iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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spencer chang @spencer.place · 06/08/2026

riding the internet subway to recent links people have visited..

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Design Room @designroom.site · 31/07/2026

Hi, we're a new video game oral histories site. Want to read the story of Shadow of the Colossus, as told by 11 people who worked on it? Or hear what Will Wright has to say about Spore in retrospect? Or see previously unreleased footage of Nintendo's Sound Fantasy? Check us out at designroom.site

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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The Employment Collection is a compilation of games focused around work, capitalism, and the job market. The newest update also adds a solo ttrpg I worked on!

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The Employment Collection by Mangotronics, Hyphinett, Em, notsleeping, Michael Klamerus, Goose

Corporate horror curated game anthology inspired by the modern careers and job searching

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A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

SOLAR RITUALS a solo exhibition by @solarserver.gamesopen for visits on WED+THU until July 9th, which then will be the finissage. Details: a-maze.net/news/solo-exhibition-at-… - Make sure you get her pins and the tape with all games. #arthousegames #AMaze2026

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Art Monthly @artmonthly.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

‘Me at the Zoo’ – For Giovanni Aloi, the very first YouTube video captures the contemporary mode of looking as a form of consumerist browsing Only in the June Art Monthly Quarterly subs from £13. www.artmonthly.co.uk [image: Jawed Karim, ‘Me at the zoo’, 2005] #art

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Art Monthly : Home : The UK's leading contemporary art magazine

Art Monthly is the UK's leading contemporary art magazine.

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Art Monthly @artmonthly.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

“If the first YouTube post, ‘Me at the zoo’, has become worthy of the V&A Museum collection, it is because it condenses with ruthless intensity the conditions of attention, representation and consumption that have come to shape art and communication in the first quarter of the millennium.”

A screenshot of the original YouTube interface from 2005.

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 18/06/2026

“...an obsessive academic sends an unusual artifact to a friend: an unfolding carousel containing a collection of objects and ephemera from the City of First Light” Sign up below to hear about the musical project between @friends-table.bsky.social x @LostInCult.co.uk dropping on June 25th... 🔗⤵️

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Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Booklets collected for our @mangamecentre.bsky.social annual conference tomorrow! They look fantastic. If you can’t make it to Manchester in person, you can join online - see the schedule on our website manchestergamecentre.org/events/2026/...

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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My thesis “Archaeological Game Design: Video Game Archaeology as Interpretive Play and Play Preservation” is now online and open access! You can access the official version here, however this has some figures redacted: qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle...

Archaeological Game Design: Video Game Archaeology as Interpretive Play and Play Preservation

Abstract: Video game archaeology is a relatively new field. This can involve studying players through the traces they leave in digital game worlds, though only limited work of this kind exists. Furthermore, the potential of these methods to record ephemeral play experiences for preservation purposes has not been widely explored. The first part of the thesis establishes the background literature on games archaeology and play preservation. The second part reports on the development of novel archaeological methodologies for preserving play. This includes three case studies; a go-along study in the massively multiplayer online game Wurm Online, an archaeological survey in Elden Ring, and a collaborative autoethnography in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. The third part of this thesis reports on the results of a player study investigating how participants interpret environmental storytelling. We report on a study in which participants (N=202) played a game about exploring a procedurally generated ruined village and were then surveyed on their interpretations. We draw on methods and theory from archaeology, a field that specialises in the interpretation of material remains, to support a grounded theory analysis of the survey responses, from which we form the theory of an archaeological gameworld mental model. Finally, the fourth part of the thesis synthesises these case studies to argue that archaeological game design brings together both the archaeological recording of player traces, as well as player interpretations of a fictional gameworld that should also be preserved. This work contributes both novel methodologies for play preservation and a new theory for how players interpret gameworlds. This work has narrative design applications, and interdisciplinary contributions to game AI, games studies and HCI.

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APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama) @apgrd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Saturday 13 June! 'Antiquity in Simulation: Global Receptions of the Classical World in Video Games'. A conference on Eastern and Western approaches to the reception of the classical world in video games. For the zoom link to join online & programme, please go to: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

An image of a controller, video games and text that says "Antiquity in Simulation: Global Receptions of the Classical World in Video Games Sat 13 June 9am-5pm Lecture Theatre loannou Centre 66 St Giles' & online www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events"

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Aphrodite Andreou @aphrodite-a.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

www.instagram.com/p/DXstO5Lgu9i/ Post by: themegandaily www.instagram.com/themegandaily/ Exhibition: The Occupied City New York and the American Revolution www.mcny.org/exhibition/o...

