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Bjarke
@bjarkeal.bsky.social
Computational Media PhD candidate at UC Santa Cruz.
Researching how online live games tell stories (Yes, Destiny 2 is mythology and wrestling) He/him.
I Released a Game! (two months ago)

While everyone is at GDC I was busy finishing up some final touches and a blog for my game "Telegrams from the Choir Train" bjarke.it/article/i-re...

I explain why I think of this game as a "communal tamagotchi".
March 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I wrote a Book Chapter!
About Destiny!

playstorypress.org/books/the-ps...

It's called "Guardians Make Their Own Fate" and its about how Destiny's narrative themes are echoed in its community history, covering events in the narrative, community, and marketing over the last 10 years.

Out Now!
January 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
*The sky bleeds the color of paper.
Clutching her small, precious bag, an excited passenger hears the singing. It's time.
Choir Train 74 has arrived.*

Telegrams from the Choir Train is OUT NOW!

Play in YOUR DISCORD SERVER right now! bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
January 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT!
my game is releasing on Monday!

"Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods.

It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER

Releasing Monday January 20th!

bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
January 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM