Dave MazellaApr 23
There was an underlying elegiac quality to the entire #ASECS26 because no one knew how long this could be sustained in the absence of institutional support; I was very happy to see grads, TT and others interested in this work, including Werhle's work.

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Dr. Emily FriedmanApr 16
A wee recap (weecap?) in text/video of this year’s games at #asecs26 and (in the video) some digression about what games the Game Tasters have to choose between this week… (As always, free to read/view)

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Show threadDr. Emily FriedmanApr 14
I also thought about it at #asecs26 as @[email protected] noted that the impressive clusters of eminent scholars didn’t bond by being powerful — they’ve been supporting each other since they were grad students decades ago sharing 4-5 to a hotel room.
Show threadDr. Emily FriedmanApr 12
#asecs26 was different— virtual last year, & many losses since we last met. After 50 years the Women’s Caucus contemplates a name change — & its role in a time where clubbable cranky old masculinity has largely retreated. The Board unveiled redistributed power in org chart. I have hope.
Dave MazellaApr 12
#ASECS26 is done & we’re getting ready to fly back to Houston. Great to reconnect with old friends & meet new people in the field. also, Philly is a real food town.
Dr. Emily FriedmanApr 11
Playtesting @[email protected] ALDSWORTH 1811 at #asecs26 — and dreaming of game jams and playtesting in future spaces.
Alexander HuberApr 11

Gutted to be missing Rivka Swenson’s #ASECS2026 paper on the lyric in Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies. I’ve coincidentally been thinking quite a bit about the verse in Harris’s List lately while putting together https://harrisslist.prisms.digital/

#c18th #poetry #HarrissList #CoventGardenLadies #ASECS26

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Show threadDr. Emily FriedmanApr 11
I’m just going around #asecs26 saying weird shit like “I’m a stretch goal” to further cement my Official Eccentric status (and maybe drum up some backers)

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Dr. Emily FriedmanApr 10
In an alternate universe where I went to UT @[email protected] & I would have been PhD classmates. But I’m so glad to know him & Drew as we are now, & to welcome them & @[email protected] & @[email protected] to @[email protected] — the first of many schemes to come, I hope. #asecs26
Hopkins PressApr 10

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