@analoggamestudies.bsky.social & #GameinLab present Generation Analog 2026, July 16-17, GREEN will be this year’s conference theme... Abstracts due by March 1, 2026: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... #analoggamestudies #generationanalog2026

Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation: Poll abcnews.go.com/Politics/ame...

I especially like this quote about kids and games: "At the end of the day, kids love to play games, but they don’t need RPGs like a group of adults do. The thing that kids need when they play games is a framework for resolving disputes, but they don’t need a framework for creating fiction."

Just leaving this here: Harvard's endowment was valued at $56.9 billion for fiscal year 2025...

Thanks to Asian American Studies for the invite... UPCOMING TALK: "Race, Queerness, and Gaming While Asian," November 13, 2025, 4-5:320 PM, Denney Hall, Ohio State University asianamericanstudies.osu.edu/events/race-...

Look at all the larpssessesss... The full list of #goldencobrachallenge2025 submissions have been posted... this year's theme is "Connection and Community"... including my weirdo larp "Hands Across (Another) America"... www.goldencobra.org/submissions2... #freeformlarp

OPINION: I resigned from the military because of Trump www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

No Kings protest live updates: millions march against Trump in nationwide day of protest www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Q&A: How video games can lead people to more meaningful lives www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls -- An ad campaign for a wearable A.I. companion has blanketed New York City, starting conversations and inspiring vandalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down newrepublic.com/article/2013...

FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to ‘illegal immigrants’ apnews.com/article/fact...

The #DiGRA2026 conference theme is Intersectional Pleasures. The theme invites a critical and celebratory exploration of how digital games enable, mediate, or restrict pleasure across lines of identity, genre, platforms, politics and more. www.digraconference2026.com #DIGRA

Video game lets you return African artifacts from Western museums: www.cnn.com/world/africa...

I just backed Drink Coffee, Talk Fast: A Documentary About Gilmore Girls on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ink...

DEPLORABLE: Hegseth’s decision on Wounded Knee medals sparks outrage in Native American communities apnews.com/article/indi...

Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons (Play Story Press 2025) edited by Suzanne Richardson & Edmond Y. Chang: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w... - in print or open access PDF! #analoggamestudies #creativewriting #dungeonsanddragons #dnd

#F4SCSTSgonnaF4SCST Trump defends use of the U.S. military against the 'enemy within' www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

I talked quite a bit about consent and gen AI with my students, particularly the inability to opt out: Stuffing AI Into Everything Is Backfiring Spectacularly www.vice.com/en/article/s...

Our latest issue of Analog Game Studies is now available! Daniel Lawson on transmediation and the Marvel Super Heroes RPG, Hugh O’Donnell on tabletop simulations, Brian Jason Thomas on Taskmaster & mental health, and Keith Jones on Around the World in 80 Games. #StayAnalog analoggamestudies.org

I remember doing the Time Warp: The 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' turns 50: www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...

@analoggamestudies.bsky.social 12.3 is out: analoggamestudies.org feature essays about transmediation and Marvel Super Heroes RPG, Tabletop Simulations as Museums, Leveraging Contingency in Taskmaster and in Mental Health, and a review of Around the World in Eighty Games #analoggamestudies

The @otherwiseaward.org had a hiatus a few years ago & did not give out awards in 2022 & 2023, the org still wanted to spotlight gender-expanding genre work, invited freinds to recommend writing they loved from those years.

"Do not surrender: Expect that our elected officials, our law enforcement officers, our armed forces, and our judges follow the law and the constitution. Demand that they do." Trump Is Ready for Authoritarianism. Charlie Kirk’s Killing Could Tip Us Over. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Deeply impressed that the BIPOC Game Studies Conference at The Strong Museum hasn't happened yet--it's in 2 days--but the Proceedings are already available: playstorypress.org/books/procee... (@analoggamestudies.bsky.social has an entry, Aaron Trammell & I have a brief essay...) #playstorypress

‘Positive Obsession’ Is a Fresh Look at #OctaviaEButler -- A new biography by Susana M. Morris reveals the struggles, passions and triumphs that shaped the science fiction icon and her books. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b....

All That You Touch, You Change: The Life and Legacy of Octavia E. Butler: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/07/08/a...

CFP: Black Cultural Futurism

Five Major Questions Facing America’s Research Universities This Fall via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Thanks for chatting with me!

Queen's classic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' finds a new voice in Zulu: www.npr.org/2025/08/30/n...

Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

@litsciarts.org #SLSA2025 begins tomorrow! August 21-24, 2025, @oregonstate.edu, Corvallis, OR: slsa2025.org

But we can't talk/ask about it... how do we collect data that we're being told to ignore/not collect... yet it does matter... when you're trying to protect whiteness: Trump Administration to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

#DEPLORABLE: U.S. Air Force to deny retirement pay for transgender troops being separated from service: www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

One of my editor-in-chief goals achieved! After some deep harangue and some help from a few Wikipedia warriors, @analoggamestudies.bsky.social finally has a Wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_... #AnalogGameStudies

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops: www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

Humanities Graduates Can Find a Great Job. It’s Time to Make This Fact Known. www.mellon.org/voices/human...

I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump by Rashid Khalidi: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I study the resistance against the Nazis. Here’s what the US left can learn from it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Making deals with extortionists, grifters, & abusers gets you... Trump's $200M White House ballroom leaves critics aghast: 'Can’t afford pediatric cancer?' www.rawstory.com/trump-ballro...

The transformative power of keeping a daily journal www.npr.org/2025/07/31/n...

Queerer than you think... "Dude, the history behind the word dude is wild" www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...

Looks like we finally have a cover... (we were limited in what we could select/do in terms of stock image/template...this was a decent option...) #VideoGames, #Literature, and #ClosePlaying is out in November! www.routledge.com/Video-Games-... @routledgebooks.bsky.social

Teen artists portrayed their lives — some adults didn't want to see the full picture www.npr.org/2025/07/28/n...

How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ became a global phenomenon www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The special issue on the 30th anniversary of #LaraCroft in Feminist Media Histories is out now... coedited by Josef Nguyen & Amanda Phillips... online.ucpress.edu/fmh/issue/11/3

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest... Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be, Edited by Alisha Karabinus, Carly A. Kocurek, Cody Mejeur, Emma Vossen... punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...