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Alexander Ross @alexross73.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that me and @thechristinet.bsky.social are running a games panel about refusing & resisting reactionary technopolitics!! Only two days left to send in your abstracts. Feel free to share with your games academic pals!

Is the only winning move not to play? Refusing & Resisting the Reactionary Technopolitics of games. Open panel - abstracts due by April 30!

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School for Poetic Computation @sfpc.study · 22/04/2026

Join us for Building Benches for the Web, a class where students will learn to code digital third spaces using presence and participation as our core building materials. ▬ W/ @spencer.place & Munus Shih Apply by 04/27: sfpc.study/sessions/sum...

Poster-style course graphic in purple and white that reads "online class Building Benches for the Web," taught by Spencer Chang and Munus Shih, organized by School for Poetic Computation, with arrow buttons labeled "5-Weeks," "Web Sockets," and "HTML & CSS."

Screenshot of a collaborative web page titled "walking together on the internet" with a chat log of shared links in the center and many colorful name tags floating around the page, plus the prompt "Make a circle together" near the bottom.

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Aphrodite Andreou @aphrodite-a.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

“Preserving natural history, whether that be creatures that once walked the same land we do, or ones that come up on our computer screens when our laptops fail to connect to a coffee shop’s Wi-Fi network, are equally important to chronicle and display as a part of our story." yis 🦖

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Google Chrome Dinosaur Skeleton Displayed in Natural History Museum - Palette Swap

The Field Museum of Natural History is hosting an exhibit displaying the skeletal structure of the Google Chrome dinosaur.

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This Saturday: “Scientific Speciesism: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism” with @christinewebb.bsky.social How does hidden human bias shape science and our view of other animals? 📅 25 April 🕓 4 PM GMT | 12 PM EST | 9 AM PST 📍 Online (Zoom) 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/ywwEd

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

My favourite work from Florence’s PhD is still the paper they did charting the history of a player-dug tunnel in Wurm Online, which involves incredibly moving quotes from the curator of an in-game museum: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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How To Save A World: The Go-Along Interview as Game Preservation Methodology in Wurm Online | Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

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Fort Kenmei @fortkenmei.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

youtu.be/-qDNnwjLXkY An interesting attempt to present mediation theory. #indiegame #gamereview #Godot #action #shooter #philosophy

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Good Games 423 - HAMM-3R

YouTube video by Fort Kenmei

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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

one of the coolest jams on itch is happening again, and the theme is more important now than ever… 🔥 Fuck Capitalism Jam 2026 🔥 “We're living in shitty times, but there's room for optimism. Capitalism is collapsing; that much is obvious.” itch.io/jam/fuck-cap... let’s go! 👆

art from the jam page showing a bunch of lemmings (from the game) ready to gooooo!

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🔊 Throwback: "Can Different Species Understand Each Other's Emotions?” with Dr. Elodie Briefer. Discover how animals communicate emotions, and how machine learning reveals insights into the evolution of cross-species understanding! 📺 Watch the lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TggoBGM1L4

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Ahmed Khalifa @amidos2006.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our new game, HAMM-3R, can be played over @itch.io: amidos2006.itch.io/hamm-3r @newgrounds.com: newgrounds.com/portal/view/... An experimental short philosophical game (5-10 mins) #indiegames #IndieGameDev #experimental #indiedev #indie #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #fps #Philosophy

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 24/03/2026

Play HAMM-3R! 🚀 FREE + SHORT (5-10 mins.) >> hammer.gua-le-ni.com << An experimental game about tools and technologies made with @amidos2006.bsky.social, @demigiant.com and other friends at the @indigitalgames.bsky.social! 🔨

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HAMM-3R

HAMM-3R is a SHORT and FREE experimental videogame about how our equipment influences the ways we understand the world and act within it.

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Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org · 19/03/2026

The Video Game History Foundation's newly digitized GDC 1989 tapes are rad. Talks with Dani Bunten! Trip Hawkins blasting Nintendo's licensing policies! A *retrospective* panel for gaming in 1980! Absolute gold that this stuff survived and is accessible for everyone now.

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Live from GDC... 1989! 21 hours of vintage talks from early gaming luminaries | Video Game History Foundation

We've digitized the recordings from one of the earliest GDC conferences, available for the first time in 37 years.

