Good morning!

Sat for One Battle After Another!

Me playing Silent Hill (1999):

I've been routinely disappointed by popular press games criticism in general since AV Club got bought out. But the misunderstanding of the themes, plot, and gameplay of Silksong in the NYT review are astounding. Meaninglessness due to crushing political and religious power is essential to the series

CFP: Black Cultural Futurism

Me pulling up to watch the next Knives Out movie:

I have the best Sunday morning crossword helper

"We're here on Earth to fart around" is an all timer.

When the crossword answer is Sussudio, which Weird Al famously parodied as Soupsoupio

Next up is our VGSSIG Secretary, @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social. Evan is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests include role-playing games as ideology, self-reflexivity, and adaptation. Over 200 hours on Cobalt Core(!!) and one of his fave indies is Itras By.

So who's going to see Oh Mary! starring Jane Krakowski with me?

my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy

Y'all I had two students come to my very first office hours AND another student who wrote me a chocolate chip cookie recipe on the back of their exit ticket because he likes the Arthur meme I put in the homework assignment 😭😭 my heart ❤️

Successfully taught my first class as an Assistant Professor. Let's gooooo

INSULINDIAN PHASMID - That must be incredibly hard. The arthropods are in silent and meaningless awe of you. Know that we are watching -- when you're tired, when the vision spins out of control. The insects will be looking on. Rooting for you.

I saw The Night of the Hunter (1955) last night and I CAN'T believe a movie this good can be scary while giving us the camp characters Icey Spoon and Birdie Steptoe. Makes complete sense Charles Laughton was gay. The man has taste

Hey it's me!

Cool new issue of Game Studies: gamestudies.org/2502 Inter alia, fishing games (Dave the Diver and Dredge) 🎣 and Genshin Impact lore and fan practices. 📜

Tomorrow I start my career as an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Quinnipiac University! Can't believe it's actually happening and I'm so blessed for all the support from friends, family, and colleagues who helped me along the way. Let's gooooo!!!!!

SCMS folks! I'm interested in putting together a roundtable/workshop about games, pedagogy, and digital literacies, specifically using games, game-making tools, etc. to discuss issues like mis/disinformation, AI literacies, research methods, critical reading/writing strategies, and much more.

The New York Times' obsession with a view from nowhere is long-standing, but as Republicans increasingly circulate insane conspiracy theories and racist nonsense, the cult of centrism has taken a self-destructive turn. Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/culture/7000...

Great article and the same issues apply to teaching, where trust and personal relationships are so important. An overly threatening or punitive approach to AI in the classroom erodes the very trust needed for students to think critically about their writing choices.

Criterion Collection of Flow announced during Pride Month 😍

Tonight's viewing

🎯🎯🎯 To these leaders there truly is no such thing as "peaceful protest" besides those that happened 60 years ago

Currently in my fifth day of AP Seminar grading and third day of a sinus infection!

Heading to Salt Lake City for a week of AP grading! Any good bars, restaurants, coffeeshops etc. in downtown SLC I should check out?

Important: I fell in love with a bookstore cat

My dissertation is live on ProQuest! Currently behind an instructional paywall, but if you'd like a copy lmk. I'm so proud of my work and so grateful for my committee's guidance, especially my advisor @ehl.bsky.social!

Fifth day in a row of sub-50 temps and high winds 😫

Required posting today. Also Scooby-Doo isn't a great movie, but the casting fires on all cylinders. Plus: random Pamela Anderson cameo, lesbian-coded deleted scenes, making fun of Sugar Ray, obvious weed references! They truly don't make em like this anymore, for better and worse

I graduated today! Can't thank my friends, family, and my advisor @ehl.bsky.social enough for all their support, joy, and care. Thank you all so much!

Me when my dad couldn't remember the full name Maximus from Gladiator:

It's official: I got a job! I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor in Media Studies at Quinnipiac University this fall! I'm so grateful to everyone who has helped me along this path. Simply too many to count, but I'm feeling very booked and blessed! East Coast here we come!

Happy Monday! Let's gooooooooo (aka cuddle with our cats)

Happy Mother's Day to one of the best pop albums of the decade. Kylie caused a Motherquake at the diva strike-slip fault, resulting in a volcanic eruption at the House Down Boots National Park.

4 games I'd give a 10/10 Disco Elysium is the GOAT imho

Bunny is a gamer.

Finally! First issue of the year out...

The energy I'm bringing this Friday. Also I'm still reeling from e3 of The Rehearsal

Big yawns from Birdie on this lackadaisy Thursday

Age is a profoundly horrible way of conceptualizing similarities across millions of people, and here's another example of why! It's also just like the very baseline of intersectionality that age is only one facet of our lives and institutions. This is journalistic slop designed for the clicks!

I love how “millennial” really just means 40 year-old white straight girl in this guardian column. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Besides the obviously salacious title, I think this article does a really poor job of explaining what writing, GenAI, or even higher ed "is." I've found the majority of my students to be thoughtful and worried about AI overall, especially when researching about AI issues in their field.

The Grindr profile would read: Masc4Masc Fit Only Discreet No Recip No Response is a response

So much racism against East Asians within Western creative industries centers on the idea that only white folks can truly understand the full depth and breadth of potential human emotion. "Loud, obvious, unsubtle" is a dog whistle, the kind used against East Asian cinema for decades

With the Met Gala theme of "Black Dandyism," it's the perfect night to watch Looking for Langston (1989)

She is the Boss. Period.

We're celebrating a lazy Monday in Milwaukee 🥳