Did you know that if you can't make it to the conference it will be streamed? Go follow us on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast to catch the conference live! You are in a different timezone/are busy? Fear not because the conference will also be available as VODs over at www.youtube.com/@VALUEfnd!

As #TIPC4 is rapidly approaching (8-10 October register now for FREE: interactivepasts.com/the-interact...) we have all sorts of SUPER COOL stuff for this year's celebratory edition! A Game Dev panel, a Playful Archaeology Panel, workshops, pizzas, and of course amazing talks! Check the thread!

I am super happy that in the upcoming #TIPC4 I will be chairing a panel on Playful Archaeology with some INCREDIBLE people and scholars! Check out the details of the conference here: interactivepasts.com/the-interact... and register for free if you would like to attend!

Hey, we are streaming today! One More Turn is back on the menu so join us 14:30 always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast!

Want to stay updated with the latest (historical) game news? Our bulletins are back! Read the new one here: interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new...

BTC Call for Action - EAA EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns. Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

It's happening! We are about half way through our celebratory 10 hours stream!!! Join us at 13:00 for VALUE storytime! Currently playing Death of the Reprobate, doing full voiceover! www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

Our 10-hour stream is happening tomorrow! Tune in for 10 hours of VALUE with each hour a different game. We're starting at 8:15 CEST, so tune in while you're enjoying your morning coffee, as always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

Call for participants! @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, @kjkillackey.bsky.social, Stu Eve and I are holding an Archaeology & Worldbuilding playtesting and discussion workshop at @tag2025york.bsky.social! We have limited spaces, please sign up: forms.gle/rbjeDGD68nXR...

Me, @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, @kjkillackey.bsky.social and Stu Eve are organising a Worldbuilding in Archaeology session, wherein we playtest a card game based on my Archaeological Worldbuilding Handbook. 😊 We will post a call for participants in the next few months.

Book 4 will be called The Tower, will appear in 2026, and will close out the series. And unless someone stops me, the entire last chapter will be in Ancient.

Our session #archaeogaming (@archaeobasti.bsky.social, @docrandom.bsky.social, @archaeobruja.bsky.social and myself) for #CAA2025 has just started! Come find us in Room 3B of the Conference building!

You didn't expect it, we didn't expect, but it is in fact happening! We are diving back in CivVII with rejuvenated energy for analyses, reflections, and the occasional misplay! Join the start of the One More Turn Series 7 today at 15:30 CEST always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast!

Tomorrow is the FINAL deadline for #TIPC4! If you are planning to submit and abstract - and we really hope you do - please do so by Monday 31st, any timezone! Check the link in the quoted post for more information! #GameStudies #Archaeogaming

Tomorrow morning myself and @docrandom.bsky.social are talking at #GDC2025 on Avoiding the Historical Accuracy Trap: Lessons from Five Thousand Years of Fun! If you are there and interested in history and games come by! schedule.gdconf.com/session/avoi...

DEADLINE EXTENSION! Want to submit your abstract for #TIPC4, but need some extra time? Fear not! The extended deadline for the CfP is March 31st. For more information check out -> interactivepasts.com/the-interact... #GameStudies #Archaeogaming

The TAG 2025 website is up and running, which means we are open for session proposals! Check it out here: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk

The time has come! The wait is over! One more turn will be taken! Join us in our very first impressions stream with @docrandom.bsky.social (who may have already taken some turns) and @apolitopoulos.bsky.social (who will take his first turns) this Friday at 18:00CET on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

In this thread you can check out the incredible work by the amazing dev team that worked with us in the making of Senet: Households! Go check them out and give them a follow where you can!

Over 2500 owners already! Thank you for the warm response!

Hey look, we made a game! You can download our new game Senet: Households for free over at store.steampowered.com/app/3457490/...! All historical and archaeological commentary most welcome!

What's this? A postcard? Oh...! store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/

Very nicely put by @cjfrieman.bsky.social and co-writers. Article is open access (link in the thread below)

Hey this is so nice 😊! I feel incredibly lucky to be able to share ideas and write together with this amazing group of people @cjfrieman.bsky.social, Lewis, and James!

