Marijam Didžgalvytė
@marijamdid.com
Materialist Videogames Industry Critic │ Author of "Everything To Play For" (Verso Books) w/ 7 translations
Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc Bikes, Post-rock, Adorno, Gramsci, Antifascism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Lust, Negronis 🍸🏴
Email etc: marijamdid.com
Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc Bikes, Post-rock, Adorno, Gramsci, Antifascism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Lust, Negronis 🍸🏴
Email etc: marijamdid.com
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Marijam Didžgalvytė
@marijamdid.com
· Sep 17
📢PUBLICATION DAY📙
"Everything To Play For: How Videogames Are Changing The World" out now w/ @versobooks.bsky.social.🌏
www.versobooks.com/products/308...
The 📕 blends cultural theory & materialist critiques with accessible language and personal stories engaging both novices & seasoned connoisseurs.
"Everything To Play For: How Videogames Are Changing The World" out now w/ @versobooks.bsky.social.🌏
www.versobooks.com/products/308...
The 📕 blends cultural theory & materialist critiques with accessible language and personal stories engaging both novices & seasoned connoisseurs.
1 year exactly since the release of my debut book w/ @versobooks.bsky.social.
In February '24 I wrote down in my journal my goals for the release - audiences reached, countries travelled, connections made etc. This 1st year wildly exceeded all my expectations, I am so so grateful.
What's next? 1/4
In February '24 I wrote down in my journal my goals for the release - audiences reached, countries travelled, connections made etc. This 1st year wildly exceeded all my expectations, I am so so grateful.
What's next? 1/4
join us 2/19 for our first ever lecture series event, featuring @ellaguro.bsky.social: "What Doth Videogame? A personal history of art and life in the age of collapse."
following the talk will be a listening party for liz's new album, Saint Elizabeth!
rsvp here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boshis-lec...
following the talk will be a listening party for liz's new album, Saint Elizabeth!
rsvp here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boshis-lec...
January 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Slay The Spire-like made by a tiny awesome indie team of @martinpi.bsky.social & @alphachar.bsky.social. ✨🐦
Be sure to wishlist, too!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Be sure to wishlist, too!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
January 5, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Slay The Spire-like made by a tiny awesome indie team of @martinpi.bsky.social & @alphachar.bsky.social. ✨🐦
Be sure to wishlist, too!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Be sure to wishlist, too!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Reposted by Marijam Didžgalvytė
Devastating that we're even having to waste time to "prove" to sections of the "left" (UK/US "left" let's be honest) that it's the right thing to do to support these protests.
Thanks @freedompress.bsky.social for doing the heavy lifting here. 🖤
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/05/i...
Thanks @freedompress.bsky.social for doing the heavy lifting here. 🖤
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/05/i...
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Devastating that we're even having to waste time to "prove" to sections of the "left" (UK/US "left" let's be honest) that it's the right thing to do to support these protests.
Thanks @freedompress.bsky.social for doing the heavy lifting here. 🖤
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/05/i...
Thanks @freedompress.bsky.social for doing the heavy lifting here. 🖤
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/05/i...
Reposted by Marijam Didžgalvytė
The world sucks. But the speedrunner community gathering for a charity for a whole week does bring a little light. I love @gamesdonequick.com
Awesome Games Done Quick is live!
Schedule:
gamesdonequick.com/schedule/62
Youtube:
www.youtube.com/live/IzylNJU...
Twitch:
www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequi...
Schedule:
gamesdonequick.com/schedule/62
Youtube:
www.youtube.com/live/IzylNJU...
Twitch:
www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequi...
January 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The world sucks. But the speedrunner community gathering for a charity for a whole week does bring a little light. I love @gamesdonequick.com
Reposted by Marijam Didžgalvytė
feels like a great pretext for countries to justify banning twitter/x
if only the political and media classes didn’t continue believing there was some continued value to posting there
if only the political and media classes didn’t continue believing there was some continued value to posting there
France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok
Hundreds of women and teenagers have reported their photos published on social media have been “undressed” by Grok.
www.politico.eu
January 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
feels like a great pretext for countries to justify banning twitter/x
if only the political and media classes didn’t continue believing there was some continued value to posting there
if only the political and media classes didn’t continue believing there was some continued value to posting there
I'm an internationalist and I stand with the people of Venezuela attacked by an aggressive imperialist regime, and I wish the world's solidarity re: this, resolve and consequences to the perpetrators.
