Friends!! The Poly Fighter playtest is live!! Please sign up, play, and give us ALL of your feedback!! RTs are appreciated!! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

Had a great time with @larsdewildt.bsky.social on the podcast this week! Religious elements are common even in ostensibly secular games, and Lars looks into the why and how for us. Also his book is available for free, link in the show notes! youtu.be/NNFEEQ1l6Dk

I have a history of stumbling/mumbling through podcasts, which I got to do twice this week: on @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social¹ & Rejected Religion² Liz kindly allowed me to relate my work to current events in Palestine & elsewhere. ¹ open.spotify.com/episode/4TgC... ² www.patreon.com/posts/reject...

📚📚📚 New Book Review! 📚📚📚 Lars de Wildt @larsdewildt.bsky.social reviews //The Avatar Faculty: Ecstatic transformations in religion and video games// by Jeffrey G. Snodgrass @godfreysnorgyrs.bsky.social 2023 @ucpress.bsky.social #AnthroSky Find it here in AE 52.2 ⤵️ americanethnologist.org/journal/

Post-apocalyptic games provide one particularly popular 'gamevironment': board member @larsdewildt.bsky.social (and current CAPAS fellow) recommends the Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studiess Call for Fellowships, deadline 13 May. t.co/Y2DWCfTNAn

Is your PhD research on game design, game production, HCI, or design theory? I've got three 2-year postdoc positions in my ERC StG project to investigate what makes theory useful and usable in game design / interaction design. Reposts much appreciated. Thx! candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Not research-related (and not a meme) but a friend is collecting aid for Afghan families in need during Ramadan. Afghanistan has been scarred by decades of war and political instability, and >28 million people—over half the population—urgently need food and basic necessities: gofund.me/9c2e5a4d

A new documentary, recommended by our board member Lars de Wildt: "The blood on our controllers," by a group of established industry professionals, discusses the game industry's role in global conflict, and its representation of Arab communities in games. m.youtube.com/watch?v=g748...