Noah Springer
@noahspringer.com
acquisitions editor for dh, new media, game studies, hci, and design at the MIT Press | editor and columnist at Unwinnable Magazine | letterboxed https://boxd.it/oHIf
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Noah Springer
@noahspringer.com
· Jun 9
I made a starter pack of my authors (and some other authors from fields like STS and comm) here @mitpress.bsky.social. Let me know if you want to be added, either because I missed you, or because you have a book you are interested in publishing!
go.bsky.app/M36a6aK
go.bsky.app/M36a6aK
Just saw someone reposting starter packs, and remembered mine! Check out some @mitpress.bsky.social authors here
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Thanks @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social, @noahspringer.com,
Alyssa Napier, & Sara Cohen for a great book proposal webinar on a cold rainy Monday. As writers and editors we often work alone. Don't underestimate the power of connection (even virtually) and enthusiasm to maintain your energy.
#Academicsky
Alyssa Napier, & Sara Cohen for a great book proposal webinar on a cold rainy Monday. As writers and editors we often work alone. Don't underestimate the power of connection (even virtually) and enthusiasm to maintain your energy.
#Academicsky
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thanks @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social, @noahspringer.com,
Alyssa Napier, & Sara Cohen for a great book proposal webinar on a cold rainy Monday. As writers and editors we often work alone. Don't underestimate the power of connection (even virtually) and enthusiasm to maintain your energy.
#Academicsky
Alyssa Napier, & Sara Cohen for a great book proposal webinar on a cold rainy Monday. As writers and editors we often work alone. Don't underestimate the power of connection (even virtually) and enthusiasm to maintain your energy.
#Academicsky
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ICYMI: "A green, velvet texture rippled across the yard, in all directions, but mostly towards the southeast corner.
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard:
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard:
The Strangling Fruit - Unwinnable
Grass grew, I mowed. Weeds sprouted, I pulled. Mosquitos multiplied, I swatted. And all that time, life pulsed.
unwinnable.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ICYMI: "A green, velvet texture rippled across the yard, in all directions, but mostly towards the southeast corner.
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard:
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard:
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The doctors said I got some pretty nasty poison ivy over the summer, but I wasn't quite convinced of their diagnosis
"A green, velvet texture rippled across the yard, in all directions, but mostly towards the southeast corner.
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
The Strangling Fruit - Unwinnable
Grass grew, I mowed. Weeds sprouted, I pulled. Mosquitos multiplied, I swatted. And all that time, life pulsed.
unwinnable.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The doctors said I got some pretty nasty poison ivy over the summer, but I wasn't quite convinced of their diagnosis
The doctors said I got some pretty nasty poison ivy over the summer, but I wasn't quite convinced of their diagnosis
"A green, velvet texture rippled across the yard, in all directions, but mostly towards the southeast corner.
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
The Strangling Fruit - Unwinnable
Grass grew, I mowed. Weeds sprouted, I pulled. Mosquitos multiplied, I swatted. And all that time, life pulsed.
unwinnable.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The doctors said I got some pretty nasty poison ivy over the summer, but I wasn't quite convinced of their diagnosis
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So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
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This is one of the most interesting writing experiments I’ve done. I really like how it turned out, and I hope you do too!
"Plus, the psychedelic vibes and Aubrey Plaza felt perfectly ripe for those edibles I crushed back in California a few years from now."
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
Turning Time - Unwinnable
Maybe it was those Santa Ana winds driving me insane, or maybe it was the hefty dose of edibles I just scarfed down, but I swore I was back in St. Louis just seconds ago.
unwinnable.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is one of the most interesting writing experiments I’ve done. I really like how it turned out, and I hope you do too!
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An updated story of fatherhood:
For sale
Baby crocs
Never worn
Child is fine, just grew so fast we needed to get a new set of crocs before he ever wore the first pair
For sale
Baby crocs
Never worn
Child is fine, just grew so fast we needed to get a new set of crocs before he ever wore the first pair
October 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
An updated story of fatherhood:
For sale
Baby crocs
Never worn
Child is fine, just grew so fast we needed to get a new set of crocs before he ever wore the first pair
For sale
Baby crocs
Never worn
Child is fine, just grew so fast we needed to get a new set of crocs before he ever wore the first pair
Reposted by Noah Springer
Just saw someone reposting starter packs, and remembered mine! Check out some @mitpress.bsky.social authors here
I made a starter pack of my authors (and some other authors from fields like STS and comm) here @mitpress.bsky.social. Let me know if you want to be added, either because I missed you, or because you have a book you are interested in publishing!
