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Paul Wake

@pfwgames.bsky.social

UK academic researching games and the environment. Writing book on Blood Bowl. Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre.

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Speculative praxis

12.06.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@kierancutting.bsky.social giving the last talk of the day, β€˜Rituals for building futures’

12.06.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Next panel starts with Drew Fleshman talking about Disco Elysium.

12.06.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yames has transformed into an owl.

12.06.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris Bisette rounds out the panel…

12.06.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yames, presenting online, maker of creepy video games…

12.06.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Strange Horticulture, β€˜a weird game about identifying plants’

12.06.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first session of the afternoon is a Creative Round Table, with @robdonkin.bsky.social, @stanwixbuster.co.uk and @loottheroom.bsky.social

12.06.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Last paper of the panel from Zoheb Mashiur, Annalise Furlong-Muir and Holly Molander, β€˜Tarot as a Resolution Mechanism’

12.06.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our next talk is from @rosgakori.bsky.social - β€˜Laughter of the Thirsting Gods: Faith as a form of control in Warhammer 40,000’

12.06.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ingmar Vogelsand, β€˜Retelling Hannover’s History with CthulhunMythos’

12.06.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Next up, Rachael Gittins. And we get to play…

12.06.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s only a game. Isn’t it? Great talk from @gamemagicarcana.bsky.social

12.06.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I now want an Enochian Chess set…

12.06.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Multiplatform 2025: Rituals of Play opens with a keynote from Dr Jeff Howard.

12.06.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

It’d be great to see you there!

09.06.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Games Workshop Research Day 2025 β€” Manchester Game Centre We are pleased to announce that the Manchester Game Centre's second annual Games Workshop Research Day is taking place on Saturday 11th October 2025!

The Manchester Game Centre’s second Games Workshop event is coming… manchestergamecentre.org/events/2025/...

09.06.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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If I call this an acquisition for the #BloodBowl collection it feels a bit less like I’ve just bought a plastic bag...

24.02.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Gareth, if you drop me an email (p.wake@mmu.ac.uk) I’ll see what I can send over.

31.01.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

About half way in I was wishing I’d gone with the Reavers!

12.01.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s my attempt. The stripes nearly drove me mad!

12.01.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well remembered πŸ‘

01.01.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a striking similarity between Jim and the pic of Jervis in the third ed rulebook which might underscore the dark elf link (wasn’t Jervis a DE coach?) but I also think that Jim’s forehead looks to have a bat shaped wrinkles!

01.01.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Third edition is the first time I can find an image of Jim and Bob. They feature from 1st ed but I can’t think of any earlier fluff that describes them. Though now I want to check…

01.01.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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After almost two years of being half painted my #BloodBowl Dwarf team is finally done. Not much deviation from the box art but I’m pleased with how they came out.

28.12.2024 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research in pictures #3. Today’s delivery is this appropriately Christmassy Games Workshop mail order flier from December 1996. #BloodBowl

16.12.2024 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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It’s been a great day for #BloodBowl. A fun tournament in Lancaster (gnomes went 1/1/1) followed by an evening
painting this gnarly looking Minotaur for the my league team.

07.12.2024 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To my thinking it’s multiple things/places at once, with many different and shifting layers. Always in flux.

01.12.2024 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That was my thought too. Makes sense of what they find too.

01.12.2024 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1