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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Classic videogames are in peril. But by putting players first, we can still save their history. This is the topic of the public lecture I'm giving as part of the Shannon lecture series. I hope I'll see you in Ottawa or online on Oct 13th at 7 PM EDT! carleton.ca/history/even...

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“Not worth mentioning”: Preserving Unremarkable Videogames - Department of History

All lectures will take place in the Pellan Room at Library and Archives Canada (395 Wellington Street). Lectures will begin at 7pm. Description: Classic videogames are in peril. Indeed, a 2023 report...

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Excited to share a new 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 for an edited collection on game preservation in Canada, with coeds @jeanketterling.bsky.social and @michaeliantorno.com. We welcome essays, material studies, and interviews. Full details here: gamepreservation.ca/volatile-mem... Deadline: November 15, 2026.

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Call For Papers – GamePreservation.ca

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Michael Iantorno☔️✊ @michaeliantorno.com · 28/08/2026

I'm happy to share a new 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 for an edited collection on game preservation in Canada, with co-editors @jeanketterling.bsky.social and @videogamehistorian.bsky.social. We welcome essays, material studies, and interviews. Full details at the link below - please share widely!

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Call For Papers – GamePreservation.ca

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Carrie Arbuckle @archaeocarrie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I was absolutely delighted to meet Sue today at the Field Museum in Chicago. Such a beautiful smile. 😃

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I was interviewed by Radio-Canada (in French) about the news that Sony would discontinue the production of physical games. Given the current state of game preservation, this is bad news for thos who actually care about the medium and not about profits above all. ici.radio-canada.ca/en-bref/1-10...

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Les jeux vidéo sur CD vont-ils disparaître?

Sony cessera la production de jeux sur CD en 2028. Face à cette disparition, l'historien du jeu vidéo Dany Guay-Bélanger s'inquiète pour la préservation de notre patrimoine.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Fresh off the press! New article I co-wrote examining the cultural history of videogames. Our team coded thousands of ads, 7640 to be precise, published over 34 years in Computer & Video Games and Level to document the evolution of marketing discourse and target audiences. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Me and many others have been saying for a very long time that trying to get the industry to do the right thing was a waste of time. Generally, the industry as a whole gives no fucks about its own history and heritage. They only care about one thing: their bottom line. Legal =/= moral or ethical.

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

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Michael Iantorno☔️✊ @michaeliantorno.com · 18/06/2026

I had delightful time at @cgsaacej.bsky.social this year! ✊Labour talk w/ @kenzitronic.bsky.social, @thechristinet.bsky.social, & @evkuzn.bsky.social 🎮Game preservation w/ @jeanketterling.bsky.social & @videogamehistorian.bsky.social Thankful to CGSA for running inclusive events (praise the OWL).

A group of game scholars pose around an OWL (a webcam microphone thingy), praising it as they would an idol.

Michael stands between two monitors that read "Three Central Programs" while talking through a presentation.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

#CGSA2026 came to an end, and like every year, it's bittersweet. I'm exhausted but also feel energised by seeing my friends and welcoming new people to our wonderful community. Much like this plushie and myself, we are silly geese. But also serious scholars, swear!

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This year's keynote at #CGSA2026 is by the marvelous Kisha McPherson and she cites Ruha Benjamin's Race After Technology, and the whole notion of the "New Jim Code" is absolutely great. First time I hear about it and that book is definitely 100% going on my reading list.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I was interviewed on Julia Caron's Quebec AM on CBC Radio One this morning concerning the project on the history of videogames in Quebec I am coordinating! If you want to listen to the interview, you can right here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Quebec AM with Julia Caron | Live Radio | CBC Listen

Every weekday morning the Quebec AM team brings you the news you need to get your day started. Tune in for interviews that get to the heart of what's happening in communities across the province. Stor...

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A cool project I am coordinating is publicly launching this week and we got some media coverage! We are trying to write a socio-cultural history of videogames in the province of Quebec, home to the largest concentration of French-speakers in North America and a hub for game development.

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À la recherche de l’histoire du jeu vidéo au Québec

Des chercheurs de l’UdeM veulent tracer le portrait du jeu vidéo grâce à l’histoire orale.

