Mikko Meriläinen
@merilainen.bsky.social
Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming.
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
mikkomerilainen.com
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
mikkomerilainen.com
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You know what we don't talk enough about?
80's homoerotic pro wrestling vignettes.
Designed to introduce new 'heartthrob' wrestlers to an area, and especially to appeal to female fans to attend the live shows, promoters would make these vignettes to sell them and well... Judge for yourself.
80's homoerotic pro wrestling vignettes.
Designed to introduce new 'heartthrob' wrestlers to an area, and especially to appeal to female fans to attend the live shows, promoters would make these vignettes to sell them and well... Judge for yourself.
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
You know what we don't talk enough about?
80's homoerotic pro wrestling vignettes.
Designed to introduce new 'heartthrob' wrestlers to an area, and especially to appeal to female fans to attend the live shows, promoters would make these vignettes to sell them and well... Judge for yourself.
80's homoerotic pro wrestling vignettes.
Designed to introduce new 'heartthrob' wrestlers to an area, and especially to appeal to female fans to attend the live shows, promoters would make these vignettes to sell them and well... Judge for yourself.
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Imperial Mourning Wolves for Warzone. Classic late 90s minis!
#Paintslam25 #miniatures #minipainting #PaintingMiniatures
#Paintslam25 #miniatures #minipainting #PaintingMiniatures
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Imperial Mourning Wolves for Warzone. Classic late 90s minis!
#Paintslam25 #miniatures #minipainting #PaintingMiniatures
#Paintslam25 #miniatures #minipainting #PaintingMiniatures
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The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
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Aalto University's Games Now! is running an event week this week, check out the event schedule for exciting academic and industry talks!
GN! Event Week 2025 Program
Join us for Games Now! Event Week from 10th November until 16th November 2025, a full week of inspiring and timely guest speakers' talks, a cross-cultural game jam, exhibition, and more! This event is...
gamesnow.aalto.fi
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Aalto University's Games Now! is running an event week this week, check out the event schedule for exciting academic and industry talks!
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Research on gender faces growing pressure worldwide — a reality game studies scholars know well, from #Gamergate to ongoing harassment. PhD candidates Tom Legierse and Ida Martine Gard Rysjedal call for a network of care among gender and games researchers.
nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/...
nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/...
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Research on gender faces growing pressure worldwide — a reality game studies scholars know well, from #Gamergate to ongoing harassment. PhD candidates Tom Legierse and Ida Martine Gard Rysjedal call for a network of care among gender and games researchers.
nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/...
nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/...
Saw Interview with a vampire yesterday for the first time since I don't know how many years. I'd completely forgotten how good the film is - sterling work by baby Kirsten Dunst and Tom Cruise especially. Made me want to get into Vampire: The Masquerade again.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Saw Interview with a vampire yesterday for the first time since I don't know how many years. I'd completely forgotten how good the film is - sterling work by baby Kirsten Dunst and Tom Cruise especially. Made me want to get into Vampire: The Masquerade again.
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HYYn tilanne on kauhea ja virheet tehtiin oman sukupolveni aikana. Mutta. Ylvan hallitus ei koostunut pääasiallisesti ”tyhmistä opiskelijoista” .
Kannattaa lukea Ylkkärin kevään selvitystyö, jos haluaa ymmärtää tilannetta.
ylioppilaslehti.fi/2025/03/yl-m...
Kannattaa lukea Ylkkärin kevään selvitystyö, jos haluaa ymmärtää tilannetta.
ylioppilaslehti.fi/2025/03/yl-m...
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
HYYn tilanne on kauhea ja virheet tehtiin oman sukupolveni aikana. Mutta. Ylvan hallitus ei koostunut pääasiallisesti ”tyhmistä opiskelijoista” .
Kannattaa lukea Ylkkärin kevään selvitystyö, jos haluaa ymmärtää tilannetta.
ylioppilaslehti.fi/2025/03/yl-m...
Kannattaa lukea Ylkkärin kevään selvitystyö, jos haluaa ymmärtää tilannetta.
ylioppilaslehti.fi/2025/03/yl-m...
