Hi all! Just a reminder the CFP deadline for MAMG's annual asynchronous conference is approaching (3 Aug)! Our theme this year is 'Possible Worlds’ and ‘Possible Pasts’. The link below has the full CFP #MAMG #medieval #gamestudies @midagesmodgames.bsky.social tinyurl.com/MAMG2026

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CFP now open! The Middle Ages in Modern Games returns to Leeds IMC 2027. We're inviting papers on medievalism in digital and tabletop games, especially those engaging the congress theme of Communities. Abstracts due 13 Sept. Visit middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement... for more information.

We're heading back to @imc-leeds.bsky.social in July next year for a strand on 'Communities' or any other aspect of the medieval and medievalism in modern games - organised by @blairapgar.bsky.social with @tesswatty.bsky.social. Get your abstracts to us by 13 September!

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Medieval Art Research@medartres.bsky.social · 2w ago

Call for Papers: The Middle Ages in Modern Games @ Leeds IMC 2027 (Deadline: 13 September 2026) The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research at the University of Winchester is pleased to sponsor The Middle Ages in Modern Games strand at the Leeds International Medieval Congress, 5 to 8 July…

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Blair Apgar@blairapgar.bsky.social · 2w ago

CFP now open! The Middle Ages in Modern Games returns to Leeds IMC 2027. We're inviting papers on medievalism in digital and tabletop games, especially those engaging the congress theme of Communities. Abstracts due 13 Sept. Visit middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement... for more information.

CFP now open! The Middle Ages in Modern Games returns to Leeds IMC 2027. We're inviting papers on medievalism in digital and tabletop games, especially those engaging the congress theme of Communities. Abstracts due 13 Sept. Visit middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement... for more information.

I know I've not posted in a minute, but I *am* at #IMC2026! If we know each other from the internet, say hi, and then we can know each other in real life! (I'm currently rocking a blond buzz cut and yes, I always look angry when I walk, that's just my face.)

Spotted at the Routledge stand at #IMC2026 if anyone is interested 😊 If not interested you can still take a photo and post it to create the illusion of high demand 🤣

Now on, @blairapgar.bsky.social asking the important questions 🤣

Disappointed to hear Roland Betancourt has accepted the Dan David prize from Tel Aviv University. What are the ethics of accepting this prize amidst a genocide? Very disappointing, to say the least. Read more about the prize here: www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2025/10...

I wanted to put some language to the ways in which the arts are being deployed by the current administration, and how these processes have appeared in fascistic/authoritarian governments before (namely, the Nazi regime). So, I made a zine about it! (get it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1bGxT... )

Almost 5 whole years after finishing my phd, I've finally purchased my regalia (I did not get to walk due to covid rescheduling and being unable to afford a return flight!)

I had my Iconoclasm class do broadly conceived definitional zines--here are a few. I'm going to rotate the topic every semester, but I hope after a few we'll have a nice little reference zine library!

sure! have a clip of @blairapgar.bsky.social talking @crusaderkings.com can be used in teaching. #medievalsky youtube.com/shorts/pxo2O...

Can gaming teach us medieval history? Yup! But it's only a first step... #podcast #history #medieval

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American Medieval Podcast@americanmedieval.bsky.social · 4mo ago

boom! goes the dynamite. the dynamite in this case? a new episode. this week we talk with @blairapgar.bsky.social about medieval video games and game studies and art and all sorts of cool stuff. Enjoy! #medievalsky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

this was a great episode! you should listen to it. trust us, me and @blairapgar.bsky.social are doctors... #medievalsky

American Medieval Podcast@americanmedieval.bsky.social · 4mo ago

boom! goes the dynamite. the dynamite in this case? a new episode. this week we talk with @blairapgar.bsky.social about medieval video games and game studies and art and all sorts of cool stuff. Enjoy! #medievalsky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Very serious doctors indeed--seriously so much fun talking about video games and the middle ages, what even is my life???

Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 4mo ago

this was a great episode! you should listen to it. trust us, me and @blairapgar.bsky.social are doctors... #medievalsky

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Anyone have access to “A note on the history of MS D'Orville 78,” Bodleian Library Record, 11(1984): 253–58? It's proving tricky to turn up in my various options.

howdy all--just put out a new zine on the concept of inalienability (re: cultural patrimony). It's an exemplar for my iconoclasm class (they're making their own zines soon) but if you're interested, you can download a copy here: drive.google.com/file/d/12StU...

yooooooooooooo. some news! April is going to be MEDIEVALISM MONTH on the podcast. we have episodes featuring @lollardfish.bsky.social @goingmedieval.bsky.social @nrhopwood.bsky.social @herberthistory.bsky.social @greenleejw.bsky.social @blairapgar.bsky.social and Matthew X Vernon #medievalsky -->

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A student sent me this yesterday evening: they nailed their work to my door following a week about the Iconoclasm of the Reformation and Dissolution of the Monasteries. Honestly, 10/10 for committing to the bit.

My article in Speculum went live today! Thrilled to be thinking about where/how VR might be used next in medieval studies! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Thinking (and Feeling) in Virtual Reality: Prospective Uses in Medieval Studies | Speculum: Vol 101, No 1

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Why does it look like Liam died? #oasis

Today's the last day I have access to my Elon account--idk why but it's making me all teary!

What a lovely bunch @midagesmodgames.bsky.social

Even if you have a tangential interest in game studies, this review is well-worth your time. Any emerging field is going to have some sloppy scholarship (that's certainly true of game studies). But, what makes this review worthwhile is how it reckons with the costs of that behavior.

Bob Whitaker@whitakeralmanac.bsky.social · last yr.

I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.

A twist on the 'Sonic Pasts' book in the wild 😜 If anyone is interested in sound heritage work including sound in museums, the book is currently at a reduced rate www.routledge.com/Sonic-Pasts-...

Sonic Pasts: Acoustical Heritage and Historical Soundscapes

Sonic Pasts explores the fields of acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes through an interdisciplinary perspective. Reflecting on different methods of research and dissemination, it critiques ...

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Blair Apgar@blairapgar.bsky.social · last yr.

Here you go @marianajlopez.bsky.social -- not as good as a picture with your actual book but still pretty cool!

Seems fitting that I crack @robehoughton.bsky.social's 'The Middle Ages in Compiter Games' on the train to the airport from @imc-leeds.bsky.social