Eugen Pfister<p>Still working a bit (tihi) on the case study on Gate and the Apple II in Switzerland for @chludens.bsky.social <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a>.</p>
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V ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p>Interesting read on the idea of research universities in Germany and universities as spaces of knowledge production: <a href="https://asteriskmag.com/issues/10/the-origin-of-the-research-university" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asteriskmag.com/issues/10/the-</span><span class="invisible">origin-of-the-research-university</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalhumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalhumanities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a></p>
V ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p>The strangest part about introduction rounds: I often can't remember what I actually said about myself. The performance anxiety is so intense that I black out my own introduction.<br>Dissecting the thirty-second self, tomorrow here: <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/nodiscipline42/p/the-thirty-second-self?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/nodiscip</span><span class="invisible">line42/p/the-thirty-second-self?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a></p>
Eugen Pfister<p>Finished in time the first draft of our collaborative case study on Bright Softwares "GATE". Today alone I wrote 4-5 pages and I'm counting on my team to correct and rewrite them vigurously. <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
PAIDIA<p>Es gibt wieder einen neuen Beitrag auf PAIDIA:<br>"Die Fortsetzung der Illusion mit anderen Mitteln – Panorama und Skybox" von Paul Löffler!<br><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/skybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skybox</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>panorama</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/mediengeschichte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediengeschichte</span></a></p>
de.hypotheses<p>Wenn junge Menschen ihr Wissen über historische Ereignisse aus Videospielen ziehen, lohnt es sich, genauer hinzuschauen: Bei <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/AssassinsCreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AssassinsCreed</span></a> Unity erscheint Ludwig XVI. als Randfigur. Seine Rolle in der Französischen Revolution wird stark verkürzt dargestellt, historische Details wie Originalzitate stehen neben weggelassenen Schlüsselereignissen.</p><p>Laurin Barrabas und Magdalena Ritter haben sich die Diskussion rund um das Spiel auf Reddit angeschaut ⬇</p><p><a href="https://hisgoespub.hypotheses.org/5103" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hisgoespub.hypotheses.org/5103</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
Sebastian Hageneuer<p>ICYMI: 🎮 In this blog post, I introduce the field of archaeogaming:</p><p>1️⃣ Studying games as archaeological artefacts (hello, E.T. cartridges!)<br>2️⃣ Exploring how archaeology is represented in games like Tomb Raider<br>3️⃣ Applying archaeological methods within games—like in No Man’s Sky</p><p>I believe this interdisciplinary approach offers valuable insights into cultural heritage, ethics, and digital worlds.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/07/30/archaeogaming-an-overview/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/07/</span><span class="invisible">30/archaeogaming-an-overview/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Archaeogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DigitalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a></p>
V ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p>Wrote some thoughts about skipping a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a> conference that sounded amazing but felt... incompatible with the ways I like to get (or not get) involved, tomorrow here: <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/nodiscipline42/p/the-exhaustion-of-performed-engagement?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/nodiscip</span><span class="invisible">line42/p/the-exhaustion-of-performed-engagement?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a> Would love to hear if others have similar experiences navigating academic expectations.</p>
V ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p>I was halfway through writing an abstract about 'ludic discourse' when I realised I was translating my actual thoughts into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a> vocabulary. Ended up at an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environmentalhumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalhumanities</span></a> conference instead, talking about how games make ecological grief playable. Sometimes the best conversations about games happen in rooms that never mention procedural rhetoric—for me at least. Wrote about disciplinary wandering, available tomorrow: <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/nodiscipline42/p/why-i-stopped-applying-to-game-studies?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/nodiscip</span><span class="invisible">line42/p/why-i-stopped-applying-to-game-studies?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InterdisciplinaryResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InterdisciplinaryResearch</span></a></p>
de.hypotheses<p>Als Forschende in den 1990ern die Schweizer Jugendszenen beschrieben, legten sie den Fokus auf Subkulturen wie Hip Hop, Graffiti und Drogenszenen. Gaming hatten sie nicht im Blick.</p><p>Doch gerade die jungen Game-Designer, Hacker und Mitglieder der Demoszene waren damals genauso innovativ, rebellisch und stilprägend wie Punks oder Hip Hopper, meint Beat Suter von <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@chludens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chludens</span></a></span> ⬇</p><p><a href="https://chludens.hypotheses.org/3817" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chludens.hypotheses.org/3817</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Jugendkultur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jugendkultur</span></a></p>
