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Eugen Pfister<p>I am delighted to report that our application to organise the final <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@chludens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chludens</span></a></span> international conference 2026 at the Congressi Stefano Franscini on Monte Verità has been approved! 🍾 <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
The Video Game Library 📚 <p>705. UNBOXING JAPANESE VIDEOGAMES: A METADATA-BASED APPROACH TO THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPATIAL INSTABILITY 👉 <a href="https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/unboxing-japanese-videogames" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/unboxin...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23GameStudies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameStudies</a> <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/mitpress.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mitpress.bsky.social</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Gaming" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Booksky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Booksky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Gamesky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gamesky</a></p>
Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) | ok2@me<p>Neues Fachgespräch auf <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/titel.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@titel.bsky.social</a>. Ich spreche mit Jeannine Simon über ihr neues Buch "DIE GAMING-FALLE. Wie digitale Spiele uns um Zeit, Geld und Daten bringen". &gt;&gt; Ehrenmenschen teilen das! <a href="https://titel-kulturmagazin.net/2025/03/25/digitalspielkultur-interview-mit-autorin-jeannine-simon/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">titel-kulturmagazin.net/2025/03/25/d...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gamestudies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamestudies</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gamedesign" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23interview" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interview</a><br><br><a href="https://titel-kulturmagazin.net/2025/03/25/digitalspielkultur-interview-mit-autorin-jeannine-simon/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Digitalspielkultur | Interview...</a></p>
Jonas R. (er/ihm)<p>Wegen der Mehrdeutigkeiten ist es schwierig, einschlägige Quellen zu identifizieren, die z.B. von einer "Schießtafel" sprechen: Ist hier eine Peilke oder eine Schießscheibe gemeint?</p><p>Sind die Gleichsetzungen Pilkentafel = Trocktafel korrekt oder irreführend? Wurde das Spiel, um das es mir geht, jemals von den Spieler*innen als "Trockspiel/-tafel bezeichnet?</p><p>3/3</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/HistoryOfGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/Ludonyms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ludonyms</span></a></p>
Jonas R. (er/ihm)<p>Mir geht es um ein Geschicklichkeitsspiel, bei dem mit der Hand Scheiben über ein langes (Tisch-)Brett geschossen werden, um so dicht wie möglich an die hintere Kante zu kommen, ohne hinüberzurutschen.</p><p><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pielkentafel" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pielkent</span><span class="invisible">afel</span></a></p><p>2/x</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/HistoryOfGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfGames</span></a></p>
Jonas R. (er/ihm)<p>Stapfe gerade durch einen Sumpf von sich überschneidenden (aber natürlich nicht deckungsgleichen) und teilweise mehrdeutigen Spielbezeichnungen. Mein Schwerpunkt ist deutsch: </p><p>Peilke (Pilkentafel usw.), Schießtafel, Druck-/Trocktafel</p><p>Aber ausblenden kann ich andere Sprachen nicht:<br>- engl. shuffle-/shovelboard (&amp; queckboard?),<br>- lat. abacus (lusorius)<br>- ndl. schuiftafel (?)<br>- it. trucco/trocco<br>- it./frz./engl./dt. biliardo, billiard, billiards, billard</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/HistoryOfGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/Ludonyms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ludonyms</span></a></p>
JeanFred<p><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Wikidata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikidata</span></a> and the sum of all video games − 2024 edition: status update on our endeavour to become the hub of all video game metadata: 110,000 items, 70 new identifier properties, and a lot of video game genres.</p><p><a href="https://commonists.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/wikidata-and-the-sum-of-all-video-games-2024-edition/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commonists.wordpress.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/24/wikidata-and-the-sum-of-all-video-games-2024-edition/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/DigiPres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigiPres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/LinkedOpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinkedOpenData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/GamePreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GamePreservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
DiSC_uibk<p>Für alle Videospielfans und jene, die es noch werden wollen: die Forschungsgruppe Game Studies der <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.uibk.ac.at/@uniinnsbruck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>uniinnsbruck</span></a></span> lädt zur interaktiven Spielung mit <br>Diskussion!</p><p>📢 Licht-Spiel-Haus: Outer Wilds<br>📅 MI, 26.03.25, 20:15 Uhr<br>📍 Cinematograph Innsbruck</p><p><a href="https://social.uibk.ac.at/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://social.uibk.ac.at/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.uibk.ac.at/tags/Computerspiele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computerspiele</span></a> <a href="https://social.uibk.ac.at/tags/Videospiele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Videospiele</span></a> <a href="https://social.uibk.ac.at/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
Eugen Pfister<p>Und dann noch einmal Pfister mit einer Infografik zu Clowns in Computerspielen. <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
µP<p>In August Melanie Fritsch&#39;s and my chapter on generating <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>game</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sound</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BASIC</span></a> will be published in:</p><p>Melanie Fritsch/Stefan Höltgen: Boing Boom Tschak: De/Scribing Sounds with BASIC. In: Karen M. Cook, William Gibbons, Fanny Rebillard (eds): Global Histories of Video Game Music Technology.</p><p>More infos: <a href="https://shrtn.escalar.pt/rGyy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shrtn.escalar.pt/rGyy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameSound</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ludomusicology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ludomusicology</span></a></p>
