Reposted by Mark HinesMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026As I’ve asked many times now, what constituencies does a university president represent? Because too often, the answer seems to not include anyone who works or studies at the university, and that seems like a problem. 555996
Reposted by Mark HinesCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing 14237891251
Reposted by Mark HinesAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030921086
Reposted by Mark HinesPress Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Unplayable and Undertale books have been taken! We are still looking for reviewers for other books📚 021
Reposted by Mark HinesFuture Dr. V @vgtxresearch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026398 down. 1,256 to go. I'm V, a grad student at Bradley University, and I'm running the biggest video game psychology study of my life. 10-15 minutes on your phone. 18+. That's it. Playingwithemotion.com Let's keep it rolling. #research #psychology #videogames #gradschoollife #thesis 042
Reposted by Mark HinesAsa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026COMING SOON: In prelaunch w/ Violent Delights, another game inspired by Shakespeare: Mousetrap is a cursed game-within-a-game that won’t go back into its box. It’s game night. You and your friends have gathered to play a Hamlet-inspired game manuscript from 1983. But there’s a catch…kickstarter.comComing soon: Mousetrap & Violent DelightsA cursed game-within-a-game that won't go back into its box, and a chess-based RPG about Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. 611862
Reposted by Mark HinesDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 28/09/2026If a prospective PhD was looking for a program that would welcome close reading of video games (like, full-on narratology), where would you point them? 12255
Reposted by Mark Hinescmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student! 29493485
Reposted by Mark Hinescmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thread really resonates with me because I, like many, have dealt with deeply frustrating people in institutional settings that have made my life really hard. I will never forget them. And every single one has been a white man older than me. 11308
Reposted by Mark HinesEvan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Very important that we protect everyone's space and right to be anywhere from bad to "mid" at stuff, so they feel more reason to grow and less reason to use computers to fake ability and expertise. 14410
Reposted by Mark HinesAaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy Monday!! Amazing little piece by @edmondchang.bsky.social about what he calls ludofatigue…or the kind of play that happens when games are no longer fun. www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/the...gamerswithglasses.comThe Summer without Games, or, Living with Ludofatigue — Gamers with GlassesDon’t you sometimes just feel…tired? Edmond Y. Chang discusses “ludofatigue,” how it feels to live with the persistent sense that play just isn’t fun anymore, and the perennial relevance of Candleman ... 2174
Reposted by Mark HinesBrendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When you spend enough time in academia you will notice class based distinctions on career outcomes that have more to do with culture than with talent or work. You’ll also notice the improbably high share of faculty members who had at least one parent who is/was a faculty member.  1247273
Reposted by Mark HinesChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026it's funny but also a reminder that the fundamental premise here is that a Black man can't be objective when talking about race while a white man can because Black people do identity politics and white people do facts and this my friends is what I have named "white empiricism" 193197737
Reposted by Mark HinesDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 19/09/2026YOU should submit your work to CritRoleBib — which despite the name is trying to bring together scholarship in ALL Actual Play: Aub.ie/submitcritrolebib The early submissions to CRB revealed the energy of otherwise-invisible undergrad & early grad work — which is why my book is dedicated to them.aub.ieCritical Role Bib(liography) -- And BEYOND!Hi, and welcome to CritRoleBib! This is a resource dedicated to collecting all sources #CriticalRole, as well as scholarship in the larger world of Actual Play performance. You name it, we'd love to ... 0168
Reposted by Mark HinesKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Dave Barry: still goated 🐐 414330
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social · 17/09/2026At the end of a guest lecture today, a student came up to me and said, "You made me think about games in a way I never have!" The work has not been easy this year, but it was a good reminder of how big a difference a small effort can make. 020
Reposted by Mark HinesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Anyway, to my colleagues in politically maligned but in-demand disciplines, I know it is hard to be this hot. All the weird dudes hate us and the other girlies want to be us. Stay hot, anyway. Stay hot, my friends. 146137
Reposted by Mark HinesPress Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026📢Press Start is delighted to welcome our newest board members! We'll be introducing two members every day in this thread, so please give them all a warm welcome📷 173
Reposted by Mark HinesPress Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Call for Book Reviewers 2026📚📢 Press Start is looking for review submissions of recently published game studies books. The deadline for expressing interest is December 13, 2026. Selected manuscripts will be published in our 2027 issue. More details below in this thread👇 143
Reposted by Mark HinesAaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social · 13/09/2026♥️🔥♥️🔥♥️🔥♥️🔥♥️🔥♥️🔥♥️ ITS HERE!!!!! This book is about how game design on a whole, counterintuitively, became less imaginative because of Dungeons & Dragons. We often talk about Dungeons & Dragons as the ultimate fantasy. A pure domain of imagination where absolutely anything is possible. 718431
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Coming from Louisville football, many folks reveled in the lack of parity. They saw the lack of fairness as a broader validation of their moral goodness when compared to their rural counterparts. 010
Reposted by Mark HinesInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Don’t worry. Abigail wants you. She’s always wanted you. 252362479
Reposted by Mark Hinesalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here. 5949491462
Reposted by Mark HinesAftermath @aftermath.site · 09/09/2026After years of company stalling, Blizzard workers win mega-contract that applies to all unionized teams aftermath.site/blizzard-union... 213256875
