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Stefano Gualeni
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Professor at the University of Malta's @indigitalgames.bsky.social
Migrant ☆ https://gua-le-ni.com/
WHAT WE OWE THE DEAD ⇒ https://www.setmargins.press/books/what-we-owe-the-dead/

Stefano Gualeni is an Italian philosopher, professor, and game designer who has created interactive websites and video games such as Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths, Gua-Le-Ni; or, The Horrendous Parade, and Something Something Soup Something. .. more

Computer science 26%
Sociology 21%
Pinned
'What We Owe the Dead' is the title of my new #scifi novel.

In the aftermath of a climate catastrophe, the book follows strange detective case and deals with themes such as the notion of personhood and the social use of #games.

> www.setmargins.press/books/what-w... <

(photos by Annette Behrens)

I am afraid your last resort is to actually be a nice and caring person, sorry.

Old school rizz

Pictures of our Saturday hike (with a swim) in Selmun #Malta

Congrats! 🎉

"At the bar they sold pierogi with bacon dripping and weak tea, brewed with difficulty in lukewarm water." (p. 176)
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

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Always interesting to think about how the Qanon freaks got dead silent as soon as the core of their conspiracy, namely that the US is controlled by a cabal of pedophile rapist elites, got proven wholly true

A thing of beauty ^^
Scholar's Codex features a laser die-cut circular hole on the front cover, allowing a keyhole glimpse into the scholar's study.

Pre-order now via our store and download a free sampler. Delivery estimate Q2 2026.

#eldenring #darksouls #bloodborne 💙📚

www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/sch...

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Scholar's Codex features a laser die-cut circular hole on the front cover, allowing a keyhole glimpse into the scholar's study.

Pre-order now via our store and download a free sampler. Delivery estimate Q2 2026.

#eldenring #darksouls #bloodborne 💙📚

www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/sch...

Hope you'll enjoy the writing too! 🥳

📢In case you missed it, this beauty we edited (and contributed to) was announced yesterday!
#gamestudies #fromsoftware #codex📢
We’re excited to announce Scholar’s Codex – a new anthology where academia explores the games of FromSoftware.

Beautifully produced as a premium hardcover and illustrated by acclaimed artist @nicodelort.bsky.social.

#eldenring #darksouls #bloodborne 💙📚

www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/sch...

Thank you for the wonderful illustrations for this great new book (that I had the pleasure to edit and contribute to) :D
It's incredible ^^
We’re excited to announce Scholar’s Codex – a new anthology where academia explores the games of FromSoftware.

Beautifully produced as a premium hardcover and illustrated by acclaimed artist @nicodelort.bsky.social.

#eldenring #darksouls #bloodborne 💙📚

www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/sch...

Congrats, boi

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Between the fog and the flame, a truth lies buried in ash.

Ous Saturday hike near Siggiewi, #Malta (no swim this time)

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When the month comes to a close, a new page will be turned.

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🧐No judges at our @globalgamejam.bsky.social but we don't leave you hanging. Our panel of experts will stop by and give you advice, ideas, and inspiration for your final sprint to finish your game.

maltagamejam.institutedigitalgames.com

#malta #indiedev #gamedev

"[...] in order to remain both helpful and sane, the professional writer/teacher has got to develop, consciously or not, an aesthetic doctrine [...]. Otherwise he’d have to start from intuitive scratch with each student piece he reads, and that way the liquor cabinet lies." (p. 11)

Epic

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Explanation Of Board Game Rules Peppered With Reassurances That It Will Be Fun https://theonion.com/explanation-of-board-game-rules-peppered-with-reassuran-1819579569/
And it's out!

Widely available in the US.
Ask your favourite bookshop if outside of the US.
Digital version open access (any minute).

Hope you all enjoy it!

Congrats, Victor! :D

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If you have a US mailing address, you can buy the book today with a hefty 30% discount!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/798035...

Use the code MITP30 for 30€ today (20/1).

After that, READMIT20 will get you 20%.

mitpress.mit.edu/discount-cod...

Looks like we're going to meet with the great wizard soon.

Our Saturday hike (with a swim!) in L-Aħrax #Malta
Pictures by @alimotisi.bsky.social

Congrats! :) Well done!
It’s book release day! I’m back on social media! I feel slightly awkward about it because part of the book is about how social media transforms your motivations for communication!

But honestly writing a book is lonely, weird basement-work, and now I want to talk to people about this weird jank.
I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!