Those of us designing study programmes, putting together reading lists and writing text books increasingly face the question: what are the key texts of academic game studies? Bring your perspective to our workshop in Warsaw in November (as part of CEEGS 2026): ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz/wp-content/u...

We couldn't be happier to have Nico Delort's work on The Scholar's Codex! Can't imagine I'll ever work on a more beautiful book.

nico@nicodelort.bsky.social · 2w ago

i just realized i never posted this here Cover art for 'Scholar's Codex' @tuneandfairweather.bsky.social 30x40cm ink on claybord

FromSoftware and Romanticism, Dark Souls II and Walter Benjamin’s theory of history? Justin Fenech reflects on Scholar's Codex and the depth of the FromSoftware Games in new @geeknative.bsky.social article. www.geeknative.com/240233/a-wor... @gua-le-ni.com @tuneandfairweather.bsky.social

A Word on The Scholar's Codex - An Accessible Academic Study on FromSoftware Games

Art historian Justin Fenech reviews The Scholar's Codex, an accessible academic study offering fresh perspectives on FromSoftware games and game design.

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It was less than one month ago that the European Data Centre Association explicitly told the EU it had to choose between AI and its climate targets as if this was even a question. Meanwhile 'the world is on fire' is not even remotely a metaphor at this point.

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w ago

These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...

No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."

Proud (co-)supervisor time! Last Friday, Ana Laura Matos Torquato successfully defended her PhD at the a Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brazil). Her PhD touches on horror, the metaludic and subjectivity, and centred on making an adventure game about the migrant experience of urban space.

Proud (co-)supervisor time! Last Friday, Ana Laura Matos Torquato successfully defended her PhD at the a Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brazil). Her PhD touches on horror, the metaludic and subjectivity, and centred on making an adventure game about the migrant experience of urban space.

I don't follow football, but I do love a good underdog story, and since everyone's talking about Cabo Verde, it's my duty to share this remarkable compilation of synth-accented 70s funk/pop/afrobeat from the islands. Perfect summer music! analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/space-...

Space Echo - The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed! (Analog Africa Nr. 20), by Analog Africa

15 track album

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I don't follow football, but I do love a good underdog story, and since everyone's talking about Cabo Verde, it's my duty to share this remarkable compilation of synth-accented 70s funk/pop/afrobeat from the islands. Perfect summer music! analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/space-...

Space Echo - The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed! (Analog Africa Nr. 20), by Analog Africa

15 track album

analogafrica.bandcamp.com

Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · last mo.

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

Unprecedented heatwaves are cooking us to death in our homes, the ecosystems we depend on are collapsing, and our planet is becoming unliveable, but that's a small price to pay to have the computer tell me I'm a special little baby.

People who have seen Backrooms and also played Persona 5: so the Backrooms are essentially Mementos, right?

People who have seen Backrooms and also played Persona 5: so the Backrooms are essentially Mementos, right?

My thesis “Archaeological Game Design: Video Game Archaeology as Interpretive Play and Play Preservation” is now online and open access! You can access the official version here, however this has some figures redacted: qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle...

Just received physical copies of our volume of essays on the games of From Software, out now on @tuneandfairweather.bsky.social - and it's an even more gorgeous thing than photos can convey. I was planning on doing some work today but might just stare at this on the shelf instead.

Just received physical copies of our volume of essays on the games of From Software, out now on @tuneandfairweather.bsky.social - and it's an even more gorgeous thing than photos can convey. I was planning on doing some work today but might just stare at this on the shelf instead.

Join us in #Rome on June the 3rd for a 'Bonfireside chat' with the authors of the Scholar's Codex! The event starts at 4PM at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Rome (Vicolo Doria), feat. @domford.bsky.social @danielvella.bsky.social, @nelevdm.bsky.social & more! CC: @tuneandfairweather.bsky.social

There are few game creators I can think of whose work is as vital as Rasheed's. This is game development as an act of resistance, and it deserves your attention and your support.

Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉@rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m NOT excited and I’m NOT thrilled. I’m honestly scared to share this, but I’m not a coward. I have to show you what you helped us create. None of this would have been possible without your help, and we can’t finish it without your support www.launchgood.com/1948 youtu.be/D4qh1FAPEUo

Last 3 hours to back Yotei from @mightyboards.bsky.social! This is a special one, an absolutely delightful game with a real home-grown, hyper-local sense of place by a team from Niseko, Hokkaido, right down to components crafted by hand out of Niseko wood. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mig...

It's not every day you see your first co-supervised PhD student defend his dissertation! Daniele Monaco traces the notion of the genius loci in Western culture and philosophy of space, and applies it as a framework for thinking about our engagement with space and place in digital game worlds.

Settler-colonialism depends on the fiction of barren land to be claimed, and this fiction can only be created through scorched-earth violence. It's no accident this is in keeping with the practice of erasing Palestinian villages from the map. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon

Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

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Play HAMM-3R! 🚀 FREE + SHORT (5-10 mins.) >> hammer.gua-le-ni.com << An experimental game about tools and technologies made with @amidos2006.bsky.social, @demigiant.com and other friends at the @indigitalgames.bsky.social! 🔨

HAMM-3R

HAMM-3R is a SHORT and FREE experimental videogame about how our equipment influences the ways we understand the world and act within it.

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🌍 Worldwide game studies research connections! Find out what Matija Vigato, PhD student & research assistant University of Zagreb, thought about her research stay working with @gua-le-ni.com and @danielvella.bsky.social at the intersection of philosophy and games. 📰 www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/li...

*taps the sign with increasing weariness*

Wolfcat 🥄@wolfcat.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The families of a girls school that killed over 150 people might have something different to say about this.

Sure Europe might have had some reservations about the US with the whole Greenland thing, but there's nothing like some good old-fashioned imperialism in the Middle East to bring old friends together.

To understand what's happening in Iran today, you have to know about the history of Western intervention in the country. In the early 1900s, the British secured oil rights in the country until 1993, where they only agreed to pay Iran 16% of the total profits. This was seen as an unfair deal. 🧵

A journalist asked me today if the war would make the middle east more safe, given the Iranian regime's belligerence. I explained that until the root causes of conflict - Israeli warfare & occupation, and Arab authoritarianism - are addressed, even (unlikely) regime change in Iran won't do much.

If the idea of pursuing a Masters in game studies in Malta, with analysis, design and tech streams, sounds good to you, join our online info session later today!

Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta@indigitalgames.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🕹️𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 Join our info session, learn about the M.Sc. in Digital Games and chat with lecturers, students, and alumni. 📍Online: Tuesday 24 February - 16:00 CET Info and registration: www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/up...

A simple question leads MSc student Paul down a #gamestudies rabbit hole. ✨Hunicke, LeBlanc, @rzubek.bsky.social ▶️ @miguelsicart.bsky.social ▶️ Swink ▶️Adams & @jorisdormans.bsky.social #gamedev #gamedesign youtu.be/MFgTpQUbHZA?...

What even is a Game Mechanic

YouTube video by Fruity Pol

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Finished @inkle.co's new TR-49 and it's predictably excellent, but I'm now fascinated by the distinct genre of scientific mysticism blended with interpersonal tragedy that characterizes so much of the British indie game writing scene (see also: Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture...).