Brendan Keogh
@brkeogh.bsky.social
Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him
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Brendan Keogh
@brkeogh.bsky.social
· Sep 4
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
It's not surprising that The Australian now has a shitty tabloid article dragging a whole bunch of DECRA recipients but it makes it even more embarrassing that only a week ago Australian academia was praising that rag's 'Top academics' list as if we should be giving them any respect or authority.
Once a year The Australian newspaper ranks Australian academics by their Google Scholar points, grouped into dubious ’fields’, and we all pretend it means something.
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It's not surprising that The Australian now has a shitty tabloid article dragging a whole bunch of DECRA recipients but it makes it even more embarrassing that only a week ago Australian academia was praising that rag's 'Top academics' list as if we should be giving them any respect or authority.
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
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Mas iaí, JOGOS SÃO ARTE?! 🚨🚨🚨
Coluna do @amaweks.bsky.social falando sobre o texto do @brkeogh.bsky.social "𝙉𝙖𝙤 𝙝𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙨; 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙯𝙚-𝙡𝙤𝙨"
Às vezes a gente tem que trazer de volta a pauta 🙏
www.controlesvoadores.com.br/post/criar-j... #jogobr #indiebr
Coluna do @amaweks.bsky.social falando sobre o texto do @brkeogh.bsky.social "𝙉𝙖𝙤 𝙝𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙨; 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙯𝙚-𝙡𝙤𝙨"
Às vezes a gente tem que trazer de volta a pauta 🙏
www.controlesvoadores.com.br/post/criar-j... #jogobr #indiebr
Criar jogos é “apenas” arte!
Um comentário sobre o texto de Brendan Keogh traduzido por Janos Biro
www.controlesvoadores.com.br
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Mas iaí, JOGOS SÃO ARTE?! 🚨🚨🚨
Coluna do @amaweks.bsky.social falando sobre o texto do @brkeogh.bsky.social "𝙉𝙖𝙤 𝙝𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙨; 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙯𝙚-𝙡𝙤𝙨"
Às vezes a gente tem que trazer de volta a pauta 🙏
www.controlesvoadores.com.br/post/criar-j... #jogobr #indiebr
Coluna do @amaweks.bsky.social falando sobre o texto do @brkeogh.bsky.social "𝙉𝙖𝙤 𝙝𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙨; 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙯𝙚-𝙡𝙤𝙨"
Às vezes a gente tem que trazer de volta a pauta 🙏
www.controlesvoadores.com.br/post/criar-j... #jogobr #indiebr
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“The former ANU vice-chancellor’s golden handshake means that her new annual salary will be more than the total annualised savings ANU sought from the proposal to disestablish the ANU School of Music.”
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911946...
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911946...
More details about ANU former vice-chancellor payments released
'In accordance with her entitlements under her contract.'
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“The former ANU vice-chancellor’s golden handshake means that her new annual salary will be more than the total annualised savings ANU sought from the proposal to disestablish the ANU School of Music.”
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911946...
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911946...
Am I missing some trick in Silksong’s Mount Fay that makes it not absolute garbage?
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Am I missing some trick in Silksong’s Mount Fay that makes it not absolute garbage?
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So happy, and a bit overwhelmed, to find out my DECRA project, 'Social, ethical and regulatory challenges in the social media porn industry', has been awarded. What an immense privilege to have the next three years to dedicate to research!
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
So happy, and a bit overwhelmed, to find out my DECRA project, 'Social, ethical and regulatory challenges in the social media porn industry', has been awarded. What an immense privilege to have the next three years to dedicate to research!
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And equally, commiserations to anyone else who had a go at the annual Australian ECR funding Hunger Games but didn't beat the odd of a 13% success rate. 😫
The @albomp.bsky.social government continues the LNP's tradition of vastly underfunding the country's brilliant researchers. 🤦
The @albomp.bsky.social government continues the LNP's tradition of vastly underfunding the country's brilliant researchers. 🤦
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
And equally, commiserations to anyone else who had a go at the annual Australian ECR funding Hunger Games but didn't beat the odd of a 13% success rate. 😫
The @albomp.bsky.social government continues the LNP's tradition of vastly underfunding the country's brilliant researchers. 🤦
The @albomp.bsky.social government continues the LNP's tradition of vastly underfunding the country's brilliant researchers. 🤦
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ARC DECRA funding news is out - congrats especially to my fantastic @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @kathaesa.bsky.social & @zahrastardust.bsky.social, and the brilliant @amymcquire.bsky.social @emvdn.bsky.social @hansasenbaum.bsky.social, all successful this round. 🎉
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
Research Management System - Scheme Round Statistics for Approved Applications - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026 round 1
RMS is the ARC's Research Management System, a web-based system used by eligible researchers to prepare and submit research proposals and assessments under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program ...
rms.arc.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
ARC DECRA funding news is out - congrats especially to my fantastic @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @kathaesa.bsky.social & @zahrastardust.bsky.social, and the brilliant @amymcquire.bsky.social @emvdn.bsky.social @hansasenbaum.bsky.social, all successful this round. 🎉
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
Huge congrats to all the very deserving early career academics who got DECRAs. And condolences to the much larger group of deserving people who didn't get DECRAs. Just remember that the vast majority of successful academics you know also didn't get DECRAs!
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Huge congrats to all the very deserving early career academics who got DECRAs. And condolences to the much larger group of deserving people who didn't get DECRAs. Just remember that the vast majority of successful academics you know also didn't get DECRAs!
Great thread and investigation. Exactly what we all assumed: the ‘confidential information’ was wages and work conditions discussed in a worker-only Discord, not leaking anything about the game. Pure union busting.
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Great thread and investigation. Exactly what we all assumed: the ‘confidential information’ was wages and work conditions discussed in a worker-only Discord, not leaking anything about the game. Pure union busting.
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For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
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I'll just leave these here
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'll just leave these here
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Should we limit home ownership to two homes?
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Should we limit home ownership to two homes?
I can tolerate Copilot in Word but I draw the line at AI shoved into Scrivener
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I can tolerate Copilot in Word but I draw the line at AI shoved into Scrivener
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This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
Once a year The Australian newspaper ranks Australian academics by their Google Scholar points, grouped into dubious ’fields’, and we all pretend it means something.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Once a year The Australian newspaper ranks Australian academics by their Google Scholar points, grouped into dubious ’fields’, and we all pretend it means something.
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Our studio makes games for @xbox.com. We love play, we love all humans and we hate genocide.
@microsoft.com took some great first steps in Sept, but we implore Microsoft to stop supplying the Israeli Defence Forces with any and all technology used to commit genocide.
Background: bit.ly/4p5Bs7E
@microsoft.com took some great first steps in Sept, but we implore Microsoft to stop supplying the Israeli Defence Forces with any and all technology used to commit genocide.
Background: bit.ly/4p5Bs7E
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Our studio makes games for @xbox.com. We love play, we love all humans and we hate genocide.
@microsoft.com took some great first steps in Sept, but we implore Microsoft to stop supplying the Israeli Defence Forces with any and all technology used to commit genocide.
Background: bit.ly/4p5Bs7E
@microsoft.com took some great first steps in Sept, but we implore Microsoft to stop supplying the Israeli Defence Forces with any and all technology used to commit genocide.
Background: bit.ly/4p5Bs7E
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This afternoon, IWGB Game Workers joined together with unions from all over Europe, including @stjv.fr and @csvi-cgt.bsky.social to protest against Rockstar's union busting in Paris - on est là!
Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This afternoon, IWGB Game Workers joined together with unions from all over Europe, including @stjv.fr and @csvi-cgt.bsky.social to protest against Rockstar's union busting in Paris - on est là!
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Executive in charge of the GDC salary report: "when we report how much less women and POC make than their white-male counterparts, be sure to use the Fortnite font so people know that the Festival of Gaming™ is all about the Gamers *dabs*"
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Executive in charge of the GDC salary report: "when we report how much less women and POC make than their white-male counterparts, be sure to use the Fortnite font so people know that the Festival of Gaming™ is all about the Gamers *dabs*"
I did it in 1:58:48!!! With the item. One of the greatest feelings of accomplishment in a game ever.
But it didn’t register or give me the trophy 😢 😢 😢
But it didn’t register or give me the trophy 😢 😢 😢
Me all day thinking about my attempt last night to get the 'Most Punctual' achievement in Baby Steps where I finished the game in 2hrs 4min and then learned the trophy is under 2hrs and carrying a specific item.
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I did it in 1:58:48!!! With the item. One of the greatest feelings of accomplishment in a game ever.
But it didn’t register or give me the trophy 😢 😢 😢
But it didn’t register or give me the trophy 😢 😢 😢
This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
Me all day thinking about my attempt last night to get the 'Most Punctual' achievement in Baby Steps where I finished the game in 2hrs 4min and then learned the trophy is under 2hrs and carrying a specific item.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Me all day thinking about my attempt last night to get the 'Most Punctual' achievement in Baby Steps where I finished the game in 2hrs 4min and then learned the trophy is under 2hrs and carrying a specific item.
