Explaining the pornographic contextual meanings of ”Ich komme” to my kid using age-appropriate concepts was easy. Explaining why I was devastated by the amount of votes for Israel was hard. #eurovision #israel #freepalestine #stopgenocide

Teachers ❤️ game jams! Everyone loves them! They are pretty much the best way to learn anything BUT they don’t fit schools. This makes me wonder… should we do a jam on how to change schools? 🧐 tl;dr: My latest article is out! This one has been a journey: I’ve been working on it since 2018.

What was your lucky side quest? I believe mine was the gender and media course by Susanna Paasonen. It’s quite likely affected my career ever since.

I’m defending my doctoral dissertation tomorrow, at noon Finnish time. The defense will be broadcasted live and the thesis is available online. It’s all in English, so peeps from abroad can join, too! www.tuni.fi/en/news/riik...

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

"Pop culture is simply a tool in a lot of classrooms, not a subject—and the roles of fans as consumers, creators, and critics are rarely discussed." @abbykirby.bsky.social writes about teaching fic to middle schoolers, and the gaps between higher and secondary ed when it comes to fandom/pop culture:

Trying to figure out how Bluesky works, did this: go.bsky.app/83CAdfP

Thanks Andy! In @theatlantic.bsky.social I describe why the panic over smartphones is more likely to distract from than solve the problems that young people are facing today. Gift link is below: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Kirjoitamme @susannaagren.bsky.social kanssa tänään Hesarissa siitä, kuinka helpon tuntuiset kiellot sivuuttavat nuorten todelliset huolet, pelot ja hyvinvoinnin haasteet. Tästä esimerkkinä kouluihin kaavailtu kännykkäkielto. www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...

Jos toimeentulotukea saava ei saa kartuttaa omaisuutta, miksi yritystukea saava yritys saa maksaa omistajille osinkoa?

One of the key problems with making indie games is discoverability. I am someone who is fairly plugged in, but I miss all kinds of stuff. This is a thread for me to recommend games you might not have heard of going forward. Here we go:

This morning my Bluesky feed is suddenly full of #technobladefanart and I’m grateful for it.

Feedeillä voi kätevästi suodattaa seinäänsä omiin kiinnostuksenkohteisiin.Tässä ohje kaikille uusille ja vanhoille bluuttaajille,miten voi tehdä omiakin feedejä jos jotakin ei löydy.Onnistui minultakin ilman mitään koodauskokemusta,tein mm #minätutkin, #pörssisähkötaivas ja #sähköautotaivas -fiidit.

Julkishallinto pois X:stä, kirjoittaa @samulireijula.bsky.social: "Toisiinsa linkittyneet niin kutsutun fediversumin protokollat ja palvelut – – – tarjoavat vapaan maailman vaihtoehdon, jossa käyttäjä voi omistaa omat sisältönsä eikä ole yhdenkään tietyn palveluntarjoajan armoilla."

Our latest article on adolescent’s gaming and game culture participation is out! Only the abstract is in English but if you’re interested, I’m sure Google translate will give you a pretty good translation. pelitutkimus.journal.fi/article/view...

Seuramme julkaisema Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2023 on nyt avoimesti saatavilla! Mukana kaksi tutkimusartikkelia, kolme katsausta, kolme kirja-arvostelua ja peräti kuusi väitöslektiota. Antoisia lukuhetkiä!

The Rule Book is coming out in March! The book we have been working on with Markus Montola for some six years is finally becoming real. It now has a website, a cover, blurbs, and it is possible to preorder it now. mitpress.mit.edu/978026254744...

In need of some Bluesky tutoring: there are some accounts I follow and like, but they post so much it floods my feed. Is there anything I could do to balance this?

Spring 2024 in Tampere, Finland, will be great for game people. First Solmukohta and its pre-week shenanigans for larp folks, then the Board Games Colloquium, and at some point (dates still pending), the 20th Game Research Lab spring seminar. solmukohta.eu boardgamestudies.jimdofree.com

Today, balancing academic career and parenting special needs children has been even harder than usual. Please, drop a meme: cats, kids, adhd, autism, research, coffee, anything.

Kannatettava tavoite on puolittaa toimeentulotukea tarvitsevien määrä ja vähentää menoja 100 miljoonalla eurolla. Leikkausten seurauksena menot todennäköisesti kuitenkin kasvavat 25–30 %. #lapsiköyhyys #sosiaaliturva #LapsenOikeudet #SuomenKuvalehti suomenkuvalehti.fi/paajutut/pal...

Mediametkan Oivallus!-seminaarissa Liisa Ilomäki ja Minna Lakkala puhumassa tosi kiinnostavasti kriittisestä digitaalisesta lukutaidosta. #mediametka #oivallus2023

Fresh from the press: Gaming motives are more closely related to well-being and academic success than time spent playing games. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura on nyt myös Blueskyssa! Otahan meidät seurantaan, mikäli ajankohtaiset pelitutkimus- ja pelikulttuurisisällöt kiinnostavat. The Finnish society for game research is now on Bluesky! Follow us for (Finnish) game research news - it's not all in Finnish, we promise.

Historians discussing games - in Finnish only, sorry! Hyvä arvio hyvästä peliaiheisesta telkkarisarjasta: historian esittäminen peleissä.

Board Game Studies Colloquium 2024 will be in Tampere, organised by the best team ever. Call for papers here: boardgamestudies.jimdofree.com/call-for-pap...

Finnish #gamestudies #gameresearch @fransmayra.bsky.social @aakoo.bsky.social @jaakkostenros.bsky.social @tainam.bsky.social @riikkaaurava.bsky.social @perttu-h.bsky.social @lankoski.bsky.social @korppisusi.bsky.social @nitessine.bsky.social @vkankainen.bsky.social @rosgakori.bsky.social

Took my kid and her friend to the amusement park today. It was fun but now I need a week off.

Bestest ttrpg day in a while: started the morning as an undine-born sea elf (online PF2) and now on my way to be a feytouched ranger gnome (on-site D&D). Living my best nerd life!

I've been doing research on 21st-century competencies and lately feeling that as they were defined two decades ago, we should perhaps update them a bit. The four C's of learning and innovation skills (Trilling & Fadel 2009) are Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity. 1/2

I wrote in the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies blog about games in schools: coe-gamecult.org/2023/10/05/r...