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Michael Iantorno☔️✊ @michaeliantorno.com · 27/04/2026

The "Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches" lightning talks from @discoxford.bsky.social are now online! 📡You can hear me (quickly) talk about the Satellaview starting around 1:09:30. ⚡And great talks from @videogamehistorian.bsky.social, @jeanketterling.bsky.social, and more!

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Videogame Preservation: Practices and Approaches - Lightning talks

YouTube video by Digital Scholarship at Oxford

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WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

New blog from me on my relationship with the Pokemon series. Digs into a weird experiment I did for the sake of documenting my personal games history. Heavily inspired by @videogamehistorian.bsky.social's work on oral histories and also shout out Trubbish. killjoy.bearblog.dev/a-personal-h...

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A PERSONAL HISTORY WITH POKÉMON

By god, I’m not a romantic, I’m a min-maxer.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Talking about videogame oral history and middling games today. Join us if you want to know more! digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/videog...

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Videogame Preservation: Practices and Approaches, an Online Symposium

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Michael Iantorno☔️✊ @michaeliantorno.com · 09/03/2026

Want to learn more about videogame preservation? 🕹️The University of Oxford is hosting 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 & 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 this Thursday! ⚡I'll be contributing a Satellaview lightning talk (@jeanketterling.bsky.social + @videogamehistorian.bsky.social will also join the lightning round).

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Videogame Preservation: Practices and Approaches, an Online Symposium

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Fellow Canadians, unless you support ICE, you might want it to stop the Canadian equivalent from emerging in the form of Bill C-12. actionnetwork.org/letters/send...

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Tell Senators: Vote NO on C-12

Speak up against this attack on migrants

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CGSA/ACÉJ @cgsaacej.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Nous venons de lancer notre site web bilingue pour l'ACÉJ 2026 (un jour plus tôt!): event.fourwaves.com/cgsa2026 Nous sommes officiellement prêts à recevoir vos excellentes propositions (l'onglet "Soumissions" est en haut à gauche). N'hésitez pas à nous contacter si vous avez des questions. <3

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Fourwaves - CGSA/ACÉJ 2026

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CGSA/ACÉJ @cgsaacej.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Our brand-new and bilingual website for CGSA 2026 is now live (a whole day early, go us!): event.fourwaves.com/cgsa2026 We're officially ready receive your wonderful proposals (click the "Submissions" tab in the top-left). As always, email us if you encounter any issues or have any questions. <3

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Honestly, being toward the end of a PhD when you struggle with mental health issues that force you to take things slow kinda sucks. Funding ran out and it's hard to find work that pays enough to live on, yet doesn't make you too much so I can work on my thesis is really fucking hard. Wish me luck.

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CGSA/ACÉJ @cgsaacej.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

📣✨Appel à communications !📣✨ L’ACÉJ 2026 aura lieu du 11 au 14 juin 2026, à Montréal (l'Université Concordia). Le thème pour cette année est « La Répétition ». La date limite pour soumission est le 7 janvier 2026 à 23 h 59 HNP. Appel complet ici: gamestudies.ca/conference-c...

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Conference // Conférence

Version française ci-dessous The 2026 CGSA/ACÉJ annual conference will be a hybrid event co-hosted by the Technoculture, Art and Games Lab (TAG) at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec&nbs…

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CGSA/ACÉJ @cgsaacej.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

📣✨Call for Papers!📣✨ CGSA 2026 will take place at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec from June 11-14th, 2026. This year’s chosen theme is “On Repeat”. Submissions are due January 7th, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST Full CfP here: gamestudies.ca/conference-c...

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Conference // Conférence

Version française ci-dessous The 2026 CGSA/ACÉJ annual conference will be a hybrid event co-hosted by the Technoculture, Art and Games Lab (TAG) at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec&nbs…

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Man, I'm trying to write a section in my thesis about taking a somewhat activist stance as a researcher and I think it's probably one of the hardest thing I ever had to write. Definitely going to piss off some positivists, but that's okay.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Question primarily for #historians: I'm basically trying to build a defense of oral history and I would need something on how seeing oral sources as less trustworthy than written ones is rooted in imperial/colonial thought. Anyone know a good source on that or that just mentions that topic?

