Bart Simon
@bartsimon.bsky.social
Director of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University. Sociology Prof. Works on digital culture, STS, game studies, AI and other fun stuff. Also Minecraft and eco gaming. Also the Fun Palace!
New blog post on world making for Gaia’s Riddle launching May 1. There is still time to join in - minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/making-an-ag...
#mcdev #ecogame
#mcdev #ecogame
Making an Agential World in the Gaia’s Riddle Modpack - Minecraft Bloc
It is important to remember that Minecraft worldgen is not natural it is procedural. The natural world is a fiction of computation, and the real agency of the world is the agency of computation. This ...
minecraftbloc.milieux.ca
April 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New blog post on world making for Gaia’s Riddle launching May 1. There is still time to join in - minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/making-an-ag...
#mcdev #ecogame
#mcdev #ecogame
New blog post up on the origins of the sunblock project - minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/the-origins-...
#minecraft #mcdev #ecogames
#minecraft #mcdev #ecogames
The Origins of SunBlock One - Minecraft Bloc
What if Minecraft could be played for less energy cost than it is today? Could we imagine net-zero Minecraft? And even if we could, why should we care? We don’t NEED to play Minecraft. Will this proje...
minecraftbloc.milieux.ca
April 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New blog post up on the origins of the sunblock project - minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/the-origins-...
#minecraft #mcdev #ecogames
#minecraft #mcdev #ecogames
WIP solar hud mod for our solar powered Minecraft server. minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/sunblock/
#mcdev #smp #minecraft
#mcdev #smp #minecraft
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
WIP solar hud mod for our solar powered Minecraft server. minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/sunblock/
#mcdev #smp #minecraft
#mcdev #smp #minecraft
New blog post providing some background to the design of our modded Minecraft SMP launching May 1 - minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/thinking-thr...
#mcdev #minecraft #solarpunk #ecogame
#mcdev #minecraft #solarpunk #ecogame
Thinking through energy transition with Mekanism - Minecraft Bloc
A major theme of the Gaia’s Riddle SMP is energy transition and sustainability. We are running the SMP on our custom solar powered server after all. Vanilla Minecraft has no energy system as such. Yes...
minecraftbloc.milieux.ca
April 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New blog post providing some background to the design of our modded Minecraft SMP launching May 1 - minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/thinking-thr...
#mcdev #minecraft #solarpunk #ecogame
#mcdev #minecraft #solarpunk #ecogame
Here we go… discord now open for May 1 launch of Gaia’s Riddle, our forge 20.1 SMP running on our own custom solar powered server. minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/gaias-riddle/
#Minecraft #SMP #solarpower
#Minecraft #SMP #solarpower
Gaia’s Riddle - Minecraft Bloc
LAUNCHING MAY 1, 2025 Gaia’s Riddle is an SMP (survival multiplayer) experience and a Minecraft Forge 1.20.1 modpack about living (and playing) collectively in a world destabilized by climate change....
minecraftbloc.milieux.ca
April 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here we go… discord now open for May 1 launch of Gaia’s Riddle, our forge 20.1 SMP running on our own custom solar powered server. minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/gaias-riddle/
#Minecraft #SMP #solarpower
#Minecraft #SMP #solarpower
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Opening tonight #SolarBiennale2 👉 at Mudac.ch
🌞Exploring the symbolic & transformative potential of the Sun
👉We will be in excellent company with Liam Young, Andreas Gursky, @olafureliasson.bsky.social, @tega.bsky.social, ecoLogicStudio, @juliettebibasse.bsky.social @joanielemercier.bsky.social...
🌞Exploring the symbolic & transformative potential of the Sun
👉We will be in excellent company with Liam Young, Andreas Gursky, @olafureliasson.bsky.social, @tega.bsky.social, ecoLogicStudio, @juliettebibasse.bsky.social @joanielemercier.bsky.social...
March 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Opening tonight #SolarBiennale2 👉 at Mudac.ch
🌞Exploring the symbolic & transformative potential of the Sun
👉We will be in excellent company with Liam Young, Andreas Gursky, @olafureliasson.bsky.social, @tega.bsky.social, ecoLogicStudio, @juliettebibasse.bsky.social @joanielemercier.bsky.social...
🌞Exploring the symbolic & transformative potential of the Sun
👉We will be in excellent company with Liam Young, Andreas Gursky, @olafureliasson.bsky.social, @tega.bsky.social, ecoLogicStudio, @juliettebibasse.bsky.social @joanielemercier.bsky.social...
Pondering the idea of California as the cherished 11th province… maybe Vermont can come too
February 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Pondering the idea of California as the cherished 11th province… maybe Vermont can come too
Reposted by Bart Simon
If you haven't played Known Mysteries yet, check it out! It is a climate sci-fi narrative game run from a solar-powered server
www.solarserver.games/onnow.html
www.solarserver.games/onnow.html
December 9, 2024 at 2:05 PM
If you haven't played Known Mysteries yet, check it out! It is a climate sci-fi narrative game run from a solar-powered server
www.solarserver.games/onnow.html
www.solarserver.games/onnow.html
I have been reading more of Imre Szeman’s work on solarities and its clear when you operate a solar powered Minecraft server you do a lot of praying for sunshine. minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/sunblock/
SunBlock One - Minecraft Bloc
SunBlock One: A Solar Powered Minecraft Server SunBlock is a research-creation project to build a solar powered modded Minecraft server with custom mods that give access to real time data about the en...
minecraftbloc.milieux.ca
December 6, 2024 at 12:13 PM
I have been reading more of Imre Szeman’s work on solarities and its clear when you operate a solar powered Minecraft server you do a lot of praying for sunshine. minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/sunblock/
Irony. When your Black Friday solar system upgrade arrives as the first major snowfall covers your panel.
