Raluca Fratiloiu
@raluca.bsky.social
College Prof. || Media Studies teacher || Experimental game designer
I really enjoyed presenting this paper at #cgsa2025 at Concordia in Montreal and being part of a very interesting panel on politics in games. Lots to take away and think about.
June 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I really enjoyed presenting this paper at #cgsa2025 at Concordia in Montreal and being part of a very interesting panel on politics in games. Lots to take away and think about.
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PBS apparently was going to broadcast the Narcissa Wright documentary Break the Game and then abruptly pulled the documentary out of fear because it's a sympathetic documentary about a trans woman www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
PBS Pulled a Film for Political Reasons, Then Changed Its Mind
A window into how the network is handling the new Trump era
www.theatlantic.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
PBS apparently was going to broadcast the Narcissa Wright documentary Break the Game and then abruptly pulled the documentary out of fear because it's a sympathetic documentary about a trans woman www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
If you lie about your funding and promote hate, you shouldn't run in elections. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Romania launches criminal probe into far-right, pro-Moscow presidential candidate Georgescu
Romanian prosecutors opened a criminal probe Wednesday into far-right populist Calin Georgescu, whose surprise first-round win in December presidential elections prompted authorities to take the unpre...
www.france24.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you lie about your funding and promote hate, you shouldn't run in elections. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
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Putin plays the long game. He has punished Ukraine – and he won’t stop there | Yaroslav Hrytsak
Putin plays the long game. He has punished Ukraine – and he won’t stop there | Yaroslav Hrytsak
Like a judo master, the Russian aggressor wears down his opponents until they break. Then he comes back for more, says historian Yaroslav Hrytsak
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Putin plays the long game. He has punished Ukraine – and he won’t stop there | Yaroslav Hrytsak
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A strong statement on the need to stand up in dark times from my colleague @heathermcpherson.bsky.social.
She has done the heavy lifting in parliament on Ukraine, Gaza
and human rights.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
She has done the heavy lifting in parliament on Ukraine, Gaza
and human rights.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
A Dangerous World: Trump, Putin, and the Shadow of 1938 Fascism
As the NDP Foreign Affairs critic and Member of Parliament representing Edmonton Strathcona, I am deeply disturbed by Donald Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine.
substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A strong statement on the need to stand up in dark times from my colleague @heathermcpherson.bsky.social.
She has done the heavy lifting in parliament on Ukraine, Gaza
and human rights.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
She has done the heavy lifting in parliament on Ukraine, Gaza
and human rights.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The courts separate democracy from autocracy. Will Trump defy them? | Amrit Singh and David Cole www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The courts separate democracy from autocracy. Will Trump defy them? | Amrit Singh and David Cole
Thus far, the administration has pursued appeals. But remarks from JD Vance and Elon Musk echo authoritarians worldwide
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The courts separate democracy from autocracy. Will Trump defy them? | Amrit Singh and David Cole www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Join them, Canada.
Keir Starmer op-ed in @telegraphnews.bsky.social tomorrow ✊🚩🇬🇧🇺🇦 It’s happening. Finally. Thank you, Prime Minister.
February 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Join them, Canada.
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Awful: Internal USAID memo instructs employees to refrain from talking to the media about cuts in assistance to the most vulnerable or they may get fired, WaPo reports.
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?
newrepublic.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Awful: Internal USAID memo instructs employees to refrain from talking to the media about cuts in assistance to the most vulnerable or they may get fired, WaPo reports.
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
When the lessons are no longer working...
In the Musk revolution, lessons from the 20th century will be deleted | Rafael Behr
In the Musk revolution, lessons from the 20th century will be deleted | Rafael Behr
Democracy’s traditional defence against fascism doesn’t work against the new far-right hybrid coded in Silicon Valley
History isn’t winning the argument. Across Europe and the US, defenders of democracy have mobilised every precedent to warn against a…
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
When the lessons are no longer working...
Interesting findings on consumer facing AI and its lack of accuracy.
Don't trust consumer-facing "AI" for anything
BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy.
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Interesting findings on consumer facing AI and its lack of accuracy.
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We really should've been educating people about Mao's Cultural Revolution.
This really is similar.
This really is similar.
It's really appalling that things are happening -- like firing career Department of Education officials because they attended a diversity conference -- that remind me of what I've read about Mao's mid-1960s Cultural Revolution in China, a humanitarian disaster we don't talk about nearly enough
February 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
We really should've been educating people about Mao's Cultural Revolution.
This really is similar.
This really is similar.
Someone should write a comparison between Caligula and Trump, with lots of speculative parallels and endings.
February 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Someone should write a comparison between Caligula and Trump, with lots of speculative parallels and endings.
🤞
February 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
🤞
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Many voted for Trump because they thought a businessman running a country was a good idea.
But a country isn’t a business, other countries aren’t merely rivals, and the selfish/sociopathic leadership style that’s rewarded in the corporate world backfires in politics.
www.npr.org/2018/07/04/6...
But a country isn’t a business, other countries aren’t merely rivals, and the selfish/sociopathic leadership style that’s rewarded in the corporate world backfires in politics.
www.npr.org/2018/07/04/6...
