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@koleross He’s just trying to make sure they’re all on his radar for easy pickings 😅🥲

@RobertSecundus Because gamers would assume their monitors were broken if it wasn’t

why is ufo 50 16:9 instead of 4:3

@airbagged The funniest thing about Cold War is the twist is that character creator form was what the CIA created when they gave you a new MK Ultra personality. Which means they either turned you non-binary or erased every part of your identity but respected your gender.. in Reagan’s 1980s.

@riteshwriter Interesting - especially considering Gillen’s press pitch was “This sprung out of what I couldn’t do in Immortal X-Men”. Would love to see the full thoughts if you ever write them up

@riteshwriter Do you think it has anything to do with this being pitched as an ongoing series rather than something finite like the other examples here.

@WritNelson Oh shit, you’re at SXSW? Definitely coming to this one!

Well shit, my talk on Thursday about studio strategy and survival is a featured talk for the entire festival?? Out here for SXSW Sydney—see y’all there!!

@GreatCheshire And I say unfortunately not because it was bad - was a good pitch! Just funny that it was when you put it in the context of all the subversions that already exist out there

@GreatCheshire I teach a university course where students pitch a serious/educational game and one of the best pitches was, unfortunately, unironically this. A reverse otome-game where the player character needs to learn how to deal with harassment from five archetypes of toxic gamer

One of these days someone should make a visual novel that’s not like those other visual novels, a deconstruction and parody of visual novels all about how cringey they are, an anti-dating sim. I think that would be fun and original.

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Whoever is in charge of the tagging system on Binge is having some fun

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Trending in #CulturalStudies: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) The Decline of Games Journalism 2) Online Social Video Games in the Age of COVID 3) Unseen city: the psychic lives of the urban poor (@InterventionsP9) 4) Gender-Based Harassment of Women in Esports

@thechristinet @icsjournal Congrats! This looks like great stuff. Can’t wait to read

My latest peer-reviewed article is now LIVE in @icsjournal! ✨🏡 I observed how Twitch streamers negotiate "visibility" at the intersection of platform infastructures & domestic surfaces. (This marks the 3rd major paper from my PhD work): doi.org/10.1080/136911… 🧵⬇️:

@Nomibelle 🫡 I believe in you. Don’t feel bad to veg out to survive if you gotta

@RantingStant I'm sorry to hear that but thank you it feels better sharing an experience

I live in a different state to my parents and there was a time when they took care of me when I was sick for the last time and I am sick now and I feel really alone

Super proud of my PhD student @RantingStant for leading on this fantastic (and very timely) paper examining all the games journalism closures we're seeing at the moment. It's open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

Unfortunately, I do not know that this article highlights a specific solution or magic bullet to solve this crisis, but my heart goes out to all those affected and I hope to continue this research to try find one.

Ah damn I have not been online after posting this but I just saw that there’s been more Aussie games press layoffs. I joked with friends that every milestone with this article coincided with more layoffs (starting with Waypoint) and it’s heartbreaking to see that trend continue

Very excited to share my first article in Games and Culture has finally been published in Open Access format. If you have questions about the sustainability of Games Journalism at the moment, this is the paper for you! doi.org/10.1177/155541…

@Nomibelle 😊

Important reading 👇

@RhunWords I'd attend that!