#DHmakes Adding this to my list of things to embroider / knitting-machine / laser-cut.

A photograph of a postcard with a drawing of the pope turtle from elden ring on it. There I'd a player message that says "could this be a dag?" with 25292 appraisals

The postcard I made for @emilyhalina.bsky.social as part of @annetropy.bsky.social 's postcard keepsake game.
The elden ring pope turtle visits Dagstuhl seminar 25292

Form and Function: Toward a Better Understanding of Design-Based Games | Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.

i have a new paper out today with @annetropy.bsky.social, @anasalter.bsky.social, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin, "Form and Function: Toward a Better Understanding of Design-Based Games." dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

"My belief in equity wasn't something I could shut off or hide": Professor Anne Sullivan on leaving Georgia Tech for York University - Toronto Life The computational arts educator shares the personal and professional hurdles that made riding out a second Trump presidency untenable

Last month, I did an interview with Toronto Life for part of a bigger piece on Toronto's recent "brain gain". It is now online! My part is here:
torontolife.com/city/profess...

And you can read loads of other folks' stories here:
torontolife.com/deep-dives/t...

Flyer advertising Hands Off Higher Ed: a teach-in from 10-2 on Thursday, April 17th at Institute Park in Worcester, Massachusetts. Rain location is Sanford Riley Hall on the WPI campus.

Coming up this Thursday!

Local folks: Join me and several of my wonderful colleagues as we share what makes our research important and what we risk losing.

Non-local US folks: this is a national day of action for the AAUP; look to see if your nearby school(s) are participating!

A news article from globalnews.ca that reads "CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary," the warning reads. The organization said that academics who fall into certain categories should "exercise particular caution." Those categories include citizens or residents of a cuntry identified as likely to be subject toa. travel ban, those from a country that has diplomatic tensions with the U.S. (the rest of the sentence is highlighted) people who expressed negative opinions about the Trump administration or its policies, and those whose research could be seen as "at odds" with the current U.S. government.

I feel like I only post negative things on here, but it's also what's always on my mind lately. Academics here in Canada are being told to limit our travel to the US. I've highlighted the authoritarian bits because it's just in there like it's normal, so it can be kind of easy to miss.

The Constraints of Cozy Games: Boyfriend Dungeon and Consent in Queer Play | Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

Heading into #FDG25, check out past hits from T&T! In 2023, faculty @melstanfill.bsky.social and @anasalter.bsky.social along with former faculty member @annetropy.bsky.social
published "The Constraints of Cozy Games: Boyfriend Dungeon and Consent in Queer Play" dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Level Up Showcase - Level Up Showcase Level Up Showcase 2024 is taking place at the Westin Harbour Castle, a vibrant waterfront hotel with great views & commute options on April 19 from 4 – 10 PM.

Today is the Level Up Showcase in Toronto, featuring over 100 games from students in the area! We have quite a few teams from York representing as well ♥️ Its free and a short walk from Union station on the lakefront! levelupshowcase.com

What a time to be alive [and being a researcher]

Meanwhile, I'm still receiving official weather alert emails from my county in Georgia. Today's offering:

It feels so unreal! Dr visit? Free. No copay even

I wonder how many trips to the doctor and the pharmacy it will take here in Toronto before I don't have an anxiety reaction to checking in and waiting to hear how much it's going to cost. Average monthly med costs after health insurance in the US: ~$500. In Canada: $4.

And of course now that the assignment is graded, it won't allow me to change the grading scheme to something else that might work correctly.

Three lines in a grade book. Two lines show an assignment with a grade of a Pass and a score of 0. One line shows an assignment with a grade of Fail and a score of 100.

I get that Learning/Course Management Systems are hard to design. But eClass truly is a class of it's own.

Gorgeous design and adorable cat!! 😍

In 2022, every public university in GA got a request from a Georgia House representative via our Board of Regents asking for lists of info about folks who touch DEI. I found the document again yesterday and I forgot how McCarthyist it was. This is just a small snippet. #whyilefttheusa

My daily prayer: "please don't send me back, please don't send me back, please don't send me back...."

WOW, this is super cool! The high notes remind me a bit of when people play glasses :)

premier post on Flashes
{Sign of the times}

It's like someone created a chaotic evil executive order generator with the emotional intelligence of a 3 year old (and that's insulting the 3 year old) and with insecurity levels topping the national-level insecurity felt in the US during the Great Depression.

I've been busy with the move and starting my new job and getting set up in a new country, so I haven't really had a chance to ask before this, but it's been something I've been wondering for a while:

What the ever living fuck is happening in the US???

There's probably a German word for those moments when you suddenly snap into reality and realize you're moving to a new country next week.

Whatever it is, I'm having a lot of those moments lately.

Thank you! Feel free to message if you have any follow-up questions. As always, there's never enough room for everything in an article! :)

Yay! The article I worked on with @anasalter.bsky.social about using crafting metaphors into our gaming classes has been published today in @maifeminism.bsky.social! The special issue is full of amazing articles, and is well worth a look!