go.bsky.app/M36a6aK
go.bsky.app/M36a6aK
June 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Just saw someone reposting starter packs, and remembered mine! Check out some @mitpress.bsky.social authors here
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A terrific week spent at Tongji University and the China Academy of Art celebrating the 40th anniversary of our journal Design Issues. The hosts put on a remarkable conference and exhibit that showcased the profound impact of the journal on design thinking and research. @mitpress.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A terrific week spent at Tongji University and the China Academy of Art celebrating the 40th anniversary of our journal Design Issues. The hosts put on a remarkable conference and exhibit that showcased the profound impact of the journal on design thinking and research. @mitpress.bsky.social
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Hear from 3 fantastic acquisition editors at our Nov 10 webinar Crafting a Winning Book Proposal:
- Sara Cohen, @uofmpress.bsky.social
- Alyssa Napier, @columbiaup.bsky.social
- Noah Springer @noahspringer.com, @mitpress.bsky.social
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
#FirstBook
- Sara Cohen, @uofmpress.bsky.social
- Alyssa Napier, @columbiaup.bsky.social
- Noah Springer @noahspringer.com, @mitpress.bsky.social
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
#FirstBook
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hear from 3 fantastic acquisition editors at our Nov 10 webinar Crafting a Winning Book Proposal:
- Sara Cohen, @uofmpress.bsky.social
- Alyssa Napier, @columbiaup.bsky.social
- Noah Springer @noahspringer.com, @mitpress.bsky.social
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
#FirstBook
- Sara Cohen, @uofmpress.bsky.social
- Alyssa Napier, @columbiaup.bsky.social
- Noah Springer @noahspringer.com, @mitpress.bsky.social
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
#FirstBook
An updated story of fatherhood:
For sale
Baby crocs
Never worn
Child is fine, just grew so fast we needed to get a new set of crocs before he ever wore the first pair
For sale
Baby crocs
Never worn
Child is fine, just grew so fast we needed to get a new set of crocs before he ever wore the first pair
October 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
An updated story of fatherhood:
For sale
Baby crocs
Never worn
Child is fine, just grew so fast we needed to get a new set of crocs before he ever wore the first pair
For sale
Baby crocs
Never worn
Child is fine, just grew so fast we needed to get a new set of crocs before he ever wore the first pair
Reposted by Noah Springer
You’ve got a fantastic idea for your first book, but do you know how to capture the attention of the publishers? 📚 On November 10, join us for our Crafting a Winning First Book Proposal webinar.
Claim your spot and learn more about our webinar series.
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
#FirstBook
Claim your spot and learn more about our webinar series.
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
#FirstBook
October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
You’ve got a fantastic idea for your first book, but do you know how to capture the attention of the publishers? 📚 On November 10, join us for our Crafting a Winning First Book Proposal webinar.
Claim your spot and learn more about our webinar series.
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
#FirstBook
Claim your spot and learn more about our webinar series.
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
#FirstBook
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Find tricks and treats galore in this month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly, including @jhensliterature.bsky.social on myhouse.wad, @orringrey.com on Sepulchre, and our regular crew on all things spooky.
Buy: unwinnable.bigcartel.com/product/unwi...
Subscribe: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
Buy: unwinnable.bigcartel.com/product/unwi...
Subscribe: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Find tricks and treats galore in this month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly, including @jhensliterature.bsky.social on myhouse.wad, @orringrey.com on Sepulchre, and our regular crew on all things spooky.
Buy: unwinnable.bigcartel.com/product/unwi...
Subscribe: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
Buy: unwinnable.bigcartel.com/product/unwi...
Subscribe: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
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ICYMI: "Plus, the psychedelic vibes and Aubrey Plaza felt perfectly ripe for those edibles I crushed back in California a few years from now."
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
Turning Time - Unwinnable
Maybe it was those Santa Ana winds driving me insane, or maybe it was the hefty dose of edibles I just scarfed down, but I swore I was back in St. Louis just seconds ago.
unwinnable.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ICYMI: "Plus, the psychedelic vibes and Aubrey Plaza felt perfectly ripe for those edibles I crushed back in California a few years from now."
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
Reposted by Noah Springer
🎉🔥🎉ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉🔥🎉DAY🎉🔥🎉
Jonathan Rey Lee’s book on CATAN is almost out. It’s the first in the Tabletop Gaming series that Paul Booth and I have been hard at work editing this past three years. Anyway, the book is fantastic. Please consider it and share with the right people.
