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Diana Soreil @silencedrowns.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A campaign to save and archive a MASSIVE amount of comics history and it currently has all of four backers?! Hell no.

Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

(1/12) A short thread based our (@copperkeerthi.bsky.social and me) base on our talk for #GenerationAnalog2026 GREEN "Performing the Dungeon"

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keerthi sridharan🌻🇵🇸 @copperkeerthi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

talking sex, actual play, and barmaids (yes, really) with @t0mm7.bsky.social at this delightful romp of a conf next month!

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New collection "Cultural Game Studies" edited by @fransmayra.bsky.social and Raine Koskimaa - discount code attached. Book will be available early next month. #gamestudies

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🇺🇲💥🧨‼️🦅Diana🦅‼️🧨💥🇺🇲 @citiesbydiana.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

#alysaliu WOKE IS BACK BABY MAKE OAKLAND CALIFORNIA THE US CAPITOL NOW!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026

6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.” 9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.

Page 1 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil in Spanish. Colorful doodles of a rainbow and hearts are found throughout the page. Translation: “I am Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya and I have been 113 days in detention I miss my friends and I feel they are going to forget me. I am bored here. I already miss my country and my house, I came on vacation for 10 Days and they took me into an ice office an officer interrogated me 2 hours without my mom, I was traveling with flight attendant because my mom lives in new york, they only wanted to arrest my mom, because my mom didn’t have documents to live in U.S.A., I always traveled with my tourist visa but ice used me to catch my mom and now I am in a jail and I am sad and I have fainted 2 times here inside. When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”

Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil in Spanish. Translation: “They don’t give me my diet I am vegetarian, I don’t eat well, there is no good education and I miss my best friend julieta and my grandmother and my school I already want to get to my house. Me in dilei [Dilley] am not happy please get me out of here to colombia.” Below the text is a drawing of the girl and her mother in the government-issued gray sweatsuits of the detention center.

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jimaxon66.bsky.social @jimaxon66.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

These are documented massacres of First Nations people between 1788-1930 Happy Australia Day

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

JustDance* has a fascinating metaphorical role in the narrative conclusion of the film "She Rides Shotgun" (Rowland 2025). collider.com/taron-egerto... *this interview reports that its 'tiktok' which does not seen right at all

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

New Zealand Trading Company: www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/new-... A part of Aotearoa's music history I had missed until now. Previously known as the Maori Hi-Quins, they recorded an album in Memphis in 1970 and had a US tour before splitting up.

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New Zealand Trading Company - AudioCulture

The New Zealand Trading Company album was released in the US in 1970, but only a few copies made it to New Zealand. On the back of the album the musicians stand beside the Mississippi River, resplende...

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen: *Red Hot Chilli Peppers ´92 *The Lemonheads '93 *African Head Charge '94 *Beastie Boys '95 *Ben Harper ´96

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Darshana Jayemanne and my 2012 article "Game Studies Material Turn" from Westminster Papers In Communication just hit 200 citations on google scholar www.westminsterpapers.org/article/id/1... #gamestudies

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Tiresome "liberal" Bill Maher licks chocolate off artist Karen Finley in this July '99 feature in Playboy.

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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

📞🎮 Sidetalking: Nokia’s playful design gone sideways Heikki Jungman, @t0mm7.bsky.social, Niklas Nylund & @sotamaa.bsky.social revisit the N-Gage’s sideways-calling feature. 💡 The article shows how cultural misalignment, not tech flaws, doomed it. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

New #openaccess article in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social "Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity" On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003. A THREAD. Download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #gamestudies #platformstudies

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

UK Gamescenes Symposium will take place in Tampere/Hybrid on 16th September. Program and details for joining are attached. 1/2 Features work from skypeeps @digdems.bsky.social @nitessine.bsky.social @merilainen.bsky.social @rosgakori.bsky.social @vkankainen.bsky.social

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Press Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢 Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue! More details below in this thread👇 #CallForPapers #GameStudies

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Sharing this again because the deadline is coming up on the 8th.

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

If its deliberate, its genius that the Intersecting "Axes of Privilege, Discrimination and Oppression" kinda look like an asshole, if not, a fortuitous coincidence.

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Mastercard and VISA should cancel the Vatican.

