Adrienne Shaw
@adrishaw.bsky.social
Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
I got my first physical mail delivery and email this week, and I love. The fact that I almost missed both because most email/mail I get is spam/junk made the double take and delight at it being a thing I wanted all the better.
Over at the "Sleepy Hollow, 1998" Kickstarter page, we got a little nerdy about FONTS! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jay...
Update 15: Backer Survey Status and Production Update · “SLEEPY HOLLOW, 1998,” a Story Delivered to Your Mailbox
Greetings from Sleepy Hollow. Since we sent out the backer surveys almost two weeks ago, almost three-quarters of you have replied with your final choices. If you haven’t replied yet, please do so as ...
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August 21, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I got my first physical mail delivery and email this week, and I love. The fact that I almost missed both because most email/mail I get is spam/junk made the double take and delight at it being a thing I wanted all the better.
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Kudos to Ideas on Fire authors Aswin Punathambekar @aswinp.bsky.social, Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social, and Jonathan Gray on the release of Planet Digital: A Global Digital Cultures Reader. 🎊 The book is out now from @nyupress.bsky.social.
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#IoFAuthors
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#IoFAuthors
July 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Kudos to Ideas on Fire authors Aswin Punathambekar @aswinp.bsky.social, Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social, and Jonathan Gray on the release of Planet Digital: A Global Digital Cultures Reader. 🎊 The book is out now from @nyupress.bsky.social.
nyupress.org/978147983518...
#IoFAuthors
nyupress.org/978147983518...
#IoFAuthors
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Netflix is thinking of doing "always on" channels (i.e. TV) which means they'll then do some form of "television playing videos of music" which means they'll then speedrun "recording industry are bastards" followed by "put reality shows on the channel playing videos of music" followed by "cancel it"
July 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Netflix is thinking of doing "always on" channels (i.e. TV) which means they'll then do some form of "television playing videos of music" which means they'll then speedrun "recording industry are bastards" followed by "put reality shows on the channel playing videos of music" followed by "cancel it"
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hello! im looking for anyone who would like to be interviewed for my 'What I Do' series, where i detail just what, exactly, people in the video game industry do for a living
aftermath.site/tag/what-i-do/
only this one has a catch: i'd love to hear from someone who hates their job, or parts of it
aftermath.site/tag/what-i-do/
only this one has a catch: i'd love to hear from someone who hates their job, or parts of it
July 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
hello! im looking for anyone who would like to be interviewed for my 'What I Do' series, where i detail just what, exactly, people in the video game industry do for a living
aftermath.site/tag/what-i-do/
only this one has a catch: i'd love to hear from someone who hates their job, or parts of it
aftermath.site/tag/what-i-do/
only this one has a catch: i'd love to hear from someone who hates their job, or parts of it
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🚨🚨🚨 we're sweetening the deal w/ a FREE ROMchip videogames/video games hat (dealers choice) for anyone who can track down either a playable copy of this game or substantial corroborating historical materials (packaging, reviews, references in business articles, information on the developers, etc).
July 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
🚨🚨🚨 we're sweetening the deal w/ a FREE ROMchip videogames/video games hat (dealers choice) for anyone who can track down either a playable copy of this game or substantial corroborating historical materials (packaging, reviews, references in business articles, information on the developers, etc).
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Prof. @aswinp.bsky.social discusses "Planet Digital," a new volume edited by Punathambekar, @adrishaw.bsky.social (Ph.D. '10), and Jonathan Gray, that explores how culture, infrastructure, and power shape global media. Read more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
“Planet Digital” Maps Power, Culture, and Connectivity in Global Media
www.asc.upenn.edu
July 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Prof. @aswinp.bsky.social discusses "Planet Digital," a new volume edited by Punathambekar, @adrishaw.bsky.social (Ph.D. '10), and Jonathan Gray, that explores how culture, infrastructure, and power shape global media. Read more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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Now available on the New Books Network: @aswinp.bsky.social, @adrishaw.bsky.social, and Jonathan Gray on Planet Digital: A Global Media Cultures Reader.
