Hey look, we have a new piece out for @theconversation.com! Check out our thoughts on these 12.000 year old dice and play in general!

@clmorgan.bsky.social and @apolitopoulos.bsky.social on Worldbuilding 🗺️ in the #CAA2026 I’ve played the game #AndWhatRemains and I loved it so much! Amazing tool for teaching and public engagement :) 👾

If you care about democracy and the ethics of archaeology, and believe that scholars should take a stance on the on-going genocide, please sign and circulate.

If you are an archaeologist, please consider signing this letter, to ask for democracy, transparency, and accountability in the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/xZZjy6le #archaeology

Today we are starting our Play in Crisis @lorentzcenter.bsky.social workshop! Very excited for a full week of discussing play and crisis and designing playful interventions!

+++New Theme Issue "West Asia in the Center" +++ We have published a new theme issue in our journal Forum Kritische Archäologie. You can find the individual contributions and the full theme issue here: www.kritischearchaeologie.de/en/current_i....

EAA votes are out. Despite a (yet another) clear democratic message by the community, the executive board is still refusing to respect the vote. We will say it loudly, the archaeological community stands firmly against genocide and demands a respectful and democratic organization.

The EAA votes are out The great majority of our archaeological community has voted in favour of the petitions raised by #concernedEAA. We asked for a democratic process, we asked for accountability, and for the need to acknowledge the horrific genocidal policy of Israel against Gaza.

With the extension of the EAA 2026 deadline, it may be good to reiterate the need for a boycott of the event until the EAA executive steps down.

This is not an attack on the local organizing committee, this is a boycott against the malicious tactics of the executive board of the EAA. This is to save the EAA. If you have a session or paper, withdraw, if you were planning to attend, hold off, if you are a member vote! #boycottEAA

So, if you are an @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) member from 2025-2026, you received yesterday your email for the per-rollam vote of the past Special Meeting and the documentation attached to it… if you still doubt what to vote, please read all the documents. My short digest:

🚨Urgent‼️ The EAA has doxxed members who have been working to reestablish justice, democracy and accountability in the association. This is a chilling move. We must take action. ALL EAA MEMBERS OUT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY JAN 9TH! #EAAforDemocracy

This was tons of fun and great to meet @apolitopoulos.bsky.social and Stu Eve after months of zoom meetings (@clmorgan.bsky.social and I go waaaaay back but seeing her in person is wonderful too).

After a short presentation by @clmorgan.bsky.social, our Worldbuilding session at @tag2025york.bsky.social is in full swing! Many many archaeological worlds are being built!

On this day in December 2008, in the Exarchia district of Athens, a Greek police officer murdered Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old Greek anarchist. In response, the whole country rose in revolt. This interview describes how to organize an insurrection. crimethinc.com/organizeanin...

If you can follow Dutch, you can learn everything about our new board game discovery in the podcast of the National Museum of Antiquities! A Mancala game on the roof of an Egyptian temple!

I talk about this sometimes to folks not in academic or archival spaces and they scoff, then they get 👀👀, then they drink

Remmeber folks; the only 'victims' of Trans Liberation are supporters of the Patriarchy. So called 'Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism' is just the Patriarchy repackaging oppressive and hegemonic gender in a bid to keep the system of Patriarchy alive and well. Don't fall for their lies. ✊️🩵🩷🤍

Adventurers assemble! We are stepping into Middle-earth once again, but this time the orcs are in our way. Pick up your weapons and fight to figure out the truth behind the villains of #ShadowofMordor! interactivepasts.com/shadows-of-t... #Orcs #Tolkien #HistoricalGames #ArchaeoGaming

It's public now so I'm really thrilled to share I've been promoted to full professor 🥳🥳🥳

Come to ITU tomorrow at 4pm to see me give a talk on "How to be a Video Game Archaeologist"! digitalplay.itu.dk/event/floren...

This morning I lectured on AI & Digital Heritage and UID/UXD, went to a reading group discussing data and more-than-human research, then gave a talk to the wonderful CIfA Information Management SIG. Now I'm marking until @adamsgreen.bsky.social's research forum this evening. whew!

This evening! Talk by @apolitopoulos.bsky.social on the past of play and playing with the past in videogames @uni-freiburg.de

Today in the Histories We Play course we are playing Solarpunk Futures and talk about future-past storytelling!

