Dr. Emily Friedman

Gentleman Scoundrel | A Blades in the Dark Solo RPG by allison arth A Doskvol poetry RPG for 1+

They call you the Gentleman Scoundrel, because no one knows your name ... yet.

Taunt the powerful, canonize your crew, reach into the ghost field, and more in this writing game based on solo RPG fave Gentleman Bandit, set in the world of Blades in the Dark 🔪
allisonarth.itch.io/gentleman-sc...

Hey, I don't think we've advertised the Frankenstein Variorum since the movie came out!

If you're interested in how Frankenstein changed across five early "editions", click here: frankensteinvariorum.org

Made by many hands, including (centrally) @epyllia.bsky.social & @raffazizzidh.bsky.social.

Me writing the background section to my thesis: yeah we're way past the ludology vs narratology debate let's not go over that again

Bluesky right now for some reason: Have you heard of Ian Bogost?

It'll be interesting to see what comes of a big statement -- I don't think Q would quibble with the idea that different games need different space, but is pointing to the ways that many games contort themselves to one format artificially -- in the way boardgames bloated in the height of the KS era.

if you see someone having a discussion rooted in academia/theory and then barge in as an enthusiast or super fan to tell them they are wrong congrats you have won

This is tangential so I'm breaking it out, but part of the reason I ended up being drawn to qualitative research, so much so that my research because a qualitative work, is because I really am just interested in people and why they do things (eg making games). People are weird and wonderful.

i think the fact that this industry is, as @papapishu.bsky.social has said, perpetually five years old, is a pretty bad thing

Hey rare #booksky!

If you are a bookseller, collector, or scholar age 35 years or under, and not yet a member of the Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social, let me know and I'll comp your membership dues!!!

Stories in Games Aren't Problems, They're Solutions Lots of video games have terrible stories, but that's no reason to give up telling them.

I'm not going to re-write a whole piece I already wrote 8 years ago, so here

www.vice.com/en/article/s...

*bangs fists on table*

I want my TTRPG smell nerds all in a room! How do I make that happen!

I’ve seen so much of the good that has come from your selfless energy — I hope for rest for you.

listen. listen to me. libraries are getting indie TTRPGs in circulation. high school teachers are bringing weird stuff to the teenz TTRPG club. we continue to be in a beautiful moment for showing more people the full breadth of what games can be. nurture it by playing & loving games!!! a gift!!!!!

Very excited for this conference next summer!
#CFP (deadline 28 Feb) Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750 at Oxford 18-19 June 2026. #earlymodern 🗃️ clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...

Oh no! Many prayers for your healing (and patience!)

I have a new summer task now.

Shots fired.

Closing keynote at #ff2025 from @dorothyjberry.bsky.social "What are we looking at? Massive Models and Minimal Description" starts with a quote from @ryancordell.org and discussion of luddism & AI in archives and libraries.

Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.

"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."

Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq

Just finished my last class of the semester🎉Reminded of how much I love teaching this academic writing class for grad students. We focus on improving our writing but also reducing anxiety and becoming a more consistent & productive writer

Some of the students favorite writing tips/learnings below:

Vincent is threatening to write a beginners guid to designing a game the Powered by the Apocalypse way and I'll be honest, I kind of need y'all to step up so that goodness can come into the world. Just, like, 10.000 dollars more to go.

@evilhat.bsky.social are class acts.

There was an issue with the backer POD file for the recent Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts book. They admitted it immediately, said "mea culpa", and are refunding everyone who bought the book using that code

I really appreciate that kind of openness and integrity

I have to say (cos I’m entering my snark era) that “poorly considered Over/Under clone” is perhaps … redundant.

Whispers for the Wildsea is available today!

A year and a half ago, I joined the @manysidedmedia.bsky.social Actual Play of Wildsea, and once I read the term "Tree Shanties" in the book, it was all over for me.

Whispers for the Wildsea, by j. 7 track album

Whispers for the Wildsea NOW AVAILABLE!!

Here, Wildsailor, take these Tree Shanties with you as you embark on your journey to sail the Wildsea.

Buy It Now (100% of sales today go to the artists): jstrautman.bandcamp.com/album/whispe...

Let’s say you had the opportunity to assign college students *1* thing (article, video, podcast) to help them understand what edtech is, how it’s funded, who benefits from it, and how it preys on their data. What hits these bases in a comprehensive, up-to-date, and powerful way?

The final day of class had some wild gems:

- I got weepy in the final moment of my 18C Novel class & the student who I hugged when they burst into tears before break said “it’s my turn”

- a Game Class student said “I took Benadryl & had weird dreams & in one you had orange hair & it was beautiful”

DUDE

Jennifer Kretchmer: Making TTRPGs Accessible to Everyone | Interview - Goblin Points News and interviews about Draw Steel and MCDM. New episodes thrice a month. Hosted by Jon de Nor.

I had a great conversation about Draw Steel, art description, accessibility, and much more with @jondenor.com a few months ago, and there is now a transcript along with the episode! I really, really enjoyed this chat and think we touched on a lot of great stuff.

goblinpoints.com/2522

‘The Circulating Library’ personification illustration by George Spratt. Printed by Printed by G. E. Madeley and published by C. Tilt, Fleet Street, London ca. 1830.

#printhistory #bookhistory #CirculatingLibrary #historyofprint #botanicalart #romanceofbooks