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Svetlana Rudenko @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social · 13d

Gamers are on the field- and Raven is always watching!🪶 “Voices of the Boyne” @logaculture.bsky.social @tcdscss.bsky.social #evaluation @madshaahr.bsky.social #locativeAR

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David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · 20d

Presented my paper The Shadow of the Machine (speculations about AI and the future of hypertext) at the NHT workshop at the hypertext conference. You can find the paper and video presentation on my blog: davidmillard.org/2025/09/17/t... #ht25 #nht25

The Shadow of the Machine

I have been attending the ACM Hypertext 2025 conference in Chicago, part of which was the Narrative and Hypertext workshop which I run with Charlie Hargood from Bournemouth University. This year we…

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David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our Avebury launch last week: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... as part of @logaculture.bsky.social

Avebury stone circle visitors can learn with new games

Several organisations are involved in the apps, designed to help visitors get more from visits to Avebury.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · Jul 19

Settlers of Catan, with all the trimmings, still stands up with the best of them.

David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · Jul 18

Playing this card each turn, and making *beep de beep beep* noise each time, has kept me entertained this whole game.

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David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · Jul 11

Warm Summer evening means Ark Nova in the garden. Wine helps my zoo game.

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LoGaCulture - Locative Games for Cultural Heritage @logaculture.bsky.social · Jun 24

#LoGaCulture just presented at #ACM Creativity&Cognition'25! 🎮 Our pictorial paper shows how a digital game can foster inclusive, speculative engagement with Madeira’s natureculture heritage 🌿🌊🦎 #HCI #DigitalHeritage #GameDesign #SpeculativeDesign #RtD #HorizonEurope

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David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · Jun 8

A quick game of Akropolis - this game my city is temple tastic. And notice the barracks (in red) at the edges, safely away from the civilian population. As it should be.

David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · Jun 1

Appreciated. It’s a difficult time.

David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · Jun 1

Oops, I appear to have gone to #ukge and bought a lot of random board games by mistake :-/

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David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · May 28

All your Ad revenue are belong to us :-(

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · May 28

Google’s AI-powered search is cutting the need to click links, with early data showing major drops in web traffic.

The Mail reports clickthrough rates falling by two-thirds when AI overviews appear, and Bain says 80% of users rely on “zero-click” results in at least 40% of searches.

David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · May 26

And in other news, asking banks if you could access their vaults would ‘kill’ the bank robbery business.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · May 22

If a British government carried out the same sort of political attack on Oxford or Cambridge that the Trump administration is on Harvard, the backlash would be so great among media, economic and political elites that it wouldn't last the day.

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David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · May 22

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump administration halts Harvard’s ability to enroll international students

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem posts copy of the department’s letter to the university on X

www.theguardian.com

David Millard @hoosfoos.bsky.social · May 21

Well that sucks :-(

also, why not check out @gamemakerstoolkit.com which is awesome!

megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social · May 21

I talked to @gamemakerstoolkit.com, who says a fellow YouTuber has recreated his voice via AI and is now using it to narrate their videos www.wired.com/story/a-gami...