See, not that hard. 3/3
See, not that hard. 3/3
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
I'm an internationalist and I stand with the people of Venezuela attacked by an aggressive imperialist regime, and I wish the world's solidarity re: this, resolve and consequences to the perpetrators.
See, not that hard. 3/3
See, not that hard. 3/3
Now if I'm a Western tankie and using the same logic as they did vis-à-vis Ukraine / NATO, I'd say "zomg Trump had every right to defend itself against Venezuela's "provocations"!!" But thankfully I'm not and I hope them tankies now understand their pathetic idiocy. 2/3
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Now if I'm a Western tankie and using the same logic as they did vis-à-vis Ukraine / NATO, I'd say "zomg Trump had every right to defend itself against Venezuela's "provocations"!!" But thankfully I'm not and I hope them tankies now understand their pathetic idiocy. 2/3
Sorry to be making this a little bit about the ignorance on the vast parts of the Western "left", but the betrayal back then still hurts. The Trump attack took place while Venezuelan government was meeting with the Chinese. 1/3
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Sorry to be making this a little bit about the ignorance on the vast parts of the Western "left", but the betrayal back then still hurts. The Trump attack took place while Venezuelan government was meeting with the Chinese. 1/3
Reposted by Marijam Didžgalvytė
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
Oh they're so beautiful. 💘
May many victories come their way, a real ray of hope in a dark political moment. Good luck and courage to the people of NYC, go scare them billionaires! 👏
They don't own everything... Yet.
May many victories come their way, a real ray of hope in a dark political moment. Good luck and courage to the people of NYC, go scare them billionaires! 👏
They don't own everything... Yet.
Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is visibly emotional as Mamdani shouts her out
January 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Oh they're so beautiful. 💘
May many victories come their way, a real ray of hope in a dark political moment. Good luck and courage to the people of NYC, go scare them billionaires! 👏
They don't own everything... Yet.
May many victories come their way, a real ray of hope in a dark political moment. Good luck and courage to the people of NYC, go scare them billionaires! 👏
They don't own everything... Yet.
🖤 Solidarity with the incredibly brave people in Iran fighting for their rights, against poverty and corruption under a brutal dictatorship.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Two people confirmed dead as Iran protests turn into ‘battlefield’
Nationwide protests against living conditions enter fifth day with security forces reportedly using live ammunition
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM
🖤 Solidarity with the incredibly brave people in Iran fighting for their rights, against poverty and corruption under a brutal dictatorship.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
This is terrifying, absolutely Putin / Trump talk.
I had the privilege to have my book released in Traditional Chinese in Taiwan & Hong Kong this year & am so in awe with the many progressive, democratic people there. V worried about how they are affected by this.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
I had the privilege to have my book released in Traditional Chinese in Taiwan & Hong Kong this year & am so in awe with the many progressive, democratic people there. V worried about how they are affected by this.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Xi Jinping vows to reunify China and Taiwan in New Year’s Eve speech
Reunification ‘is unstoppable’, says Chinese president, a day after the conclusion of intense military drills
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is terrifying, absolutely Putin / Trump talk.
I had the privilege to have my book released in Traditional Chinese in Taiwan & Hong Kong this year & am so in awe with the many progressive, democratic people there. V worried about how they are affected by this.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
I had the privilege to have my book released in Traditional Chinese in Taiwan & Hong Kong this year & am so in awe with the many progressive, democratic people there. V worried about how they are affected by this.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Merry 2026. The only headline you need.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eff them all. Very seriously. There's a class war that is on and we're losing so badly.
When will we all wake up and get into formation!!
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eff them all. Very seriously. There's a class war that is on and we're losing so badly.
When will we all wake up and get into formation!!
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Merry 2026. The only headline you need.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eff them all. Very seriously. There's a class war that is on and we're losing so badly.
When will we all wake up and get into formation!!
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eff them all. Very seriously. There's a class war that is on and we're losing so badly.
When will we all wake up and get into formation!!
)Also, just saw this and mygod - the only headline that is necessary -
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eff them all. We should so be beginning to fight back in this class war.)