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Currently at a conference in South Africa and it's so challenging, interesting, and generally mindblowing to hear African perspectives, in particular about how colonisers imposed their culture on the continent. It's making me think on my own experiences as a bilingual person in Quebec 1/4

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Trying to refer to people doing history outside of academia without falling into the trap of positioning academics as better than others. I use "trained historian" for academics, but amateur historian somewhat implies a lowrt rank. What do you use? Self-taught, citizen, community historian? #history

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Eu. Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects @efgamp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

All PRESENTATIONS from the conference Cataloging, Archiving and Exhibiting Digital Games (25.-26. Nov 2024 in Prague) are NOW ONLINE. Actually it was one of the biggest gatherings of the game GLAM sector so far 😍 many of them EFGAMP members 🙌 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #gamimgculturalheritage

The first international conference dedicated to digital games preservation and games as cultural heritage in Central and Eastern Europe took place on the 25th-26th November 2024 at the Ponrepo Cinema. The Cataloging, Archiving and Exhibiting Digital Games workshop is organized by the Národní filmový archiv as a part of Pixelarchiv.cz, a joint NAKI project of NFA, FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) and ČVUT (Czech Technical University in Prague). The conference was supported by EFGAMP.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

It’s worth emphasizing that the Colombia fight was not about accepting deportations. It was that the Colombian president demanded deportees be treated humanely, and not as props for Trump’s performative cruelty. That simple request for decency was enough for Trump to instigate a trade war.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Just got an email from my uni saying that because of new Microsoft policies, our data storage is down to 100 GN for graduate students (from the previous 1 TB) and 10 GB for undergrads. This means I can no longer use their cloud to save my interview files on OneDrive and benefit from that security.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

After a well deserved break from transcribing, I'm back at it. Here's a new great automated transcription mistake I'm sure many people wil enjoy: Stardou Valley. Plus, the interview partner was talking about cozy games.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Be careful, if you ever played Among Us, or probably watched The Thing I guess, you might be a CEO assassin! Like fucking clockwork lol

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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

a movie called nosferatatouille, where a bat sits on draculas head and turns him into a world-renowned pastry chef

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

AI transcription tools are cool, but they flatten everything. The one I'm using has a Canadian French option, which is quite good, but it doesn't register Quebec swears at all and only very few very common expressions/contractions. French in Canada is diverse, so I wonder on what they trained it on.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

You know, using AI tools to make transcription much easier is great, especially when it messes up royally. Just got "Marie en toilette" instead of Marie-Antoinette and I don't think I'll ever recover 😂

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Helen Roche @drhelenroche.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I'm currently planning a meta-analysis of scholars and scholarship related to Historical Game Studies. If you're interested in participating, feel free to reply/DM me! I'm interested in things like people's scholarly background, affiliation/job title, publishers/journals you usually submit to, etc.

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Robert Houghton @robehoughton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

The Video Game Library has an immense catalogue and is well worth a look for all sorts of studies on games and gaming (historical or otherwise).

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Coordinating a research project on the history of videogames in my province rn, and oral history is a huge part of it. It's really interesting to be the most junior scholar in charge, but also the expert in terms of oral history. Like I know what I'm doing, but also... aaaaAAAAHHHHH!!!! 😅

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Currently, most of my time is basically dedicated to transcribing my interviews and will be for the foreseeable future. Even with a round of automated transcription, it takes forever. I love oral history, but fuck do I hate transcribing interviews. Absolutely drains every ounce of energy I have.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Welp, it's done. I officially scrubbed my Twitter account and deactivated it. Hopefully this place won't become another hellhole of the internet.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Since I'm getting an influx of followers because of the recent exodus towards this platform and being included in Historical Game Studies and Game Studies starter packs, I figured I should introduce myself better than what my bio lets me. 1/

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Very important thread on videogames, history, and (IMO) research creation.

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Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Okay I've got a logo for the feed. Reminder: tag all your games and history intersections with #gamingthepast #gtp or #historygames so we can better share our knowledge, understandings, and experience bsky.app/profile/did:... (RS appreciated)

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Take care of yourselves, everyone, especially those who aren't white, straight, cis, etc. This is going to be a long and shitty ride. Please stay safe.

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Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Welp, shit's bad folks. With the results of this election, I think we'll see a wave of right-wing elections all over the place (in line with what has already been going on). I'm calling Skippy for PM in Canada and another round of Doug Ford and François Legault. My condolences everyone.

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