Reposted by AshleyRiley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Such a smart and lovely talk by @plante.bsky.social at the NYU Game Center tonight, putting in context how tough these times are while still being hopeful and, for me, unexpectedly cathartic 0252
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 27/11/2025🎉For those of you planning to submit to DiGRA 2026, the deadline for full papers and abstracts has just been extended to 23:59, 8 December 2025. www.digraconference2026.comdigraconference2026.comDiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University, IrelandJoin the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry. 020
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 10/10/2025We are live right now with season 2 of The Research Left Behind! www.twitch.tv/professor_as... 021
Reposted by AshleyJean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Happy to see this piece I wrote with @professorashley.bsky.social , Carl Therrien and @kenzitronic.bsky.social out now! Lots to be said, but for me the key point is that framing sex as risky & lacking expressive value & deplatforming sex is an insidious problem. theconversation.com/censoring-vi...theconversation.comCensoring video games with sexual content suppresses the diversity of human desireTargeting adult NSFW video games could have knock-on effects on queer creators and sexual education content. 2108
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025About to go live with the season finale of The Research Left Behind. Come say hi to @krisferderer.com over on twitch.tv/professor_ashley 032
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Going live now with Despelote, a game about football and... childhood trauma? twitch.tv/professor_ashley 030
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Got some exciting streams coming up this week. The season finale of The Research Left Behind and my birthday party sub-a-thon! Mark your calendars. 030
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Sorry it took me a little while to set the stream up this morning. I am now live, playing a horror game, with my heart rate monitor on! Come find out who's at our door. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - Twitch[biometrics] [analysis] Why is my heart rate so high??? 020
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 25/07/2025🎇Live now! 🎇 Dr. Kathryn Kohls joins us to talk about her dissertation From Jane Austen to Meghan Markle: The Persistence of British Imperialism in White Popular Feminism. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world 011
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Tomorrow night I'll be going live to talk to Dr. Kathryn Kohl's about her PhD dissertation- From Jane Austen to Meghan Markle: The Persistence of British Imperialism in White Popular Feminism 7PM MT, twitch.tv/professor_ashley 061
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Live now! 🎆 Professor Mia Consalvo joins us to talk about her newest book on Twitch streaming. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world 020
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Going live at 7PM MT with Dr. Consalvo. You can download and read Streaming by the Rest of Us for FREE at mitpress.mit.edu/978026255215... 001
Reposted by AshleyMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Live on Twitch this Thursday (July 17), "Streaming by the Rest of Us" author Mia Consalvo joins @professorashley.bsky.social on The Research Left Behind—a series where game scholars share their research stories and abandoned ideas. Tune in at twitch.tv/professor_ashley. @miac.bsky.social 042
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Does this count as research? I'm playing Date Everything live right now www.twitch.tv/professor_as... 020
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 11/07/2025This is in one hour, folks! Live on twitch.tv/professor_ashley 001
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Calling all Swifties! 🐍 Tomorrow night I am going live with special guest Dr. Rachel Kowert to discuss the research that got left behind in The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Taylor Swift. www.twitch.tv/professor_as... 133
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Going live with conference presentation dry run. If you are interested in how gender and race impacts fandom and the design of fandom spaces, then come on down! www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchGender x Gamers x Space- Academic Conference Presentation Dry Run 000
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I finished my conference presentation. I earned this. Live right now trying to date more furniture in Date Everything! www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world 040
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 22/06/2025It is time for more Date Everything! Live now. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchCan we find tiny Dorian? 000
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 20/06/2025TikTok told me about Trap Dorian, so we have to find him. Live right now with a bonus surprise lunchtime Date Everything stream. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchTrap Dorian???? 020
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Going live with a quickie lunchtime stream of Date Everything! www.twitch.tv/professor_as... 010
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Live on Twitch dating a door I guess... Date Everything! www.twitch.tv/professor_as... 020
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 13/06/2025The Research Left Behind is now live! Dr. Kishonna Gray joins us tonight to discuss her work on White Streaming, Black Aesthetics. Come on down to listen, learn and ask questions. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchProfessor of games user research and game design. I stream thinkalouds, game analysis, and just for fun. :) 011
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Excited to have Kishonna Gray live on the research left behind tonight to discuss whiteness and streaming. www.twitch.tv/professor_as... 001
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 08/06/2025I am live right now www.twitch.tv/professor_as... We are dating everything!twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchGameplay analysis? Can you analyze this game? Happy pride 🌈 030
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 06/06/2025🔔LIVE NOW🔔Professor Adrienne Massanari joins us to talk about her book Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world 022
