Jack Orchard
@jarona7.bsky.social
Content Editor @ Electronic Enlightenment
- Game Studies Events @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries
- Researching Video Games and Historical Emotions
- PhD on Reading in C18th Women's Letters @ Swansea
- Editorial Board @ Multiplay
- Game Studies Events @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries
- Researching Video Games and Historical Emotions
- PhD on Reading in C18th Women's Letters @ Swansea
- Editorial Board @ Multiplay
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Jack Orchard
@jarona7.bsky.social
· Jan 24
Just pinching some points from an old presentation on 18th century videogames which I made a couple years ago and found this collage - how many c18th games can you name? :)
#historicalgames #c18th #videogames
#historicalgames #c18th #videogames
Not what you expect to be searching for (and getting increasingly frustrated at the lack of good results), while researching a fun little essay about vampires:
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Not what you expect to be searching for (and getting increasingly frustrated at the lack of good results), while researching a fun little essay about vampires:
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Cluedo inventor's daughter hands over archives to Birmingham museum - BBC News share.google/7Qv94t3X2q9K...
Cluedo inventor's daughter hands over archives to Birmingham museum
Anthony Pratt's daughter explains how evenings performing at country hotels inspired the murder-mystery game.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Cluedo inventor's daughter hands over archives to Birmingham museum - BBC News share.google/7Qv94t3X2q9K...
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Prepping for daughter's party this weekend - this is what sandwich prep for 60 looks like 😲😲
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Prepping for daughter's party this weekend - this is what sandwich prep for 60 looks like 😲😲
Today I booked a day off to play games - 6 hours, that can make a dent in Silksong, complete an indie like 80 Days front to back, or be a springboard for sth like Legend of Heroes, which I've been wanting to get back into after dropping when my daughter was born in 2022.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today I booked a day off to play games - 6 hours, that can make a dent in Silksong, complete an indie like 80 Days front to back, or be a springboard for sth like Legend of Heroes, which I've been wanting to get back into after dropping when my daughter was born in 2022.
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Every negative review on Loser Named Hana I'm so glad I added the "I don't want woke content" option that just closes the game at the very beginning of the game to let the real losers know they aren't welcomed
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Every negative review on Loser Named Hana I'm so glad I added the "I don't want woke content" option that just closes the game at the very beginning of the game to let the real losers know they aren't welcomed
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And one other thing: we’re being told that AI is the only way to make games cheaper and faster, to pull us from this precipice of production nightmares the industry has found itself in. That it’s necessary.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
And one other thing: we’re being told that AI is the only way to make games cheaper and faster, to pull us from this precipice of production nightmares the industry has found itself in. That it’s necessary.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
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We don't use generative AI at either Minor Key Games or Question. Partly on principle, and partly because we're really good at what we do.
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
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automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We don't use generative AI at either Minor Key Games or Question. Partly on principle, and partly because we're really good at what we do.
I finally figured out what is wrong with our timeline - the dark Lord cthulhu has finally obtained the glowing idol of ultimate power, and is bending reality to his dark will.
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I finally figured out what is wrong with our timeline - the dark Lord cthulhu has finally obtained the glowing idol of ultimate power, and is bending reality to his dark will.
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Hey this is on Monday and I think you should sign up and watch online. I'm going to talk about RuneScape for a while.
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hey this is on Monday and I think you should sign up and watch online. I'm going to talk about RuneScape for a while.
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Just a reminder this Oxford-based roundtable on games preservation, archiving & exhibition is next week, and also is a hybrid event 🎮🌏👇
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Just a reminder this Oxford-based roundtable on games preservation, archiving & exhibition is next week, and also is a hybrid event 🎮🌏👇
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Trash Goblin won TIGA's Diversity In Games award last night!
For "Shining a light on inclusion, creativity, and community"!
Woo!
For "Shining a light on inclusion, creativity, and community"!
Woo!
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Trash Goblin won TIGA's Diversity In Games award last night!
For "Shining a light on inclusion, creativity, and community"!
Woo!
For "Shining a light on inclusion, creativity, and community"!
Woo!
Finally got a phone with some decent memory, and responding in a perfectly restrained way 🤣
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Finally got a phone with some decent memory, and responding in a perfectly restrained way 🤣
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The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 11th November – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
Bodleian Student Editions
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 11th November – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
Just rewatching an old GMTK video about genre mash-ups, what is the strangest genre mash-up y'all are aware of? And are there any genres that are fundamentally irreconcilable? Curious to hear your thoughts #gamestudies
October 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Just rewatching an old GMTK video about genre mash-ups, what is the strangest genre mash-up y'all are aware of? And are there any genres that are fundamentally irreconcilable? Curious to hear your thoughts #gamestudies
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This is in a couple of weeks and I'm still building my talk for it, are there any specific topics or issues people are interested in - Specifically in and around videogames in museums and videogame preservation? 🤔🎮
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is in a couple of weeks and I'm still building my talk for it, are there any specific topics or issues people are interested in - Specifically in and around videogames in museums and videogame preservation? 🤔🎮
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You may know Eizin Suzuki for being one of the big City Pop illustrators. If you've never seen his work directly, you have seen it referenced in anime. Cars and surf boards, lush love letters to a surreal, hyper saturated America..
October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
You may know Eizin Suzuki for being one of the big City Pop illustrators. If you've never seen his work directly, you have seen it referenced in anime. Cars and surf boards, lush love letters to a surreal, hyper saturated America..
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The first LaserDisc upload today: a video art City Pop love letter to the American Southwest. A collaboration between two Japanese pop artists in the 1980s.
Tatsuro Yamashita & Eizin Suzuki: Southward Bound, translated and captured on a Domesday Duplicator.
archive.org/details/tats...
Tatsuro Yamashita & Eizin Suzuki: Southward Bound, translated and captured on a Domesday Duplicator.
archive.org/details/tats...
October 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The first LaserDisc upload today: a video art City Pop love letter to the American Southwest. A collaboration between two Japanese pop artists in the 1980s.
Tatsuro Yamashita & Eizin Suzuki: Southward Bound, translated and captured on a Domesday Duplicator.
archive.org/details/tats...
Tatsuro Yamashita & Eizin Suzuki: Southward Bound, translated and captured on a Domesday Duplicator.
archive.org/details/tats...
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Where do game developers get their ideas? Like any good answer to a complicated question, it depends!
@victoriatran.bsky.social asks eight indie devs (and herself, twice) about where the idea for their games came from -- featuring Inscryption, 1000xRESIST, Venba, Mars First Logistics, and more!
@victoriatran.bsky.social asks eight indie devs (and herself, twice) about where the idea for their games came from -- featuring Inscryption, 1000xRESIST, Venba, Mars First Logistics, and more!
Where Do Game Developers Get Their Ideas?
Where do game ideas actually come from? Brainstorming sessions? Divine inspiration? We get the stories behind 10 beloved indie games.
thisweekinvideogames.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Where do game developers get their ideas? Like any good answer to a complicated question, it depends!
@victoriatran.bsky.social asks eight indie devs (and herself, twice) about where the idea for their games came from -- featuring Inscryption, 1000xRESIST, Venba, Mars First Logistics, and more!
@victoriatran.bsky.social asks eight indie devs (and herself, twice) about where the idea for their games came from -- featuring Inscryption, 1000xRESIST, Venba, Mars First Logistics, and more!
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Really looking forward to this!
We're back on Monday! Join us for a discussion of 'play' with papers from Fiona Maxwell, Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social & Caitlin Hendrie. 20 October 11am at Magdalen College Sophia Sheppard Room or online via Teams. More info including how to join us online ⬇️ talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...
Centre for the History of Childhood Seminars and Events - Oxford Talks
talks.ox.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Really looking forward to this!
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We're back on Monday! Join us for a discussion of 'play' with papers from Fiona Maxwell, Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social & Caitlin Hendrie. 20 October 11am at Magdalen College Sophia Sheppard Room or online via Teams. More info including how to join us online ⬇️ talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...
Centre for the History of Childhood Seminars and Events - Oxford Talks
talks.ox.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We're back on Monday! Join us for a discussion of 'play' with papers from Fiona Maxwell, Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social & Caitlin Hendrie. 20 October 11am at Magdalen College Sophia Sheppard Room or online via Teams. More info including how to join us online ⬇️ talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
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The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 23rd October – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...
Bodleian Student Editions
Would you like to contribute to the discovery of new research materials in the Bodleian’s manuscript collections? And to learn something about editing early modern letters and approaches to digital…
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 23rd October – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...