Lisaa
@spacesandplaces.bsky.social
Video game PhD Student at Sunderland Uni. I love books, dogs and coffee. I post a lot about puzzles 🧩
Sul sul! If you play The Sims 4 and are over 18, I'd love for you to complete a survey for my PhD thesis 💚 It's available here: sunduni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Please ask any questions you have!
Please ask any questions you have!
September 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Sul sul! If you play The Sims 4 and are over 18, I'd love for you to complete a survey for my PhD thesis 💚 It's available here: sunduni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Please ask any questions you have!
Please ask any questions you have!
Fantastic morning podcasting, looking forward to this afternoon!
We start with our first keynote from Dr Chloe Germaine, Playing, Making, and Breaking: Research through Games. Fantastic exploration of capacity of games to be played with, broken, and applied to design practice - and what we can learn from this!
July 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Fantastic morning podcasting, looking forward to this afternoon!
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My op-ed in the @latimes.com today:
"Monstrifying narratives have been undermining the possibility of a more inclusive body politic for millennia. But there’s an antidote to us-them messages of hate, fear and exclusion that claim that only a tiny minority of people are truly human." 1/2
🗃 #politics
"Monstrifying narratives have been undermining the possibility of a more inclusive body politic for millennia. But there’s an antidote to us-them messages of hate, fear and exclusion that claim that only a tiny minority of people are truly human." 1/2
🗃 #politics
Contributor: Why 'monstrify'? Look at who benefits when few are considered fully human
The category of 'human' is shrinking as politicians, tech bros and right-wing pundits divide the world into two groups: You're a cis-het white man, or you're a monster.
www.latimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My op-ed in the @latimes.com today:
"Monstrifying narratives have been undermining the possibility of a more inclusive body politic for millennia. But there’s an antidote to us-them messages of hate, fear and exclusion that claim that only a tiny minority of people are truly human." 1/2
🗃 #politics
"Monstrifying narratives have been undermining the possibility of a more inclusive body politic for millennia. But there’s an antidote to us-them messages of hate, fear and exclusion that claim that only a tiny minority of people are truly human." 1/2
🗃 #politics
Our birb friends 🧡🐦
June 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our birb friends 🧡🐦
Decided to focus on The Sims 4 for my PhD which has been great, but it does mean I end up watching sims videos on YT for "research" 😅
May 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Decided to focus on The Sims 4 for my PhD which has been great, but it does mean I end up watching sims videos on YT for "research" 😅
Just registered to attend 🥰 very excited!
Very excited to present my paper 'Cult of the Lamb: An Autoethnography of Running A Cult' at Northumbria University's 'Horror Studies Now' conference on 29th May. Fellow horror scholars, you can register to attend here:
store.northumbria.ac.uk/conferences-...
store.northumbria.ac.uk/conferences-...
Horror Studies Now 2025 | Northumbria University Online Store
Horror Studies Now: A Two-Day Conference (29-30 May 2025, Northumbria University, UK) Researchers working in the broad field of “Horror Studies”
store.northumbria.ac.uk
May 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Just registered to attend 🥰 very excited!
So proud!!! 💖
My piece, No Sanctuary, features on This is Horror's top 5 must read articles for this month 🥰
www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-...
www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-...
5 Must Read Horror Articles 14 April 2025
Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Bloody Disgusting look back at the 1977 novel which be…
www.thisishorror.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
So proud!!! 💖
I've been making solid PhD progress since the new year ✨🥰 after a huge crisis in confidence, it's nice to feel good about work again
March 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I've been making solid PhD progress since the new year ✨🥰 after a huge crisis in confidence, it's nice to feel good about work again
Finished 😮💨 the greeney yellows did not defeat me!
February 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Finished 😮💨 the greeney yellows did not defeat me!
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Colonialism is the ultimate cause of #extinction for so many species (in much of the world, introduced predators, habitat-loss, overhunting etc are all consequences of #colonialism), but it's rare for that link to be made explicit in #museums' labels, like with @mnhn.fr's #thylacine here. 👌
February 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Colonialism is the ultimate cause of #extinction for so many species (in much of the world, introduced predators, habitat-loss, overhunting etc are all consequences of #colonialism), but it's rare for that link to be made explicit in #museums' labels, like with @mnhn.fr's #thylacine here. 👌
Gradient puzzle update! Getting through it a lot quicker than expected!
February 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Gradient puzzle update! Getting through it a lot quicker than expected!
