Marijam Didžgalvytė
@marijamdid.com
Materialist Videogames Industry Critic │ Author of "Everything To Play For" (Verso Books) with 7 translations
Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc.
Bikes, Post-rock, Adorno, Gramsci, Antifascism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Lust, Negronis 🍸🏴
marijamdid.com
Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc.
Bikes, Post-rock, Adorno, Gramsci, Antifascism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Lust, Negronis 🍸🏴
marijamdid.com
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Marijam Didžgalvytė
@marijamdid.com
· Sep 17
📢PUBLICATION DAY📙
"Everything To Play For: How Videogames Are Changing The World" out now w/ @versobooks.bsky.social.🌏
www.versobooks.com/products/308...
The 📕 blends cultural theory & materialist critiques with accessible language and personal stories engaging both novices & seasoned connoisseurs.
"Everything To Play For: How Videogames Are Changing The World" out now w/ @versobooks.bsky.social.🌏
www.versobooks.com/products/308...
The 📕 blends cultural theory & materialist critiques with accessible language and personal stories engaging both novices & seasoned connoisseurs.
1 year exactly since the release of my debut book w/ @versobooks.bsky.social.
In February '24 I wrote down in my journal my goals for the release - audiences reached, countries travelled, connections made etc. This 1st year wildly exceeded all my expectations, I am so so grateful.
What's next? 1/4
In February '24 I wrote down in my journal my goals for the release - audiences reached, countries travelled, connections made etc. This 1st year wildly exceeded all my expectations, I am so so grateful.
What's next? 1/4
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Everyone needs to let Ilia Malinin go play video games and cope in peace smh
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Everyone needs to let Ilia Malinin go play video games and cope in peace smh
Zomg he's much more put together than I would be in his place. Panic attack, a cab, hotel, bottle of tequila.
Good sportsperson, just knows this happens, there will be victories in the future.
Good sportsperson, just knows this happens, there will be victories in the future.
Q: "When the music ended, what was your first thought?"
Ilia Malinin: "I blew it"
Ilia Malinin: "I blew it"
February 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Zomg he's much more put together than I would be in his place. Panic attack, a cab, hotel, bottle of tequila.
Good sportsperson, just knows this happens, there will be victories in the future.
Good sportsperson, just knows this happens, there will be victories in the future.
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Ilia Malinin not even making the podium is like, a top-3 sports shock I think I've ever witnessed. Holy moly.
February 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Ilia Malinin not even making the podium is like, a top-3 sports shock I think I've ever witnessed. Holy moly.
Which stage of capitalism is this?
(From a local Copenhagen Facebook group.)
(From a local Copenhagen Facebook group.)
February 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Which stage of capitalism is this?
(From a local Copenhagen Facebook group.)
(From a local Copenhagen Facebook group.)
.@shalev.bsky.social has developed a roll of pictures from the last little while. I'm in some of them, too. Estonian bogs, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Venice here. 🥰📸
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM
.@shalev.bsky.social has developed a roll of pictures from the last little while. I'm in some of them, too. Estonian bogs, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Venice here. 🥰📸
Danish PM echoing Žižek here I see.
Europe needs ‘emergency mindset’ to survive, warns Danish PM ft.trib.al/CIhDD0T
Europe needs ‘emergency mindset’ to survive, warns Danish PM
Mette Frederiksen tells FT that Greenland crisis has shown the ‘old world will not come back’
ft.trib.al
February 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Danish PM echoing Žižek here I see.
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AI is so inherently popular that companies are paying influencers up to $600,000 to tell people how awesome it is:
aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
February 13, 2026 at 12:04 AM
AI is so inherently popular that companies are paying influencers up to $600,000 to tell people how awesome it is:
aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
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hold on i gotta take this
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 AM
hold on i gotta take this
Growth is absolutely adoring the new Ryan Murphy JFK Jr. x Carolyn Bessette series and not being ashamed anymore.
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Growth is absolutely adoring the new Ryan Murphy JFK Jr. x Carolyn Bessette series and not being ashamed anymore.
Another banger by @freedompress.bsky.social.
"With this thinking the "anti-imperialists" are confusing the principle of solidarity between peoples seeking freedom and dignity, and a supposed solidarity found in loyalty to factions of states and governments." 👏
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/11/i...
"With this thinking the "anti-imperialists" are confusing the principle of solidarity between peoples seeking freedom and dignity, and a supposed solidarity found in loyalty to factions of states and governments." 👏
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/11/i...
When anti-imperialism is not intersectional - Freedom News
As activist bubbles expand, resistance to all oppression is no longer taken for granted by international solidarity groups ~ Alex Cuzzolino ~ Prote…
freedomnews.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Another banger by @freedompress.bsky.social.
"With this thinking the "anti-imperialists" are confusing the principle of solidarity between peoples seeking freedom and dignity, and a supposed solidarity found in loyalty to factions of states and governments." 👏
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/11/i...
"With this thinking the "anti-imperialists" are confusing the principle of solidarity between peoples seeking freedom and dignity, and a supposed solidarity found in loyalty to factions of states and governments." 👏
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/11/i...
It's been nearly 5 years that I no longer live in the UK, but I must admit following their political psychodrama is a habit I can't quit. The universe is just too rich with wacky characters and factions, adorned with head-spinning, overwritten plot twists. Impossible to look away!🍿
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
It's been nearly 5 years that I no longer live in the UK, but I must admit following their political psychodrama is a habit I can't quit. The universe is just too rich with wacky characters and factions, adorned with head-spinning, overwritten plot twists. Impossible to look away!🍿
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This is an amazing half time special with profound depth and deep cultural layers.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
This is an amazing half time special with profound depth and deep cultural layers.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
Nice to see Ilia Malinin trending and congrats with the great results at the Olympics. I've been following him closely for about a year now, ever since I watched this epic performance by him to the "Succession" theme song. Ice skating is such art!
youtu.be/8SmT8DigLCE?...
youtu.be/8SmT8DigLCE?...
