I had a great time at the #IntercelticForum yesterday talking about AI and culture in the context less resourced Celtic languages and heritage. Thanks to Údarás Na Gaeltachta for sending me and my panel Rónán Mac Con Iomaire and Jean-Marie Ollivier for a rich conversation.

I am at DiGRA Malta talking about game preservation, and when I shared the attitude of the ESA that people only want access to preserved games in order to play them FOR FUN! (rather than serious research) someone facetiously replied “well if it’s fun why shouldn’t you pay” and it got me thinking 1/2

“Bad games have more to teach than good games” - Lane D Koughan. Saving bad games can be extremely impactful for games education.

@mariaobrien.bsky.social and I hosted a workshop at #DIGRAMalta2025 on the Law & Policy of Games. After our #keynote we used the rest of the time to gather knowledge from our participants and think about pathways to fill gaps and increase impact.

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Hearing about a new project from @kierannolan.bsky.social ‘Video Games that Don’t Exist’

Eoghan and Justin of IMIRT giving a presentation on the Past Present and Future if the Irish Game Makers Association #DiGRAIreland @leglessgamer.bsky.social

Aaron Trebble, Jemma Costin, and Adrian Aronsson-Storrier presenting on Mods, Hacks and Cheats and IP protection. Extremely interesting research on how IP law can and whether it always should prevent these activities! #DiGRAIreland

Dr Maria O’Brien talking about her research into the Irish Games Tax Credit at the inaugural DiGRA Ireland Conference #DiGRAIreland #interdisciplinary

Fabulous keynote on how to make the games industry sustainable in 2025. He calls for more precision in game development, and not being distracted by the lure of great money and more time. #FísGamesSummit

This is a very scary piece of legislation - it will make voting difficult if not impossible for a huge swath of Americans, including anyone who has ever changed their name for any reason.

Game of the Year 2025 recognises the best games released in 2024! Congratulations to our Runner-Up, Dungeons and Naggins by Steve Bennett - @dungeonsandnaggins.bsky.social! #ImirtIrishGameAwards #FísGamesSummit

The Rising Star Award is designed to recognise an individual who is an emerging talent in the Irish games industry, in any development discipline. Huge congratulations to our winner, creator of the Enigma Trilogy, Jamie Gavin - @enigmastud.io #ImirtIrishGameAwards #FísGamesSummit

And winning the award for Best Game Design is the incredible Amber Isle from @ambertail.games! #ImirtIrishGameAwards #FísGamesSummit

The IMIRT Irish Game Awards 2025 have made me want to spend the weekend playing these games #FísGamesSummit

Good morning from the #FísGamesSummit Very excited to hear more about #AccessibleByDesign Games in the first roundtable discussion.

Irish Times headline for a profile of incredible activist musician/poet/artist Joan Baez not about Joan Baez, but about a man with whom she was in a relationship decades ago. Do better. Joan Baez: Do I ever hear from Bob Dylan? ‘Not a word’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Fellow teachers of law, what are some of the challenges you have faced in integrating tech into your classrooms?

Conference alert and Call for Papers - Legal Tech Ireland: Impacts Policies and Pathways www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...