Florence Smith Nicholls
@florencesn.bsky.social
Video game archaeologist + game dev//
PhD on archaeogaming as play preservation + procgen//
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
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PhD on archaeogaming as play preservation + procgen//
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
They will always be my Elden Ring protagonist 😌
January 28, 2026 at 5:35 PM
They will always be my Elden Ring protagonist 😌
Thanks Will!
January 28, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Thanks Will!
For full context, I could have chosen any object and topic to write about, and what did I do?
I chose them
I chose them
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
For full context, I could have chosen any object and topic to write about, and what did I do?
I chose them
I chose them
Just going to shamelessly plug my own work doing walking interviews in an MMO reflecting on its community heritage:
arxiv.org/abs/2405.10208
arxiv.org/abs/2405.10208
How To Save A World: The Go-Along Interview as Game Preservation Methodology in Wurm Online
Massively multiplayer online (MMO) games boomed in the late 1990s to 2000s. In parallel, ethnographic studies of these communities emerged, generally involving participant observation and interviews. ...
arxiv.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Just going to shamelessly plug my own work doing walking interviews in an MMO reflecting on its community heritage:
arxiv.org/abs/2405.10208
arxiv.org/abs/2405.10208
Archaeology you say 👀
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Archaeology you say 👀
Reposted by Florence Smith Nicholls
EVERYTHING BURIED WILL SOME DAY RISE FROM THE EARTH.
January 27, 2026 at 6:58 PM
EVERYTHING BURIED WILL SOME DAY RISE FROM THE EARTH.
Fo you still sell this as a print?
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Fo you still sell this as a print?
Reposted by Florence Smith Nicholls
Tardigrades in Space Wikipedia page.
I thought tardigrades were well known but I once sold #sciart at a microbiology conference & was surprised that there were folks there who had not heard of the mighty tardigrades, so I am happy to introduce you if new to you
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigr...
I thought tardigrades were well known but I once sold #sciart at a microbiology conference & was surprised that there were folks there who had not heard of the mighty tardigrades, so I am happy to introduce you if new to you
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigr...
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Tardigrades in Space Wikipedia page.
I thought tardigrades were well known but I once sold #sciart at a microbiology conference & was surprised that there were folks there who had not heard of the mighty tardigrades, so I am happy to introduce you if new to you
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigr...
I thought tardigrades were well known but I once sold #sciart at a microbiology conference & was surprised that there were folks there who had not heard of the mighty tardigrades, so I am happy to introduce you if new to you
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigr...