This Halloween, we invite you to remember the horror that is...Kirby: "Kirby is a shapeshifter, fueled by the essence of the living beings that he consumes...He shows up, he consumes all, and he leaves, with a trail of corpses in his wake." www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/kir...

This week: 31 terrifying picks on haunted houses, costumes, Blue Prince, cozy games, friction, media literacy, and much, much more: critical-distance.com/2025/10/26/o...

I think that @srtrzinski.bsky.social is going to be okay, as long as Kirby doesn't come barreling through the door.

Come for the great stuff in the roundup, stay for that critical chaser (feat. @corndruid.bsky.social, @srtrzinski.bsky.social, @aguaspoints.bsky.social, and @aetataureate.bsky.social)!

Had a great time wrapping up our summer series in this podcast episode with @corndruid.bsky.social!

Featuring @aetataureate.bsky.social: "In a volunteer survey, we found almost no significant correlation between the zodiac sign and the favorite Mario items of respondents." www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/sup...

This week: 21 articles on culture movements, maps, difficulty, dungeon crawlers, and much more. No Freddi Fish articles this week, sorry: critical-distance.com/2025/09/28/s...

@srtrzinski.bsky.social on horror sensation My Friendly Neighborhood and the actual horror of defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting: www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/my-...

"The goose has become a ubiquitous figure in pop culture, appearing on shirts, sweaters, mugs, bumper stickers – and, yes, even in videogames." Unwinnable Feature Excerpt: @srtrzinski.bsky.social observes Untitled Goose Game's impact on videogames and culture:

My article “Duck, Duck, Goose” is in Unwinnable! 🦆

I had a great time talking with Erik Verlage about his research! Hear @aguaspoints.bsky.social and I dive into the world of game-based learning and STEM education in this episode of the Gamers with Glasses show:

The bound copies of my dissertation “Teaching through Sorrow: Romantic Women Writers and Melancholic Didacticism” arrived today! #phd #19thcentury #dissertation

Duck Detective has got to be one of my favorite games 🦆 Check out my thoughts on its latest sequel!

Take a moment to read my piece on Pokémon Emerald and how it helped me navigate my parents’ divorce. It was cathartic to revisit the game and write about it

I got my PhD from The Ohio State University today!!

Really enjoyed writing about Kiosk! Check out my review:

My article on A Game About Digging A Hole is featured in this week’s Critical Distance! Check it out, and shout out to @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social

A Game About Digging a Hole was a fun — albeit short — game. Check out my review!

My article on Mettaton in Undertale was featured in @ludicamag.com! Shout out to @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social, and special thanks to @tofeklund.bsky.social who organized our Love and Robots series

This week: Archive, abjection, art, audience, and lots more: critical-distance.com/2025/02/25/f...

It's still the season for love! Maybe it's always the season for love in Undertale? Read all about its big star (no, not that skeleton, not that one, either) in @srtrzinski.bsky.social's piece on Mettaton in our Love & Robots series!

Koji Suzuki’s novel Ring is easily the scariest thing I’ve ever read. I couldn’t put it down, but my heart was racing the whole time

I defended my dissertation today and am now Dr. Samantha Trzinski!!

My recent article on Leshy was picked up by Critical Distance 🎉🍃

I’ve noticed so many different versions of Leshy in recent games that I’ve played this past year. Check out my latest article with GwG!

I had no idea how exciting it would be to print out my complete dissertation. Holding 300 pages of my writing is surreal. Excited and ready for my defense in a couple of weeks!

Happy to be included in Critical Distance’s year in video game blogging! Shout out to @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social for having me on the team!

I’m so excited for this sequel!! And I want to take a moment to reshare my review of Duck Detective: The Secret Salami: www.gamerswithglasses.com/impressions/...

Can't believe I slept on this! GwG rockstar @srtrzinski.bsky.social has the cozibest games of the year for you.

Check out my year in review in video games!! Loved working with Gamers with Glasses this past year and excited to write more in the new year

It’s almost like it’s important HOW you raise your kids 🤦‍♀️

Update: no flooding yet! Could this be the semester without building failure?

Waiting with bated breath to see if my office on campus floods again as it has at the end of every semester 😬

Oh no, he played Among Us. Seems kinda sus 👀

The 24 Best Video Games of 2024 The year’s best games highlight achievements in game design and and the risks creators take to lure gamers into the magic circle. #videogames #gaming #games

Just finished reading Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s Apprentice to the Villain. I don’t usually read fantasies, but I’ve been really invested in this series. Can’t believe that the next book doesn’t come out for another YEAR

Final essays for one class graded! 3 more classes to go before the semester ends

Enjoyed working with @popmatters.bsky.social on this Best Games of 2024 list

Hey Spotify, what the heck does this mean??

“In her 1798 essay ‘What Is Education?’ published in The Monthly Magazine, Anna Letitia Barbauld presents a pedagogical approach that every parent implements with their children.” Full article: doi.org/10.1353/uni....

BLACK FRIDAY POETRY SALE Here's an offer on Romantic poetry that won't cost you the earth — BYRON GET ONE FREE if you want your Wordsworth.

The day before Thanksgiving is so fun. Prepping lots of food, spending time with family and friends, putting out last-minute decorations 🍂

My English department holiday party is going to be held at a barcade, and I’m going to have to fight the urge to tell everyone about my video game articles. Didn’t expect 2024 to be the year I started writing so many gaming articles, but here we are 🤷‍♀️

Happy to have been a part of the most recent GwG podcast! Hear our thoughts on cozy games

Playing the MySims Cozy Bundle only to realize that Sims language sounds eerily like what my 18 month old says

Officially scheduled my dissertation defense for January 🥳 Looking forward to being ✨Dr. Trzinski✨

I feel like it’s a really good time for y’all to turn off the news and start that overdue 200 hour Stardew Valley playthrough you’ve been putting off. 1.6 update is out, a new farm is calling you. 👩‍🌾🌾🐔

“It’s fitting that these video games set in 19th century England transform reading into a form of socializing, as reading in the 19th century was communal.” www.popmatters.com/video-games-... Wanted to share for those who didn’t see it in September @popmatters.bsky.social #videogame #books

Now that we’re going to have the Department of Government Efficiency, who’s going to lead the Ministry of Economic Management Efficiency?