John O’Shea
@johnoshea.bsky.social
Creative Director & Co-CEO National Videogame Museum, Sheffield, UK Own views.
Tomb Raider And Super Mario Come To The National Videogame Museum's 'Together We Play' Exhibition. (Image: @Mario_Museum) (Repost)
Tomb Raider And Super Mario Come To The National Videogame Museum's 'Together We Play' Exhibition
"Video games are now a huge global industry"
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I'll keep banging the drum for preserving contemporary video game play experiences, especially approaches that don't require technical or even digital methods!
Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.
Love seeing these unauthorised early versions of the Mario universe!
Mario Museum 🔜 Gamescom@mario.museum · 2mo agoA set of 7 vintage Nintendo vinyl figures from Japan, released in 1985. Thought to be unlicensed. Check out Mario and the OG Bowser! Believe it or not, these sold for 142,000 yen today, that’s $893USD. 🤯
This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines
Join me LIVE at 9:30am as I look for new indie games to play, and I'd be very interested to hear if you have a game yourself. No I don't want a freebie or anything.
New FUNDED PhD opportunity with me, @doktornick.bsky.social, and @bomlab.bsky.social on 'Playing in Public: Game-Based Interventions for Sustainability, Community and Environmental Engagement' as part of the CreaTech Frontiers CDA scheme! Deadline: 10 April Details: www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our...
Playing in Public: Game-Based Interventions for Sustainability, Community and Environmental Engagement
This project explores socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by local communities, contextualised in local histories, through playful interventions with CreaTech, tested through public acti...
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Lovely article by Gamesmaster legend Dominik Diamond celebrating intergenerational play and the social space games can create: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
There’s a reason that Wii Bowling remains my mum’s favourite game | Dominik Diamond
At a family gathering over Christmas, I took on my 76-year-old mother once again at virtual bowling. Could I finally best her?
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Quite a cool AI powered thing: #AntiRender “Upload an architectural render. Get back what it'll actually look like on a random Tuesday in November.” antirender.com #architecture
AntiRender - Reality Hits Different
Transform idealized architectural renders into what they'll actually look like. No sunshine. No happy families. Just cold, honest reality.
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“The Professional Grief of the Creative Industries” A Powerful, must-read, article from Alan Warburton railing against “the very messy, human impacts of tech disruption in the creative industries” #AI #ImageEmpire www.linkedin.com/posts/consid...
Exciting to see news about new digital artwork #ImageEmpire emerging on Linked In. The project by Alan Warburton will examine how AI is changing the way media is created and consumed - and the impacts this may have in the world of work. www.linkedin.com/posts/bgi-na...
In Spring 2026, the National Videogame Museum is delighted to launch Image Empire, a new digital artwork by Dr. Alan Warburton. Image Empire has been developed in collaboration with curator Hannah… ...
In Spring 2026, the National Videogame Museum is delighted to launch Image Empire, a new digital artwork by Dr. Alan Warburton. Image Empire has been developed in collaboration with curator Hannah R...
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Here's @marioprime.bsky.social on revisiting Animal Crossing after years away: "To return now is to open up a digital time capsule and unpack the emotional baggage inside."
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a time capsule full of 2020 anxiety
Get ready to unpack some baggage
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Still time to apply! Exhibit & Events Technician vacancy @nvmuk.bsky.social closes for applications 20 Jan 10am ⏰
The National Videogame Museum@nvmuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoJoin Our Team We’re looking for an Exhibit and Events Technician to support the technical delivery and maintenance of exhibits and events, helping to bring videogame stories to life for visitors of all ages. thenvm.org/about/work-w... Closing Date: Tues 20 Jan 2026 – 10:00am
just encountered the first edition of #GAMEPOEMS, a free online zine of open-access playable poetic experiences and commentary - beautiful work www.gamepoems.com/issue01/
Game Poems #1
An online literary magazine publishing short-form videogames directly in a playable format. Issue #1 features interactive works by international artists and game designers.
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Friends in NYC - nice R&D fellowship opportunity @momanyc.bsky.social working with @paolaantonelli.bsky.social (closes 18 Jan) recruiting.ultipro.com/MUS1002MOMA/...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
For @vittles.bsky.social, I wrote about what happens food photography - a practice steeped in stagecraft - meets the synthetic horrors of AI images. Gorgeous original illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/you-want-t...
'You want to imagine what this tastes like? Fuck you, says AI'
Georgina Voss on how AI-generated images impact the way we look at photographs of food. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath.
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Just boarded a train from Sheffield to Preston (<60 miles) and the return ticket is nearly £50. Seems like a good time to read this account from Mick Lynch of the 30+ year disaster that has been UK rail privatisation tribunemag.co.uk/2023/11/mick...
Mick Lynch: Rail Privatisation Has Been 30 Years of Failure
The privatisation of British Rail began this month in 1993. It created a system that prioritises profit above the wellbeing of both workers and passengers — and it's time to bring it to an end, writes...
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Even back the day - top-left, the guy with the cap looks like he’s a ringer, trying to avoid being identified in the team photo!
Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · 10mo agoSheffield FC, recognised by Fifa as the world's oldest football club, was founded on this day 1857. The club is now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire, and competes in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division (pic is Sheffield FC 1876).
Are you a #ContentCreator who loves classic shoot-'em-up arcade action & couch co-op chaos? 👀🚀 Platypus Reclayed launches September 18th & we've got Steam keys thanks to @claymatic.games 😍🔑 Fill out the form if you're interested & tag a creator who'd LOVE to play! 👇
Interesting article in @nowthenmag.bsky.social highlighting independent game makers in Sheffield and asking why videogames are not more widely celebrated as culture -
sean morley@seanmorl.com · 11mo agoMy latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social. Does Sheffield have an indie games scene? With indie games on the rise, I'm interested in how and why games are rarely claimed as part of local arts and culture by the cities they were created in. nowthenmagazine.com/articles/doe...
One ticket. All summer. Unlimited play. For the first time ever, we’ve introduced a new summer ticket – your key to unlimited visits to the National Videogame Museum until the 1st September. ✅ One ticket ✅ Unlimited visits ✅ All summer long! Book your ticket - thenvm.org
One for Friday post-work chatter / Man says HR are getting involved after he called the company AI Chatbot a “clanker” www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdvic...
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…And then a flying visit to see the @gameslondon.bsky.social team and collect a mysterious & beautiful object they were looking after, for a future display @nvmuk.bsky.social. (thanks @ustwogames.co.uk - more soon!)
On the road today for a change - returning some loan items to Lumino City makers State of Play (models that starred in @nvmuk.bsky.social’s Art of Play exhibition.)
