Stefano Gualeni
@gua-le-ni.com
Professor at the University of Malta's @indigitalgames.bsky.social
Migrant ☆ https://gua-le-ni.com/
WHAT WE OWE THE DEAD ⇒ https://www.setmargins.press/books/what-we-owe-the-dead/
Migrant ☆ https://gua-le-ni.com/
WHAT WE OWE THE DEAD ⇒ https://www.setmargins.press/books/what-we-owe-the-dead/
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Stefano Gualeni
@gua-le-ni.com
· Apr 2
'What We Owe the Dead' is the title of my new #scifi novel.
In the aftermath of a climate catastrophe, the book follows strange detective case and deals with themes such as the notion of personhood and the social use of #games.
> www.setmargins.press/books/what-w... <
(photos by Annette Behrens)
In the aftermath of a climate catastrophe, the book follows strange detective case and deals with themes such as the notion of personhood and the social use of #games.
> www.setmargins.press/books/what-w... <
(photos by Annette Behrens)
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We’re looking for an experienced 3D game animator to bring our human characters to life!
Can you handle IK setups, cyclical animation loops and export/import between Blender and Unity? Are you familiar with root motion and setting up blend trees?
Send us your cv to
info.dreamsonapillow@gmail.com
Can you handle IK setups, cyclical animation loops and export/import between Blender and Unity? Are you familiar with root motion and setting up blend trees?
Send us your cv to
info.dreamsonapillow@gmail.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We’re looking for an experienced 3D game animator to bring our human characters to life!
Can you handle IK setups, cyclical animation loops and export/import between Blender and Unity? Are you familiar with root motion and setting up blend trees?
Send us your cv to
info.dreamsonapillow@gmail.com
Can you handle IK setups, cyclical animation loops and export/import between Blender and Unity? Are you familiar with root motion and setting up blend trees?
Send us your cv to
info.dreamsonapillow@gmail.com
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Oh hey, that's me! Very much looking forward to giving this talk at ITU next week!
Friends! On November 19th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Florence Smith Nicholls. The talk is titled How to be a video game archaeologist. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/floren...
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls | Center for Digital Play
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls
digitalplay.itu.dk
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Oh hey, that's me! Very much looking forward to giving this talk at ITU next week!
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For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book.
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book.
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
Reposted by Stefano Gualeni
When Elden Ring had been announced but not yet released, its subreddit started collectively pretending the game was already out.
I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research.
This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...
I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research.
This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...
Fictional Game Spectatorship: On Pretend-Play and Collective Imagination in Gaming Communities
Abstract. Fictional games are games that do not actually exist, but that are presented within works of fiction. They are thus not appreciated through play,
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
When Elden Ring had been announced but not yet released, its subreddit started collectively pretending the game was already out.
I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research.
This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...
I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research.
This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...
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I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
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I wrote a short summary of the below recently published paper for the New Work in Philosophy blog.
open.substack.com/pub/newworki...
Thanks @marcusarvan.bsky.social for hosting this!
open.substack.com/pub/newworki...
Thanks @marcusarvan.bsky.social for hosting this!
October 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I wrote a short summary of the below recently published paper for the New Work in Philosophy blog.
open.substack.com/pub/newworki...
Thanks @marcusarvan.bsky.social for hosting this!
open.substack.com/pub/newworki...
Thanks @marcusarvan.bsky.social for hosting this!
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When we talk about videogames and movies I think we often miss how videogames are represented as history/memory tools in Chris Marker's Level Five. I wrote about it for The Bunker Magazine through @gua-le-ni.com and Fassone's book "Fictional Games. A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play".
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
When we talk about videogames and movies I think we often miss how videogames are represented as history/memory tools in Chris Marker's Level Five. I wrote about it for The Bunker Magazine through @gua-le-ni.com and Fassone's book "Fictional Games. A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play".
In case you missed it, I talked about my latest novel - a speculative sci-fi detective story - at the 'Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast.' Check it out! :)
>> youtu.be/eFW_XltfW-k?... <<
@indigitalgames.bsky.social @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social @matthewleggatt.bsky.social
>> youtu.be/eFW_XltfW-k?... <<
@indigitalgames.bsky.social @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social @matthewleggatt.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
In case you missed it, I talked about my latest novel - a speculative sci-fi detective story - at the 'Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast.' Check it out! :)
>> youtu.be/eFW_XltfW-k?... <<
@indigitalgames.bsky.social @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social @matthewleggatt.bsky.social
>> youtu.be/eFW_XltfW-k?... <<
@indigitalgames.bsky.social @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social @matthewleggatt.bsky.social
Git fud!
>> soup.gua-le-ni.com <<
(This is an old game we made in 2017, not related to the hilarious picture below)
>> soup.gua-le-ni.com <<
(This is an old game we made in 2017, not related to the hilarious picture below)
October 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Git fud!
>> soup.gua-le-ni.com <<
(This is an old game we made in 2017, not related to the hilarious picture below)
>> soup.gua-le-ni.com <<
(This is an old game we made in 2017, not related to the hilarious picture below)
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GAME IDEA
Top half and bottom half of the same game sold separately
Top half and bottom half of the same game sold separately
October 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
GAME IDEA
Top half and bottom half of the same game sold separately
Top half and bottom half of the same game sold separately
Christmas comes early, this year :)
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Christmas comes early, this year :)
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Check out this nice review of FICTIONAL GAMES that @steinea.bsky.social did for ARB a while back: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2023/05/26/i...
