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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 23/09/2026

Love that Eggers is going to translate Shakespeare into Olde English. Hearing “Wherefore Art thou Romeo?” in what is essentially German will be cool

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New and #OpenAccess: "The Aesthetics of Machine Vision" is an interdisciplinary glossary on machine vision and aesthetics, with researchers, artists, architects, art historians, and critical theorists contributing to this critical dialogue: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205417...

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We take video games seriously. From Tetris to PONG, to theories on rules, play, and game design, here's some of the best scholarship to read this #VideoGamesDay 🎮 : mitpress.mit.edu/national-vid... @flantz.bsky.social @jaakkostenros.bsky.social @montola.bsky.social

Six book covers on a light blue background. Books included: "Bounce" by Carlin Wing, "The Rule Book" by Jaakko Stenros and Markus Montola, "King PONG" by Raiford Guins, "The Beauty of Games" by Frank Lantz, "Soviet Blocks" by Julien Mailland, and "The Well-Played Game" by Bernard De Koven.

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Max Haiven @maxhaiven.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's publication day for my new book, THE PLAYER AND THE PLAYED: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st Century Fascism, now out open access (free) from @mitpress.bsky.social

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In "The Player and the Played," @maxhaiven.bsky.social theorizes the connections between the financialization of the capitalist economy, the gamification of our lives, and the rising threat of a uniquely 21st-century form of fascistic politics: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205604... #OpenAccess

A copy of "The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Facism" by Max Haiven. The cover is red and depicts two white dice bearing black illustrations including a skull, an automatic rifle, a sphinx, a heart, a video game console, and mobile phone.

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Theodore Kim @theodore-kim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Assigned “Sexism is a Feature Not a Bug” by @histoftech.bsky.social for our "Topics in Critical Computing" class reading today. direct.mit.edu/books/edited... 1/3

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Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES finished off August with our 97th episode, this one discussing structuralism and genre with Peter McDonald's RUN AND JUMP: THE MEANING OF THE 2D PLATFORMER. rangedtouch.com/2026/08/31/9...

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 20/08/2026

One of the more serious books I’ve published, but also incredibly important. It’s an astounding work!

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 17/08/2026

Rewatching the 2004 Adult Swim Christmas ad-bumpers with MF DOOM should cover most of your needs youtu.be/h0W05mDljPw?...

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 16/08/2026

Don’t toy with my heart Matt Groening!

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 13/08/2026

I'm excited to announce that I am officially taking over the science fiction list here @mitpress.bsky.social! I've got a lot of threads to follow up on, but I'd love to hear from folks about sf ideas that might work here at MITP

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Bender from Futurama Dancing

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KC Collins @sounddr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It's release day! My new book Sonic UX: The Science of Sound in User Experience Research is officially out today! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205373... #UX #sounddesign

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Most user experience (UX) research prioritizes what users see and touch—but what about what they hear? Sound is a powerful, often overlooked layer of u...

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 11/08/2026

Today’s Vergecast: Lessons from the very first chatbot. Before Alexa and Siri, there was ELIZA. The first chatbot ever was the creation of a man named Joseph Weizenbaum, who built the bot almost as a magic trick — and then... www.theverge.com/podcast/978198/eli…

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Today’s Vergecast: Lessons from the very first chatbot.

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 13/08/2026

Great to see Ed Park keeping up with our game histories books at @mitpress.bsky.social! I’ve always thought Playing at the Word vol 1 & 2 make for a nice, light bedtime reading

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 13/08/2026

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 13/08/2026

About to repurpose these for the Call of Cthulhu scenario I’m working on

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Dave Ryman @d-ryman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

On behalf of @mitpress.bsky.social I would like to thank the many #gencon2026 attendees who engaged with us at our booth, even with a tornado hitting Indy on Saturday! See you next year, we have some exciting stuff in the pipeline.

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Victor Navarro-Remesal @vthewanderer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Perfect place to buy Zen and Slow Games! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 30/07/2026

Alright #GenCon2026! We’re all set up at the @mitpress.bsky.social booth #169 in the Exhibits Hall! Come on by and buy us out of books!

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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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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 27/07/2026

It's that time of the year again! #GenCon2026 is here and we'll be hawking and talking @mitpress.bsky.social books at booth 169 for four days in a row. Stop on by for some sweet swag and some great books!

