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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 7d

printing this out and hanging it near my desk to look at next time I need to follow word counts

Scylla from Hades II (2025, Supergiant Games) saying "Ohh, youwent looking through our work! So what if a few ideas go unused here and there? If you don't cut... you never get to the good stuff."

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks, Alexandra!! Enjoy those replays!

an advertisement for immortals fenyx rising shows a person flying through the air

ALT: an advertisement for immortals fenyx rising shows a person flying through the air

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks, Alexis!!

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 8d

😂😂 You're too kind, Kira!!

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 8d

May 2026 👀

My monograph "Characters and Characterization in Mythological Video Games" will be out next year in @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's IMAGINES series!

Many thanks to @ubisoft.com for the #ImmortalsFenyxRising art ⚡

More information (soon!) on www.bloomsbury.com/uk/character...

The cover of "Characters and Characterization in Mythological Video Games" by Alexander Vandewalle, to be published in the IMAGINES series by Bloomsbury Academic in May 2026. The cover depicts the cover art of Immortals Fenyx Rising, showing the game's protagonist Fenyx in battle with a towering Cyclops.

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 9d

I know, I think I'm missing something somewhere...

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 9d

(they liked it! - even though we did get stuck and basically ran out of max health by the end of our 40 min play session 😂)

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 14d

So mote it be

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 14d

I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 14d

In the name of research (but also genuine enjoyment), I accept this message

Supergiant Games @supergiantgames.bsky.social · 14d

🌒HADES II v1.0 is OUT NOW!! 🌘

Battle beyond the Underworld in our bewitching sequel to the godlike roguelike. Go Kill Time!

Nintendo Switch 2: supergiant.games/h2switch2
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Steam: supergiant.games/h2steam
Epic Games Store: supergiant.games/h2egs

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 14d

Hah, apologies... Here's hoping Hades II can manage to take your mind off them in less than two hours!

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classicstober.bsky.social @classicstober.bsky.social · 17d

#ClassicsTober prompts for October ‘25
#ClassicsTober25

ClassicsTober25: Katabasis

1. Hypnos
2. Thanatos
3. Graeae
4. Shroud
5. Hermes Psychopompos
6. Moirai
7. φαρμακίς (pharmakis) - witch, sorceress
8. Erebos
9. Lampades
10. Hekate
11. Torch
12. Styx
13. Empousa
14. Cocytus
15. Τέρατα (Térata) - monsters
16. Typhon
17. Echidna
18. Kharon
19. Shade
20. Acheron
21. Kerberos
22. Judge
23. Lamia
24. Phlegethon
25. Tartarus
26. Punishment
27. Erinyes
28. Phobos & Deimos
29. Mysteries
30. Lethe
31. Elysian Fields

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 16d

Yes!!! Looking forward to students' reactions here 😄

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 16d

However, when we're playing Civilization in November, I think I we might play for an hour, as it's a slower and more complex game. In general I think it depends on the point I want to make with it (e.g. we don't *need* to play Braid for an hour to grasp its storytelling, great though it is).

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 16d

It varies! We played Obra Dinn for +/- 35 minutes today, which was enough to get a sense of how it works, how it tells a nonlinear story, etc. Next week we're playing Braid, but 10-15 minutes should suffice here (as I'm also showing A Highland Song, and that's the one I really want to focus on).

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 16d

(the picture is illustrative and not an accurate reflection of attendance this morning)

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 16d

(Co-)Taught my first class today! It's a game studies course, focusing on the interplay between video games, literary texts, and history. We had some introductions to video game narratives and game studies, and we finished by playing Return of the Obra Dinn!

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Classical Receptions @crsn-uk.bsky.social · 16d

CRSN is looking for Early Career Researchers who are interested in convening or co-convening the Classical Reception seminar series at the Institute of Classical Studies this summer! For more information, see the link below:
classicalreception.org/call-for-ecr...

Call for ECR convenors – CRSN Classical Reception Seminar Series at the ICS, Summer 2026 (online)

The Classical Reception Studies Network (CRSN) invites expressions of interest from Early Career Researchers (including postgraduates) who wish to convene or co-convene the Classical Reception semi…

classicalreception.org

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 17d

The Mandalorian, Grogu, and a touch of Hannibal?

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 18d

Haha, that would be a good opportunity for it!

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 19d

Aka the infected in TLOU

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 19d

Becoming increasingly convinced that The Last of Us, Norse God of War, and A Plague Tale are all basically the same game

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 20d

One day I wish to be as persistent as the typos you apparently can't get rid of no matter how many times you and others read your manuscripts

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 22d

Fair point! Though on some level I guess it is easier to just call it a series rather than keep having to write "in both Titan Quest and Titan Quest 2" (or something of the like) the entire time...

Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 22d

One side effect of sequel culture is that it suddenly feels strange to refer to what used to be individual games as part of a larger series. "The Titan Quest series", "the Hades franchise", "the Okami games"; it all feels very weird to say...

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