Anastasia Salter

@anasalter.bsky.social

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Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Oct 9

My new book Undertale: Can a Game Give Hope? is out today from the @uchicagopress.bsky.social Replay series, which is dedicated to short, personal takes on games. I hope it invites readers to visit (or revisit) the Underground and befriend some fabulous monsters. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Replay book: Undertale - Can a Game Give Hope? with some absolutely fantastic University of Chicago Press wrapping paper.

Reposted by Anastasia Salter, Elisa D. Mekler

Aurelia Brandenburg @hekabeohnename.bsky.social · 2d

New CfP by @pachuki.bsky.social and me! We'll be editing a special issue at gamevironments and are looking for contributions focused on DIY print publications like fanzines, newsletters and even DIY aspects of commercial gaming magazines. #GameStudies

journals.suub.uni-bremen.de/index.php/ga...

Calls for Papers | gamevironments

journals.suub.uni-bremen.de

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

This beautiful boy didn't make it, but if you want to donate to help owls like him, the folks at this center are lovely: www.audubon.org/cbop

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 5d

My afternoon took a turn when I came across this barred owl. Took it to the local rescue, he had enough energy to be indignant so fingers crossed.

An injured barred owl fluffed up and sitting on a sidewalk

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 5d

Please enjoy the additional irritated owl photos that I would normally not have been allowed close enough to take.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 5d

My afternoon took a turn when I came across this barred owl. Took it to the local rescue, he had enough energy to be indignant so fingers crossed.

Reposted by Anastasia Salter, Elisa D. Mekler

Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 6d

📡 Signal blasting for new followers: I wanna do a lil intro abt ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social b/c we got an important fundraiser coming up in a few weeks.

It's a free, open-access journal dedicated to game history, and if you love games, here's why you should care 🕹️🎲🀄🎯

Reposted by Anastasia Salter

Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · 8d

#DHmakes folks, join me in feasting your eyes on the work of Onna Schwindt, who's sitting in front of me at an embroidery retreat this week, and is going to be teaching beaded embroidery later today. So many exciting data visualization possibilities here. 😍

Intuitive Embroideries — Onna Schwindt

www.onnaschwindt.com

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks, that's very kind of you.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 16d

The first day of classes is upon us, and I'm excited to be teaching a new version of my Critical Making course with an emphasis on thinking about voice and intention through multimodal expressions. Initial syllabus here, but the exercises will be updated as I go: anastasiasalter.net/CriticalMaki...

My spring semester: Critical Making, Candidacy Exams, and Dissertations

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 16d

Perhaps harder to interpret if you didn’t hear @kiberens.bsky.social, @briancroxall.bsky.social, & @matthewkollmer.com's papers just before, but here are my brief remarks as a respondent in today’s "Student-Centered AI & DH Practices" roundtable at #mla2026

Response: Student-Centered AI & DH Practices Roundtable | Ryan C. Cordell

Book history, digital humanities, old newspapers, and information sciences

ryancordell.org

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 17d

As the book exhibit at #MLA26 is wrapping up this morning, consider dropping by to check out the new Replay series from @uchicagopress.bsky.social with my book on Undertale and @n-w-f.bsky.social on Animal Crossing.

The first two books in the Replay series on display at MLA 2026 in Toronto

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 18d

I agree with that generally, but I do thing CC-web is a significant step in that direction - the GitHub part is a lift, but not having to deal with the command line and configuration on a computer makes it much more accessible.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 18d

The materials from that presentation are here - anastasiasalter.net/DistantCoding/ - I have been continually impressed by what my students can produce by the end of my grad course, but it definitely not insta-DH. Procedural + interface literacy built over time.

