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Asst.Prof. Game Studies & Game Design @HarrisburgU
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#CherubArt -> 🎨
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Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
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5-6 December 2025
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I'm just a little angry ball of pixels lost in a vast universe of video games.
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Mr. Nintendotapes (Robb Grimm) @mrnintendotapes.bsky.social Writer at www.superreview.world
Memoirs of a Cool Kid with No Self-Esteem Problems Whatsoever
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I play games at
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Now playing: Final Fantasy V
New episodes biweekly
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M/33
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Ground @suikojunkie.bsky.social JRPG & Western CRPG fanatic. Love watching numbers go up. Fighting game enthusiast. Waiting for GTA 6.
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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social Evolutionary ecologist, Botanist, Associate Professor at Davidson College (PUI 💪🏼), she/her
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We run a yearly festival and game jam, bi-weekly board game nights, and a year round programme of events.
linktr.ee/gamestransformed
Okomotive @okomotive.ch We are a Swiss game studio crafting atmospheric journeys with meaningful mechanics. Working on PinKeep. Creators of the FAR games and Herdling.
okomotive.ch