Inspired by lo-fi study beats and driven by my desire for peaceful winter ambience, Endless Winters is a simple hack of EarthBound that perpetually pans over a snowy landscape. Designed for original hardware, it functions as a installation piece that can be quickly installed using a SNES and a CRT.

On Nov 25, we'll be Weaving Stories of Home. If you are in #montreal then, come join me at the Milieux Institute, where you will: - Learn to unweave & reweave with two #textiles specialists - Share and create a "material home" for your #nostalgia - Drink hot choc during a snow day :-)

☃️☕️ Sunday snowfall, coffee in hand, and reading abstracts for the « #Games and #Nostalgia for the Future » book I’m putting together. So happy to see proposals from #videogame #gamedev #gamedevs #gameartists #indiegames and #gamestudies researchers. Can’t wait to put it all together… COMING SOON!

TMR!! « Nostalgia, code, & the End of the World » a 🔴LIVE talk with Alex Klexber. Solo #gamedev who made a #nostalgia game wishlisted over 10,000 times. HAPENNING NOV 5 🕰️ 11:00 PST 🕰️ 14:00 EST 🕰️ 21:00 IST 🎟️ Save your spot: shorturl.at/lMyj6 —— #videogames #videogame #retro #gameart #gameartist

This is gonna be a good one— had to reschedule to Nov 5 bc of Microsoft’s outage yesterday. But we are BACK ON. Go, #nostalgia, go!

@gutierrezcarrera.bsky.social hello

Another brilliant week at the Tampere Gamelab and it’s OASISc centre. Thank you for everything Aasa, I loved it here and feel very lucky to know you. Come visit us in Montreal 😼🇨🇦🍁

#Cfp: Call for Book Chapters - #videogames, #gamedesign, game communities, & playthings that trouble what we mean by #nostalgia “ #Games and its Nostalgia for the Future” is edited by yours truly and likely published with Play Story Press. Abstracts due Nov 3, 2025 Full CfP: shorturl.at/NCkzU

The #cfp for our symposium 2026 — Frames of Reference — is out! 🖼️ Inviting #artist #researcher #PhD MA BA students, #professor of #nostalgia to submit works that engage with the theme 🧠 Submissions due 19 Dec 📍 Find the call here: nostagain.ca/cfp2026

Sending this #CfP out into the ether again #othernetworks Looking for #videogames #gamestudies #retrogames #artists #gamedev folks who would like to contribute a chapter for a book on "Games and Nostalgia for the Future" 📍 750 words abstract by Nov 3 Find the call and form here: shorturl.at/ValXq

🏡 “What should’ve been a return home turns into a visit of someone else’s house” 👾 The rise of #retrogaming is indicative of our relationship with #nostalgia as a #collector #consumer and #researcher 👉 Read the #news story at: richysrirachanikorn.wixsite.com/home/post/no...

Nancy Long, an #art #educator of over 20 years, shared with us how #nostalgia helped her better formulate ideas as an #artist working with memorabilia, memories, & candies! Our webseries memorabilia.mp4 is now in its SECOND SEASON! Stay tuned.. 🍿Watch Nancy's talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0EM...

‼️ TODAY — Friday 26 at 1PM (EST) / 6PM (BST) 👩🏼‍🎨 Nancy Long, an #art #educator of 20 years, reflect on how #nostalgia helps her teach students and create artwork better. 🍿 RSVP here: tv.nostagain.ca

CFC - by our member Richy @srirachanikorn.bsky.social and @nostagain.bsky.social medianostalgia.uqam.ca/2025/09/24/c...

What happens if your nostalgia was shattered? @robinjss.bsky.social argued that “games-on-games” means inserting new mechanics - or a twist - into an old looking game… leading to surprising and shocking gameplay. #Nostalgia, via #games, can generate new experiences instead of just emulating them.

#Cfp: Call for Book Chapters - #videogames, #gamedesign, game communities, & playthings that trouble what we mean by #nostalgia “ #Games and its Nostalgia for the Future” is edited by yours truly and likely published with Play Story Press. Abstracts due Nov 3, 2025 Full CfP: shorturl.at/NCkzU

🥀 Rose-tinted glasses have thorns, too. #retrogames #retrogaming #nostalgia #videogames — talk at OASIS centre at Tampere University’s @gameresearchlab.bsky.social

The game never ends. Character sheets, props, maps, are “remnants of play” (RoP). Preserved games & consoles give a slice of the past; RoP cues us into why ppl stopped/continued playing. @doktornick.bsky.social: RoP are often “donations & not deliberate collections”. Big part of play/er history!

#MarkFisher locates the “eerie” in everyday settings. #TTRPGs, esp #WarHammer ‘s eerie, empty towns? Unlived but clearly once a home. @rosgakori.bsky.social argued this gets players to engage with, and hopefully, critique history. Also, the “Empire” is temporary both in the game and the real-world.

An #art #educator with 20 years exp. reflects on what her students “gained” and she “lost” overtime. Techniques change, styles evolve, but the #nostalgia remains. 📻 Our webseries, memorabilia.mp4 launches S2 E1 with NANCY LONG from Concordia University. 🔗 RSVP to the 🔴 LIVE talk tv.nostagain.ca

What does nostalgia look like? At a talk I gave today at Tampere University’s OASIS lab, #nostalgia was a collection of leaves marked by people’s definitions. 🍁 They passed their leaves to others, and received a new set; if they agreed— fold once— if they did not — crumple ‘em up!

