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Stefano Gualeni is an Italian philosopher, professor, and game designer who has created interactive websites and video games such as… more

Stefano Gualeni
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
Finally you can hear me pontificate on stuff like fictional #games and #utopia!

📢 Episode 16 of 'Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast (
@utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social, with @matthewleggatt.bsky.social).
utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social
Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social · 1d
Episode 16 on all things playful in utopian and dystopian fiction is available to stream now via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. We had a lot of fun talking to the brilliant Stefano Gualeni. Take a listen and let us know what you think.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pz0...
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utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social
Episode 16 on all things playful in utopian and dystopian fiction is available to stream now via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. We had a lot of fun talking to the brilliant Stefano Gualeni. Take a listen and let us know what you think.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pz0...
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
"mid-sip nod"
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Reposted by: Stefano Gualeni, Aphra Kerr

elroin.bsky.social
DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026

www.digraconference2026.com

#games #gamestudies
DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University
Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.
www.digraconference2026.com
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
I see a few familiar ones and a very familiar one ^^
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by Frans Mäyrä — Reposted by: Stefano Gualeni

fransmayra.bsky.social
Three (3) new postdoctoral game studies positions are now open for applications. These are related to the exit phase (2026-27) of the CoE-GameCult, and positions will situated in the Tampere University Game Research Lab, COMS/ITC, Tampere University.

tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)
tuni.rekrytointi.com
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Reposted by: Stefano Gualeni

wyrdscience.bsky.social
This is a great piece, shows not only how games are an intrinsic part of our cultures but also how you can use them to tell wider stories. Excellent stuff
They Tried to Snuff Out Hawaii's Native Board Game. Meet the Man Keeping It Alive
Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike. Now John Kaʻohelauliʻi has made it his mission to bring it back.
www.rollingstone.com
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
"Is your mother worried?
Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?"
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by Frans Mäyrä — Reposted by: Stefano Gualeni, Erik Champion, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen

fransmayra.bsky.social
If you have stuff in Academia.edu, it might be good to reconsider?
Snippet from Academia.edu's terms.
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Reposted by: Stefano Gualeni

vthewanderer.bsky.social
Egun on! Abrimos exposición en Donostia:

CINE GÊMU: FANTASÍA Y TERROR EN EL VIDEOJUEGO JAPONÉS

Comisariada para la Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror y Fundación Japón, Madrid, junto a Marçal Mora Cantallops y a Alejandro Rodríguez.

www.sansebastianhorrorfestival.eus/2025/index.p...
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szadkowski.bsky.social
Ambiance (via @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social // www.instagram.com/p/DOJOWtRkaa...)
Caricature d'Ivan Ehlers, dessinateur américain, où un homme ouvre sa porte de maison à des dizaines de soldats, et demande "Chéri, as-tu posté en ligne quelque chose qui critique le régime en place ?"
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d6learning.bsky.social
Did you miss the stream? You can still watch @gua-le-ni.com discuss What We Owe The Dead, philosophy, worldbuilding, and games with @konstantinosd.bsky.social on YouTube.

Here's the video: www.youtube.com/live/uZQjsKK...
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
(added for reference)

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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago
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mlupetti.upandpunch.red
In my latest for Italian art magazine The Bunker I talk about Manuel Ghidini's Rab Sitting, a plundercore slot machine in which Super Mario is a worker in late capitalism. (article in English)
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
📢 Tomorrow I will be speaking about fictional games and speculative literature. Join us online at 17:30 CET [email protected] @konstantinosd.bsky.social @indigitalgames.bsky.social #gamestudies #scifi
d6learning.bsky.social
D6 Learning @d6learning.bsky.social · 26d
Reserve your free seat for our first live event of the academic year!

Game designer, professor, and author @gua-le-ni.com discusses 'What We Owe The Dead', games, and philosophy with our @konstantinosd.bsky.social (on the 16th of September).

▶️ www.eventbrite.com/e/what-we-ow...
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matthewleggatt.bsky.social
Been out in the wild for a month today! Hope to be doing one or two things to promote over the next few months starting with an episode about play on the pod and a small book launch event in Winchester. Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction | Home www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction | Home
Matthew Leggatt is Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Winchester, UK. He is the author of two monographs, one edited collection, and numerous articles and book chapters. He is also the editor of the forthcoming collection Wastelands and Wonderlands: Essays on Utopian and Dystopian Film and Literature (SUNY Press, 2026) and co-hosts the Utopian and Dystopian Fictions podcast.
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
"In the yard was a shed. In the shed was a pig. It was the pig sighing. 'It is probably bewitched,' the girl thought hearing it grunt." (p. 8)

Reposted by: Stefano Gualeni, Jason Mittell, Andrew Scott , and 2 more

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Reposted by: Stefano Gualeni

d6learning.bsky.social
Reserve your free seat for our first live event of the academic year!

Game designer, professor, and author @gua-le-ni.com discusses 'What We Owe The Dead', games, and philosophy with our @konstantinosd.bsky.social (on the 16th of September).

▶️ www.eventbrite.com/e/what-we-ow...
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
Lovely to see you again ^^
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
Both the keynote and the book presentation were fun and we'll received, I think. Thanks for asking ^^
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
✈️ LS239 from Leeds back to Malta
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
Excited to share that my new novel, 'What We Owe the Dead,' is now available to readers across the Americas.
It is a strange detective story set against the backdrop of ecological collapse.
You can now find 'What we Owe the Dead' through all major booksellers! CC @freeklomme.bsky.social
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catsuka.bsky.social
Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats".
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
If you would like me to, I can sign it for you on the next occasion <3
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
Congrats dear 🧀 cheese 🎉
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
Wow congrats 🎉
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by Stefano Gualeni

gua-le-ni.com
✈️ FR3219 from Milan Bergamo to Manchester (on my way to York)
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