Tim Beasley-Murray
timb-m.bsky.social
Tim Beasley-Murray
@timb-m.bsky.social
"You still haven’t figured out what riding waves is all about, hey? It’s a state of mind."

European Thought and Culture, UCL; games that get out of hand.
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/4327
"[Brexit] was put to the people as if it was some sort of Eton game." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... In Critical Games manchesterup.bsky.social I explore how power turns politics into a game whose consequences fall on those who can least afford them. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617776...
July 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“You still haven’t figured out what riding waves is all about, hey? It’s a state of mind. It’s that place where you lose yourself and where you find yourself.” Bodhi to Utah. Well, now you can lose yourself in my article about play in cult classic, Point Break.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My piece on play in Point Break! Open access, published today. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Do you know how we nail the bad guys, Utah? By crunching data." Johnny Utah's boss tells him. Well, I crunched the data and here are the results...
June 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Critical games: On play and seriousness in academia, literature and REAL LIFE!
@manchesterup.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Critical Games. Published 17 June.

Derrida eating a crisp; the Slovene Art Theorist and Abraham the Inuk; De Vigan, Bolaño, Kafka; fun and games with Emmanuel Carrère; there is even a joke, hidden in the index.... manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617777.... @manchesterup.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM