Elena Petrovskaya

Very pleased to see submissions to the special issue on Game Advertising of ACM Games: Research and Practice coming in.

This is a last call! Deadline is 31 October 2025.

We're looking forward to your submission, and if you need a smol extension… Slide into our emails. 😉

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Fat Bear Week 2025 Fat Bear Week 2025

PSA that Fat Bear week aka the best week of the year has officially started explore.org/fat-bear-week

In London, hate will never win.

Everyone should be boycotting brands as a way of supporting Palestine. It's hugely effective!

Start with Coca Cola, Amazon, Disney, Barclays.

If we have to live in a capitalist society which doesn't respect human rights, we can fight back by not letting them use our money.

Salah Shabat Charity Campaign Hi my name is Helena Kearns . I live in the North of Ireland . I am appealing for help for The Salah Shabat charity campaign.

I found a helpful post on instagram listing initiatives to donate to in Gaza - I will share this link in the next post. First I’d like to share Salah Shabat’s campaign to provide displaced families in northern Gaza with clean water and food.

Petition: Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza Act to ensure deliverer of fuel, food, aid, life saving services etc. We think this shouldn't be dependant/on condition of Israeli facilitation as the Knesset voted against UNWRA access to Gaza. We th...

Literally the very least we can all do is sign this

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

GAMES: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE | ACM Digital Library Games: Research and Practice offers a lighthouse for games research – a central reference point that defines the state of the art on games and playable media across academic research and industry prac...

📯 CFP Alert 📯
Special Issue on Game Advertising

With a stellar guest editor board, this issue invites submissions on any aspect of video game advertising.

Submission deadline October 31, 2025

Details here:
dl.acm.org/journal/game...

Do share 🙃

Something about flying over a currently-happening genocide that my own country and others refuse to do anything about, even as it is happening clear as day, visible from the passenger jets flying us around as if life is still normal.

Research Associate in Psychology at University of Sheffield An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Associate in Psychology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

✨ Job opportunity! ✨ We're currently seeking a Research Associate in Psychology for a new project led by @fieldmatt.bsky.social which will use machine learning to develop a better understanding of why many people drop out of treatment for gambling problems. More project info at: bit.ly/45WEyVb

Sign-up for game advertising workshop Date and time: 12 June 2025 at 7 PM Hong Kong time; 2 PM Helsinki time; 12 PM London time; 7 AM Montréal time We have four exciting presentations on current research in video game advertising. Curio...

Register now for our workshop on video game advertising on June 12th! Led by me, @leonxiao.com and Kati Alha.

We will have 4 exciting presentations and a hands-on workshop on using the Meta Ad Library.

Register and more info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving life under bombardment and is just one of dozens of minors who have died

"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas.

'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”

@elepetrovs.bsky.social, @katialha.bsky.social, and I are organising an online workshop on games and advertising.

Two parts:
1️⃣: paper presentations; and
2️⃣: workshop on how to use social media ad repositories.

Abstract deadline: 19 May 2025
Workshop: 12 June 2025

Details: bit.ly/advertising-...

have you ever tried the Yorkshire Tea 'Toast & Jam'?? I have no clue how they do it but it tastes exactly like the real thing

Screenshot of a BBC Politics tweet shows Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaking at a podium during a live broadcast of her speech. The quote at the top reads, “We are reducing the environmental requirements placed on developers when they pay into a nature restoration fund… they can focus on getting things built and stop worrying about the bats and the newts,” as she addresses the audience. In the background, there are large screens displaying the live stream of the speech, with a banner at the bottom reading “Kickstarting Economic Growth.”

Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on.

Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.

Save The Prince Charles Cinema The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

oh what the hell? the Prince Charles is at risk because of potential dickhead developers? truly they can fuck all the way off you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Sorry I’m busy all day, I have a phone call scheduled at 4pm.

not a fan of the new thing on some websites where you either 'accept' cookies or 'reject and pay' 🙃

The Statutory Levy: Our Response. Big Ben

We welcome the government’s plans to introduce a statutory levy to fund gambling harm research, prevention, and treatment.

We also look forward to further updates on several other important recommendations from the 2023 White Paper.

👉 Full statement afsg.org/2024/12/02/a...

You know it’s a cool research method when the BBC asks to replicate it.

I used social media ad repositories to find that 93% of ads failed to disclose loot box presence: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl....

@twgerken.bsky.social of BBC News found 90.9% of games failed to comply: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....