TMR!! ยซย Nostalgia, code, & the End of the Worldย ยป a ๐ดLIVE talk with Alex Klexber.
Solo #gamedev who made a #nostalgia game wishlisted over 10,000 times.
HAPENNING NOV 5
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๐๏ธ Save your spot: shorturl.at/lMyj6
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#videogames #videogame #retro #gameart #gameartist
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The #cfp for our symposium 2026 โ Frames of Reference โ is out!
๐ผ๏ธ Inviting #artist #researcher #PhD MA BA students, #professor of #nostalgia to submit works that engage with the theme
๐ง Submissions due 19 Dec
๐ Find the call here: nostagain.ca/cfp2026
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Nancy Long, an #art #educator of over 20 years, shared with us how #nostalgia helped her better formulate ideas as an #artist working with memorabilia, memories, & candies!
Our webseries memorabilia.mp4 is now in its SECOND SEASON! Stay tuned..
๐ฟWatch Nancy's talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0EM...
06.10.2025 09:50 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ Happening Now! 1pm (EST) / 5pm (BST)
๐จ a LIVE talk and Q&A with Nancy Long, an #art #educator of over 20 years!
๐โโ๏ธ How does #nostalgia help Nancy better connect, or learn from, her #students? How does nostalgia help Nancyโs own #creative process?
๐ฟ GET THE LINK HERE: tv.nostagain.ca
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โผ๏ธ TODAY โ Friday 26 at 1PM (EST) / 6PM (BST)
๐ฉ๐ผโ๐จ Nancy Long, an #art #educator of 20 years, reflect on how #nostalgia helps her teach students and create artwork better.
๐ฟ RSVP here: tv.nostagain.ca
25.09.2025 17:26 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
RESCHEDULED! Nancy Longโs talk โ on nostalgia and art education โ will now happen *THIS FRIDAY 26th at 1pm EST
๐จ Over 20 years as an #art #educator, Nancy reflects on how #nostalgia helps her connect with students. But also, how does nostalgia help her creative process?
๐๏ธ RSVP at tv.nostagain.ca
21.09.2025 14:02 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
An #art #educator with 20 years exp. reflects on what her students โgainedโ and she โlostโ overtime. Techniques change, styles evolve, but the #nostalgia remains.
๐ป Our webseries, memorabilia.mp4 launches S2 E1 with NANCY LONG from Concordia University.
๐ RSVP to the ๐ด LIVE talk tv.nostagain.ca
15.09.2025 21:43 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
What does nostalgia look like? At a talk I gave today at Tampere Universityโs OASIS lab, #nostalgia was a collection of leaves marked by peopleโs definitions. ๐
They passed their leaves to others, and received a new set; if they agreedโ fold onceโ if they did not โ crumple โem up!
11.09.2025 19:26 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Richy giving a talk in Oasis
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Oasis Lunch Talks are back! @srirachanikorn.bsky.social starts the semester with a great talk about nostalgia and video games, talking all things nostos and algos. Got a lot of great ideas from this that I now need to push aside so I can focus on the paper at hand ๐
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Want to get involved with Nostagain? Our annual kick-off meeting is on Monday, September 15 2025, 3:00PM
In-Person at the Technocultures, Arts and Games Lab
Online via form registration:
forms.gle/JCTr64uZsJFz...
08.09.2025 23:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ป EPISODE FOUR of our live webseriesโฆ with Matt Horrigan!
THIS FRIDAYโฆ 1PM (EST)
๐ด Sign up for the LIVE talk at tv.nostagain.ca !
Hosted by Derek Pasborg and @rohuinac.bsky.social
22.07.2025 18:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This month memorabilia.mp4 has not one, but *two* talks. Can you say DOUBLE FEATURE? RSVP here: www.rsvp.nostagain.ca (link redirects)
11.07.2025 21:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Can't believe it's time for the next episode of memorabilia.mp4! Come join us for an exciting talk with the co-founders of Ora4art collective, Bora Bodur and Debora Alanna! We'll talk about their VR art, visual poetics, and psychogeography! July 14, 2025 at 1PM: www.tv.nostagain.ca for RSVP!
30.06.2025 22:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
YouTube video by The NOSTAGAIN Network
memorabilia.mp4 ~ Episode II: Jonathan Lessard
Discussing #Cestlavie from the perspective of Nostalgia , in particular the uncanniness of representing the past through the eye of GenAI. Thanks to the amazing folks of @nostagain.bsky.social for the opportunity!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYxH...
30.06.2025 12:40 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ดLIVE talk with @glandeurlessard.bsky.social this THURSDAY at 1:00pm (EST)
๐ How do you design for a way to play with life?
๐ซ REGISTER A SPOT HERE: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d67ad5...
