Ibi Baxter-Webb
@ibibw.bsky.social
Linguist with opinions; mudlark & beachcomber, co-creator of games & language podcast 'Say It Like You Play It' https://shows.acast.com/games-and-language
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Ibi Baxter-Webb
@ibibw.bsky.social
· Sep 29
Volume 32, Issue 1 | John Benjamins
Welcome to e-content platform of John Benjamins Publishing Company. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access.
www.jbe-platform.com
1/2 📢 Special issue on offensive humour, edited by Chi-Hé Elder, Eleni Kapogianni and myself, out now in Pragmatics & Cognition. It contains a great range of papers which cover data from private & public settings, comedic performances, scripted TV dialogue, online platforms, and political discourse
Neighbourhood cat is NOT helping today
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Neighbourhood cat is NOT helping today
Why can I not write a 2k-word summary of existing literature without first writing a 20k-work summary of that literature? #academicwriting
stitch from the movie lilo and stitch is crying while covering his eyes with his hands .
ALT: stitch from the movie lilo and stitch is crying while covering his eyes with his hands .
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Why can I not write a 2k-word summary of existing literature without first writing a 20k-work summary of that literature? #academicwriting
8am online presentation after about 3 hours of sleep made tolerable by emotional support and lap-warming neighbourhood cat
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
8am online presentation after about 3 hours of sleep made tolerable by emotional support and lap-warming neighbourhood cat
1/2 Just found out that John Searle died a couple of weeks ago. Also just found out about the sexual harassment...
Serious question: how do we deal with morally problematic academics? I'm currently writing a book that contains some sections on Searlean SAT. Not sure I feel comfortable...
Serious question: how do we deal with morally problematic academics? I'm currently writing a book that contains some sections on Searlean SAT. Not sure I feel comfortable...
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
1/2 Just found out that John Searle died a couple of weeks ago. Also just found out about the sexual harassment...
Serious question: how do we deal with morally problematic academics? I'm currently writing a book that contains some sections on Searlean SAT. Not sure I feel comfortable...
Serious question: how do we deal with morally problematic academics? I'm currently writing a book that contains some sections on Searlean SAT. Not sure I feel comfortable...
Making a slideshow is 1 part sorting out content and 2 parts sorting out design 😣
#academia
#academia
a screenshot of a color picker window with a rainbow of colors
ALT: a screenshot of a color picker window with a rainbow of colors
media.tenor.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Making a slideshow is 1 part sorting out content and 2 parts sorting out design 😣
#academia
#academia
1/2 📢 Special issue on offensive humour, edited by Chi-Hé Elder, Eleni Kapogianni and myself, out now in Pragmatics & Cognition. It contains a great range of papers which cover data from private & public settings, comedic performances, scripted TV dialogue, online platforms, and political discourse
Volume 32, Issue 1 | John Benjamins
Welcome to e-content platform of John Benjamins Publishing Company. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access.
www.jbe-platform.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
1/2 📢 Special issue on offensive humour, edited by Chi-Hé Elder, Eleni Kapogianni and myself, out now in Pragmatics & Cognition. It contains a great range of papers which cover data from private & public settings, comedic performances, scripted TV dialogue, online platforms, and political discourse
📢 New episode of Say It Like You Play It
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I talk about the puzzle adventure game Blue Prince (@dogubomb.bsky.social)
We discuss:
💬 The game's world & lore
💬 Word play in puzzles, as clues, & for fun
💬 Colour semiotics
💬 Sign versus noise ratio
💬 (Un)translatability
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I talk about the puzzle adventure game Blue Prince (@dogubomb.bsky.social)
We discuss:
💬 The game's world & lore
💬 Word play in puzzles, as clues, & for fun
💬 Colour semiotics
💬 Sign versus noise ratio
💬 (Un)translatability
Blue Prince: puzzles, puns, and politics
open.spotify.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
📢 New episode of Say It Like You Play It
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I talk about the puzzle adventure game Blue Prince (@dogubomb.bsky.social)
We discuss:
💬 The game's world & lore
💬 Word play in puzzles, as clues, & for fun
💬 Colour semiotics
💬 Sign versus noise ratio
💬 (Un)translatability
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I talk about the puzzle adventure game Blue Prince (@dogubomb.bsky.social)
We discuss:
💬 The game's world & lore
💬 Word play in puzzles, as clues, & for fun
💬 Colour semiotics
💬 Sign versus noise ratio
💬 (Un)translatability
Neighbourhood cat is helping with a job application today.
July 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Neighbourhood cat is helping with a job application today.
Neighbourhood cat helping me clean and sort some of my recent finds #mudlarking
July 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Neighbourhood cat helping me clean and sort some of my recent finds #mudlarking
📢 New episode of Say It Like You Play It!
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I talk about the semiotics of (video) games:
💬 Definitions & different types of signs
💬 Multi-modality
💬 Genre-specific & genre-independent semiotics
💬 Signs vs. ludemes
💬 Examples like UI, rarity colours, & controls
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I talk about the semiotics of (video) games:
💬 Definitions & different types of signs
💬 Multi-modality
💬 Genre-specific & genre-independent semiotics
💬 Signs vs. ludemes
💬 Examples like UI, rarity colours, & controls
Semiotics and (video) games
Say It Like You Play It · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
📢 New episode of Say It Like You Play It!
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I talk about the semiotics of (video) games:
💬 Definitions & different types of signs
💬 Multi-modality
💬 Genre-specific & genre-independent semiotics
💬 Signs vs. ludemes
💬 Examples like UI, rarity colours, & controls
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I talk about the semiotics of (video) games:
💬 Definitions & different types of signs
💬 Multi-modality
💬 Genre-specific & genre-independent semiotics
💬 Signs vs. ludemes
💬 Examples like UI, rarity colours, & controls
My partner, who is a game designer, just described my severe pollen allergies as "being weak to flowers". Savage but accurate.
it looks like a pixel art of a flower with a skull on it 's head .
