Bea[trix] Livesey-Stephens

as someone who's starting her journey with AAC after getting an autism diagnosis, YES

Touch Me, I’m Sick! Hello everyone! It’s been a long time since you heard from me. I’ve been working on my next anthology, Disability Vulnerability, and enjoy summer after a harrowing 9 weeks of bed rest. I’m delighted t...

@sfdirewolf.bsky.social shared a nice book write up for Margeaux Feldman's TOUCH ME, I'M SICK, out now from @beaconpress.bsky.social. She's also doing a giveaway & 7 winners will receive copies, so check out her newsletter & sign up to win!

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Brand-new International Journal of Role-Playing issue, this time on the topic of Consent in RPGs. @suzphdm.bsky.social served as Special Issue Editor on this one, and we are thrilled to see it in the world.

journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...

When we scramble for what we want, how many *little* compromises are needed to get it, and do those haunt us? Does publicly buying into the Grand Lie transform our inner worlds and relationships?

Disabled Rage In 2025, disabled people feel fear, anxiety, and rage about what is happening in the United States under a fascist President and Administration. Artists play a strong role against authoritarianism …

So necessary.
Thanks to @sfdirewolf.bsky.social

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/

A light blue graphic with text that says SEE MY WORK IN with an arrow pointing at the book cover of THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT: POEMS, ESSAYS, ART FOR LOOKING FOWARD edited by Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith. The names of the contributors are listed all around the white border of the book cover

🐌📖🎊🥳 I’m thrilled my piece, Snail’s Pace: The Art of Cripping Time is featured in THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, is available now! Edited by @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, this
anthology is filled with art, poems, and essays by so many amazing writers!

bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

This is where I show my unabashed Expressionism fandom, especially as it pertains to the TTRPG medium.

Also: manifestoes are great!

Write something you yourself would run and give you joy. That's the main thing!

I just wanna add that the @goldencobra.bsky.social larps occupy the space of free, outsider art games, like zines. There's little "high art" about them, and they've been written all over the world. Expansion of the larp medium is the goal, in all directions.

What a smashing sstart point for #larp basics! Props to @jmstar.bsky.social for hiss work on those ssound basicss for gamers!

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Reminder that *all* gamess from Golden Cobra sssince its founding in 2014 reside on the websssite and are available for free in perpetuity.

All creatorsss retain their rightss and are welcome to make a way more polished version than what's on the sssite.

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goldencobra.org

In last year's @goldencobra.bsky.social awards, I think there were a few games about parenting, because one of the categories was "Best game that lets children be present". We put that in to encourage games that let parents play, but parenting often became the subject.

www.goldencobra.org

When people ask "How do you design a larp?" -- I have 3 responses:

--Get together a group of adults to play costumed "Let's pretend" and let me know how it goes.

--Peruse @goldencobra.bsky.social contest submissions. Now write your own.

--Read our free textbook!

trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024...

It's out early next year, I believe. I've been real nervous about how it was going to be received but so far all our reviewers have been real generous and positive and I'm really proud of what the three of us have created.

www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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This convo I had highlights the difference in what "respect your time" means in games.

A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress

But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.

in stars and time got treated this way a LOT

Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢
Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue!
More details below in this thread👇
#CallForPapers #GameStudies

The website is restored and up!
Go read your fave article and maybe a new one?

analoggamestudies.org

I think about care work & longterm infrastructure & what labor "counts" SO MUCH -- as @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social and I were talking about with @rowanzeoli.bsky.social for @rascal.news just yesterday.

I feel very lucky to have been in so many cultures of care to try to live up to.

Help fund QGCon 2025! What we needAs you may know, this has been an immensely challenging year for fundraising around the world. QGCon is currently navigating a CAD$12,000 budget shortfall. We hope to raise funds, with you...

Thanks so much to all those who have already been kind enough to donate! If you are still interested, and are financially able, please consider helping fund this year's QGCon (link and details below)

How the Moomins became an anti-fascist symbol More than just a cult cartoon series for children, Moomins have long stood for social justice thanks to the progressive ideals of its queer creator.

www.huckmag.com/article/how-...

No Games For Genocide The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.

The games industry is complicit in genocide and imperialism. It’s time to divest.

If you're a game worker, journalist, streamer, or gamer, and feel like you want to get more involved, you can head to our website for more:

nogamesforgenocide.com

Analog Game Studies The official journal of Analog Game Studies. Scholarly content about tabletop, live-action, performance, and generally awesome games. Read more at our website analogamestudies.org.

Come watch the videos of this year's Generation Analog, and stay to watch those of the previous 4 years!

It's great podcast listening for those interested in games scholarship.

#GenerationAnalog2025
#StayAnalog

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...bc yeah, THIS.

YouTube video by Analog Game Studies GENERATION ANALOG 2024 KEYNOTE 1: JAY DRAGON

We congratulate Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast on its 2025 Origins award for Best RPG Core Product.

Check out Jay Dragon's keynote speech for Generation Analog 2024:

youtu.be/7k4_xVZpSBc?...

Our Queer Analog Game Studies Special Issue is now LIVE.

Kaelan Doyle-Myerscough on PbtA as queer platform, Brandon Blackburn on solo journaling games, Susan Haarman on queer domesticity in Yazeba's, and PB Berge & Percy Hornak on lyric games and trans life.

Check it out!

analoggamestudies.org

Happy #FourthofJuly! Happy belated #Pride special issue of @analoggamestudies.bsky.social: "Queer Analog Game Studies" -- analoggamestudies.org -- feat. four amazing essays & my introduction "Be Queer, Do Games: An Introduction to #QueerAnalogGameStudies" #analoggamestudies #queergames

We love to see an @aabria.bsky.social citation by the splendid @edmondchang.bsky.social :

Generation Analog 2025 Bingo sheet including someone tuning in from their car "the dragon game" two chatters post the same thing same time same brain look at my dog photos! table flipping mentioned punk bands mentioned spontaneous kareoke look at my cat photos! OGL shenanigans mentioned gif war in chat sara ahmed cited look at my minis #StayAnalog Evan shares a game with a long german name Ed has to politely enforce the time limit look at my dice! silliness goes off the rails look at my plushies! look at my bookshelves PBTA pun-ky puns for days nordic LARP mentioned look at my bird photos! people being super nice in chat

#GenerationAnalog 2025 Bingo Card by PB Berge, featuring citations of:

@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social @edmondchang.bsky.social @saraahmedfav.bsky.social @megueyb.bsky.social @lumpley.bsky.social

@analoggamestudies.bsky.social
#StayAnalog