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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please share! Participants wanted for an online survey investigating player attitudes towards hybrid boardgames. Scan the QR code/go to go.unimelb.edu.au/t44h to complete the survey & enter the prize draw. Questions? Email hybrid-games@unimelb.edu.au University of Melbourne Ethics ID No.: 35781

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Do you enjoy chatting or roleplaying with AI characters? I'm supervising a student project which is looking at people's experience Character.AI, Replika & other similar platforms. We're looking for survey respondents - please consider participating! Survey: q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.com.au · 11/02/2026

My first academic publication came out today in Education Sciences! Our paper presents a card game I designed as an example of how bespoke boardgames can provide an authentic learning experience. Huge thanks to lead and co-authors @melissainau.bsky.social and @elisabone.bsky.social.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Once again, I have been asked to give a conference talk about AI. Once again, I ask how much I am allowed to swear on stage.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Delayed going out to lunch so my daughter could show off her (extensive) eyeball collection. This is less creepy than it sounds but only a smidge.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Do you teach boardgames? We have just launched a survey asking about your experience! It takes about ten minutes to complete - please share! Survey link: go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp

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Do you teach board games?
We invite you to complete a short survey for academic research into people’s experiences of teaching boardgames, at home and elsewhere.
The survey takes about ten minutes to complete.

To find out more, please use the QR code,
visit go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp
or email hybrid-games@unimelb.edu.au

(University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Approval 33778)

There is also a decorative image of game pawns and dice, with a magnifying glass on top, as well as a QR code which points to the given link.

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Danny KoooOooOoodicek @dannykodicek.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

It is my 10 year BGStats-iversary! Thanks to the Bigster who indulged me in a game of Qwixx to celebrate 😍 #bgstats #qwixx

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I'll be talking #boardgames and the #SpielDesJahres Awards (German Game of the Year) with @dontattempt.bsky.social on ABC Radio Melbourne (774) in the next few minutes. Listen live: www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...

abc.net.au

ABC Melbourne Live Audio - ABC listen

Listen live, whenever you want, wherever you are with ABC Melbourne.

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

After mayhem and madness in Manchester, we're off to Glasgow today for the final show of our Call of Cthulhu Live tour of the UK! www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/call-o...

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Could this study BE any more adorable? When findings are what you want them to be.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Calling #Hanabi players in Melbourne! One of our graduate researchers is doing a SUPER COOL study where you get to play Hanabi with a robot 🤖. You don’t need to be a champion, just be familiar with the rules (and aged 18+). The study has university human ethics research approval.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We're excited to launch this survey, which is part of our Discovery Project "Co-designing Innovations in Digital Storytelling with Older Adults". If you have experience of life storytelling, please tell us! For info about the project, please visit cis.unimelb.edu.au/research/hci...

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PARTICIPANTS NEEDED

We are investigating people’s experiences of engaging in life storytelling - programs and services that help older adults to capture and share their life stories and experiences. Your insights can inform the design of future life storytelling tools and services for older adults.

Who can participate?
Older adults (aged 65 and over) who have engaged in or are interested in life storytelling
Family members or friends who have supported an older adult in telling their story
People who have read, listened to, or watched older adults’ life stories
Service providers or facilitators of life storytelling programs

How can I participate?
Complete a short online survey (approx. 10-20 minutes): https://go.unimelb.edu.au/ha2p

University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Approval ID: 32381
For more details, contact the team at tales-project@unimelb.edu.au or visit https://go.unimelb.edu.au/2a2p

A QR code at the top right of the image links to the survey.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Double conference day! This morning I gave a keynote at #icgan2025; this evening, doing demos at #hri2025.

Geoffrey Bayldon as Catweazle answers the question “what is a hybrid boardgames?”, mixing boardgame with “electrickery”.

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Joining us from Melbourne, where she is a Senior HCI Lecturer, we’re excited to sit down and listen to Dr. Melissa J. Rogerson talk to us about “The Boundaries of Hybridity” in our third keynote! #uwaterloo #thegamesinstitute #ICGAN25 #ICGAN2025 #researchimpact #interdisciplinaryresearch

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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

“Unless the administration’s plans to suppress academic freedom are immediately resisted, rejected and overturned, they will be far, far worse than government actions during the McCarthy era.” -John Wilson, who was recently telling everyone to calm down. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

insidehighered.com

A St. Valentine's Day massacre of academic freedom (opinion)

The Feb. 14 Dear Colleague letter was one of the worst attacks on academic freedom by the government in American history, John K. Wilson writes.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I'm really excited to be attending this (remotely of course).