ALT: it looks like a pixel art of a flower with a skull on it 's head .
media.tenor.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
My partner, who is a game designer, just described my severe pollen allergies as "being weak to flowers". Savage but accurate.
YouTube version up now
June 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
YouTube version up now
Today, the neighbourhood cat is acting as assistant of assistant managing editor for the journal of politeness research.
June 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Today, the neighbourhood cat is acting as assistant of assistant managing editor for the journal of politeness research.
🎙️ new episode of Say It Like you Play It
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I discuss language puzzle games Chants of Sennaar & Sethian. Topics include:
📜 language puzzle & translation mechanics
📜 embedding conlangs in game-worlds
📜 player vs. player-character knowledge
📜 complexity of conlangs
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I discuss language puzzle games Chants of Sennaar & Sethian. Topics include:
📜 language puzzle & translation mechanics
📜 embedding conlangs in game-worlds
📜 player vs. player-character knowledge
📜 complexity of conlangs
Chants of Sennaar & Sethian reactions: what makes a good language puzzle game?
Say It Like You Play It · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🎙️ new episode of Say It Like you Play It
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I discuss language puzzle games Chants of Sennaar & Sethian. Topics include:
📜 language puzzle & translation mechanics
📜 embedding conlangs in game-worlds
📜 player vs. player-character knowledge
📜 complexity of conlangs
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social & I discuss language puzzle games Chants of Sennaar & Sethian. Topics include:
📜 language puzzle & translation mechanics
📜 embedding conlangs in game-worlds
📜 player vs. player-character knowledge
📜 complexity of conlangs
Is this a little guy or am I imagining it? #fieldwalking #mudlarking
May 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Is this a little guy or am I imagining it? #fieldwalking #mudlarking
1/2 🎙️ new episode of Say It Like you Play it
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social and I discuss language in character creation & world building:
❕language ideologies
❕characters with accents & speech impediments
❕conlangs & orthography
❕Dragon Age, Pillars of Eternity, Cyberpunk 2077, Disco Elysium
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social and I discuss language in character creation & world building:
❕language ideologies
❕characters with accents & speech impediments
❕conlangs & orthography
❕Dragon Age, Pillars of Eternity, Cyberpunk 2077, Disco Elysium
April 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
1/2 🎙️ new episode of Say It Like you Play it
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social and I discuss language in character creation & world building:
❕language ideologies
❕characters with accents & speech impediments
❕conlangs & orthography
❕Dragon Age, Pillars of Eternity, Cyberpunk 2077, Disco Elysium
@indiegameclinic.bsky.social and I discuss language in character creation & world building:
❕language ideologies
❕characters with accents & speech impediments
❕conlangs & orthography
❕Dragon Age, Pillars of Eternity, Cyberpunk 2077, Disco Elysium
Afternoon sun magic ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
April 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Afternoon sun magic ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Neighbourhood cat has their own office chair now.
April 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Neighbourhood cat has their own office chair now.
1/2 🎙️ Episode 8 of Say It Like You Play It is out on YouTube & major podcast platforms: open.spotify.com/episode/7KmB...
This month we take a close look at Blizzard's online collectible card game 'Hearthstone' and three research papers which study the game in relation to language and communication.
This month we take a close look at Blizzard's online collectible card game 'Hearthstone' and three research papers which study the game in relation to language and communication.
Hearthstone deep dive: when game studies meets linguistics
Say It Like You Play It · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
1/2 🎙️ Episode 8 of Say It Like You Play It is out on YouTube & major podcast platforms: open.spotify.com/episode/7KmB...
This month we take a close look at Blizzard's online collectible card game 'Hearthstone' and three research papers which study the game in relation to language and communication.
This month we take a close look at Blizzard's online collectible card game 'Hearthstone' and three research papers which study the game in relation to language and communication.
Joined LinkedIn the other day. I really don’t like it there.
March 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Joined LinkedIn the other day. I really don’t like it there.
Literature review be like:
-) researchers define ‘(im)politeness’ in vastly different ways;
-) researchers define ‘(in)directness’ in vastly different ways;
-) researchers define ‘modality’ in vastly different ways;
Man, can we not agree on ANYTHING?!
#academicwriting
-) researchers define ‘(im)politeness’ in vastly different ways;
-) researchers define ‘(in)directness’ in vastly different ways;
-) researchers define ‘modality’ in vastly different ways;
Man, can we not agree on ANYTHING?!
#academicwriting
March 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Literature review be like:
-) researchers define ‘(im)politeness’ in vastly different ways;
-) researchers define ‘(in)directness’ in vastly different ways;
-) researchers define ‘modality’ in vastly different ways;
Man, can we not agree on ANYTHING?!
#academicwriting
-) researchers define ‘(im)politeness’ in vastly different ways;
-) researchers define ‘(in)directness’ in vastly different ways;
-) researchers define ‘modality’ in vastly different ways;
Man, can we not agree on ANYTHING?!
#academicwriting
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We are out picketing this week to fight the threat of redundancies. Come find us on the picket line Monday, Wednesday and Friday!
March 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We are out picketing this week to fight the threat of redundancies. Come find us on the picket line Monday, Wednesday and Friday!
I decided it was too cold and windy after half an hour, but it was a good half hour! #fieldwalking #treasure
March 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I decided it was too cold and windy after half an hour, but it was a good half hour! #fieldwalking #treasure
What a beaut with a boot! #fieldwalking #treasure
March 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What a beaut with a boot! #fieldwalking #treasure
What a beaut with a boot! #fieldwalking #treasure
March 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What a beaut with a boot! #fieldwalking #treasure