Distant Coding for the Digital Humanities at MLA 2026

MLA 2026 Session 213 Friday, 9 January 2026 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

anastasiasalter.net

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks everyone who joined us for Distant Coding at #MLA26! I've updated the resources page with a transcript of the workshop as well as some of the examples we created together during the session, please enjoy the millennial nostalgia 🤩 See it all at: anastasiasalter.net/DistantCoding/

A Dragonalnce-themed midi soundscape site, built with Claude Code Web and Opus 4.5

An editable Livejournal meets Geocities blog site that stores changes locally, built with Claude Code CLI

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you! I'm working on updating some of the exercises to take advantage of what's available now in AI code assistance. Always one of my favorite courses to teach :)

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 20d

There are threads of #DHMakes in the Critical Making course I'm teaching this spring, syllabus and exercises are available here: anastasiasalter.net/CriticalMaki... and I'm still looking for a few more awesome folks to interview 😄

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AAUP @aaup.org · 20d

Worried about increased surveillance of syllabi & course curricula at your institution?

Check out these resources from the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom to integrate in your course, such as language for academic freedom to put in your syllabus, a teaching module, and a reading list.

Your Syllabus and Academic Freedom

Making an affirmative case for the values that underpin our work.

academicfreedomontheline.substack.com

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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 21d

Let's make 2026 the year we induct Caper in the Castro (1989) into the Video Game Hall of Fame.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 22d

On Friday from 10:15 - 11:30, Lai-Tze Fan and I are running a beginner-friendly workshop on agentic tools for digital humanities projects, with discussion of how distant coding is shaping programming pedagogy and practice. Overview at: anastasiasalter.net/DistantCoding/ #MLA2026 #MLA26

Distant Coding for the Digital Humanities at MLA 2026

MLA 2026 Session 213 Friday, 9 January 2026 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

anastasiasalter.net

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 22d

For those headed to #MLA2026, please consider dropping by the two sessions sponsored by @eliterature.bsky.social: first up, a roundtable conversation, "Open Source Humanities in the Age of AI" on Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM. Panelists and abstracts at: anastasiasalter.net/OpenSourceHu... #MLA26

MLA 2026 Session 82 - Open Source Humanities in the Age of AI

anastasiasalter.net

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Rebecca Solnit, Stephan Lewandowsky , and 9 more Lisa W. Fazio, Rebecca Solnit, Stephan Lewandowsky, Steve Peers, Philip N. Cohen, Anders Nilsson, Bessma Momani, Anastasia Salter, James Goodwin, Brian Keegan, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Kristina McElheran

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 25d

I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...

How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point

Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.

spitfirenews.com

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Dec 19

The submissions portal for our next @eliterature.bsky.social conference, which will be fully online including performances and a hypertext electronic literature exhibition, is now open at stars.library.ucf.edu/elo2026/ - please submit an abstract by January 15th to join us!

ELO 26: (un)supervised - graphic by PD Edgar

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Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social · Dec 10

Hey, look at that, the 2026 site for @iftechfoundation.org's annual @narrascope.org conference on narrative games is live narrascope.org

NarraScope 2026 | A Hybrid Conference on Interactive Narrative

NarraScope is a conference that brings together the writers, developers, scholars, and players of interactive narrative.

narrascope.org

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · Dec 9

Uh oh, you have billions invested in generative AI:

aftermath.site/generative-ai-...

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Dec 5

Excellent, will ping to set something up!

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Dec 5

Yay, I will ping you to set something up! 😄

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Dec 4

Hey #dhmakes folks, would anyone be up for scheduling a quick zoom call to chat with me about your practice and making? I'm running a new iteration of Critical Making, and my students always benefit from hearing your advice!

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a blackboard with the words " anyone ? anyone ? "

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a blackboard with the words " anyone ? anyone ? "

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Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · Dec 1

my 2020 book with @anasalter.bsky.social, "A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy: The Construction of Authorship in Transmedia Franchises," is 50% OFF for December 1 and 2. makes a great gift for all the nerds in your life. www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Po...

A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy

Increasingly over the past decade, fan credentials on the part of writers, directors, and producers have come to be seen as a guarantee of quality media making—the “fanboy auteur. ” Figures like Joss ...

www.upress.state.ms.us

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 27

Congratulations! 🎉

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 26

Courtesy of @pdedgar30.bsky.social 😄

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 25

We're excited to be hosting the next fully-online #ELO2026 @eliterature.bsky.social conference at UCF. As before, we're committed to a low-cost event with an open access archive of recordings and a virtual exhibition open to all. CFP up now: projects.cah.ucf.edu/elo2026/ #dhmakes

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