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💾 associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU 🕹️ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org 🍎 The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal https://linktr.ee/lainenooney they/them
Horrors
Like...GAME COMPANIES ARE NOT IN CHARGE OF HOW GAMES WORK AS COMMODITIES. platform logics and ownership structures are.
End rant!
Inside of games, we all know what the human touch looks like. But these yahoos in their 50s are up here talking and human craft + AI when 40% of (non-china) game industry growth comes from goof ass broken jank kiddo game world (aka roblox) ... The *market* is already both saturated and cooked
Amazon is in a race to the bottom. X is a race to the bottom. YouTube is a race to the bottom. Online journalism has been shelled by this race to the bottom. AI slop is king. Attention economies rule. And most "game" companies are just revenue streams inside larger tech companies 2/??
Fascinated by how much game execs are convinced "the human touch" is so critical to making games and will never be compromised by AI...when none of our platform markets support this level of creative preciousness 1/?? 🧵
Well that 5-8 year spike where lots of ppl at GDC wore pronouns badges was cute and apparently over
I got to say the NYU President and provost using their internal email to make statements every time they want to cry about something the contract union says is soooooo pathetic looking, Just huge emperor with no clothes energy
Hey, our panel from Super MAGFest 2026 is up! Hear me, @lainenooney.bsky.social, and @kendraserra.bsky.social talk about the last year of news in the field of game history! Hot opinions, deep cuts, and something Laine calls "Weird Take of the Year"
~feeling this~
Me and @superjoost.bsky.social that the historical long view on the Xbox c-suite shuffle, and our hunch that this is the beginning of the end for the Xbox legacy, and I offer some comparative observations about the 1990s Sierra years //
PLUS where we'll be all GDC
Mayor Mamdani blowin up my phone
hell yes. vide ogames
I can't believe it
With your help we've narrowed the gap to just under $1K with TWO HOURS left to go.
Every bit counts: www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
👉 Text a friend who loves games.
👉 Post the stream link
👉 Drop into chat and make it lively
👉 Raid us if you’re streaming
👉 Give direct: donate.romchip.org
we've got @kendraserra.bsky.social on in mere moment to flail their way through survival mode of The Long Dark. join, watch, laugh, donate: www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
With your help we've narrowed the gap to just under $1K with TWO HOURS left to go.
Every bit counts: www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
👉 Text a friend who loves games.
👉 Post the stream link
👉 Drop into chat and make it lively
👉 Raid us if you’re streaming
👉 Give direct: donate.romchip.org
jason scott solidarity post
where are the rich game ceos who love open access game history, now is your time to shine
www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
folks: we're serious. We got 3 hours to meet our minimal budget needs for another year of ROMchip. Wanna help?
www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
👉 Text a friend who loves games.
👉 Post the stream link
👉 Drop into chat and make it lively
👉 Raid us if you’re streaming
👉 Give direct: donate.romchip.org
folks: we're serious. We got 3 hours to meet our minimal budget needs for another year of ROMchip. Wanna help?
www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
👉 Text a friend who loves games.
👉 Post the stream link
👉 Drop into chat and make it lively
👉 Raid us if you’re streaming
👉 Give direct: donate.romchip.org
ROMchip's annual fundraiser stream has just started! 🙌🎉✨
Please join us and support the journal if you can. There's an incredible schedule of wonderful streamers and games! 🦑✨
I'll be on at 7 PM ET to talk shamelessly about my love of Smash Bros. Melee! 🖤🖤🖤
Our friends at @romchip.bsky.social are hosting an all-day stream to raise money for their video game history journal! Lots of great content over the next 7 hours. Hang out with us!
www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
come watch @toddwords.bsky.social tear it up playing the 1997 single-player Magic: The Gathering computer game from Microprose.
Not just fun to watch but Todd is an expert explainer and describer of what's happening on screen
www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
come watch @toddwords.bsky.social tear it up playing the 1997 single-player Magic: The Gathering computer game from Microprose.
Not just fun to watch but Todd is an expert explainer and describer of what's happening on screen
www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
starting now! come get cozy with @alt254.bsky.social on the ROMchip stream
we had some tech difficulties but are going live with naomi now
in 15 mintues we've got @halfrobot.com streaming cult disaster Cosmology at Kyoto #cosmologyatkyoto join us!
www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
this is so offensive we started a Cringe Counter :
Mike's IN THE HOUSE get in here! www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal
#cyberpunk #gamehistory #riseofthedragon #fundraiser
lmao