Who will be your starter? 🔥💧🍃

Happy Valentine’s Day, gamers! 🎮❤️

Oh *voice gets intensely deep* BOY!

Remember when we posted some recommendations for scholarly reads on video games? You might want to see this...

🎮✨ Gaming is for everyone—but the industry hasn’t always reflected that. This Black History Month, we’re spotlighting the Black creators, developers, designers, and writers who helped build the games we love. 🕹️✊🏿 Their impact is undeniable. Their stories deserve to be seen.

No, it’s not just a chair... It’s the Video Gear Command Center. 🎮

Today marks 10 years since the release of Stardew Valley, the farming simulator that remixed and revived the genre. (Not to mention, captured our hearts!) 💞

Want to level up your video game knowledge? We recommend these four foundational texts to bring academia into the arcade. 🧵

Preservation gamified: ReStory is another encouraging sign that the gaming community is happy to help preserve artifacts from video game history

Readers rejoice! Our latest episode is transcribed in this article complete with glimpses inside of museum exhibits, videos of GDC presentations, and the commercial for the Video Gear Command Center Gaming Chair Rocker. 🎮 See it to believe it: substack.com/@arcadeacade...

In a special DLC episode, we spoke with Alysha Connor of Australia's #PowerhouseMuseum about gamer's voice in #videogame preservation, #AustralianGames, and whimsy. ✨ 🎧Listen now on Spotify, Substack, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube: open.spotify.com/episode/0WWZ...

Although the game takes place in a quaint English village, "Untitled Goose Game" is actually Australian... just like our next guest!

Save the Games 2.0 Call for Papers is open! The symposium will be held at The Strong in Rochester, NY on July 29 and 30. The deadline for submissions if February 20, 2026! www.museumofplay.org/save-the-gam...

A new year means a new episode of Arcade Academia is on the way! 🎙️ Whoever could we be chatting with in this upcoming episode? 👀 Stay tuned to find out! #podcast #gaming #videogames

"87% of classic video games released in the United States are critically endangered." 😱 You can read this eye-opening study by @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social and the Software Preservation Network here: gamehistory.org/87percent/

We had a lovely, enlightening chat with @philsalv.bsky.social of the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social about the barriers (and big wins) in the video game preservation community. 🎮✨ open.spotify.com/episode/72ys...

Want to dig deep into the current state of video game preservation? 🎮📚 Read the full transcript of our podcast episode on the subject, complete with links, quotes, stats, and all the academic extras we collected for our inaugural episode.✨ open.substack.com/pub/arcadeac...

🚨 Episode 1 of Arcade Academia is now LIVE on Substack, Spotify and Apple Podcasts! 🚨 In our first episode, we interviewed @borman.bsky.social with the Strong National Museum of Play and @philsalv.bsky.social from the Video Game History Foundation about the state of video game preservation.

🎙️ Editing is officially underway for Episode 1 of the Arcade Academia podcast! We’ve got two incredible interviews lined up — and we can’t wait to share them with you. 👀 Any guesses what our very first topic will be? Drop them in the comments! ✨ Stay tuned — Episode 1 launches later this November!

🎮 New Podcast Alert! 🎙️ We’re thrilled to announce Arcade Academia — a new podcast hosted by Daley Wilhelm and Emily Reuben, launching its first episode at the end of November 2025!