keerthi sridharan🌻🇵🇸
@copperkeerthi.bsky.social
they | phd @ leiden | hacker-bard |
forever gm, habitual gamer, biweekly artiste
forever gm, habitual gamer, biweekly artiste
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hello! keerthi here 🌻
- phd candidate at leiden university working on untangling pastness in videogames in/and player experience
- freelance opinion writer on ttrpgs that can/will/have saved the world
- chronic yapper, baker, break-out-into-song-er
- when all the rest is done i also make music.
- phd candidate at leiden university working on untangling pastness in videogames in/and player experience
- freelance opinion writer on ttrpgs that can/will/have saved the world
- chronic yapper, baker, break-out-into-song-er
- when all the rest is done i also make music.
switcheroo alert‼️question and reading* are staying the same this afternoon, but we're playing Tavern Keeper by @greenheartgames.bsky.social 💚
*Crafting is So Hardcore: Masculinized Making in Gaming Representations of Labor, c/o @annetropy.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
*Crafting is So Hardcore: Masculinized Making in Gaming Representations of Labor, c/o @annetropy.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
Tune in this Thursday as we ask: what's your favorite crafting mechanic in a game? We'll discuss gendered labor, optimizing creations and, of course, running our own small business. At 15:00, as always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
switcheroo alert‼️question and reading* are staying the same this afternoon, but we're playing Tavern Keeper by @greenheartgames.bsky.social 💚
*Crafting is So Hardcore: Masculinized Making in Gaming Representations of Labor, c/o @annetropy.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
*Crafting is So Hardcore: Masculinized Making in Gaming Representations of Labor, c/o @annetropy.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
such an honor and a joy to be included in this volume, talking (inter)disciplinarity in historical game studies and the importance of putting "current" methods in context. ain't no party like a @times-new-roman.bsky.social @docrandom.bsky.social cowriting party ‼️
A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
Writing Game Histories
This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. Fr…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
such an honor and a joy to be included in this volume, talking (inter)disciplinarity in historical game studies and the importance of putting "current" methods in context. ain't no party like a @times-new-roman.bsky.social @docrandom.bsky.social cowriting party ‼️
hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
it's my birthday (for 6 more minutes) so here is the cake i made and ate with loved ones after a screening of chicago (2002). all of this is a brag im the luckiest guy alive!
October 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
it's my birthday (for 6 more minutes) so here is the cake i made and ate with loved ones after a screening of chicago (2002). all of this is a brag im the luckiest guy alive!
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This is FATAL for the true sickos.
a ttrpg but it’s all tables. The cover is a table you roll on to determine which art is on the cover. There’s a table to determine who was its lead designer. there’s a table for who becomes the GM and instead of rolling dice it’s decided by how many snacks are present
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This is FATAL for the true sickos.
yapping like it's my job (it is my job)
October 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
yapping like it's my job (it is my job)
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every video game is just a different type of gay bar
This the kinda shit people say to me in the smoking zone outside the gay bar
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
every video game is just a different type of gay bar
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Last session is under way! We begin with @copperkeerthi.bsky.social discussing Hamlet in the Hypertext!
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Last session is under way! We begin with @copperkeerthi.bsky.social discussing Hamlet in the Hypertext!
getting weird @ #TIPC4 this afternoon, and we're streaming all of today's wonderful programming over on twitch.tv/streamingthepast! come hang out at the event of the season 🎭🎮💀
October 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
getting weird @ #TIPC4 this afternoon, and we're streaming all of today's wonderful programming over on twitch.tv/streamingthepast! come hang out at the event of the season 🎭🎮💀
it's been such a delightful month for my e-reader. i love when words
september reads 🍂
📖the empress of salt & fortune, nghi vo*
📖mongrels, stephen graham jones**
📖the restaurant of lost recipes, hisashi kashiwai
📖butter, asako yuzuki*
📖the kamogawa food detectives, hisashi kashiwai
📖when the tiger came down the mountain, nghi vo*
📖the vanished birds, simon jimenez**
📖the empress of salt & fortune, nghi vo*
📖mongrels, stephen graham jones**
📖the restaurant of lost recipes, hisashi kashiwai
📖butter, asako yuzuki*
📖the kamogawa food detectives, hisashi kashiwai
📖when the tiger came down the mountain, nghi vo*
📖the vanished birds, simon jimenez**
October 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
it's been such a delightful month for my e-reader. i love when words
this thursday i will attempt to hold off my deeply unprofessional tirade on crowdfunding in indie game dev for a generous 15 minutes. stream is 2 hours though so you will absolutely get to hear it
And we're back! Our first stream of the new academic year addresses the question: What game's release have you looked forward to the most? We'll also play the game Sword of the Sea. Come and join us on Thursday (yep new day!) 15:00 onward, as always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...
