Senior Research Fellow @CoEGameCult | Docent in Media Studies @utu.fi | Secretary of DiGRA | #dnd #gamecultures #gender #misogyny #platforms #playboy #porn #righttoplay #ukgamescene (he/his).
Tom Apperley
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New collection "Cultural Game Studies" edited by @fransmayra.bsky.social and Raine Koskimaa - discount code attached. Book will be available early next month.
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JustDance* has a fascinating metaphorical role in the narrative conclusion of the film "She Rides Shotgun" (Rowland 2025).
collider.com/taron-egerto...
*this interview reports that its 'tiktok' which does not seen right at all
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
*Red Hot Chilli Peppers ´92
*The Lemonheads '93
*African Head Charge '94
*Beastie Boys '95
*Ben Harper ´96
DiGRA deadline extended until 8th December for abstracts and full papers.
www.digraconference2026.com
Darshana Jayemanne and my 2012 article "Game Studies Material Turn" from Westminster Papers In Communication just hit 200 citations on google scholar
www.westminsterpapers.org/article/id/1...
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Sharing this in case people are confused about why a New Zealander is not living in New Zealand.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
New Zealand Trading Company: www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/new-...
A part of Aotearoa's music history I had missed until now.
Previously known as the Maori Hi-Quins, they recorded an album in Memphis in 1970 and had a US tour before splitting up.
Tom Apperley
Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.
The New Zealand Trading Company album was released in the US in 1970, but only a few copies made it to New Zealand. On the back of the album the musicians stand beside the Mississippi River, resplende...
www.audioculture.co.nz
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These are documented
massacres of First Nations
people between 1788-1930
Happy Australia Day
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
• System of a Down
• Nightwish
• Sabaton
• Powerwolf
• Arch Enemy
