Andrew Bell
@andrewbell.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Midlands4Cities PhD Student at BCU. Studying queer game-making via playable monsters 🧟🧛🏻♂️🐺
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Genuinely happy that the 7 year long development time was spent working at a leisurely pace, spending time with their families and flexing their creative muscles - with no pressure to expand their company, deliver sooner or read a single reddit post. Smartest people in our entire industry.
BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make
The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme
www.bloomberg.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Genuinely happy that the 7 year long development time was spent working at a leisurely pace, spending time with their families and flexing their creative muscles - with no pressure to expand their company, deliver sooner or read a single reddit post. Smartest people in our entire industry.
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The replacement of everything with generative AI is NOT inevitable, but it sure is if you all shrug and say "Well, it's inevitable" like your brain was washed in bad predictive SF for decades.
July 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The replacement of everything with generative AI is NOT inevitable, but it sure is if you all shrug and say "Well, it's inevitable" like your brain was washed in bad predictive SF for decades.
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Small update from us at Furry Studies! 🦉
The deadline for the Call for Papers has been extended until Monday 30th June to give you all a little more time to get your abstracts in!
More info: furrystudies.org
The deadline for the Call for Papers has been extended until Monday 30th June to give you all a little more time to get your abstracts in!
More info: furrystudies.org
Call for Papers - Furry Studies 2025
We encourage the submission of proposals for academic papers, short workshops, practice-based activities, performances, showcases, and pre-formed panels.
furrystudies.org
June 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Small update from us at Furry Studies! 🦉
The deadline for the Call for Papers has been extended until Monday 30th June to give you all a little more time to get your abstracts in!
More info: furrystudies.org
The deadline for the Call for Papers has been extended until Monday 30th June to give you all a little more time to get your abstracts in!
More info: furrystudies.org
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CONFIRMED: The double take voice acting mistake is in the remake.
April 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
CONFIRMED: The double take voice acting mistake is in the remake.
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SHELVE YOUR WAR SCYTHE, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE LOW SELF-ESTEEM. AND YOU WILL WIN.
March 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
SHELVE YOUR WAR SCYTHE, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE LOW SELF-ESTEEM. AND YOU WILL WIN.
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RELISH IN THE SCREAMS OF YOUR ENEMIES! DO YOU HAVE MEDICINE YOU NEED TO TAKE?
March 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
RELISH IN THE SCREAMS OF YOUR ENEMIES! DO YOU HAVE MEDICINE YOU NEED TO TAKE?
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you already know what's up
(steam sale rec thread is what's up)
as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't need the help.
so, onwards!
(steam sale rec thread is what's up)
as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't need the help.
so, onwards!
March 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
you already know what's up
(steam sale rec thread is what's up)
as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't need the help.
so, onwards!
(steam sale rec thread is what's up)
as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, and just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't need the help.
so, onwards!
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bust a groove, print ad, imagery (cut out flip book), playstation (1999) www.mobygames.com/game/3840/bu...
February 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
bust a groove, print ad, imagery (cut out flip book), playstation (1999) www.mobygames.com/game/3840/bu...
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my new answer to any question re: why i made something a certain way in one of my games that you don't like
February 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
my new answer to any question re: why i made something a certain way in one of my games that you don't like
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“Young People Don’t Want Sex And Romance In Their Games” and the top 10 up and coming Steam games are stuff like anime dating sims about a werewolf woman that has sex with people and eats them.
February 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“Young People Don’t Want Sex And Romance In Their Games” and the top 10 up and coming Steam games are stuff like anime dating sims about a werewolf woman that has sex with people and eats them.
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🙃
Marvel Rivals director and team laid off according to posts www.resetera.com/threads/marv...
February 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🙃
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#CFP “Transgressive Identities & Subjectivities” Conference 17-18 June - Birmingham City Uni.
Delighted to be running this event with Matt Grimes, to explore both the potentials and the limitations of transgression of selfhood in media, culture and society. bcmcr.org/event/cfp-tr... deadline 7 Feb!
Delighted to be running this event with Matt Grimes, to explore both the potentials and the limitations of transgression of selfhood in media, culture and society. bcmcr.org/event/cfp-tr... deadline 7 Feb!
CFP: “Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities” BCMCR Conference 17th-18th June 2025 – BCMCR
bcmcr.org
January 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#CFP “Transgressive Identities & Subjectivities” Conference 17-18 June - Birmingham City Uni.
Delighted to be running this event with Matt Grimes, to explore both the potentials and the limitations of transgression of selfhood in media, culture and society. bcmcr.org/event/cfp-tr... deadline 7 Feb!
Delighted to be running this event with Matt Grimes, to explore both the potentials and the limitations of transgression of selfhood in media, culture and society. bcmcr.org/event/cfp-tr... deadline 7 Feb!
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Like monsters and #gamestudies? Have I got news for you...
Our new collected volume, edited together with @sarahstang.bsky.social, @jjol33n.bsky.social, and Lobna Hassan is finally out!
Big thanks to all our authors and our wonderful cover artist @dorukb.bsky.social, great job everyone ❤️
Our new collected volume, edited together with @sarahstang.bsky.social, @jjol33n.bsky.social, and Lobna Hassan is finally out!
