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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · 11d

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · 11d

Was great getting to talk about this fantastic game with Shannon, and starstruck to be quoted next to the fantastic Kishonna Gray! Thanks for writing this piece Shannon! And everyone check it and Consume Me out

Shannon Liao @shannonliao.bsky.social · 13d

the NYT story on Jenny Jiao Hsia’s game Consume Me is up! “Consume Me nods back to the confessional style of YouTube videos from the early 2000s, and also contains skill-based gameplay in its six-hour run time, adapting scenes from Jiao Hsia’s life in inventive ways.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/a...

She Counted Calories as a Teen, Then Created a Game About It

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · 17d

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · 17d

Was great getting to chat with Rudolf about Historiographies of Game Studies--check out the episode!

Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) @gamestudies.bsky.social · 22d

Here we go again!
A new #Gamestudies #podcast episode is live & and
I had wonderful guests!

Historiographies of Game Studies. What It Has Been, What It Could Be (ed. Alisha Karabinus, Carly A. Kocurek, Cody Mejeur, Emma Vossen)

/cc @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Please listen, like and share!

Alisha Karabinus et al. eds., "Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" (Punctum Books, 2025) - New Books Network

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · 17d

@sparklebliss.bsky.social , @emmavphd.bsky.social , Alisha, and I were recently on the New Books Network podcast to talk about Historiographies of Game Studies! Check it out! And huge thanks to Rudolf Thomas Inderst for having us on!

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Alisha Karabinus et al. eds., "Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" (Punctum Books, 2025) - New Books Network

Alisha Karabinus (she/her) is Assistant Professor of Writing and Digital Studies at Grand Valley State University.

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Sep 5

Loved working on this chapter! It’s on trans realism in games, drawing a lot of inspiration from @caelkeegan.bsky.social’s and micha cárdenas’ works. Excited to see it out, and thanks to fantastic editors Katherine and Margarita!

Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Margarita Vaysman & I have been working on this for the past 5 (!) years, but it's finally done- the online version is up and the hardcover should be out later this month! Welcome to the Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, feat. 41 chapters and beautiful cover art: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 🎉

The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms

Abstract. Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across different media, from early

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations @emmavphd.bsky.social, @sparklebliss.bsky.social, @cmejeur.bsky.social, and @onlyalishak.bsky.social! And thanks to @punctumbooks.bsky.social for publishing! 👾

Find "Historiographies of Game Studies" on JSTOR here: bit.ly/3JDOha2

Dr. Emma Vossen @emmavphd.bsky.social · Aug 15

Seeing the book you spent five years working on for sale on Amazon: 🙂

Seeing the book you spent five years working on ready for people to read and cite on JSTOR: 😀😁😃😍😇😭🥰

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Aug 21

I feel like there’s something super fitting about this company sharing its name with fabled dangerous seeing stones in lord of the rings that should be avoided because of their greed and hubris.

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Aug 20

Came in from mowing the yard to find my editor copies arrived! She’s here, and she’s CHONKY. So much great game studies content past, present, and future in this collection. Get your free open access ebook or order a physical copy at @punctumbooks.bsky.social website!

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Cody J Reimer @cjreimer.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congrats, Emma, Alisha Karabinus, @sparklebliss.bsky.social, and @cmejeur.bsky.social! Fantastic collection with a TOC that makes me salivate to keep reading. What I've already read is wonderful. It's going to do heavy lifting in the intro course for my new Game & Media Studies program!

Dr. Emma Vossen @emmavphd.bsky.social · Aug 11

The book is out now! Free to download! punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...

Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be – punctum books

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Dr. Emma Vossen @emmavphd.bsky.social · Aug 12

After 5 years of hard work by @sparklebliss.bsky.social, @cmejeur.bsky.social, @onlyalishak.bsky.social, myself, our contributors, and the lovely people at @punctumbooks.bsky.social Historiographies of Game Studies is out NOW! You can read all 780 pages for FREE. 🔓
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Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be – punctum books

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Mike Vazquez-DeAnda, PhD @playfulmike.bsky.social · Jul 28

I have a chapter in this FANTASTIC collection edited by @cmejeur.bsky.social @sparklebliss.bsky.social @emmavphd.bsky.social and Alisha Karabinus!

It’s *OPEN ACCESS* so you can read it for free!
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#gamestudies #historyofgames #gamescholarship

Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be – punctum books

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punctum books: spontaneous acts of scholarly combustion @punctumbooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

PUBLISHED #OpenAccess!

HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF GAME STUDIES: What It Has Been, What it Could Be

780 pages of disciplinary self-care, otherwise known as intellectual history. Come for the pixels, stay for the resolutions.

#VideoGames #MediaStudies

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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · Jul 25

My article "The Separation of Analog and Digital Game Studies" has now been published as part of this mammoth 781-page edited volume Historiographies of Game Studies.

Congrats to the editors and fellow authors for getting this into the world!

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generally disappointed @onlyalishak.bsky.social · Jul 25

dear game studies community: we made you something.

with love,
so many people

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Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be – punctum books

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Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social · Jul 25

Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be, Edited by Alisha Karabinus, Carly A. Kocurek, Cody Mejeur, Emma Vossen... punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...

Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be – punctum books

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Jul 25

Historiographies of Game Studies is now published open access with @punctumbooks.bsky.social ! This massive collection examines why game studies is the way it is, and how it might change and grow in the future. Congrats to all contributors, and please share!

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Jun 26

Honestly I’m surprised/not that NYT published this drivel, chock full of transphobic stereotypes, conservative fear mongering, TERF rhetoric, cherry picking, and every other logical fallacy you can imagine. Andrew Sullivan is an embarrassment to our community and our elders.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · Jun 26

This is what the Paper of Record™ chose to publish for the 10th anniversary of Obergefell

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OPINION
GUEST ESSAY
How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way
Listen to this article • 25:03 min Learn more
By Andrew Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan, an early advocate for gay marriage, writes The Weekly Dish on Substack.
June 26, 2025

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LGBTQ Game Archive @lgbtqgamearchive.bsky.social · Jun 25

Some long planned updates/projects are coming to the LGBTQ Game Archive. Follow on BlueSky for those updates, and take a look at the new design and logo refresh: lgbtqgamearchive.com

LGBTQ Video Game Archive

A curated/researched collection of information of LGBTQ content in digital games from 1980s-present

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Carly A. Kocurek @sparklebliss.bsky.social · Mar 20

We are live on kickstarter, and I am a nervous wreck. Tell your friends (about the kickstarter, the emotional state is not very important).
www.kickstarter.com/projects/car...

Halcyon Daze: The Final Voyages of the Galactic Starcruiser

A feature-length documentary about the closure of Disney's Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser and the fandom it left behind

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Feb 12

Does anyone know why the Center for Solutions to Online Violence has gone dark recently? It was such a valuable resource that I used in some of my seminars each semester, but as of a week or two ago it's not accessible. Not sure if it's just another dark sign of the times or something else...

Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Jan 28

and huge congrats to the editors and authors of these collections!

Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Jan 28

Mejeur, Cody, and Xavier Ho. “Drawing Queer Intersections Through Video Game Archives.” In The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sex and Sexuality in Game Studies, 355–68. Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2025.

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Jan 28

Mejeur, Cody. “Transing Holodeck Realism in Video Games.” In The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, edited by Katherine Bowers and Margarita Vaysman, 1st ed. Oxford University Press, 2025. doi.org/10.1093/oxfo....

The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms

Abstract. This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot ad

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Cody Mejeur @cmejeur.bsky.social · Jan 28

A couple of my publications have come out recently! On intersectional visualizations of the LGBTQ Video Game Archive with Xavier Ho, and another on trans realism in video games. Citations in attached posts, shoot me a message if you'd like copies!

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