The #PaperOfTheMonth from Cambridge Archaeological Journal is 'An Anarchist Archaeology of Equality: Pasts and Futures Against Hierarchy' by Aris Politopoulos et al., available #openaccess! 📚 cup.org/3E7yFc6

You asked for it! Is there no good video game writing? Here's a better question, what makes video game writing *interesting*? Featuring excerpts from 1000xRESIST and Mouthwashing: florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/01/20/g...

Final 24 hours! www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

I am super excited for this! We have just opened the Call for Paper for our upcoming #archaeogaming conference! Check out the details in the link below, and let me know if you have questions. Plenty more announcements to follow soon!

I am super excited for this! We have just opened the Call for Paper for our upcoming #archaeogaming conference! Check out the details in the link below, and let me know if you have questions. Plenty more announcements to follow soon!

So you should subscribe to this starter pack, like now...

It's the one year anniversary of our Stuck in Sid Meier's Civilization paper! Still very proud of this one, and still very much a work in progress for us!

Deadline for #CAA2025 is this Sunday, November 24, 23:59(GMT+2)! If you would like to present something on #archaeogaming please consider submitting an abstract in our session!

The video of my Next Level talk "How to Archaeologically Record a Video Game" is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRdI... #archaeogaming #gamingthepast

New paper alert! My new paper titled Workers of Assyria Unite! Building the Walls of Dur-Šarrukēn is now out! If you are interested in Assyrian archaeology, Assyrian cities, and/or labour dynamics, as well as some anarchocommunist theory in archaeology, check it out! www.academia.edu/125736782/Wo...

If you are interested in my research and my trans activism (same thing tbh), then you can find all of my published outputs via this Link Tree: linktr.ee/owenjhurcum

Apparently we made a bit of a kerfluffle on reddit when someone posted this to www.reddit.com/r/Archaeology/ Apparently some folks are surprised that archaeology 🏺 is political. And to the person who commented that @iwriteok.bsky.social wrote the post--no, he would have made it funnier, sorry.

We were here already, but now we will move here permanently! So expect all of our #archaeogaming content to be published first here! @florencesn.bsky.social has created an #archaeogaming starter pack, go check it out bsky.app/starter-pack...

Don't Panic! How to fight fascism as an archaeologist. Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that! blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...

A reminder, since more people are here, that the deadline has been extended to the 24th of November! If you are joining us at the #CAA2025 in Athens and you want to talk about games and archaeology, please consider submitting your abstract in our session! #archaeogaming

It's great to see so many people here, it's great to see the energy and freshness, and I am grateful to those who made (and also included me in) various archaeo-related starter packs! I will share them all as soon as I spot them!

I made an archaeology starter pack - please feel free to share and follow the folks on here, I'll definitely add people as they start to pop up on BlueSky! 🏺🧪 go.bsky.app/6g4xDfm

As new friends keep following, I'll keep circulating this. If you are interested in games and history (history games in ed, historical game studies, archaeogaming, and ANY other connection you'd like) follow this starter pack #gtp go.bsky.app/DCc9miK

🏺 🕹️ Between the 6th and 8th December 2024, we will offer an Archaeogaming Hackathon in Cologne, Germany. If you are interested, please apply! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2024/11/01/u...

Made a start on an archaeogaming starter pack - I'm sure I've missed people so please let me know if you'd like to join! I only included people who I think have explicitly referred to their work as being in the archaeogaming sphere at this stage. go.bsky.app/VFEGikJ

A quick reminder for all the #Archaeogaming people here: There will be a dope Archaeogaming Session at the CAA in Athens next year and you can still apply with an abstract! It will be organised by @apolitopoulos.bsky.social Despoina Sampatakou @docrandom.bsky.social and myself!

Call for papers for #CAA2025 is now open! Join us to discuss the value of #archaeogaming and play in digital heritage and archaeology. If this sounds interesting please consider submitting an abstract! Full session description: 2025.caaconference.org/call-for-pap... Deadline: October 29