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Dr. Steve Mallory

@drstevemallory.bsky.social

Game Designer, Game Studies Academic, Historian, Digital Games and Fascism, Digimodernism, Assistant Professor of Design. Views are my own. Three Video Games in a Trench Coat

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#gdc2026 kicks off tomorrow. I'm ready...

09.03.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#gdc2026 kicks off tomorrow. I'm ready...

09.03.2026 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In honor of Burger Becky...

Woke up in San Francisco...Weird

08.03.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tired

08.03.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seconded

08.03.2026 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delicious?

05.03.2026 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Having been to Big Bend, that part of the state is incredibly inhospitable, sparsely populated, and absolutely breathtaking in its beauty.

My rage knows no bounds.

05.03.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Already blocked out!

I'll be easy to spot, I'll be in the back like this...

05.03.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How I arrived on Bluesky

05.03.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meglio Porci Che Fascisti

04.03.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be at #GDC2026 in San Francisco, next week, cruising the event. Reach out and we can schedule a meet up!

04.03.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The ability to be bored

03.03.2026 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CFP: Sounding Things: Props, Material Culture, and Accessories in Popular Music

Abstract Deadline: May 1, 2026
Abstract Length: 350–500 words
Editors: Kate Galloway, Paxton Haven, and Mike Levine

Full call here: drive.google.com/file/d/1mfyd...

03.03.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The phrase β€œevery conservative influencer in the business” tells you everything you need to know.

The entire modern conservative movement descends from snake oil salesmen and prosperity gospel revival tent preachers.

It’s nothing more than a con, and that’s all it will ever be.

03.03.2026 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1726    πŸ” 402    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 9
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Mood

02.03.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My Peloton handle is "DrHIITnHILLS" for a reason. My body hates it and lives it in equal measure

01.03.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm rambling. Grief is such a potent emotion. Rising from it seems like "closing it off". Embracing the love that was instead of erasing it... That is the way

01.03.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I grieve that my Dad won't see the legacy he gave me lives through my son, and that he dedicated a lot of his last energy to making pancakes with my daughter because that was their "thing"

I grieve because my mom, her mind gone from Alzheimer's, still recognized my daughter and danced with her.

01.03.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"pre-computational media critique"
apologies for the error...ugh

01.03.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What does "rise from grief" even mean? Genuinely.

I lost both of my parents over the last six years. Grief is a part of you, it changes you, and is always under the surface. I grieve that my kids never knew their Grandmom and barely knew they Granddad.

No rising from that, but embracing it.

01.03.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta have it run long enough to cancel the midterms

01.03.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I find everything pre-computational media really struggle today. They still seem to rely on a "author" and a passive consumption of media that computerized interactive media resists.

01.03.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've started pivoting back to that just for the structure. The struggle students have with uncertainty is real

27.02.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool essay about how designed environments shape our cognitive practices, especially in libraries, which the author calls "a gymnasium for attention"

26.02.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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INTERNSHIP ROLES 🎨 Come work with us at Rebellion on exciting games.

If you have a cool art portfolio but 0 industry experience under your belt, you should apply.

- Concept Art Internship wrkbl.ink/dK6mBOJ
- Environment Art Internship wrkbl.ink/3jsfWAQ
- Weapon Art Internship wrkbl.ink/3IgFN8X

26.02.2026 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Is he threatening us with a good time?

25.02.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delroy made "Get Shorty"

24.02.2026 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If they dont like being called Nazis, they should stop saying and doing Nazi stuff.

24.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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24.02.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Never go against the Tism...WHEN DEATH IS ON THE LINE!"

...or something like that...

24.02.2026 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0