Thank you Aasa! Yes— all rose tinted glasses have thorns 🥀. Many ideas and deadlines aside, we gotta stick with the algos for the good stuff to come out 😊

Super excited to talk about how games can help us actualize a « #nostalgia for the future » 😁👾👽 🍿 Tune in this Thursday LIVE or with playback on the YouTube link below!

I love long days of uninterrupted writing and thinking. However, that is an extremely rare luxury in academia. Instead, one looks for snippets of times to steal from admin for writing. Pomodoro sessions are great at that. A student introduced me to Skyrim Pomodoro. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgyA...

Where does #nostalgia come from, and what does it have to do with pain?

📻 EPISODE FOUR of our live webseries… with Matt Horrigan! THIS FRIDAY… 1PM (EST) 🔴 Sign up for the LIVE talk at tv.nostagain.ca ! Hosted by Derek Pasborg and @rohuinac.bsky.social

🔴LIVE talk with @glandeurlessard.bsky.social this THURSDAY at 1:00pm (EST) 🃏 How do you design for a way to play with life? 🎫 REGISTER A SPOT HERE: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d67ad5...

What does it mean to be “nostalgic for the future”? Excited to explore this question as a Public Scholar 2025-2026 at @concordiau.bsky.social Stay tuned! youtu.be/z0RgPHzZkH0?...

Is #nostalgia a regressive or prospective emotion? The context of #retro #gaming shows us it can be both. Gave a talk ytd to the Concordia ReAnimate Summer School — 😎💾 youtu.be/AfJCveEYCzk?...

🎳 Gave a talk yesterday at CGSA 2025 on what it means to have #nostalgia for a game you’ve never played before… 📻 Catch the talk here: youtu.be/KJNEcdQLZWo?...

🗓️ « GTA IV and Nostalgic Disjuncture » on June 7 How does one ‘play’ around the nostalgia for a game they’ve never played before? Will present at the Canadian Games Studies Association on a panel w @michaeliantorno.com @alexcustodio.com @hanine.bsky.social & Jules Maier-Zucchino !

I'll also be presenting with the super cool @hanine.bsky.social, @alexcustodio.com, @srirachanikorn.bsky.social, and Jules Maier-Zucchino!

🗓️ « Nostalgia in Everyday Life » on May 12 A study day on #nostalgia combining 2 workshops, 5 artist booths, and 8 paper presentations in #French and English!🇫🇷🇨🇦 Run with the CELAT-UQAM lab, Milieux Institute, @nostagain.bsky.social and the International #Media and Nostalgia Network — woot! 🥳

👋 PhD student at @concordiau.bsky.social 📍Founded 1st student Rs collective in NA on nostalgia @nostagain.bsky.social 🔬 #nostalgia #time #loneliness #videogames #hikikomori 🎈How can we use nostalgia for the future? Nostalgia as COMFORT but also RESISTANCE to dominant social time narratives?

Proposals until April 16; IMNN is partner of this bilingual joint event: CFP: SPRING INTO NOSTALGIA – PLONGER DANS LA NOSTALGIE medianostalgia.uqam.ca/2025/03/24/c... @uqam.ca @celat.bsky.social @reseauhexagram.bsky.social @srirachanikorn.bsky.social @nostagain.bsky.social

“Nostalgia is an offer you can’t refuse” 🥀 Pitched 5 kinds of #nostalgia by drawing from The #Godfather, #Barbie, #Titanic, and #Heinz Ketchup… Presented at @nostagain.bsky.social — watch the talk: youtu.be/O_rYrKbYleY

Starting off @nostagain.bsky.social right with @srirachanikorn.bsky.social!

One day before our main symposium for @nostagain.bsky.social, we are launching 3 talks in the PRECONFERENCE for #nostalgia as a political tool! Stories from India, Poland, & Iran shed light on this struggle. Catch the talks on 13 Feb at nostagain.ca/2025/02/11/p...

🕹️Our #nostalgia symposium “Love & Loss” opens with an exciting panel on #videogames as a method to investigate and redefine the past. 🗓️ FEBRUARY 14th at Concordia University, Montreal, or on ZOOM. 🎫 Get your ONLINE and IN-PERSON tickets at nostagain.ca/2025/01/27/l...

Very excited to be attending Music and the Moving Image in the late Spring/Early summer along with @srirachanikorn.bsky.social to present on Youtube Visual Playlists and the Frutiger Aero aesthetic!

📥 Still accepting *short abstracts* for Papers or Research Creation on #nostalgia! #cfp 🎊 Due Jan 15, 11:59pm, to be part of our symposium on Valentine’s called “LOVE & LOSS” 🔗 Submission Guidelines: nostagain.ca/2024/10/10/c...

Organized by our member @srirachanikorn.bsky.social, deadline in a few days: medianostalgia.uqam.ca/2025/01/10/c...

My big project: The Death Generator. It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything. deathgenerator.com

When one is in the weeds of the #Zotero Jungle, one gets #nostalgia for a reader companion… Microsoft Clippy Dude, where are you!!

Visited #Ravenholm for the first time tonight. WOW.

Reading for #nostalgia comps: Veridis Quo and Winter backdrop. It doesn’t get any better than this.

🥺🌊Throwback to our nostalgia symposium in 2024… video games, art, sculptures, psyc research, soviet-, and iPod-era nostalgias. 🌹Our CfP for 2025 “LOVE & LOSS” symposium is still out at nostagain.ca/cfp2025 youtu.be/ZPjD437OUo0?...

🌹“LOVE AND LOSS” symposium happening Feb 14th 2025 at Concordia University, Montréal! 🍻Welcoming *all* disciplines, artists, and material forms that explore what we mean by the bittersweetness of #nostalgia 🏅Submit to: nostagain.ca/2024/10/10/c...