Happy to see this piece I wrote with @professorashley.bsky.social , Carl Therrien and @kenzitronic.bsky.social out now! Lots to be said, but for me the key point is that framing sex as risky & lacking expressive value & deplatforming sex is an insidious problem. theconversation.com/censoring-vi...

About to go live with the season finale of The Research Left Behind. Come say hi to @krisferderer.com over on twitch.tv/professor_ashley

Going live now with Despelote, a game about football and... childhood trauma? twitch.tv/professor_ashley

Got some exciting streams coming up this week. The season finale of The Research Left Behind and my birthday party sub-a-thon! Mark your calendars.

Sorry it took me a little while to set the stream up this morning. I am now live, playing a horror game, with my heart rate monitor on! Come find out who's at our door. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

🎇Live now! 🎇 Dr. Kathryn Kohls joins us to talk about her dissertation From Jane Austen to Meghan Markle: The Persistence of British Imperialism in White Popular Feminism. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Tomorrow night I'll be going live to talk to Dr. Kathryn Kohl's about her PhD dissertation- From Jane Austen to Meghan Markle: The Persistence of British Imperialism in White Popular Feminism 7PM MT, twitch.tv/professor_ashley

Live now! 🎆 Professor Mia Consalvo joins us to talk about her newest book on Twitch streaming. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Going live at 7PM MT with Dr. Consalvo. You can download and read Streaming by the Rest of Us for FREE at mitpress.mit.edu/978026255215...

Live on Twitch this Thursday (July 17), "Streaming by the Rest of Us" author Mia Consalvo joins @professorashley.bsky.social on The Research Left Behind—a series where game scholars share their research stories and abandoned ideas. Tune in at twitch.tv/professor_ashley. @miac.bsky.social

Does this count as research? I'm playing Date Everything live right now www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

This is in one hour, folks! Live on twitch.tv/professor_ashley

Calling all Swifties! 🐍 Tomorrow night I am going live with special guest Dr. Rachel Kowert to discuss the research that got left behind in The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Taylor Swift. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Going live with conference presentation dry run. If you are interested in how gender and race impacts fandom and the design of fandom spaces, then come on down! www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

I finished my conference presentation. I earned this. Live right now trying to date more furniture in Date Everything! www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

It is time for more Date Everything! Live now. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

TikTok told me about Trap Dorian, so we have to find him. Live right now with a bonus surprise lunchtime Date Everything stream. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Going live with a quickie lunchtime stream of Date Everything! www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Live on Twitch dating a door I guess... Date Everything! www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

The Research Left Behind is now live! Dr. Kishonna Gray joins us tonight to discuss her work on White Streaming, Black Aesthetics. Come on down to listen, learn and ask questions. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Excited to have Kishonna Gray live on the research left behind tonight to discuss whiteness and streaming. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

I am live right now www.twitch.tv/professor_as... We are dating everything!

🔔LIVE NOW🔔Professor Adrienne Massanari joins us to talk about her book Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

This is tomorrow night, y'all! I am so excited to hear about the research that got left behind. Make sure you are following with notifications on so you don't miss it LIVE! 🤩 twitch.tv/professor_ashley

Live on Twitch this Thursday (June 5), "Gaming Democracy" author @adriennemassanari.bsky.social joins @professorashley.bsky.social on The Research Left Behind—a series where game scholars share their research stories and abandoned ideas. Tune in at twitch.tv/professor_ashley.

Ignore my sickie voice and go listen to this interview!

I am live now on this, the first day of 🌈pride month 🌈, with a ROYGBIV run of Blue Prince. This will be very bad, so come have fun with me. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Alexa, set my immersion to 31hz pls.

Finally I can do an esports now. The lack of an appropriate headset was holding me back.

Sorry for being a little late. I am live right now with Blue Prince. I swear... Just one more playthrough. I can do it. I can win this time... *cough* gamblers fallacy *cough* www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Thanks so much to @professorashley.bsky.social for hosting me to chat about my @mitpress.bsky.social book on the Unreal Engine. In this wild convo we chat about the US Military, BioShock Infinite, Z-axes, photorealistic rendering, race, gender, and conspiracy theories! youtu.be/w2CAmK-zK_w

Do game researchers hate the games they play? @jmalazita.bsky.social has an answer for us, and it may surprise you. www.tiktok.com/@professor_a...

🔔LIVE NOW 🔔 Professor Jim Malazita joins us to talk about his book Enacting Platforms: Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

This is tonight! Join me and Dr. Malazita in a couple hours over at twitch.tv/professor_ashley to chat about Unreal Engine.

Ever wonder about the inner workings of the Unreal Engine? Join me on May 22nd as @jmalazita.bsky.social and I ask what research got left behind on his book, Enacting Platforms. Make sure you're following with notifications on so you know when we go live! twitch.tv/professor_ashley

I am live again right now with Blue Prince. We got the basement key... now room 46??? www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

I'm going live right meow with more Blue Prince. Not a Research Left Behind Stream, but just as fun. Probably. This game... www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Ever wonder about the inner workings of the Unreal Engine? Join me on May 22nd as @jmalazita.bsky.social and I ask what research got left behind on his book, Enacting Platforms. Make sure you're following with notifications on so you know when we go live! twitch.tv/professor_ashley

Did you miss last night's The Research Left Behind stream interview with @jzagal.bsky.social ? No worries, the VoD is up and it has pictures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuBK... Spotify is up too: open.spotify.com/episode/3FS8... Make sure to subscribe to know when new episodes launch.

We are LIVE! Professor José Zagal joins us to talk about his book Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

This is tonight at 7PM MST, fam. See you then! www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

@professorashley.bsky.social is launching a Twitch livestream where game scholars share stories about their research and the half-baked ideas left on the cutting room floor. The series starts tomorrow with "Seeing Red" author @jzagal.bsky.social! twitch.tv/professor_ashley

So excited to host Prof Zagal on my stream this Thursday to chat about his book Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy. Tune in at 7Pm MT at twitch.tv/professor_ashley and read the book FOR FREE at: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

I am live right now on www.twitch.tv/professor_as... with Blue Prince. A game which I know nothing about. Join me for biometrics and gameplay analysis. :)

New stream announcement! Starting 8 May, I'll be interviewing games academics about the research they had to leave behind. Tune in at 7PM MT to hear Professor Jose Zagal talk about his book on the Virtual Boy. You can also read the book FOR FREE here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204506...

I am live right now with my final Two Point Museum stream. Let's build a world. Of tanks. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Welp, my toddler punched me in the eye and so I got delayed in the grocery store parking lot. Anyway, I am live right now so let's build a ghost palace. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Good morning! Hope you got your coffee and are ready to start working at my Two Point Museum! Taking applications now. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Hey #DiGRA members! If you are looking for a way to give back to your games research community, please consider volunteering for an open role on the board. Self-nomination is now open here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1kO7...

Ever wonder what a museum I built would be like? No? Well, too bad. I'm live with #twopointmuseum on twitch.tv/professor_ashley right now.