Nathan Hughes 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Very excited to announce my first, first author paper is now published! In it I talk about understanding player experiences, focusing on #openworld games. #phdchat #gamesresearch When is an open world, not an open world? When the bridge collapses. 🧵1/ authors.elsevier.com/a/1cOPR6gYiZlm…

I've been on hiatus from this account whilst I descended into a writing hole, but today I officially submitted my thesis :) one step closer to the finish line 🥳

brought to you from within the hole of literature on explainable AI i've been reading.

To those interested in interdisciplinary work in AI: friendly suggestion to maybe avoid calling psychology a 'social science.' It doesn't tend to go down well.

Happy #TransDayOfVisibility folks! Trans men in computer science exist 😊 🏳️‍⚧️

That's enough of my ranting. If you want to learn about real research (that's also very cool) on the topic of mental illness, generally and during times of crisis, @helsby_laura is awesome.

So what is the point of this article? "If you're suffering with prolonged anxiety it's because you can't accept human emotions, so stop being fragile" is not a compelling or helpful argument.

This is a very disappointing article from a venue I usually enjoy. The air of smugness whilst arguing anxiety is over-pathologised is not only insulting but harmful.

but! I remembered the code for reordering bars without looking it up! that's progress.

one of these days I will learn there's no such thing as "a quick edit" to a ggplot figure.

"you have a masters in psychology," I whisper to myself whilst doublechecking the definition of content validity every time I use it in case THIS is the time I mix it up with a different validity

My first study is published! This was a huge endeavor to get across the finishing line but I've practiced writing, reviewing and copyediting. Thanks to @dingstweets and Lina Gega for the editing and support 🧵Thread below #AcademicTwitter #academia #PhD #research