Just filled out my ethics application for our (me, @kjkillackey.bsky.social, @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & Stu Eve) play session on Worldbuilding at @tag2025york.bsky.social. Not particularly exciting in itself, but I love taking the little steps that make research a bit more real.

Tonight at 20:00, join @times-new-roman.bsky.social, @barborabachanova.bsky.social, and Sophie for another co-op #BG3 stream! Absolutely everything shall be looted, awkward conversations will be had, and shenanigans ought to take place. As always on: www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

Short reminder that we have an #Archaeogaming session at the next #CAA2026 in Vienna! Please join us with a paper, the submission deadline is this Sunday! For more info have a look here: itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/26/b... #conference #gaming #archaeology

If you are planning to attend CAA in Vienna and you have an #archaeogaming paper to present consider submitting in our #archaeogaming session! Deadline has been extended to November 9 so there are a few more days left!

🚨Research alert! 🚨The incredible @copperkeerthi.bsky.social is looking for people playing videogames about the past to help with their research! If you are such a gamer, please go fill in the survey!

You are a gamer AND you want to help with research? Then fill in the questionnaire of the amazing @copperkeerthi.bsky.social to help them with their research on video games about the past!

Tomorrow @apolitopoulos.bsky.social and @docrandom.bsky.social are back behind the streaming wheel with Europa Universalis V! Aris' brain will break, Angus will crunch, and history will be (re)played! Join us around 15:00 CET always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

BOYCOTT EAA-ATHENS 2026 🏺 This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals. Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.

Everyone knows the Bogeyman, but are you familiar with the Nordic and Celtic monsters that might roam the streets this Halloween? Check out our latest blog post to make sure you're ready for a frightful night! interactivepasts.com/the-tragedy-... #BrambleTheMountainKing #Halloween

Look @clmorgan.bsky.social and @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, Brenna Hassett is coming prepared for our #TAG2025 session on worldbuilding in Archaeology!

We (me and @docrandom.bsky.social) are back from Spiel 2025 and added A LOT of new games to the Ludic Lab of the @lucdh.bsky.social! Video soon to follow with all the games that are now available for research (and playing!) at our lab! #archaeogaming

This week's bulletin is especially bloody, so get ready to sink your teeth into the biggest historical gaming news of the week! interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #TotalWarWarhammer3 #GhostofYotei #ACValleyofMemory #VampiretheMasqueradeBloodlines2 #GamingNews #History

Do you see yourself as a Nancy Drew, a Sherlock Holmes, or a Hercule Poirot? Why not check out our latest blogpost and solve the case of #RhiannonCurseoftheFourBranches? interactivepasts.com/a-murder-of-... #MurderMystery #Mythology #Wales

1/4 New recommendation: @ehmalatesta.bsky.social et al. (2025) Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice. ver.3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social osf.io/4ge5j

First up our own @docrandom.bsky.social, Csilla Ariese, and @apolitopoulos.bsky.social talk about their Past❤️Play project!

We are SO back! Game developer panel for #TIPC4 with Leyla, @wisproy.bsky.social, and @colewehrle.bsky.social to talk about the development of historical video games! Tune in over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

6 years ago, on this day, we were preparing for #TIPC2, which took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum! Today we are preparing for #TIPC4! If you want to remember the awesomeness that was #TIPC2 you can rewatch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvj1...

Whether you want to build an otherworldly empire, fight bandits in historic Japan, or mess around with occult artefacts, we've got the news bulletin for you! interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #GhostofYōtei #EndlessLegend2 #StrangeAntiquities #GamingNews

On this day, 10 years ago, VALUE hosted its first ever event at the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden. Together with students and staff we reconstructed the (then recently) destroyed Temple of Bel in Palmyra. You can see the complete build here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW_R...

Time flies! Today is the LAST day you can register for #TIPC4! There are limited spots available so make sure you register over at www.eventbrite.nl/e/the-intera...! Be there or be a Tetris block, or a floppy disk, or something else square!

Preparations for #TIPC4 are in full swing but streaming never stops! Join @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & @docrandom.bsky.social as they try out Endless Legends 2 and comment on the historical roots of this new fantasy 4X! Tomorrow 15:00CEST on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast @hoodedhorse.bsky.social

Woop woop, 1 week left for registrations, 2 weeks (give or take) for the actual conference!!!! Register now!

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!