Reposted by Mark HinesDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 07/09/2026Associated reading: lareviewofbooks.org/article/who-... And @aarontram.bsky.social HOW DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CHANGED THE WAY WE PLAY from @dukepress.bsky.social dukeupress.edu/how-dungeons...lareviewofbooks.orgWho Owns Dungeons & Dragons? | Los Angeles Review of BooksEmily Friedman writes about intellectual property and Dungeons and Dragons. 04611
Reposted by Mark HinesPossum Acquainter @possumacquainter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026new male overconfidence test: I truly believe, in my heart of hearts, that I could bust right through Montresor's wall with my fists and feet. and that the Amontillado would actually help me in this, like Popeye's spinach 619724
Reposted by Mark HinesPress Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Open Call for Papers 2026🥰📢 Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by Dec 4, 2026, for a potential spot in our 2027 issue! More details below in this thread👇 #CallForPapers #GameStudies 279
Reposted by Mark HinesProject Kinodämmerung: Noel @ Wings of Theve @venomnoel1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026 2450221801
Reposted by Mark Hinesaustin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Impossible to add up all Avery's done for the medium. But easy to say how much her work helped me come to understand how to play, facilitate, and design games. Also, they're fun as hell, you should buy them! 219794
Reposted by Mark HinesEvan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Counter-opinion: Unionize literally every profession connected with higher education. Grad students. Adjuncts. Staff. Custodians. Undergrad student workers. Employers exploit any "wiggle room" in the system, so now we give them absolutely none. 612525
Reposted by Mark HinesJordan S. Carroll 🌹 @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The study of the humanities depends on the radical idea that anything that humans think, feel, or create has value independent of any immediate utility or appeal to the people who study it. 19627
Reposted by Mark HinesThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So, one of the many things that sucks about academic job applications back when there were jobs to apply for was that to write a good letter you needed to let yourself fall just a little bit in love with the dream of the job and the place... and then you don't get it and the ideas are abandoned. 41337
Reposted by Mark HinesAvery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Do you love any of the games that I have created? Whether it's Monsterhearts, Dream Askew, The Quiet Year, Going For Broke, or a deeper cut, now would be a great time to hit quote-tweet and tell your friends about it! It's been a slow month. 💕✨ store.buriedwithoutceremony.comstore.buriedwithoutceremony.comBuried Without CeremonyMy name is Avery Alder, and for the past eighteen years I’ve been designing tabletop roleplaying games. These are games about community, relationships, doubt, queerness, and the collapse of civilizati... 12594364
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I'll say that The Quiet Year and The Deep Forest changed my academic trajectory. Playing those games re-taught me what was possible in the medium. Dare I say, they taught me what was different and possible about BEING a human. 020
Reposted by Mark HinesEvan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I'm dedicating this month and next to the Greatness of Canadian TTRPGs and Their Creators, for literally No Geopolitical Reason Whatsoever. Avery's games, from Perfect onward, always stood on their own two legs, unique statements on both the TTRPG medium and what it's like to be alive. 1233
Reposted by Mark HinesEvan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Part of treating children as human beings means simply reminding yourself that the younger version of you would have hated to have been surveilled 24/7, and that your sense of self is formed in part through privacy from others. We parent well when we let our children find themselves. 7280110
Reposted by Mark HinesEvan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026There is considerable shared ground between, say, our online gambling landscape and the roguelite deckbuilder as a genre. And I'd also remind us all of our games history: *most* analog gaming until the development of mass commercial family board games was, well, gambling. 5465
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This is particularly true of those early sports strategy analog games. I have to imagine there's a pretty straight line from the Avalon Hill sports line to Fantasy Football, Polymarket, etc. 010
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It's been a tremendous honor to serve on the Editorial Board for this issue. Please see inside for some wonderful, timely scholarship on games from current/recent students! 061
Reposted by Mark HinesPress Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026🤩New Issue Published!🤩 We are thrilled to announce the publication of the latest issue of Press Start! Huge thanks to all our authors and reviewers for their hard work and dedication. Please check it out and share widely: press-start.gla.ac.uk/press-start/... 1117
Reposted by Mark HinesChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/08/2026New: 3 yrs ago I published exposé revealing Richard Hanania used pseudonym to write for Nazi sites Ever since I've watched centrist media rehabilitate him, accepting his ludicrous claim to have left white nationalism behind. My look at what it means, for @marisakabas.bsky.social' The Handbasketthehandbasket.coYou don’t have to hand it to Richard HananiaThe so-called "former" white supremacist's work doesn't show accountability—or that he's actually moved on from his earlier views, Christopher Mathias writes. 3836691081
Reposted by Mark Hinesdave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect 89160183694
Reposted by Mark HinesEvan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I cannot overstate how influential this group of scholars has been on my own work this past decade, and now you can read a complete rundown of their intellectual contributions in open-access format. Go ahead and read all of it! 1246
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I started reading this one last week--about 200 pages in. Took me a while to get a handle on the names! What a treat! 010
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Our rain prediction chances have been wildly overpredicting precipitation this entire summer. Might be related? I imagine it's due to cuts to meteorology and climate governmental jobs, but unsure. 010
Reposted by Mark Hines𝒰𝓁𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝐻𝓊𝓈𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @latenightnelly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This is what every one of these conversations sounds like 52473349
Reposted by Mark HinesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I sincerely believe that men cannot handle this. women may be falling in love with their chat bots, too. But I don't think they are categorically attached to its flattery to the same degree. 282111266