The abstract for the article, titled "Anti-Games, Fantasy Consoles, and the Rise of Speculative Game Development on itch.io."

Thumbnail for the presentation of the paper, featuring a pink sun, retrowave background, and the title of the article.

‼️I have a new article out this week! 🎉

From anti-game jams to fantasy console communities, I explored how ✨ speculative game design ✨ practices are a vital response to growing precarity in tech industries.

Also, it's open access! Also, it won best paper at #FDG25! 🏆

👻⏳ #Ghosts, #TimeTravel & #fantasy meet #CulturalHeritage! Our recent #FDG25 paper (presented in Graz, Austria) explores how genre #fiction fuels temporal collisions in #story-driven #LocativeGames, bringing #history to life on-site! 👉 bit.ly/4lDFWBy #HorizonEurope

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Had a nice talk about user perception of esports live companion app feature at #fdg25 ! If you are interested, plz check out the preprint of our paper (co-authored w/ Dr. Claire Dormann and @wallnergue.bsky.social ) here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #GUR #gamereseaech #HCI #infovis

fan-girling me... love the work of Kathrin Gerlin and Katta Spiel so much!!!
@kathringerling.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social

#fdg25

And HELLO #fdg25 and welcome everyone in Graz at @tugraz :-)

Details: fdg2025.com #fdg25

My PhD student @letian-wang.bsky.social hitting the stage at #fdg25 to present his work on the use of live companion apps of #eSports games.

If Your Empire Last More Than Two Centuries, You May Need to Speak to Your Doctor | Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

‪Heading into #FDG25, check out past hits from T&T! In 2023, alum @casusscribere.bsky.social published "If Your Empire Last More Than Two Centuries, You May Need to Speak to Your Doctor: The Effects of Historicizing Discourse in the Crusader Kings 3 Community." dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

PANIC MODE activated.. this is the week that we welcome soooo many fantastic international games researchers in Austria for #fdg2025...

so.. HELLO and WELCOME everyone

I am SO excited and nervous :-)

Details: fdg2025.com #fdg25

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...

Igniting the Spark | Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

Heading into #FDG25, check out past hits from T&T! In 2023, alum @jackademia.bsky.social published "Igniting the Spark: Analog to Digital Adaptation of Narrative Affect and Player Subjectivity in Magic: The Gathering through Analog to Digital Adaptation." dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Just retweeting it as I posted about it late yesterday :) But we made a thing that might be useful for Procedural Content Generation research and teaching

#PCG #AI #Research #Teaching #Games #GameResearch #FDG #FDG25

github.com/amidos2006/p...

📢 Call for Submissions
Join us at "Empowerment, Autonomy, and Social Connections in XR Serious Games" at #FDG25 in Vienna! 🌍
🗓️ Workshop: April 15, 2025
📝 Submission deadline: Jan 23, 2025
🎮 Focus: Ethical questions in serious games
Details: xrsocialinteraction.wordpress.com/workshop2025/