December 6, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Irony. When your Black Friday solar system upgrade arrives as the first major snowfall covers your panel.
Looks like playtests with SunBlock One have come to a halt.
December 6, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Looks like playtests with SunBlock One have come to a halt.
Odroid H4 or H4 ultra. It’s interesting how the main use case for these servers is an NAS but since we don’t need any SATA ports. Maybe we will open a new market :)
December 1, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Odroid H4 or H4 ultra. It’s interesting how the main use case for these servers is an NAS but since we don’t need any SATA ports. Maybe we will open a new market :)
I think I am becoming a permacomputing guy :)
December 1, 2024 at 3:12 PM
I think I am becoming a permacomputing guy :)
So it looks like we will try to build SunBlock 2 with an Odroid H4 sporting an N97 CPU. Power consumption is wonderfully low but will it be able to handled our modded server?
December 1, 2024 at 3:10 PM
So it looks like we will try to build SunBlock 2 with an Odroid H4 sporting an N97 CPU. Power consumption is wonderfully low but will it be able to handled our modded server?
Black Friday and cybermonday deals have me dreaming of building SunBlock Two even though we barely have enough sun to keep SB One alive
November 30, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Black Friday and cybermonday deals have me dreaming of building SunBlock Two even though we barely have enough sun to keep SB One alive
Reposted by Bart Simon
Working on or want to dip into the #nostalgia research crowd? And to experience #Montreal in February? 🥶😁
Submit to our LOVE & LOSS symposium 🌹before Jan 13th 2025!
Welcoming *all* approaches tackling nostalgia — #cfp here at nostagain.ca/2024/10/10/c...
Submit to our LOVE & LOSS symposium 🌹before Jan 13th 2025!
Welcoming *all* approaches tackling nostalgia — #cfp here at nostagain.ca/2024/10/10/c...
November 28, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Working on or want to dip into the #nostalgia research crowd? And to experience #Montreal in February? 🥶😁
Submit to our LOVE & LOSS symposium 🌹before Jan 13th 2025!
Welcoming *all* approaches tackling nostalgia — #cfp here at nostagain.ca/2024/10/10/c...
Submit to our LOVE & LOSS symposium 🌹before Jan 13th 2025!
Welcoming *all* approaches tackling nostalgia — #cfp here at nostagain.ca/2024/10/10/c...
Reposted by Bart Simon
As a long-time attendee and less-long-time organizer, I honestly can't recommend this conference enough. Please consider submitting and feel free to shoot me any questions! #gamestudies
🚨 Reminder: The 2025 CGSA/ACÉJ Annual Conference, themed “Breaks,” will be hosted by TAG at Concordia University (June 7–10, Montreal, QC) in hybrid format!
⏰ Submission deadline: Friday, December 13, 2024, at 11:59 PM ET.
a row of pac man ghosts in different colors on a black background
ALT: a row of pac man ghosts in different colors on a black background
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:37 AM
As a long-time attendee and less-long-time organizer, I honestly can't recommend this conference enough. Please consider submitting and feel free to shoot me any questions! #gamestudies
Anyone wanna learn a bit about the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia U in Montreal? We have a podcast series! milieux.concordia.ca/introducing-...
Introducing the Milieux Podcast: A New Way to Explore the Institute’s Research - Milieux
We are excited to announce the launch of the Milieux Podcast, our brand-new platform for exploring the diverse and dynamic research ecosystem of the Milieux Institute! As podcasting continues to […]
milieux.concordia.ca
November 28, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Anyone wanna learn a bit about the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia U in Montreal? We have a podcast series! milieux.concordia.ca/introducing-...
Anybody in Rome can check this out. Kinda related to a project of ours - archinect.com/news/bustler...
November 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Anybody in Rome can check this out. Kinda related to a project of ours - archinect.com/news/bustler...
@miguelsicart.bsky.social Google “calculator saturnalia”
November 20, 2024 at 12:55 PM
@miguelsicart.bsky.social Google “calculator saturnalia”
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We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
docs.bsky.app
November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
Sunny day in Montreal but it’s not going to be enough to float our Minecraft server I suspect. minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/sunblock
November 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Sunny day in Montreal but it’s not going to be enough to float our Minecraft server I suspect. minecraftbloc.milieux.ca/sunblock
So we wrote a thing about our solar powered modded Minecraft server. Most fun game studies ever - theconversation.com/how-a-solar-... #MinecraftEDU #energytransition
How a solar Minecraft server is changing the way we play video games
As the COP29 summit gets underway and zero-emissions goals seem further away than ever, video games could provide new pathways for people to imagine plausible low-carbon futures.
theconversation.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:25 PM
So we wrote a thing about our solar powered modded Minecraft server. Most fun game studies ever - theconversation.com/how-a-solar-... #MinecraftEDU #energytransition
Oh ho. I found a pretty handy GitHub list of Bluesky resources. Good number of 3rd party clients to try here - github.com/fishttp/awes...
GitHub - fishttp/awesome-bluesky: A list of all known tools available for the Bluesky platform
A list of all known tools available for the Bluesky platform - fishttp/awesome-bluesky
github.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Oh ho. I found a pretty handy GitHub list of Bluesky resources. Good number of 3rd party clients to try here - github.com/fishttp/awes...
Reposted by Bart Simon
In response to OpenAI’s recent ‘A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT’, Arthur Perret (maître de conferénces, Jean Moulin Lyon 3) writes a line-by-line rebuttal — A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11...
A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT
Site web d’Arthur Perret, enseignant-chercheur en SIC.
www.arthurperret.fr
November 15, 2024 at 7:41 AM
In response to OpenAI’s recent ‘A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT’, Arthur Perret (maître de conferénces, Jean Moulin Lyon 3) writes a line-by-line rebuttal — A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11...