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PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–

@persephone.blue

๐Ÿ”ฅ ludoarsonist ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ media scholar ๐ŸŽฎ game breaker ๐‡๐Ž๐–'๐’ ๐๐„๐—๐“ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š is out!!! Assistant Professor of Experimental Game Design @UAlberta. ๐Ÿ” trans play ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ TTRPGs ๐ŸŽฒ extremism ๐Ÿ’€ & the โœจunplayableโœจ ๐ŸŒ https://persephone.blue ๐ŸŽฒ https://gravesnail.itch.io/next-week

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PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 2mo ago

You can pick up HOW'S NEXT WEEK? and a tumbler full of #ttrpgs with this bundle up on the new RPG Trader platform! rpg-trader.com/products/483...

HOW'S NEXT WEEK? on RPG Trader

a solo-journaling anti-game for when session gets cancelled

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RPG Trader@rpgtrader.bsky.social ยท 2mo ago

๐ŸŽฒ Initiative rolled. The bundle is LIVE!๐Ÿ’ฅ This ^EPIC^ bundle is free to claim. If you find value in the bundle and want to support the creators behind it, you can contribute any amount. Earnings shared equally amongst creators featured in the bundle.๐Ÿซถ rpg-trader.com/products/102...

RPG Trader@rpgtrader.bsky.social ยท 2mo ago

๐ŸŽฒ Initiative rolled. The bundle is LIVE!๐Ÿ’ฅ This ^EPIC^ bundle is free to claim. If you find value in the bundle and want to support the creators behind it, you can contribute any amount. Earnings shared equally amongst creators featured in the bundle.๐Ÿซถ rpg-trader.com/products/102...

Free RPG Day 2026 Bundle on RPG Trader

Over $1,000 worth of digital and print content from more than 250 creators all across the RPG Trader community.

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kc ๐Ÿ’€ play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE!@npckc.net ยท 3mo ago

๐Ÿ“ข CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! ๐Ÿ“ข i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 ๐Ÿ‘‰ forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!

Nonbinary Coded Games Submission Form

This is a submission form for the Steam sale event, Nonbinary Coded Games, which will be happening from July 13 10:00 AM Pacific Time to July 20 10:00 AM Pacific Time. (July 14 is International Non-Bi...

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Mona ๐Ÿ€ it could happen today@monacht.gay ยท 5mo ago

tried this out tonight after two CAIN nights fell through. unconventional project but if you end up not having a tabletop session for any reason this is an experience worth managing instead. gonna go out and buy a new notebook for it i think.

PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 8mo ago

Search your group chat for clues. Decode your friends' excuses. Deduce the nature of the transdimensional bodysnatchers keeping you from rolling your dice. ๐ŸŽฒ Save game night. ๐Ÿช Save humankind. ๐Ÿซก Join the ANXS.

Evan Torner@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social ยท 8mo ago

Indeed. The purchaseable *product* we call the TTRPG begins in the 1970s with Western Gunfight, Chainmail, and D&D. Yet role-playing "parlor games," simulations, and similar are centuries old and draw from a well that resembles all the positive stuff about D&D. Parlor games were feminized...

PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 8mo ago

Hi friends! This weekend, I'm planning to share deets about a #ttrpg project I've been working on for over a year now <3 In advance, I truly apologize for what's about to happen, muahahaha โœจ โŒ๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

The cover for a project titled "How's Next Week?: A tragic solo-journaling anti-game for when session gets cancelled." The font of the description is in cut-and-paste blackmail letters. The cover itself is styled to look like a Discord chat, and features users going back-and-forth while trying (and failing) to schedule a session.
PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 9mo ago

๐Ÿ“„ Pub alert! โœจ My piece with @madzbrutal.bsky.social is out in the Bulletin of Applied Trans Studies @transstudies.bsky.social ๐Ÿฆ‡ We analyze how gender critical forum users on Ovarit and Mumsnet were radicalized through anti-trans media literacy and storytelling practices. doi.org/10.57814/wjd...

โ€œI Took a Deep Breath and Came Out as GCโ€ - Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies

Following the closure of the anti-trans subreddit r/GenderCritical, gender critical (GC) internet users have migrated to more obscure, invite-only spaces. A side-effect of this GC dispersal is that ac...

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PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 10mo ago

Y'all, I'm so trash at rhythm games but I'm over the moon this is out in the world. Congrats @gensuta.itch.io!! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ›ผ๐ŸŽ‰

Geneva/Styx@gensuta.itch.io ยท 10mo ago

Skate & Date - lesbian roller derby, rhythm game is out now! Come get your yuri on wheels!! https://f.mtr.cool/scjlbborbl https://f.mtr.cool/ugehecznam (I've linked steam codes to itch.io so you can easily get it for both and have Valve take less money from me <3)

Skate & Dates title/logo! The main character Maggie is looking at her rival Patricia with heart eyes with the title of the game in the center of the image.
PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 10mo ago

๐Ÿฆ‹ Hey! Listen! @madzbrutal.bsky.social and my article on Ocarina of Time, trans movement, tool-assisted speedruns, and code injections is out today at @jcmsjournal.bsky.social! Link finally gets the Triforce and we can finally resolve the age-old question of "is speedrunning queer???" ๐Ÿ“„๐Ÿ”—โฌ‡๏ธ

a pixel art of a blue object with a speech bubble saying listen

Alt: Pixel art of the fairy Navi from Ocarina of Time hovering and shouting Hey! Hello! Listen!

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Aasa T ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ@rosgakori.bsky.social ยท last yr.

AMAZING presentation by @persephone.blue and @percivalhornak.bsky.social, I was spellbound right to the end! Go read their full paper, it is so good: analoggamestudies.org/2025/07/lich...

PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท last yr.

So hyped to be talking about liches, trans play, lyric games, and parasitic eels with the fantabulous @percivalhornak.bsky.social in ~10 minutes at Generation Analog! @analoggamestudies.bsky.social ๐ŸŒ”๐ŸŽฒ๐Ÿ’€โœจ

A title slide showing an eel with the words "Liches, Lampreys, and the Moon: An incantation for trans life & lyrical play" as the title.
PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท last yr.

โ€ผ๏ธI have a new article out this week! ๐ŸŽ‰ From anti-game jams to fantasy console communities, I explored how โœจ speculative game design โœจ practices are a vital response to growing precarity in tech industries. Also, it's open access! Also, it won best paper at #FDG25! ๐Ÿ†

The abstract for the article, titled "Anti-Games, Fantasy Consoles, and the Rise of Speculative Game Development on itch.io."Thumbnail for the presentation of the paper, featuring a pink sun, retrowave background, and the title of the article.
PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท last yr.

I'm crushed to not be at SCMS in meatspace this year, but grateful to @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social for coordinating a panel on games & political economy to kick off the conference! Should be a great conversation, and I hope the early birds enjoy my little video on fantasy consoles & anti-games ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ”ฅโœจ

Evan Torner@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social ยท last yr.

Happening this morning at #SCMS2025 #GameStudies Political Economy of Games Now

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PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 2y ago

Started some new ink!!! Featuring my beloved Mxtress ๐Ÿ’œโœจChaosโœจ๐Ÿ’œ, whose boons I'm taking into this high-heat run of 2025. (๐Ÿ’‰ Pokery & portrait of the primordial progenitor by the unrivaled Julia McKay!)

PB in a witchy tattoo parlor, looking at my arm in a mirror and beaming!Tattoo closeup! Right bicep and shoulder. Chaos--the character from Hades and Hades II. They have a halo and are wearing a suit that warps into shifting faces. A deep purple spacey background. Mostly linework, with color to come.
PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 2y ago

So grateful to the one and only @michaeliantorno.com who wow'd @kenzitronic.bsky.social and my students with tales of hacked consoles, sun-powered handhelds, and emerging interventions in game labor! Up now as part of our Playful Horizons Speaker Series!! โœจ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ

Michael Iantornoโ™จ๏ธ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ@michaeliantorno.com ยท 2y ago

Now online: my interview for the Playful Horizons featured speaker series at the University of Alberta! ๐Ÿ’พGame hacking + preservation! โœŠIndustry labour! ๐ŸŽฎCreative modding in the university! Thanks to @persephone.blue and @kenzitronic.bsky.social for having me in to talk about my research.โœจ

Jess Rowan Marcotte@jessromarcotte.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

๐ŸŒˆThrilling news! QGCon 2025 will take place on September 26-28 in Montreal! If you are a gamemaker, researcher, or activist at the intersection of queerness and games, we want you there!โœจ ๐Ÿฆ„We value accessibility! QGCon 2025 is a COVID-cautious event. www.qgcon.org/blog/announc...

QGCon 2025: september 26-28, 2025 โ€” QGCon

The Queerness and Games Conference is back! QGCon 2025 will be held on September 26-28 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada . If you are interested in presenting your work at QGCon, we w...

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PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 2y ago

Yayyy the first talk in the ~Playful Horizons ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ๐ŸŽฒ๐ŸŒŒ~ speaker series is out in the world! (Hosted by @kenzitronic.bsky.social + me!) Starring the unrivaled & inimitable @thechristinet.bsky.social!! โœจ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธโœจ Listen to Christine expound on livestreaming, game culture, AI, glitch, and pet interruptions! ๐Ÿ•

Dr. Christine H. Tran@thechristinet.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

Now Liveโ„ข๏ธ (and asynchronous)! My interview with UAlbertaArtsโ€™s Playful Horizons featured speaker series about the past, future & artificial present of โœจ๐Ÿ”ฎ livestreamingโœจ ๐Ÿ”ฎ youtu.be/gB7lhBAzE6M?...

PB Berge ๐Ÿ’–@persephone.blue ยท 2y ago

Welcome new followers! ๐Ÿ‘‹ To occupy you while you're here, have some glamor shots of a bioactive, Legend of Zelda themed vivarium I built for my geckos out of an IKEA cabinet over the summer!! ๐ŸฆŽโœจ๐Ÿชด

An orange Bokoblin standing in a Shiekah Tower! A blue Bokoblin, dancing on a little fort by a snake plant! A lil Korok hiding in a mossy cave.An IKEA cabinet filled with tropical wilderness!