On this day 19 years ago, Cooking Mama: Cook Off was released for the Nintendo Wii. Also, 12 years before that, I was born.

Call for Papers, please circulate! Ethics of queer in/visibility Heidelberg, September 30 - October 2, 2026 queer-in-visibility.de Keynote speakers: J Calder (Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder) Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social (History, University of Warwick)

Mario Sommer analysiert die an Assassin’s Creed: Origins angelehnte Darstellung der Pharaonin Kleopatra in Magic: The Gathering #MTG. Ein Beitrag im Sammelband Exploring Card Games. languageatplay.de/2026/02/03/n...

“if you want to feel something in this big big world. To see every color, every character in desperate search for some human warmth, to understand and befriend them as we ourselves are looking for genuine connection.” Based off a popular letterboxd list. What are you suggestions?

New Exhibit:Play curated collection of games 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 Focused on games that takes place during the quiet final moments of the world. Contemplative conversations, childhood exploration, documenting memories. Enjoy the final moments. exhibitplay.com/quiet-moment...

New Exhibit:Play Collection! Lesbian Bullet Hell Games about lesbians dodging lots of bullets Curated by @farfama.bsky.social

New Exhibit:Play Curation! 🤺 𝟏𝐯𝐬𝟏 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 🤺 Created by @farfama.bsky.social Contains games with a focus on fencing multiplayer battles that can be played with a friend offline on the same couch. Ranges from 2D arcade to realistic 3D simulations, as well as a TTRPG!

Exhibit:Play now has a @itchio.bsky.social page. It contains most of the collections on the official site and all games that have an itchio page. There's also a bonus itchio only list at the bottom of the page 👀 Follow for future updates! exhibitplay.itch.io

New Exhibit:Play Curation! Field Recording 🎤 Curated by @farfama.bsky.social These games use field recording as a key gameplay mechanic. Explore the list of games featuring childhood summers, ghosts, the end of the world, frogs, and more. exhibitplay.com/field-record...

Some more games have been added to the Language Deciphering Games list. Blightseed by Zen of Mars The Apothecary of Trubiz by Kinjo Games Lab Lessons on Strange Symbols by nants00 Lost in Translation by @featurekreep.bsky.social 7 tags have been added so you can sort the list further.

More games have been added to the Conversations in Cars collection. - Three Fourths Home by [bracket]games - chip generator 2000 by @koonce.itch.io and @chrisperbix.bsky.social - Stutter by JoshuaTextor

New Exhibit:Play List Created by @farfama.bsky.social 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐕 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 📺 8 games based off of live-action TV series exhibitplay.com/ps1-live-act...

New Exhibit:Play List 𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 Created by @farfama.bsky.social Indie management tycoons that combine classic isometric gameplay with social commentary about greed, corruption, and systemic exploitation.

New Exhibit:Play Curation Indigenous Voices of Turtle Island This list features games made or heavily consulted by Indigenous developers, artists, storytellers, elders, and members of the community based in Turtle Island (so-called North America). exhibitplay.com/indigenous-v...

Was auf Spielkarten steht, gibt oft nur einen Teil der Regeln wieder. In Magic: The Gathering muss man ganze Zeichensysteme implizit erlernen, sagt @indieflock.bsky.social in seinem Beitrag zum Sammelband Exploring Card Games. #MTG languageatplay.de/2026/01/27/d...

Ann-Kathrin Günther zeigt entlang des Plots von Daniel Mullins Games‘ Inscryption, wie ein Kartenspiel mit der unendlichen Wiederholung von Spielsessions und der analogen Komponente digitaler Spiele Horror erzeugt. Ein Teil des Sammelbands Exploring Card Games. languageatplay.de/2026/01/29/i...

Was a little busy this morning watching the new Mothership Discord get filled with new subscribers, but my first piece for Mothership went up at launch - not a fun one to write, but an important one that I am glad Mothership supports. CW: IPV/abuse www.mothership.blog/if-your-roma...

Welcome to Mothership. ✨ mothership.blog

My “stop obsessing over the news” snow day project this weekend was updating my “scrapbook wall” of press passes/event ephemera in my office. ~400 pieces now, by my rough count. 1 like = 1 story about something on the wall (reply if you have a specific request)

Name your fav film by a Black director

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

In the early 2000s RH Plastcenter Oy (now known as Plastcenter Nordic Oy) published 24 unique Windows games in Finland. They came on credit card shaped CDs called Pocket Playcard Game. They're now all downloadable for free with the original publisher's blessing: archive.org/details/pock...

My last two shots before my world went dark.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

hi! we're Soín, a queer studio from Brazil and we're making @lunr.rdio.taxi a mix of drifting and rhythm we are calling DRIFTHM! you play as an app driver trying to pay an infinite debt in a hypercapitalistic BrazaFunk future where AIs dominated your market store.steampowered.com/app/3644540/...

I assume they’re all narrated by Brian Blessed.

