Daniel Vella
@danielvella.bsky.social
Director & Senior Lecturer at Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta // Narrative designer with Mighty Boards (Posthuman Saga, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan) // Debut novel out 2026
Writing game studies papers so good they echo back into the past.
January 26, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Writing game studies papers so good they echo back into the past.
One of those 'no rhyme or reason' kind of weeks. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
January 23, 2026 at 2:48 PM
One of those 'no rhyme or reason' kind of weeks. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
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Last month The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games, ed. by @add-hawk.bsky.social & John Richard Sageng, was also out! I've got a chapter on the idea of 'beauty' in the aesthetic philosophy of Kant & Schiller and how it applies to play & games, and it's in great company in this huge collection.
January 20, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Last month The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games, ed. by @add-hawk.bsky.social & John Richard Sageng, was also out! I've got a chapter on the idea of 'beauty' in the aesthetic philosophy of Kant & Schiller and how it applies to play & games, and it's in great company in this huge collection.
As always, the usual note applies: these texts are not open access (booo the academic publishing industry), but those who ask will not be turned away.
January 20, 2026 at 12:05 PM
As always, the usual note applies: these texts are not open access (booo the academic publishing industry), but those who ask will not be turned away.
Last month The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games, ed. by @add-hawk.bsky.social & John Richard Sageng, was also out! I've got a chapter on the idea of 'beauty' in the aesthetic philosophy of Kant & Schiller and how it applies to play & games, and it's in great company in this huge collection.
January 20, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Last month The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games, ed. by @add-hawk.bsky.social & John Richard Sageng, was also out! I've got a chapter on the idea of 'beauty' in the aesthetic philosophy of Kant & Schiller and how it applies to play & games, and it's in great company in this huge collection.
It's been a great run! #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
January 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It's been a great run! #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
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I also wrote a piece in the issue about ruins in occupied Palestine - from post-1948 attempts to erase the ruins memorialising centuries of Palestinian presence, to post-2023 (ab)use of images of the ruins of Gaza to foreground, rather than obscure, the violence and cruelty of the Zionist project.
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I also wrote a piece in the issue about ruins in occupied Palestine - from post-1948 attempts to erase the ruins memorialising centuries of Palestinian presence, to post-2023 (ab)use of images of the ruins of Gaza to foreground, rather than obscure, the violence and cruelty of the Zionist project.
I also wrote a piece in the issue about ruins in occupied Palestine - from post-1948 attempts to erase the ruins memorialising centuries of Palestinian presence, to post-2023 (ab)use of images of the ruins of Gaza to foreground, rather than obscure, the violence and cruelty of the Zionist project.
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I also wrote a piece in the issue about ruins in occupied Palestine - from post-1948 attempts to erase the ruins memorialising centuries of Palestinian presence, to post-2023 (ab)use of images of the ruins of Gaza to foreground, rather than obscure, the violence and cruelty of the Zionist project.
They don't call it COLONialism for nothing.
January 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
They don't call it COLONialism for nothing.
Woo! Congrats! (and is the dissertation available anywhere?)
January 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Woo! Congrats! (and is the dissertation available anywhere?)
Seriously, the obvious passion that goes into the round-up is infectious, and I always discover some gems I hadn't heard of from these videos.
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Seriously, the obvious passion that goes into the round-up is infectious, and I always discover some gems I hadn't heard of from these videos.
I look forward to this every year, and I finally found time to watch this! Look what you made me do (complimentary)
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I look forward to this every year, and I finally found time to watch this! Look what you made me do (complimentary)
I've grown v concerned generally about the reliance of academia - and, well, most other spheres of life - on the whims of US tech companies. The reliance on platforms we can't control, the unchecked data collection, etc. Can't see the current AI in higher ed hype as an ever more far-reaching capture
January 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I've grown v concerned generally about the reliance of academia - and, well, most other spheres of life - on the whims of US tech companies. The reliance on platforms we can't control, the unchecked data collection, etc. Can't see the current AI in higher ed hype as an ever more far-reaching capture
But you can't make a blanket collective judgment and not leave room for resistance from within the US itself, and/or establish means of support for those who do position themselves against the imperialist order.
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
But you can't make a blanket collective judgment and not leave room for resistance from within the US itself, and/or establish means of support for those who do position themselves against the imperialist order.