Ok, lets try this again! Today at 2pm BST / 3pm CET I'll be doing an AMA on r/WarCollege about my work as a historian on @blackmillgames.bsky.social new First World War game - 'Gallipoli'! Here's the link for it: www.reddit.com/r/WarCollege... 🗃️

I'm hiring for a funded PhD in 'global' medieval history or trans-Mediterranean entanglements at my chair in Bochum, Germany, from 1 Oct 2026 — 3 yrs, your own project, 3 hrs/week teaching in the History Department, at 65 %of TVL-13 (~€2050/month after tax). Apply by 31 May — or please share 👇

We’re seeing the reemergence of academia as a sport of the leisure class.

New on the HGN blog today! Guest speaker for our upcoming “Analogue” discussion panel Liz Davidson (@beyondsolitaire.bsky.social) reflects on 3 recent historical board game projects, and the balance between “authenticity” and “accuracy” in game design: www.historicalgames.net/accuracy-vs-...

Hmmm, I wonder if the solution to achieving 'more value for money' would actually be more academic staff, opening the way to smaller class sizes, and tutors with manageable workloads who thus have more time to dedicate to office hours and additional 1-1 student support. 🤔

FULLY FUNDED MA IN CLASSICAL STUDIES! 🧵 2026 Leventis MA Studentships @openuniversity.bsky.social The Leventis Foundation/ Open University are offering paid studentships for candidates who meet one or both of the following criteria:

On the positive side, I'm currently in Granada, at the Ancient Reception on Screen conference, where today I'll be talking about what difference it makes to mythological or historical characters to make them romanceable in games!

This is next week! Come and join us! #historicalgames #gamingthepast

I've no idea what I'll do with all my notebooks full of conference notes when I get booted out of academia. Ceremonially burn them perhaps.

Pre-schools in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) need water butts. Please donate! tinyurl.com/2wbefsvs Please repost if you can't donate! Latest crowdfunder for a small registered charity (www.devoncentocowlink.org) which my mum founded, working with local orgs and through stays in SA over many years.

Oh good it's institutional mental health awareness week. Having a six month contract extension is bad for my mental health, I'm aware of it. Do we think the institution is or wants to be...?

What did #WCCWiki do in April? LOTS! First off, a new #Wikipedia page for Eirene Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou (1896 – 1979), an archaeologist and numismatist. She was born on the Greek island of Paros & was 1 of the 1st women to graduate from the University of Athens in Archaeology #WCCWiki

I am v. in favour in principle of the increasing unionisation of the games industry, but I also think in practice that the belief a union can or will do much to help you against atrocious employment practices is more hope than reality these days. Still, hopefully the new unions will prove me wrong.

Not sure what it'll do to my reputation that this week's slide preparation *mostly* involves collecting screenshots of naked or inappropriately dressed Aphrodites. Better or worse than collections of dead historical women, I wonder...

"This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary with AI." NO, I am TRYING TO READ THE BOOK!

Love when an article is almost ready to drop! I first became interested in Blackhaven 🏰🔥🎮 in 2021. Gave a paper at AHA 2022. Published version finally coming out this yr in @chriskempshall.bsky.social @katexe.bsky.social @robehoughton.bsky.social Routledge Companion to Video Games & History 🗃️!

🌆 Amberspire is OUT NOW 🌖 A dice driven science-fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence and make deals with powerful off-world factions. Experience the history of a future city. PC, Mac, Steam Deck s.team/a/3350750

Or a game. You can fly around on a horse and fight the gods (which is what everyone wants to do anyway)!

I think a Bellerephon film would be interesting.

Extremely cute version of modern Cupid is the protagonist in this week's classical reception game!

Online research seminar Ludic Pilgrimages: how videogames remake heritage tourism Dr Dale Leorke Fri 15 May 2026 • ⏰ 14:00–16:00 (UK) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I can’t wait to experience another home World Cup 🏆 Please get in touch if you need someone to cover it!

Kleiner Reminder: Auch dieses Jahr vergibt der AKGWDS wieder den Elizabeth-Magie-Preis für Abschlussarbeiten (Bachelor/Master) im Bereich Game Studies/Spielwissenschaft. Einrechungen sind noch bis zum 15.05.2026 möglich. #gamestudies akgwds.de/2026/03/20/e...

Right - Bristol festival is done, revision teaching mostly done. Now time to focus on romancing (and not) Aphrodite, to see what difference a different mechanical/interactive role as an NPC makes to her portrayal in a range of games!

Given that academic job interview season is in full swing, for those of you who are in permanent positions - maybe check in on your precarious colleagues. I can guarantee a lot of them are having an awful time which is exacerbated by the fact that they have to do this every year.

