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Wolf_Hoi

@wolfhoi.bsky.social
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Game Studies || Psychology || Digital Play Enthusiast Master's degree programme Game Studies and Engineering, Writer & Mental Health Advocate. Accessibility matters. "Retro can be fun!"

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gamevironments @gamevironments.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎮 What happens when video games move beyond entertainment and into therapy? A new article by Deanna Holroyd, PhD and Holly Parker, PhD, explores #VideoGames as therapeutic tools for neurodivergent #Children and #Teenagers. 📲 Read: journals.suub.uni-bremen.de/index.php/ga... #GameStudies #Research
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Video Games as Neoliberal Therapeutic Techno-Solutions: The Transformative Power of Digital Ludic Wellness Services for Neurodivergence | gamevironments
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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Apropos of nothing, here's the callout I wrote for Eurogamer about the glaring lack of female voices in the games media. I wrote this in *2018*. Things did seem to get better for a while but now we're backsliding again and the reasons for it haven't changed. www.eurogamer.net/why-the-game...
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Why the games media has a diversity problem - this website especially
Eurogamer has far too low a proportion of articles by female writers. Keza MacDonald, the Guardian's games editor, explains why this happens and what can be don
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GamesMarket @gamesmarket.global · 28/09/2026
BAFTA-nominated Petri Alanko from Helsinki in Finland has made music for Wooga and Supercell, but most importantly you know his work from @remedygames.com's Alan Wake and Control series. We spoke to him about creative pipelines, prototyping music and much more. www.gamesmarket.global/game-music-m...
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Game Music Makers: Petri Alanko
BAFTA-nominated Composer Petri Alanko from Helsinki in Finland has made music for Wooga and Supercell, but most importantly you know his work from Remedy's Alan Wake and Control series. We spoke to hi...
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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 26/09/2026
Collections of studios owned and run by Black People. I'm sure there are some I missed, so please let me know (please double-check that they are owned by black people), and I will add them. Don't just follow them; check out their games. This list is about equity and ownership. go.bsky.app/4wfgP11
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Every Game Talk Possible @egtp.org · 26/09/2026
ALERT: As part of the inaugural Sydney Games Festival (12-18 Oct ‘26), the organising committee is excited to announce: Every Game Talk Possible (Friday, 16 Oct ‘26)! egtp.org Speaker lineup and tickets on Humanitix: events.humanitix.com/egtp-2026
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Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hope you like it! You can get it now wherever you get your books, or straight from the publisher here: tinyurl.com/5xwrrf45
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How Dungeons & Dragons Changed the Way We Play
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Rockstar had a mole in the union worker Discord server "for over two and a half years", GTA 6 company reveals during legal battle bit.ly/46U8Y9Q
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Rockstar had a mole in the union worker Discord server "for over two and a half years", GTA 6 company reveals during legal battle
Court filings from the battle between GTA 6 studio Rockstar and fired workers have revealed how Rockstar accessed a Discord server set up by union organisers.
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Trystan Goetze (they/them/theirs) @errantcanadian.com · 10/09/2026
Fascinating to use games as something obviously both technical/scientific and aesthetic to highlight that duality in other areas of experience. There's a third lens for looking at games or anything else, though, and one I think is where the danger lies. 🧵 #philtech #sts #gameStudies
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Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
TT job in game studies at UTM: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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Search Jobs - University Affairs
Explore the latest academic and higher education job opportunities on the University Affairs Jobs board. Updated daily, our job board features hundreds of teaching, research, postdoctoral, administrat...
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IGN @ign.com · 10/09/2026
Microsoft has announced that Hideo Kojima's upcoming project Physint, which can be described as a spiritual successor to Metal Gear Solid, will now be published by Xbox instead of Sony. For more info: bit.ly/4hjg39Z
Hideo Kojima's Physint Being Published By Xbox Instead of Sony

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CWA @cwaunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Breaking! CWA members at Blizzard Entertainment have voted to ratify historic first union contracts, securing an unprecedented victory for the video game industry. cwa-union.org/news/release...
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Blizzard Entertainment Workers Ratify Historic Video Game Contracts with CWA
Blizzard Entertainment workers represented by CWA voted to ratify historic union contracts with the Microsoft-owned company, securing an unprecedented victory for the video game industry following the...
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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Geoff Keighley and Mark Cerny are launching a big fellowship program for young video game makers 20 six-figure grants a year and mentorship to game design grads They want the Nova Games Foundation to be gaming's version of the MacArthur "genius grant" www.gamefile.news/p/nova-games...
