Jared Hansen, PhD. 🇵🇸
@jaredchansen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Game Design, Iowa State University Gamer, scholar, author, hobbyist dev. Research interests include game cultures, video game history, and archeogaming. Gen AI is theft. 🏳️⚧️🤝🏳️⚧️
Don’t want to start an academic beef. But honestly I’m kind of mad at how wrong someone is and I kind of want to call them out in my book.
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Don’t want to start an academic beef. But honestly I’m kind of mad at how wrong someone is and I kind of want to call them out in my book.
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I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
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Did you defend the em dash today?
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Did you defend the em dash today?
Reposted by Jared Hansen, PhD. 🇵🇸
I've been asked for information about UK-based researchers with interest in TTRPGs and Actual Play.
I have a half-dozen names off the top of the dome, but would be happy to hear of more to pass along for Schemes.
I have a half-dozen names off the top of the dome, but would be happy to hear of more to pass along for Schemes.
December 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I've been asked for information about UK-based researchers with interest in TTRPGs and Actual Play.
I have a half-dozen names off the top of the dome, but would be happy to hear of more to pass along for Schemes.
I have a half-dozen names off the top of the dome, but would be happy to hear of more to pass along for Schemes.
The joys of being a new instructor: seeing that only 4/25 seats are filled for your class next semester. Oh man.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The joys of being a new instructor: seeing that only 4/25 seats are filled for your class next semester. Oh man.
Yay for game studies discourse! I just want to add that I just hate when people talk about “cinematic games.” The framing makes it sound like the game is only good by emulating the cultural stigma and storytelling ability of film. (1/4)
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Yay for game studies discourse! I just want to add that I just hate when people talk about “cinematic games.” The framing makes it sound like the game is only good by emulating the cultural stigma and storytelling ability of film. (1/4)
Trying to find a professional way to say “Thanks for the acceptance, but I’m an absent-minded professor who can’t remember what he submitted/proposed”
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trying to find a professional way to say “Thanks for the acceptance, but I’m an absent-minded professor who can’t remember what he submitted/proposed”
My new ID card, compliments of my 5 year old.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My new ID card, compliments of my 5 year old.
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Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives.
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives.
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
Reposted by Jared Hansen, PhD. 🇵🇸
Any Amstrad CPC devs on here?
I am using a pc to build, and I want to draw my graphics in a modern tool and export out as binary suitable for mode 0. Google has not been kind and not found any editors for Windows.
Any recommendations?
I am using a pc to build, and I want to draw my graphics in a modern tool and export out as binary suitable for mode 0. Google has not been kind and not found any editors for Windows.
Any recommendations?
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Any Amstrad CPC devs on here?
I am using a pc to build, and I want to draw my graphics in a modern tool and export out as binary suitable for mode 0. Google has not been kind and not found any editors for Windows.
Any recommendations?
I am using a pc to build, and I want to draw my graphics in a modern tool and export out as binary suitable for mode 0. Google has not been kind and not found any editors for Windows.
Any recommendations?
So much writing recently. My brain is leaking out of my ears.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
So much writing recently. My brain is leaking out of my ears.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
We're hosting the 3rd Geogames Symposium next year at Iowa State! The call for papers has opened on EasyChair, and we're welcoming proposals for short papers, workshops, game demos, or a students' forum. #gamestudies #geogames #seriousgames easychair.org/conferences?...
Log in to EasyChair for 3GGS
easychair.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We're hosting the 3rd Geogames Symposium next year at Iowa State! The call for papers has opened on EasyChair, and we're welcoming proposals for short papers, workshops, game demos, or a students' forum. #gamestudies #geogames #seriousgames easychair.org/conferences?...
Rolled my ankle on the way to campus this morning, and I’m supposed to teach this afternoon… I think I need to find a stool for my classroom
October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Rolled my ankle on the way to campus this morning, and I’m supposed to teach this afternoon… I think I need to find a stool for my classroom
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Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons (Play Story Press 2025) edited by Suzanne Richardson & Edmond Y. Chang: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w... - in print or open access PDF! #analoggamestudies #creativewriting #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
October 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons (Play Story Press 2025) edited by Suzanne Richardson & Edmond Y. Chang: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w... - in print or open access PDF! #analoggamestudies #creativewriting #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
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This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Self-Generation Incentive Program
The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...
www.ladwp.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Reposted by Jared Hansen, PhD. 🇵🇸
Long shot, but did anyone by chance download Japanese game hacker makimuraMFG's VRC7 Family BASIC or MMC5 Family BASIC hacks in the past 11 or so years they've been online? His website is down and they weren't crawled by Archive.