Today! #WCCWiki

Now the dust has settled a bit on my PhD, I'm looking for a studio flat to rent in Copenhagen asap! Bit of a long shot but I figured I should ask if anyone has any leads on here. I can be pretty flexible on location and can move in immediately. Comment or DM if you know of anything!

Lovely time at the Bristol Festival of History and Heritage in Games. Got to talk about some problems in depicting or engaging with gender in historical games and some examples of games that do better. And had a brilliant time catching up with many of the ace historical game studies community!

So it has come to this: we are missing ONE ISSUE of Neopets The Official Magazine to scan a complete set, and I am not willing to spend $30+ on this one issue If you have this issue, reach out and you can be a hero

Are you a student in London with a collection of printed or handwritten materials you’re proud of? Apply for the Anthony Davis Book Collecting Prize by 25 May for a chance to win £600! Photo: stamp album covers from Penny James’ collection, 2025’s runner up. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...

Teaching history with games? Absolutely. Games belong in the classroom. This week I’m speaking at the Festival of History & Heritage in Games in Bristol on our Oldenburg Gamelab. Excited to connect, share ideas, and push for games as a regular teaching tool in schools #games #education #history

Everyday Carolinians agree the top issue for South Carolina is completing the Hagia Sophia before Catherine de Medici

Bonus cosy historical gaming this afternoon. Love it.

This evening I went to see a new Iphigenia at the Arcola Theatre, which did a lot to link the play to modern experiences of war. Very interesting!

Maybe that's why I can't get a job. What with Greek Tragedy and sexism in historical games, I don't have enough fun topics to discuss with people. My research is depressing.

Excited to be off to the festival of history and heritage in games at Bristol next week. I've been preparing a nice slide with lots of fridged female characters on. If you want cheerful historical game studies, generally best to look elsewhere.

Liz mentions here the ECR workshop that @katexe.bsky.social, Rebecca Fallas and I organised in Birmingham and later published more extensively in @cucd.bsky.social (links below!) and it’s something I’m still incredibly proud of! 🎉 #ClassicsBluesky

When I was 18 I was convinced that being a literary agent would be the best job imaginable (helped in this conviction by Marian Keyes' The Other Side of the Story). I love being an academic, I love my students and my work, but as my career founders, I do sort of regret not trying the agent thing...

Molly House was nominated for three Golden Geek Awards! Voting is now officially open, so head on over to BGG if you want to share in the Molly House joy! boardgamegeek.com/thread/36965... @colewehrle.bsky.social @miasmacorp.bsky.social

Begging folks with open ended academic jobs not to forget there’s a whole underclass of permanently casualised academics who’ve been facing redundancy as standard for years. 12+ in my case. I get it’s awful facing redundancy ofc! Just…this isn’t unprecedented for us. It’s the norm.

For the first time in our 9-year history: WE ARE HIRING! We're seeking a full-time fundraising manager to establish and grow our non-profit's development department - in other words, to raise money and help us grow! Remote-hybrid in the SF Bay Area with benefits! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

My inbox is really terrible today. Really regret opening it. (Not that putting these things off would improve the situation, but I still regret it).

it's that time of year again...are you a historical videogame player living in the Netherlands? do you want to contribute to player-focused research on past-play? come sign up for a gameplay session so i can watch you 👀 for science! check out edu.nl/cd849 to learn more 🏛️🎮⚔️🎲

As the crowdfunder for the first radical bookshop icon Newcastle for 40 years gets closer to the end I’m making the bold move of calling on all the academics I sort of vaguely know and also those I don’t to share the link for our crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb...

Hello #MedievalSky and #Antiquity from the #PresentDead! Here's my #cfp for a hybrid conference on "interacting with the Dead in Antiquity & the Middle Ages", to be held in Graz, Austria on 2-4 Sept., 2026 presentdead.uni-graz.at/en/news/blog... Please do circulate it to interested parties :)

Finished Mythmatch this afternoon, and want to give it one last plug - everyone interested in historical gaming should look at it - it does so much to resist the traditional (limited) use of the past in games. Great fun, lovely story and characters. Play it! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

Feel like the constant social media adverts lately for KCL's career change service are a bit pointed given I currently (for now...) work as an academic at KCL.

Query: If you (or someone you watch/listen to) had a NON-TTRPG/Actual Play podcast, YouTube channel, etc. AND Played a tabletop roleplaying game on that feed/channel/etc BEFORE 12/31/2018 could you let me know? (I have some examples but trying to see if I missed anything)

Great new review of 'Living and Cursing' by Alex Mullen, alongside the fabulous books by Celia Sanchez Natalias and Roger Tomlin. Curse tablet scholarship goes from strength to strength! doi.org/10.1017/S007...