Adrienne Shaw

Today's discussion is about what "culture" even means and what it means to study it

So we're reading @adrishaw.bsky.social's "Video games as cultural studies other"

Early on she asks: "Why is it so hard for us to think about video games as part of popular media culture more broadly?"

Sign the Petition Refuse to adopt USA hockey's ban on transgender athletes

Share and signal boost c.org/ZKCgZfYnvs

A note that this was facilitated in many ways by the work of @adrishaw.bsky.social and the LGBTQ Game Archive, which you should also check out

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CALLING ALL INDIE DEVS & PUBLISHERS!

We're getting ready for 2026 to be the Year of the Indie and as such are reigniting our Indie Gayming marketing packages. Take a look and let's chat if you're looking to reach LGBTQ+ gamers.

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Opinion | Stop Pretending You Know How to Teach AI Colleges are racing to make students ‘fluent.’ One problem: No one knows what that means.

“We should train novices based on the practices of disciplinary experts who have achieved AI fluency in their discipline. Unfortunately, there aren’t any such experts yet.” www.chronicle.com/article/stop...

Thanks!

Seeking help for a student: They would like to secure a press pass for The Wicked Premiere red carpet as a university television station reporter or student content creator. Any advice on how they should go about this?

Every time, @annaleen@wandering.shop's books are exactly what I need. Automatic Noodle is a perfect stormy Sunday read.

Tear gas deployed by federal agent in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood Reports emerged of multiple immigration raids on Friday on Chicago's Northwest Side, including one in which tear gas was deployed by an agent.

Local Chicago news is covering a lot of what is happening. I am not seeing this reported in any detail in national outlets (I assume it might get there eventually) but the harm is being done right now. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/t...

GLAAD Gaming Announces New Queer Emerging Developers Program | GLAAD Over the past decade, GLAAD Gaming has worked to improve how the video game industry engages with LGBTQ stories and players. This commitment has included consulting directly with video game studios an...

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Donate to Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story, organized by Heidi McDonald I was a game writer at the height of my career - author, freq… Heidi McDonald needs your support for Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story

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Even the landlords want their cut from livestreaming. Good example of how streaming relies on a background of domestic labor and social reproduction that is ripe for extracting data and money

Another reminder that breaking news is news in flux — guide for following breaking news below

Happy Gritty's birthday to all who celebrate: www.instagram.com/reel/DO-_RHK...

I had four online meetings today: two zoom, one Teams, one Google Meet. I feel like I need to Skype someone (I know it shutdown, thank you) and maybe have a BlueJeans meeting to unlock some sort of achievement.

It's so good!

If Then From the best-selling author of <em>These Truths</em>, an &#8220;exhilarating&#8221; (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>) account of the Cold War origins of our data-mad era., If Then, How the Simulm...

Have just devoured Jill Lepore's If Then – an amazing book and so well suited to the current moment. So many easter eggs for media/comm folks and an era of the academy now truly unimaginable. So envious of the bookcraft! Thanks @adrishaw.bsky.social for recommending wwnorton.com/books/978163...

A photo of the entrance to Charles Library at Temple University, with students sitting and walking outside under a modern architectural overhang. The image has a dark red border. Text below reads: "Welcome to Temple Libraries Bluesky! Follow us for library resources, event information, and more!"

Thanks for joining us on Bluesky! Stay tuned for resources, event information, and more! 🦉📚

Photo by Betsy Manning

Thousands of games have been censored from major platforms, with LGBTQIA+ creators caught in the crossfire Payment processing companies have ceded to pressure from an ‘anti-porn’ group, causing Steam and itch.io to ban tens of thousands of games almost overnight.

I wrote an explainer for the impact of payment processor censorship on the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Media 2025 Explainer Announcing Media 2025 – an experiment in digital-era publishing that is a cross-between a limited newsletter and a short book. It's 11 posts (10 paywalled – nearly 20,000 words) that provide state-of-...

Just dropped Media 2025, a mini book/limited newsletter publishing experiment hosted on my relaunched site. Media 2025 offers 11 posts (nearly 20,000 words) with state-of-the-moment thinking (behind a one-time charge paywall). I welcome conversation about its ideas! www.amandalotz.com/media-2025-2/

QGCon occupies a different space than a lot of conferences and that makes its continued existence pretty important, if you have some money to spare.

Help fund QGCon 2025! What we needAs you may know, this has been an immensely challenging year for fundraising around the world. QGCon is currently navigating a CAD$12,000 budget shortfall. We hope to raise funds, with you...

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Great thank you! And you should self-promote!

Best blog/essay/think (i.e. short, not necessarily academic) pieces on interactive storytelling (any genre/format)? More looking for big picture writing, not reviews of individual projects.

Hey everybody! I'll see you tomorrow and Saturday at Comic-con! Come say hi! Ask me for an Automatic Noodle sticker!

This is funny and the whole mascot reenactment thing isn’t even as good as the guy after holding the sign that says, “this *IS* my wife”

I need a new game. Requirements: PS5 or Steam deck compatible. Good/interesting narrative or approach to storytelling. Main story is under 20 hours (preferably shorter over longer).

🎮🔥 Call for Games! 🔥🎮
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.

Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️

More to come soon!

Californians are debating secession again. The state actually has a long history of attempting to secede, and it's really not pretty. I'm so excited to share my first (but definitely not last) article for @flaminghydra.com!

Targeted How video transformed policing and securityVideo cameras are everywhere: attached to buildings, drones, and dashboards; embedded in smartphones, laptops, and...

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