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@lainenooney.bsky.social

💾 associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU 🕹️ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org 🍎 The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal https://linktr.ee/lainenooney they/them

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Jacob Gaboury@jacobgaboury.bsky.social · yesterday

My department at UC Berkeley is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in "Critical/Experimental Film and Video Production." It's a wonderful and dynamic department and one of the fastest growing programs on campus. Applications are due September 30th, please share widely! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05434

Assistant Professor - Critical/Experimental Film and Video Production - Department of Film & Media

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 5d ago

Wild to create an AI tool that will so obviously be used to create disinfo and then to put the responsibility on a user to investigate — using more Google tools of course — whether the content was made with your AI tool!

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

Google's statement that it includes a watermark that can identify them as AI-generated is completely braindead as to how disinformation works. You think people spending literally three seconds to derail a discussion give a shit about that? This is so easy to abuse www.404media.co/google-earth...

Asked for comment, Google pointed 404 Media to a tweet the company posted on Thursday. “We take misinformation seriously – every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital watermark, so if someone is unsure about an image, they can ask the Gemini app or use Lens in Search to see if the image was AI-generated. In addition, we prevent image creation on harmful topics and are continually updating our protections,” it read. This of course ignores the very obvious fact that plenty of people do not bother to verify themselves if an image is real or not. People spreading misinformation also often don’t care about eventually getting caught; they can cause a massive amount of damage to a certain conversation very quickly before anyone calls them out for their bullshit.
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 6d ago

In light of the “good faith questions” discourse I just wanted to re-up @reveleth.com’s fascinating podcast about the complex (and frequently appalling) history and present of policing sexual biology in women’s sports.

Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 2y ago

Hello new people! My latest project was a 10+ year labor of love and it would mean the world to me if you checked it out. www.tested-podcast.com It’s a narrative, deep, complex and suspenseful story of gender, sports, science, and “fairness.”

@weapon2.bsky.social · last wk.

My translation of one episode I liked from the Sunset Sway podcast is published in the new issue of @romchip.bsky.social. Thanks @lainenooney.bsky.social & Logan & Mary. Thanks Yanqin & Zitao.

ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories@romchip.bsky.social · 2w ago

🎙️🌅 Our latest Translation brings English readers "The Interwoven Threads of Experimental Games," a wide-ranging conversation about art, games, history, and criticism between Zitao Ye + Yanqin Gao from the Chinese podcast Sunset Sway, translated by Gurn Group. romchip.org/index.php/ro...

A low resolution black and white image of trees against a night sky. Caption: Screenshot from Night Journey, Bill Viola and USC Game Innovation Lab, released 2007–18, PC game (Ziteo Ye, host, Sunset Sway, podcast, episode 57, “Interweaving of Experimental Games,” June 24, 2024, show notes, https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/episode/666c23cbc26e396a36cd3e59) (Courtesy of Sunset Sway)
Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · 2w ago

As I noted when Part One went up, @lainenooney.bsky.social has done an exemplary job here, and the Strong is lucky to have this in full in their archives. Many things pinging — about narrative, market, different kinds of game/reputation/clout, how we navigate as professionals & embodied humans.

ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories@romchip.bsky.social · 2w ago

✍️💬 Actor, Writer, Technology Spirit continues! In Part 2 of ROMchip editor @lainenooney.bsky.social's interview with Leigh Alexander, the conversation follows Alexander's transition from games journalist to narrative designer and consultant. romchip.org/index.php/ro...

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 3w ago

Guy tries to make a Monopoly edition around the 250th birthday, wants to source domestically after tariffs, and realizes that America can't make dice. Dice! www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...

What a Monopoly importer learned when it tried to make things in the U.S.A.

After getting hit with tariffs for the imported board games he sells, Jonathan Silva decided to see if he could produce a version of his Monopoly game in the United States. This is what he learned.

npr.org

Hannah BW@hbwhbwhbw.bsky.social · 4w ago

a huge win for these brave FL faculty members and a good reminder for the rest of us that sometimes putting your head down and hoping things don’t get worse is not the right strategy. sometimes you need to fight in order to win.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4w ago

BREAKING: Eleventh Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, upholds injunction blocking Florida from enforcing its 2022 Stop WOKE Act in the university context. The majority opinion is from Judge Britt Grant, a Trump appointee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Before GRANT, LAGOA, and WILSON, Circuit Judges. GRANT, Circuit Judge: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." U.S. Const. amend I. The First Amendment, incorporated against the States in 1868, is this country's written commitment to the idea that freedom of speech is essential to freedom of thought, and that both are essential to maintaining our liberty. The Supreme Court has long been clear that teaching and scholarship are due some measure of protection under the Amendment. But how much? And in what contexts? That Court has not had to say, but this one is now put to the test. The State of Florida legislated a broad set of speech restrictions banning certain viewpoints relating to race, color, sex, and national origin in various settings. The provision at issue here bars Florida's educators from promoting or endorsing those distavored ideas when instructing students. Its prohibition applies not only in primary and secondary education, where states traditionally exercise a great deal of control, but also in public colleges and universities, where the state government's role has been far more limited. When several groups of professors challenged Florida's new restrictions, the State cast about for an existing case or doctrine that could support its speech ban in the university setting. Finding none, it tried to marry public-employee speech cases with government speech doctrine, resulting in a new rule: if the
ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories@romchip.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨🚨🚨 we're sweetening the deal w/ a FREE ROMchip videogames/video games hat (dealers choice) for anyone who can track down either a playable copy of this game or substantial corroborating historical materials (packaging, reviews, references in business articles, information on the developers, etc).