Jonathan Rey Lee’s book on CATAN is almost out. It’s the first in the Tabletop Gaming series that Paul Booth and I have been hard at work editing this past three years. Anyway, the book is fantastic. Please consider it and share with the right people.
October 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
🎉🔥🎉ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉🔥🎉DAY🎉🔥🎉
Jonathan Rey Lee’s book on CATAN is almost out. It’s the first in the Tabletop Gaming series that Paul Booth and I have been hard at work editing this past three years. Anyway, the book is fantastic. Please consider it and share with the right people.
Jonathan Rey Lee’s book on CATAN is almost out. It’s the first in the Tabletop Gaming series that Paul Booth and I have been hard at work editing this past three years. Anyway, the book is fantastic. Please consider it and share with the right people.
This is one of the most interesting writing experiments I’ve done. I really like how it turned out, and I hope you do too!
"Plus, the psychedelic vibes and Aubrey Plaza felt perfectly ripe for those edibles I crushed back in California a few years from now."
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
Turning Time - Unwinnable
Maybe it was those Santa Ana winds driving me insane, or maybe it was the hefty dose of edibles I just scarfed down, but I swore I was back in St. Louis just seconds ago.
unwinnable.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is one of the most interesting writing experiments I’ve done. I really like how it turned out, and I hope you do too!
Reposted by Noah Springer
"Plus, the psychedelic vibes and Aubrey Plaza felt perfectly ripe for those edibles I crushed back in California a few years from now."
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
Turning Time - Unwinnable
Maybe it was those Santa Ana winds driving me insane, or maybe it was the hefty dose of edibles I just scarfed down, but I swore I was back in St. Louis just seconds ago.
unwinnable.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Plus, the psychedelic vibes and Aubrey Plaza felt perfectly ripe for those edibles I crushed back in California a few years from now."
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
@noahspringer.com traces a path back through time that crosses media like Turning Red, Undone and Sinners:
Reposted by Noah Springer
What do we truly mean when we talk about agency and free will? And could AI models have these qualities?
In my new book “What Is Intelligence?,” I offer a perspective on how building intelligent machines forces us to confront deep questions about consciousness and our own minds.
In my new book “What Is Intelligence?,” I offer a perspective on how building intelligent machines forces us to confront deep questions about consciousness and our own minds.
October 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
What do we truly mean when we talk about agency and free will? And could AI models have these qualities?
In my new book “What Is Intelligence?,” I offer a perspective on how building intelligent machines forces us to confront deep questions about consciousness and our own minds.
In my new book “What Is Intelligence?,” I offer a perspective on how building intelligent machines forces us to confront deep questions about consciousness and our own minds.
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We'd love to have more pitches for our Exploits mag! All sections are open for pitches. $25 for a ~500-word meta essay and $10 for a ~375-word section essay. More info here: unwinnable.com/submissions/
The Unwinnable Submission Guide - Unwinnable
You have stories to tell. We want to hear them. We are always searching for new voices to add to the conversation at Unwinnable and we firmly believe that personal experience is the foundation of a gr...
unwinnable.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We'd love to have more pitches for our Exploits mag! All sections are open for pitches. $25 for a ~500-word meta essay and $10 for a ~375-word section essay. More info here: unwinnable.com/submissions/
“I went to school in Boston. Well, not IN Boston. And no, I didn’t go to Tufts”
when i taught at MIT the most reliable laugh i could get from my classes was assigning an article by a harvard professor and saying "it's by someone who works at that place up the road"
October 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“I went to school in Boston. Well, not IN Boston. And no, I didn’t go to Tufts”
Apple out here using the drug dealing business model for Tolkien
September 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Apple out here using the drug dealing business model for Tolkien
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Together, we can stop it. 98 more subscribers says "NO," and the world will be safe from such a dangerous collection of top shelf writing by the finest minds in games crit...until the next subscription drive.
September 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Together, we can stop it. 98 more subscribers says "NO," and the world will be safe from such a dangerous collection of top shelf writing by the finest minds in games crit...until the next subscription drive.
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Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
September 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
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a real "lemon it's wednesday" kind of tuesday
September 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
a real "lemon it's wednesday" kind of tuesday
One of my favorite classic internet bits
"When my guests come over, it’s gonna be like BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes."
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...
buff.ly
September 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
One of my favorite classic internet bits