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We have a new article! 🎉
Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology ⚙️🦖

@krakenscholar.bsky.social and @babimt.bsky.social discuss Iguanodon, from its discovery to modern-day interpretations.
#GeekStudies #ScienceHistory #GeekCulture #anime #PrincessPrincipal

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Steampunk dinosaurs and Victorian-era palaeontology
Rodrigo B. Salvador1 & Barbara M. Tomotani1,2 1Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT – The Arctic Universit…
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November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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🎮 Can a video game save a species? 🦜

Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.

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Can conservation really be effective through video games? A case study on Jack Barau and some perspectives
Florian Verdier Independent Researcher, Sens, France. Email: fverdier.ei (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Almost half of the world’s population plays video games (Buijisman, 2024). Whether the exp…
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November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Ma nouvelle étude est en ligne ! Je vais devoir pas mal jongler aujourd'hui entre communication en français et en anglais, priorité au public francophone à travers un fil pour résumer ce travail ! ⬇️🦉

Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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There's a new Geek Studies article around! 🦀
@franzanth.bsky.social and @echinoblog.bsky.social, you might like this one 😁
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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@aumpuma.bsky.social examines how
@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters.

#geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs
When trash stops being a treasure: pollution and its effects in Another Crab’s Treasure
Abraham U. Morales-Primo Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico. E-mail: aump.puma (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Marine e…
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November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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🚨 New article! 🎉

J. Hepper explored social media discussions to understand how #cyberpunk lexicon enters public discourse about real-world events.

#GeekStudies #MediaStudies #Shadowrun #PopCulture
When cyberpunk leaks into the timeline: megacorps, memes, and Rheinmetall as a real‑world case study
Jens Hepper Independent researcher, Northeim, Germany. Email: jens.hepper (at) rlsb (dot) de Download PDF Pop culture increasingly provides the metaphors—and sometimes the scripts—that shape public…
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September 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Ever wondered how many molluscs live in the @magic.wizards.com multiverse? 🐌

No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it!

Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...

#MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG
Molluscs of the Multiverse: molluscan diversity in Magic: The Gathering
Rodrigo B. Salvador1, Natan C. Pedro2, Mark A. Carnall3 1Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo,…
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September 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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🚨 New article out now! 🚨
By ‪@beelzebruno.bsky.social

Can we predict competitive Pokémon VGC leads using Latent Semantic Analysis? 🧠🔍

#GeekStudies #PokemonVGC #DataScience #CompetitivePokemon
Predicting competitive Pokémon VGC leads using Latent Semantic Analysis: a data-driven approach to team matchups
Bruno Luvizotto Carli Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. brunolcarli (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Competitive Pokémon battles often hinge on the initial selection of Pokémon…
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July 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🚨 New article alert!
Ecocriticism meets anime in this piece by Audrey Aguirre.
The article explores the environmental toll of war through the haunting beauty Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

#GeekStudies #AnimeStudies #StudioGhibli #Miyazaki #風の谷のナウシカ #スタジオジブリ #アニメ研究
Wilted lands and wounded worlds: visualizing environmental costs of war in Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Audrey Aguirre Upland High School, Upland, CA, USA. Email: audrey.a.aguirre (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Past studies on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ; Topcraft, 1984) have prim…
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June 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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🚨Our 1st 2025 issue is complete!🚨
Explore the latest in geeky research, with interviews with game devs and articles on Tintin, #StarWars, #IndianaJones et al., Pokémon, and #StudioGhibli.

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#GeekStudies #scicomm #geekculture
Vol. 12(1): June, 2025
Journal of Geek Studies –Vol. 12(1): to be published on June, 2025 The Blood on Our Controllers: how the game industry relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Interview with H. Caubet Pp. 1-5. …
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June 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Happy #GeekPrideDay / #TowelDay 🎉

It's a great opportunity to read all the cool #GeekStudies we've published this year. 🤓 Take a look around, you're bound to find an article you'll love: jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...

And remember: don't panic and always carry a towel!
Vol. 12(1): June, 2025
Journal of Geek Studies –Vol. 12(1): to be published on June, 2025 The Blood on Our Controllers: how the game industry relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Interview with H. Caubet Pp. 1-5. …
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May 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Today's The birthday of the coolest palaeontologist ever: Mary Anning. 🥳🎂
And we have just the article for the occasion, describing Anning's life and work, and also her incarnation as a heroic spirit in Fate/Grand Order. 😉

#FGO #FateGO #palaeontology #fossils #メアリーアニング
Mary Anning: fossil collector, paleontologist, and heroic spirit
Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Wellington, New Zealand. Email: salvador.rodrigo.b (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Mary Anning (1799–1847) was a British fossi…
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May 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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On #EarthDay, don't miss our interview with Paul Goodenough, co-founder of Rewriting Earth, about their comics and other initiatives to increase environmental awareness. 🌍

#NatureConservation #scicomm
April 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Here's an oldie but goodie for #EarthDay - an interview with Javier Ramello from @herobeatstudios.bsky.social about their fantastic game #Endling - Extinction is Forever. 🦊

#NatureConservation #scicomm @handy-games.com
Facing extinction in Endling
Interview with Javier Ramello Download PDF Endling – Extinction is Forever is an upcoming multi-platform game developed by Herobeat Studios and published by HandyGames. As its name implies[1], the …
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April 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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New article! 🚨
By @drpierpischedda.bsky.social

See how games deal with language deciphering through the lens of archaeolinguistics — from Indy to Lara Croft to Nathan Drake. 🎮

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#GeekStudies #GameStudies #Archaeology #Uncharted #TombRaider #IndianaJones
Archaeolinguistics and language deciphering in action-adventure video games: Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider and Uncharted
Pier Simone Pischedda Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. E-mail: p.s.pischedda (at) leeds (dot) ac (dot) uk Download PDF Popular…
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April 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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This project was so much fun! If you want to watch a video abstract - check it out here!

youtu.be/C3JsBb2ZyRU
March 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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This project has started a long time ago, but in a galaxy not too far away… Happy to share this new study with @taphonomist.bsky.social looking at the functional morphology and biomechanics of the Rancor. Warning! Nerdy sci fi, palaeo & biomechanics thread following! jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...
Is a bone a viable weapon when combating a Rancor? Estimating the bite force of an intergalactic mega-predator
Stephan Lautenschlager1,2 & Thomas Clements3 1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. 2The Lapworth Museum of Geology, Birmingham, UK. 3…
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March 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Can a bone stop a Rancor’s massive jaws?🦴🦖
This new study, by @palaeostephan.bsky.social and @taphonomist.bsky.social, estimates the #StarWars predator’s bite force at a bone-crushing 44,000 N!🔥⚔️

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Is a bone a viable weapon when combating a Rancor? Estimating the bite force of an intergalactic mega-predator
Stephan Lautenschlager1,2 & Thomas Clements3 1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. 2The Lapworth Museum of Geology, Birmingham, UK. 3…
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March 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Happy Pokémon Day, everyone! 🎉

While you wait for news on the games, why not take a look at one of our many Pokémon articles? 😉
You can find plenty of them at jgeekstudies.org?s=pokemon

#geekstudies #scicomm #Pokemon #PokemonDay
Naturalist-like figure showing real crustaceans alongside crustacean-inspired Pokémon.
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM