we got our next ROMchip Presents Twitch talk lined up. Come hear Peter McDonald talk about his new book The Impossible Reversal and game design's indebtedness to management thinking!

17th century-ass vocabulary word

imbricated is a good word

STS Reading, Week 7: “Genesis Effects: Growing Planets in 1980s Computer Graphics” by @kbuse.bsky.social, in which Prof. Buse examines (among other things), Mandelbrot's angry letter to future Pixar folks about the crapola Genesis Sequence in Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan. muse.jhu.edu/article/7952...

folks: we're serious. We got 3 hours to meet our minimal budget needs for another year of ROMchip. Wanna help? www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal 👉 Text a friend who loves games. 👉 Post the stream link 👉 Drop into chat and make it lively 👉 Raid us if you’re streaming 👉 Give direct: donate.romchip.org

Just in time to be in conversation with Meta's backing off of Horizon Worlds--new from me in Games & Culture: "Metaverse Engineering: Epic v. Apple, Ontopolitical Play, and Gaming the Law." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

We'll be talking a lot about The Banished Vault this week, and it's on sale until Sunday. It would mean a lot to us if you shared the game among your friends! I promise a "hey check this out" message is the number one way to get a niche game in front of people who are interested in it.

If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.

Society for Literature, Science and the Arts folks: I'm running for member at large! I'd be thrilled to represent you. To me SLSA is a weird, wonderful interdisciplinary home & a space for supporting each other that makes it all feel worth it. Votes are due 5/1 - thanks for considering! (link 👇)

Caves of Qud is a Hugo finalist for Best Game or Interactive Work!! 🚀🚀🚀😎😎😎🍄🍄🍄

LIVE AND DRINK :)

Ho... some are straight-up unapologetic about it. @kbuse.bsky.social had an interesting take on the cross-fertilization between the fields. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

For folks interested in 4S this year, @kbuse.bsky.social, Ari Gass, and I are running a track for Game Studies and STS. Consider applying!

Ever since I was a boy I knew I wanted to be part of a tendency in recent criticism

Are you a SFWA member or do you know one? I wrote a case for nominating Caves of Qud for the 2025 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing. (please repost) kitfoxgames.medium.com/the-2025-neb...

UChicago Cinema & Media Studies is hiring a Professor of Design at the Asst or Assoc level! We are looking for practitioners in visual design and/or digital media making. Apply by the end of the month. More details including a full EoE/Vet/Disability Statement are at apply.interfolio.com/153358

Come teach for UChicago's Media Art and Design program! We're looking for a Lecturer in Media Arts and Design practice (as well as media theory and history, potentially). Apply by the end of the month. More details including a full EoE/Vet/Disability Statement are at apply.interfolio.com/148866

Love what google is up to these days

A more advanced model, thanks to my increased access to raw computational power

Can’t stop thinking about her m.youtube.com/watch?v=yCDw...