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Elizabeth Loftus was the co-author of "Minds at Play," one of the first scholarly books on video games, was also an expert on 'false-memory syndrome,' and was an expert witness at the trials of Harvey Weinstein and Ghislaine Maxwell: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabe...

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Sharing this again because the deadline is coming up on the 8th.

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

In the 2000s, women and girls were widely recognised as game consumers and a demographic where more consumers could potentially be recruited, given the right marketing. #ParisHilton was one of many influencers/celebrities involved with product placements and guest appearances. A tribute 🎩🙂

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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Maintaining a physical museum is expensive, but as the online world grows more hostile to educational content, a place like the Vagina Museum is essential. You can support our work by donating, becoming a member or volunteering - find out more here www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/support

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Don't Go Jason Waterfalls #TLC listening to a 1996 playlist

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

OnlyBans: the Game: "Can your booty beat the system? OnlyBans is a game about sex workers and erotic content creators battling censorship, shadowbanning, and other threats to their digital freedom." Presciently not hosted on #Steam or itch.io onlybansgame.com/wp/

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The Game - OnlyBans

Can your booty beat the system? OnlyBans is a game about battling censorship, shadowbanning, & threats to digital freedom in sex work.

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

New book "Histriographies of Game Studies" #OA punctumbooks.com/titles/histo... Lots of good stuff, I'm excited about this chapter: ping @poppywilde.bsky.social @doktornick.bsky.social

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

RE: the recent targeting of LGBTQ+ content on Steam and itch.io (see following tweet), our #OA article "Platform Produced Heteronormativity" outlines the restrictive self-regulation of platform-based gender and sexuality of adult videogames on #Patreon journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Platform-produced Heteronormativity: A Content Analysis of Adult Videogames on Patreon - Petri Lankoski, Thomas Apperley, J. Tuomas Harviainen, 2023

This article examines the prominent role of Patreon in the rapidly growing sector of crowdfunded pornographic games. Recent research has indicated that, on aver...

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Virtual Shelfie - book-length stuff I've been checking out this past week - amazing, inspiring stuff <3

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🫠 A thread from @rainforestsb.bsky.social and my recent presentation at #ludo2025 (ludomusicology conference) which examines how nu metal and early 2000s gaming culture contributed to the reinforcement of white male anger (1/20).

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Lyra's (my 10-year-old daughter) first attempt at making a D&D map. A world centred on an inner sea where a huge column of water flows continuously into the sky, taking the souls of the dead to the afterlife.

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

CFP Hybrid Symposium: The UK Tabletop Role-Playing Game Scene – Histories, Cultures, and Legacies - 16th September, @coegamecult.bsky.social Tampere University, Finland (and online) Full details in attachments. #ttrpg #boardgames #wargames #minatures #gamebooks #videogames #history #gamestudies

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Dr Ian Sturrock @sturrock.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Animex Symposium on Game Cultures and Net Zero Games allow us to play with imaginary futures and situations. For example, humanity's own future, as the Anthropocene era comes to a dangerous close and we begin to consider the post-Anthropocene. CFP and more at: www.tees.ac.uk/minisites/an...

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Animex Symposium on Game Cultures and Net Zero

We're seeking submissions for proposals for 20-minute conference presentations from across the fields of animation, VFX and games.

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Presenting with @rainforestsb.bsky.social tomorrow at Ludo 2025 the 14th European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound: "The Loser-y Attitude*: Nu-Metal and the reinforcement of white male anger in gaming culture" *Apologies to Bernard Suits

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Aotearoa/New Zealand videogame histories <3

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Presenting at #DiGRA in Valletta, Malta next week: Wednesday 1100: Domesticating Play at the Playboy Mansion lnkd.in/dhFfT8JM (full paper forthcoming in proceedings) Thursday 1630: Follow the Bunny: Play and the Structuring of Affective Labour lnkd.in/dXshb4ar (draft manuscript)

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Mikko Meriläinen @merilainen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Are you a man, at least 15 years old and either Finnish or living in Finland? Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay? Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

What does backgammon have to do with Playboy? This talk explores how 20th century media encoded masculinity, intimacy, and control through board games, tech, and leisure aesthetics. #GameStudies #MediaHistory #PlayboyArchive

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