iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dr Abby Rekas (she/her) @letsopenculture.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I am at DiGRA Malta talking about game preservation, and when I shared the attitude of the ESA that people only want access to preserved games in order to play them FOR FUN! (rather than serious research) someone facetiously replied “well if it’s fun why shouldn’t you pay” and it got me thinking 1/2

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Dr Abby Rekas (she/her) @letsopenculture.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

federal funding cuts to public libraries, public television & public radio force people to spend money to access stories & information. There are a lot of horribles in this parade, but the one that strikes me is the idea that we are making it very difficult to find free fun. Fun is behind a paywall.

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Dr Abby Rekas (she/her) @letsopenculture.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

So many of our fun cultural products are being removed from institutions that give you free access. Then this morning I saw on instagram my local American library posted about the fact that federal funding cuts mean Libby will be unable to license as many e-books, reducing access for many people 2/3

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