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We're @daleyday.bsky.social and @songofthenight.bsky.social, two nerdy gals with an academically focused gaming podcast 🎙️✨ linktr.ee/arcadeacademia

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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Video game preservation efforts are constantly shifting, so we’ve rounded up the latest examples to keep you in the loop! 📰🎮 #videogames #gamespreservation #playstation
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Wins and Losses in the World of Video Game Preservation
How has the approach to preservation changed since our first episode?
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Amid worries that physical discs are being driven to extinction, the gaming community has one guarantee of a physical release in the future: The Witcher 4. 💿 Well...kind of. 😵‍💫 #videogames #witcher #gaming #sony #physicalmedia #witcher4
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
THE book about StarCraft is available for FREE 🙌 ⭐ In the wake of the big StarCraft 2030 announcement at last weekend's BlizzCon, this is a worthy read to check out. 📖 Read the whole book here: www.jstor.org/content/oa_b... #gaming #StarCraft #blizzcon #videogames #rts
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
WE WANT YOU 🫵 to talk about your video game research! 🎮📚✨ #videogames #gaming #academia #indiedev #podcast
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BlizzCon returned with a vengeance this weekend and no shortage of huge announcements. We’re wondering which was most important to you, dear readers? 👀 ⭐ StarCraft Open World Shooter (2030) 😈 Diablo V ♾️ Warcraft Forever ⚔️ Warcraft III: Forsaken Kingdom #gaming #blizzcon #wow #diabloV #starcraft
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Nintendo Direct promised a lot of ports, but not many new titles. The ones that were announced really stood out! #nintendo #apothecarydiaries #persona6 #kirby
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What did you think of yesterday’s Nintendo Direct? We have a few favorites to look forward to! #nintendo #nintendodirect #metroid #pokopia
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today, Nintendo held a direct in celebration of The Legend of Zelda’s 40th anniversary, revealing new footage for the upcoming remake of Ocarina of Time, a Zelda-themed Switch 2, and a slew of collaborations. If you missed it, here are all the reveals from the Direct! ✨
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Is holding hands with a video game character cheating? 💔😱 #gaming #gta6 #relationships
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A Swedish study partnered with the Sustainable Game Alliance published a paper last month breaking down the game industry’s impact on global warming, taking into account everything from development to cloud gaming services.
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
September is here along with vampires, 90s anime aliens, giant sandworms, and Michael Meyers. 🔪✨ Which one of these enemies are you ready to take on? 🧛‍♂️🪱👾 #videogames #gaming #orbitals #halloween #silenthill
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Researchers have successfully used living brain cells to play DOOM. 🧠🎮 In a recent experiment, lab-grown human neurons were connected to a system that translated their activity into in-game movement, allowing the cells to interact with the game.
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Continuing in a tradition established in 2007, the once again indie studio Double Fine is set to host their game jam, Amnesia Fortnight. This time, fans will be invited to participate via a Kickstarter campaign to choose an idea that will be developed into a small but full-fledged game.
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ever end a game a feel like you’ve lost a friend? A part of yourself? Earlier this year, Polish researchers published the first official examination of post-game depression (P-GD). #videogames #gaming #academia
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Since August 18th, a group called CyberLeek has been posting cutscenes and gameplay allegedly from GTA 6. #videogames #GTA6 #GTAleaks
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ahead of its September 8th release, Halloween: The Game has effectively been banned in Australia and New Zealand not because of the game’s gratuitous violence, but because it “contains illicit drug use that is linked to an incentive or reward.” 🔪🍃❌ #videogames #halloween #horror #australia
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
According to a survey of 99,470 games on Steam, about half of them earn approximately $4,000 over their lifetime. In contrast, the top 1% of games account for an estimated 84.5% of all revenue.💸 #videogames #steam #indiegames #gaming
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We’re studying hard for Arcade Academia’s next episode, an examination of the rise of the military-entertainment complex and the role of video games within it. One of our many sources is Corey Mead’s War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict. #videogames #gaming #fps #bookrec
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Amazon is using Twitch livestreams to train generative AI. All users are automatically opted in to this feature because, by Chief Product Officer Mike Minton’s own admission, “If this was opt-in, nobody would opt-in. That’s honestly the answer.” #videogames #twitch #streaming #AI
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Nintendo recently announced that the 3DS application, Pokémon Bank, will discontinue service on February 25, 2027, at 7:00 p.m. PST. #videogames #gaming #pokemon #nintendo
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In the wake of upset over Sony’s decision to discontinue physical discs, a Dutch consumer organization is suing the company for $457 million, claiming that the company unfairly inflated digital prices. #videogames #sony #playstation #stopkillinggames
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Warrior Cats books inspired two decades of fanfic, fanart (some of it ours) and fan made games. This month, the first official game based on the series was announced, an action RPG with turn-based combat being developed by Bamtang Games. 🐈‍⬛ #videogames #warriorcats #clansoftheforest #gaming
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TechRaptor @techraptor.net · 07/08/2026
Have you ever missed the old days of cartridges and bulky cellphones? Do you enjoy taking things apart to fix them? That is what Restory: Chill Electronics Repair is all about.
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Have you ever missed the old days of cartridges and bulky cellphones? Do you enjoy taking things apart to fix them? That is what Restory: Chill Electronics Repair is all about.
