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Tom Kline

@steepinkline.bsky.social

Writer, actor, (over)thinker. Interdisciplinary Humanities MA student at the University at Buffalo. Enthusiasm enthusiast.

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Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction The fifth edition of this pioneering textbook takes video game studies into the next decade, highlighting changes in mobile, social, and casual gaming. This book introduces students to both the major ...

My first game studies textbook was Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction (the second edition, if memory serves): www.routledge.com/Understandin...

08.06.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Me, c. January: "Sure, I'll take this Virtual Worlds class, even though I have no experience working in Unity or other major game engines. What could possibly go wrong?"

Me, c. Now: *sneezes* OH GOD EVERYTHING BROKE AGAIN JESUS CHRIST WHY DID I SIGN UP FOR THIS

22.05.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Microsoft Office is to me what weapons are to Beowulf…it always fails me.

26.04.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This weekend I'll be presenting at @rpihass.bsky.social's Critical Game Design Graduate Conference, and a fellow UB student will be demoing his board game at GameFest! I'm definitely looking forward to it!

23.04.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RFK Jr.'s voice is indistinguishable from the corpse held together by insects that tells the survivors in Prince of Darkness to pray for death.

23.04.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 374    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

i noticed a lot of the various american "fuck around and find out" types don't seem to be internalizing that they also live in america and will also be finding out

04.04.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7437    πŸ” 787    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 159
A stressed out Lois Griffin (symbolizing Congressional Republicans) looking over at a pill bottle labeled "25th Amendment"

A stressed out Lois Griffin (symbolizing Congressional Republicans) looking over at a pill bottle labeled "25th Amendment"

JUST POP THAT LID ALREADY

WE ALL SAW YOU EYEING IT WHEN JOE WAS STILL AROUND

02.04.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, it seems like I’ve almost made it to the β€œsuspense-is-killing-me” stage of the PhD application process…

27.03.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy to announce that I'll be starting coursework at the University at Buffalo in Fall 2024! I'm excited to return to academia after a fourish-year hiatus!

18.07.2024 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I truly say this as someone who enjoyed early Marvel and has nothing against superheros as a genre: I am so glad that superhero media is struggling. holy shit it's a relief. please create air in mainstream culture for other types of storytelling please god

13.11.2023 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 866    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 16

Going to Ohio to get exactly this high

08.11.2023 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

That's why I search for them! To spread the dankness!

08.11.2023 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huzzah! I've finally made it out of the clutches of the Former Bird App!

04.10.2023 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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