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Adrienne Shaw

@adrishaw.bsky.social

Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.

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Jason Scott@textfiles.com · 3w ago

Netflix is thinking of doing "always on" channels (i.e. TV) which means they'll then do some form of "television playing videos of music" which means they'll then speedrun "recording industry are bastards" followed by "put reality shows on the channel playing videos of music" followed by "cancel it"

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ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories@romchip.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨🚨🚨 we're sweetening the deal w/ a FREE ROMchip videogames/video games hat (dealers choice) for anyone who can track down either a playable copy of this game or substantial corroborating historical materials (packaging, reviews, references in business articles, information on the developers, etc).

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ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories@romchip.bsky.social · last mo.

pride month ain't over yet 🌈 friend of ROMchip @adrishaw.bsky.social is looking for help tracking down the bathhouse-inspired 1983 game VAPOR PALACE. Published by BANANASOFT (yes you read that right) Released for the Timex 1000, TRS80 III, Apple II and IBM PC can anyone help, game history fam?

Duotone advertisement for the computer game Vapor Palace by Bananasoft (black ink on a brown background). The ad features a stylized illustration of a shirtless man peering from behind a doorway beside the title "Vapor Palace," with the tagline "Hot Time at the Baths." The game is priced at $24.95 postpaid and notes that it requires a minimum of 16K RAM. It was released for multiple home computer platforms, including the Timex 1000 (cassette), TRS-80 III (cassette), Apple II (DOS 3.3 floppy disk), IBM PC (floppy disk). The ad states it was soon to be available for the VIC-20 (cassette). The bottom of the advertisement includes the Bananasoft banana logo, the company's mailing address in Seattle, Washington, a note that Washington residents must add sales tax, and an estimated delivery time of two to six weeks.
Adrienne Shaw@adrishaw.bsky.social · last mo.

Found in the classifieds section of The Advocate across a few issues from 1983 if that helps @romchip.bsky.social @textfiles.com @lainenooney.bsky.social

ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories@romchip.bsky.social · last mo.

pride month ain't over yet 🌈 friend of ROMchip @adrishaw.bsky.social is looking for help tracking down the bathhouse-inspired 1983 game VAPOR PALACE. Published by BANANASOFT (yes you read that right) Released for the Timex 1000, TRS80 III, Apple II and IBM PC can anyone help, game history fam?

Duotone advertisement for the computer game Vapor Palace by Bananasoft (black ink on a brown background). The ad features a stylized illustration of a shirtless man peering from behind a doorway beside the title "Vapor Palace," with the tagline "Hot Time at the Baths." The game is priced at $24.95 postpaid and notes that it requires a minimum of 16K RAM. It was released for multiple home computer platforms, including the Timex 1000 (cassette), TRS-80 III (cassette), Apple II (DOS 3.3 floppy disk), IBM PC (floppy disk). The ad states it was soon to be available for the VIC-20 (cassette). The bottom of the advertisement includes the Bananasoft banana logo, the company's mailing address in Seattle, Washington, a note that Washington residents must add sales tax, and an estimated delivery time of two to six weeks.
Jason Scott@textfiles.com · last mo.

The easy search turfs out pretty quick, even though VAPOR PALACE is such a unique paring of words. I found 6 issues of Gay Community News have this ad, which implies, at least, it was probably selling a handful of copies. If this gets found, it's the new "oldest LGBTQ" videogame.

Jason Scott@textfiles.com · last mo.

OK, let's start the search. Adrienne Shaw is on the lookout for two titles of early LGBTQ software that predate Caper in the Castro. One is called VAPOR PALACE. The other features Tom of Finland art but has no discovered name yet. The search is on - if you know more details or... have a copy? ping.

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Peabody Awards@peabodyawards.bsky.social · last mo.

“Life is a dream. A career is a series of moments mostly out of our control. All you usually remember is the feeling and the people. And if you're lucky, the feeling is usually love.” 💖 🏆 Amy Poehler accepting the Peabody Career Achievement Award.

Adrienne Shaw@adrishaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For those attending #ica26 I will be on one panel tomorrow and moderating another. Please stop by! Navigating Flawed Research Frameworks, APIs and AI Tools- a Conversation on What We Can Do to Avoid Misidentifying and Excluding Research Data and ICA Authors

Adrienne Shaw@adrishaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you are headed to #ica26 I have discovered in the conference app that only one of my panels lists me when you search by "speaker". The second panel is later that same day at 3pm. I'm moderating, but the panelists aren't showing up under speakers in the app either (they do in the online program).

Digital Ambivalence: race, empire and participation in global digital culture. Monday, June 8, 3-4:15pm 1.64 CTICC1
Fox Harper@foxharper.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Today's discussion is about what "culture" even means and what it means to study it So we're reading @adrishaw.bsky.social's "Video games as cultural studies other" Early on she asks: "Why is it so hard for us to think about video games as part of popular media culture more broadly?"

Fox Harper@foxharper.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A note that this was facilitated in many ways by the work of @adrishaw.bsky.social and the LGBTQ Game Archive, which you should also check out lgbtqgamearchive.com/about/about-...

About (please read first!)

What is the LGBTQ Game Archive? This is a work in progress and a labor of love. We are constantly working on adding content, but since 2016 have decided that we will publish what we have when we fe…

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Chris Vermilion@verm.me · 7mo ago

Apparently this game was briefly considered lost, but the author found some old floppies in 2017, they were resuscitated by a curator at the Strong National Museum of Play, and now you can play it online — museums rock.

Adrienne Shaw@adrishaw.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Seeking help for a student: They would like to secure a press pass for The Wicked Premiere red carpet as a university television station reporter or student content creator. Any advice on how they should go about this?