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Nothing says Valentine’s Day like a fire evacuation.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/02/2025

The Oregon Trail generation speaks

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Husband: *turns off Kindle to sleep* Husband’s phone (secondary support): *rings* I mean, half an hour later would have been worse, right?

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I have not been posting much from #DiGRAA2025 but the whole room just rocked out to the Mr Icecream song, even while poor Mr Icecream was melting on the road. Heartless, all!

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I’m so proud of my 88-year-old mother, who has just sent me this perfectly grammatical and understandable text.

It’s just three emojis. A gentle, smiling face, a sweary angry face, a grumpy face. Perfection.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My #DiGRAA2025 posts slowed down because @sashasoraine.bsky.social and I were presenting in the last session - talking about how valuable forming a Critical Play Reference group has been (and how central to our work in hybrid digital boardgames). Thanks to all our CPRG members!

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

#DiGRAA2025 session 2 is on the best topic, Tabletop and Boardgames, although I’m not quite sure why that is three words and not just tabletop.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Super engaging, paper 3 at #DiGRAA2025 is from @drcameron.bsky.social and speaks about sonic the hedgehog fanfiction but mostly about the value of Game Jams as part of pedagogical practices. Some really valuable insights and recommendations. I might need to reach out to you for more tips!

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Second #DiGRAA2025 presentation was from @cassiebara29.bsky.social talking about the need for institutional support for games in universities. I have lots of thoughts about this work but the main one is how good it is that more people ARE thinking about it.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The #DiGRAAustralia2025 National Conference kicks off with a fantastic paper from Premeet Sidhu, Jen Scott Curwood & Marcus Carter on a year 7 unit studying a videogame (Night in the Woods) as a class text. Really interesting work and an excellent presentation (as always from this team).

Layered Gaming Literacies was a key insight from the project.

Cognitive dissonance between "multimodal literacy" and "gaming literacy" impacted educator confidence and student learning outcomes.
By foregrounding the multimodal and interactive features of Night in the Woods, we sought to advance a layered understanding of gaming literacies that allowed teachers and students to explore and interrogate the naratives present in videogames.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I’m in Adelaide this week for the #DiGRAAustralia national conference. Sadly no chance to catch up with local friends but very much enjoying the great research being showcased here.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The sort of alt text to which we can only aspire.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

They are in our science. Not just "gender-based research" but basic demographics reporting.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I'm talking #boardgames with Kat Davidson on ABC Radio Brisbane. Today: Spots!

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Repost. Played #Qwixx on 2025-01-29 with 2 players, winning score: 137 #bgstats Last round of the night. This one is a bit weird; I preferred the other Bonus board.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Repost. Played #Qwixx on 2025-01-29 with 2 players, winning score: 104 #bgstats Bonus again - Bigster absolutely milking the bonus numbers & getting some chains going. This is def our second favourite board of the night.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Repost. Won #Qwixx on 2025-01-29 with 2 players, winning score: 49 #bgstats This is one of the Bonus boards. It’s interesting without being fiddly (whereas Gemixxt is arguably more fiddly than interesting).

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Repost. Won #Qwixx on 2025-01-29 with 2 players, winning score: 55 #bgstats Gemixxt again, this time on the grouped board.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Repost. Won #Qwixx on 2025-01-29 with 2 players, winning score: 95 #bgstats Longo boards again, to see how they play. I only managed 2 lucky number swaps but it was enough.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Reposting. Played #Qwixx on 2025-01-29 with 2 players, winning score: 103 #bgstats Bigster is hosing me tonight. This was the Gemixxt board, which does my head in but was still faster to play than Longo.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I do not usually play this many games (although chance would be nice). We’re at the beach this week & enjoying our last night, although I’ve been working days. Reviewed 2 papers, submitted one, & worked on a draft of another so it’s been super productive! Soon we’ll go pack & do dishes, but not yet.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I mean, if we had to randomly get invested in playing every version of a game, at least #Qwixx is faster than #TerraformingMars. Is this a #Qwixxathon?

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Played #Qwixx on 2025-01-29 with 2 players, winning score: 112 #bgstats This game was on the Longo boards. We enjoyed the Glückszahl rule - Bigster took 7 to my 6. Final scores 112 to 98. I wouldn’t play this often but it makes a fun change.

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Played #Qwixx on 2025-01-29 with 2 players, winning score: 85 #bgstats

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Played #ForestShuffle on 2025-01-29 with 2 players, winning score: 229 #bgstats I am unsure whether I am rubbish at this, the Bigster is fantastic, or (most likely) some combo of both. Here’s my pretty forest, anyway. I couldn’t draw a right handed bat, and finished with a playable lynx in hand.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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