Hi, @laurakbuzz.bsky.social, I now own a copy of @cowcatgames.com's Brok Exclusive Edition. So I can solve, what we've been wondering: The Braille is actually raised on the outer box. Kudos to @redartgames.bsky.social to do this. #accessability

Diskursive Aushandlung von Unsicherheit – Interviewteilnehmende gesucht! Wie narrative & dystopische Spiele zum Gespräch über Moral, Entscheidungen und Identität einladen. Linguist Alexander Bärtl sucht Online-Partizipationen für sein laufendes Dissertationsprojekt. languageatplay.de/2026/01/12/d...

Noch ein Call gefällig? Bis zum 31.1.2026 suchen Dr. Arno Görgen und Dr. Stefan Heinrich Simond nach Beiträgen zum Nachfolger des Sammelbandes ‚Krankheit in digitalen Spielen‘. (@pachuki.bsky.social) languageatplay.de/2026/01/13/c...

Ertragt ihr noch eine späte Jahresliste? Das Team von @languageatplay.de hat fünf Titel, die uns zum Nachdenken, Forschen, Mitschreiben gebracht haben. Spoiler: Unterschiedlicher könnten unsere Textschnipsel vermutlich nicht sein! languageatplay.de/2026/01/07/d...

The journey begins! You might think of this alternate history a bit like an inverted castle to @jparish.bsky.social's Metroidvania Works. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9zE...

It's time for retrospection! I got a LOT done in 2025 and it's vitally important for folks like us to always keep that in mind. So let's do the sweep - in multiple parts - and pat ourselves on the back a bit. For this thread, it'll be my own accomplishments. 🧵

I love Chris' wonderful lists, which offer a plethora of great games I haven't heard of yet. Thanks @pressplaygaming.net for this. I just read about the hardships you had to face. So this is even more appreciated. Thanks so much. And to a hopefully better 2026.

This review I posted today is probably my favorite vid I’ve done in ages, exploring the world of indie small print run games through Imps, a game by Nick Brachmann. #boardgames youtu.be/fd-JvOoB_ME

MTV is officially ending all of its music channels. In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?

Welcome to the first ever FISHING MINIGAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS!! This is an award show to showcase what I believe to be the best of the year in a bunch of fishing minigame related categories! Every game will be linked to and the developers tagged (if possible) #fishingminigame #indiegame #gameawards

Jetzt ist auch auf meinem Blog verlinkt, wie @hekabeohnename.bsky.social und ich uns für eine gute Stunde gutgelaunt durch die erste #BravoScreenfun lesen. Pager! Techno! Lara Croft! spielkult.hypotheses.org/8627 #KritischeController #12 #GameStudies

Ich habe mir eine Menge cozy KI-Playlisten auf Youtube angeschaut und zum Jahresende einen letzten Newsletter über Weihnachten als Vibe und Slop für euch geschrieben:

One of my favourite articles to work on of the past year was this one that digs into a Dreamcast rabbithole I happily fell into. It also showcases some of Sega's past steps taken for online gaming on console, and a mascot that deserves so much love.

Dahlia Ariane Zimmermann (@dasuiwa.bsky.social) sieht sich die Ressourcen in Sammelkartenspielen an: Von Deckgrößen, Lebenspunkten und verdeckten oder offenen Karten. Der aktuelle Beitrag zum Sammelband Exploring Card Games ist unser einziger zu Android: Netrunner! languageatplay.de/2025/12/18/o...

PUT AWAY YOUR WAR SCYTHE, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DARK THOUGHTS. AND YOU WILL WIN.

Announcing the nominees for the 2025 Thinky Awards! 🎉

Between and beneath the Hypercard stacks, an adventure that pioneered the release of games for CD-ROM on personal computers in 1989. Whimsical exploration and conversations with weird and wonderful creatures, laying the foundations for Myst. 📺: The Manhole, 1988/1989, Cyan Inc. (Apple Macintosh)

Our first big Christmas update is with an amazing recovery of the final build of Resident Evil on Gameboy Color. Hotgen's impressive conversion that got canned. This is much closer to completion, and seems completable too. Lots to discover! www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/resi...

larians recruitment process features prominently in this:

Wanna play a round of cards? Hannah Puchelt examines the history of #Gwent from Witcher 3 to competitive play through its rise and fall, with interview snippets from pro players. languageatplay.de/2025/12/16/t...

Good morning. Please join us at 10am Pacific for a special presentation about Sega Channel. The video will last around 1 hour. Go make some coffee. We'll see you soon.

Ich würde gerne diesen neuen VSIG Band für den schönsten Haiku zu japanischen Spielen verschenken

Oh, and you can find the online zine directory here. www.forgottenworlds.net/zine-shop

Hey folks, I need your help. I’m publishing a video game fanzine annual. A physical companion to the online zine directory. I want to include as many publications as possible. So if you have a recommendation plz drop me a line. Thx 🙏 #Fanzine #Zine