Paolo Ruffino
@paoloruffino.bsky.social
http://paoloruffino.com Senior Lecturer at Dept. Digital Humanities - King's College London / Artist at IOCOSE / Current project: Videogames for the Post-Anthropocene
Very pleased to announce the publication of Game Engine Culture(s) by Mimesis International, a collection I have co-edited with my friends and colleagues Matteo Bittanti and Valentino Catricalà milanmachinimafestival.org/game-engine-...
Game Engine Culture(s) — MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL
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Join us tomorrow at King's College London for the Reverse Contradictionary workshop! 🕓 16:00-18:00 🏛️ Room BH (NE)1.03 Bush House North East Wing, 30 Aldwych, WC2B 4BG 🔗 Registration link: lnkd.in/eD-92qYr
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How do we attend to the world? 👁️ Today's plenary, 'Ecologies of Attention and Perception', with Joanna Zylinska @joannazylinska.bsky.social, Feng Zhu, Sasha Litvintseva, Geoff Cox and Paolo Ruffino @paoloruffino.bsky.social . 16.00, BH(N) Auditorium
What can videogames tell us about the Anthropocene? This Friday June 12 at 3:30pm (UK time) I'll present my research as part of the Gaming What Matters series organised by the Humanities at Play QUEST hub. It will be streamed online. Register here: tr.ee/FY-tciO8Qn #gamestudies #anthropocene
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Our action is making the news! A round-up of today's coverage 👓🗞️:
Tomorrow I will be in Copenhagen at ITU speaking at the Playing Futures conference organised by @miguelsicart.bsky.social The conference explores the role of games during and after the current climate and energy catastrophes, a topic I have been researching for many years playingfutures.today
Playing Futures
Playing Futures is a conference about the role of games and play during and after the impending climate and energy catastrophes. The goal of the conference is to serve as a meeting point for the commu...
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I am delighted to present at the GAME Speaker Series at EXCITE later today! I will be discussing the legacy of the indie movement on contemporary game-making culture and game studies. www.eventbrite.com/e/excite-gam...
EXCITE GAME Speaker Series #04: After Independence
Paolo Ruffino is a Senior Lecturer and Author investigating videogame production. Join us to hear directly from him about indie games!
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a new digital ecologies network ✨🌱 jonathangray.org/2026/02/04/d... with Anna Watkins Fisher, @slehuede.bsky.social @tavmos.bsky.social Maud Borie @lboungr.bsky.social @mikeduggan4.bsky.social @yuanpan90.bsky.social @paoloruffino.bsky.social David Young @joannazylinska.bsky.social & Feng Zhu
new digital ecologies network
a new digital ecologies network at King’s College London
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On March 24th I'll be chairing a talk by Tom Boellstorff on the history and contemporary relevance of PlayCable: a 1980s Intellivision extension that let players download games before the internet made it normal. Looks like a fascinating one. Please join us! therai.org.uk/events/anthr...
Anthropology of Play and Games: Tom Boellstorff - Royal Anthropological Institute
Anthropology of Play and Games ~ A seminar series organised by Hazel Andrews (Liverpool John Moores), Kellynn Wee (UCL) and the RAI~ Tuesday 24 March 2026, 4.00 – 6.00pm GMT This is an online event. P...
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Join us on Feb 18 at King’s College. I’ll be in conversation with Rob Gallagher as we celebrate the launch of Artgames after Gamergate!
Rob Gallagher@gealga.bsky.social · 8mo agoLondoners, I'm holding a small launch event for Artgames after Gamergate at @kingscmci.bsky.social on February 18th. I'll be chatting to my brilliant colleague @paoloruffino.bsky.social about the book & there'll be drinks & seasoned carbs. Come thru! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Reverse Contradictionary! Don’t miss the book launch if you are in Berlin - it’s on the day before the start of Transmediale
panke.gallery@pankegallery.bsky.social · 8mo agoReverse Contradictionary – Dictionary of New Worlds by @vukcosic.bsky.social · @iocose.bsky.social · Vladan Joler: book launch event, part of Vorspiel 2026 panke.gallery/event/revers... 📍 panke.gallery, Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 7 PM (Gerichtstr. 23, Hof 5, 13347 Berlin)
Keep it up folks! Vote now and vote yes for industrial action in the national @ucu and local KCL UCU ballots! If you have not received your ballot there is still time to order a replacement TODAY! The last ‘safe’ day to post your ballot papers is 26 November! #wearetheuniversity #wearekcl
BBC News has asked me to comment on Rockstar Games' recent decision to fire 30-40 staff members. @gameworkers.co.uk is accusing Rockstar of union busting. This story is important for at least two reasons.
