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Hello Bluesky! We're thrilled to introduce ourselves as ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories. We develop, edit, & publish ad-free, open access game history research for a range of audiences. We're anti-paywall, anti-gatekeeping, reader funded. Read, Like, Subscribe.

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ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is a platform designed for the advancement of critical historical studies of games.
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📢 TODAY - November 21 @ 2PM ET 📢

⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻

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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📢 THIS FRIDAY - November 21 @ 2PM ET 📢

⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻

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November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📢 NEXT FRIDAY - November 21 @ 2PM ET 📢

⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻

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November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
📆 SAVE THE DATE 📆 the next ROMCHIP TWITCH TALK is FRIDAY NOV 21 @ 2PM ET

ft. TreaAndrea Russworm

presenting UTOPIAN FUNK: PLAYING AND BREAKING THE SIMS IN DARK TIMES 💻🛠️

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ROMchip Presents: TreaAndrea M. Russworm on "Utopian Funk: Playing and Breaking The Sims in Dark Times" – Twitch, Fri Nov 21, 2025 - Join us Friday, November 21st, as ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histor...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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論文誌ROMchipに訳出された岩崎著 @hiroiwasaki.bsky.social‬ 『なぜ2Dゲームは右へ進むものが多いのか?』を英語で読む.
日本ではコミケで売られていた同人誌が,学術論文誌と同じ役割を果たしている(ただし査読プロセスは日本にはない)ということを示している.
Go deep w/ an new original translation 🗾 @hiroiwasaki.bsky.social's doujinshi Legend 7: Why Do 2D Games Usually Go to the Right? ➡️ translated by @onemillionpower.com and @devilrei.bsky.social. Learn abt Hudson Soft, Menko cards, Mega Man and more thru Iwasaki's POV 👀

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August 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Thanks for the chance to spread the word about @romchip.bsky.social ! High five to our friends at @stillloadingpodcast.com
NEW EPISODE! I'm joined by @lainenooney.bsky.social to talk all about their work at @romchip.bsky.social!

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August 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Thanks to the @romchip.bsky.social team for the sweet stickers!! Now I have to figure out where to put them.
July 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Excited to listen to this, Carly is one of the most interesting scholars working in game studies.
July 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you missed last week's talk from @sparklebliss.bsky.social abt AMERICAN GIRL DOLLS and the games they play, you catch it now on our YouTube 🤗

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ROMchip Presents: Carly A. Kocurek on Dolly Ludens: American Girl Dolls Playing Games
YouTube video by ROMchipJournal
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July 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📢 HAPPENING NOW - July 18 @ 1PM ET 📢

🎎@sparklebliss.bsky.social talks about American Girl Dolls, their miniature toys, and what dolls can teach us about girlhood in America🎎

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July 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📢 THIS AFTERNOON @ 1PM ET 📢

🎎@sparklebliss.bsky.social talks about American Girl Dolls, their miniature toys, and what dolls can teach us about girlhood in America🎎

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July 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📢 THIS FRIDAY - July 18 @ 1PM ET 📢

🎎@sparklebliss.bsky.social talks about American Girl Dolls, their miniature toys, and what dolls can teach us about girlhood in America🎎

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July 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📢 NEXT FRIDAY - July 18 @ 1PM ET 📢

🎎@sparklebliss.bsky.social talks about American Girl Dolls, their miniature toys, and what dolls can teach us about girlhood in America🎎

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July 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Come say hi! Or watch silently! Honestly either is fine.
📢 OUR NEXT ROMCHIP TWITCH TALK 📢
JULY 18 @ 1PM ET

@sparklebliss.bsky.social presents "Dolly Ludens: American Girl Dolls Playing Games"

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July 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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ROMChip shout out/sighting at #DiGRA25! This was in the context of a fascinating talk on "Diode Games" (early hobbyist electronic games) easychair.org/smart-progra... @romchip.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
July 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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É muito maluco que, pra gente poder fazer esse tipo de análise cruzando nossa história com tecnologia, cultura e política, a gente precise de um fundo e um apoio internacional. Mais maluco ainda é que os EUA hoje lidam com o tipo de autoritarismo e perseguição que eu trato no meu artigo.
In Materials section is our 2024 fundraising commission winner @riquesampaio.com.br w/ a wild piece on the historical context of 🚫 Casseta & Planeta: Noite Animal in Post-Dictatorship Brazil 😬 Its a game with sex, racism, homophobia and more so why was it sold to kids?!

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July 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
📢 OUR NEXT ROMCHIP TWITCH TALK 📢
JULY 18 @ 1PM ET

@sparklebliss.bsky.social presents "Dolly Ludens: American Girl Dolls Playing Games"

FREE TIX here bit.ly/44AXuXv
JOIN US on TWITCH buff.ly/4hgQtAg

💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
July 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🎮📜 It’s that time of year game history friends! 📜🎮

The July 2025 issue of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is HERE! 🕹️📖 www.romchip.org 🌟 get cozy, get reading 📚✨

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ROMchip
ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is a platform designed for the advancement of critical historical studies of games.
www.romchip.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The new issue of @romchip.bsky.social is out, and includes new work by me on the history of video game screenshots and the way we photographed our game screens to capture images of ourselves: romchip.org/index.php/ro...

The rest of the issue is fantastic, check it out!
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Eu tive o privilégio de ser selecionado e remunerado com este fundo por um artigo que escrevi para o @romchip.bsky.social, que acabou de ser publicado! Oportunidades como essa são praticamente inexistentes no Brasil.
really happy to finally get this out in the world: @romchip.bsky.social is finally launching it's FREELANCER FUND. This initiative is designed to PAY FOR original work by journalists, public historians, & others who work on a contract/freelance basis.

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Freelancer Fund
We are now accepting freelance pitches on a rolling basis for our Interviews , Materials , and Translations sections. This initiative is designed to support original work by independent researchers,.....
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July 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The latest @romchip.bsky.social journal is out, and has a great article from @riquesampaio.com.br that combines CD-ROM magazines, military dictatorship, 1970's pornography, TV comedy & Brazil's video game history: romchip.org/index.php/ro...

All in English, thanks to ROMchip’s fundraiser donors! ❤️
July 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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O artigo também está disponível em português no meu livro Primeiro Contato: Como os computadores e games entraram nos lares dos brasileiros, que traz muitas outras histórias e investigações envolvendo cultura, política e tecnologia brasileira.

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Livro Primeiro Contato
Envio em até 3 dias após a compraPrimeiro Contato é o resultado de uma investigação jornalística sobre a história da informática e dos videogames no Brasil, desde os tempos da reserva de mercado até o...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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O vídeo acima é uma versão ultra resumida do artigo de capa que escrevi para a publicação norte-americana acadêmica @romchip.bsky.social, que acabou de sair! Sim, apresentei para o resto do mundo pornochanchada, É o Tchan, Tiazinha, banheira do Gugu e Casseta & Planeta rs
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Between Mass Culture and Technological Improvisation | ROMchip
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July 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Glitzy glittery early donor perks, heading out soon to an Early Donor near you
June 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM