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erikmc.bsky.social
Erik Champion
@erikmc.bsky.social
650 followers 380 following 740 posts

Digital heritage, serious games, and digital inhumanities. 3D or not 3D. Usually based in Oceania but on land. https://erikchampion.wordpress.com/

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d
if there isn't a book on "Game Mods as Alternative History: for Good, Bad, and Evil" ... Well, there should be!
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d
I'm an Emeritus Professor. I think. So, logically, I am not sure I'd recall meeting an Emeritus Professor.

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d
#CFP “Research through Games; Research for Games." Foundations of Digital Games 2026 (FDG 2026) Copenhagen, Denmark, August 10-14, 2026. Abstracts due 5 Dec 25, papers 15 Dec. fdg2026.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers: Foundations of Digital Games 2026 (FDG 2026) – Foundation of Digital Games 2026
fdg2026.org
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d
I think we are running a game jam workshop in the gorgeous Adelaide Botanic Gardens! Very looking forward to this. A link to the workshop soon. www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au
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The Botanic Gardens of South Australia comprises three beautiful public gardens have provided visitors with a range of cultural, recreational, educational…
www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d
Home of our minimalistic alien overlords.
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d
a Plato reference, metaphysics linked to brewing, and a programming language! Pushing all the buttons here!
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 2d
thank you! To all those who have not been to a TIPC conference in Leiden, I totally recommend the experience!
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VALUE Foundation @valuefnd.bsky.social · 2d
You may not be seeing @erikmc.bsky.social on this picture but he is still presenting at #TIPC4! And while we miss him very much we are very excited that he gets to present virtually!
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 2d
I won't have a bar of that.

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 2d
"Kill"? So it is alive then!? Feed the bloodsucking parasite! Don't cancel culture the creativity-consuming cannibal!

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d
Good news: fossil fuels have plateaued and solar is growing by leaps and bounds worldwide

apnews.com/article/clim...
Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says
A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.
apnews.com
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 2d
When Nobel Prize-winning research has been described with a Harry Potter reference one has surely reached peak popculture impact www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on ‘Hermione’s handbag’
Trio honoured for developing revolutionary materials for applications ranging from gas storage to drug delivery
www.theguardian.com

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 3d
Surprised more Geography Departments don't just rename themselves 'School of Rock' and watch those enrolment applications flow in...

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 3d
An instant conference logo/mascot..
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 3d
The daily request to review papers outside of my field for suspicious journals I have never heard of is escalating to journals I have never heard of (& appear to be predatory) are getting very rude. But if one responds one may be put on even more lists. Institutional blocking not 100%. Can't win!

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 4d
#CFP www.digraconference2026.com Intersectional Pleasures Maynooth Ireland 14-18 June 2026. Abstracts due 1 Dec.
blurred digra logo: https://www.digraconference2026.com Intersectional Pleasures Maynooth Ireland 14-18 June 2026. Abstracts due 1 Dec.
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 4d
I haven't really been following this or de Moraes' battle with Bolsonaro - fascinating! time.com/6964518/elon...
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 6d
The surreal shard edges of gaussian splats are so interesting, I need to find someone with an XGRIDS-3D Reconstruction-Spatial Computing-Handheld Scanner! superspl.at/view?id=ca36...
screenshot of a camera view outside and above a walkable Supersplat Gaussian example, 'Ludlow - Quality Square' https://superspl.at/view?id=ca36efcc
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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 6d
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 7d
Luke Skywalker wouldn't go after him. He'd be wracked with kilt.
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 7d
Should rename itself to 'Have I got XXXX for you!'
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 7d
On the paleo diet? Then here's a side of juicy maggots theconversation.com/neanderthals...
Neanderthals likely ate fermented meat with a side of maggots
New research highlights the prevalence of maggots as an easily obtained, nutrient-rich supplement of ancient hominin diets.
theconversation.com
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 7d
One of the greatest things about Australia is the daily discovery of something extra that can kill you. For example, this
dear creature.Do they live far from people? Fremantle WA right bang next to tourists .... www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth-bea... and www.australiangeographic.com.au/fact-file/fa...
Fact File: Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa)
The reclusive yet highly-venomous blue-ringed octopus has enough poison inside it to kill 26 humans - and there isn’t a known anti-venom in sight.
www.australiangeographic.com.au

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 7d
Nobody mentions the Magpies. Operatic harbringers of blackwinged terror (if you ride a bicycle).
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Dave Watson @balkandave.bsky.social · 8d
Researchers have identified the location of Cadirli Fortress, one of the earliest strongholds conquered by Osman Ghazi the founder of the Ottoman state, in the early 14thC.
The finding sheds new light on the formative years and reliability of chronicles. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/site...
Site of fortress conquered by Ottoman founder Osman I in early 1300s identified - Türkiye Today
Cadirli Fortress, captured by Osman Ghazi in the early 1300s, has been located in Bilecik, confirming early Ottoman chronicles’ historical accuracy
www.turkiyetoday.com
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 8d
and how did the brief MMA and superglue get involved?! That crowd is so funny!
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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 8d
Or maybe they're confused why you offered them a bottle of their/your grandfather...

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 8d
Whelp pages.

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 8d
Just beginning to wonder if the hopelessness of Utopia (some Utopia visions, anyway) is actually the sublime constituent sliver of Utopia..