Grand Theft Auto studio accused of 'union busting' after sacking workers
A union representing people in the gaming sector said 31 people were fired at Rockstar's UK studios.
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This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity. We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 11mo agoBREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct. Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Join us at King’s on Nov 14th for this great event on Gaming Social Justice!
Rob Gallagher@gealga.bsky.social · 11mo agoAnother London-based games event to promote! We're running a Gaming Social Justice workshop on Nov 14th, ft. demos of games like @maxhaiven.bsky.social's Billionaires and Guillotines & @miasmacorp.bsky.social's 1720s masquerade 'em up Molly House www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...
📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture Education (online programmes) 📔 Contract: Full-time, fixed term 🗓 Apply by: 26 October 2025 Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru... #DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring
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My department @kingsdh.bsky.social is organising a really exciting conference in June 2026 on the significance of the digital, very broadly intended, in our contemporary age. The deadline for the submission of abstracts and panel proposals is on 30/9/2025 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/digit...
Digital Humanities Today: Critical Inquiry with and about the Digital
From the 23-26 June 2026, the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London will host an international conference exploring the evolving role of Digital Humanities in a world increasingly ...
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It's great to see that IKEA in Oxford Circus has installed a large reproduction of the Doomsday Clock at its entrance. This serves as a reminder to visitors that we are theoretically less than 2 minutes away from a potential nuclear catastrophe that could endanger all of humanity.
📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Computational Humanities Education (Academic Education Pathway). 📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract 🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025 Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru... #DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring
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I’ll be co-leading an amazing workshop tomorrow at #digra2025 on Game Engine Cultures. We explore the implications of the widespread use of videogame engines in visual culture. Join us if you are in Malta (and are into this sort of things) digraconference2025.org/calls-worksh...
DiGRA 2025 - Malta
The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) conference is an international academic conference dedicated to the study of digital games and related phenomena. DiGRA is a global organization that pro...
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Now available for advance ordering and/or free download… Feral Class - Marc Garrett Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission www.minorcompositions.info?p=1561 @mgarrett.bsky.social
Over the last year, your colleagues, comrades and friends at KCL have been harassed for defending Palestinian rights, upholding academic freedom and union activism. THIS is why we are balloting members NOW. But what exactly has been happening?
Looking forward to the ICA post-conference Labour and Play in the Platform Society in Prague tomorrow. I will discuss my new project on the impact of videogame engines such as Unity and Unreal on creative workers in the UK gameproductionstudies.fsv.cuni.cz/2025/06/04/l...
Labor and Play in Platform Society | Prague Game Production Studies Group
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Details and calls for all eighteen DiGRA 2025 workshops are up on the website! digraconference2025.org/calls-worksh...
DiGRA 2025 - Malta
The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) conference is an international academic conference dedicated to the study of digital games and related phenomena. DiGRA is a global organization that pro...
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I was really impressed by the level of critique and analysis at the World Through AI exhibition at Jeu de Paume in Paris. In particular the work calculatingempires.net by Vladan Joler and @katecrawford.bsky.social is absolutely worth the trip!
Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500
Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.
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Very cool looking PhD studentship in gaming and sustainability at Uni of Salford here, working with @cultsociologist.bsky.social and Tom Brock. Interested to see the outcomes of this one! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMU434/p... #PhD #studentship #funding #GameStudies #EcoGames
PhD Studentship on Gaming & Sustainability at University of Salford
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My new collaboration with art magazine The Bunker Magazine is about videogames being modified, reinterpreted, hijacked, about videogames being toys. My last feature article discusses queering through modding, plundercore, machinima and virtual photography. [article in English]
👏 Meet our eleven new Digital Futures Institute Fellows! Congratulations @lboungr.bsky.social, Rowan Boyson, Mark Cote, Amrita Dhillon, Alex Gould, Elisabeth Kelan, @niccoloridi.bsky.social, Gabriele Salciute Civiliene, Astrid Van den Bossche, @jamiewoodcock.bsky.social & @lorenzoz.bsky.social 🔽
Digital Futures Institute announces eleven new Fellows for 2025-26
Eleven interdisciplinary projects awarded Fellowships from the Digital Futures Institute for the 2025-26 cohort.
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📚 Join us at King’s College London on 21 May for the launch of Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal, a book by @disconetwork.bsky.social exploring the possibilities that technoskepticism can create. 📍 Strand Campus and online, 17:30 🔗 Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/techn...
Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal
The Department of Digital Humanities and the Centre for Digital Culture at King’s College London are delighted to host the launch of the DISCO Network’s Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refus...
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