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ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories@romchip.bsky.social · last mo.

pride month ain't over yet 🌈 friend of ROMchip @adrishaw.bsky.social is looking for help tracking down the bathhouse-inspired 1983 game VAPOR PALACE. Published by BANANASOFT (yes you read that right) Released for the Timex 1000, TRS80 III, Apple II and IBM PC can anyone help, game history fam?

Duotone advertisement for the computer game Vapor Palace by Bananasoft (black ink on a brown background). The ad features a stylized illustration of a shirtless man peering from behind a doorway beside the title "Vapor Palace," with the tagline "Hot Time at the Baths." The game is priced at $24.95 postpaid and notes that it requires a minimum of 16K RAM. It was released for multiple home computer platforms, including the Timex 1000 (cassette), TRS-80 III (cassette), Apple II (DOS 3.3 floppy disk), IBM PC (floppy disk). The ad states it was soon to be available for the VIC-20 (cassette). The bottom of the advertisement includes the Bananasoft banana logo, the company's mailing address in Seattle, Washington, a note that Washington residents must add sales tax, and an estimated delivery time of two to six weeks.
Adrienne Shaw@adrishaw.bsky.social · last mo.

Found in the classifieds section of The Advocate across a few issues from 1983 if that helps @romchip.bsky.social @textfiles.com @lainenooney.bsky.social

ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories@romchip.bsky.social · last mo.

pride month ain't over yet 🌈 friend of ROMchip @adrishaw.bsky.social is looking for help tracking down the bathhouse-inspired 1983 game VAPOR PALACE. Published by BANANASOFT (yes you read that right) Released for the Timex 1000, TRS80 III, Apple II and IBM PC can anyone help, game history fam?

Duotone advertisement for the computer game Vapor Palace by Bananasoft (black ink on a brown background). The ad features a stylized illustration of a shirtless man peering from behind a doorway beside the title "Vapor Palace," with the tagline "Hot Time at the Baths." The game is priced at $24.95 postpaid and notes that it requires a minimum of 16K RAM. It was released for multiple home computer platforms, including the Timex 1000 (cassette), TRS-80 III (cassette), Apple II (DOS 3.3 floppy disk), IBM PC (floppy disk). The ad states it was soon to be available for the VIC-20 (cassette). The bottom of the advertisement includes the Bananasoft banana logo, the company's mailing address in Seattle, Washington, a note that Washington residents must add sales tax, and an estimated delivery time of two to six weeks.
Jason Rabinowitz@airlineflyer.net · last mo.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥@lainenooney.bsky.social · last mo.

ya'll want something to do? help a gay angel get its wings by tracking down whatever you can on this game

ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories@romchip.bsky.social · last mo.

pride month ain't over yet 🌈 friend of ROMchip @adrishaw.bsky.social is looking for help tracking down the bathhouse-inspired 1983 game VAPOR PALACE. Published by BANANASOFT (yes you read that right) Released for the Timex 1000, TRS80 III, Apple II and IBM PC can anyone help, game history fam?

Duotone advertisement for the computer game Vapor Palace by Bananasoft (black ink on a brown background). The ad features a stylized illustration of a shirtless man peering from behind a doorway beside the title "Vapor Palace," with the tagline "Hot Time at the Baths." The game is priced at $24.95 postpaid and notes that it requires a minimum of 16K RAM. It was released for multiple home computer platforms, including the Timex 1000 (cassette), TRS-80 III (cassette), Apple II (DOS 3.3 floppy disk), IBM PC (floppy disk). The ad states it was soon to be available for the VIC-20 (cassette). The bottom of the advertisement includes the Bananasoft banana logo, the company's mailing address in Seattle, Washington, a note that Washington residents must add sales tax, and an estimated delivery time of two to six weeks.
Alex Donaldson@apzonerunner.com · last mo.

The number of third party games that lost Xbox funding over the last 18 months is longer than I'd have ever expected, & I'm sure I don't even know them all. GL to IOI. I can't wait to see this, and have a game from one of my favourite studios to cover on @rpgsite.net. Wishing the impacted the best.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · last mo.

IO Interactive - "A relationship with an external partner on our own IP, Project Fantasy, has come to an end." IOI will "have to adapt to this new reality and its short-term consequences, including staffing decisions"

Dede Bell ☮️🌎👩‍💻@dedebell.bsky.social · last mo.

Dutch newspaper won the European Press Prize for their investigation into 114 Palestinian kids shot in the head & chest. 114 children deliberately shot in the head & chest, & not a single media reported on it. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/what... substack.com/@mirandavida...

What the wounds are telling us - European Press Prize

To view the full article in English in its original layout, including all images and graphics, please follow this link. Please note: the original publication contains explicit and disturbing images an...

europeanpressprize.com

Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥@lainenooney.bsky.social · last mo.

"The assumption that economic angst drives political loyalties for the white lower classes inaccurately assumes that they are chiefly interested in economics [...] In reality, access to power over other racial groups is their preferred political currency." www.theguardian.com/inequality/n...

The white working class knows the American project isn’t working. Here’s why that will never matter to them

Access to power over other racial groups is their preferred political currency

theguardian.com