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professor of game studies and design, sociologist, retired MMORPG shaman, current cozy game player, mom of two kickass adult daughters, lover of holidays, gin, and cats.
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I <3 being Canadian TY Pizza Pizza for knocking it out of the park with these three advertisement gems: www.instagram.com/pizzapizzalt... www.instagram.com/pizzapizzalt... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGhg...

US officials are reportedly threatening to revoke Starlink access for Ukraine if they don’t give us 50% of their mineral rights. That’s not diplomacy, it’s extortion. We’re also pushing them to kill a UN Resolution that blames Russia for starting the war. Facts matter.

Call for book chapters!📖 I'm co-editing a book (w/ @agatawaszkiewicz.bsky.social) on ✨COZY MEDIA✨ with Amsterdam Uni Press. Please see details and deadlines on our shiny new website: cozymedia.net/call-for-pap... Abstracts due 31 March💐 Full chapter due 31 July🌞

Trump is petrified of Putin.

Wouldn't it be nice to have default opt-out be the norm? Sharing this for others with an addition: Google Assistant data is also tied to a My Activity settings. Open Google in browser, tap profile pic at top right, "Manage your Google account," "Data & privacy," section "History settings."

An excellent article for those who wish more information on how complicated sex and gender are, and how nothing is a binary.

This came my way recently & indeed, every, single app that I have on my phone had this turned on, bank app, everything - have to click through each app individually

PAX U schedule! Here's where I'll be guaranteed to be findable (albeit likely busy with professor duties): Friday: Unpub room 10A-12P and then at Pro-Am Game Jam Saturday: Unpub room 12P-4P and then at Night Market & Feedback Frenzy If you want to play Keep the Faith or Resilience, get in touch!

Hey #boardgames folks, I’ll be at PAX Unplugged! My primary role will be guiding my students as they playtest their games in the Unpub room, but I’ll have two games along that I’d love to play with you!

Christian Fuchs. 2024. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage. Fourth edition. 448 pages. fuchsc.net/books/social... Now in its 4th edition, this introduction to the critical theory of social media has been adopted in hundreds of courses across the world.

this is your annual reminder that ocean spray, the cranberry company, is a member-owned co-op that is obligated by their charter to buy their farmers' entire cranberry crop at higher than market prices! so buy your cranberries this week from ocean spray!

Teaching History of Video Games this semester and we had a retro game night (2 actually) where some students brought in games & old consoles - was so excited to see Intellivsion brought in today, have not played Astrosmash since the 80's and wow - forgot about non-ergonomic controllers! lol

the new influx is great! managing who to follow back is not so great - check this out -was much easier to sort through 336 new followers and unfollow than manually following all. Hope to make some great connections for games research & design chats, & memes that remind my why the internet is great

a gentle reminder for today as some people in a country head to the polls ;)

Woo! It's FINALLY live!! czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/Replay/artic...

once again reinforcing the fact that the best online communities are the ones where there are mods with their heads screwed on straight who are willing to ban the shit-stirrers regardless of whether they have technically broken any rules just, no, you’re making it worse for everyone, bye

2/2 and "Gaming, Identity Construction, and Social Connection" co-authored with the fab Rachel Kowert & Jessica Stone in the edited collection Social Media and Youth Mental Health www.appi.org/Products/Chi...

1/2 happy to announce 2 new publications make it's way into the world this week. "Perspectives on Microstreaming: Labor, Interactivity and Authenticity" with my incomparable co-authors Mia Consalvo & Andy Phelps in the edited collection Emerging Technologies: Theories, Futures, Provocations

literally the most Montreal game to have ever been created (and one of the most beautiful) is released today, made by the best people in the world, and I hope everyone buys 10 copies store.steampowered.com/app/1065070/...

Love seeing former students do great things! Check it out - pre-order it and beef your game design game ;) www.routledge.com/Designing-Ga...

A second fundraiser appears! That is, a second place you can donate to help Palestinians, while also winning a chance for a 1-hour design consult with me.

Very happy to share that our "Undergraduate Teaching Workshop" has been accepted at this year's AoIR Conference in Sheffield, UK. This is a hybrid event, with myself running the online portion and the amazing Holly Kruse running the show on the ground - check it out and sign up! aoir.org/aoir2024/

I was just thinking this the other day w/our Canadian example with the "freedom convoy" that was allowed to take over the city of Ottawa, block roads with bbqs & hot tubs in protest, blocking residents from their businesses & homes for WEEKS (ottawa.ctvnews.ca/freedom-conv...

Pretty revealing to see so many supportive of Ammon Bundy and January 6th as "protected free speech" and "obligations to engage in civil disobedience" suddenly so concerned about protests and occupations yesterday.

Before passing legislation that could result in the ban of TikTok, the US government should declassify intelligence that substantiates the threat, I write with Ben Lennett. The American people deserve to see the information, and courts will demand it when the measure is inevitably challenged.

The university is OLDER than capitalism. It is a feudal sector with feudal logics... that capitalism is slowly eating alive.

Interested in teaching Digital Game Art, Assets & Animation class? Have a Master's degree in a related area? Teaching or work experience? We are looking for someone this fall preferrably in person (remote is an option). Focus is on technical & creative skills. Must be able to work in the US.

7 years w/blue hair, thought I'd try something new

no matter how old you are, nothing better than covert adult beverages next to a body of water under the warm sun with someone you enjoy being with - doesn't even matter if it's a cute selfie or not!