Restory: Chill Electronics Repair provides nostalgic lo-fi 2000s atmosphere and relaxing gameplay. This is our review. Read this article on TechRaptor
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
On August 6, 2026, a trailer for an upcoming turn-based RPG, Warriors: Clans of the Forest, based on Erin Hunter’s popular Warrior Cats books, dropped online. #videogames #gaming #warriorcats #booksky
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We're FINALLY getting an official Warrior Cats game
After two decades of fan games, Warriors fans are sending prayers to Star Clan
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Mark your calendars: August is positively PACKED with game releases. How are you going to keep up? 😱 #videogames #gaming #fieldsofmistria #beastofreincarnation #starwars
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Electronic Arts has officially been sold in the second-largest deal in all of gaming history, the first being Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard for a final total of $75.4 billion. #videogames #gaming #ea
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What #videogame release are you most excited to play this August? 👾
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Our first episode detailed some of the barriers to video game preservation, and the current controversy surrounding the apparent impossibility of Dragon Age remasters highlights one such hurdle. #videogames #dragonage #gaming
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Splatoon Raiders has only been out a week and has already set a record as the 7th highest user-rated game of all time on MetaCritic! (Number 5 being the 2008 hit Disney Cory in the House DS game.) Have you had a chance to play Splatoon Raiders yet? 🫟 #videogames #splatoonraiders #splatoon
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Bucketing games, even oldies, as obsolete is uninformed at best, willfully myopic at worst.
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In recent years, collecting Pokemon cards has become a bit of a dangerous sport. Scalpers have turned collecting into an expensive nuisance, and in some cases, resulted in violent outbursts as among collectors seeking card packs. #pokemon #pokemonTCG #nintendo #videogames
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Found Nintendo products a little pricier as of late? This is partly due to the tariffs imposed by President Trump that were later deemed unlawful. #videogames #gaming #nintendo #tariffs
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
What is the sexism of surprise? 🤔 #gaming #videogames #feminism
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Challenging as it was, we picked out some of the titles that best represent what we love (and what we sometimes hate) about video games. Unsurprisingly, there is some overlap--because the Arcade Academia hosts have great, eclectic taste! ✨
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A Seattle area raccoon with Short Spine Syndrome dubbed "Jimothy" has been the darling of the internet for the past few days and has now made his way into several video games. 🦝✨ #videogames #jimothy #stardewvalley #skyrim #wow
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Recently, A24 came under fire for issuing takedown notices for indie games based on the Backrooms lore. Fans were outraged, as the affected titles were based on the online creepy pasta and not Kane Parsons’ iteration of the story. #videogames #gaming #backrooms
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The Backrooms controversy and the messy relationship between fan games and fair use
The Backrooms, fan games, and copyright law
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Bethesda has mapped out their future focuses for fans with a roadmap that promises a dedication to the studio's core franchises: the Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and (apparently) Starfield. #videogames #gaming #bethesda #fallout #elderscrolls
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We’re glad to see the positive outcome! 🙌
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A24 Withdraws 'Backrooms' Copyright Claim After Kane Parsons Intervenes
The studio affirms that online creatives "have every right to tell their own version of the story" of Backrooms
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Have you ever loved a fangame that was later hit with a copyright notice and then promptly taken offline? This is the inevitable fate of most fan content once an IP gains popularity. #gaming #videogames #backrooms #A24
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is the unfortunate inevitability once an IP becomes popular enough: fan games and creations are shut down. In this case, we would need more information, as the alleged copyright strikes have not yet been confirmed by A24.
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Backrooms Devs Reportedly Hit With Copyright Claims From A24
According to artists and an indie developer, A24 is hitting multiple creators with copyright strikes on Backrooms-themed works unrelated to the film
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What’s a core game? What’s a casual game? 🤔 🎮 We spoke with Amanda C. Cote, author of Gaming Sexism: Gender and Identity in the Era of Casual Video Games about these technically made up terms. #gaming #videogames #casualgames
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Following the massive restructuring at Xbox, two previously acquired studios have returned to their indie roots: Double Fine and Compulsion Games. #gaming #xbox #videogames #indiedev
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Is it “disk” or is it “disc?” 💿 With talk of the industry fading out physical copies, we’ve seen posts and articles about both the death of “disks” and nostalgia about sharing “discs.” #playstation #gaming #videogames Find out below 👇
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🚨 NEW ARCADE ACADEMIA DLC ALERT! 🚨 In our second bonus episode, we spoke with Amanda C. Cote, author of Gaming Sexism: Gender and Identity in the Era of Casual Video Games. 
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Arcade Academia DLC 2: Gaming Sexism with Amanda C. Cote
An interview with Amanda C. Cote, author of Gaming Sexism: Gender and Identity in the Era of Casual Video Games
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"We believe that The Pokémon Company will continue to take measures to respond to this issue." -- Shuntaro Furukawa, president of Nintendo #pokemon #TCG
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Nintendo President Says The Pokémon Company Will 'Take Measures' to Respond to Widespread Card Scalping Issues
Nintendo's president has been asked to address the current state of Pokémon card shortages and scalping, which many fans feel is worse than ever, despite 10 billion cards being printed last year.
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Vampire Animal Crossing is here!! 🦇💜 #moonlightpeaks #indiedev #videogames #gaming
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Is this just a more polite way of saying "touch grass?"
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Pocketpair has announced that Palworld’s price will not be increasing upon the 1.0 release of the game. This is interesting news when contrasted with recent price increases across the industry. 🤔 #videogames #gaming #palworld
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Should console exclusivity still be a thing? Should we do a future episode on the practice? 👀 #videogames #xbox #playstation
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Arcade Academia @arcadeacademia.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Here's your homework for our interview with Amanda C. Cote, author of Gaming Sexism: Gender and Identity in the Era of Casual Video Games 🎮✨ #videogames #sexism #casualgames #cozygames
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