Big thanks to all our authors and our wonderful cover artist @dorukb.bsky.social, great job everyone ❤️
Monstrosity in Games and Play
Monsters fascinate us. From ancient folklore to contemporary digital games, they are at the core of the stories we tell. They reflect our fears, deepest desires, and the monstrosity hidden within ours...
www.aup.nl
January 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Like monsters and #gamestudies? Have I got news for you...
Our new collected volume, edited together with @sarahstang.bsky.social, @jjol33n.bsky.social, and Lobna Hassan is finally out!
Big thanks to all our authors and our wonderful cover artist @dorukb.bsky.social, great job everyone ❤️
Our new collected volume, edited together with @sarahstang.bsky.social, @jjol33n.bsky.social, and Lobna Hassan is finally out!
Big thanks to all our authors and our wonderful cover artist @dorukb.bsky.social, great job everyone ❤️
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A short but excellent masterclass thread on knowledge graph injection - i.e. making up and propagating a word so that various AI's will happily vouch for some new bullshit definition you made up.
a.k.a. 'making up your own glorbo'
a.k.a meet the new SEO
a.k.a. 'making up your own glorbo'
a.k.a meet the new SEO
December 30, 2024 at 10:26 PM
A short but excellent masterclass thread on knowledge graph injection - i.e. making up and propagating a word so that various AI's will happily vouch for some new bullshit definition you made up.
a.k.a. 'making up your own glorbo'
a.k.a meet the new SEO
a.k.a. 'making up your own glorbo'
a.k.a meet the new SEO
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The British DiGRA conference 2025 will take place at Birmingham City University, 20-21 May! Scholars are invited to contribute to a discussion on the theme of ‘What is British Games Research?’ and, by sharing their work, to help build up a picture of our research field.
CFP: bcmcr.org/bdigra/
CFP: bcmcr.org/bdigra/
British DiGRA 2025 – conference announcement and call for papers – BCMCR
bcmcr.org
December 6, 2024 at 3:37 PM
The British DiGRA conference 2025 will take place at Birmingham City University, 20-21 May! Scholars are invited to contribute to a discussion on the theme of ‘What is British Games Research?’ and, by sharing their work, to help build up a picture of our research field.
CFP: bcmcr.org/bdigra/
CFP: bcmcr.org/bdigra/
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Apropos nothing in particular, there used to be a tradition in Britain of people roleplaying Robin Hood and doing unruly things.
This became so popular in the sixteenth century, the Scottish Parliament banned it. A few years later, a crowd elected a Robin, broke into a jail and freed everyone.
This became so popular in the sixteenth century, the Scottish Parliament banned it. A few years later, a crowd elected a Robin, broke into a jail and freed everyone.
December 6, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Apropos nothing in particular, there used to be a tradition in Britain of people roleplaying Robin Hood and doing unruly things.
This became so popular in the sixteenth century, the Scottish Parliament banned it. A few years later, a crowd elected a Robin, broke into a jail and freed everyone.
This became so popular in the sixteenth century, the Scottish Parliament banned it. A few years later, a crowd elected a Robin, broke into a jail and freed everyone.
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Hey y'all, here's how to make BlueSky require alt text on your images so you don't forget, and also enable the option to show larger alt text buttons on images if needed.
Alt text is an accessibility tool to describe visual media to blind and low vision people. You should always use it. 💜
Alt text is an accessibility tool to describe visual media to blind and low vision people. You should always use it. 💜
November 23, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Hey y'all, here's how to make BlueSky require alt text on your images so you don't forget, and also enable the option to show larger alt text buttons on images if needed.
Alt text is an accessibility tool to describe visual media to blind and low vision people. You should always use it. 💜
Alt text is an accessibility tool to describe visual media to blind and low vision people. You should always use it. 💜
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There's a new GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES to close out the month! Drop in for our discussion of a brief but provocative read, Aaron Trammell's REPAIRING PLAY: A BLACK PHENOMENOLOGY, which puts pressure on the idea of 'play' as it's been traditionally theorized. rangedtouch.com/2024/11/30/7...
December 1, 2024 at 8:52 PM
There's a new GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES to close out the month! Drop in for our discussion of a brief but provocative read, Aaron Trammell's REPAIRING PLAY: A BLACK PHENOMENOLOGY, which puts pressure on the idea of 'play' as it's been traditionally theorized. rangedtouch.com/2024/11/30/7...
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This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.
March 4, 2024 at 2:20 AM
This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.
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Hey, have you played GET IN THE CAR, LOSER!, my lesbian road trip RPG about an anxious trans lesbian going on an adventure to fight a reactionary cult summoning an ancient evil?
It's currently on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/938860/G... and also available on your local Nintendo Switch eShop!
It's currently on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/938860/G... and also available on your local Nintendo Switch eShop!
November 14, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Hey, have you played GET IN THE CAR, LOSER!, my lesbian road trip RPG about an anxious trans lesbian going on an adventure to fight a reactionary cult summoning an ancient evil?
It's currently on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/938860/G... and also available on your local Nintendo Switch eShop!
It's currently on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/938860/G... and also available on your local Nintendo Switch eShop!
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every academic you meet is fighting their own battle. Make it worse by asking them how the writing is going
November 13, 2024 at 10:11 AM
every academic you meet is fighting their own battle. Make it worse by asking them how the writing is going