Working with my lab students on a new card game for use in ttrpgs to procedurally model being lost in a labyrinth.

Last day to submit for the festival of monsters 2026! A talk, a panel, a game to play- does it explore monsters? We want to see it!

Extended to April 20th, monster friends!

The call for presentations/papers and play sessions for the 2026 Festival of Monsters is now open! www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/2026cfp If you have a talk on monsters in culture or something monstrous to play, we want to hear from you! Abstracts due April 10th!

The call for presentations/papers and play sessions for the 2026 Festival of Monsters is now open! www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/2026cfp If you have a talk on monsters in culture or something monstrous to play, we want to hear from you! Abstracts due April 10th!

He sees you.

The deadline is tomorrow (11/14/25)!

Reposting! Do you know someone working at the intersection of Interactive Art, Performance, and Games? We’re hiring!

Support the Festival of Monsters! give.ucsc.edu/schools/Univ...

Another great wrap on the Festival of Monsters. I hope to see more panel pitches from folks studying/designing monsters in games next year!

Had a blast running a horror adventure using the Dread TTRPG system tonight for some of the Festival of Monsters folks. I hope we can add a bit more monstrous play/games to our future conferences!

Hey narrative folks my team is looking for a narrative designer to come work with me in Iceland! If you have solid storytelling fundamentals, some technical experience, and live ops or adjacent experience, we are looking for someone like you! careers.ccpgames.com/en/postings/...

Reposting! Do you know someone working at the intersection of Interactive Art, Performance, and Games? We’re hiring!

Spread the word! We have an open Assistant Professor search in my department of Performance, Play & Design, which combines Theater, Dance, and Games faculty in the Arts Division at UCSC. This position would teach in our Art and Design: Games and Playable Media BA program. recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998

In addition to loving to play this game, thanks to the copy of @shing.bsky.social ‘s A Mending in my lab, I was able to sew a button back on my shirt today

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Elves who live 1000s of years must either a) have sweet fantasy dentures or b) grow new teeth multiple times in life like a shark.

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality. ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...

I listen to a few actual plays, but this is my favorite. More of my friends need to listen so we can talk theories! (As fans and/or scholars!)

We are hiring for a handful of positions in Reykjavik, it's a drop in the bucket compared to what WB just did but still jobs.50skills.com/ccpgames/en

To whomever was in charge of the Beyond Good And Evil joystick text entry design: I still think about it, and wish all controller stick text entry worked like this.

Saying goodbye to 2024 and feeling accomplished. This year I kept myself, a tiny human, and two cats alive on startling little sleep. Next year I look forward to getting back to: teaching, making, writing, cooking? sleeping?

We wrapped the Festival of Monsters last month, but I would love to see more games folks next year! If you make, perform, or study monstrous games, I hope you submit a talk for next year! Bonus: October in Santa Cruz is really pretty.

Last call for proposals to speak at the UCSC Festival of Monsters in October. If you have a short talk/paper proposal/panel on monsters and culture, join us! We host a ball and everything: monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/2024festcfp

Have a 20 minute presentation/paper/panel regarding Monsters in Media and Culture? The 2024 Festival of Monsters call is now public! (The festival will be held Oct 16-19 in Santa Cruz, CA). www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/2024festcfp

It’s Giving Day at UCSC and the Center for Monster Studies is asking for support. Help us keep the monster momentum going! t.co/BhCaolioCr

my department at UC Santa Cruz is hiring a teaching professor working at the intersection of games and performance with an emphasis on experimental and activist art. reach out to me if you're interested in applying: [email protected] recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01619

Good morning, new social media. Here is my offering of cats: