Matthew Thompson
@drmatthewthompson.bsky.social
Academic. PhD on historical reconstructions of the Whitechapel Murders. Writes about toxic masculinity, Neo-Victorianism and historical reconstruction. Currently researching the vampire in interactive media.
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Vampires in Interactive Media
Vampires in Interactive Media
edinburghuniversitypress.com
Hello all! Proud to announce my upcoming book now has a cover:
Special thanks to Ivan, Elm and Midnight in Melbourne for this amazing image!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-vampire...
Special thanks to Ivan, Elm and Midnight in Melbourne for this amazing image!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-vampire...
Hello all! Proud to announce my upcoming book now has a cover:
Special thanks to Ivan, Elm and Midnight in Melbourne for this amazing image!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-vampire...
Special thanks to Ivan, Elm and Midnight in Melbourne for this amazing image!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-vampire...
Vampires in Interactive Media
Vampires in Interactive Media
edinburghuniversitypress.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Hello all! Proud to announce my upcoming book now has a cover:
Special thanks to Ivan, Elm and Midnight in Melbourne for this amazing image!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-vampire...
Special thanks to Ivan, Elm and Midnight in Melbourne for this amazing image!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-vampire...
I look forward to the moment where Bruce Wayne gives out points for the prize task...
#Alltheinformationisonthetask
#Alltheinformationisonthetask
June 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I look forward to the moment where Bruce Wayne gives out points for the prize task...
#Alltheinformationisonthetask
#Alltheinformationisonthetask
Book has come back from the editor. Apparently it's "great" and "fascinating".
I am a little chuffed and a lot relieved. 😛
I am a little chuffed and a lot relieved. 😛
January 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Book has come back from the editor. Apparently it's "great" and "fascinating".
I am a little chuffed and a lot relieved. 😛
I am a little chuffed and a lot relieved. 😛
Has to be pretty good to beat this adaptation:
December 24, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Has to be pretty good to beat this adaptation:
Has any one played the 2e Star Trek rpg? What are the big changes from first ed?
December 17, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Has any one played the 2e Star Trek rpg? What are the big changes from first ed?
Reposted by Matthew Thompson
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Vampires in interactive media (video games, board games, ttrpgs, larping)
2) 19C values and their influence on games
1) Vampires in interactive media (video games, board games, ttrpgs, larping)
2) 19C values and their influence on games
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Cultural histories of cancer in Australia, focusing on tobacco and screening
2) Linking this to my old interests in crime… 🤷♀️
1) Cultural histories of cancer in Australia, focusing on tobacco and screening
2) Linking this to my old interests in crime… 🤷♀️
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Sextortion
2) Opening a cafe and soft play with a reading corner!
1) Sextortion
2) Opening a cafe and soft play with a reading corner!
November 17, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Vampires in interactive media (video games, board games, ttrpgs, larping)
2) 19C values and their influence on games
1) Vampires in interactive media (video games, board games, ttrpgs, larping)
2) 19C values and their influence on games
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.
#GameChallenge #Games
Day One:
#GameChallenge #Games
Day One:
November 12, 2024 at 9:51 AM
The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.
#GameChallenge #Games
Day One:
#GameChallenge #Games
Day One:
Best aside to a band:
*In the Jailhouse Now fellas. Neighbourhood of B".
*In the Jailhouse Now fellas. Neighbourhood of B".
We need more music where the singer says "take 'em for a walk, Artie" and then a guy with a clarinet just goes nuts for like 8 minutes
November 12, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Best aside to a band:
*In the Jailhouse Now fellas. Neighbourhood of B".
*In the Jailhouse Now fellas. Neighbourhood of B".
I don't know if there is a game that uses stillness and quiet like Ghosts of Tsushima does.
November 11, 2024 at 7:59 AM
I don't know if there is a game that uses stillness and quiet like Ghosts of Tsushima does.
Hi to everyone new to Bluesky!
Introduce yourself with:
One video game 🎮
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One tv show 📺
Mine:
The Witcher 3
Knives Out
Ghosteen
Slow Horses
Introduce yourself with:
One video game 🎮
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One tv show 📺
Mine:
The Witcher 3
Knives Out
Ghosteen
Slow Horses
November 10, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Hi to everyone new to Bluesky!
