Noah…
@noahspringer.com
Senior Acquisitions Editor for game studies and new media at the MIT Press | columnist at Unwinnable Magazine | letterboxd https://boxd.it/oHIf
Alright #GenCon2026! We’re all set up at the @mitpress.bsky.social booth #169 in the Exhibits Hall! Come on by and buy us out of books!
I am unbelievably touched that @dropout.tv titled my @dimension20.dropout.tv Adventuring Academy episode “A Duty of Care” I’m overwhelmed today, but I want to circle back in a while to share the links to everyone & everything I cited. More soon.
A Duty of Care (with Dr. Emily Friedman) - Season 7 - Dropout
Dr. Emily Friedman joins Brennan to discuss the history of actual play and the best gaming system. Content Warning: Misophonia (Crunching) - [throughout 54:37-1:01:03]
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It's that time of the year again! #GenCon2026 is here and we'll be hawking and talking @mitpress.bsky.social books at booth 169 for four days in a row. Stop on by for some sweet swag and some great books!
Anders Holm: What's Up Wit All Deez Books
ALT: Anders Holm: What's Up Wit All Deez Books
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Dave Ryman@d-ryman.bsky.social · last wk.#GenCon2026 is nigh. Visit @mitpress.bsky.social booth 169. We have plenty of custom D20 dice, and pencils for you, as well as books of course. Hope to see you there.
The first time I talked to Noah about the book he asked whether I went to GenCon, and I asked why. “We have a booth.” I was, I confess, briefly stunned.
Noah…@noahspringer.com · last wk.It's that time of the year again! #GenCon2026 is here and we'll be hawking and talking @mitpress.bsky.social books at booth 169 for four days in a row. Stop on by for some sweet swag and some great books!
It's that time of the year again! #GenCon2026 is here and we'll be hawking and talking @mitpress.bsky.social books at booth 169 for four days in a row. Stop on by for some sweet swag and some great books!
Anders Holm: What's Up Wit All Deez Books
ALT: Anders Holm: What's Up Wit All Deez Books
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Dave Ryman@d-ryman.bsky.social · last wk.#GenCon2026 is nigh. Visit @mitpress.bsky.social booth 169. We have plenty of custom D20 dice, and pencils for you, as well as books of course. Hope to see you there.
I had the great pleasure to talk to DANIEL L. GARDNER about his new book "Thresholds of Digital Gameplay" (MIT Press) on my podcast #GameStudies! newbooksnetwork.com/thresholds-o... Please enjoy our conversation and share it afterwards!
Just published open-access: @sarahciston.com et al., *Inventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI* direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon.... @berrydm.bsky.social
Inventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI
How the original ELIZA chatbot transformed ideas about AI and society’s response to them.As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA’s public debut, Inventin
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Just a little light summer reading, courtesy of @mitpress.bsky.social and the Radium Age! mitpress.mit.edu/sci-fi-summe...
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Aliens, superhumans, alternative realities, and more.
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Just finished reading Das Kapital in the original German in one week? You might be Karl Marxxing
David Caruso Puts On Glasses (CSI: Miami)
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Great day for everyone to watch Possession. If we get 100 likes we'll do a big community watch along.
Just a little light summer reading, courtesy of @mitpress.bsky.social and the Radium Age! mitpress.mit.edu/sci-fi-summe...
Sci fi summer reading image
Aliens, superhumans, alternative realities, and more.
mitpress.mit.edu
Want 12 whole years (300 issues) of Unwinnable free? Subscribe for five bucks, and we'll just give 'em all to you. unwinnable.com/subscribe/
Very disappointed there isn’t a novelty popcorn bucket for the 85th Anniversary screenings of Citizen Kane
they're uploading full venture bros eps on youtube every saturday and this, truly, is a reason to feel deep and inimitable pride www.youtube.com/@VentureBros...
The Venture Bros.
Welcome to the official home of The Venture Bros. on YouTube! The Venture Bros. is Adult Swim's fan-favorite parody of the great action/adventure cartoons of yesteryear. Tune in to watch Dr. "Rusty" ...
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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?
Very much looking forward to reading The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse for a future novel series.
Very happy to announce I've signed a contract for my first book with MIT Press. It's on the miniatures wargames industry as a craft sector. Here's a little overview. I want to thank @noahspringer.com for guiding me through the process. stuckness.ghost.io/book-announc...
Book Announcement
I'm happy to announce that I've signed my first book deal with MIT Press for a tentative 2028 release. It considers the miniatures wargames industry as a craft industry, and is based on my dissertatio...
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Listening to a podcast discussing the 2014 Wikipedia edit war over the Cultural Marxism entry
Elrond's Famous Line: I Was There Gandalf
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B&N has a 25% off sale for forthcoming books, so if you act quickly, you can get a discount on books like This Is Why You Love LEGO, coming this Fall from @mitpress.bsky.social www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-is-wh...
This Is Why You Love LEGO
Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.
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Our residency call for the 26/27 academic year is live! The theme this year is Creative Misuse - interpret as you will. Read the full prompt: https:// drive.google.com/file/d/16zB-7J4UoajGAooans30yEgQKlzys2hD/view Fill out the application: https:// forms.gle/KNfcAGBVCbyURiWJA
Next week, @unwinnable.com's 200th issue comes out, so I put together a gallery of all 202 covers of Unwinnable, dating all they way back to 1872. Er, I mean 2014. unwinnable.com/2026/06/19/2...
202 Covers - Unwinnable
202 covers to celebrate 200 issues (we're writers, not mathematicians).
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Inventing ELIZA owes a debt of gratitude to two Noahs: Noah Wardrip-Fruin who inspired and encouraged the hunt for the ELIZA code and Noah Springer who shepherded the book along to completion. Many thanks for believing in this project! @n-w-f.bsky.social @noahspringer.com @mitpress.bsky.social
In order to get rid of $1 trillion in a single year, you’d have to spend $2.74 billion daily, roughly Nintendo’s profit from last year, a day, every day, for a year
Jordan Harper@jordanharper.bsky.social · 2mo ago