Eugen Pfister<p>Working on the blog post for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@chludens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chludens</span></a></span> on Bright Softwares "Gate" from 1991 together with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@hekabeohnename" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hekabeohnename</span></a></span>; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@thgie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thgie</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@addrich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>addrich</span></a></span>, Arno and Kevin. <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
Eugen Pfister<p>Mit dem Arno habe ich unseren <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/KritischeController" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KritischeController</span></a>-Podcast rebootet. Wir werden jetzt jede Folge auf einen Text von uns besprechen und erklären. Wir haben die Länge reduziert aber Softworks und Antragserotik bleiben. </p><p><a href="https://kritische-controller.letscast.fm/episode/die-linke-und-die-rechte-hand-der-schwindsucht" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kritische-controller.letscast.</span><span class="invisible">fm/episode/die-linke-und-die-rechte-hand-der-schwindsucht</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
Eugen Pfister<p>Es kann sein, dass ich die <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@hekabeohnename" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hekabeohnename</span></a></span> und den Arno shanghait habe, um mit mir für <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamestudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gamestudies</span></a></span> und <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jbirken" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jbirken</span></a></span> einen Essay über die Historiographie "in" TES: Skyrim zu schreiben. Ein neuer Blick auf die Frage "Wozu Geschichte?" <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
V ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p>Next post on Tuesday about what's not in your bibliography: <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/nodiscipline42/p/whats-missing-from-your-bibliography?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/nodiscip</span><span class="invisible">line42/p/whats-missing-from-your-bibliography?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a> It'll be pretty much about how our lists of references perform a certain kind of knowledge – and why I always wonder how especially in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a> few videoessays from YouTube or play-throughs or Reddit discussions get cited as sources equal to "academic" or scholarly writing; and more often as subject of analysis but not as practices of knowledge (this goes for games as well). <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicwriting</span></a></p>
AKGWDS<p>📢 📄 Call for Papers: unsere Freunde beim Language at Play feiern ihr 8. Geburtstag und welch bessere Gelegenheit, um ihr Call for Papers zum Thema Kartenspiel:</p><p>Ein journalistisch|wissenschaftlicher Sammelband über Kartenspiele und Spielkarten</p><p>zu verbreiten! Auch hier gilt Karten im digitalen Form im Untersuchungsbereich. Also wer sich dafür interessiert, kann hier unten mehr Infos finden:</p><p><a href="https://languageatplay.de/2025/06/23/call-ein-journalistischwissenschaftlicher-sammelband-ueber-kartenspiele-und-spielkarten/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">languageatplay.de/2025/06/23/c</span><span class="invisible">all-ein-journalistischwissenschaftlicher-sammelband-ueber-kartenspiele-und-spielkarten/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Linguistik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistik</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/sprachwissenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprachwissenschaft</span></a></p>
Jonas R. (er/ihm)<p>Given that the science fiction fandom is older, it's interesting to see that the fantasy genre dominates tabletop roleplaying games.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/fandom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fandom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
V ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@jomla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jomla</span></a></span> I'm absolutely amazed by the proposals we have received so far. Thought-provoking angles from which to see and understand (or complicate?) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blasphemous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blasphemous</span></a> The call's still open for a few more weeks. Looking forward to more proposals, no matter how "eccentric" you think they are. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cfp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cfp</span></a></p>
V ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p>New post on Hemmingway's iceberg theory and academic writing going live tomorrow: <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/nodiscipline42/p/the-iceberg-theory-academic-writing?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/nodiscip</span><span class="invisible">line42/p/the-iceberg-theory-academic-writing?r=4ctw90&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a></p>
Eugen Pfister<p>Nächste Lektüre: Laine Nooney. The Apple II Age. How the Computer Become Personal. 2023. <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHistory</span></a></p>
Deutschland<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/de/209697/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/de/209697/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Buchkritik: „Computerspiele: 50 zentrale Titel“ von Feige, Inderst (Hg.) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Buch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kulturwissenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kulturwissenschaft</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a>&Technology <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Spiele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spiele</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technik</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wissenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wissenschaft</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wissenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wissenschaft</span></a>&Technik</p>
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