Ilia MALININ (USA) | Free Skating | Montréal 2024 | #WorldFigure
YouTube video by Skating ISU
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Nice to see Ilia Malinin trending and congrats with the great results at the Olympics. I've been following him closely for about a year now, ever since I watched this epic performance by him to the "Succession" theme song. Ice skating is such art!
youtu.be/8SmT8DigLCE?...
youtu.be/8SmT8DigLCE?...
Legends in Portugal, congrats! 👏🎇✊
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Landslide win for centre-left candidate António José Seguro in Portugal’s presidential runoff
Moderate socialist defeats far-right populist André Ventura, with exit polls putting him comfortably above two-thirds of vote
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Legends in Portugal, congrats! 👏🎇✊
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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finally got around to picking up @marijamdid.com's Everything To Play For!! very excited to dig in
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
finally got around to picking up @marijamdid.com's Everything To Play For!! very excited to dig in
Mandelson x Epstein reports are more and more vile with every day. But it's getting me to absolute boiling point of shaking rage listening to how Mandelson was also casually bullying UK government to get JP Morgan off the hook post 2008 crash. Fully Russia style corruption.
youtu.be/dC1veUPtcj0?...
youtu.be/dC1veUPtcj0?...
"Appalling behaviour" | Emily Thornberry & Stephen Flynn on Mandelson & Epstein email allegations
YouTube video by BBC Politics
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Mandelson x Epstein reports are more and more vile with every day. But it's getting me to absolute boiling point of shaking rage listening to how Mandelson was also casually bullying UK government to get JP Morgan off the hook post 2008 crash. Fully Russia style corruption.
youtu.be/dC1veUPtcj0?...
youtu.be/dC1veUPtcj0?...
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
Due to some life reasons I'm spending the next few months in Tallinn, Estonia. My Baltics bros, do recommend me things to do / stuff to see / landmarks to visit / trouble to get into etc.
It's magically snowy here and I have an indoor fireplace and my inner child is basically in heaven. ❄️🔥
It's magically snowy here and I have an indoor fireplace and my inner child is basically in heaven. ❄️🔥
February 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Due to some life reasons I'm spending the next few months in Tallinn, Estonia. My Baltics bros, do recommend me things to do / stuff to see / landmarks to visit / trouble to get into etc.
It's magically snowy here and I have an indoor fireplace and my inner child is basically in heaven. ❄️🔥
It's magically snowy here and I have an indoor fireplace and my inner child is basically in heaven. ❄️🔥
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It’s truly galling that Mandelson’s long-standing patronage of Streeting will barely garner a mention in the fevered write-ups of the runners and riders when Starmer finally falls. Nor will they run the clips of Wes defending Pete. They do love him so
February 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM
It’s truly galling that Mandelson’s long-standing patronage of Streeting will barely garner a mention in the fevered write-ups of the runners and riders when Starmer finally falls. Nor will they run the clips of Wes defending Pete. They do love him so
Yesss, frenchies, let's go, raid that evil den!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEoy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEoy...
Waystar Royco gets raided by FBI (Episode Ending) | Succession Season 3, Episode 3
YouTube video by Complicated Airflow
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Yesss, frenchies, let's go, raid that evil den!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEoy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEoy...
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and then i spat out beer www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
![To: [redacted]
From: Kotick, Bobby
Sent: Sat 4/24/2004 8:07:46 AM
Subject: RE:
Title: RE:
Mend it together and bring that sexy body that goes with it out to my town. Ill ring.
--Original Message
From: Gmax
Sent: Fri Apr 23 16:21:19 2004
To: Kotic Boby
Subject:
You don't ring, you don't write..
Yours heart broken
Ghislaine](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oteavo3q45dn24cfm7wjkwzz/bafkreidy5tekbowjrgf2ozxdigesig7s27mmkqkiicv4jzioyridwo2m7u@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 PM
and then i spat out beer www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
I don't get what would be the joy in wearing this in public. I'd just be constantly stressed out that someone's gonna try to decapitate me.
Are the pre-sales to the movie this bad they resort to such tricks?
Are the pre-sales to the movie this bad they resort to such tricks?
The Indian jewel broke records when it was last sold for $8.8 million in 2011.
Margot Robbie Wore Elizabeth Taylor's Iconic Taj Mahal Diamond To 'Wuthering Heights' Premiere
The Indian jewel broke records when it was last sold for $8.8 million in 2011.
www.forbes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I don't get what would be the joy in wearing this in public. I'd just be constantly stressed out that someone's gonna try to decapitate me.
Are the pre-sales to the movie this bad they resort to such tricks?
Are the pre-sales to the movie this bad they resort to such tricks?
In the past 2 days I heard 4 conversations where the interview questions were clearly "prepared" by ChatGPT. Podcasts / panels etc. I just don't understand what is the point of taking space of being an interviewer when you simply have no interest in crafting the questions yourself. Baffling.
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 PM
In the past 2 days I heard 4 conversations where the interview questions were clearly "prepared" by ChatGPT. Podcasts / panels etc. I just don't understand what is the point of taking space of being an interviewer when you simply have no interest in crafting the questions yourself. Baffling.