September 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
this thursday i will attempt to hold off my deeply unprofessional tirade on crowdfunding in indie game dev for a generous 15 minutes. stream is 2 hours though so you will absolutely get to hear it
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I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.
Reviewer 2's Review of Red Dead's History — History Respawned
I promised myself I would never write a negative book review. I promised my PhD advisor I would never write a negative book review. I promised I would always find a silver lining in any piece of aca...
www.historyrespawned.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.
Reposted by keerthi sridharan🌻🇵🇸
Come watch the videos of this year's Generation Analog, and stay to watch those of the previous 4 years!
It's great podcast listening for those interested in games scholarship.
#GenerationAnalog2025
#StayAnalog
www.youtube.com/@analoggames...
It's great podcast listening for those interested in games scholarship.
#GenerationAnalog2025
#StayAnalog
www.youtube.com/@analoggames...
Analog Game Studies
The official journal of Analog Game Studies. Scholarly content about tabletop, live-action, performance, and generally awesome games. Read more at our website analogamestudies.org.
www.youtube.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Come watch the videos of this year's Generation Analog, and stay to watch those of the previous 4 years!
It's great podcast listening for those interested in games scholarship.
#GenerationAnalog2025
#StayAnalog
www.youtube.com/@analoggames...
It's great podcast listening for those interested in games scholarship.
#GenerationAnalog2025
#StayAnalog
www.youtube.com/@analoggames...
talking actual play, sex, and comedy futures at #GenerationAnalog2025 next week!
#GenerationAnalog2025 "PUNK" is a little over two weeks way! Thursday, July 17, 2025! Don't forget to register for this free online conference: www.eventbrite.com/e/generation... @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #GameinLab #analoggamestudies #gamestudies
July 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
talking actual play, sex, and comedy futures at #GenerationAnalog2025 next week!
that's a wrap on #DiGRA2025. ft. stellar conversations, great food, and my pronoun sticker minigame, which i am tentatively calling "I MEAN--"
July 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
that's a wrap on #DiGRA2025. ft. stellar conversations, great food, and my pronoun sticker minigame, which i am tentatively calling "I MEAN--"
voor iedereen die op tweetalige skeets hoopt, blijf hopen
juuune reads
📖the obelisk gate, nk jemisin***
📖the stone sky, nk jemisin***
📖split tooth, tanya tagaq*
📖de bliksemdief, rick riordan
📖the obelisk gate, nk jemisin***
📖the stone sky, nk jemisin***
📖split tooth, tanya tagaq*
📖de bliksemdief, rick riordan
July 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
voor iedereen die op tweetalige skeets hoopt, blijf hopen
must a conference talk be "good"? is it not enough to sit somewhere with ac and see a beautiful font, huge?
July 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
must a conference talk be "good"? is it not enough to sit somewhere with ac and see a beautiful font, huge?
so stoked to be at #DiGRA2025, with an interactive discussion on trans/gressive utterances for the Queer/Trans Game/Studies workshop and a presentation on my pilot study to rep @playfultimemach.bsky.social 🎮🎲
June 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
so stoked to be at #DiGRA2025, with an interactive discussion on trans/gressive utterances for the Queer/Trans Game/Studies workshop and a presentation on my pilot study to rep @playfultimemach.bsky.social 🎮🎲
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It's finally done!📝
In this blog post, I apply my theory of an archaeological gameworld mental model to Blue Prince, and argue that half the fun of the game is in what happens off-screen:
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/06/03/d...
