@mblytheadams
Assistant Teaching Professor in Game Development & Interactive Media at Ontario Tech University, writer of tawdry queer romance games. Personal account: opinions do not represent my employers.
It's the weekend and our matching donation week is nearing its end! we are currently 53% funded for the event!
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I can confirm Yurivania 3 and Paige's other project this year are both back online. We believe this was a user side mistake at some point, but if you notice other projects that are offline -- broken download page, broken project page, with itchio's classic frog art -- PLEASE let us know, thank you!
www.wired.com/story/gamers... The definition of pornography according to fascists inevitably includes queer and trans people. Call the companies and be polite to the workers. They're not the ones in power. My plan is to get some calls in after dinner so I have that post-prandial chill going.
Literally we were up to $2460 in potential matched donations and I promised $40 to make it a pleasingly round number. Support my finicky taste in figures / help fund travel grants for QGCon 2025 presenters and exhibitors here.
Today is the first day of our week long #fundraiser and the matching donors' pledge has increased! Please help us reach our goal by sharing this post!
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Wednesday begins our anonymous donor's week-long matching funds campaign! Please help us keep this con pay-what-you-can and welcome as many attendees as possible! Thank you!
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#games #gaming #queerstudies #gamestudies #matchingdonation #fundraiser #lgbtq #indiegames #rpg #gamedev #gamer
Great idea!
a title treatment like neon signs that read "Oracles After Hours" next to the fool, the 3 of cups, and the wheel of fortune. "Featuring: Rae Nedjadi, Sasha Reneau, Maria Mison. Produced by: Paddington". under it reads Oracles After Hours @ QGCON2025 surrounded by rainbows.
So stoked to say be participating in @qgcon.bsky.social's online liveplay of Oracles After Hours, an interactive poker reading featuring myself, @temporalhiccup.bsky.social, and @mariabumby.bsky.social, produced by @paddington.bsky.social !! Stay tuned for more details 👁️🪙🪙🃏✨
Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be, Edited by Alisha Karabinus, Carly A. Kocurek, Cody Mejeur, Emma Vossen... punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
Yes! @prairieeyes.bsky.social is back with an interview with Elissa!
"I used to do a lot of fandom RP, and a lot of my old RPs are just gone forever. I wish I could go back and read them [...] So in some ways this is like getting to have a piece of that memory back."
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Support LGBTQ+ Game Devs and Scholars! The Queerness and Games Collective is a registered not-for-profit organization in Quebec, Canada. We run internationally-recognized events (QGCons) dedicated to LGBTQ+ issues and video games. Since the first QGCon in 2013, we have brought together game developers, scholars, and players who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. Our presenters share cutting-edge research, reflect on game development, and lead hands-on workshops. After five years of remote events, QGCon 2025 returns to an in-person conference format based in Montreal. In 2025, you can help QGCon create space for LGBTQ gamers, creators, and scholars from North America and beyond. What We Do with Your Support: We help queer gamers, creators, and scholars find and build community. This is how we make QGCon accessible to all: Free and sliding scale ticketing; Live-streamed presentations for remote viewing; Travel grants for presenters; Generous honoraria for keynote speakers; COVID safety protocols (free N95 masks, air filtration) By supporting us, you demonstrate your organization's values. Help us build a creative queer community in Montreal! The Benefits of Sponsorship: Sponsorship benefits can include... Your logo on our website and programme Airspace on our livestream A session room named in your honour Shoutouts at opening & closing sessions and on social media Your presence at the conference "QGCon Presented By..." $1,000+ one travel grant $2,500+ presenter dinner $5,000+ sponsor a venue room $22,800+ cover all venue costs $70,000+ the entire conference Our mission is more important than ever. Help us rebuild for QGCon 2025!
Are you or someone you know interested in becoming a sponsor of #QGCON2025? Please find more details below! We appreciate any and all support to keep this a pay-what-you-can event for attendees! #indiegames #ttrpg #gamedevs #boardgames #lgbtq #gamers #gaming #queergames
I'll be attending @qgcon.bsky.social this September! I'll be showing off my artgame about recovery from bottom surgery and checking out all other other artistic and commercial games made by awesome queer folks
www.qgcon.org/2025/arcade
Excellent!
We must embrace the power to be a kind, helpful reviewer (if we actually have time for this and are not just pretending we do.)
QGCon is the conference where I felt safe discussing bi/queerphobia I experienced in game studies as a grad student. It's the only time I've discussed it publicly. QGCon's a special community: please consider sharing this request so we can keep helping folks share their ideas and experiences.
@analoggamestudies.bsky.social has been VERY quick, so if you missed the live panels and keynotes, all of the conference recordings are now live! Peruse the "PUNK" playlist now:
We are excited to introduce a first round of presenters this weekend! Stay tuned to learn more about our wonderful presenters in the coming weeks! #queer #qgcon #gamedev #gaming #ttrpg #lgbtq #videogames
Is it possibly a check another character can do for you? (I never got past Act 1, so apologies if that's a baldly wrong suggestion).
My partner proposed a discussion of philosophers and whether their names are better suited to dogs or cats. Spivak: cat. Socrates: cat. Locke: dog. This eventually leads to the statement "This is my cat, Walter Cronkite" after a debate on Walter Benjamin because ADHD rules this house.
Holding up my book "Mastering Community Management: Chaos, Compassion, and Connection in Games".
Picture of me in between shelves of books, holding up my book.
✨ MY BOOK IS OUT NOW ✨
"Mastering Community Management" is finally here! 😭
Learn what goes into community management for video games from pre- to post-production. ❤️ Get my step-by-step strategy for creating meaningful online spaces!
Shares appreciated. AHH!!
Buy: www.victoriatran.com/book
One piece of advice I wish I could give every trans gal is the same I give to writers
Stop calling yourself "aspiring" or "hopefully" or "eventually a ___"
Do you write stories? Congrats, you're a writer.
Are you a woman, is that the identity you hold true to your core? Congrats, you're girl.
Posting this again for my half of the world.
Morning! Wanna play an Indigenous cybernoir point and click detective game (for free) and talk about it? @achimogames.bsky.social is offering an opportunity to anyone no matter the size of your platform.
Daniel Lawson @DanielLaw1998: Disabled parking should only be valid during business hours 9 to 5, Monday to Friday. I cannot see any reason why people with genuine disabilities would be out beyond these times. Jennifer Lee Rosman @JenLRossman: We’re disabled, Daniel, we’re not werewolves
7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.
goodrobotbrewing.ca/drinks/themb... When we were in Halifax, my partner excitedly pointed out Good Robot's Thembot Sour. I adored the concept, but was reluctant about the flavouring. I was wrong! It's actually pretty gentle. Queerly tasty and sour enough to merit attention but not alarm.
Gaming is Rezilience is excited to announce the inaugural Rez Summer Games, a virtual gaming event created to celebrate Indigenous gamers, highlight Indigenous-made video games, and build a space where community and culture meet gaming.
redpopnews.com/rez-summer-g...
Her use of the harpsichord in Boys for Pele is so good: its arch Baroque weirdness contrasts so beautifully with all the places her voice goes, from breathy and airy to guttural.
A week visiting family in the Maritimes yielded, among other things, one lobster kissed and about three eaten (some in rolls), one geological finding apparently unusual at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, one dinosaur made of two cars followed on the road, and photographic evidence of most of the above.
If you happen to speak french, check out this incredibly nice initiative by Doot, offering 2k€ and mentorship for each of 5 selected small game projects! But they have to be small!! 🤏
I'll be part of the mentors for this and I can't wait to see what cool things get submitted! 👀
An achieve-mint!