Daniel Vella

@danielvella.bsky.social

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Director & Senior Lecturer at Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta // Narrative designer with Mighty Boards (Posthuman Saga, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan) // Debut novel out 2026

Screengrab from a Teams meeting for Ana Laura Matos Torquato's PhD defense, moments after the committee announced their decision to award the PhD.

Politico.eu headline from June 17 2026 saying "Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says"

Text from a 1979 IBM internal training manual that says "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore a computer must never make a management decision."

A graphic of the three board games receiving an Adventure Game of the Year award from the Polish Board Game Awards, showing Fateforge as the winner and Thorgal and Tamashi as runners-up.

A picture of a panel discussion during DiGRA 2025, with (left to right) Omar N'Shea, Rasheed Abueideh, Aphra Kerr, Yuqian Sun, Daniel Vella, and Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone.

A video of a text adventure game called Sorry to Burst Your Bubble.