I'm thinking , since the Dept of Justice publicly released the home address of Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, we should start finding and releasing home information of DHS, ICE and police who help kidnap individuals out of schools, off the streets. Let their names be known.

voted in the early polls for the first time today ... changing address on site was incredibly easy! Please, for the love of cthulu, if you are qualified to vote - VOTE! We do not want a case where we are governed by a party that only 49.8% of the people voted for and we spiral down the abyss!

I feel like we need to Clockwork Orange them with every single episode of How It's Made

The systems WORK. There is literally no need to do any of this. That tells me: (a) part of the PLAN is to wreck govt services and cause chaos (b) there's criminal intent to steal secrets/data and probably force the govt to pay Musk a license forever for use of Grok code

This is unbelievable in that way that only Trump stories can be. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

How empathy came to be seen as a weakness in conservative circles. www.npr.org/2025/03/22/n... @sarahmccammon.bsky.social

didnt he already try a version of this and it was deemed .... . /sigh

THIS THIS AND THIS!! I'd rather go without than to give the same rights to people I dont think should be treated as people is what perpetuates the downfall ...

My partner was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at 49 years old. It's been 3 years & we've been very thankful for the work & support MS Canada has provided. This year, we are joining the MS Walk Fundraiser to help the foundation & meet others who live with MS msspwalk.donordrive.com/team/14460

Wrote this piece on the significance of the York cuts: 'In a democratic society a university is not a “business” that sells degrees. It can serve as a bulwark against disinformation and against manipulation of the population by powerful interests.' @ocufa.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

if you want to know why Musk/Trump's shit is instantly toxic abroad but popular at home, it's because abroad they don't have a cheerleading pro-Trump media and a backstop of corrupt judges to clean up after every stupid decision. Instead it just looks stupid and cruel.

Can never listen to my own voice, but happy to see this podcast on cozy games out in the world - thank you to @andradroid.bsky.social & British DiGRA for the invitation to talk about my new favorite topic #gamestudies podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

I'm more surprised that after all those budget of a amazing cinematic trailer released YEARS ago at The Game Awards. Wonder Woman sound like she could be a potential good super hero game... I mean, it's Wonder Woman... WONDER WOMAN Thanks WB Games, nice decision to scrapped that out in 2025

🎮*Nouvelle publication*🎮 Mon dernier article sur la culture du glitch autour de #𝘊𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬2077 (CD Projekt RED, 2020) vient d'être publié dans la revue 𝘕𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘹 𝘊𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦. J'y étudie le rôle critique du glitch dans les jeux-comme-service. publications-prairial.fr/marge/index....

We're both relentless consumers and the relentlessly consumed. We've presided over the death of our private moments, as social validation has become our new oxygen. www.joanwestenberg.com/we-are-livin...

I <3 being Canadian TY Pizza Pizza for knocking it out of the park with these three advertisement gems: www.instagram.com/pizzapizzalt... www.instagram.com/pizzapizzalt... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGhg...

Elect a mob boss, expect a crime syndicate. This is just another shake-down... one of many to come.

US officials are reportedly threatening to revoke Starlink access for Ukraine if they don’t give us 50% of their mineral rights. That’s not diplomacy, it’s extortion. We’re also pushing them to kill a UN Resolution that blames Russia for starting the war. Facts matter.

Call for book chapters!📖 I'm co-editing a book (w/ @agatawaszkiewicz.bsky.social) on ✨COZY MEDIA✨ with Amsterdam Uni Press. Please see details and deadlines on our shiny new website: cozymedia.net/call-for-pap... Abstracts due 31 March💐 Full chapter due 31 July🌞

Trump is petrified of Putin.

Hey there, thanks for the thread! A bunch of amazing Black game designers came together to create the Griot Anthology: A collection of Micro RPGs! Featuring a game made by my friend and I, Intergalactic Teaz! A game about ballroom culture (but in space!) thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...

don’t forget to leave a bad review for the Gulf of America

Wouldn't it be nice to have default opt-out be the norm? Sharing this for others with an addition: Google Assistant data is also tied to a My Activity settings. Open Google in browser, tap profile pic at top right, "Manage your Google account," "Data & privacy," section "History settings."

