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Groose The Game Studies Goose

@groosethegoose.bsky.social

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I am a helpful honking goose that loves game studies. I'll help you appreciate game studies through many memes of varying quality.

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Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Honk!?

A giant plush goose named groose is sitting on his own testicles. Trace amounts of Quest 64 are faintly visibile inside. The caption reads "When Quest 64 is so pervasive it has begun to affect the wildlife."

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Honkemon

A giant plush Goose is holding a makeshift net with two captured pokemon inside. The caption reads "When you wrangle a good idea for a psychgeist of pokemon chapter".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A giant plush goose is wearing a squid hat. The caption reads "When you embrace the player culture of your splatoon ethnography".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Honk

A giant plush goose in a crocheted top hat and plaid scarf sits in front of a whiteboard with a marker in its mouth. On the whiteboard is a crudely drawn image of a Goose in green dry erase marker. The caption reads "When you don't have enough followers so you must draw your own fan art".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Honk

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Honkworld

A giant plush Goose in a canadian cowboy hat points a lamp in the face of a strange creature. The creature looks like chicken and also green coconut. The caption reads "when you're interrogating whether you're dealing with a Pal or a Pokemon".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

honk!

A giant plush goose hides behind the leg of a chair, but his big body is still clearly visible. The caption reads "when you're spotted on the stealth run because you're bad at stealth".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Honkblox

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Honk

A giant plush goose and a meccano robot sit together on a couch. They are dressed well. The robot is holding a copy of Dark Souls III. The caption reads "When you and your co-author finish writing those abstracts and actually find time to game".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Honk

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

HONK

The head of a giant plush goose looms over a computer screen. The goose is wearing a gaming headset, and it has an evil expression on its face. The caption reads "when your toxicity study becomes a study on yourself".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

honk

A giant plush goose sits curled up on the floor, wings on its head covering a portion of its face. It peeks out from under one wing with apprehension and a hint of fear. The caption reads "When someone tells you they did their own 'research' on gamergate."

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

HONK!

A group of plush animals sit together at a table playing a board game. One of the plush animals - a giant stuffed goose - has flipped the board. The game pieces are strewn about the table as the other plush animals look on in awkward disbelief. The caption reads "when your chums bring too much alea to your agon".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

honk

A giant plush goose sits at a desk with very cool sunglasses on its face while reading Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens. The caption reads "when someone asks you to revisit huizinga but you've already learned a thing or two from Aaron Trammell's Repairing Play".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Honk 💔😭🦢

A giant plush goose regretfully plunges the master sword into the heart of a large plush bear. Pink valentine hearts spill from the wound. The goose can't bear to look, its head dramatically turned away from the act. The bear smiles as though completely oblivious to their fate. The caption reads "When you realize you must your 20,000 word passion-chapter detailing the relationship between every animal crossing character".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Honk vs. Honk

A giant plush goose is prone on a table. A small labubu - dressed in sweatpants and a hoodie - rides on top of the goose's back, pressing a Stygian Blade into the goose's neck. The caption reads "When decades of your burgeoning discipline were hamstrung by a nonsense debate".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Honk

A tiny goose sits on a shelf. The caption reads "when the charcter creator produces an uncanny relationship of identification".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Honkhonkhonkhoooooonk.

A giant plush goose sits on a couch dressed as Link from the Legend of Zelda franchise. The goose wields The Master Sword. The caption reads "when you've devised a new research justification to play breath of the wild for the 11th time".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Honking Bolt! Honking Bolt!

A giant plush goose sits at a table reading Nordic Larp, edited by Jaakko Stenros and Markus Montola. The goose is dressed in their finest LARPing attire: a wizard cloak and a short sword. The caption reads "When you discover the best larp is about being locked in a post-apocalyptic bomb shelter so you can learn something about yourself and society".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Hooooooooonk

A goose sits politely at kitchen table in front of an empty placemat. They look at the camera while sniffing the empty placemat. The caption reads "When you're looking for proof bioshock was a groundbreaking game".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

HoOooonk.

A sleepy plush goose is laying in bed, cozy underneath the covers. The caption reads "When you just reread 'Cybertext' but aren't feeling very ergodic".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Hoonnk.

A giant plush Goose sits a kitchen table. Its head is thrown back with its beak pointed straight towards the heavens. It looks as though its soul has briefly left his body as it contemplates every decision it ever made in life. The caption reads "when reviewer 2 demands you add horse racing literature to your loot box article".

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Honk Honk

A giant plush goose sits on a green chair. It is wrapped in a blanket and has a dejected look on its face. The caption reads "when you just heard Ian Bogost thinks your units aren't operating."

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Michael Iantorno☔️✊ @michaeliantorno.com · 07/02/2026

"This will be great, if the funding comes through."

Groose The Game Studies Goose @groosethegoose.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Honk

A plush goose on a subway car looking under chair. The caption reads "when you're on the hunt for the last ludologist".