DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University, Ireland Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.

🎉For those of you planning to submit to DiGRA 2026, the deadline for full papers and abstracts has just been extended to 23:59, 8 December 2025. www.digraconference2026.com

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Censoring video games with sexual content suppresses the diversity of human desire Targeting adult NSFW video games could have knock-on effects on queer creators and sexual education content.

Happy to see this piece I wrote with @professorashley.bsky.social , Carl Therrien and @kenzitronic.bsky.social out now! Lots to be said, but for me the key point is that framing sex as risky & lacking expressive value & deplatforming sex is an insidious problem.
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Got some exciting streams coming up this week. The season finale of The Research Left Behind and my birthday party sub-a-thon! Mark your calendars.

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Sorry it took me a little while to set the stream up this morning. I am now live, playing a horror game, with my heart rate monitor on! Come find out who's at our door.

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Dr. Kathryn Kohls joins us to talk about her dissertation From Jane Austen to Meghan Markle: The Persistence of British Imperialism in White Popular Feminism. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Tomorrow night I'll be going live to talk to Dr. Kathryn Kohl's about her PhD dissertation- From Jane Austen to Meghan Markle: The Persistence of British Imperialism in White Popular Feminism 7PM MT, twitch.tv/professor_ashley

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Live now! 🎆 Professor Mia Consalvo joins us to talk about her newest book on Twitch streaming. Come ask questions and learn what got left behind. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...

Going live at 7PM MT with Dr. Consalvo. You can download and read Streaming by the Rest of Us for FREE at mitpress.mit.edu/978026255215...

I got it on Red Bubble around Christmas time. I just went to find a link, but I think the creator removed it.

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Live on Twitch this Thursday (July 17), "Streaming by the Rest of Us" author Mia Consalvo joins @professorashley.bsky.social on The Research Left Behind—a series where game scholars share their research stories and abandoned ideas. Tune in at twitch.tv/professor_ashley. @miac.bsky.social

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This is in one hour, folks! Live on twitch.tv/professor_ashley

or should I say... WITCH LADY

WHICH LADY

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Calling all Swifties! 🐍 Tomorrow night I am going live with special guest Dr. Rachel Kowert to discuss the research that got left behind in The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Taylor Swift.

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Could you do that, but like a rice krispie treat?

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The Research Left Behind is now live! Dr. Kishonna Gray joins us tonight to discuss her work on White Streaming, Black Aesthetics. Come on down to listen, learn and ask questions. www.twitch.tv/professor_as...