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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, I just received an out-of-office mail from TF's contact point.

Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · 1d

The book is still OA available through this link: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

I very much hope that this matter will be resolved soon. TF's mails before the acquisition claim nothing would change for the existing books. The book was originally published, and should remain so.

Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · 1d

Just now I discovered that with the acquisition of Amsterdam University Press (AUP) by Taylor & Francis (TF), the eBook version of my book is sold for €41,95 on their website with no OAPEN link available. I hope that this is just a mistake on TF's part and I just contacted them for clarification.

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 4d

We‘d all like to make Rowling and her franchise disappear, but her transphobia & large-scale political influence and the reboot TV show make it hard to ignore from a scholarly perspective. Cassie Brummitt has written a salient study on what became of Harry Potter post-book that I got to blurb:

Book on a table, cover reads:
Cassie Brummitt
From Harry Potter to the Wizarding World
The Transfiguration of a Franchise

Back cover of the book:

From Harry Potter to the Wizarding World is a salient, long overdue analysis of the wealth and breadth of the story world in the post-book era, covering everything from online platform Pottermore, to its presence in Universal theme parks, the Studio Tour in Leavesden, the Cursed Child stage play, as well as the fledging Fantastic Beasts film series. Cassie Brummitt also convinces by reckoning with Rowling’s authorial control over the franchise, ever more important in light of her hateful and controversial presence in recent years.
– Sabrina Mittermeier, author of A Cultural History of Disneyland Theme Parks

The Harry Potter franchise is not confined to just the page or the screen, but has been and continues to be reimagined and reconfigured through a number of extratextual products, texts, and experiences which surround and rework the Harry Potter texts.

This book centres around the 2010s, or the ‘post-Potter era’, a period of unprecedented growth and reinvention for the franchise. Many of the franchising developments produced during this time operated according to distinct strategies: to consolidate the legacy of the Harry Potter series, or to extend the fictional universe into new settings, media and cultural forms.

This book explores six such developments - J.K. Rowling’s authorship, the website Pottermore, the ‘Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ theme parks, the Warner Bros. Studio Tour in Watford, the Fantastic Beasts films, and the stageplay Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – to shine a spotlight on a franchise in flux.

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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 9d

Bryan Hikari Hartzheim will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on “Institutions of Play: Mapping Japan’s Indie Game Scene" on Thursday 2 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/IuTUH27...

OASIS Lunchtime Talk: Institutions of Play: Mapping Japan’s Indie Game Scene

YouTube video by oasis_tuni

www.youtube.com

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · 16d

Yyyessss, of course! I should've known!

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Niels van Doorn @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social · 22d

I am very pleased to see this super insightful piece by @jingwangnyu.bsky.social out in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social! It examines how the “productization of APIs allows Alipay+ to extend its platform logic into global financial infrastructures.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/2976...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · 17d

Oh gosh, to what do I have the honour? 😄

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Björn-Ole Kamm @b-ok.de · 18d

Just adding some tags to this symposium announcement! #larp, #gamestudies, #analoggames, #trpg

JARPS @jarps.net · 19d

Save the Date: JARPS 2025 Symposium on "Tools of the Trade: Props, Techniques, and Inspirations for Analog Role-Playing," Nov. 22, 2025.
「アナログロールプレイングのための七つ道具：小道具，技術，インスピレーション」についてのRPG学研究2025年度シンポジウム、2025年11月22日。
jarps.net/journal/anno...

JARPS 2025 Symposium "Tools of the Trade" Key Visual

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · 19d

I feel like I should both be proud and apologize for you starting to play LADS. The game is, imo, very relevant to our earlier discussions on Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Disney Dreamlight Valley etc. But this one then has with cute boys!

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Daniel Vella @danielvella.bsky.social · 21d

The new issue of Countertext includes a paper by Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone and myself on libraries in digital games - their significances, (non-)functions, meanings. It's not open-access (boo), but ask and you shall receive
www.euppublishing.com/toc/count/11/2

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amayer.bsky.social @amayer.bsky.social · 20d

Meet me next week in Bochum (Germany) speaking about the concept of virtuality from the perspective of my own research, somewhere inbetween virtual prototyping and sensing.

SFB 1567 Virtuelle Lebenswelten @sfb1567.bsky.social · 21d

#NextWeek
The ECF conference, »Reflecting Virtuality«, will take place on September 24 and 25 at Ruhr University Bochum.
Registration information: www.virtuelle-lebens...

Poster for the ECF conference, "Reflecting Virtuality," including the conference program.

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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · 20d

Mijn nieuwste voor @mareonline.nl: www.mareonline.nl/opinie/waaro...

Waarom ik me nooit bezondig aan Miss World-argumenten

‘Ik ben al meerdere malen gevraagd om mijn medeleven te uiten en mijn afschuw over de moord op Charlie Kirk uit te spreken – en met mij vele anderen.’

www.mareonline.nl

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · 22d

Congrats, Forest! Happy to hear that your effort on the book is paying off!

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Tom Apperley @t0mm7.bsky.social · 29d

UK Gamescenes Symposium will take place in Tampere/Hybrid on 16th September. Program and details for joining are attached. 1/2

Features work from skypeeps @digdems.bsky.social @nitessine.bsky.social @merilainen.bsky.social @rosgakori.bsky.social @vkankainen.bsky.social

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · Sep 8

Oh the history makes it even more interesting. Yes, would love to join you 🌸

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · Sep 8

Wait, I dont know what dinners but I wanna join! 😄

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Dr Bertha Chin (she/her) @berthac.bsky.social · Aug 27

The programme for the East Asian Pop Culture workshop, documenting 30 years of transformation is now out. It features @tbaudinette.bsky.social as the keynote speaker this coming Sept @ NUS, Singapore.
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/east-...

#EastAsianPopCulture #FanStudies #AsianStudies

Hand holding chopsticks with a disco ball at its end. With the words “East Asian Pop Culture: 30 Years of Transformation”

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Lukas R.A. Wilde @lukasrawilde.bsky.social · Sep 6

Jolly news: My new book with Jan-Noël Thon, "AI Aesthetics: AI-Generated Images between Artistics and Aisthetics", is now available as OPEN ACCESS with Routledge Focus. Check it all out:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
🥳

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hahaha, looking forward to that email

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congrats, Forest! :D

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · Sep 4

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · Sep 2

DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026.
The 2026 conference theme is Intersectional Pleasures.

digra.org/digra-2026-h...

DiGRA 2026 Conference Announcement - DiGRA

The DiGRA Executive Board is pleased to announce that DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026.

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Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social · Sep 1

For my fellow colleagues working in the Dutch game sector and interested in game development & design, the Stimuleringsfonds has a call for funding proposals you might be interested in:

www.stimuleringsfonds.nl/en/grants/op...

Open Oproep Game Sector Professionalisation and Practice Development | Stimuleringsfonds

For individual game professionals, game designers, game developers, or (temporary) collectives working within the Dutch games sector who wish to make their practice or studio future-proof.

www.stimuleringsfonds.nl

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Dr. Helle Strandgaard Jensen (she/her) @sesamescholar.bsky.social · Aug 29

📚💻💰📝
If you are thinking about applying for an ERC grant and want inspiration, I've updated my paper where I tell how I got mine.

It now includes the application (B1+B2), the manuscript for the presentation I gave at my interview, the slides, and the nine peer reviews.

pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...

How I got an ERC Consolidator Grant. Idea, application, interview, and reviews.

pure.au.dk

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