An excellent article for those who wish more information on how complicated sex and gender are, and how nothing is a binary.

This came my way recently & indeed, every, single app that I have on my phone had this turned on, bank app, everything - have to click through each app individually

PAX U schedule! Here's where I'll be guaranteed to be findable (albeit likely busy with professor duties): Friday: Unpub room 10A-12P and then at Pro-Am Game Jam Saturday: Unpub room 12P-4P and then at Night Market & Feedback Frenzy If you want to play Keep the Faith or Resilience, get in touch!

Hey #boardgames folks, I’ll be at PAX Unplugged! My primary role will be guiding my students as they playtest their games in the Unpub room, but I’ll have two games along that I’d love to play with you!

Christian Fuchs. 2024. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage. Fourth edition. 448 pages. fuchsc.net/books/social... Now in its 4th edition, this introduction to the critical theory of social media has been adopted in hundreds of courses across the world.

this is your annual reminder that ocean spray, the cranberry company, is a member-owned co-op that is obligated by their charter to buy their farmers' entire cranberry crop at higher than market prices! so buy your cranberries this week from ocean spray!

Teaching History of Video Games this semester and we had a retro game night (2 actually) where some students brought in games & old consoles - was so excited to see Intellivsion brought in today, have not played Astrosmash since the 80's and wow - forgot about non-ergonomic controllers! lol

the new influx is great! managing who to follow back is not so great - check this out -was much easier to sort through 336 new followers and unfollow than manually following all. Hope to make some great connections for games research & design chats, & memes that remind my why the internet is great

a gentle reminder for today as some people in a country head to the polls ;)

Woo! It's FINALLY live!! czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/Replay/artic...

once again reinforcing the fact that the best online communities are the ones where there are mods with their heads screwed on straight who are willing to ban the shit-stirrers regardless of whether they have technically broken any rules just, no, you’re making it worse for everyone, bye

2/2 and "Gaming, Identity Construction, and Social Connection" co-authored with the fab Rachel Kowert & Jessica Stone in the edited collection Social Media and Youth Mental Health www.appi.org/Products/Chi...

1/2 happy to announce 2 new publications make it's way into the world this week. "Perspectives on Microstreaming: Labor, Interactivity and Authenticity" with my incomparable co-authors Mia Consalvo & Andy Phelps in the edited collection Emerging Technologies: Theories, Futures, Provocations

literally the most Montreal game to have ever been created (and one of the most beautiful) is released today, made by the best people in the world, and I hope everyone buys 10 copies store.steampowered.com/app/1065070/...

Love seeing former students do great things! Check it out - pre-order it and beef your game design game ;) www.routledge.com/Designing-Ga...

A second fundraiser appears! That is, a second place you can donate to help Palestinians, while also winning a chance for a 1-hour design consult with me.

Very happy to share that our "Undergraduate Teaching Workshop" has been accepted at this year's AoIR Conference in Sheffield, UK. This is a hybrid event, with myself running the online portion and the amazing Holly Kruse running the show on the ground - check it out and sign up! aoir.org/aoir2024/

I was just thinking this the other day w/our Canadian example with the "freedom convoy" that was allowed to take over the city of Ottawa, block roads with bbqs & hot tubs in protest, blocking residents from their businesses & homes for WEEKS (ottawa.ctvnews.ca/freedom-conv...

Pretty revealing to see so many supportive of Ammon Bundy and January 6th as "protected free speech" and "obligations to engage in civil disobedience" suddenly so concerned about protests and occupations yesterday.

Before passing legislation that could result in the ban of TikTok, the US government should declassify intelligence that substantiates the threat, I write with Ben Lennett. The American people deserve to see the information, and courts will demand it when the measure is inevitably challenged.