Edmond Chang
@edmondchang.bsky.social
Teacher. Writer. Gamer. Associate Professor of English at Ohio University. Scholar of literature, games, & pop culture. Author of Tellings RPG & Archaea LARP.
World reacts to US bombing of Venezuela, ‘capture’ of Maduro www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
World reacts to US bombing of Venezuela, ‘capture’ of Maduro
Donald Trump says the US has carried out a 'large scale strike' against Venezuela and captured its president.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
World reacts to US bombing of Venezuela, ‘capture’ of Maduro www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It
The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs
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December 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Why #mediastudies #rhetoricalawareness #criticalthinking #feminism #humanities are important: Wild Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theories After Last Album Was Coordinated Effort, Report Claims www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Why #mediastudies #rhetoricalawareness #criticalthinking #feminism #humanities are important: Wild Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theories After Last Album Was Coordinated Effort, Report Claims www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
I wasn't going to teach The Hunger Games in my Speculative Appalachia class... but now... www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I wasn't going to teach The Hunger Games in my Speculative Appalachia class... but now... www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...
#PlayStoryPress Book Talk: Suzanne Richardson @oozegod.bsky.social & Ed Chang share about Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons: playstorypress.org/2025/12/18/p... #analoggamestudies #creativewriting #dnd @analoggamestudies.bsky.social
Play Story Book Talk – Roll with Advantage – Play Story Press
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December 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#PlayStoryPress Book Talk: Suzanne Richardson @oozegod.bsky.social & Ed Chang share about Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons: playstorypress.org/2025/12/18/p... #analoggamestudies #creativewriting #dnd @analoggamestudies.bsky.social
Not much has changed...really: A decade on from Game.rgate, how has the games industry changed for women? www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...
A decade on from Gamergate, how has the games industry changed for women?
Some of gaming's most influential women share their experiences, along with what still needs to be done
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Not much has changed...really: A decade on from Game.rgate, how has the games industry changed for women? www.gamesindustry.biz/a-decade-on-...
More of my childhood going into that good night... and one of my gay awakenings... farewell, Buck... www.youtube.com/watch?v=v32V...
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Intro (SEE DESCRIPTION PLEASE)
YouTube video by BackYardSounds
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December 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
More of my childhood going into that good night... and one of my gay awakenings... farewell, Buck... www.youtube.com/watch?v=v32V...
NEW PUBLICATION: Excited to be a part of this @jcmsjournal.bsky.social dossier on "#TeachingGameStudies," edited by Ryan Banfi, featuring a lot of friendlings including @Patrick LeMieux & Stephanie Boluk, Soraya Murray, and others: quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/teach...
Journal of Cinema and Media Studies - Teachingmedia
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December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NEW PUBLICATION: Excited to be a part of this @jcmsjournal.bsky.social dossier on "#TeachingGameStudies," edited by Ryan Banfi, featuring a lot of friendlings including @Patrick LeMieux & Stephanie Boluk, Soraya Murray, and others: quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/teach...
Top 10 Video Games of 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/a...
Top 10 Video Games of 2025
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December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Top 10 Video Games of 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/a...
In this week's @ohiouniversity.bsky.social @ohioenglish.bsky.social Faculty Roundup: www.ohio.edu/news/2025/12...
Faculty Experts Roundup
OHIO faculty have been busy. Fall semester news includes awards, publications, research and performances.
www.ohio.edu
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In this week's @ohiouniversity.bsky.social @ohioenglish.bsky.social Faculty Roundup: www.ohio.edu/news/2025/12...
#HolidayGiftIdeas for your #videogames #analoggames #ttrpg #gamestudies friends...
Video Games, Literature, & Close Playing: www.routledge.com/.../Chang...... & Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w...
Video Games, Literature, & Close Playing: www.routledge.com/.../Chang...... & Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w...
December 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#HolidayGiftIdeas for your #videogames #analoggames #ttrpg #gamestudies friends...
Video Games, Literature, & Close Playing: www.routledge.com/.../Chang...... & Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w...
Video Games, Literature, & Close Playing: www.routledge.com/.../Chang...... & Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w...
