Dr. Candice Allmark-Kent

“Indoors or…. What is indoors?” Unsettling Settlements in Fallout 4 Fallout 4 explores blurred boundaries between inside and outside through player-built settlements, artificial environments, and survival mechanics shaped by radiation and shelter.

In the latest piece for our Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social, @callmarkkent.bsky.social examines "'Indoors or…. What is indoors?' Unsettling Settlements in Fallout 4."

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#envhum #videogames #fallout

Ghost gear - lost and abandoned fishing gear is killing whales, dolphins & marine life in UK seas -but thanks to your support, we’re taking action to stop it. 1/2

Professor David Sims marks 50 years since Jaws with reflections on shark conservation | Marine Biological Association As the iconic film Jaws marks its 50th anniversary this week, MBA Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Southampton,

As the iconic film #Jaws marks its 50th anniversary, MBA Senior Research Fellow Professor David Sims has published a compelling article in The Conversation that examines the film’s lasting impact on #sharks & how science is helping them recover 🦈

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@thesimslab.bsky.social

Perfect! Thanks very much!

Just doing some final checks and proof-reading my application. Is there an official cut off time today? 👀

This map by Benjamin Donn was produced as part of a 12-sheet map of Devon in 1765. Donn was awarded £100 from the Royal Society for the Arts for the best 1 inch to a mile survey of an English county.

📷 Townsend Maps T8; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

#MapMonday #MondayMaps #MappingOurExeter

🚨Job Alert 🚨 🐕‍🦺 🐄🐎🐦‍⬛
Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧵) @sheffielduni.bsky.social
📆 deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...

🦔 Love this little guy!! A small model of a hedgehog that is about 4,500 years old! from Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period (2800-2300 BCE). National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 📷 me

My first experiments in live game analysis are available on YouTube now! I'll record a video essay soon but overall it was a very fun experience 🐈

#GameStudies #AnimalsinGames #CatsinGames #HumanAnimalStudies #DigitalHumanities #EnvironmentalHumanities #EcoGames #CulturalStudies #MediaStudies #Cats

Can we finish Stray? I'm going to try for a big livestreaming push on twitch.tv/compassionatecanon because I'd love to complete the game before the end of @gamesforwaves.bsky.social #WODFest 2025. I've been fundraising for @whalesorg.bsky.social and raised £250 so far! tiltify.com/@compassiona... 🐋🐬

Image of a whale fin caught in fishing gear.

Whales are helping each other escape from abandoned fishing gear. Researchers recently witnessed some fascinating cooperative behaviour. Read more here: tinyurl.com/eck4y5zf

What is ghost gear? - Whale and Dolphin Conservation

And no one’s taking responsibility.

While we call on UK governments to act, you can help save whales and dolphins from deadly gear today. Click on the link to find out how 👉 uk.whales.org/2025/06/08/w...

I went into my interpretation of Stray without reading any reviews or analyses. Turns out, the game is not what I expected at all. Haven't finished it yet, but shows that context is crucial in close analysis. Still, a fun experiment nonetheless! #digitalhumanities #animalstudies #animalfiction #cats

Call for Submissions – Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors Through Playing Inside, we hope to develop a place to discuss the many ways that playing inside impacts people’s relationships with environments outside.

ICYMI:

Through Playing Inside, we hope to develop a place to discuss the many ways that playing inside impacts people’s relationships with environments outside. Get your proposals in to @theliftline.bsky.social by June 30th!

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#envhist #envhum #games #envstudies

Had a BLAST streaming last night! We sped past all my initial goals with a whopping £180 donated to my fundraiser for @gamesforwaves.bsky.social so far! Looking forward to playing more Stray tonight and offering my initial thoughts and analyses as we go. Please do join and come hangout in the chat!

Only a week to go before the deadline (13th June): Call For Abstracts: Forgotten Animals, 17th-18th September 2025, University Of Leicester, UK - political philosophy & cognate disciplines conference. More details here:

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A black and white photograph of Mark Beeson leaning against a wall. Copyright held by Mark Beeson's children.

We hold the archive of Mark Beeson (1954-2022), a poet, playwright and primatologist based on Dartmoor. The collection is a fantastic resource for studying theatre, the history of Devon, folklore, primatology, and much more!

🔗 To learn more:
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Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet In the 19th century, astronomers could see Mars through telescopes, but not clearly. Some used their imaginations to fill in what the blurry images couldn’t convey.

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Call for Submissions – Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors Through Playing Inside, we hope to develop a place to discuss the many ways that playing inside impacts people’s relationships with environments outside.

NEW NiCHE Series Call for Submissions!!

Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors
Submission Deadline – 20 June 2025
Series Editor: @theliftline.bsky.social

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#envhist #envhum #envstudies #games

Think Deep! launches this Saturday for World Ocean Day, with Episode 1 tackling why deep-ocean science and policy matters now more than ever.

Watch the trailer: buff.ly/PkdX66u

Tonight and tomorrow 6th and 7th June 8 pm - 10 pm (GMT+1) I'll be LIVE on Twitch (twitch.tv/compassionatecanon) analysing the game STRAY to fundraise for @whalesorg.bsky.social @gamesforwaves.bsky.social #WODFest campaign to remove abandoned fishing gear from our seas: tiltify.com/@compassiona...

Until 17th June 2025, use the discount code on the flyer to get 20% off of my book: "Literature, Science, and Animal Advocacy in Canada" link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#animalstudies #animalfiction #animalhistory #canadianliterature #ecocriticism #literaryanimalstudies #history #naturalhistory

I am delighted to announce that the recording of Profs Vinciane Despret and Susan McHugh's keynote speeches at our final conference are now available from this site: www.rethinking-fables.org.uk/final-confer...
Please have a look and enjoy! 😊

This is welcome and long overdue. MPs are now calling on the UK government to ban trawling and dredging in "Marine Protected Areas". It's outrageous that this wholescale destruction is permitted anywhere, let alone in these "reserves". It has to stop. committees.parliament.uk/publications...

What with @whalesorg.bsky.social #WODFest fundraiser to remove abandoned fishing gear from the ocean, I've been thinking about waste a lot lately. This book feels very appropriate. There is no throwing anything 'away,' it just goes elsewhere. We often forget about all the waste hidden in our oceans.

Inspired by @gamesforwaves.bsky.social and @rethinkingfable.bsky.social, I'm finally feeling brave enough to start Compassionate Canon: a multimedia project about animals, empathy and storytelling. I'm starting on Twitch, where I'll be playing games and analysing them at the same time. Come join me!

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful poems with us yesterday. I found them very moving. I didn't get to ask a question but I was really intrigued by the shifting perspectives and how you created the seal-ness of the selkie.

EASLCE Webinar: Environmental Game Studies: What Is An Ecological Game? With Laura Op De Beke – EASLCE EASLCE Webinar “Environmental Game Studies: What Is an Ecological Game?” May 30, 4–5:30 pm CEST. Laura op de Beke. Ecocriticism

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This looks so interesting! I cannot wait! Also, I'm realizing that I really should incorporate this into my research properly since I'm so pumped. I'd love any game recommendations. I'm particularly interested in nonhuman protagonists and depictions of their perspectives, experiences, abilities etc.