Our researchers have helped to create a world-first carbon accounting framework, specifically designed for the gaming industry 👾

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First proper day of snow and I am listening to the Skyrim soundtrack all day.

I’m entering the phase of my PhD where I realise that good writing is childlike in simplicity and without any academic pretence, and is also the hardest thing to do.

How does one write as well as a child?

“5 6 pick up sticks. 7 8 lay them straight.”

#phd

My favourite colour scheme.

The detuned radio intro to Road to Hell remains, to me, the most sinister of album intros.

When I played @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp’s PT, it took me back to this formative listening experience.

"Son, what are you doing here?
My fear for you has turned me in my grave"

Chris Rea.

LinkedIn is quietly the most interesting social media site.

It's the one without ~all this~ because everyone is maintaining toxic positivity to land their next job.

It's the capitalist utopia.

Jason Reynolds and Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom join Urban Consulate in Detroit for a live conversation with Orlando P. Baile @ "Daring Ideas for the Future Series" Nov 2025

Video by JP Leong of Afrochine.

youtu.be/UwwnjdXMhco?...

GenAI cannot coexist with educational institution’s slavery or ethical statements, 24hr game jams normalise toxic working practice such as crunch, no person should have to “build resilience” to work in games, no games worker should have to demonstrate “appreciation” for working in the sector.❤️

This aligns with the student sentiment we see in games courses in the UK.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."

- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.

Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!

Today, Bruna Damiana Heinsfeld examines recent "partnerships" between universities and big tech. Who do such deals serve?

www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/when-ed...

The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:

- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)

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This is quite narrow framing which kind of fudges two issues into one, but both those issues are interesting: the enormous bloat of large academic spaces, and the rise of AI authored papers. Neither are unique to AI research but the former is very bad right now: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

With universities facing increasing pressure from top-down directives to integrate GenAI into their curricula and research, how do UK universities align their AI strategy with the Modern Slavery Act?
Is there a tacit acceptance that ethical debt will increase in the pursuit of financial gain?

Next week, the Manchester Game Centre has the pleasure to welcome @florencesn.bsky.social, who’ll be talking about their work on archaeology and play preservation. The talk is in person only, but anybody is welcome to attend. Details here: manchestergamecentre.org/events/2025/...

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

Thoroughly enjoying my first @roguelike.club conference. I feel that I have found my people.