Introduce yourself with:
One video game 🎮
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One tv show 📺
Mine:
The Witcher 3
Knives Out
Ghosteen
Slow Horses
Introduce yourself with:
One video game 🎮
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One tv show 📺
Mine:
The Witcher 3
Knives Out
Ghosteen
Slow Horses
I mean Albo's going to be over the moon when he sees how much the Murdoch press has been engaging with the American community's concerns lately...
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November 8, 2024 at 8:05 AM
I mean Albo's going to be over the moon when he sees how much the Murdoch press has been engaging with the American community's concerns lately...
Christ
Christ
Reposted by Matthew Thompson
"Democrats should also acknowledge that seeking a middle ground with a man who calls immigrants “animals” and says he will “protect” women “whether the women like it or not” is unlikely to land in a good place." - Elizabeth Warren is LOCKED IN.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Here's the Plan to Fight Back
To everyone who is afraid of what happens next, I share your fears. But what we do next is important.
time.com
November 8, 2024 at 12:34 AM
"Democrats should also acknowledge that seeking a middle ground with a man who calls immigrants “animals” and says he will “protect” women “whether the women like it or not” is unlikely to land in a good place." - Elizabeth Warren is LOCKED IN.
One lesson that I think can be taken from the election is that progressive politics needs to do more to show it is reaching out for expertise.
Whatever you think of Musk (and if you're here it's probably not much) he did create the illusion of a GOP that's looking outside the political sphere 1/n
Whatever you think of Musk (and if you're here it's probably not much) he did create the illusion of a GOP that's looking outside the political sphere 1/n
November 7, 2024 at 9:13 PM
One lesson that I think can be taken from the election is that progressive politics needs to do more to show it is reaching out for expertise.
Whatever you think of Musk (and if you're here it's probably not much) he did create the illusion of a GOP that's looking outside the political sphere 1/n
Whatever you think of Musk (and if you're here it's probably not much) he did create the illusion of a GOP that's looking outside the political sphere 1/n
Feel immensely privileged to be part of this collection- of which I was fortunate enough to contribute about Jack the Ripper, Board Games themed around the East End and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
November 7, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Feel immensely privileged to be part of this collection- of which I was fortunate enough to contribute about Jack the Ripper, Board Games themed around the East End and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
AMA
I work in Historical reconstruction- particularly Neo-Victorianism and implementations in the interactive space such as Board, video and tabletop games.
I am interested to see how games can challenge assumptions in historical and literary narratives.
ATM my hyperfixation is vampires in games.
I work in Historical reconstruction- particularly Neo-Victorianism and implementations in the interactive space such as Board, video and tabletop games.
I am interested to see how games can challenge assumptions in historical and literary narratives.
ATM my hyperfixation is vampires in games.
okay, time for a prompt post to distract us all from the horrors. quote this post with your areas of expertise, interest, hyperfixation and/or obsession and invite your audience to ask you questions about them.
November 7, 2024 at 10:56 AM
AMA
I work in Historical reconstruction- particularly Neo-Victorianism and implementations in the interactive space such as Board, video and tabletop games.
I am interested to see how games can challenge assumptions in historical and literary narratives.
ATM my hyperfixation is vampires in games.
I work in Historical reconstruction- particularly Neo-Victorianism and implementations in the interactive space such as Board, video and tabletop games.
I am interested to see how games can challenge assumptions in historical and literary narratives.
ATM my hyperfixation is vampires in games.
There will be much temptation to throw around blame for Tuesday's result.
Here's the thing though- much as some may not want to hear it, the Democrat campaign believed that it was politically expedient to overtly ignore the traumatic concerns of some groups.
Don't blame the unheard for this.
Here's the thing though- much as some may not want to hear it, the Democrat campaign believed that it was politically expedient to overtly ignore the traumatic concerns of some groups.
Don't blame the unheard for this.
November 7, 2024 at 10:30 AM
There will be much temptation to throw around blame for Tuesday's result.
Here's the thing though- much as some may not want to hear it, the Democrat campaign believed that it was politically expedient to overtly ignore the traumatic concerns of some groups.
Don't blame the unheard for this.
Here's the thing though- much as some may not want to hear it, the Democrat campaign believed that it was politically expedient to overtly ignore the traumatic concerns of some groups.
Don't blame the unheard for this.