17.06.2025 17:06 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
YouTube video by richysrirachanikorn
Nostalgia for the Future | Richy Srirachanikorn | Public Scholar 2025-2026 Concordia University
What does it mean to be โnostalgic for the futureโ?
Excited to explore this question as a Public Scholar 2025-2026 at @concordiau.bsky.social
Stay tuned!
youtu.be/z0RgPHzZkH0?...
17.06.2025 07:13 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
YouTube video by richysrirachanikorn
Retro, Prospo, or IDK? - Richy Srirachanikorn (ReAnimate Summer School 2025)
Is #nostalgia a regressive or prospective emotion?
The context of #retro #gaming shows us it can be both.
Gave a talk ytd to the Concordia ReAnimate Summer School โ ๐๐พ
youtu.be/AfJCveEYCzk?...
14.06.2025 15:41 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A flyer advertising memorabilia.mp4, a live online webseries featuring conversations on the generative potential of nostalgia. This talk is with Jonathan Lessard, discussing his latest game, "C'est la Vie." The talk is June 19, 1:00PM EDT (GMT-4) and the sign up link is at www.tv.nostagain.ca
The memorabilia.mp4 web series continues June 19 at 1:00PM EDT (GMT-4), featuring Jonathan Lessard. Jonathan is a game designer, researcher, and associate professor at Concordia University in Montreal! We'll be discussing his new life simulator, C'est la Vie. www.tv.nostagain.ca !
05.06.2025 15:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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A quick reminder that the very first episode of memorabilia.mp4 is starting in a few minutes--drop by! www.tv.nostagain.ca
23.05.2025 17:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
๐ดLIVE: we are going to be chatting with @smritimehra.bsky.social very soon!
๐ฐ๏ธ 13:00 EST 18:00 GMT
Friday 23 May
Register and Watch Here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/afc4b0...
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Don't forget! Tomorrow is the very first episode of memorabilia.mp4, a live online speaker series featuring conversations on nostalgia with artists and academics! Please join us as we welcome Smriti Mehra, an experimental video artist! 5/23/2025 1PM EDT(GMT-4) www.tv.nostagain.ca
22.05.2025 18:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Our first episode of the ๐ป memorabilia.mp4 webseries โ a talk with artist Smriti Mehra!
Reserve your seat at www.nostagain.ca/rsvp
01.05.2025 13:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
PHD student at Tampere University Game Research Lab. Freelance writer. Feminist. Antifascist. Warhammer scholar. Poly Lesbian. Part-time Mancunian. Likes might contain spice. She/Her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ 33
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Chaire de recherche en design de jeu (Concordia)
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Critical studies on nostalgia since 2015: https://medianostalgia.uqam.ca
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Wolfe Chair in Scientific + Technological Literacy & Professor at McGill University. I research kids + tech + play/games/creativity, advocate for childrenโs rights in policy/design. Author of Digital Playgrounds (2021) and Kidfluenced (underway).
Journal devoted to analyzing the impact of information and communication technologies on self, society and culture in the 21st century. Bridges the social sciences and humanities. Welcomes disciplinary and interdisciplinary work. http://fastcapitalism.com
The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project of the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyvรคskylรค, and is funded by the Academy of Finland.
she/her โจ Assistant Prof in Political Studies - Women's and Gender Studies at USaskโจ Interdisciplinary legalโ๏ธ/pornography๐ฝ/games๐ฎ studies scholar working on sex in video games โจ Current work: The Pornography, Platforms and Play Project.
Post-doc at the University of Waterloo. Game history and labour scholar.
๐ฎDissertation on SNES/SFC preservation, emulation, repros, and hacking.
๐ฆฃTTRPGs at Mammoth Island Games.
๐น๏ธGame industry research on unions, worker co-ops, incubators, and more.
Director of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University. Sociology Prof. Works on digital culture, STS, game studies, AI and other fun stuff. Also Minecraft and eco gaming. Also the Fun Palace!
Canadian Game Studies Association / Association canadienne dโรฉtudes des jeux.
Publisher of Loading... Journal.
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STL native, UM-St. Louis x Michigan State alum. (Full) Prof at Newhouse School (Syracuse U, USA) studying gaming + emerging media. Launch Editor, Global Perspectives of Communication (Oxford x ICA).
โจ Milieux โจ AI/Aesthetics/Play ๐ค HUMA PhD, Concordia โจ writer โจ kludge queen โจ WvW addict ๐ฎ MTL/NYC ๐๐๐ฝ Lucky Charms ๐ Enjoyer ๐
Neurodiversity ๐ป www.rowenac.com โจ
๐ Sociologist: nostalgia for the future and video games. Co-founder of @nostagain.bsky.social
๐ Public Scholar 2025-2026 Concordia University, Montreal
๐งณ Now at Concordia University
๐ Letโs connect at https://richysrirachanikorn.wixsite.com/home