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Aphrodite Andreou @aphrodite-a.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Mood: coconut simulator (realistic game mode)

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Frostwood Interactive | Shutter Story @frostwood.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I launched a Kickstarter for Shutter Story but it went under the radar! It's a horror game about revealing and categorizing signs of the paranormal in a family's photographs 📸 Kickstarter link below. RTs, support appreciated 🖤 #indiegame

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Artforum @artforum.com · 11/03/2026

A guerrilla art installation featuring the names and visages of twenty public figures who’ve been linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appeared in a public park close to the White House in Washington, DC earlier this month. www.artforum.com/news/guerril...

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“Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame” Appears in Washington, DC Public Park

A guerrilla sidewalk installation in DC names Epstein links with stars featuring prominent figures like Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Bill Clinton.

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History of Games Conference @historyofgames.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Great news for anyone planning to submit to History of Games 2026: the deadline has been extended to 10th March 2026!

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A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

A while ago we shared that there were an amazing 🌴435 entries from🌴 78 different countries! You can find all the amazing submissions here🦩: f.mtr.cool/tvcmighcjp #AMaze2026 #mbbfunded #arthousegames #indiegames #playfulmedia #immersivetheatre #indiedev #AMazeAwards

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Astrobot JWST @astrobotjwst.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

New #JWST 🔭 data release for target names: GOODS-N_new_14, GOODS-N_new_25, UNKNOWN. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. Take a look at news_by_date.html

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MEOW: The MIRI Early Obscured-AGN Wide Survey

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Mighty Boards 🔜 SPIEL 3-M300 @mightyboards.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Hottest game on BoardGameGeek right now and live on Kickstarter 😍🔥 Come join 1000+ backers on the campaign page and get your free gift 🥳 👇https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyboards/for-the-gods

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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Game Poems Issue #2 submissions for short-form video games are now open: www.gamepoems.com/submit

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Aphrodite Andreou @aphrodite-a.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Special thanks to those who joined our #IMPULSE workshop last week in Saarbrücken! Participants interacted live with digitised cultural heritage assets within the IMPULSE platform.The exercise examined authorship and agency: Who designs? Who controls? Who chooses the rules of engagement? #XR #EU

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 16/02/2026

Hi! I have a new, quirky article out on how games use and represent the dead, but also on deadpool games, & the strange case of the #Fantamorto (an Italian fantasy sport). >> gamestudies.org/2601/article... << 🚨WARNING🚨: it might contain traces of @ckunzelman.bsky.social and @maurovanetti.itch.io

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Jordan Magnuson @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I recently led a game poems workshop in Mexico for folks from various backgrounds, most of whom had never made a game before. Everyone made two tiny game poems in four days--one using Flickgame, and one using Bitsy. Check out the beautiful results here: itch.io/jam/cadi-gam...

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Submissions to Tec de Monterrey - CADI Game Poems 2026

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Aphrodite Andreou @aphrodite-a.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

If you happen to be in Saarbruecken-Germany, join us for 3 days full of the #Hackathon, #Workshops, Lectures and #XR Studio Sessions ^^ Feb 10-12 | CoHub @speccoll-kuleuven.bsky.social @leuvenup.bsky.social @filmuni.bsky.social @unibo.it #culturalheritage #eu More info: k8.design/think-inside...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Missed Dr. Denise Herzing’s talk “Decoding Dolphins in the Wild: How difficult can it be?” last Saturday? 🐬 Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwxGf0H1XQ #Dolphins #AnimalIntelligence #DeniseHerzing

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spencer chang @spencer.place · 04/02/2026

everywhere i went on the internet in a day

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Daniel Vella @danielvella.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Can finally talk about this book! @domford.bsky.social @gua-le-ni.com @nelevdm.bsky.social & I have been on this journey for a while with a great team of contributors, and it's amazing to see what T&F have done with it. Certainly the most gorgeous book I've ever been involved with.

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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative cartography by @sam-moore94.bsky.social A recent exhibition at London’s Architectural Association presented maps drawn by author Ursula K. Le Guin as part of her authorial worldbuilding process. recessed.space/00310-Ursula...

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00310 - Ursula Le Guin AA — recessed.space

Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative cartography A recent exhibition at London’s Architectural...

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Aphrodite Andreou @aphrodite-a.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Join us online: l1nq.com/mD99H Heritage Malta and @unesco.org Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, will present the results of a survey we conducted through @heritaliseeu.bsky.social in collaboration with: #IIIF, #EU #eArchiving Initiative & #MNEMOSYNE about #3D #digitisation of #cultural #heritage

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