In this blog post, I apply my theory of an archaeological gameworld mental model to Blue Prince, and argue that half the fun of the game is in what happens off-screen:
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/06/03/d...
Drafting the Archaeological Mental Model of Blue Prince
Back in January 2023, I ran an online study in which I got participants to play a game about a ruined village and tell me what they thought happened to it. That game was Nothing Beside Remains, a 2…
florencesmithnicholls.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's finally done!📝
In this blog post, I apply my theory of an archaeological gameworld mental model to Blue Prince, and argue that half the fun of the game is in what happens off-screen:
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/06/03/d...
In this blog post, I apply my theory of an archaeological gameworld mental model to Blue Prince, and argue that half the fun of the game is in what happens off-screen:
florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/06/03/d...
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We're proud to announce that Possum Creek will be publishing LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN by @seaexcursion.itch.io. Four doomed musicians flee from the devil in this dramatic RPG, soon to be available in print for the first time!
bit.ly/bremen_bk
bit.ly/bremen_bk
Get Ready for Last Train to Bremen
From Possum Creek Games - Get Ready for Last Train to Bremen
bit.ly
May 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We're proud to announce that Possum Creek will be publishing LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN by @seaexcursion.itch.io. Four doomed musicians flee from the devil in this dramatic RPG, soon to be available in print for the first time!
bit.ly/bremen_bk
bit.ly/bremen_bk
got to nerd out with @miriammthsn.bsky.social on all things labor, aesthetics, and method recently 😌 take a listen:
S03E10: Visualizing the Invisibilized
Talk Media to Me · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
got to nerd out with @miriammthsn.bsky.social on all things labor, aesthetics, and method recently 😌 take a listen:
a slower month but full of stellar books 😌✨️
april reads!
📖faithbreaker, hannah kaner*
📖light from uncommon stars, ryka aoki*
📖parable of the sower, octavia butler*
📖the martian, andy weir
📖mickey7, edward ashton*
📖faithbreaker, hannah kaner*
📖light from uncommon stars, ryka aoki*
📖parable of the sower, octavia butler*
📖the martian, andy weir
📖mickey7, edward ashton*
May 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
a slower month but full of stellar books 😌✨️
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the absolutely limitless bog of transphobic vitriol that is jk rowling means that we cannot fuck with harry potter on any level and JOURNALISTS ESPECIALLY should be interrogating every single person associated with the new show about where her money goes.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
April 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
the absolutely limitless bog of transphobic vitriol that is jk rowling means that we cannot fuck with harry potter on any level and JOURNALISTS ESPECIALLY should be interrogating every single person associated with the new show about where her money goes.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
come hang at our cozy Easter stream this Friday! i promise not to freak out at @times-new-roman.bsky.social about curfew 💐🌱🤞🏽
This Friday we want to know: What's your favorite game to return to? We'll talk about re-playing, nostalgia, and are ourselves returning to our lovely little Playtime farm in Stardew Valley! Tune in 15:00 CET on www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...
April 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
come hang at our cozy Easter stream this Friday! i promise not to freak out at @times-new-roman.bsky.social about curfew 💐🌱🤞🏽
i have no explanation for this except that these deeply mid books have a sauce to them that is keeping me going
february reads!
📖kaikeyi, vaishnavi patel
📖feed them silence, lee mandelo*
📖the ruins of gorlan, john flanagan
📖the burning bridge, john flanagan*
📖the icebound land, john flanagan
📖the oakleaf bearers, john flanagan*
📖the sorcerer in the north, john flanagan
📖kaikeyi, vaishnavi patel
📖feed them silence, lee mandelo*
📖the ruins of gorlan, john flanagan
📖the burning bridge, john flanagan*
📖the icebound land, john flanagan
📖the oakleaf bearers, john flanagan*
📖the sorcerer in the north, john flanagan
March 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
i have no explanation for this except that these deeply mid books have a sauce to them that is keeping me going