Newly published: "Circling Asianfuturisms: Edmond Y. Chang and Larissa Lai in Conversation" -- thank you to #Configurations for including it, and a huge thank you to #LarissaLai for your time and energy!: muse.jhu.edu/journal/36

Our official coming out announced! Analog Game Studies Joins eScholarship Publishing osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2026/05/anal... @analoggamestudies.bsky.social @escholarship.bsky.social

In other news, it was already discovered... The Astounding Discovery That Could Link Eastern and Western Medicine: The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Generation Analog 2026 "GREEN" Conference Registration open: www.eventbrite.com/e/generation... -- free to attend, registration required! July 15 & 16, 2026, feat. keynotes by Alenda Chang & Matteo Menapace! Full schedule forthcoming! #StayAnalog! w/ @analoggamestudies.bsky.social & #GameinLab!

HEAR YE, HEAR YE: @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Volume 10, Issues 1-2 (2023) are now available on AGS's eScholarship site, starting with Issue 1: escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... #analoggamestudies #gamestudies

NEW DROP: @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Volume 11, Issues 1-4 (including the #LatinAmericanRPG special issue) are now available on AGS's eScholarship site, starting with Issue 1: escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... #analoggamestudies #gamestudies

NOW WITH DOIs: @analoggamestudies.bsky.social's Volume 12, Issues 1-4 (including the #QueerAnalogGameStudies special issue) are now available on AGS's eScholarship site, starting with Issue 1: escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... -- more back catalog coming soon! #analoggamestudies #gamestudies

The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

some of these "profiles" are terrifying... without consent, it's scrape... www.4pillargames.com/articles/mos...

I still love this movie & cannot believe it's 30 years old... www.queerty.com/first-love-a...

As I keep saying, LMSes are never about actual educating... but rather it's all data, man... all data... www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

The Disappearance of the Public Bench: placesjournal.org/article/the-...

Submit one of @litsciarts.org Streams @ 4S in Toronto / deadline extended to May 11: www.4sonline.org/slsa_2026__t... -- SLSAers submit abstracts and panel proposals to one of four broad SLSA Streams: 1) Technology; 2) Ecologies; 3) Play; 4) Arts & Literature: litsciarts.org

US universities are seeing an influx of ‘antisemitism centers’. Some Jewish scholars are worried: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

@ohioenglish.bsky.social Department representing at the 2026 Faculty Recognition and Awards Ceremony: www.ohio.edu/news/2026/04... @ohiouniversity.bsky.social

The homophobia knows no limits... support #ChangesBar & #TheSockMonster & #Wallingford... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tjp...

@analoggamemuseum.bsky.social's Volume 12, Issues 1-4 (including the #QueerAnalogGameStudies special issue) are now available on AGS's @escholarship.bsky.social site, starting with Issue 1: escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... #analoggamestudies #gamestudies

Diminished Lives: An Assault on the Humanities: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

*NEW ISSUE* *NEW YEAR* *NEW PLATFORM* @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Vol. XIII, No. 1 (Mar. 2026) is out! 2 essays & 2 book reviews! escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... -- now, housed on @ucirvine.bsky.social Libraries' @escholarship.bsky.social portal! #analoggamestudies #gamestudies #escholarship

So thrilled to be invited by Evan Torner & Celia Pearce to this... @indiecade.bsky.social #PlayableTheatre Symposium, March 23-24, 2026, In-person at the University of Cincinnati: www.indiecade.com/playablethea...

@NCTE_CCCC just passed an important resolution at their annual conference: "BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we affirm the rights of students and teachers to refuse to sign up for, prompt, or otherwise use generative AI in the writing classroom." www.linkedin.com/posts/melani...

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Inside the mysterious life of the woman who designed the world’s most famous tarot deck www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

@4sweb.bsky.social welcomes & hosts @litsciarts.org at #4S2026 in Toronto, October 8-10: www.4sonline.org/slsa_2026__t... -- scholars & artists are invited to submit abstracts to one of four SLSA Streams: 1) Technology; 2) Ecologies; 3) Play; 4) Arts & Literature. The deadline is April 30, 2026.

TODAY: I am thrilled to welcome @alisonstine.bsky.social back to @ohiouniversity.bsky.social to visit with my #ENG2320 #SpeculativeAppalachia class & to hold a public discussion of her writing...Thanks to @ohioenglish.bsky.social, English HTC, OHIO Honors, and WGSS for co-sponsoring the event!

/FACEPALM: U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Ping Institute to feature presentation by Edmond Chang on March 3: www.ohio.edu/news/2026/02... @ohiouniversity.bsky.social @ohioenglish.bsky.social

#GenerationAnalog2026 "GREEN" CFP EXTENSION to Sunday, March 8, 2026, by end of day! analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #gameinlab #analoggamestudies

Last day (though tomorrow sometime is fine, too) to submit an abstract for #GenerationAnalog2026! This year's theme is "GREEN." analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #gameinlab #analoggamestudies #analoggames #greengames

Scientists Found AI’s Fatal Flaw—The Most Advanced Models Are Failing Basic Logic Tests Identifying vulnerabilities is good for public safety, industry, and the scientists making these models. www.popularmechanics.com/science/a703...

Love seeing how a half hour interview get boiled down: Ohio Equal Rights Campaigns Two Amendments for November Ballot: www.thepostathens.com/article/2026...

Jeff Bezos’s Destruction of The Washington Post Is a Disgraceful Plutocratic Crime www.thenation.com/article/soci...

No, Punxsutawney, no.... www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/w...

SADNESSES: Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/a...

I don't like this is for a commercial... but I do like it because it warms my melancholic soul... www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5... #ladygaga #misterrogers #wontyoubemyneighbor

When two years of academic work vanished with a single click www.nature.com/articles/d41...

KULA Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026): Special Issue: Citational Politics and Justice: kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku... #citationaljustice #academia

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

A new year reminder to submit to #GenerationAnalog 2026! Deadline is two months away on March 1: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #analoggamestudies #gamestudies #greengames #green

CFP: Special issue: New Perspectives on Men and Masculinity in Gaming: septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el...

CFP: The Palgrave Handbook of Virtual Reality Literature: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...

World reacts to US bombing of Venezuela, ‘capture’ of Maduro www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Why #mediastudies #rhetoricalawareness #criticalthinking #feminism #humanities are important: Wild Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theories After Last Album Was Coordinated Effort, Report Claims www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

I wasn't going to teach The Hunger Games in my Speculative Appalachia class... but now... www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...

#PlayStoryPress Book Talk: Suzanne Richardson @oozegod.bsky.social & Ed Chang share about Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons: playstorypress.org/2025/12/18/p... #analoggamestudies #creativewriting #dnd @analoggamestudies.bsky.social

Not much has changed...really: A decade on from Game.rgate, how has the games industry changed for women? www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...

More of my childhood going into that good night... and one of my gay awakenings... farewell, Buck... www.youtube.com/watch?v=v32V...

NEW PUBLICATION: Excited to be a part of this @jcmsjournal.bsky.social dossier on "#TeachingGameStudies," edited by Ryan Banfi, featuring a lot of friendlings including @Patrick LeMieux & Stephanie Boluk, Soraya Murray, and others: quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/teach...

Top 10 Video Games of 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/a...