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Exclusive: Two of gaming’s biggest names are making a big investment in gaming’s future
Mark Cerny and Geoff Keighley are spending time and big money to launch a fellowship program for game design graduates. They hope the program will gain industry support for years to come.
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Wolf_Hoi @wolfhoi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So many great panels and talks. So many great people and conversations. This was an exciting VGC 2026! You can still take a look at all the topics. videogamecultures.org
The logo of VGC, Video Game Conference. A drawn character looking at the sky and space. With planets, stars and rockets.
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Fanny Rebillard @cactuceratops.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Demandez le programme ! Le colloque international que je co-organise à Liège les 15-16 septembre, c'est pour bientôt. On y recevra des gens fantastiques d'un peu partout, pour 2 jours de pures discussions autour de la musique de jeu vidéo. 🎮🎶 www.traverses.uliege.be/cms/c_129246...
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Que nous dit la musique de jeu vidéo de la musique ?
Première édition de colloque en ludomusicologie et études du son et des jeux vidéo en région francophone rassemblant des chercheuses et chercheurs interdisciplinaires pour explorer la diversité des ap...
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Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
*NEW ISSUE* *SEPTEMBER 2026* Analog Game Studies Vol. XIII, No. 3 is out! escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... -- featuring: Evan Torner, Alex Roberts & Stephen Shapiro, Cameron Kunzelman, Lucy Roach, & Kathryn Volz, and Helen Roche @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Jrnl #analoggamestudies #ags
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Daniel J. Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 05/09/2026
Creating this no-ai indie games starter pack is one of the best things I ever did on BlueSky. Lots of great developers in here, making things with their own hands, some of whom I might not have found otherwise!! go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y
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Journal of Geek Studies @jgeekstudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our new article examines how folklore, spirituality, and horror intertwine in Kuon, one of FromSoftware's most intriguing early games. Read it here: jgeekstudies.org/2026/09/02/o... #geekstudies #horrorgames #gamestudies
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Of silkworms and reincarnation in Kuon
Thiago S. Ranzani da Silva Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Email: tsrsilv (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Oh, I don’t believe in evil, I believ…
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胡子哥 @notsaved.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
come to Bergen to do your PhD in game studies? www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD Research Fellowship in Games and Interactive Digital Narratives, Center for Digital Narrative (307441) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Games and Interactive Digital Narratives, Center for Digital Narrative (307441), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Wolf_Hoi @wolfhoi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
An exciting controller with many customization options. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...
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GENKI MANTA: Beyond the Pro Controller
A deeply tunable controller with MantaOS built in, analog Pulse Buttons, adjustable TMR sticks, TriStage Triggers and Maglev Haptics.
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transcript Verlag @transcript-verlag.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A world within a world: exploring virtual reality in contemporary art, its technical potential, aesthetic qualities, and associated imaginations.  www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376… #VirtualReality #Art #GameStudies #MediaStudies
Das Buch-Cover von »Virtual Reality Exhibited« vor neongelbem Hintergrund.
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Herdles - Wishlist now! ✨ @playherdles.com · 26/08/2026
We're at #gamescom as part of the @indiearenabooth.de! ✨️ Come by, meet the team and play our take on Spyro meets breath of the wild with a magical dog. 🐶
The key art of Herdles with an indie arena booth border saying that herdles there from 26-30 of August
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Liz Couto @lizcouto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Big day in video game history! Today is the 76th anniversary of Bertie the Brain. Bertie was the first digital computer game playable to the general public, and debuted in Toronto 🍁 www.canadashistory.ca/explore/scie...
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Game on! - Canada's History
Canadians are wowed by computer game’s debut.
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SPIELKRITIK.com @spielkritik.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Neue und noch aktuelle Calls aus den #GameStudies in unserem Sammelpost: - Die Tagung "Slavic Game Studies III" an der Uni Passau sucht Beiträge über Zeit, Geschichte und Erinnerungssysteme in Games aus Ostmittel- und Osteuropa - Fristverlängerung für Beiträge zum Sammelband "40 Jahre Metal Gear"
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Game Studies: Aktuelle Calls for Papers (CfPs, CfAs) / neuester Call (Juli 2026): Backrooms – Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf liminale Räume
Dieser Beitrag sammelt ausgewählte Calls for Papers, Calls for Abstracts oder Calls for Proposals aus dem Bereich der Game Studies. Die einzelnen Calls werden nicht nur wiedergegeben, sondern die r…
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Video Games Expo Events @vgeevents.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🎮 Swansea Video Games Expo is Here! 📅 Sunday, 29th November 2026 📍 Swansea – Brangwyn Hall Prepare for a one-of-a-kind gaming event built by the community, for the community! BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW at SwanseaVGE26.eventbrite.co.uk #gamedev #swansea #retrogaming #cosplay #gamesexpo #indiegamedev
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Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wir verlängern unseren Metal-Gear-Call um einen Monat: Wir freuen uns auf Eure Vorschläge bis zum 20.09.2026! #gamestudies #metalgear #cfp #cfa
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[Call] Tactical-Espionage-Studies zu 40 Jahren Metal Gear - Language at Play
Jacob Birken, Christian Günther und Rudolf Thomas Inderst suchen Beiträge für einen Sammelband zu 40 Jahren Metal Gear.
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Take This @takethis.org · 17/08/2026
This Thursday, join @kindofstrange.com and @doctorkilmer.bsky.social for a two-hour event about mental health in games with Amir Satvat's Always Supporting the Games Community! August 20th, 9pm ET/6pm Pt Live on LinkedIn and Discord
Headshots of Amir Satvat, Tara Brannigan, and Dr. Elizabeth Kilmer are on the side edges of the image. Text in the middle reads: "Next event. Mental health in games. Licensed clinical perspective. Resilient Communities. Mental wellness. Self care and therapy. Industry support. Take This resources. Crisis aware leadership. Date, Thursday, August 20th. Time, 6PM P T slash 9PM E T. On LinkedIn Live and Discord Live. Presented by the Always Supporting the Games Community.
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Daniel Fandino @danfandino.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I'm excited to be collaborating with Cody Mejeur and the Amatryx Game Lab to publish an edited collection on the multiplayer online horror game, Dead By Daylight (Behavior Interactive 2016). Check the CFP and submit an abstract! wiredhistory.com/dbd/cfp-2/ #dbd #deadbydaylight #gamestudies
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CFP – Into the Fog: Essays on Dead by Daylight
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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I spoke to Japanese game devs/industry professionals (including Shuhei Yoshida) about the U.S. games industry layoffs, and why they aren’t happening in Japan. It is both very simple and very interesting, imo! youtu.be/npmohif-jj0
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I asked Japanese Game Devs why they aren't being Laid Off
YouTube video by Alanah Pearce
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Jorge Garcia @jorgegarciamartin.com · 13/08/2026
Sharing this here from PhD student at York Uni, Luca Resti. Interesting and impactful #GameAudio research in case you want to take part and share your opinions and experience.
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
yall should get South of Midnight now. it's self-published by Compulsion Games, microsoft is out of the picture. they could use the support! store.steampowered.com/app/1934570/...
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South of Midnight on Steam
South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient pow...
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Peter Taylor @ptrtlrwrts.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I know quite a few people on here who'd be a good fit for a Senior Game Designer position, so if you want to work with me and you're in commutable distance of London, please apply! If not, share this with your friends. www.sports-interactive.com/vacancy/seni...
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Senior Game Designer | SI Games
We’re an ambitious team, always on the lookout for tenacious talent. If you’re our next signing, make yourself known by applying for this open role.
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Lis @thewritegame.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A rundown on narrative playtesting by @stevebromley.bsky.social. I’m a big believer in conducting proper user research if you have the access and means to do it. Golden data.
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How to playtest your game’s story | Games User Research
How to safely approach testing both comprehension and appeal for the story of your game.
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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Tickets for #AdvX26 go on sale TOMORROW (Wednesday) at 3:00 pm GMT+1 (UK time)! Join us for a weekend of narrative gaming in London on 7 - 8 November at the LSBU Hub building. Tickets have sold out quickly in past years, so plan ahead and make sure not to miss out! More info: adventurexpo.org
AdventureX 2026, 7-8 November. Tickets on sale Wednesday, 12 August at 3:00 pm GMT+1. A person with pink hair, a coat, and a lanyard checks in at AdventureX.
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CD PROJEKT RED @cdprojektred.com · 11/08/2026
Great things happen when creativity and community come together around a shared love of games 🎮 ❤️ Introducing the CD PROJEKT RED Creators & Ambassadors Program! A new home for creators, community ambassadors, & our team to connect, collaborate, and create. Apply now: creators.cdprojektred.com/en
Graphic advertising the CD Projekt Red Creators and Ambassadors Program. The program logo is against a black background at the top of the image and features a red bird, the rarog. Below are images of V from Cyberpunk 2077 and Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher 3, positioned as if back to back.
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RoxyResistant @roxyresistant.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Ich durfte mal wieder für @vsgde.bsky.social schreiben und mein Leben mit dem Fotomodus beschreiben. ❤️ videospielgeschichten.de/als-der-foto...
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Als der Fotomodus wichtiger wurde als das Spiel - Videospielgeschichten
Wer kennt es heute nicht, wenn es in Videospielen einen Modus gibt, mit dem wir ganz gezielt Screenshots nach unseren Wünschen erstellen können.  Der Fotomodus ist inzwischen fast immer ein fester Bes...
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TTRPGkids ➡️ Gamehole Con @ttrpgkids.com · 06/08/2026
I regularly update the TTRPGs for all-ages list on the TTRPGkids website, adding new games as I find them and including links to reviews/features as I post them on the site. Check out the latest update to the list here, and I hope it helps you find a game you'll love! loom.ly/N0cqFNk
TTRPGs made for kids, teens, and all-ages!

450+ entries sortable by age recs, mechanic, reviews, etc.
Visit TTRPGkids.com ⟶ 
“games” header ⟶ TTRPG list
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itch.io @itch.io · 04/08/2026
Enjoy 127 items by 109 creators and support game devs effected by recent layoffs: itch.io/b/3802/game-...
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Sebastian Möring @sebomat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📚 Out now in open access: Games and Literature, ed. @dilan-c.bsky.social, @annakinder.bsky.social & @sebomat.bsky.social (@wallsteinverlag.bsky.social). 23 chapters on games, narrative and preservation 👇 www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383536017...
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Games and Literature | Wallstein Open Library
Are computer games literature? »Games and Literature« explores the intersections of literary studies and digital games. This volume examines how games function as narrative media, cultural artefacts,...
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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law
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EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law
The U.S. publisher has been taken private in a deal worth $55 billion.
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PixelCrib @pixelcrib.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Excited to end off the week with these beauties by iam8bit! Presenting the Team ICO trilogy, with the soundtracks to ICO, Shadow of the Colossus & The Last Guardian: www.pixelcrib.com.au/collections/... #vgmvinyl #gameaudio #shadowofthecolossus
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Paige, TheMaverickGirl @themaverickgirl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is an outstanding video if you're interested in video game history and Namco games.
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Wolf_Hoi @wolfhoi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The original devs are on board. Mark Ferrari, Gary Winnick, David Fox, Octavi Navarro, Robert Megone and others! www.grumpygamer.com/twp2_announce/
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Thimbleweed Park 2
Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry
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McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games by David Waddington critiques mainstream game design and educational technology, offering hopeful alternatives and examining reflective games that resist dominant gameplay logics. buff.ly/SnjGJWi
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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
ICYMI: Let's talk about proactive reporting in games (and how we could make it WAY more efficient) #gamedev #gamestudies open.substack.com/pub/rachelko...
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Why can nobody can agree on what "harm" in games is?
There is a gap between what studios say is harmful and what they actually let you report.
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Wolf_Hoi @wolfhoi.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Who remembers that? #dialapirate #retrogaming #videogames #lucasfilmgames #monkeyisland
A "Dial-a-Pirate" cardboard wheel from the Lucasfilm Games title *Monkey Island*. It features various pirate faces that served as a copy-protection mechanism in the 1990s.
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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 26/07/2026
Buy my book :) bookshop.org/p/books/game...
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Gamer Girls: 25 Women Who Built the Video Game Industry
Discover the women behind the video games we love--the iconic games they created, the genres they invented, the studios and companies they built--and how they changed the industry forever. Women have...
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Audiokinetic🔜 GameSoundCon @audiokinetic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"There’s so much depth, creativity, joy, fun and magic in this role." Ever wonder what a #VoiceDesigner does? Marina Hashemi dives into the magic of performance capture, and the quiet importance of a Voice Designer behind every line: hubs.ly/Q04qxytx0 #GameAudio
Behind the Lines: The Quiet Importance of a Voice Designer in Performance Capture, Marina Hashemi
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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If you are media (gaming, mainstream, or otherwise) you should hit me up at VGHF@oneprstudio.com if you want to get press updates and interview opps with the Video Game History Foundation team! There is simply no one else doing the work of historical preservation *quite* like this.
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Sam Read-Graves 🌿🎮 @readgraves.com · 22/07/2026
The latest round of layoffs has reinforced something the AAA industry needs to figure out. If a successful launch doesn't make your job safer, what exactly are developers supposed to plan for?
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'The company has turned its back on us': Black Flag Resynced developers at Ubisoft Barcelona are being laid off instead of celebrating the series' latest hit
"We will never see the fruits of our labour, and the reward for our hard work will be the loss of our jobs."
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