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Ludohistory

@ludohistory.bsky.social
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Historian, librarian, creator, ally. Exploring how modern media adapts the past. Website: ludohistory.com Livestreams: twitch.tv/ludohistory

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 30/07/2026
I am unbelievably touched that @dropout.tv titled my @dimension20.dropout.tv Adventuring Academy episode “A Duty of Care”

I’m overwhelmed today, but I want to circle back in a while to share the links to everyone & everything I cited. More soon.
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A Duty of Care (with Dr. Emily Friedman) - Season 7 - Dropout
Dr. Emily Friedman joins Brennan to discuss the history of actual play and the best gaming system. Content Warning: Misophonia (Crunching) - [throughout 54:37-1:01:03]
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LewieP @lewiep.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Hell of a deal. Everything Inkle put out is worth your attention, and you'll never see it at better value than this.
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Ian Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Part Two of my Overdetermined Adventure Game Tier List, in which we re-review 10 years of AdventureGamers GOTYs and tell you how right/wrong they are. ft. @questingrefuge.bsky.social, @lvlwon.com, @socratetris.bsky.social, @ludohistory.bsky.social, and @zyllable.bsky.social! youtu.be/0h1rXsJa5Po
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Extremely Overdetermined Adventure Game Tier List | Part 2: Games of the Year
YouTube video by Innuendo Studios
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I can't wait for Friday when I finally get to play @thekillingstone.com . Been watching streams of it and it looks SO good.
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
We had to take a break for the holidays, but i'm so excited to be rejoined by @emmettaylor.bsky.social for more @blakemanorgame.bsky.social ! You can fit so many cosmologies in this videogame and it RULES! We'll be live starting in 10 minutes on twitch & youtube! twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Twitch is the world
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Rare books libraries be like:
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a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers
ALT: a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I am once again joined by friends for more @blakemanorgame.bsky.social - there's been so much good folklore and magical history to explore, it's a real delight to have more expert-y experts on! twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Twitch is the world
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
STARTING NOW - we are playing more @blakemanorgame.bsky.social while chatting Irish folklore and occult history with @emmettaylor.bsky.social ! twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I had a lovely time trying out @blakemanorgame.bsky.social with my friend @emmettaylor.bsky.social a couple weeks ago. So much, so, that we decided the party needed to continue with even more friends! So, three of us will be digging into the history and folklore of the game this Sat on Twitch & yt!
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I've been on the clown train for #Silksong for ages, and now we finally get to start it! I'm terribly excited to dig in and do some history on that world! twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Here be giants! Red and Blue are joining @ludohistory.bsky.social to check out the Indiana Jones game's new story expansion "Order of the Giants". (I bet it's height order lmaooooo) Jump in on twitch OR youtube! www.twitch.tv/ludohistory www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTTl...
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a man in a suit and fedora is smiling
Alt: GIF of Indiana Jones smiling and saying "Watch me"
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Ian Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Adam Bierstedt aka @ludohistory.bsky.social tells you the business about Scandinavian folk adventure Röki, complete with correct pronunciations and incidental historical detail! nebula.tv/videos/innue...
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Innuendo Studios — Adventure Game Tier List 34: Röki FEATURING ADAM BIERSTEDT/LUDOHISTORY!!!
Part 35 of 52
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
I love everything @giantsquidstudios.com and @awintory.bsky.social have put out over the years, and they drop their new game right on time for my birthday! I'm very excited to go surfing around! Come hang out! twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I’m closing in on 2k followers (thanks!) so I think I should clarify what I mean in my profile when I say the fun dinosaur pictures I post are a form of art history (besides wanting to sound elitist or something). 🧵
Triceratops skeleton between two T. rex skeletons in a bed of artificial ferns. Photo is taken behind and beneath one of the rexes, so we're looking up through it's lower jaw. Against a blue and purple simulated sky backdrop.
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
"AI is garbage at all the work at doing history, so here's how you should start using it in the classroom." cmon, what are we even doing here??
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a man wearing glasses and a green shirt has the word broooo on his shirt
Alt: a man wearing glasses and green medical scrubs looks at the sky while saying "bro" in an exasperated tone.
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Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Exciting HGN-Gender Theme News! On May 28th, our guest convenor @tesswatty.bsky.social will be livestreaming a play test of a new table top role playing game - World Weaver: Which Witch? - alongside a fantastic lineup of fellow researchers. Full details here: www.historicalgames.net/livestream-e...
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LIVESTREAM EVENT: Playtest of Which Witch? Tabletop Roleplay Game (28/05/2025) | Historical Games Network
Announcing a bonus special event as part of the Gender theme for the Historical Game Network: a livestream playtest of a new tabletop roleplaying game! This livestream will feature four researchers wh...
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 04/04/2025
Redeploying 2023 AP Survey for folks to re-take (or take for 1st time) We are collecting data about how & why people make & consume (or don’t) #TTRPG Actual Play media. This 10 minute survey is totally anonymous. Aggregated data will be shared with the community! More details: aub.ie/ttrpgsurvey
TTRPG Actual Play Performance & Audiences
Research Survey!
Goal
gathering information about labor in AP production, viewing/listening habits, why some don't watch/listen