newbooksnetwork.com/planet-digital
newbooksnetwork.com/planet-digital
Aswin Punathambekar, Adrienne Shaw and Jonathan Gray eds., "Planet Digital: A Global Media Cultures Reader" (NYU Press, 2026) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
July 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Now available on the New Books Network: @aswinp.bsky.social, @adrishaw.bsky.social, and Jonathan Gray on Planet Digital: A Global Media Cultures Reader.
newbooksnetwork.com/planet-digital
newbooksnetwork.com/planet-digital
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been talking to current and former employees of microsoft-owned studios all day, and the prognosis is grim: zenimax, bethesda, obsidian, id, and activision have all taken big hits, while blizzard seemingly remains safe... for now. but how long that, or anything, lasts is anyone's guess
![“It was already excruciating [to wait] over the long weekend—which made it impossible to relax,” one current Blizzard employee told Aftermath. “Now we have it indefinitely, and nobody knows who it will hit.”
“I’ve worked in roofing, construction, insulation, house building, glass factories, pallet shops, group homes for disabled and violent adults, gas stations, food service, customer service, and jobs involving gas meters,” said a current Activision employee. “Out of every industry I’ve worked in, I have never struggled financially or mentally as hard as I have working here.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreia33ri4m3qh37xh4gs3ump4tlu3ez5zdg6xaj5asd4mz4skfmsszq)
July 6, 2026 at 11:19 PM
been talking to current and former employees of microsoft-owned studios all day, and the prognosis is grim: zenimax, bethesda, obsidian, id, and activision have all taken big hits, while blizzard seemingly remains safe... for now. but how long that, or anything, lasts is anyone's guess
Found in the classifieds section of The Advocate across a few issues from 1983 if that helps @romchip.bsky.social @textfiles.com @lainenooney.bsky.social
pride month ain't over yet 🌈 friend of ROMchip
@adrishaw.bsky.social is looking for help tracking down the bathhouse-inspired 1983 game VAPOR PALACE.
Published by BANANASOFT (yes you read that right)
Released for the Timex 1000, TRS80 III, Apple II and IBM PC
can anyone help, game history fam?
@adrishaw.bsky.social is looking for help tracking down the bathhouse-inspired 1983 game VAPOR PALACE.
Published by BANANASOFT (yes you read that right)
Released for the Timex 1000, TRS80 III, Apple II and IBM PC
can anyone help, game history fam?
July 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Found in the classifieds section of The Advocate across a few issues from 1983 if that helps @romchip.bsky.social @textfiles.com @lainenooney.bsky.social
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The easy search turfs out pretty quick, even though VAPOR PALACE is such a unique paring of words. I found 6 issues of Gay Community News have this ad, which implies, at least, it was probably selling a handful of copies. If this gets found, it's the new "oldest LGBTQ" videogame.
July 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The easy search turfs out pretty quick, even though VAPOR PALACE is such a unique paring of words. I found 6 issues of Gay Community News have this ad, which implies, at least, it was probably selling a handful of copies. If this gets found, it's the new "oldest LGBTQ" videogame.
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I could only find one citation so far - this ad in Gay Community News, 1983.
July 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I could only find one citation so far - this ad in Gay Community News, 1983.
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OK, let's start the search.
Adrienne Shaw is on the lookout for two titles of early LGBTQ software that predate Caper in the Castro. One is called VAPOR PALACE. The other features Tom of Finland art but has no discovered name yet. The search is on - if you know more details or... have a copy? ping.
Adrienne Shaw is on the lookout for two titles of early LGBTQ software that predate Caper in the Castro. One is called VAPOR PALACE. The other features Tom of Finland art but has no discovered name yet. The search is on - if you know more details or... have a copy? ping.
July 4, 2026 at 12:17 AM
OK, let's start the search.
Adrienne Shaw is on the lookout for two titles of early LGBTQ software that predate Caper in the Castro. One is called VAPOR PALACE. The other features Tom of Finland art but has no discovered name yet. The search is on - if you know more details or... have a copy? ping.
