Just got cited in the @nytimes.com talking about use of the word 'larp' by young people - it's a gift link, so enjoy!! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...

How LARPing, a Gaming Term, Became a Word for Posers (Gift Article)

Live-action role playing was associated with games like Dungeons & Dragons. Now, it’s a way to call someone out for being inauthentic.

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I will be at #ManchesterMetropolitanUniversityGameCentre in a few days, presenting on my prelim research about miniature painters at their Game Research Day. Getting excited! #ttrpgs #gamestudies

🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! 🚨This research was an analysis of a survey I did of 800+ gamers talking about gaming time and what might take them away from the table. Found some interesting gendered differences about the gaming & gender capital surrounding TTRPGS! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

COMING SOON! No spoilers but new article, concerning tabletop gaming, will be out very soon! It was accepted yesterday, proofs are done so......watch this space!!! #gamestudies #ttrpg #AcademicSky

Woo hoo! Happy to report I have two presentations accepted at the @nat-com.bsky.social Annual Conference! #gamestudies #ethnography #sociolinguistics

Nearly time for my (online) presentation at @cgsaacej.bsky.social - talking about my #diablo data and how hardcore players negotiate permadeath. #GameStudies #AcademicSky

Pretty sure its the first time my work has been on a "Most Read" list for a journal...or at least the first time I've noticed... #AcademicSky

I always want a print copy of the journals I publish in. It’s a nice tradition, but pricey!!! #AcademinSky

Hey #gamestudies and #AcademicSky, how 'bout a socio-anthropological discussion about the "DNA" of discourses in actual play? My new post on The Geek Anthropologist thegeekanthropologist.com/2026/04/11/t...

Talking out of both sides of your face: Discursive duality in the actual play gaming space

By Steven Dashiell Tabletop role playing games (TRPGs) have been around for over a half century but have experienced something of a renaissance in the twenty-first century, with new generations of …

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Wow...I just saw posts for two "Game Studies Starter packs" in terms of linking people to Game Studies academics. One thing I noted? Weirdly? There are about 7-8 Black academics (who are on BlueSky) that come to mind when I think of game studies, and most of them are on neither list. #AcademicSky

In about 90 minutes at #pca26 Game Studies. Did someone say a presumptive look at a chapter of my book in production? Thanks @acls1919.bsky.social for the HBCU grant that is driving this research!! #Academicsky

Hey #AcademicSky and #ttrpg , run do not walk to the latest issue of the International Journal of Role Playing! It is a special issue highlighting papers from the 2025 Role Play in Games conference. There's 10 *amahzing* articles - including one on murderhobos by yours truly!! (free to download)

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Steven Dashiell PhD@dashiellsteven.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨New publication!🚨 Yes, another one! "‘OG D&D’: Analysing aspects of fandom cultural capital in contentious Dungeons & Dragons social media". In it, I analyze the tweets of "fringe" OSR, and discuss how they reinforce their vision of D&D and rail against what they see as unwelcome changes.

🚨New publication!🚨 Yes, another one! "‘OG D&D’: Analysing aspects of fandom cultural capital in contentious Dungeons & Dragons social media". In it, I analyze the tweets of "fringe" OSR, and discuss how they reinforce their vision of D&D and rail against what they see as unwelcome changes.

#AcademicSky

Steven Dashiell PhD@dashiellsteven.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! 🚨"Fandom influence and gamer agency in jury-rigged games" just released in Transformative Works & Cultures journal. I talk about how layers modify their playstyle to affect the game (such as playing a game 'hardcore' when it doesn't have a mode).

🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! 🚨"Fandom influence and gamer agency in jury-rigged games" just released in Transformative Works & Cultures journal. I talk about how layers modify their playstyle to affect the game (such as playing a game 'hardcore' when it doesn't have a mode).

Sat on my first dissertation committee yesterday, as the "methods specialist". Woo boy! It is so different on the other side!! #AcademicSky

The latest issue of Boyhood Studies has been published! 📝 View the TOC and more for Volume 15, Issue 2 here: bit.ly/4rqpx5O Featuring new work by @dashiellsteven.bsky.social

🚨NEW Publication alert! 🚨 Proud to announce my first public health/well-being pub, "Adultification and Survivornomics impacting well-being of boys of color" in the journal Boyhood Studies. #AcademicSky #criticaldiscourseanalysis

And to quote Mortal Kombat- PREPARE YOURSELF as I have a whopping SEVENTEEN articles and book chapters that are either in 'accept' and to be published stage, on the verge to be submitted to a journal, or on the list to be written. 2026 is going to be a YEAR!

My article about adultification and squeegee boys and their perception of well being is coming SOON - the journal released the upcoming Table of contents - I'll post the article when it truly manifests!!

Emerging Voices in Black Games @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social from last year. We had a moment to discuss this great panel featuring @theblackblackmage.bsky.social, Cyan DeVeux, and Steven Dashiell. #brocku www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YX...

Emerging Voices in Black Games Studies [FULL GUEST LECTURE]

YouTube video by TheGamesInstitute

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When I fell into a particular AI company, I was fascinated. I did an extended ethnography ("lurk") in one group of users, thinking I'd turn the observations into a journal article. A substacker asked me to write about it, and here it is. default.blog/p/the-ai-com...

The AI Companion Who Cares

“If situations are defined as real, then they are real in their consequence.”

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I was featured on the @saltandsass.bsky.social podcast as an 'Ask the Expert' to talk about my slant of research! My bit is near the 48-minute mark, but listen to the whole thing and subscribe!!! sites.libsyn.com/436716/episo...

Salt and Sass Games: Episode LXXIV

In Episode LXXIV has Mandi and Suzanne chat about Gamefound acquiring Indiegogo and review Wizards and Co, Ofrenda, Digsaw, and Courtisans. Dr. Steven Dashiell joins for a You're The Expert segment be...

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I think...three publications (maybe four) should all manifest into the world over the fall semester - all games related, I think, so...you've been warned!!!

When the summer course you kinda didn't want but volunteered to take anyway gets a high number of students, so it will be good pay, but...grade soooo many things in the summer

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ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man in a yellow shirt and tie .

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I've been at this academic thing for about 4 years post-PhD, so it's pretty humbling to say in 4 years people have seen value in citing my research 100 times. I'm blown away.

@pcaaca.bsky.social is coming up, and I'm presenting, repping AU because the initial research was started there (in the last days of my postdoc). I'm up in Game Studies - first day, first panel - talking 'bout some reflections on hardcore gamers who play #Diablo.

Coming to a Role Play in Games conference near you on Wednesday!! (The conference is hybrid - so partially virtual - and free, so attend) #trpg #ttrpg #gamestudies

I already have been asked to be on a panel for a 2026 conference (a BIG one) and the panel has already been accepted.....WTF???? #academicsky