Dr. Hyeonjin Park (they/them)
@hyeonjin.bsky.social
phd from ucla, researching monstrosity and identity formation in video game music/sound, with additional interests in animation and kr/jp pop cultures. also a voracious reader.
(Also this other bad boy is on the way soon, too…STAY TUNED!!!!)
In "How Dungeons & Dragons Changed the Way We Play," @aarontram.bsky.social reveals how popular culture influenced the design of the iconic tabletop game and how the game’s legacy, in turn, influences game design today. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/jLA2ctp
Oh, it was a delight seeing Hisaishi live last night at the Bowl. I'm so glad his non-Ghibli works were performed as well! The medley for Kitano's films was a major highlight for me.
I have been WAITING for YEARS to see him live, and it’s finally happening 😭
I have been WAITING for YEARS to see him live, and it’s finally happening 😭
There is a radio in the distance. A radio of the world. Playing sounds - Good morning, Elysium. Soon you will return to the world.
I can’t begin to tell you how desperately I wish I could be her.
Congrats to Spain for winning custody of Hatsune Miku
Feel like if Spain scores three more goals they might get to keep one
0 shots on goal, 19 fouls, 2 touches in the opponent's box, 3 yellow cards. dismal stuff tbh
Honey puked on the carpet, which, frankly, I can't even be upset about because that's how I feel as well.
With complete disrespect, what the FUCK is this halftime show that shouldn't even be a thing to begin with?
With complete disrespect, what the FUCK is this halftime show that shouldn't even be a thing to begin with?
A gentle reminder: libraries are still here, still free, still open to everyone. No appointment required. No subscription fee. Just walk in.
Those of us going up for tenure in the next few years have had to not only carry the extra labor of teaching during the rise of GenAI, that difficulty will not be considered when we were evaluated.
✨🎀 NEW CFP: The Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium (supported by the University of Tokyo, Media, Gender, and Sexualities Study Group) is coming back for its third edition!!!✨🎀 📩 Send us your abstract by August 15 at popculturesjapan@gmail.com✨ Share widely!
Call for Papers: Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026
A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures
events.humanitix.com
A far-future, post-apocalyptic 42nd century Brazil, as envisioned with generous dollops of French artist Moebius inspiration. 📺: Dragon's Heaven (1988, Makoto Kobayashi).
Korean Indie is one of THE go-to sources to see what the indie music scene is like in South Korea. I really recommend subscribing! Or, at the very least, check out their website! You're bound to find something to your liking, considering that they've been around since the early 2010s.
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"executives with no understanding of the industry" seems to be an endemic problem across industries: higher education, medicine, you name it, a bunch of suits with MBAs and unearned arrogance are destroying everything around us, and for some reason, we're supposed to accept that they know best
TV writers were right in 2023 and are being proven more right every day — there was a stable television model that made everyone lots of money and put out good shows. Then execs with no understanding of the industry confused the production model and the distribution model, and they blew it all up.
I am conducting a research study about Disney/musical theatre music and am looking for participants. This ~15-minute survey is completely anonymous and involves listening to musical excerpts and answering questions about what you hear. Learn more and participate here: shanahdt.github.io/evmusicapp/
Noise Lab Experiments
shanahdt.github.io
A fantastic column from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social today, on marginalized devs navigating the hellfire that is the current indie funding environment www.gamedeveloper.com/production/t...
A risk-averse video game industry is failing marginalised devs
Nazih Fares has been inundated with praise when pitching 'spicy' card battler The Arab League of Misfits, so why has funding yet to materialize?
gamedeveloper.com
Here is a verified gofundme for his family: gofund.me/bf251d4ee
Donate to In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old, organized by LULAC Institute, Inc.
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The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
This game emotionally wrecked me, 10/10
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Wonderwall as a victory song in the Azteca feels like a microaggression
Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.
Good Evening, “video games” was a 45 year sociological study conducted by hardware development industries. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
@fingerspit.bsky.social continues to be one of my absolute favorite composers, I'm so excited for this soundtrack to drop in a couple days!
Virtue and a Sledgehammer False Awakening (Demo Soundtrack EP)! *deep breath* Coming Friday, the 3rd of July, to @bandcamp.com and the following week to all streaming services! Pre-order from @fingerspit.bsky.social's bandcamp fingerspit.bandcamp.com/album/virtue... 🔴🔨
I posted my History of Games keynote: - A materialist reexamination of the canonical game crises from a developer's POV - Thoughts on the ongoing game industry restructuring - Indiepocalypse, AAApocalypse, deprofessionalization, games at the knitting stage www.molleindustria.org/HistoryOfGam...
A History of Games Through Mass Extinctions
A transcript of Paolo Pedercini’s History of Games Conference keynote (2026).
molleindustria.org
As always: Pirates, emulator devs, modders, and amateur archivists across the internet are so damn important to ensuring that it remains possible to play most video games far into the future. Also: We need PC ports. Even a bad PC port can be fixed up by fans and made playable for years to come.