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eff them all. We should so be beginning to fight back in this class war.)
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
)Also, just saw this and mygod - the only headline that is necessary -
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eff them all. We should so be beginning to fight back in this class war.)
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Eff them all. We should so be beginning to fight back in this class war.)
In particular friends with whom I shared the highs of this year - moments in nature, laughing, and growing old together.
See yous in '26, wonderful folk, stay rad. 🫂
See yous in '26, wonderful folk, stay rad. 🫂
December 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In particular friends with whom I shared the highs of this year - moments in nature, laughing, and growing old together.
See yous in '26, wonderful folk, stay rad. 🫂
See yous in '26, wonderful folk, stay rad. 🫂
But yeah for next year I just want peace. So that's what I wish everyone - in a variety of ways, personal and political.
Enormous thanks to everyone who have been a part of my 2025.
Enormous thanks to everyone who have been a part of my 2025.
December 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
But yeah for next year I just want peace. So that's what I wish everyone - in a variety of ways, personal and political.
Enormous thanks to everyone who have been a part of my 2025.
Enormous thanks to everyone who have been a part of my 2025.
4 continents, 55 flights on top of working full-time. My book is out in multiple languages, more to come. I'll be slowly working on a second one and putting out there other projects etc. Blessed.
(Defo had a huge crash-out mid-Aug - Oct so that's the low of the year! 🤪)
(Defo had a huge crash-out mid-Aug - Oct so that's the low of the year! 🤪)
December 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
4 continents, 55 flights on top of working full-time. My book is out in multiple languages, more to come. I'll be slowly working on a second one and putting out there other projects etc. Blessed.
(Defo had a huge crash-out mid-Aug - Oct so that's the low of the year! 🤪)
(Defo had a huge crash-out mid-Aug - Oct so that's the low of the year! 🤪)
The 📸 is from two weeks ago on a deserted Italian beach during my first (!) holiday of the year. It says it all - incredibly privileged, but it’s been a relentless year. 🌊🧵
December 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The 📸 is from two weeks ago on a deserted Italian beach during my first (!) holiday of the year. It says it all - incredibly privileged, but it’s been a relentless year. 🌊🧵
Reposted by Marijam Didžgalvytė
Semiotic paradox alert!
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Semiotic paradox alert!
Reposted by Marijam Didžgalvytė
A playable archive of thousands of winamp skins. Honestly this is SO MUCH BETTER and MORE FUN than any UX/UI nowadays. I can spend hours browsing and testing so many of these.
skins.webamp.org
skins.webamp.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A playable archive of thousands of winamp skins. Honestly this is SO MUCH BETTER and MORE FUN than any UX/UI nowadays. I can spend hours browsing and testing so many of these.
skins.webamp.org
skins.webamp.org
Oh it's a beaut, whoa! 💘
I'm on the Classic Good Ol' Winamp, but having been shown this website I kinda want to experiment 🥰
I'm on the Classic Good Ol' Winamp, but having been shown this website I kinda want to experiment 🥰
December 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Oh it's a beaut, whoa! 💘
I'm on the Classic Good Ol' Winamp, but having been shown this website I kinda want to experiment 🥰
I'm on the Classic Good Ol' Winamp, but having been shown this website I kinda want to experiment 🥰
I mean come on 😭💘🔥💘🔥💘
December 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I mean come on 😭💘🔥💘🔥💘
I have never had a Spotify account and always just played music on Winamp. A loved one's moving away from Spotify to also just owning mp3s and showed me this website. I can't get over how it's exactly the kind of internet I miss and what I wouldn't do to bring it back.
skins.webamp.org
skins.webamp.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I have never had a Spotify account and always just played music on Winamp. A loved one's moving away from Spotify to also just owning mp3s and showed me this website. I can't get over how it's exactly the kind of internet I miss and what I wouldn't do to bring it back.
skins.webamp.org
skins.webamp.org
And by the way neeeedless to say if this was about Greenland sovereignty I would and I do back entirely the independence. That's not what Vance is talking about though. He's talking about a takeover of Greenland, not leaving them alone.
December 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
And by the way neeeedless to say if this was about Greenland sovereignty I would and I do back entirely the independence. That's not what Vance is talking about though. He's talking about a takeover of Greenland, not leaving them alone.