Daniel Fandino
@danfandino.bsky.social
Historian, PhD. Coordinator of the Digital Exploration Center at UCF. American & Japanese history, pop culture, tech, digital history. Sorcerer Supreme, EVA pilot, Future Gadget lab mem. "I've studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines."
The @InternetArchive is serving frights all month. Today’s treat: a 1906 postcard design by R.L. Wells featuring a wide-eyed owl perched beneath the ominous words, “Tis the wise that visit us.” 🦉 More Spooky Stuff ⤵️ archive.org/details/@ias... #Halloween #SpookySeason
On October 1st, 1998, Raccoon City was destroyed by an experimental thermobaric bomb after an uncontrollable outbreak of the T-Virus.
dnd (1975) by Gary Whisenhunt and Ray Wood was an early CRPG created on PLATO mainframe systems. Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, it was a classic dungeon crawl where players could roll up stats and explore a vast and dangerous dungeon for a powerful Orb guarded by a dragon. (a bossy dragon thread)
I'm excited to be collaborating with Cody Mejeur and the Amatryx Game Lab to publish an edited collection on the multiplayer online horror game, Dead By Daylight (Behavior Interactive 2016). Check the CFP and submit an abstract! wiredhistory.com/dbd/cfp-2/ #dbd #deadbydaylight #gamestudies
CFP – Into the Fog: Essays on Dead by Daylight
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I certainly have some opinions on the 10th anniversary reveal, as does most of the DBD fandom. I do appreciate Behavior taking chances on reveals and I'm keen on the long term health of the game with the much anticipated Jason collaboration. #dbd #deadbydaylight
Tonight is Walpurgisnacht, the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurgia, the night of a mountaintop gathering of witches in German folklore, and an inexplicably well referenced event in anime. Time to rewatch Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
"In my restless dreams I hear that music." Akira Yamaoka at the Orlando Hard Rock Live taking us back to Silent Hill. Also featured: the most Silent Hill cosplayers I've ever seen in one place.
I have not been so entertained by the internet in years, and if #conformitygate is real it would be one of the greatest television surprises of all time regardless of the actual content of the episode. Odds are infinitesimally low...but not zero.
BUCK ROGERS: CURRENT STATUS
Thrilled to begin a new role directing the UCF Libraries' new Digital Exploration Center!
UCF Libraries Welcomes Digital Exploration Center Librarian - UCF Libraries
The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Fandino as the new Digital Exploration Center (DEC) Librarian. Daniel brings over seven years of expe...
library.ucf.edu
Happy Federation Day! On 12 August 2161, representatives from Earth, Andor, Tellar, and Vulcan sign the Articles of Federation, founding the United Federation of Planets.
Witch Watch episode 14 certainly committed to the bit.
I had a busy weekend Marvel. Could we have held off on the Thunderbolts reveal spoiler just a little longer?
Shizuoka is home to much of Japan's model kit industry, hence the slogan, "A Model City." Large sculptures like this dot the city.
Best 300¥ I spent in gatcha machines this time around.
First keynote of the Global DH Symposium 2025! Minimal Lab / Maximal Labor 🗣️ Gimena del Rio Riande @gimenadelr.bsky.social 🎙️ Moderator: Kristen Mapes “Everything must change if we want to stay the same.” #GlobalDH #DigitalHumanities #DH2025
Final day at #OAH2025! We have free totes, pens, notebooks and stickers! We’ve had great chats about how H-Net can help during these hard times for scholars. How can we work together? We’ll be away for a meeting between 12:15 and 1:30, but otherwise please stop by and say hello!
Happy First Contact Day! On April 5 2063 Zefram Cochrane will make his historic first warp flight, attracting the attention of a passing Vulcan ship. After the vessel lands, Cochrane leads a mob to slaughter the Vulcan invaders and seize their ship, starting the reign of the Terran Empire.
This has been my favorite manga of the past two years, glad it's gotten an anime adaptation!
Tune In to the Midnight Heart Anime Announces Heroines' Cast, Main Staff
Momoko Seto, Rumi Okubo, Sayumi Suzushiro, Miku Itō co-star in 2026 Gekkō anime
animenewsnetwork.com
Five months before the U.S. dropped atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the nighttime Tokyo raid on March 9 and 10, 1945, was World War II's deadliest using conventional bombs.
'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo's World War II firestorm
Because of the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.
japantimes.co.jp
