The humanities' value relative to STEM fields is that while they save the Earth, we shape it into a home worth saving in the first place.
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Okemos, MIJoined April 2009
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So excited for this! People in chat get to make requests!
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Join me, @juliannegrasso and @BardicKnowledge at 9pm Eastern tonight for some Theatrhyrhm: Final Bar Line at twitch.tv/bardicknowledge
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Please RT for visibility! I'm curious, how many of you got emails for the #FFXIV Fan Fest? I feel like SO few people got it. Need lots of responses for a possible article <3
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ANNOUNCING.. I am performing at VGMCon this year, an honor I do NOT take lightly! For a never-before-done(??) special show, I am covering EVERY main Zelda title in my set and dropped a medley from Zelda II just for the occasion!
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Submit your talk or game to GDoCExpo!
It's always been about devs sharing their expert knowledge. No tokens or diversity 101 here.
All speakers paid, dev interviews paid. No fees.
We award over $100,000 in no-strings funds per year; all speakers & devs automatically eligible!
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We've GOT NEWS!
Game Devs of Color Expo is BACK online for our 8th year. Join us — we’re amplifying the creative power held by people of color in games.
And guess what? Speaker and Games submissions for interested #gamedev are now OPEN. Links below
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Catjeans has been working towards this since before the pandemic began and seeing this effort move forward is really inspiring. Great work to everyone involved.
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WOMENS ROCKET LEAGUE IS FINALLY GETTING THE SUPPORT WE NEED 
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I am stress-avoiding work by watching on a Twitch stream last night (she's great as usual): twitch.tv/videos/1752072
I need to find time to practice Theatrhythm more before we stream tomorrow night, haha. :p
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Happy birthday, VGLeadSheets.com!
7 years ago, Peter Kim & Kevin Lin called me out at for having every song they wanted to jam on memorized.
Shortly afterwards, I registered a domain.
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I play video games and do improv in front of 22 year-olds all day.
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Poorly explain your job
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I have decided that Lightfall launching the week my annual review paperwork is due and I have an important interview to conduct on Friday is an attack on my person.
Glad Spring Break is next week...
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This is it! In conjunction with our NEW MUSIC VIDEO release, “Take Me Away,” we have just launched a ~~KICKSTARTER~~ for ’s upcoming album, Arcology! 💿🎶 Your support would mean a lot! (Links in the next tweet.)
#EDM #zircon #kickstarter #arcology #vocalist #musicvideo
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For the first time in program history…
B1G Regular Season Champs!!! 🏆
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Sing-along with Swabby in his unique (and legally distinct) Plunder Panic rendition of the Wellerman #SeaShanty!
And don't forget about the FREE DEMO of Plunder Panic that allows you to play online crossplay for FREE on Steam! #indiedev #indiegame #freegame
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I turned 25 before I held a job working more than a few hours a week. I’ll bet my lifetime earnings then was < $5,000.
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i had earned $50,000 of total wages in my entire life by the time i was 25
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Did you know that most of the talks I've given in the last year are available on YouTube?
Knowledge is power and that knowledge should be freely available to all who seek it! I'm doing my part to make that happen. #gamestudies #gamedev
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On a full elevator and when the doors opened, William Shatner was waiting to get on. A lady half-jokingly said “y’all should sacrifice your space on the elevator for him” and a guy next to me replied “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few” as the doors closed 😩
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The Kirby: Return to Dreamland remake is amazing. Best Kirby game since Superstar imo.
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Here’s a little happiness for everyone: today is kringla day!! (A few more pans to bake yet.)
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“I miss it…the steel sky.”
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It's been almost 3 years since Final Fantasy VII Remake released and I still can't get over that feeling of awe when I look up at Midgar's Plate.
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PLAYER SELECT (SF2-style)
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Game studies folks: NEW BOOK SERIES. Spread the word + reach out if you have projects or ideas related to games and culture that might be suitable for our new book series with Duke University Press. Email the editors to get the conversations started!
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Jessica is the best in the business. Wow.
(She’s also very gracious in sharing costume-making tutorials! Follow her if you want to get into this yourself.)
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I could never betray her... Ranni... she needs me...