Zero-Sum Tactics That Built Trump Inc. Could Backfire With World Leaders
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with David Honig, who teaches negotiations at Indiana University, on how President Trump has employed a technique called "distributive bargaining," and how that can backfire.
www.npr.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Many voted for Trump because they thought a businessman running a country was a good idea.
But a country isn’t a business, other countries aren’t merely rivals, and the selfish/sociopathic leadership style that’s rewarded in the corporate world backfires in politics.
www.npr.org/2018/07/04/6...
But a country isn’t a business, other countries aren’t merely rivals, and the selfish/sociopathic leadership style that’s rewarded in the corporate world backfires in politics.
www.npr.org/2018/07/04/6...
Navigating my small list of followed accounts from X here. 😊
January 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Navigating my small list of followed accounts from X here. 😊
Really enjoyed #gdc2024. It was refreshing to see all the indie games and join the panels and round tables tackling corporate issues and AI ethics. Feeling compelled to apply what I learnt to another #experimentalgame.
March 24, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Really enjoyed #gdc2024. It was refreshing to see all the indie games and join the panels and round tables tackling corporate issues and AI ethics. Feeling compelled to apply what I learnt to another #experimentalgame.
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This November, Bellingcat hosted its first in-person Hackathon with over 45 participants at the University of Amsterdam. Learn more about the event and the incredible projects conceptualised over the 3 days…
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
Bringing Command Line Tools to the Browser and Investigating Russian Courts, Social Media Narratives...
Earlier this month, Bellingcat hosted its fourth hackathon, our first to take place in-person. We’re excited to share the projects our participants brought to life over three days of intense hacking...
www.bellingcat.com
November 29, 2023 at 2:31 PM
This November, Bellingcat hosted its first in-person Hackathon with over 45 participants at the University of Amsterdam. Learn more about the event and the incredible projects conceptualised over the 3 days…
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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A new GAMESTUDIES book graces the site❗
Combining theories on fictional persons from Japanese and Euro-American practices, this book discusses VIDEO GAME characters in our popular media culture in which they are constantly reimagined.
👉 thevideogamelibrary.org/book/video-g...
@jjol33n.bsky.social
Combining theories on fictional persons from Japanese and Euro-American practices, this book discusses VIDEO GAME characters in our popular media culture in which they are constantly reimagined.
👉 thevideogamelibrary.org/book/video-g...
@jjol33n.bsky.social
October 24, 2023 at 1:32 PM
A new GAMESTUDIES book graces the site❗
Combining theories on fictional persons from Japanese and Euro-American practices, this book discusses VIDEO GAME characters in our popular media culture in which they are constantly reimagined.
👉 thevideogamelibrary.org/book/video-g...
@jjol33n.bsky.social
Combining theories on fictional persons from Japanese and Euro-American practices, this book discusses VIDEO GAME characters in our popular media culture in which they are constantly reimagined.
👉 thevideogamelibrary.org/book/video-g...
@jjol33n.bsky.social
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Through interviews, focus groups, and qualitative content analyses, this book analyzes girls’ involvement with VIDEO GAMES.
It examines girl-oriented games, activist efforts to change the industry, and educational programs that teach girls game design.
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/games-g...
It examines girl-oriented games, activist efforts to change the industry, and educational programs that teach girls game design.
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/games-g...
November 10, 2023 at 4:53 PM
Through interviews, focus groups, and qualitative content analyses, this book analyzes girls’ involvement with VIDEO GAMES.
It examines girl-oriented games, activist efforts to change the industry, and educational programs that teach girls game design.
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/games-g...
It examines girl-oriented games, activist efforts to change the industry, and educational programs that teach girls game design.
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/games-g...
Quite funny and on point on the rapport with anything it generates that I've read so far.
A two-hour walking tour with ChatGPT: ‘I’d not suggest that to my worst enemy’
The AI app has been praised and panned for its itinerary planning abilities. In Sydney, the city she knows best, travel writer Kate Hennessy puts it to the test
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2023 at 9:32 PM
Quite funny and on point on the rapport with anything it generates that I've read so far.
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The Social Science of QAnon edited by Monica Miller and featuring @karendouglas.bsky.social, Joseph Uscinski, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and me (@psychunseen.bsky.social) is out and available now.
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/100905502X/
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/100905502X/
October 22, 2023 at 4:11 PM
The Social Science of QAnon edited by Monica Miller and featuring @karendouglas.bsky.social, Joseph Uscinski, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and me (@psychunseen.bsky.social) is out and available now.
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/100905502X/
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/100905502X/
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Calling all gaming history buffs! Internet Archive is a treasure trove for arcade enthusiasts. Explore our vast collection of arcade manuals & uncover the secrets behind your favorite games. It's a trip down memory lane you won't want to miss! https://archive.org/details/arcademanuals?tab=collection
August 10, 2023 at 11:56 PM
Calling all gaming history buffs! Internet Archive is a treasure trove for arcade enthusiasts. Explore our vast collection of arcade manuals & uncover the secrets behind your favorite games. It's a trip down memory lane you won't want to miss! https://archive.org/details/arcademanuals?tab=collection