David Kocik
@davidkocik.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Researching video games, sexuality, and transnational media circuits though a cultural studies lens | Percussionist and cat dad
The needle drop in Wake Up Dead Man! (2025):
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The needle drop in Wake Up Dead Man! (2025):
I'm on Letterboxd now! Goal is to watch at least one film per week this year to expand my horizons. You can hear all my rambling thoughts about why storytelling matters in my review of Wake Up Dead Man!
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January 4, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I'm on Letterboxd now! Goal is to watch at least one film per week this year to expand my horizons. You can hear all my rambling thoughts about why storytelling matters in my review of Wake Up Dead Man!
In NYC for a hot sec so I'm legally obligated to post a Trixie and Katya clip. Needed this palate cleanser today
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
In NYC for a hot sec so I'm legally obligated to post a Trixie and Katya clip. Needed this palate cleanser today
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we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
With the gays it's always "Bulking Season" or "Cutting Season." Yeah you should be cutting -- some checks! You're behind on rent diva!!!
January 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
With the gays it's always "Bulking Season" or "Cutting Season." Yeah you should be cutting -- some checks! You're behind on rent diva!!!
Happy New Year's Eve! Don't forget: if you're a ravenous gal craving some hot dogs (ahem @ptklein.com ) or Swine Ham Hampagne (the C is silent because it's a ham-based wine made at a vineyard on a swamp!), then shop at Hammily Waggily, which has everything you need to satiate your tubby old pal!
December 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy New Year's Eve! Don't forget: if you're a ravenous gal craving some hot dogs (ahem @ptklein.com ) or Swine Ham Hampagne (the C is silent because it's a ham-based wine made at a vineyard on a swamp!), then shop at Hammily Waggily, which has everything you need to satiate your tubby old pal!
Wait I'm at Newark and it's raining outside... Time to listen to songs rewritten with New Jersey-specific lyrics
December 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Wait I'm at Newark and it's raining outside... Time to listen to songs rewritten with New Jersey-specific lyrics
What I wake up to every morning 🥰
(Apollo trying to chew on my CPAP tubing)
(Apollo trying to chew on my CPAP tubing)
December 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
What I wake up to every morning 🥰
(Apollo trying to chew on my CPAP tubing)
(Apollo trying to chew on my CPAP tubing)
Saw a bunch of touristy stuff in New York yesterday which was... fine. But next time I need to go on a tour of all the diviest gay bars.
December 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Saw a bunch of touristy stuff in New York yesterday which was... fine. But next time I need to go on a tour of all the diviest gay bars.
Finally in New York for the first time and if I hear even one (1) person not talking like this I'm leaving
December 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Finally in New York for the first time and if I hear even one (1) person not talking like this I'm leaving
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Happy Holidays, Gamers!
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December 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Happy Holidays, Gamers!
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I'm taking my partner's fam to New York for the holidays to do some ice skating. It's my first time, so I welcome any recommendations for fun things to do in NYC/Manhattan for the holidays, especially something a three year old might enjoy!
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I'm taking my partner's fam to New York for the holidays to do some ice skating. It's my first time, so I welcome any recommendations for fun things to do in NYC/Manhattan for the holidays, especially something a three year old might enjoy!
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This, a thousand times over. And the same thing is true of education. It’s in the *process* - of reading a whole argument, story, or study, of wrestling w/ the unfamiliar, of exploring a subject & writing the paper yourself, of reviewing for the exam w/ your own brain - where actual learning happens
a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This, a thousand times over. And the same thing is true of education. It’s in the *process* - of reading a whole argument, story, or study, of wrestling w/ the unfamiliar, of exploring a subject & writing the paper yourself, of reviewing for the exam w/ your own brain - where actual learning happens
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a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product
December 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product
There may be something percolating about perpetual adolescence, race, and Expedition 33 in this ol noggin...
December 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There may be something percolating about perpetual adolescence, race, and Expedition 33 in this ol noggin...
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Avatar: Fire and Ash is now in theaters, so it's as good a time as any to re-plug my article on high frame rate projection
Now available digitally: muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Avatar: Fire and Ash is now in theaters, so it's as good a time as any to re-plug my article on high frame rate projection
Sitting down to watch It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971) in honor of Rosa von Praunheim.
(He got the twitter gays good with this one, and about 45 years early too!)
(He got the twitter gays good with this one, and about 45 years early too!)
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sitting down to watch It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971) in honor of Rosa von Praunheim.
(He got the twitter gays good with this one, and about 45 years early too!)
(He got the twitter gays good with this one, and about 45 years early too!)
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Happy Steam Winter sale! Coincidentally, here's 50 great indie recs.
December 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy Steam Winter sale! Coincidentally, here's 50 great indie recs.
I went to the Public Sauna at Edgerton Park and everyone knew you
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I went to the Public Sauna at Edgerton Park and everyone knew you
Accidentally knocked over my precariously perched N64 and it shattered part of the casing. Now I'm too scared to even plug it in to see if it works! Ahhhhh!!!!!
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Accidentally knocked over my precariously perched N64 and it shattered part of the casing. Now I'm too scared to even plug it in to see if it works! Ahhhhh!!!!!
My wife, she drives me crazy! I asked her for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for our 33rd anniversary. She got me a game all right... Split Fiction!
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My wife, she drives me crazy! I asked her for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for our 33rd anniversary. She got me a game all right... Split Fiction!
Statler: Did you hear? Hades II won Best Action Game this year.
Waldorf: Oh right! You know, that game reminds me of Kermit and Piggy.
Statler: Really?
Waldorf: Every time I see them I think "Hey deez two are getting on my last nerve!"
Waldorf: Oh right! You know, that game reminds me of Kermit and Piggy.
Statler: Really?
Waldorf: Every time I see them I think "Hey deez two are getting on my last nerve!"
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Statler: Did you hear? Hades II won Best Action Game this year.
Waldorf: Oh right! You know, that game reminds me of Kermit and Piggy.
Statler: Really?
Waldorf: Every time I see them I think "Hey deez two are getting on my last nerve!"
Waldorf: Oh right! You know, that game reminds me of Kermit and Piggy.
Statler: Really?
Waldorf: Every time I see them I think "Hey deez two are getting on my last nerve!"
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