Our Blaidd and Ranni cosplays!
Happy Anniversary Elden Ring!
#ELDENRING #eldenringcosplay #blaiddcosplay #Blaidd #Ranni #RanniTheWitch
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The message Jimmy Carter left in Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object from Earth, is breathtaking.
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🚨 NEW VIDEO ALERT 🚨 It is my honor to announce that this video is sponsored by to celebrate the launch of #OctopathTraveler2 ! I had a blast covering the Main Theme by the brilliant ! Please enjoy!
Watch here📺: youtu.be/ksboqrRpMEI
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Yeah, We're doing a sort of "special" "One-Shot" thing.
There's so much to talk about that we probably won't get to as much as I'd like but hey, you can only do so much in 2 hours of conversation.
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Guys, Gals, and Nonbinary Pals - Ludic Society is going live tonight with a short 2 hour episode analyzing some of the material from This is My Milwaukee, hosted by @deathsespresso
Come join Kit, Robert, and Wren live at 7:00pm!
Tune in at twitch.tv/serious_play
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game studies has got to that stage where we don't need to write apology paragraphs but we need to write a paragraph to acknowledge apology paragraphs
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Hoping to do dungeons 7, 8, and maybe finish this thing! I’m excited :)
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Streamin' some Zelda: Oracle of Ages tonight with @BardicKnowledge and @juliannegrasso at 9pm Eastern at twitch.tv/bardicknowledge
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Tomorrow, is hosting a PR charity event on campus with all the proceeds going to the Spartan Strong Fund.
Be sure to stop out and support a great cause!
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Come out to our charity event, Spartan Weekly 109 this Friday.
$5 entrance fee will go directly to Spartan Strong Fund.
givingto.msu.edu/spartan-strong
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This remains the most fun game MSU has had a hand in producing. Highly recommended if you’re into party platformers.
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Ahoy Mateys! 
There is now a FREE DEMO of Plunder Panic that allows you to play online crossplay for FREE on Steam!
This is the perfect way to test out the game or encourage your friends to join into your online matches. Happy plunderin'!
There is now a FREE DEMO of Plunder Panic that allows you to play online crossplay for FREE on Steam!
This is the perfect way to test out the game or encourage your friends to join into your online matches. Happy plunderin'!
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Just call me Lauren "ROLLIN' WITH THE PACKZI" Gibbons
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I am finally turning a corner on this COVID, enough to resume Kudomusicology on Friday! Hip hip hooray! Join me at a special time: 12pm Eastern at twitch.tv/musicologess, with my special guest as we wrap up our first monograph, the brilliant Sound Play!
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If you got the new Theatrhythm game: the Record Keeper fight themes absolutely slap, holy buckets
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Does anybody here know if sidechain compression is possible in any free DAWs like BandLab or GarageBand?
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He may also see demands for clear rules as malicious attempts to create loopholes. Imagine you invited someone to a party, asked them to “be cool,” and they then asked dozens of hypothetical questions about whether XYZ behavior is “cool.” You would probably uninvite them. 9/🧵
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Probably too late to be helpful (last week was rough, haha), I have pre-ordered 's new book, Immortality: a love story and can't wait!
I loved the first one, and I love an excuse to go to the bookstore in Mason, so the end of the month is going to be awesome.
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"Gaming is made for and should be experienced by everyone"
Sometimes shock and awe is really the only way to get the point across. Check out this really cool initiative by to bring light to hate, harassment, and toxicity in #videogames
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Today is the last day to vote in the G.A.N.G. Awards. Please consider voting for Potionomics as Best Music for an Indie Game, Soundtrack, and Music of the Year. Listen to the music here: youtube.com/playlist?list= Thank you! #gangawards #gameaudio
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Absolutely wild that someone would try this. Glad the licensing team is clamping down on this sort of thing.
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I never do this, but THIS is a last straw moment for me. Do not buy this sweatshirt. These two are friends of mine. The picture is from yesterday. They were NOT wearing this sweatshirt design. The company altered the photo. Trauma entrepreneurs are out in force and it's gross.
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Pentiment is currently 25% off, so grab it now while this Mystery Sale lasts!
store.steampowered.com/app/1205520/Pe
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