Sven Schmalfuß
vedeksve.bsky.social
Sven Schmalfuß
@vedeksve.bsky.social
A mind forever voyaging. Academic roadkill. A fool for lesser things. Communication is the problem to the answer.

Former games studies and gender studies scholar. Loves collecting physical games for all systems. Has a passion for the histories of gaming.
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“if you want to feel something in this big big world. To see every color, every character in desperate search for some human warmth, to understand and befriend them as we ourselves are looking for genuine connection.”

Based off a popular letterboxd list. What are you suggestions?
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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New Exhibit:Play curated collection of games

𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱

Focused on games that takes place during the quiet final moments of the world. Contemplative conversations, childhood exploration, documenting memories. Enjoy the final moments.

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November 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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New Exhibit:Play Collection!

Lesbian Bullet Hell
Games about lesbians dodging lots of bullets

Curated by @farfama.bsky.social
Lesbian Bullet Hell Video Games
Games about lesbians dodging lots of bullets
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December 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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New Exhibit:Play Curation!

🤺 𝟏𝐯𝐬𝟏 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 🤺
Created by @farfama.bsky.social

Contains games with a focus on fencing multiplayer battles that can be played with a friend offline on the same couch. Ranges from 2D arcade to realistic 3D simulations, as well as a TTRPG!
1vs1 Local Multiplayer Fencing Games | Exhibit:Play
Fencing video games you can play together on the couch in local multiplayer 1vs1 fencing battles. Includes 2D arcade games, 3D realistic games, and a fencing focused TTRPG
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January 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Exhibit:Play now has a @itchio.bsky.social page. It contains most of the collections on the official site and all games that have an itchio page. There's also a bonus itchio only list at the bottom of the page 👀

Follow for future updates!
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January 20, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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New Exhibit:Play Curation!

Field Recording 🎤
Curated by @farfama.bsky.social

These games use field recording as a key gameplay mechanic. Explore the list of games featuring childhood summers, ghosts, the end of the world, frogs, and more.

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Field Recording Games | Exhibit:Play
A list of games where field recording is a key gameplay mechanic.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Some more games have been added to the Language Deciphering Games list.

Blightseed by Zen of Mars
The Apothecary of Trubiz by Kinjo Games Lab
Lessons on Strange Symbols by nants00
Lost in Translation by @featurekreep.bsky.social

7 tags have been added so you can sort the list further.
January 29, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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More games have been added to the Conversations in Cars collection.

- Three Fourths Home by [bracket]games
- chip generator 2000 by @koonce.itch.io and @chrisperbix.bsky.social
- Stutter by JoshuaTextor
New Exhibit:Play Collection! 🚗💬

Conversations in Cars. These games take place primarily in vehicles where a wide range of conversations happen. With family, friends and strangers. Across cities at night and quiet rural roads.
Conversations in Cars
Games where conversations take place in a car
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January 29, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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New Exhibit:Play List
Created by @farfama.bsky.social

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐕 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 📺
8 games based off of live-action TV series

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PlayStation 1 Live Action TV Adaptions | Exhibit Play
Explore PS1 games based on live-action TV shows including X-Files, Star Trek: Invasion, Power Rangers, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Japanese drama Omizu no Hanamichi.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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New Exhibit:Play List

𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞
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@farfama.bsky.social

Indie management tycoons that combine classic isometric gameplay with social commentary about greed, corruption, and systemic exploitation.
Isometric Tycoon Satire Games | Exhibit:Play
Explore satirical tycoon games in isometric perspective that critique capitalism, corporate culture, and economic systems. These indie management simulators combine classic gameplay with social commen...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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New Exhibit:Play Curation

Indigenous Voices of Turtle Island

This list features games made or heavily consulted by Indigenous developers, artists, storytellers, elders, and members of the community based in Turtle Island (so-called North America).

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Indigenous Voices of Turtle Island
Explore games focused on Indigenous culture and language created by Indigenous people of Turtle Island.
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September 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Was auf Spielkarten steht, gibt oft nur einen Teil der Regeln wieder. In Magic: The Gathering muss man ganze Zeichensysteme implizit erlernen, sagt @indieflock.bsky.social in seinem Beitrag zum Sammelband Exploring Card Games. #MTG
languageatplay.de/2026/01/27/d...
Die Sprache von Magic: The Gathering - Language at Play
Was auf Spielkarten steht, gibt oft nur einen Teil der Regeln wieder. In Magic: The Gathering muss man ganze Zeichensysteme implizit erlernen.
languageatplay.de
January 27, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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Ann-Kathrin Günther zeigt entlang des Plots von Daniel Mullins Games‘ Inscryption, wie ein Kartenspiel mit der unendlichen Wiederholung von Spielsessions und der analogen Komponente digitaler Spiele Horror erzeugt. Ein Teil des Sammelbands Exploring Card Games.
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Inscryption: Verschiebungen im Medium – und der Existenz - Language at Play
Ann-Kathrin Günther zeigt entlang des Plots von Daniel Mullins Games' Inscryption, wie ein Kartenspiel mit der unendlichen Wiederholung von Spielsessions und der analogen Komponente digitaler Kartensp...
languageatplay.de
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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Was a little busy this morning watching the new Mothership Discord get filled with new subscribers, but my first piece for Mothership went up at launch - not a fun one to write, but an important one that I am glad Mothership supports.

CW: IPV/abuse

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If your romantic partner purposefully breaks your gaming equipment, that's abuse
A shattered Switch can be a big red flag
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January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Welcome to Mothership. ✨ mothership.blog
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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My “stop obsessing over the news” snow day project this weekend was updating my “scrapbook wall” of press passes/event ephemera in my office. ~400 pieces now, by my rough count.

1 like = 1 story about something on the wall (reply if you have a specific request)
January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Name your fav film by a Black director
January 20, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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In the early 2000s RH Plastcenter Oy (now known as Plastcenter Nordic Oy) published 24 unique Windows games in Finland. They came on credit card shaped CDs called Pocket Playcard Game. They're now all downloadable for free with the original publisher's blessing:

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Pocket Playcard Game - The Complete Collection : RH Plastcenter Oy, Cube Design Oy, Inmar Software Oy : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
In the early 2000s RH Plastcenter Oy (now known as Plastcenter Nordic Oy) published 24 unique Windows games in Finland, on credit card shaped CDs called...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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My last two shots before my world went dark.
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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hi! we're Soín, a queer studio from Brazil and we're making @lunr.rdio.taxi a mix of drifting and rhythm we are calling DRIFTHM!

you play as an app driver trying to pay an infinite debt in a hypercapitalistic BrazaFunk future where AIs dominated your market

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January 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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I assume they’re all narrated by Brian Blessed.
January 17, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Hi, @laurakbuzz.bsky.social, I now own a copy of @cowcatgames.com's Brok Exclusive Edition. So I can solve, what we've been wondering: The Braille is actually raised on the outer box.

Kudos to @redartgames.bsky.social to do this.

#accessability
January 18, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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Diskursive Aushandlung von Unsicherheit – Interviewteilnehmende gesucht!
Wie narrative & dystopische Spiele zum Gespräch über Moral, Entscheidungen und Identität einladen. Linguist Alexander Bärtl sucht Online-Partizipationen für sein laufendes Dissertationsprojekt.
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Diskursive Aushandlung von Unsicherheit – Interviewteilnehmende gesucht - Language at Play
Wie Spieler:innen moralische Entscheidungen in narrativen Games diskutieren – ein Dissertationsprojekt über diskursive Aushandlung, Sprache, Agency & Game Communities.
languageatplay.de
January 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM