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Stefano Gualeni

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Professor at the University of Malta's @indigitalgames.bsky.social Migrant ☆ https://gua-le-ni.com/ WHAT WE OWE THE DEAD ⇒ https://www.setmargins.press/books/what-we-owe-the-dead/

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · Apr 2

'What We Owe the Dead' is the title of my new #scifi novel.

In the aftermath of a climate catastrophe, the book follows strange detective case and deals with themes such as the notion of personhood and the social use of #games.

> www.setmargins.press/books/what-w... <

(photos by Annette Behrens)

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 2h

Finally you can hear me pontificate on stuff like fictional #games and #utopia!

📢 Episode 16 of 'Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast (
@utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social, with @matthewleggatt.bsky.social).

Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social · 22h

Episode 16 on all things playful in utopian and dystopian fiction is available to stream now via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. We had a lot of fun talking to the brilliant Stefano Gualeni. Take a listen and let us know what you think.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pz0...

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Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social · 22h

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 6d

"mid-sip nod"

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Elina Roinioti @elroin.bsky.social · 7d

DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026

www.digraconference2026.com

#games #gamestudies

DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University

Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.

www.digraconference2026.com

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 8d

I see a few familiar ones and a very familiar one ^^

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 8d

Three (3) new postdoctoral game studies positions are now open for applications. These are related to the exit phase (2026-27) of the CoE-GameCult, and positions will situated in the Tampere University Game Research Lab, COMS/ITC, Tampere University.

tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)

tuni.rekrytointi.com

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 17d

This is a great piece, shows not only how games are an intrinsic part of our cultures but also how you can use them to tell wider stories. Excellent stuff

They Tried to Snuff Out Hawaii's Native Board Game. Meet the Man Keeping It Alive

Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike. Now John Kaʻohelauliʻi has made it his mission to bring it back.

www.rollingstone.com

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 18d

"Is your mother worried?
Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?"

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Michaël Szadkowski ☑️ @szadkowski.bsky.social · 20d

Ambiance (via @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social // www.instagram.com/p/DOJOWtRkaa...)

Caricature d'Ivan Ehlers, dessinateur américain, où un homme ouvre sa porte de maison à des dizaines de soldats, et demande "Chéri, as-tu posté en ligne quelque chose qui critique le régime en place ?"

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 19d

If you have stuff in Academia.edu, it might be good to reconsider?

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Victor Navarro-Remesal @vthewanderer.bsky.social · 20d

Egun on! Abrimos exposición en Donostia:

CINE GÊMU: FANTASÍA Y TERROR EN EL VIDEOJUEGO JAPONÉS

Comisariada para la Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror y Fundación Japón, Madrid, junto a Marçal Mora Cantallops y a Alejandro Rodríguez.

www.sansebastianhorrorfestival.eus/2025/index.p...

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D6 Learning @d6learning.bsky.social · 20d

Did you miss the stream? You can still watch @gua-le-ni.com discuss What We Owe The Dead, philosophy, worldbuilding, and games with @konstantinosd.bsky.social on YouTube.

Here's the video: www.youtube.com/live/uZQjsKK...

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 21d

(added for reference)

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 22d

all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 23d

man rolling rock up hill
how it started how its going

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 23d

In my latest for Italian art magazine The Bunker I talk about Manuel Ghidini's Rab Sitting, a plundercore slot machine in which Super Mario is a worker in late capitalism. (article in English)

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 24d

📢 Tomorrow I will be speaking about fictional games and speculative literature. Join us online at 17:30 CET [email protected] @konstantinosd.bsky.social @indigitalgames.bsky.social #gamestudies #scifi

D6 Learning @d6learning.bsky.social · 26d

Reserve your free seat for our first live event of the academic year!

Game designer, professor, and author @gua-le-ni.com discusses 'What We Owe The Dead', games, and philosophy with our @konstantinosd.bsky.social (on the 16th of September).

▶️ www.eventbrite.com/e/what-we-ow...

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Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social · 24d

We'll be recording this with guest @gua-le-ni.com in just over a week! Will be a fun one!

Matthew Leggatt @matthewleggatt.bsky.social · 24d

Been out in the wild for a month today! Hope to be doing one or two things to promote over the next few months starting with an episode about play on the pod and a small book launch event in Winchester. Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction | Home www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction | Home

Matthew Leggatt is Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Winchester, UK. He is the author of two monographs, one edited collection, and numerous articles and book chapters. He is also the editor of the forthcoming collection Wastelands and Wonderlands: Essays on Utopian and Dystopian Film and Literature (SUNY Press, 2026) and co-hosts the Utopian and Dystopian Fictions podcast.

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 25d

"In the yard was a shed. In the shed was a pig. It was the pig sighing. 'It is probably bewitched,' the girl thought hearing it grunt." (p. 8)

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Federico Italiano @federicoitaliano.bsky.social · Feb 23

The haunting landscapes of New Zealand surrealist painter Brent Wong (born 1945)

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Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 26d

Lovely to see you again ^^

Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 27d

Both the keynote and the book presentation were fun and we'll received, I think. Thanks for asking ^^

Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 27d

✈️ LS239 from Leeds back to Malta

Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com · 28d

Excited to share that my new novel, 'What We Owe the Dead,' is now available to readers across the Americas.
It is a strange detective story set against the backdrop of ecological collapse.
You can now find 'What we Owe the Dead' through all major booksellers! CC @freeklomme.bsky.social

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