Ondřej Trhoň🐍

Zásadní knihy herní teorie: Playing with Feeling. Procítit videohry a nově uvidět svět V čem spočívá herní afektivní teorie Kandanky Aubrey Anable: Přečtěte si esej hreního teoretika Ondřeje Trhoně.

(czech writing about affect theory and game studies alert)

Konečně jsem se dostal ve svý sérii o herních knihách k afektu. Pocity, počitky, vztah k práci i ideji kybernetické kontroly. Emoce jako to hlavní, čeho si na svodech virtuálních světů všímat. Víc zde:

art.ceskatelevize.cz/inside/zasad...

Kinda proud, I think it’s somewhat fun: I made a millennial tarot. 74 cards, housing crisis & existential vegan anxiety. Sarcasm meets poetic pop-theory, includes three (!) associative booklets/guides.

It should be printed before Christmas.

More at ondrejtrhon.cz/tarot/

I worked on this!

NEEDLED 24/7

I woke up to a world, into which @adarook666.bsky.social remade my teenage obsession Children of Bodom, blessed timeline open.spotify.com/track/34k7Aj...

Why do Return Of The King adaptations flinch away from its most crucial chapter? Why do Return Of The King adaptations flinch away from its most crucial chapter?

Great reminder
www.avclub.com/return-of-th...

“I never see you at the club”

I never see you making three-armed abominations for the plague god #40k

Four books into Siege of Terra and I wish that Abnett at least co-wrote the beginning of Solar War. Saturnine (#4) is so much better than the previous three books in stylistics, tempo, thrill and imagination.

Also, curiously, fascists are still winning in this one.

Uh, something happened. Defence in December.

Also, Game Studies Study Buddies to Dissertation pipeline is real, thanks @ckunzelman.bsky.social & @ztul.bsky.social

The Leftist Case for Warhammer 40,000 In which we discuss the political history of a troubled game.

Partly, it’s a mixtape of things I like. Like this article by @iwriteok.bsky.social shatterzone.substack.com/p/the-leftis...

The best image in my dissertation about avatars, I think.

Your shadow-self is out there, somewhere, lurking. It wears your face but it is NOT you; do not become confused. You will need to identify where it hides and hunt it down. Use a sharp knife and carry salt with you at all times. The heart can be eaten, but at a price.

#nocontextPhd

"I want to thank the metal band Deafheaven for making this dissertation possible."

My partner upon seeing my new double-storied imperial ruins:

"So... it’s like a doll house!"

She’s not wrong.

Interesting read from @jdragsky.bsky.social , although mostly physical, I do appreciate the call to lean into the irresolvable tensions and simulating the social reality of the characters / alternation between tension, alienation and bleed 🩸

Big-up for Konami’s optimisation of Silent Hill f. My pc is below the specs graphically, but on 1080p it runs really smooth (FSR), with some settings even on high.

Alan Wake 2 could never.

it, accidentally but fittingly, became a part of my conclusion!

Writing my dissertation conclusion.

Smell or listen? Might add the option to close your eyes.

#indiegames

just in time to still play this TWO WEEKS INTO HANDING IN MY DISSERTATION about avatars, herewego

Writing this one made me realize I don’t think a lot of typical features of Wholesome or Cozy games are made for individuals like me. I don’t really associate fishing, buying & managing property and being a vendor cozy, for instance.

I wanna become a dictator because we as a society are in a dire need of 100% tax on anything cyberpunk.

(Cyberpunk Swingers Party novel cover from one of the contemporary bestselling Czech sci-fi writers, a guy)

MOLD MOLD MOLD — smashbash Haunting. Surreal. Beautiful. True art from a true artist. Published by PEOW2, distributed by me, tnp, a big mold mold mold enjoyer. Nick Borelli is a genius, and this book is a great introduction t...

seminal further art reading showing how artistic the practice of kitbashing can be @moldmoldmold.bsky.social www.smashbash.org/shop/p/vyrz6...

My first proper kitbash (combining four different kits) and my first #Warhammer fantasy mini. Nurgle (the god of decay and resilience) afflicted hunter with his plaguehound. The factory original on the right. Kinda happy as kitbashing is a part of hobby I did not do before my 15-year long pause.

out of context capitalism-coded subheadlines

I found it, the Dear Esther theme park (Ireland).

Seminally important bundle alert 🙌 And my game Lost in the Maze of Those Memories I Wander And Nervously Laugh is in there.

Velvet 89: 2025 Small/Indie Game Winner — 2025 Gee Learning Games Award Finding People, Understanding Revolution “The smog is terrible, but the regime is worse,” declares Marie, a 17-year-old punk protesting in 1989 Czechoslovakia. She’s one of over 45 characters hidden ...

A (free) game about Velvet Revolution I co-made (writing/design/sound) won a very beautiful award. Good birthday gift, indeed. @charlesgames.bsky.social

www.geeawards.com/blog/velvet-...

Randomly torrenting anime at the age of 16 let me there (my dissertation):