A December reminder to submit to #GenerationAnalog 2026! Deadline is (only) three-ish months away on March 1: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... :) @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #GameInLab
Generation Analog 2026 “GREEN” CFP | Analog Game Studies
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December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A December reminder to submit to #GenerationAnalog 2026! Deadline is (only) three-ish months away on March 1: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... :) @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #GameInLab
Listening to #AlendaChang on Hidden Levels #5: "Press B to Touch Grass": 99percentinvisible.org/episode/hl-0... -- you can listen here: pod.link/394775318/ep... #hiddenlevels #minecraft #videogames #environmentalgames #podcast @99pi.org
Hidden Levels #5: Press B to Touch Grass - 99% Invisible
The Hidden Levels Original Soundtrack is now available everywhere! Nature in video games has evolved from a simple backdrop to an essential portal for many, particularly those whose access to the outd...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Listening to #AlendaChang on Hidden Levels #5: "Press B to Touch Grass": 99percentinvisible.org/episode/hl-0... -- you can listen here: pod.link/394775318/ep... #hiddenlevels #minecraft #videogames #environmentalgames #podcast @99pi.org
Thanks for having us!
If you're around University of Washington Campus tomorrow, I'm going to be hosting my mentor @edmondchang.bsky.social who just published his new book which is a How To on the strategy of Close Playing games! It's finally time to get gamers critically engaging with media again!
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thanks for having us!
South Korea’s Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster futurism.com/future-socie...
South Korea's Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster
The South Korean government's billion-dollar AI textbook initiative has been a complete failure from start to finish.
futurism.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
South Korea’s Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster futurism.com/future-socie...
Was just talking about him... Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88 www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
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November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Was just talking about him... Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88 www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
The poem... the horror... the horror... www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The poem... the horror... the horror... www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
Reading Games, Playing Stories: A Book Talk with Edmond Y. Chang & Timothy J. Welsh, Tuesday, 12/2, 4:00-5:15 PM, UW OSC Presentation Space: lib.uw.edu/openscholars... #videogamestudies #gamestudies #closeplaying #newbook #booktalk
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Reading Games, Playing Stories: A Book Talk with Edmond Y. Chang & Timothy J. Welsh, Tuesday, 12/2, 4:00-5:15 PM, UW OSC Presentation Space: lib.uw.edu/openscholars... #videogamestudies #gamestudies #closeplaying #newbook #booktalk
Hilars...
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hilars...
Congrattsssssssss....
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
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(Thread)
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Congrattsssssssss....
@analoggamestudies.bsky.social & #GameinLab present Generation Analog 2026, July 16-17, GREEN will be this year’s conference theme... Abstracts due by March 1, 2026: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... #analoggamestudies #generationanalog2026
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
@analoggamestudies.bsky.social & #GameinLab present Generation Analog 2026, July 16-17, GREEN will be this year’s conference theme... Abstracts due by March 1, 2026: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... #analoggamestudies #generationanalog2026
Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation: Poll abcnews.go.com/Politics/ame...
Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation, disapprove of the president and say he is going too far to expand power of presidency
Over 6 in 10 say Trump and GOP are out of touch. Even more say that about Dems.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation: Poll abcnews.go.com/Politics/ame...
Reposted by Edmond Chang
I especially like this quote about kids and games:
"At the end of the day, kids love to play games, but they don’t need RPGs like a group of adults do. The thing that kids need when they play games is a framework for resolving disputes, but they don’t need a framework for creating fiction."
"At the end of the day, kids love to play games, but they don’t need RPGs like a group of adults do. The thing that kids need when they play games is a framework for resolving disputes, but they don’t need a framework for creating fiction."
During GenCon, @jdragsky.bsky.social and I had a chat about building meaning into games, respecting the concept of the child when designing for all ages, and making games with intention.
Check out the interview here, and thank you Jay!
https://loom.ly/tOJw3i0
Check out the interview here, and thank you Jay!
https://loom.ly/tOJw3i0
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I especially like this quote about kids and games:
"At the end of the day, kids love to play games, but they don’t need RPGs like a group of adults do. The thing that kids need when they play games is a framework for resolving disputes, but they don’t need a framework for creating fiction."
"At the end of the day, kids love to play games, but they don’t need RPGs like a group of adults do. The thing that kids need when they play games is a framework for resolving disputes, but they don’t need a framework for creating fiction."
Just leaving this here: Harvard's endowment was valued at $56.9 billion for fiscal year 2025...
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just leaving this here: Harvard's endowment was valued at $56.9 billion for fiscal year 2025...
Thanks to Asian American Studies for the invite... UPCOMING TALK: "Race, Queerness, and Gaming While Asian," November 13, 2025, 4-5:320 PM, Denney Hall, Ohio State University asianamericanstudies.osu.edu/events/race-...
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thanks to Asian American Studies for the invite... UPCOMING TALK: "Race, Queerness, and Gaming While Asian," November 13, 2025, 4-5:320 PM, Denney Hall, Ohio State University asianamericanstudies.osu.edu/events/race-...