We now have confirmation that this gem will go live by early November! #gamestudies

New issue of @intransition.bsky.social! Featuring OM SHANTI OMNIBUS—the first published work of the IVERN collective, of which I am very happy to be a part along w/ @ludology.bsky.social @llamasjr.bsky.social @kathleenloock.bsky.social & many others: intransition.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...

The book is out now! Free to download! punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...

Matt Walsh's imaginary professor: "good morning student-comrades. today we learn how to bayonet a white Christian capitalist while taking trans hormones" actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Congratulations to this year's World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees at The Strong!

Since its debut in 2015 by Bloomsbury, this lineup has become a leading academic collection celebrating industry icons. 💡 I write about it in this week’s newsletter 👇 thevideogamelibrary.substack.com/p/the-video-... @ludology.bsky.social @sparklebliss.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social

Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.

Today is two years since my book THE VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY DOES NOT EXIST was released! I'm still really proud of it as, I think, one of my best academic works. And I'm really thrilled with how much game researchers and especially developers have engaged with it. direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

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This hits hard, as 10 years ago we got a @neh-odh.bsky.social grant to launch our Scholarship in Sound & Image workshop. That grant was truly transformative, as we just saw at #scms25 - it's no exaggeration to say that videographic criticism as we know it would not exist without #NEH support!

Shout out to our friends at @mitpress.bsky.social who donated all these incredible game history books for our fundraiser! We'll be raffling them off every hour during our Feb 22 charity stream! (love seeing @jzagal.bsky.social @jesperjuul.bsky.social @chaimg.bsky.social and other friends in here!)

When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

lol

Monarchy speedrun is already at “meddlesome priest,” pretty good time

This year, we worked swiftly to save legacy media sites Vice.com and MTVNews before decades worth of valuable journalism could be erased. These sites are now searchable on the Wayback Machine! Help us in saving these resources:: https://archive.org/donate/?origin=blsky-eoy2024

📖 One of Game Developer's most popular dev-authored pieces this year was actually a book! Check out Ultima and Worldbuilding in Computer Role-Playing Games by Professors Carly Kocurek and Matthew Payne. It's available in full for free. #GDBestof2024

We've been working hard at @romchip.bsky.social to create an incredible game history speaker series early in the new year, building hype toward our Feb 22 fundraiser. Check out the details on these incredible late Jan/early Feb talks by @rachelplotnick.bsky.social @jesperjuul.bsky.social and others!

456. BRENDA LAUREL: PIONEERING GAMES FOR GIRLS 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/brenda-... @sparklebliss.bsky.social @brendalaurel.bsky.social #Gaming #Booksky #VideoGames #PurpleMoon #GameDesign #GameHistory

Alright, I'm going to get into good trouble for this! For each like and repost I get on this I'll donate $1 dollar to the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social. I'll keep counting until Monday. @frankcifaldi.bsky.social & @philsalv.bsky.social wish me luck! Hopefully the org gets some decent money from this.

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.

Hello to my new followers on here! I am looking for a few more participants to take part in my PhD study. In this instance I am particularly interested in speaking to participants who identify as female. See the poster below & sign up here: forms.office.com/e/4enXsLFjpk Any reposts appreciated 👾💜

6+ years later, this remains a top 3 professional experience. Life-changing in the best of ways. Also, Jason and Chris are the best. #VideoCamp4ever

For new game history folks: please keep @romchip.bsky.social in mind as you're thinking about where to publish your awesome research. Info on submissions in the link. www.romchip.org/index.php/ro...

Donald Trump has appointed Brian Kelly to the head of game management.

Here's why we’re a great resource for... 📜 HISTORY BUFFS From World Wars to the Middle Ages, Ancient Greece to the Haitian Revolution, there are countless books on the intersect between #VideoGames and World History. 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/blog/hashtag... #GTP #GamingThePast #GameStudies

Still fun and surprising! When it releases it will be open access. Print copies are pretty affordable at $13.99 for preorder.

This, exactly this, ALL FUCKING DAY.

move to make “ozowned“ a verb, all in favor

Anyway, why did he name him Riley Hawk and not Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2?

Just published on our blog: Bluesky for Journalists FAQ This page also includes a link to a waitlist form for journalists, so members of the press no longer have to email our press inbox for a code. We appreciate everyone's help sharing this information!