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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/
The promotional leaflets are in!
January 13, 2026 at 8:25 AM
A sunny Saturday at the Msida Bastion Cemetery #Malta - photo by @nelevdm.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Yeah. It's gonna be fun.
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The 'problem' being made even worse by articles like the one below calling online gambling 'gaming' without any further qualifications or caveats. 🤮
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🚨 My new article 'Antagonistic Game Design: the Author as a Player' is out on #Eludamos (Journal for Computer Game Culture)! 🚨

>> septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el... <<

WARNING: might contains traces of @cloobot.bsky.social @doougle.net @jzagal.bsky.social @foddy.net and @add-hawk.bsky.social XD
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Auf Wiedersehen, #Zurich!
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The coming Friday (December the 5th at 9:30am) I will be in Switzerland to give a hopefully thought-provoking keynote for the Joint Conference on Serious Games.

>> sites.hslu.ch/jcsg2025/ <<

If you are in the area, come and say hi :)
#gamestudies #fictionalgames
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Matthew's book is finally here, and I am excited to read it during the upcoming holidays! Congratulations and thanks to @matthewleggatt.bsky.social :) #fictionalgames #dystopia
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Saturday hike near Gnejna Bay #Malta
(pics by @danielvella.bsky.social)
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The cat in question:
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Did you see this cat? #Mising #Malta
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Sunday hike in Marsascala #Malta
October 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Git fud!
>> soup.gua-le-ni.com <<
(This is an old game we made in 2017, not related to the hilarious picture below)
October 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Christmas comes early, this year :)
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Saturday hike (and a swim) close to Gnejna Bay, #Malta
October 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
(added for reference)
September 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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
September 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Next Thursday (September 11th), join @florencesn.bsky.social & myself in discussing #game archaeology and speculative #fiction in relation to my latest novel!

The presentation starts at 6 PM at Village Bookstore in Leeds (UK):
>> villagebooks.co/blogs/blog/w... <<
September 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Saturday hike at Lago Aviolo (BS), Italy.
September 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Look mom, I am on TV! #Festivalet #festivaletteratura
September 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It's Sunday!
August 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Next week (on September the 3rd), I will be talking about my 2024 book at the
@festivaletteratura.it
>> www.festivaletteratura.it/it/home

My talk will be in in Italian, and tickets are still available!

>> www.clappit.com/biglietteria... <<

If you're in Mantova next week, come and say hi :)
August 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Alas, no luck finding illusory walls / secret passages in medieval villages in Val Camonica (Italy).
August 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Between Puppet and Actor: Reframing Authorship in This Age of AI Agents": my book chapter with @cheesetalk.bsky.social is finally out with @springernature.com!

Here's a link to the book itself, beautifully edited by @nzagalo.bsky.social and Damian Keller
>> link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... <<
August 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Spent a couple of days hiking in Trentino (Italy).
July 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM