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Professor of Computer Science | Director GameLabGraz GameDevDays | #GameDev Research Science Tech VR AI | @TUGraz | past LMU ETH MIT EA | Forbes 30u30 Science | mountains ⛰️ twitch.tv/JoeyPrink youtube.com/@JoeyPrink jpirker.com

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soooo... @jackgutmann.bsky.social (Path Out, The Generalists Podcast) and me are podcasting today together on Twitch twitch.tv/JoeyPrink & www.twitch.tv/jack_the_gen...

TWO PODCAST RECORDINGS AT ONCE :-O

#gamedev #indiedev

05.08.2025 12:49 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Live podcast double-feature tonight!

Join me & @joeyprink.bsky.social (Johanna Pirker) at 17:00 CEST for her show, then at 18:00 for The Generalists!

Live on Discord, YouTube & Twitch!
⭕ www.youtube.com/watch?v=s10w...
📺 www.twitch.tv/joeyprink
🎟️ discord.gg/3pBSMrys?eve...

05.08.2025 05:30 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

also there is a Wacken livestream...
(now with Dino-Metal)

www.magentamusik.de/...

01.08.2025 09:03 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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guessing game.. where am I?

01.08.2025 07:39 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 6    📌 0
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gamescom congress reveals its big three focus tracks with the reveal of the first speakers. Industry experts such as Jukka Laakso and @joeyprink.bsky.social will present their thoughts and methods on Immersion, Responsibility and Well-Being in and around games.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

29.07.2025 08:40 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Munich's Technical University has a new "games professor": Johanna Pirker, head of the Game Lab Graz and former professor at Munich's LMU, has been appointed full Professor for N-Dimensional User Experience at TUM.

Picture by Matthias Rauch

www.gamesmarket.global/personalien/...

18.07.2025 07:54 — 👍 32    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Literally wearing one my favourite t-shirts while reading these great news.

21.07.2025 07:46 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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SAVE THE DATE!!!!

10 years of game dev days!!!

October 4th at @tugraz.bsky.social

#gddg25 #gamedev #indiedev #tugamedev

21.07.2025 06:34 — 👍 35    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 1
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Ui. Fein. @joeyprink.bsky.social

12.07.2025 05:45 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

ohhhh... Danke fürs teilen!!!!!

14.07.2025 18:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

advice from Warren Spector on how to get into the games industry:

finish something.

show the world that you’re capable of finishing a game...

at #WeAreDevelopers #gamedev #indiedev

14.07.2025 17:42 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

eine DB durchsage mit den worten "Niemand weiss jetzt wir es mit uns weiter geht" um 1:30AM ist nicht gut oder?

11.07.2025 23:34 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

thanks so much for this great stage and to everyone joining me there :)

11.07.2025 19:14 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

schedule change... I will talk already at 15:40 at the main stage

#wearedevelopers #gamedev

11.07.2025 12:50 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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It is this time of the year again ♡♡♡

The We Are Developers conference has started!!!

Tomorrow I am speaking at 4:20 PM STAGE 11!!!

#gamedev #indiedev

10.07.2025 19:40 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

sometimes I make up words and pretend it's a rare Austrian dialect...

09.07.2025 20:04 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

jaaa genau!!

08.07.2025 19:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Metal meets Games - Epic Crossovers of the Metal and Game Dev World! 🤘🎮
🎮 When Metal Meets Video Games – Epic Riffs, Bloody Pixels, and the Most Insane Crossovers! 🤘🤘 From DOOM to Brütal Legend, from Blind Guardian to Serj Tankian – metal isn’t just a soundtrack, it’s part of the gameplay, the story, and the world. In this video, I’ll show you: 🎸 The 8 Best Metal Metal meets Games - Epic Crossovers of the Metal and Game Dev World! 🤘🎮

I had way too much fun making this video 🤘🎮

From DOOM to Brütal Legend to Blind Guardian concerts in RPGs – here are SOME cool crossovers between metal and video games!

🎥 Link: www.youtube.com/watc...
#Metal #GameDev #indiedev

08.07.2025 17:12 — 👍 23    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Metal meets Games - Epische Crossover zwischen der Metal and Game Dev Welt! 🤘
🎮 Wenn Metal auf Videospiele trifft – epische Riffs, blutige Pixel und die krassesten Crossover! 🤘🤘 Von DOOM bis Brütal Legend, von Blind Guardian bis Serj Tankian – Metal ist nicht nur Soundtrack, sondern Teil des Gameplays, der Story und der Welt. In diesem Video zeige ich dir: 🎸 Die 8 beste Metal meets Games - Epische Crossover zwischen der Metal and Game Dev Welt! 🤘

soooo viele coole metal / games crossovers.. hier ein kleiner überblick: (deutsch)

www.youtube.com/watc...

#gamedev #indiedev #metal

06.07.2025 20:22 — 👍 20    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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aaaaand... I am now officially back in Munich :)

perfect start @mauriceweber.bsky.social

02.07.2025 08:57 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Eine neue Folge von unserem Podcast #einsnull ist online...

diesmal mit Manuel Ninaus, Professor an der Psychologie mit Fokus auf Spiele, Digital Technologies, Lernen :)

Viel Spass:
open.spotify.com/epi...

25.06.2025 15:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I need the mountains close!!! :-)

23.06.2025 16:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

crossing the border from Austria to Germany? :-D

23.06.2025 16:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ehmm… so, hello Munich :)

Here is the news: starting this July, I’ll be joining TU Munich as a full professor.

Still speechless.

TUM is one of the world’s top unis – #1 in the EU #22 globally – I’m SO honored & in absolute disbelief...

more soon.

Looking forward to more #gamedev at TUM :D

23.06.2025 16:08 — 👍 65    🔁 2    💬 14    📌 0
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More from my #50Days50Books journey now in patches of 4 (Reading is easier than posting):

#3 Du Maurier (UK) Breakthrough: eerie science&souls <3 <3
#4 Parker (US) Custard Heart: vanity&loneliness
#5 Akutagawa (JP) 3 Japanese Short Stories: truth&memory
#6 Nin (FR/US) Veiled Woman: identity

21.06.2025 13:39 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BACK with: Things I’ve enjoyed last week 🌍🎮📚

🎮 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – sooo stunning and unforgettable
📖 Fundamentals (Wilczek) – physics + inspirarion
🎵 Linkin Park live – Emptiness Machine

🏃‍♀️ Mountain running (with ibex 🐐!)

What did you enjoy lately?

19.06.2025 19:20 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hello from (near) Paris 🇫🇷

Honored to talk at the IPVF Scientific day at the legendary École Polytechnique campus! I discussed about how AI & digital worlds (games) can be also useful for fields such as physics 🌍🧠🎮

19.06.2025 18:36 — 👍 21    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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16.06.2025 22:15 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
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someone was watching me... can you spot them?

15.06.2025 21:52 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If someone says 'I don’t really play games' - what’s the one game you'd recommend to change their mind?

14.06.2025 14:39 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 12    📌 0

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