erix verkaaik
@oddhours.bsky.social
(they/them) • researching gamemaking communities • co-organiser of Squiggly River • occasional gamemaker • https://odd-hours.net/ • 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏴☠️
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Absolutely massive congratulations to @oddhours.bsky.social for the publication of their MPhil thesis, "Ambivalent Communities: How engagement with Informal Gamemaking Communities Shapes the Labour of Australian Videogame Makers". Really important empirical research on...
eprints.qut.edu.au/255116/
eprints.qut.edu.au/255116/
Ambivalent Communities: How engagement with Informal Gamemaking Communities Shapes the Labour of Australian Videogame Makers | QUT ePrints
Verkaaik, Erix (2025) Ambivalent Communities: How engagement with Informal Gamemaking Communities Shapes the Labour of Australian Videogame Makers. Master of Philosophy thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
eprints.qut.edu.au
February 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Absolutely massive congratulations to @oddhours.bsky.social for the publication of their MPhil thesis, "Ambivalent Communities: How engagement with Informal Gamemaking Communities Shapes the Labour of Australian Videogame Makers". Really important empirical research on...
eprints.qut.edu.au/255116/
eprints.qut.edu.au/255116/
if you're in Brissie next week, you should come along to play//space ~ a showcase of interactive art and experimental games by local creatives.
thurs 23rd Jan @ echo & bounce. doors at 6pm.
thurs 23rd Jan @ echo & bounce. doors at 6pm.
January 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
if you're in Brissie next week, you should come along to play//space ~ a showcase of interactive art and experimental games by local creatives.
thurs 23rd Jan @ echo & bounce. doors at 6pm.
thurs 23rd Jan @ echo & bounce. doors at 6pm.
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Incredibly excited to announce this special issue of Media Industries Journal that I co-edited with Chris Young and @dayofthemutants.bsky.social on the topic of LOCAL DIGITAL GAME PRODUCTION.
journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/issue/31...
journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/issue/31...
December 17, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Incredibly excited to announce this special issue of Media Industries Journal that I co-edited with Chris Young and @dayofthemutants.bsky.social on the topic of LOCAL DIGITAL GAME PRODUCTION.
journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/issue/31...
journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/issue/31...
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Games might be caught in the crossfire of this frankly poorly thought out and unclear legislative move - and that would be really bad!! Thoughts from @marcuscarter.com & myself on why 💅
Is the government about to accidentally ban kids under 16 from games? I wrote a piece with @darthtayrah.bsky.social on why they shouldn't.
theconversation.com/online-games...
(they also shouldn't ban social media!)
theconversation.com/online-games...
(they also shouldn't ban social media!)
Online games should not be included in Australia’s social media ban – they are critical for kids’ social lives
Australia is set to ban kids under 16 from social media. Depending on the definition, online games with social features could be in the firing line – which would be detrimental.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Games might be caught in the crossfire of this frankly poorly thought out and unclear legislative move - and that would be really bad!! Thoughts from @marcuscarter.com & myself on why 💅
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I feel like I am "in" the game industry in the same way that a possum is "in" the city
November 1, 2024 at 2:14 AM
I feel like I am "in" the game industry in the same way that a possum is "in" the city
I'm heading done to Melbourne today for MiGW! Excited for Freak On and Parallels. I've got a lot of extra time this week, so feel free to message if you'd like to catch up! :)
October 5, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I'm heading done to Melbourne today for MiGW! Excited for Freak On and Parallels. I've got a lot of extra time this week, so feel free to message if you'd like to catch up! :)