Accidentally knocked over my precariously perched N64 and it shattered part of the casing. Now I'm too scared to even plug it in to see if it works! Ahhhhh!!!!!

My wife, she drives me crazy! I asked her for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for our 33rd anniversary. She got me a game all right... Split Fiction!

Statler: Did you hear? Hades II won Best Action Game this year. Waldorf: Oh right! You know, that game reminds me of Kermit and Piggy. Statler: Really? Waldorf: Every time I see them I think "Hey deez two are getting on my last nerve!"

There is NOTHING that embarrasses me more about my research than The Game Awards.

"AVVIES" AWARD WINNERS THREAD. Woe be upon the winners! ❤️ Watch live 👇 www.twitch.tv/UVW_CWA

Robin Hood (1973) is THE gay awakening movie because Robin is compassionate, a champion for the downtrodden, and a heartthrob. But most importantly Lady Cluck beats up a slew of rhino soldiers in a gown. My diva worship began with her.

I have the spiciest of opinions about the Game Awards 👀👀👀

This is just terrible on a number of levels, but equating these hacks with the dangerous labor of working class immigrants is the cherry on top.

Now watching Tangerine (2015)

Warner Bros. and Netflix's films this year are basically this (Besides knives out even though I haven't seen it yet)

proud to announce i've just been awarded the first ever 'Enron Peace Prize'

Now watching:

The people yearn for the return of Global Village Coffeehouse

Kalshi may be the most evil startup on the planet and that's saying a whole lot

I'm about 20 hours into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and I'm mostly whelmed at this point. It's good and I'm glad smaller studios are getting major acclaim and press! But it's just not hitting for me for some reason.

Happy birthday Julianne Moore who has given us (LGBTQ+ folks) so much to enjoy, including these iconic two seconds from Maps to the Stars (2014).

I'll be at SCMS 2026, talking about Orientalism, placelessness, and queer readings of Sheik! I'm particularly interested in how the character's reception in queer communities reflects broader social, political, and economic shifts between Japan and the US in the late 1990s. See y'all there!

Three movies in three days. Feeling like a real cinephile now! Oldboy and Virgin Suicides cleared btw

So there's this masterpiece from 2003 that I just watched yesterday

Great thread about why trust is like the most important thing you can foster in the classroom. Also, this along with the Lepore media tour just reminds me that so many academics just outwardly hate the educational part of their jobs. No interest in pedagogy, learning etc.

Hello everyone! We hope you are all doing well! The VGSSIG board has two updates to share.

I tried playing It Takes Two and this dialogue???? Yikes.

People have a good reason to resist acknowledging the male loneliness crisis. They correctly perceive that women are being blamed and told to fix it. But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online. www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...

Fantastic article about how even those seeking to recoup a less-toxic, more idealized masculinity (most often for profit) end up reifying gender essentialism and roles. It's not mentioned in detail here, but almost every modern economic crisis is accompanied by this kind of gendered hand-wringing.

Good morning!

Good morning!

Let's gooooooooo!

Went to rotating sushi for my birthday! 🎂

Saw Bugonia (2025) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Jesse Plemmons, Emma Stone, and especially Aidan Delbis did immaculate work. A bit surprised at derision of the final 3 minutes of the movie, which provides a fantasy of absolution to such an absurd extent that it turns into a mockery of itself.

If you’re just waking up from a late night double feature, don’t miss me in @metroweekly.bsky.social talking about the supreme midnight movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and fifty years of absolute pleasure and queer liberation. 🫦: online.fliphtml5.com/zzppy/jdov/#...

These spot the difference games are getting easier and easier

So there's an episode of Cyberchase where Hacker, the bad guy, deliberately uses poor scaling and and another where he uses questionable sampling methods to spread misinformation. So my 3rd grade self could poke holes in all of the terrible methodology at play here.

Reminder: One week left to apply to the 2026 Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference!

Happy Friday folks! Wishing you the best Autumn vibes

I live streamed some Ocarina of Time during a history of games lesson for my Media Industries course and got four compliments from my students on how fun it was 🥳

📣✨Call for Papers!📣✨ CGSA 2026 will take place at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec from June 11-14th, 2026. This year’s chosen theme is “On Repeat”. Submissions are due January 7th, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST Full CfP here: gamestudies.ca/conference-c...

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 ❤️