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Anders Holm: What's Up Wit All Deez Books

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 27/07/2026

There are! With our colophon ... they are amazing

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 27/07/2026

The first time I talked to Noah about the book he asked whether I went to GenCon, and I asked why. “We have a booth.” I was, I confess, briefly stunned.

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Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I had the great pleasure to talk to DANIEL L. GARDNER about his new book "Thresholds of Digital Gameplay" (MIT Press) on my podcast #GameStudies! newbooksnetwork.com/thresholds-o... Please enjoy our conversation and share it afterwards!

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 14/07/2026

I’m gonna stock up on

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 09/07/2026

Just a little light summer reading, courtesy of @mitpress.bsky.social and the Radium Age! mitpress.mit.edu/sci-fi-summe...

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Aliens, superhumans, alternative realities, and more.

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 14/07/2026

I’m not sure this is any good. May delete later

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Great day for everyone to watch Possession. If we get 100 likes we'll do a big community watch along.

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 11/07/2026

I’m disappointed you haven’t denounced Mephisto yet. And Duriel? Baal? I tire of this pro-Diablo bias in your posting

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Dave Ryman @d-ryman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We'll have plenty of these at #gencon2026, plus much much more.

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Stu Horvath @stuhorvath.com · 06/07/2026

Want 12 whole years (300 issues) of Unwinnable free? Subscribe for five bucks, and we'll just give 'em all to you. unwinnable.com/subscribe/

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 06/07/2026

I was wondering what would be a good bit. I was thinking the trophy his employees award him at the end of the first act (or so), but that’s not sweaty enough

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ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

pride month ain't over yet 🌈 friend of ROMchip @adrishaw.bsky.social is looking for help tracking down the bathhouse-inspired 1983 game VAPOR PALACE. Published by BANANASOFT (yes you read that right) Released for the Timex 1000, TRS80 III, Apple II and IBM PC can anyone help, game history fam?

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Very much looking forward to reading The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse for a future novel series.

The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse by Shira Chess, dark text on blurry tv dull green screen backdrop

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Very happy to announce I've signed a contract for my first book with MIT Press. It's on the miniatures wargames industry as a craft sector. Here's a little overview. I want to thank @noahspringer.com for guiding me through the process. stuckness.ghost.io/book-announc...

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Book Announcement

I'm happy to announce that I've signed my first book deal with MIT Press for a tentative 2028 release. It considers the miniatures wargames industry as a craft industry, and is based on my dissertatio...

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Chilari @chilari.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

There's no backwards compatibility anymore

A search bar with the question "will GTA be on antikyth..." And an AI summary reply saying "no. Grand theft auto will not be playable on the antikythera mechanism. The device is a 2000 year old ancient greek analogy computer and orrery used exclusively to calculate the positions of celestial bodies like the sun, moon and...". There is a picture of a bronze machine made of circular parts

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 28/06/2026

Listening to a podcast discussing the 2014 Wikipedia edit war over the Cultural Marxism entry

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Noah… @noahspringer.com · 23/06/2026

B&N has a 25% off sale for forthcoming books, so if you act quickly, you can get a discount on books like This Is Why You Love LEGO, coming this Fall from @mitpress.bsky.social www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-is-wh...

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This Is Why You Love LEGO

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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media archaeology lab @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Our residency call for the 26/27 academic year is live! The theme this year is Creative Misuse - interpret as you will. Read the full prompt: https:// drive.google.com/file/d/16zB-7J4UoajGAooans30yEgQKlzys2hD/view Fill out the application: https:// forms.gle/KNfcAGBVCbyURiWJA

a MISTY robotics robot appears via security camera on the screen of an Apple IIc computer. An explainer for the Apple IIc is under the screen.

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Stu Horvath @stuhorvath.com · 19/06/2026

Next week, @unwinnable.com's 200th issue comes out, so I put together a gallery of all 202 covers of Unwinnable, dating all they way back to 1872. Er, I mean 2014. unwinnable.com/2026/06/19/2...

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202 Covers - Unwinnable

202 covers to celebrate 200 issues (we're writers, not mathematicians).

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markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Inventing ELIZA owes a debt of gratitude to two Noahs: Noah Wardrip-Fruin who inspired and encouraged the hunt for the ELIZA code and Noah Springer who shepherded the book along to completion. Many thanks for believing in this project! @n-w-f.bsky.social @noahspringer.com @mitpress.bsky.social

Mark Marino looking confuzzled, a smiling Noah Springer pointing to a tiny Noah Wardrip-Fruin

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