PI Dr. Emily Friedman
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ACH @ach.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
ACH is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) work has been impacted, or if you anticipate future impacts, let us know.
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Digital Humanities Funding Impacts
The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is collecting information about impacts on research. If your National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) or Institute of Museum and Library…
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question. bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
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The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted
DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
putting that medieval studies degree to use by starting up *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2*! And hoping it fixes some of the trouble from the first game .... twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Medieval Historian vs The Most Accurate Game
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
There's an awful lot of bad stuff happening right now, and I've been increasingly struggling with what good "entertainment" does. So this is less polished and more poetic than most of what I write, but it's my attempt to write my way through that feeling. ludohistory.com/2025/02/04/a...
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An Entertainer at the end of the world
We all agree – things suck right now, right? The world is getting worse, and what’s the point of being a “content creator” in the face of it all?
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Folklorists are really, *really* important - so many traditions we draw on today are only around due to their work. One of those collections needs help now!!
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
This week, I want to do a thread each day signal boosting creators of different groups, particularly those groups who are being targeted by government. Today, I would love to hear from Creators of Color. If you are a CoC and you have a project to push, PLEASE POST BELOW. Include link, please!
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This sheep is divine, I will brook no criticism of it
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
2024 was a great year for historical game releases, but we love nothing more than arbitrary rankings! Check out the blog post, and read on for some other of my findings ludohistory.com/2025/01/21/t...
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The Best Historical Games of 2024
We have been blessed with yet another great year for historical video games. Both indie and AAA developers have released spectacular games set in the past, proving yet again that audiences are eage…
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Hanging and tiering all the historical games of 2024 and handing out some extremely serious awards! twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Huh. You love to see it (though I have some questions about what "acquire" means in this context)
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Apologies for stream ending in catastrophic tech issues today. Working theory is that my modem picked the middle of stream to keel over and die, but I won't know for sure until Monday......
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Starting now!!!
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I'm very excited to start Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in just 2 hours! And by "start" I mean tour Marshall College's museum. Oh and @overlysarcastic.bsky.social will be there too! Come join at twitch.tv/ludohistory
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a man in a suit and tie stands on a balcony with the words x marks the spot on the bottom
Alt: a man in a suit and tie stands on a balcony with the words x marks the spot on the bottom. GIF is from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
OKAMI TWO REAL THIS IS NOT A DRILL
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I'm so excited to start #IndianaJones this weekend. I mean, my first museum job was at the home of the "original" Indy, how could I not be? I just have to make it to Friday without spoilers.....
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a man with glasses and a bow tie is talking to someone
Alt: GIF from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Sean Connert wearing glasses and a bow tie says "We Have Work to do" before shifting a chair to the left.
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Indiana Jones out here like the Warhammer player who keeps buying new units without painting their backlog...
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Holy crap there's a lot of digitized museum pieces in the new #indianajones game.... Indy needs to finish cataloging his current pieces before he starts digging up new ones!
A moonlit shelf stuffed full with archaeological pieces, including Egyptian jars, crosses, and boxes. A doorway on the right leads into another office.
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This is another great project on what I've taken to calling "Vikingmania" - I love that there's so many projects in that umbrella starting up!
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This is only just crossing my feed and GO FILL IT OUT NOW
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a cartoon character says " i have a " in front of a book
Alt: a cartoon character from Invader Zim stands up while saying " i have a mighty need"
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I recently picked up a recording of the 1967 Boston Pops summer lineup. It's really good, but... they gave their rendition of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" the "shave and a haircut" stinger. Who does that???
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
@charlesgames.bsky.social has been responsible for several of my favorite historical games, and some of the ones most thoughtful about how we experience the past. so when they released a new game, I was thrilled - we're checking out *Velvet 89* today! twitch.tv/ludohistory
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
One of my dear friends has a new article out, you should all read it!
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hi many, many new followers! I'm Adam, a museum curator who also does #historicalgames. This account is mostly for my channel Ludohistory, which does livestreams, blogs, and other history-media education. If you see this, say hi with your favorite historical art! I'll start, from my job #proofofcat
A painting of a disheveled black cat, with its tail pointing straight up. A sketch of a man's leg is left of the cat, and a cursive name "Lauritz Nielsen" is below it.
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
MERL hitting us with the classics, now I know this site is good
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Huh... Every bathroom in this house is wild but that last one...... Wow.
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
As both a museum curator and a historical games scholar(-ish), this is such a relevant thread and I'm so sad the project didn't get funding - it would have been incredible.
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
that's a lotta books
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Snug. ☺️ From April’s Kittens, written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry. 1940. archive.org/details/apri...
Watercolor painting of a shorthaired black cat sleeping peacefully, tucked under a light orange blanket. Very simple yet expressive ink wash style painting.
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
@inklestudios.bsky.social has once again made a game that is targeting me and me specifically. This time, it's a partnership with Google Arts and Culture! Read my review of *The Forever Labyrinth* here: ludohistory.com/2024/02/02/i...
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
I've been inactive here (oops, social media is hard) but it's been great to see more people following! It's great to have a little corner of media and history here!
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
I've spent the whole day working on a presentation about the Czechoslovak Legion for tomorrow's launch of Last Train Home. It's such a cool story, but oh boy my brain is not built for crunchy military history...
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Ludohistory @ludohistory.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
The first blogpost on our new website talks about museums and virtual exhibits! I look at "digitized" exhibits (like Matterport) and "born-digital" websites, arguing that the biggest challenges are related to readability and image resolution! read more at ludohistory.com/2023/11/23/s...
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