Imagined Agency: Review of Stefano Gualeni and Riccardo Fassone’s Fictional Games
Eric Stein Under Review:Fictional Games: A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play. Stefano Gualeni and Riccardo Fassone. Bloomsbury Academic, January 2023. Throughout the media we enjoy, fr…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Check out this nice review of FICTIONAL GAMES that @steinea.bsky.social did for ARB a while back: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2023/05/26/i...
Finally you can hear me pontificate on stuff like fictional #games and #utopia!
📢 Episode 16 of 'Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast (
@utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social, with @matthewleggatt.bsky.social).
📢 Episode 16 of 'Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast (
@utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social, with @matthewleggatt.bsky.social).
Episode 16 on all things playful in utopian and dystopian fiction is available to stream now via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. We had a lot of fun talking to the brilliant Stefano Gualeni. Take a listen and let us know what you think.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pz0...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pz0...
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Finally you can hear me pontificate on stuff like fictional #games and #utopia!
📢 Episode 16 of 'Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast (
@utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social, with @matthewleggatt.bsky.social).
📢 Episode 16 of 'Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast (
@utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social, with @matthewleggatt.bsky.social).
Reposted by Stefano Gualeni
Episode 16 on all things playful in utopian and dystopian fiction is available to stream now via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. We had a lot of fun talking to the brilliant Stefano Gualeni. Take a listen and let us know what you think.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pz0...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pz0...
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Episode 16 on all things playful in utopian and dystopian fiction is available to stream now via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. We had a lot of fun talking to the brilliant Stefano Gualeni. Take a listen and let us know what you think.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pz0...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Pz0...
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DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026
www.digraconference2026.com
#games #gamestudies
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026
www.digraconference2026.com
#games #gamestudies
DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University
Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.
www.digraconference2026.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026
www.digraconference2026.com
#games #gamestudies
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026
www.digraconference2026.com
#games #gamestudies
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Three (3) new postdoctoral game studies positions are now open for applications. These are related to the exit phase (2026-27) of the CoE-GameCult, and positions will situated in the Tampere University Game Research Lab, COMS/ITC, Tampere University.
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)
tuni.rekrytointi.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Three (3) new postdoctoral game studies positions are now open for applications. These are related to the exit phase (2026-27) of the CoE-GameCult, and positions will situated in the Tampere University Game Research Lab, COMS/ITC, Tampere University.
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
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This is a great piece, shows not only how games are an intrinsic part of our cultures but also how you can use them to tell wider stories. Excellent stuff
They Tried to Snuff Out Hawaii's Native Board Game. Meet the Man Keeping It Alive
Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike. Now John Kaʻohelauliʻi has made it his mission to bring it back.
www.rollingstone.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This is a great piece, shows not only how games are an intrinsic part of our cultures but also how you can use them to tell wider stories. Excellent stuff
"Is your mother worried?
Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?"
Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?"
September 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Is your mother worried?
Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?"
Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?"
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Ambiance (via @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social // www.instagram.com/p/DOJOWtRkaa...)
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Ambiance (via @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social // www.instagram.com/p/DOJOWtRkaa...)
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If you have stuff in Academia.edu, it might be good to reconsider?
September 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
If you have stuff in Academia.edu, it might be good to reconsider?
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Egun on! Abrimos exposición en Donostia:
CINE GÊMU: FANTASÍA Y TERROR EN EL VIDEOJUEGO JAPONÉS
Comisariada para la Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror y Fundación Japón, Madrid, junto a Marçal Mora Cantallops y a Alejandro Rodríguez.
www.sansebastianhorrorfestival.eus/2025/index.p...
CINE GÊMU: FANTASÍA Y TERROR EN EL VIDEOJUEGO JAPONÉS
Comisariada para la Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror y Fundación Japón, Madrid, junto a Marçal Mora Cantallops y a Alejandro Rodríguez.
www.sansebastianhorrorfestival.eus/2025/index.p...
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Egun on! Abrimos exposición en Donostia:
CINE GÊMU: FANTASÍA Y TERROR EN EL VIDEOJUEGO JAPONÉS
Comisariada para la Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror y Fundación Japón, Madrid, junto a Marçal Mora Cantallops y a Alejandro Rodríguez.
www.sansebastianhorrorfestival.eus/2025/index.p...
CINE GÊMU: FANTASÍA Y TERROR EN EL VIDEOJUEGO JAPONÉS
Comisariada para la Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror y Fundación Japón, Madrid, junto a Marçal Mora Cantallops y a Alejandro Rodríguez.
www.sansebastianhorrorfestival.eus/2025/index.p...
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Did you miss the stream? You can still watch @gua-le-ni.com discuss What We Owe The Dead, philosophy, worldbuilding, and games with @konstantinosd.bsky.social on YouTube.
Here's the video: www.youtube.com/live/uZQjsKK...
Here's the video: www.youtube.com/live/uZQjsKK...
September 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Did you miss the stream? You can still watch @gua-le-ni.com discuss What We Owe The Dead, philosophy, worldbuilding, and games with @konstantinosd.bsky.social on YouTube.
Here's the video: www.youtube.com/live/uZQjsKK...
Here's the video: www.youtube.com/live/uZQjsKK...