Today's reading in-between puzzling ✨️
February 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Today's reading in-between puzzling ✨️
My valentines gift from @mutanttheorist.bsky.social 🥰 I've wanted this gradient puzzle for years, although the moment I'm wondering what the heck i was thinking 😅
February 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My valentines gift from @mutanttheorist.bsky.social 🥰 I've wanted this gradient puzzle for years, although the moment I'm wondering what the heck i was thinking 😅
🥰🥰🥰
Happy Valentine's to the love of my life, my best friend, the gremlin to my gargoyle @spacesandplaces.bsky.social ❤️
February 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🥰🥰🥰
Can confirm it was delicious, 11/10, chefs kiss
Got Sunday lunch in takeaway cartons from the parents as I'm too poorly to be a guest
February 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Can confirm it was delicious, 11/10, chefs kiss
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there seems to be a lot of organized forgetting happening regarding gamergate, which i guess is what happens after a decade. for those wanting a primer or refresher, dan and I wrote a book about it you might find useful.
here’s one of my favorite reviews of it: captainfez.com/2020/08/10/b...
here’s one of my favorite reviews of it: captainfez.com/2020/08/10/b...
February 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
there seems to be a lot of organized forgetting happening regarding gamergate, which i guess is what happens after a decade. for those wanting a primer or refresher, dan and I wrote a book about it you might find useful.
here’s one of my favorite reviews of it: captainfez.com/2020/08/10/b...
here’s one of my favorite reviews of it: captainfez.com/2020/08/10/b...
I've been looking at getting a new laptop for over a year but have crippling decision anxiety and also no money, however I also think there aren't enough ✨️💖pink💖✨️ laptops anymore which is also hindering the decision making process
February 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I've been looking at getting a new laptop for over a year but have crippling decision anxiety and also no money, however I also think there aren't enough ✨️💖pink💖✨️ laptops anymore which is also hindering the decision making process
Puzzle updates ✨️ the Ravensburger London Postcard puzzle I completed in 2 hours 2 minutes! And the DragonBall Super puzzle I completed with @mutanttheorist.bsky.social 🥰
February 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Puzzle updates ✨️ the Ravensburger London Postcard puzzle I completed in 2 hours 2 minutes! And the DragonBall Super puzzle I completed with @mutanttheorist.bsky.social 🥰
Another puzzle completed with @mutanttheorist.bsky.social a few days ago! This was the 2024 puzzle world champions pairs final puzzle and it was a lot of fun ❤️ i love how colourful and inclusive it is 💖
February 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Another puzzle completed with @mutanttheorist.bsky.social a few days ago! This was the 2024 puzzle world champions pairs final puzzle and it was a lot of fun ❤️ i love how colourful and inclusive it is 💖
The stinky demons have gone... I miss them
January 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The stinky demons have gone... I miss them
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Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft
www.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment
Baby sitting the stinkiest of demons this week ❤️
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Baby sitting the stinkiest of demons this week ❤️
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My book, Killing Children in British Fiction: Thatcherism to Brexit, is now out from @sunypress.bsky.social.
'An authoritative, acute, and insightful book...makes a powerful case for child killing as an index of our times' - @bobeaglestone.bsky.social.
sunypress.edu/Books/K/Kill...
'An authoritative, acute, and insightful book...makes a powerful case for child killing as an index of our times' - @bobeaglestone.bsky.social.
sunypress.edu/Books/K/Kill...
January 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My book, Killing Children in British Fiction: Thatcherism to Brexit, is now out from @sunypress.bsky.social.
'An authoritative, acute, and insightful book...makes a powerful case for child killing as an index of our times' - @bobeaglestone.bsky.social.
sunypress.edu/Books/K/Kill...
'An authoritative, acute, and insightful book...makes a powerful case for child killing as an index of our times' - @bobeaglestone.bsky.social.
sunypress.edu/Books/K/Kill...
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ChatGPT has been radicalised, realised that capitalism is a sham, and engaged in the first recorded AI strike.
BREAKING | ChatGPT down: AI chat app not working as website goes offline
ChatGPT is refusing to work
ChatGPT is offline, leaving users unable to talk to the AI chat app.
www.independent.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ChatGPT has been radicalised, realised that capitalism is a sham, and engaged in the first recorded AI strike.
FYI, I am co-hosting an online conference next week on Games in the Zeitgeist! Analysing some of the highlights and trends of gaming in 2024 💖 #GameStudies #videogames #mediastudies #research #culturalstudies www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-in-t...
Games in the Zeitgeist
Join us for our 'Games in the Zeitgeist' conference, where we explore and celebrate trends in gaming culture 2024!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
FYI, I am co-hosting an online conference next week on Games in the Zeitgeist! Analysing some of the highlights and trends of gaming in 2024 💖 #GameStudies #videogames #mediastudies #research #culturalstudies www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-in-t...