Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery
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Joost Vervoort - Infrastructures of Mystery
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Associate Professor of Transformative Imagination, Utrecht University. Infrastructures of mystery. Games & transformative politics. Developing ALL WILL RISE: @allwillrise.bsky.social. Singer in @terzijdehorde.bsky.social. Insta: @joost.vervoort_artwork .. more

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Thread: stuff I'm passionate about/thinking about/working on. Top of mind for me is 'Infrastructures of Mystery' - how do we create societies where people can more easily commune with the depth and mystery of life - whatever that means for them? anticiplay.medium.com/infrastructu...
Infrastructures of mystery — scaffolding the wonder of existence
What if society would recognize and support the value of connecting to life’s mystery?
anticiplay.medium.com

Ahh and the juicy meta-ness and self awareness of it all ahhh so good.

I feel that this show makes a lot of shows seem like they're just sleepwalking. #vampire #annerice

My gf and I decided to give it a try some time in the middle of the night on a boozy saturday before going to bed and we were suddenly widely awake. The energy, the sharpness, ooffff.

I say this as someone who grew up with Anne Rice's books as a teenager, and was wondering before the show about the great many changes they made to the characters and time period and so on. But it really, really works.

One of the biggest positive shocks I've experienced recently when it comes to shows is how damn excellent the Interview with the Vampire TV show is. It's not really available in the NL so had to do some magic, and I'd heard it was good. But holy shit it is AMAZING. Smart, wicked, funny, dark.

Oohhh I haven't!
Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?

Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.

Hahah exactly the vibe

Closely followed by the goblins' steeds. They do NOT want to be there:

My absolute favorite:

Watched Labyrinth last weekend with gf who had never seen it and what a joy this film still remains. The GOBLINS. And the music ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBv4...
Labyrinth (1986) - David Bowie's Magic Dance | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
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"Simple as jailbreaking an iPhone!"

[HMU for art requests i have some freelance availability soon]
#cyberpunk #yuri

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Playing @veragroningen.bsky.social on 26-02. FURIOUS BLACK METAL FORCE? Yep, that works. Let's fucking go!

Ja, echt een geweldige soundtrack.

Hades 2 klink als een beetje een teleurstelling, dus misschien ga ik gewoon de soundtrack luisteren dan.

Mijn favoriete werk-soundtracks zijn eigenlijk Citizen Sleeper, Hades, en deze chille Baldur's Gate 3 selectie: tidal.com/album/344371...
Borislav Slavov - Baldur's Gate 3 (Original Game Soundtrack): Streets and Taverns
Listen to Baldur's Gate 3 (Original Game Soundtrack): Streets and Taverns on TIDAL
tidal.com

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It's going so hard. And so does all the other music. I'm really a music-in-games kind of person and I'm so happy to be playing the game with music and audio now.

I have the file to the trailer song by @marskye.com and I'm just listening to it on repeat while working (if I'n not actually listening to his music in the game itself). I'm a big game soundtracks listener, especially for work, and I can't wait for this soundtrack to be on streaming platforms.

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Dankjewel! 🥰

❤️❤️❤️ thank you!!

😍😍😍 It's a good day. I'm working with @hugobille.bsky.social to find bugs in the current @allwillrise.bsky.social build which is really fun; going kickboxing tonight and then a nice dinner with the one ❤️
it's @joostvervoort.bsky.social's birthday! go wish him a happy birthday!

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it's @joostvervoort.bsky.social's birthday! go wish him a happy birthday!

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I’m currently in Egypt visiting my mom and I’m playing Skyrim which is still goated. The way it represents Viking and Nordic culture makes me long for an Egyptian version with the same open world where you raid mummy tombs, explore pyramid ruins, and battle Egyptian gods. The lore is so ripe.

This is one of my favorite parts of design collaboration we've ever done 😍 #fashion #design #gamedev #indiedev
A favorite collaboration has been with Kolkata based fashion designer LataSita, led by Meghna Nayak, who make futuristic clothing out of old sarees. Meghna N. advised us on our characters' fashion (example of her notes). Check them out: www.instagram.com/latasita #fashion #indiedev #gamedecv #design

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A favorite collaboration has been with Kolkata based fashion designer LataSita, led by Meghna Nayak, who make futuristic clothing out of old sarees. Meghna N. advised us on our characters' fashion (example of her notes). Check them out: www.instagram.com/latasita #fashion #indiedev #gamedecv #design

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In our case, we've conducted a number of interviews and playtests with real life eco/climate lawyers and social movement organizers. We're also drawing on a lot of research on how real societal change happens - especially in terms of social and emotional dynamics.

Oh wow. Just watched Blade again this weekend where he makes a fantastic head vampire.