Adrienne Shaw is on the lookout for two titles of early LGBTQ software that predate Caper in the Castro. One is called VAPOR PALACE. The other features Tom of Finland art but has no discovered name yet. The search is on - if you know more details or... have a copy? ping.
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“Life is a dream. A career is a series of moments mostly out of our control. All you usually remember is the feeling and the people. And if you're lucky, the feeling is usually love.”
💖 🏆 Amy Poehler accepting the Peabody Career Achievement Award.
💖 🏆 Amy Poehler accepting the Peabody Career Achievement Award.
July 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Life is a dream. A career is a series of moments mostly out of our control. All you usually remember is the feeling and the people. And if you're lucky, the feeling is usually love.”
💖 🏆 Amy Poehler accepting the Peabody Career Achievement Award.
💖 🏆 Amy Poehler accepting the Peabody Career Achievement Award.
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Just came across this new to us likely queer game from 1983. Anyone have any information about it? This advertisement was in The Advocate classifieds section.
July 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Just came across this new to us likely queer game from 1983. Anyone have any information about it? This advertisement was in The Advocate classifieds section.
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In this panel, scholars from five different countries explore how racism, colonialism, & industrial legacies shape digital popular culture.
🗓️ 8 June 2026, 15:00 SAST
📍#ICA26, 1.64 CTICC1, Lev 1
@nyupress.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @aswinp.bsky.social
@adrishaw.bsky.social
🗓️ 8 June 2026, 15:00 SAST
📍#ICA26, 1.64 CTICC1, Lev 1
@nyupress.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @aswinp.bsky.social
@adrishaw.bsky.social
June 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
In this panel, scholars from five different countries explore how racism, colonialism, & industrial legacies shape digital popular culture.
🗓️ 8 June 2026, 15:00 SAST
📍#ICA26, 1.64 CTICC1, Lev 1
@nyupress.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @aswinp.bsky.social
@adrishaw.bsky.social
🗓️ 8 June 2026, 15:00 SAST
📍#ICA26, 1.64 CTICC1, Lev 1
@nyupress.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social @aswinp.bsky.social
@adrishaw.bsky.social
For those attending #ica26 I will be on one panel tomorrow and moderating another. Please stop by!
Navigating Flawed Research Frameworks, APIs and AI Tools- a Conversation on What We Can Do to Avoid Misidentifying and Excluding Research Data and ICA Authors
Navigating Flawed Research Frameworks, APIs and AI Tools- a Conversation on What We Can Do to Avoid Misidentifying and Excluding Research Data and ICA Authors
June 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
For those attending #ica26 I will be on one panel tomorrow and moderating another. Please stop by!
Navigating Flawed Research Frameworks, APIs and AI Tools- a Conversation on What We Can Do to Avoid Misidentifying and Excluding Research Data and ICA Authors
Navigating Flawed Research Frameworks, APIs and AI Tools- a Conversation on What We Can Do to Avoid Misidentifying and Excluding Research Data and ICA Authors
If you are headed to #ica26 I have discovered in the conference app that only one of my panels lists me when you search by "speaker". The second panel is later that same day at 3pm. I'm moderating, but the panelists aren't showing up under speakers in the app either (they do in the online program).
May 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
If you are headed to #ica26 I have discovered in the conference app that only one of my panels lists me when you search by "speaker". The second panel is later that same day at 3pm. I'm moderating, but the panelists aren't showing up under speakers in the app either (they do in the online program).
Years in the making, Planet Digital: A Global Media Cultures Reader, co-edited by myself, @aswinp.bsky.social , and Jonathan Gray is real!
30% Discount code: PLDIG30
Order here:
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30% Discount code: PLDIG30
Order here:
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Or here: MNGBookshop.co.uk
Planet Digital
Explores how digitalization has transformed global media entertainment and the making of popular culturesIn the three decades since the rise of the global in...
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May 22, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Years in the making, Planet Digital: A Global Media Cultures Reader, co-edited by myself, @aswinp.bsky.social , and Jonathan Gray is real!
30% Discount code: PLDIG30
Order here:
nyupress.org/978147983516...
Or here: MNGBookshop.co.uk
30% Discount code: PLDIG30
Order here:
nyupress.org/978147983516...
