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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · 1d

The full conference will be presented live on Twitch (twitch.tv/streamingthe...) - our talks are on Thursday 9th October (mine from around 09:15 GMT, and Kayleigh's from around 11:00 GMT).

StreamingthePast - Twitch

Geekhood and nerdery united into a wonderful, history-infused hodgepodge of enthusiasm and puns, generally. Streaming the Past hosts a variety of history-infused games and experts as passionate about ...

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be talking about preserving Scottish heritage and culture through games, with projects on archaeology with Historic Dunkeld and art history with V&A Dundee.

Kayleigh will be presenting her research on Scottish and Gaelic cultures in games, and showcasing her practice with Waulking Simulator.

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · 1d

Arrived with @systemerrorkaye.bsky.social in wonderful Leiden for The Interactive Pasts Conference 4 (@valuefnd.bsky.social)!

Looking forward to the talks, workshops, and project showcase! 🙌

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Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · 7d

May 2026 👀

My monograph "Characters and Characterization in Mythological Video Games" will be out next year in @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's IMAGINES series!

Many thanks to @ubisoft.com for the #ImmortalsFenyxRising art ⚡

More information (soon!) on www.bloomsbury.com/uk/character...

The cover of "Characters and Characterization in Mythological Video Games" by Alexander Vandewalle, to be published in the IMAGINES series by Bloomsbury Academic in May 2026. The cover depicts the cover art of Immortals Fenyx Rising, showing the game's protagonist Fenyx in battle with a towering Cyclops.

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The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social · 16d

We've partnered with @claymatic.games, to enhance our 2025 educational strategy. Thanks to their generous donation, we’re deepening our support for learners across the region, bringing high-quality, curriculum-linked STEAM learning to life through the power of videogames.
thenvm.org/blog/from-cl...

From Classrooms to Controllers - National Videogame Museum

Claymatic Games Donation Powers National Videogame Museum's Educational Strategy - National Videogame Museum

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · 16d

With @lyesoussaiden.com at the Alzheimer Scotland Annual Conference 2025 (@alzscot.bsky.social)

Supported by @alzscotdrc.bsky.social, Lyes is soon to start a Masters, exploring tactile play-based interventions for people living with dementia.

(read more here: sdrc.scot/alzheimer-sc...)

Selfie picture within the exhibition hall at the Alzheimer Scotland Annual Conference 2025

A picture of the main auditorium with a speaker on the stage.

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Nick Webber @doktornick.bsky.social · 18d

As part of our reboot of the @videogamecultures.bsky.social conference series, we have our first book coming out, of papers from the 2023 conference in Klagenfurt, Austria. It should appear in the wild on 6 November. Details here: www.sidestone.com/books/explor...

Exploring New Horizons in Video Game Cultures @ Sidestone Press

This book brings together a selection of papers delivered at the Video Game Cultures 2023 conference, held from 7 to 9 September 2023 at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. An interdisciplinary col...

www.sidestone.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19d

“Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’."

Perish the thought...

www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...

British students lack ‘drive’ of their American peers, says Business Secretary | LBC

The Business Secretary has defended comments he made at a meeting with investors where he said British students lack the ‘drive’ and ‘vigour’ of their American peers.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 22d

If your placeholder assets aren't clearly placeholders, you'll forget to replace them

Back in ~1999, the art director for some dollhouse game made a temporary diamond-shaped model for their character UI. By the time he realized they hadn't replaced it, it was too late and it shipped as-is. Oops!

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · 22d

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 22d

One issue generally overlooked in the whole screenwriter vs gamewriter, discussion is time.

Beyond anything to do with training, ability, style etc is the amount of time screenwriters get to invest in a script.

Whilst there are time pressures on any writer, the vast amounts of script that-
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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 28d

The global games market is estimated to reach $188.8 billion in 2025, a 3.4% increase year-on-year according to Newzoo's latest report

www.gamesindustry.biz/newzoo-globa...

Newzoo: Global games market forecast to reach $188.8bn in 2025

The global games market is estimated to reach $188.8 billion in 2025, a 3.4% increase year-on-year according to Newzoo'…

www.gamesindustry.biz

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 29d

April Stallings from Make-A-Wish International says the charity has seen a surge in interest around video games – but support from the games industry isn’t meeting demand.

www.gamesindustry.biz/we-understan...

We understand that charity is difficult when times are hard – but we need your help

April Stallings from Make-A-Wish International says the charity has seen a surge in interest around games, but support from the industry isn’t meeting demand

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · Sep 4

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Abertay University @abertayuni.bsky.social · Sep 3

New academic year, new social platform ✨

Abertay has officially landed on Bluesky, just in time to welcome new and returning students to campus!

Stay tuned to keep up with the latest from campus with news, updates, stories and more.

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · Sep 1

Rough-and-ready prototype about memories and memory benches for the Weans Game Jam 2025. 💐

ajreid93.itch.io/memory-benches

Take A Seat by Andrew J. Reid

Available for Windows

ajreid93.itch.io

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · Aug 29

Looking forward to today's @youngacademysco.bsky.social AGM at ARC Glasgow - giving an update to our project on alternative career pathways!

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Applications for SHAPE Involve and Engage 2026-27 will open on 1 September. This innovative public engagement programme requires UK researchers to work in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum (GLAM organisation). Find out more: buff.ly/efUOSoL

SHAPE Involve and Engage

A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · Aug 10

Everything costs too much and nobody has money seems like a bad combo.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · Jul 1

Video game spend among 18 to 24's is down sharply.

"Young grads are having a much tougher time finding jobs. Student-loan payments are restarting for millions of borrowers... credit-card delinquency rates have risen to their highest points since before the pandemic..."

www.wsj.com/personal-fin...

Average weekly spending on video games for those 18 to 24 is down nearly 25% in April compared to a year ago, while spending across all other age groups was only down slightly. Source: Circana

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · Aug 6

This is not caused primarily by "screen time".

It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · Aug 1

Looking forward to sharing our work and catching up with some familiar faces! (@gatdesoia.es @rbrandis.eu @bettibo.bsky.social @times-new-roman.bsky.social) 🙋

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · Aug 1

The full programme and registration for TIPC4 (@valuefnd.bsky.social) is now live!

interactivepasts.com/the-interact...

(All presentations are streamed on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...)

The Interactive Pasts Conference 4 – Interactive Pasts Test Site

The Interactive Pasts Conference (TIPC) is an event where we get together to celebrate our joint love for video games and the past and share...

interactivepasts.com

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · Jul 29

My talk will prod and poke at the ways in which games are used to solve the world's most complex issues. My talk will shed light on global and national examples, discuss some cutting-edge research, and profess that - in using game-based solutions - we're only just getting started.

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · Jul 29

Delighted to be invited to talk as part of the 10th season of CuriousMinds, hosted by the Perthshire Society of Natural Science.

The talk will be held at the AK Bell Library on Friday 30th January 2026 (19:30 GMT).

Full programme of talks here: www.psns.org.uk/curious-minds/

Curious Minds – Season 10 – 2025/2026 – Perthshire Society of Natural Science

www.psns.org.uk

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · Jul 27

🏆 Massive congratulations to the England Women’s team on their epic Euros win! ⚽️👏

If the tournament has sparked your love of the beautiful game, don’t miss our upcoming Story Café Special: A Most Unsuitable Game.

📅 Thursday 28th August
🕐 1:00–2:30pm
📚 ⚽️ Poetry, storytelling & herstory — all in one

Story Café Special: A Most Unsuitable Game | Glasgow Women's Library

Women have been playing football in Scotland for over a century and its roots can be traced back hundreds of years.

womenslibrary.org.uk

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Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social · Jul 22

I've created a basic prototype based on memory benches and their embodied human stories.

Benches are symbols of remembrance, but often they can be desecrated or fall into disrepair.

I'm hoping to create a contemplative experience to highlight discussions of humanity, preservation, and dignity.

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