JustDance* has a fascinating metaphorical role in the narrative conclusion of the film "She Rides Shotgun" (Rowland 2025). collider.com/taron-egerto... *this interview reports that its 'tiktok' which does not seen right at all

New Zealand Trading Company: www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/new-... A part of Aotearoa's music history I had missed until now. Previously known as the Maori Hi-Quins, they recorded an album in Memphis in 1970 and had a US tour before splitting up.

Sharing this in case people are confused about why a New Zealander is not living in New Zealand. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen: *Red Hot Chilli Peppers ´92 *The Lemonheads '93 *African Head Charge '94 *Beastie Boys '95 *Ben Harper ´96

DiGRA deadline extended until 8th December for abstracts and full papers. www.digraconference2026.com

Darshana Jayemanne and my 2012 article "Game Studies Material Turn" from Westminster Papers In Communication just hit 200 citations on google scholar www.westminsterpapers.org/article/id/1... #gamestudies

Tiresome "liberal" Bill Maher licks chocolate off artist Karen Finley in this July '99 feature in Playboy.

📞🎮 Sidetalking: Nokia’s playful design gone sideways Heikki Jungman, @t0mm7.bsky.social, Niklas Nylund & @sotamaa.bsky.social revisit the N-Gage’s sideways-calling feature. 💡 The article shows how cultural misalignment, not tech flaws, doomed it. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New #openaccess article in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social "Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity" On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003. A THREAD. Download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #gamestudies #platformstudies

The CFP for DiGRA 2026 is now live! 🎉 www.digraconference2026.com Submissions (papers & abstracts) are open until 1 Dec 2025.

ping @perulainen.bsky.social ht @nicklalone.com

UK Gamescenes Symposium will take place in Tampere/Hybrid on 16th September. Program and details for joining are attached. 1/2 Features work from skypeeps @digdems.bsky.social @nitessine.bsky.social @merilainen.bsky.social @rosgakori.bsky.social @vkankainen.bsky.social

Fuckin' legend!

Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢 Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue! More details below in this thread👇 #CallForPapers #GameStudies

Sharing this again because the deadline is coming up on the 8th.

If its deliberate, its genius that the Intersecting "Axes of Privilege, Discrimination and Oppression" kinda look like an asshole, if not, a fortuitous coincidence.

Mastercard and VISA should cancel the Vatican.

Elizabeth Loftus was the co-author of "Minds at Play," one of the first scholarly books on video games, was also an expert on 'false-memory syndrome,' and was an expert witness at the trials of Harvey Weinstein and Ghislaine Maxwell: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabe...

Sharing this again because the deadline is coming up on the 8th.

In the 2000s, women and girls were widely recognised as game consumers and a demographic where more consumers could potentially be recruited, given the right marketing. #ParisHilton was one of many influencers/celebrities involved with product placements and guest appearances. A tribute 🎩🙂

Maintaining a physical museum is expensive, but as the online world grows more hostile to educational content, a place like the Vagina Museum is essential. You can support our work by donating, becoming a member or volunteering - find out more here www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/support

Don't Go Jason Waterfalls #TLC listening to a 1996 playlist

OnlyBans: the Game: "Can your booty beat the system? OnlyBans is a game about sex workers and erotic content creators battling censorship, shadowbanning, and other threats to their digital freedom." Presciently not hosted on #Steam or itch.io onlybansgame.com/wp/

New book "Histriographies of Game Studies" #OA punctumbooks.com/titles/histo... Lots of good stuff, I'm excited about this chapter: ping @poppywilde.bsky.social @doktornick.bsky.social

RE: the recent targeting of LGBTQ+ content on Steam and itch.io (see following tweet), our #OA article "Platform Produced Heteronormativity" outlines the restrictive self-regulation of platform-based gender and sexuality of adult videogames on #Patreon journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Virtual Shelfie - book-length stuff I've been checking out this past week - amazing, inspiring stuff <3

🫠 A thread from @rainforestsb.bsky.social and my recent presentation at #ludo2025 (ludomusicology conference) which examines how nu metal and early 2000s gaming culture contributed to the reinforcement of white male anger (1/20).

Lyra's (my 10-year-old daughter) first attempt at making a D&D map. A world centred on an inner sea where a huge column of water flows continuously into the sky, taking the souls of the dead to the afterlife.

CFP Hybrid Symposium: The UK Tabletop Role-Playing Game Scene – Histories, Cultures, and Legacies - 16th September, @coegamecult.bsky.social Tampere University, Finland (and online) Full details in attachments. #ttrpg #boardgames #wargames #minatures #gamebooks #videogames #history #gamestudies

Animex Symposium on Game Cultures and Net Zero Games allow us to play with imaginary futures and situations. For example, humanity's own future, as the Anthropocene era comes to a dangerous close and we begin to consider the post-Anthropocene. CFP and more at: www.tees.ac.uk/minisites/an...

Presenting with @rainforestsb.bsky.social tomorrow at Ludo 2025 the 14th European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound: "The Loser-y Attitude*: Nu-Metal and the reinforcement of white male anger in gaming culture" *Apologies to Bernard Suits

1983 dad joke

Aotearoa/New Zealand videogame histories <3

Presenting at #DiGRA in Valletta, Malta next week: Wednesday 1100: Domesticating Play at the Playboy Mansion lnkd.in/dhFfT8JM (full paper forthcoming in proceedings) Thursday 1630: Follow the Bunny: Play and the Structuring of Affective Labour lnkd.in/dXshb4ar (draft manuscript)

I'm getting psyched for #DiGRA

Are you a man, at least 15 years old and either Finnish or living in Finland? Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay? Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri

What does backgammon have to do with Playboy? This talk explores how 20th century media encoded masculinity, intimacy, and control through board games, tech, and leisure aesthetics. #GameStudies #MediaHistory #PlayboyArchive

What does backgammon have to do with Playboy? This talk explores how 20th century media encoded masculinity, intimacy, and control through board games, tech, and leisure aesthetics. #GameStudies #MediaHistory #PlayboyArchive

Excited to share the pre-print of my DiGRA paper titled "Domesticating Play at the Playboy Mansion." The paper uses domestication theory to explore how Playboy magazine integrated early domestic entertainment computing and board games into its concept of masculinity.

Digra has a new code of conduct: digra.org/about/code-o...

I feel old 🥹

🇬🇧 No Dungeon Masters Please, We’re British 🇬🇧 How UK game designers reimagined play by ditching the GM and rewriting the rules of the hobby. #GameStudies #TTRPG #BDiGRA

Finally AI is harnessed for good: www.xbiz.com/news/288867/...

My research addresses the important questions

In the game of ludology vs narratology there can only be losers: web.archive.org/web/20190331... HT @dooleymurphy.bsky.social #gamestudies

Hi folks, if you can help me out here, that would be appreciated👇

I watched the Nintendo Switch 2 launch👎 Clearly, people find a great deal of comfort in absolute familiarity. The 'new' features made the Nintendo experience even more like everything else, while the changes to the IP content are minimal.

A while ago i wrote half a draft exploring the idea of digital games as informal sites of sex and sexualities education.