Kübra
@mostlyindie.com
Usually talking about games. PhD candidate in American Studies @uni-freiburg.de
Read my blog (new posts approx. every two years): https://mostlyindie.com/
Read my blog (new posts approx. every two years): https://mostlyindie.com/
My first and possibly biggest accomplishment of 2026
December 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My first and possibly biggest accomplishment of 2026
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Why didn't Vince frame his Pluribus shots like this? Is he stupid?
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Why didn't Vince frame his Pluribus shots like this? Is he stupid?
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The most important post on Bluesky today
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The most important post on Bluesky today
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As a connoisseur of “person on TV annoyingly giving the audience a reading list contextually” this is high tier.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
As a connoisseur of “person on TV annoyingly giving the audience a reading list contextually” this is high tier.
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Me to all the ai slop purveyors
December 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Me to all the ai slop purveyors
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December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Money and power are concentrating in video games in the same way as in the wider world. And games influence people’s thoughts and attitudes: the most powerful people in the world have started to realise this. I wrote about the state of play at the end of 2025:
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
State of play: who holds the power in the video games industry in 2025?
This year has brought us many brilliant video games – but as wealth continues to concentrate, and games are used to exert economic and political influence, we need to keep an eye on the top players
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Money and power are concentrating in video games in the same way as in the wider world. And games influence people’s thoughts and attitudes: the most powerful people in the world have started to realise this. I wrote about the state of play at the end of 2025:
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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🚨 My new article 'Antagonistic Game Design: the Author as a Player' is out on #Eludamos (Journal for Computer Game Culture)! 🚨
>> septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el... <<
WARNING: might contains traces of @cloobot.bsky.social @doougle.net @jzagal.bsky.social @foddy.net and @add-hawk.bsky.social XD
>> septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el... <<
WARNING: might contains traces of @cloobot.bsky.social @doougle.net @jzagal.bsky.social @foddy.net and @add-hawk.bsky.social XD
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🚨 My new article 'Antagonistic Game Design: the Author as a Player' is out on #Eludamos (Journal for Computer Game Culture)! 🚨
>> septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el... <<
WARNING: might contains traces of @cloobot.bsky.social @doougle.net @jzagal.bsky.social @foddy.net and @add-hawk.bsky.social XD
>> septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el... <<
WARNING: might contains traces of @cloobot.bsky.social @doougle.net @jzagal.bsky.social @foddy.net and @add-hawk.bsky.social XD
I love the image for this announcement 😄
I’ll indeed talk about Magic Cat Academy, as well as other things like Resident Evil and The Last of Us!
I’ll indeed talk about Magic Cat Academy, as well as other things like Resident Evil and The Last of Us!
We already have something special in store for you next year: On January 8, Kübra Aksay from the University of Freiburg will give a guest lecture on video game seriality in Kathleen's @kathleenloock.bsky.social class on “Seriality & Popular Culture.” 🎮
Check out the details below!
Check out the details below!
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I love the image for this announcement 😄
I’ll indeed talk about Magic Cat Academy, as well as other things like Resident Evil and The Last of Us!
I’ll indeed talk about Magic Cat Academy, as well as other things like Resident Evil and The Last of Us!
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⚠️ TR-49 -- an archive of books that don't exist ⚠️
We began investigating through a simple prototype - before we built the machine.
The "game" has moved far, far beyond this now. But the old prototype is "playable".
You may find it revealing.
❗ www.inklestudios.com/tr-49/pinboa...
We began investigating through a simple prototype - before we built the machine.
The "game" has moved far, far beyond this now. But the old prototype is "playable".
You may find it revealing.
❗ www.inklestudios.com/tr-49/pinboa...
December 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
⚠️ TR-49 -- an archive of books that don't exist ⚠️
We began investigating through a simple prototype - before we built the machine.
The "game" has moved far, far beyond this now. But the old prototype is "playable".
You may find it revealing.
❗ www.inklestudios.com/tr-49/pinboa...
We began investigating through a simple prototype - before we built the machine.
The "game" has moved far, far beyond this now. But the old prototype is "playable".
You may find it revealing.
❗ www.inklestudios.com/tr-49/pinboa...
The CEEGS 2026 CfP is live! The conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on 20-22 November 2026.
Theme: Digital Earths | Material Realities: Sustainability of/in Video Games
Submit your love letters by February 14 💌
ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz/ceegs-2026/
Theme: Digital Earths | Material Realities: Sustainability of/in Video Games
Submit your love letters by February 14 💌
ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz/ceegs-2026/
CEEGS 2026 – DiGRA CEE
ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The CEEGS 2026 CfP is live! The conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on 20-22 November 2026.
Theme: Digital Earths | Material Realities: Sustainability of/in Video Games
Submit your love letters by February 14 💌
ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz/ceegs-2026/
Theme: Digital Earths | Material Realities: Sustainability of/in Video Games
Submit your love letters by February 14 💌
ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz/ceegs-2026/
The first half of the year: (homestretch of my PhD) too busy writing about games to actually play any
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The first half of the year: (homestretch of my PhD) too busy writing about games to actually play any
The supervisor knows me well 🐱
December 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The supervisor knows me well 🐱
Can’t count until 7
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 9th 2025 (Medium), in 02:05
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cluesbysam.com
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 9th 2025 (Medium), in 02:05
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cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Can’t count until 7
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 9th 2025 (Medium), in 02:05
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cluesbysam.com
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 9th 2025 (Medium), in 02:05
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cluesbysam.com
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Bei der «Stadtbild»-Debatte ging es stets um Bilder, um rassistische Phantasmen der Reinigung wie um die nostalgische Sehnsucht nach einer Vergangenheit, die nur in Bildern existiert. AI Slop nimmt nun im Imaginären vorweg, was man für die Wirklichkeit plant: die ethnische Säuberung der Innenstädte
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Bei der «Stadtbild»-Debatte ging es stets um Bilder, um rassistische Phantasmen der Reinigung wie um die nostalgische Sehnsucht nach einer Vergangenheit, die nur in Bildern existiert. AI Slop nimmt nun im Imaginären vorweg, was man für die Wirklichkeit plant: die ethnische Säuberung der Innenstädte
Naming my buildings in a game be like
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Naming my buildings in a game be like
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I like that they chose a still from a trailer of a game that is absolutely never coming out
Ubisoft boss believes generative AI is as big a revolution for games as the shift to 3D, as tech is embraced company-wide
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-boss...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-boss...
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I like that they chose a still from a trailer of a game that is absolutely never coming out
Ew...
and tl;dr the classic 'here are some facts from Germany's own history rather than anything about the Middle East, and that is why being Pro-Palestine is anti-semitic'
and tl;dr the classic 'here are some facts from Germany's own history rather than anything about the Middle East, and that is why being Pro-Palestine is anti-semitic'
Auch in Deutschland gibt es einen Hype um Zohran Mamdani, den kommenden Bürgermeister von New York City. Die Leute sollten genauer hinschauen.
Zohran Mamdani: Der falsche Freund
Auch in Deutschland gibt es einen Hype um Zohran Mamdani, den kommenden Bürgermeister von New York City. Die Leute sollten genauer hinschauen.
www.zeit.de
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Ew...
and tl;dr the classic 'here are some facts from Germany's own history rather than anything about the Middle East, and that is why being Pro-Palestine is anti-semitic'
and tl;dr the classic 'here are some facts from Germany's own history rather than anything about the Middle East, and that is why being Pro-Palestine is anti-semitic'
For some reason there are so many of these air mail envelopes in my current office at the uni, so I will send all my official letters and such exclusively in them to look like a time traveler
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
For some reason there are so many of these air mail envelopes in my current office at the uni, so I will send all my official letters and such exclusively in them to look like a time traveler
Serious face because she is smelling the original contents of this box (fresh mussels)
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Serious face because she is smelling the original contents of this box (fresh mussels)
This evening! Talk by @apolitopoulos.bsky.social on the past of play and playing with the past in videogames @uni-freiburg.de
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This evening! Talk by @apolitopoulos.bsky.social on the past of play and playing with the past in videogames @uni-freiburg.de