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 04/06/2025This is tomorrow night, y'all! I am so excited to hear about the research that got left behind. Make sure you are following with notifications on so you don't miss it LIVE! 🤩 twitch.tv/professor_ashleytwitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchProfessor of games user research and game design. I stream thinkalouds, game analysis, and just for fun. :) 040
Reposted by AshleyMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Live on Twitch this Thursday (June 5), "Gaming Democracy" author @adriennemassanari.bsky.social joins @professorashley.bsky.social on The Research Left Behind—a series where game scholars share their research stories and abandoned ideas. Tune in at twitch.tv/professor_ashley. 0175
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Ignore my sickie voice and go listen to this interview! 010
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 01/06/2025I am live now on this, the first day of 🌈pride month 🌈, with a ROYGBIV run of Blue Prince. This will be very bad, so come have fun with me. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - Twitch🌈Happy Pride! Rainbow run, ROYGBIV rooms only 140
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Finally I can do an esports now. The lack of an appropriate headset was holding me back. 020
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Sorry for being a little late. I am live right now with Blue Prince. I swear... Just one more playthrough. I can do it. I can win this time... *cough* gamblers fallacy *cough* www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchGameplay analysis, puzzle design, biometrics 030
Reposted by AshleyJim Malazita @jmalazita.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Thanks so much to @professorashley.bsky.social for hosting me to chat about my @mitpress.bsky.social book on the Unreal Engine. In this wild convo we chat about the US Military, BioShock Infinite, Z-axes, photorealistic rendering, race, gender, and conspiracy theories! youtu.be/w2CAmK-zK_wyoutu.beThe Research Left Behind, Episode 2, ft Professor Jim MalazitaYouTube video by The Research Left Behind 064
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Do game researchers hate the games they play? @jmalazita.bsky.social has an answer for us, and it may surprise you. www.tiktok.com/@professor_a...tiktok.comDo games professors ever hate the games they play? #academia #videogamehistory #research #unrealengine #bioshockinfinite #motionsickness #theresearchleftbehind #gamestudiesTikTok video by professor_ashley 030
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025🔔LIVE NOW 🔔 Professor Jim Malazita joins us to talk about his book Enacting Platforms: Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchProfessor of games user research and game design. I stream thinkalouds, game analysis, and just for fun. :) 011
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 22/05/2025This is tonight! Join me and Dr. Malazita in a couple hours over at twitch.tv/professor_ashley to chat about Unreal Engine.twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world 023
Reposted by AshleyAshley @professorashley.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Ever wonder about the inner workings of the Unreal Engine? Join me on May 22nd as @jmalazita.bsky.social and I ask what research got left behind on his book, Enacting Platforms. Make sure you're following with notifications on so you know when we go live! twitch.tv/professor_ashley 053
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 18/05/2025I am live again right now with Blue Prince. We got the basement key... now room 46??? www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchProfessor of games user research and game design. I stream thinkalouds, game analysis, and just for fun. :) 010
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I'm going live right meow with more Blue Prince. Not a Research Left Behind Stream, but just as fun. Probably. This game... www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchGameplay analysis, puzzle design chat 020
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Ever wonder about the inner workings of the Unreal Engine? Join me on May 22nd as @jmalazita.bsky.social and I ask what research got left behind on his book, Enacting Platforms. Make sure you're following with notifications on so you know when we go live! twitch.tv/professor_ashley 053
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Did you miss last night's The Research Left Behind stream interview with @jzagal.bsky.social ? No worries, the VoD is up and it has pictures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuBK... Spotify is up too: open.spotify.com/episode/3FS8... Make sure to subscribe to know when new episodes launch.youtube.comThe Research Left Behind, Episode 1, ft Professor José ZagalYouTube video by The Research Left Behind 022
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 09/05/2025We are LIVE! Professor José Zagal joins us to talk about his book Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchProfessor of games user research and game design. I stream thinkalouds, game analysis, and just for fun. :) 022
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025This is tonight at 7PM MST, fam. See you then! www.twitch.tv/professor_as... 002
Reposted by AshleyMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 07/05/2025@professorashley.bsky.social is launching a Twitch livestream where game scholars share stories about their research and the half-baked ideas left on the cutting room floor. The series starts tomorrow with "Seeing Red" author @jzagal.bsky.social! twitch.tv/professor_ashley 1125
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 05/05/2025So excited to host Prof Zagal on my stream this Thursday to chat about his book Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy. Tune in at 7Pm MT at twitch.tv/professor_ashley and read the book FOR FREE at: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon... 122
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 04/05/2025I am live right now on www.twitch.tv/professor_as... with Blue Prince. A game which I know nothing about. Join me for biometrics and gameplay analysis. :)twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world 020
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025New stream announcement! Starting 8 May, I'll be interviewing games academics about the research they had to leave behind. Tune in at 7PM MT to hear Professor Jose Zagal talk about his book on the Virtual Boy. You can also read the book FOR FREE here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204506... 022
Ashley @professorashley.bsky.social · 13/04/2025I am live right now with my final Two Point Museum stream. Let's build a world. Of tanks. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...twitch.tvprofessor_ashley - TwitchCan we build a world of tanks? Integration enabled 000
