J. Rey Lee
@jreylee.bsky.social
Boardgamer, writer, teacher, girl dad, recovering academic.
Unsettling Catan: lookingglance.com/unsettling-catan/
The Looking Glance: lookingglance.com
Unsettling Catan: lookingglance.com/unsettling-catan/
The Looking Glance: lookingglance.com
I immediately disabled the AI setting (which they defaulted to active without my permission), so the review should be deleted now.
But it had just enough detail to make me think they have more than the blurb to work with. We're trying to figure this out now.
But it had just enough detail to make me think they have more than the blurb to work with. We're trying to figure this out now.
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I immediately disabled the AI setting (which they defaulted to active without my permission), so the review should be deleted now.
But it had just enough detail to make me think they have more than the blurb to work with. We're trying to figure this out now.
But it had just enough detail to make me think they have more than the blurb to work with. We're trying to figure this out now.
Disappointed but not surprised academia.edu wants to peddle AI slop reviews of my book.
Disappointed and very surprised they generated an AI review of a book that’s not out anywhere. The publishers and I have no idea what they based it on.
#AcademicSky #AI #writingcommunity
(1/5)
Disappointed and very surprised they generated an AI review of a book that’s not out anywhere. The publishers and I have no idea what they based it on.
#AcademicSky #AI #writingcommunity
(1/5)
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Disappointed but not surprised academia.edu wants to peddle AI slop reviews of my book.
Disappointed and very surprised they generated an AI review of a book that’s not out anywhere. The publishers and I have no idea what they based it on.
#AcademicSky #AI #writingcommunity
(1/5)
Disappointed and very surprised they generated an AI review of a book that’s not out anywhere. The publishers and I have no idea what they based it on.
#AcademicSky #AI #writingcommunity
(1/5)
Took a minute, but I finally cracked triple digits!
#boardgames #railroadink @horribleguild.bsky.social
#boardgames #railroadink @horribleguild.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Took a minute, but I finally cracked triple digits!
#boardgames #railroadink @horribleguild.bsky.social
#boardgames #railroadink @horribleguild.bsky.social
Just finished recording the audiobook for Unsettling Catan 🎤
There was definitely a learning curve but I had fun with it!
If editing goes smoothly, this should be released alongside the print and ebook editions in November.
#boardgames
There was definitely a learning curve but I had fun with it!
If editing goes smoothly, this should be released alongside the print and ebook editions in November.
#boardgames
September 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Just finished recording the audiobook for Unsettling Catan 🎤
There was definitely a learning curve but I had fun with it!
If editing goes smoothly, this should be released alongside the print and ebook editions in November.
#boardgames
There was definitely a learning curve but I had fun with it!
If editing goes smoothly, this should be released alongside the print and ebook editions in November.
#boardgames
Just got my advance copy!
Unsettling Catan releases Nov. 4
lookingglance.com/unsettling-catan/
#boardgames @uofmpress.bsky.social
Unsettling Catan releases Nov. 4
lookingglance.com/unsettling-catan/
#boardgames @uofmpress.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Just got my advance copy!
Unsettling Catan releases Nov. 4
lookingglance.com/unsettling-catan/
#boardgames @uofmpress.bsky.social
Unsettling Catan releases Nov. 4
lookingglance.com/unsettling-catan/
#boardgames @uofmpress.bsky.social
When I talk about #boardgames not being immersive, that's relative to media designed for total absorption. This comic just wouldn't work for boardgames.
*Panels from a chapter in "The I Wonder Bookstore" by Shinsuke Yoshitake, maybe my fav children's book author (though this one's for grown-ups).
*Panels from a chapter in "The I Wonder Bookstore" by Shinsuke Yoshitake, maybe my fav children's book author (though this one's for grown-ups).
July 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
When I talk about #boardgames not being immersive, that's relative to media designed for total absorption. This comic just wouldn't work for boardgames.
*Panels from a chapter in "The I Wonder Bookstore" by Shinsuke Yoshitake, maybe my fav children's book author (though this one's for grown-ups).
*Panels from a chapter in "The I Wonder Bookstore" by Shinsuke Yoshitake, maybe my fav children's book author (though this one's for grown-ups).
This is actually a solid adaptation because it understands that #boardgames aren't just about strategic choices or simulating systems.
Like the game, the characters just go from color to color marveling at how cool a candy world would be. Nothing wrong with that!
(2/3)
Like the game, the characters just go from color to color marveling at how cool a candy world would be. Nothing wrong with that!
(2/3)
June 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is actually a solid adaptation because it understands that #boardgames aren't just about strategic choices or simulating systems.
Like the game, the characters just go from color to color marveling at how cool a candy world would be. Nothing wrong with that!
(2/3)
Like the game, the characters just go from color to color marveling at how cool a candy world would be. Nothing wrong with that!
(2/3)
Thoughts on the Candyland Little Golden Book:
1. It makes the rainbow shortcut a choice instead of pure luck.
2. The characters willfully choose the longer path because it seems more fun.
3. It's fine to choose a suboptimal path for thematic reasons. Kids know what's up.
#boardgames
🧵(1/3)
1. It makes the rainbow shortcut a choice instead of pure luck.
2. The characters willfully choose the longer path because it seems more fun.
3. It's fine to choose a suboptimal path for thematic reasons. Kids know what's up.
#boardgames
🧵(1/3)
June 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thoughts on the Candyland Little Golden Book:
1. It makes the rainbow shortcut a choice instead of pure luck.
2. The characters willfully choose the longer path because it seems more fun.
3. It's fine to choose a suboptimal path for thematic reasons. Kids know what's up.
#boardgames
🧵(1/3)
1. It makes the rainbow shortcut a choice instead of pure luck.
2. The characters willfully choose the longer path because it seems more fun.
3. It's fine to choose a suboptimal path for thematic reasons. Kids know what's up.
#boardgames
🧵(1/3)
Feeling unsettled by current events? Want to be unsettled by #boardgames too?
Unsettling Catan, the first entry in a new series on Tabletop Games edited by @pbooth81.bsky.social and @aarontram.bsky.social, is releasing Nov. 2025.
Link: press.umich.edu/Books/U/Unsettling-Catan
🧵(1/3)
Unsettling Catan, the first entry in a new series on Tabletop Games edited by @pbooth81.bsky.social and @aarontram.bsky.social, is releasing Nov. 2025.
Link: press.umich.edu/Books/U/Unsettling-Catan
🧵(1/3)
April 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Feeling unsettled by current events? Want to be unsettled by #boardgames too?
Unsettling Catan, the first entry in a new series on Tabletop Games edited by @pbooth81.bsky.social and @aarontram.bsky.social, is releasing Nov. 2025.
Link: press.umich.edu/Books/U/Unsettling-Catan
🧵(1/3)
Unsettling Catan, the first entry in a new series on Tabletop Games edited by @pbooth81.bsky.social and @aarontram.bsky.social, is releasing Nov. 2025.
Link: press.umich.edu/Books/U/Unsettling-Catan
🧵(1/3)
I'm not much of a revolutionary, but I'm really sitting with this today.
#martinlutherkingday2025
#martinlutherkingday2025
January 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm not much of a revolutionary, but I'm really sitting with this today.
#martinlutherkingday2025
#martinlutherkingday2025