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Elizabeth Swensen

@swensen.bsky.social

Game designer, writer, and all around nerd. (She/Her)

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Elizabeth Swensen@swensen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Reposting! Do you know someone working at the intersection of Interactive Art, Performance, and Games? We’re hiring!

Elizabeth Swensen@swensen.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Spread the word! We have an open Assistant Professor search in my department of Performance, Play & Design, which combines Theater, Dance, and Games faculty in the Arts Division at UCSC. This position would teach in our Art and Design: Games and Playable Media BA program. recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998

Elizabeth Swensen@swensen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Had a blast running a horror adventure using the Dread TTRPG system tonight for some of the Festival of Monsters folks. I hope we can add a bit more monstrous play/games to our future conferences!

Elizabeth Swensen@swensen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Reposting! Do you know someone working at the intersection of Interactive Art, Performance, and Games? We’re hiring!

Elizabeth Swensen@swensen.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Spread the word! We have an open Assistant Professor search in my department of Performance, Play & Design, which combines Theater, Dance, and Games faculty in the Arts Division at UCSC. This position would teach in our Art and Design: Games and Playable Media BA program. recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998

Elizabeth Swensen@swensen.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Spread the word! We have an open Assistant Professor search in my department of Performance, Play & Design, which combines Theater, Dance, and Games faculty in the Arts Division at UCSC. This position would teach in our Art and Design: Games and Playable Media BA program. recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998

Assistant Professor of Interactive Art, Performance & Games (Initial Review Date 11/14/25)

University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucsc.edu

amy brown@amybrown.xyz · last yr.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
NPR@npr.org · last yr.

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

npr.org

Elizabeth Swensen@swensen.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saying goodbye to 2024 and feeling accomplished. This year I kept myself, a tiny human, and two cats alive on startling little sleep. Next year I look forward to getting back to: teaching, making, writing, cooking? sleeping?

Elizabeth Swensen@swensen.bsky.social · 2y ago

We wrapped the Festival of Monsters last month, but I would love to see more games folks next year! If you make, perform, or study monstrous games, I hope you submit a talk for next year! Bonus: October in Santa Cruz is really pretty.