September 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Long shot, but did anyone by chance download Japanese game hacker makimuraMFG's VRC7 Family BASIC or MMC5 Family BASIC hacks in the past 11 or so years they've been online? His website is down and they weren't crawled by Archive.
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We're looking to get a Game Gear cartridge PCB designed!
If someone with cartridge PCB design experience is interested, please send us a DM!
This would be PAID work!
RTs appreciated x3
If someone with cartridge PCB design experience is interested, please send us a DM!
This would be PAID work!
RTs appreciated x3
a cartoon drawing of a bear and a cat with the number 36 on their heads
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a bear and a cat with the number 36 on their heads
media.tenor.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We're looking to get a Game Gear cartridge PCB designed!
If someone with cartridge PCB design experience is interested, please send us a DM!
This would be PAID work!
RTs appreciated x3
If someone with cartridge PCB design experience is interested, please send us a DM!
This would be PAID work!
RTs appreciated x3
Reposted by Jared Hansen, PhD. 🇵🇸
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Reposted by Jared Hansen, PhD. 🇵🇸
I wrote a piece for the Guardian games newsletter this week on my PhD research into preserving play experiences, and why I think that the most archaeological games are those that that actually make you *think* like one 🏺
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
Forget Tomb Raider and Uncharted, there’s a new generation of games about archaeology – sort of
In this week’s newsletter: an archaeologist (and gamer) on why we love to walk around finding objects in-game and in real life
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wrote a piece for the Guardian games newsletter this week on my PhD research into preserving play experiences, and why I think that the most archaeological games are those that that actually make you *think* like one 🏺
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
As an academic/scholar/person, what are some “classics” in your field other people are shocked you haven’t read/watched/played?
People are shocked when they find out I’m in #gamestudies and haven’t played The Last of Us.
People are shocked when they find out I’m in #gamestudies and haven’t played The Last of Us.
September 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
As an academic/scholar/person, what are some “classics” in your field other people are shocked you haven’t read/watched/played?
People are shocked when they find out I’m in #gamestudies and haven’t played The Last of Us.
People are shocked when they find out I’m in #gamestudies and haven’t played The Last of Us.
In the campus bookstore today:
Elderly person: (trying to make small talk) “So what year are you? Freshman?”
Me: (In shorts and flip flops) “I’m faculty, actually”
Elderly person: (trying to make small talk) “So what year are you? Freshman?”
Me: (In shorts and flip flops) “I’m faculty, actually”
August 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In the campus bookstore today:
Elderly person: (trying to make small talk) “So what year are you? Freshman?”
Me: (In shorts and flip flops) “I’m faculty, actually”
Elderly person: (trying to make small talk) “So what year are you? Freshman?”
Me: (In shorts and flip flops) “I’m faculty, actually”
Due to a file corruption I lost 5-6 pages of writing. Not a ton of work, but I found out about a week later so I can barely remember what those pages were about
August 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Due to a file corruption I lost 5-6 pages of writing. Not a ton of work, but I found out about a week later so I can barely remember what those pages were about
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REPLY TO THIS FORM AND REPOST with your game or any game you know that has been removed by itch.io or steam because of this ban and if possible where the creator can be found and the game can be accessed (No Piracy)
I've also made a google form for this exact purpose
forms.gle/1ERJtaVUxQSq...
forms.gle/1ERJtaVUxQSq...
NSFW Game Compendium Submission
This is a form made for people to let us know about NSFW material that has been affected by recent policy changes in Steam and Itch.io.
Please verify if the game has been added into the document befor...
forms.gle
July 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
REPLY TO THIS FORM AND REPOST with your game or any game you know that has been removed by itch.io or steam because of this ban and if possible where the creator can be found and the game can be accessed (No Piracy)