Or here: MNGBookshop.co.uk
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After his partner died of AIDS-related complications, David Bohnett used the insurance payout to launch GeoCities - what became one of the internet’s earliest queer communities
Geocities: a cautionary tale of how Trans+ history can be deleted with one click
Geocities, a gay owned start up, was one of the first to give people tools to make their own web pages - when Yahoo deleted it, queer and Trans+ archives were lost
www.wearequeeraf.com
May 19, 2026 at 6:31 PM
After his partner died of AIDS-related complications, David Bohnett used the insurance payout to launch GeoCities - what became one of the internet’s earliest queer communities
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75% of 1980s video games tracked by the LGBTQ Video Game Archive are preserved & accessible in some form.
25% are still at risk or unavailable.
Preservation isn’t automatic.
📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE
📖 Download: archive.org/details/vani...
🛒 Purchase: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta...
25% are still at risk or unavailable.
Preservation isn’t automatic.
📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE
📖 Download: archive.org/details/vani...
🛒 Purchase: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta...
April 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
75% of 1980s video games tracked by the LGBTQ Video Game Archive are preserved & accessible in some form.
25% are still at risk or unavailable.
Preservation isn’t automatic.
📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE
📖 Download: archive.org/details/vani...
🛒 Purchase: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta...
25% are still at risk or unavailable.
Preservation isn’t automatic.
📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE
📖 Download: archive.org/details/vani...
🛒 Purchase: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta...
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Earning tenure is like winning a pie-eating contest at a county fair—where the prize is more pie. 🥧 We work hard to get to this moment, but we don’t always prepare ourselves for what follows.
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social digs into this tenure-as-pie metaphor: ideasonfire.net/tenure-and-t...
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social digs into this tenure-as-pie metaphor: ideasonfire.net/tenure-and-t...
April 24, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Earning tenure is like winning a pie-eating contest at a county fair—where the prize is more pie. 🥧 We work hard to get to this moment, but we don’t always prepare ourselves for what follows.
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social digs into this tenure-as-pie metaphor: ideasonfire.net/tenure-and-t...
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social digs into this tenure-as-pie metaphor: ideasonfire.net/tenure-and-t...
One of the most enjoyable professional obligations I have is serving on the Immersive/Interactive Board of Jurors for the @peabodyawards.bsky.social. Check out this year's nominees!
Celebrate #StoriesThatMatter at their finest! 🎉
As part of our 86th Annual #PeabodyAwards, we proudly announce nominees in arts, children’s/youth, entertainment, and interactive/immersive media. ✨
As part of our 86th Annual #PeabodyAwards, we proudly announce nominees in arts, children’s/youth, entertainment, and interactive/immersive media. ✨
April 10, 2026 at 1:27 AM
One of the most enjoyable professional obligations I have is serving on the Immersive/Interactive Board of Jurors for the @peabodyawards.bsky.social. Check out this year's nominees!
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Let's cook the joke vegetarian food from Alison Bechdel's Dykes To Watch Out For
aftermath.site/dykes-to-watch...
aftermath.site/dykes-to-watch...
March 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Let's cook the joke vegetarian food from Alison Bechdel's Dykes To Watch Out For
aftermath.site/dykes-to-watch...
aftermath.site/dykes-to-watch...
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Today's discussion is about what "culture" even means and what it means to study it
So we're reading @adrishaw.bsky.social's "Video games as cultural studies other"
Early on she asks: "Why is it so hard for us to think about video games as part of popular media culture more broadly?"
So we're reading @adrishaw.bsky.social's "Video games as cultural studies other"
Early on she asks: "Why is it so hard for us to think about video games as part of popular media culture more broadly?"
February 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Today's discussion is about what "culture" even means and what it means to study it
So we're reading @adrishaw.bsky.social's "Video games as cultural studies other"
Early on she asks: "Why is it so hard for us to think about video games as part of popular media culture more broadly?"
So we're reading @adrishaw.bsky.social's "Video games as cultural studies other"
Early on she asks: "Why is it so hard for us to think about video games as part of popular media culture more broadly?"