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Tony & Tanille's 15h Telethon Fundraiser YouTube video by Tanille Johnston

Cute that since Tanille Johnston raised enough to make it through to the next stage of NDP leadership, she’s teaming up to try to get Tony McQuail across the finish line.

Deadline is tonight. I gotta say the camaraderie on display from these two is pretty endearing
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Revolutionary ghosts are always helpful.

So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.

Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...

Enjoy!

@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...

Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon

I've been slowly making my way through this collection and it's quite good. Should be required reading for anyone who talks about games for a living. Also a painful read as someone who left the academy in part because of how impoverished the support for my work was.

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Incidentally, if anyone wants to commission a piece that talks about how the narratives in this book speak to the persistent rift between academic game studies and popular games criticism, hit me the fuck up.

Oh hell yeah.

Elon Musk Really Doesn't Get 'The Lord of the Rings' Musk has recently used Tolkien references to push anti-immigration messaging, as has the Department of Homeland security. They've got it all backwards.

Elon Musk's bad Lord of the Rings tweets have Tolkien scholars horrified. from @johnsemley3000.bsky.social, magnificent art by @anjalinair.bsky.social

😂😂😂😂 would love to see that!

I was interviewed for this article in Wired about how the far right is using and abusing LOTR in their social posts to gain support for their bullshit:

YouTube video by Hippolyte 🪐 The blood on our Controllers - The Complicity of the Game Industry in the Palestinian Genocide

The blood on our Controllers - The Complicity of the Game Industry in the Palestinian Genocide

Is OUT!!

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Just beat this one! Loved it and will be playing again! 🎲🎲🎲🎲

I was interviewed for this article in Wired about how the far right is using and abusing LOTR in their social posts to gain support for their bullshit:

Elon Musk Really Doesn't Get 'The Lord of the Rings' Musk has recently used Tolkien references to push anti-immigration messaging, as has the Department of Homeland security. They've got it all backwards.

Actual Tolkien nerd @johnsemley3000.bsky.social went deep on how poorly Elon Musk, MAGA, and other right-wing tech bros understand the Lord of the Rings. And can we all just admire this art by @anjalinair.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Thank you!

A sneaky weekend drop of the new GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, in which we spend 3 hours talking about a book that is 80 pages long! It's worth it, though, as few texts have been as impactful on how we talk about our present moment as Mark Fisher's CAPITALIST REALISM:
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IWGB accuses Rockstar of union busting following reported dismissal of over 30 employees Workers affected were "either members of the union or attempting to organise" at Rockstar, IWGB claims

The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has accused Rockstar of union busting after the studio reportedly dismissed 30 to 40 employees last Thursday (October 30)

www.gamesindustry.biz/iwgb-accuses...

More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC According to Press Engine data, the global pool of games journalists has shrunk by 25%

More than 1,200 video game journalists have left major publications in the past two years, and not returned to the media, according to data supplied to VGC.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...

Cover of Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession by Jodi Byrd. The cover art features a stylized, pixelated landscape that transitions into a painted forest scene. A river runs along the bottom, where a figure sits in a canoe. In the background, a wooden palisade, tall trees, and two stork-like birds in flight are depicted.

Save 50% on #NewBook Indigenomicon by Jodi Byrd @arsavium.bsky.social, which brings video game studies and Indigenous studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. buff.ly/FBknSYW

The CRPG Book Project The CRPG Book Project is a collaborative, non-profit effort to create an ebook on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games.

Hi, I spent 10+ years researching all sorts of PC RPGs: AAAs, indies, RPG Maker, non-English, etc. Together with 167 volunteers, I created/edited The CRPG Book: crpgbook.wordpress.com

You can download it for free, or buy a hardcover edition from Bitmap Books - ALL author's revenue goes to charity!❤️

The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a blood-curdling 55% off in the Steam Halloween sale!
A perfect time to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft.
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"Games for Gender-based Violence Prevention" with Kenzie Gordon

I have an upcoming guest lecture at UDelaware on my usual schtick - violence prevention in games both commercial and serious. Come hang out if you want to hear me on my soapbox! (do I need more than one headshot plz say no) 🫥 events.udel.edu/event/games-...

Wired and 404 Media make FOIA reporting free. Other news outlets should too We spoke to Katie Drummond of Wired, Joseph Cox of 404 Media, and Lauren Harper of Freedom of the Press Foundation about the case for unpaywalling public records-based reporting

When @wired.com made FOIA-based stories free, subscriptions went up.

When @404media.co published public records reporting without a paywall, new sources came forward.

We spoke to both about why dropping paywalls like this is good for journalism — and for business.

This interview with Janet Murray on the misogyny and masculinist attitudes in game studies is deeply depressing. But rings entirely true.

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@johnsemley3000.bsky.social Hey John! Someone sent me your post on Twitter asking for an academic to talk about memes and LOTR! I'm locked out of my account over there but if you DM me here I'm happy to chat and give you my email!

#gamestudies book launch in Toronto! November 14th at 7pm!

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YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation Unpaywalled: The case for making public records-based reporting free

🔴 LIVE NOW: Join us for this timely discussion about making FOIA-based reporting free at this defining moment in our history.

Featuring @404media.co’s @josephcox.bsky.social, @wired.com’s @katie-drummond.bsky.social, and FPF’s @caitlinvogus.bsky.social and @laurenleharper.bsky.social.

😂😂😂