µP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@toroe" class="u-url mention">@<span>toroe</span></a></span> and I gave a lecture about &quot;<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Economic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Simulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Games</span></a> and how to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cheat</span></a> them&quot; at the Oldenburger Computer Museum last thursday. Here is the (German) video:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFXUUUAnrQE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=gFXUUUAnrQE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RetroGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameTheory</span></a></p>
µP<p>Some impressions from last tuesday&#39;s meeting of the &quot;Work Group for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameLabs</span></a> in Academia&quot;. (Photos were taken by René Meyer:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a></p>
AKGWDS<p>🎮 📓 : ihr seid Game-Entwickler*innen und möchtet euch gegen Rechtsextremismus und Menschenfeindlichkeit in den Gaming-Communities was tun? Dann könnt ihr das Masterclass-Angebot der <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@bpb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bpb</span></a></span> </p><p>Game-Entwicklung – <br>Rechtsextremismus erkennen, <br>Menschenfeindlichkeit <br>entgegentreten</p><p>nutzen! Weitere Infos zur Veranstaltung findet ihr auf dem Flyer unter diesem Link:</p><p><a href="https://www.bpb.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungskalender/545580/masterclass-game-entwicklung/?programm=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bpb.de/veranstaltungen/veranst</span><span class="invisible">altungskalender/545580/masterclass-game-entwicklung/?programm=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/rechtsextremismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rechtsextremismus</span></a></p>
Eugen Pfister<p>"Von Perchten und Eismarillenknödel. Zur Österreichischen Identität in Dungeons of Hinterberg"</p><p>Meine <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Autoludographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autoludographie</span></a> #9, gestern noch im Zug geschrieben. Ich hoffe aus dem Text geht hevor wie hoch ich das Spiel schätze. <a href="https://spielkult.hypotheses.org/7790" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">spielkult.hypotheses.org/7790</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a></p>
Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) | ok2@me<p>Wie zitiert man eigentlich Spiele in wiss. Arbeiten? Zusammen mit Jörg Burbach habe ich für den Studiengang BA Game Design an der IU Internationale Hochschule den folgenden offiziellen Leitfaden entwickelt, mit dem all unsere Studierenden aktuell arbeiten. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gamestudies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamestudies</a></p>
Jonas R. (er/ihm)<p>The lecture series on the Ludic Languages of Asia continues today, 21st March, 10:00-11:00 CET. Fatih Parlak from Cappadocia University, Turkey, will talk about the little explored manuscripts of the Şatranç-nâme-i Kebîr, or Great Book of Chess, composed by Firdevsî-i Rûmî in 1503 CE for the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481-1512).</p><p>The lecture will be presented online and can be freely joined via Zoom: <a href="https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/68564259061" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/6856425906</span><span class="invisible">1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/ChessHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChessHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/HistoryOfGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfGames</span></a></p>
Rudolf Thomas INDERST (he|him) | ok2@me<p>Mit dem großartigen <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:hkramaqqirsim6bdqqi67zyh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@biblionik.org</a> arbeite ich immer gerne zusammen! Im Autorenduo haben wir nun ein neues Discussion Paper geschrieben: "Social Playing? Überlegungen zu einem vernetzten Spielerlebnis". <a href="https://repository.iu.org/items/bbb7a677-f510-4fa2-bd43-ac57a8773c16" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">repository.iu.org/items/bbb7a6...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gamestudies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamestudies</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gamedesign" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a><br><br><a href="https://repository.iu.org/items/bbb7a677-f510-4fa2-bd43-ac57a8773c16" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Social Playing? Überlegungen z...</a></p>
Eugen Pfister<p>Noch ein paar Einblicke in unsere gestrige Performance am Forschungsapéro der HKB. Zwei von der letzten Probe und zwei vom Auftritt mit Arno Görgen, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@hekabeohnename" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hekabeohnename</span></a></span> und <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@thgie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thgie</span></a></span> con <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@chludens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chludens</span></a></span> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gamestudies</span></a></p>
Eugen Pfister<p>Ready for the Forschungsapéro of the HKB yesterday i. Bern with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@hekabeohnename" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hekabeohnename</span></a></span>, Arno Görgen and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@thgie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thgie</span></a></span>. I carried a CRT screen! <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gamestudies</span></a> zu Fuss unterwegs.</p>
Jonne Arjoranta 📚<p>Ropecon 2025 Academic Seminar will be organised as part of Ropecon 2025, July 25, 2025.</p><p>The theme this year is “New Worlds”, but the seminar welcomes all research on tabletop games, card games, miniature games, larp and similar.</p><p>The abstract deadline: May 15, 2025</p><p><a href="https://ropecon.fi/academic-seminar-cfp/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ropecon.fi/academic-seminar-cf</span><span class="invisible">p/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTRPG</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameStudies</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Ropecon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ropecon2025</span></a></p>
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