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No fewer than 28 billionaires donated at least 100k to beat Zohran Mamdani. Their overt attempt to buy the election provided Mamdani with perfect talking points. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/LEnjMCa
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politically inspired by a good candidate with a good message.
trib.al
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No fewer than 28 billionaires donated at least 100k to beat Zohran Mamdani. Their overt attempt to buy the election provided Mamdani with perfect talking points. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/LEnjMCa
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November 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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Osana #peliviikko ohjelmaa Tampereen pääkirjasto Metso järjestää huomenna 5.11. klo 18 Metso FAKTA -keskustelun "Hyvä, paha pelikulttuuri?" Keskustelemassa ovat minä, Juho Kuorikoski ja Risto Marjomaa. Tervetuloa Metsoon tai kuulolle striimiin! tapahtumat.tampere.fi/fi-FI/page/6...
Ladataan tietoja...
Tampere on satojen tapahtumien ja tuhansien elämysten kaupunki.
tapahtumat.tampere.fi
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Osana #peliviikko ohjelmaa Tampereen pääkirjasto Metso järjestää huomenna 5.11. klo 18 Metso FAKTA -keskustelun "Hyvä, paha pelikulttuuri?" Keskustelemassa ovat minä, Juho Kuorikoski ja Risto Marjomaa. Tervetuloa Metsoon tai kuulolle striimiin! tapahtumat.tampere.fi/fi-FI/page/6...
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every star trek episode is titled Ere Fire Down From Olympus Came and every plot is "what if a comet had a milf on it"
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
every star trek episode is titled Ere Fire Down From Olympus Came and every plot is "what if a comet had a milf on it"
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it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
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Tänään käynnistyy Peliviikko, pelikulttuurin ja pelikasvatuksen teemaviikko. Pitkin viikkoa järjestetään ympäri Suomea monipuolisia mahdollisuuksia tutustua peleihin, pelaamiseen ja pelikulttuuriin niin itse kuin vaikkapa lasten tai lastenlasten kanssa. Katso sivuilta paikkakuntien tapahtumat!
Peliviikko - Peliviikko - 1.-9.11.2025
www.peliviikko.fi
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Tänään käynnistyy Peliviikko, pelikulttuurin ja pelikasvatuksen teemaviikko. Pitkin viikkoa järjestetään ympäri Suomea monipuolisia mahdollisuuksia tutustua peleihin, pelaamiseen ja pelikulttuuriin niin itse kuin vaikkapa lasten tai lastenlasten kanssa. Katso sivuilta paikkakuntien tapahtumat!
Just remembered today that "blog" is just short for "weblog" and that podcasts were originally broadcasts for the iPod. Time flies.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Just remembered today that "blog" is just short for "weblog" and that podcasts were originally broadcasts for the iPod. Time flies.
Wild that so many people are still on X, regardless of reason.
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Wild that so many people are still on X, regardless of reason.
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Come work with me!
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
Assistant Professor Digital Arts, Game Arts 2026 (71102)
The Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Game Arts at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in Fall 2026. The successful ca...
www.schooljobs.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Come work with me!
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
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Ihmiset Blueskyn puolella: jos haluatte että näen vastauksenne viesteihini voitte seurata tätä siltaavaa tiliä: @ap.brid.gy
Lisätietoja:
https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started
Lisätietoja:
https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Ihmiset Blueskyn puolella: jos haluatte että näen vastauksenne viesteihini voitte seurata tätä siltaavaa tiliä: @ap.brid.gy
Lisätietoja:
https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started
Lisätietoja:
https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started
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Still terrifying
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Still terrifying
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
I'll be Sexy academic publishing.
What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as acid reflux
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'll be Sexy academic publishing.
They had gotten the spray varnish and the undercoat spray mixed up.
It's Halloween Eve, let's tell one sentence tabletop gaming horror stories:
It was only then that he realized that the Nuln Oil was empty.
It was only then that he realized that the Nuln Oil was empty.
a cartoon of ghosts sitting around a campfire with the caption " ur next what a good people story "
ALT: a cartoon of ghosts sitting around a campfire with the caption " ur next what a good people story "
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
They had gotten the spray varnish and the undercoat spray mixed up.
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Call for Papers! The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Chrono Trigger – Play Story Press
playstorypress.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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This is just mind-bendingly wrong-headed. ‘Let’s just adapt, tech will save us’ has always been a reckless strategy, but as evidence mounts that natural carbon sinks are failing it really does start to sink into a form of climate denialism.
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
Bill Gates Delivers ‘Tough Truths’ on Climate Just Before Big U.N. Talks
Bill Gates argues against focusing on emissions goals in favor of measures of human development.
www.newsweek.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is just mind-bendingly wrong-headed. ‘Let’s just adapt, tech will save us’ has always been a reckless strategy, but as evidence mounts that natural carbon sinks are failing it really does start to sink into a form of climate denialism.
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...