The online Mythological Game Studies Conference #MythGames2025 starts in about an hour! @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
I'll be opening the conference with an introduction on the theme of the conference, mapping current approaches to the study of mythology and games
I'll be opening the conference with an introduction on the theme of the conference, mapping current approaches to the study of mythology and games
May 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The online Mythological Game Studies Conference #MythGames2025 starts in about an hour! @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
I'll be opening the conference with an introduction on the theme of the conference, mapping current approaches to the study of mythology and games
I'll be opening the conference with an introduction on the theme of the conference, mapping current approaches to the study of mythology and games
You can now register for the Mythological Game Studies Conference (22-24 May, online)! We'll have around 30 presentations on mythology & games, a dev roundtable, and more. Head over to mythgamescon.wordpress.com for the conference schedule and abstracts!
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
#MythGames2025
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
#MythGames2025
April 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
You can now register for the Mythological Game Studies Conference (22-24 May, online)! We'll have around 30 presentations on mythology & games, a dev roundtable, and more. Head over to mythgamescon.wordpress.com for the conference schedule and abstracts!
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
#MythGames2025
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social
#MythGames2025
Reminder for the online Mythological Game Studies Conference (#MythGames2025, organized w/ @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social), NEXT WEEK 22-24 May! In addition to 30+ papers, we'll also have a livestream by @valuefnd.bsky.social & a dev roundtable!
Schedule and registration at mythgamescon.wordpress.com
Schedule and registration at mythgamescon.wordpress.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Reminder for the online Mythological Game Studies Conference (#MythGames2025, organized w/ @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social), NEXT WEEK 22-24 May! In addition to 30+ papers, we'll also have a livestream by @valuefnd.bsky.social & a dev roundtable!
Schedule and registration at mythgamescon.wordpress.com
Schedule and registration at mythgamescon.wordpress.com
After a pretty rough week nice to get some good news - I'll be presenting at the Mythological Game Studies Conference on 22–24 May - talking about the way mythology is used in the Metroidvania genre, talking about #Blasphemous (2019) and #Afterimage (2023)
#MythGames2025 #Metroidvanias #gamestudies
#MythGames2025 #Metroidvanias #gamestudies
March 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
After a pretty rough week nice to get some good news - I'll be presenting at the Mythological Game Studies Conference on 22–24 May - talking about the way mythology is used in the Metroidvania genre, talking about #Blasphemous (2019) and #Afterimage (2023)
#MythGames2025 #Metroidvanias #gamestudies
#MythGames2025 #Metroidvanias #gamestudies
Ended the #MythGames2025 day with the developers of Röki/Mythwrecked (@polygontreehouse.bsky.social), Toward Dawn (@deviserene.bsky.social), Moon Hunters (@kitfoxgames.com), & Never Alone (@elinemedia.bsky.social), which made for an incredible panel discussion.
Thanks to all, and see you tomorrow!
Thanks to all, and see you tomorrow!
Right now - the 'git gut' panel on mythology & soulslikes #MythGames2025: first, the Souls series as Buddhist 'artless art', and second, myth as praxis in Dark Souls and Black Myth: Wukong
Up now - a panel on Mythological Topologies at #MythGames2025, with papers on the Amduat and Chinese mobile games!
May 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ended the #MythGames2025 day with the developers of Röki/Mythwrecked (@polygontreehouse.bsky.social), Toward Dawn (@deviserene.bsky.social), Moon Hunters (@kitfoxgames.com), & Never Alone (@elinemedia.bsky.social), which made for an incredible panel discussion.
Thanks to all, and see you tomorrow!
Thanks to all, and see you tomorrow!
Enjoying #MythGames2025 today (and until Saturday).
May 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Enjoying #MythGames2025 today (and until Saturday).
Starting with our first panel, "People, Emotions, and Mythological Games" #MythGames2025
Papers on personal myth and Tchia, the therapeutic power of mythology & games, and a queer close reading of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical!
Papers on personal myth and Tchia, the therapeutic power of mythology & games, and a queer close reading of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical!
May 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Starting with our first panel, "People, Emotions, and Mythological Games" #MythGames2025
Papers on personal myth and Tchia, the therapeutic power of mythology & games, and a queer close reading of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical!
Papers on personal myth and Tchia, the therapeutic power of mythology & games, and a queer close reading of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical!
Time for panel 2 #MythGames2025, "Myth, Culture, and Heritage (1)" with papers on "mythroidvanias", Etruscan ritual in Lex Arcana, and counterintuitive ontologies in Black Myth: Wukong & Tchia!
Starting with our first panel, "People, Emotions, and Mythological Games" #MythGames2025
Papers on personal myth and Tchia, the therapeutic power of mythology & games, and a queer close reading of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical!
Papers on personal myth and Tchia, the therapeutic power of mythology & games, and a queer close reading of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical!
May 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Time for panel 2 #MythGames2025, "Myth, Culture, and Heritage (1)" with papers on "mythroidvanias", Etruscan ritual in Lex Arcana, and counterintuitive ontologies in Black Myth: Wukong & Tchia!
Starting Day 3 of #MythGames2025 now, with a session on myth and history, featuing papers on so-called "accurate myth", Assassin's Creed, and Pentiment!
Ended the #MythGames2025 day with the developers of Röki/Mythwrecked (@polygontreehouse.bsky.social), Toward Dawn (@deviserene.bsky.social), Moon Hunters (@kitfoxgames.com), & Never Alone (@elinemedia.bsky.social), which made for an incredible panel discussion.
Thanks to all, and see you tomorrow!
Thanks to all, and see you tomorrow!
Right now - the 'git gut' panel on mythology & soulslikes #MythGames2025: first, the Souls series as Buddhist 'artless art', and second, myth as praxis in Dark Souls and Black Myth: Wukong
May 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Starting Day 3 of #MythGames2025 now, with a session on myth and history, featuing papers on so-called "accurate myth", Assassin's Creed, and Pentiment!
After a fantastic livestream by @valuefnd.bsky.social on Twitch, we're continuing Day 2 of #MythGames2025 with a panel on mythologizing in Cyberpunk, Dragon Age, and on heroic armaments!
Starting in a couple of minutes, our last panel of the day (before the social hour): panel 5 #MythGames2025, "Slavic Mythology", with papers on The Witcher 3 & Resident Evil!
Happening right now - panel 4 #MythGames2025, a deep dive into @supergiantgames.bsky.social's Hades! There are papers on queer disidentification, female storytelling, dark-skinned Patroclus, and motherhood!
May 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
After a fantastic livestream by @valuefnd.bsky.social on Twitch, we're continuing Day 2 of #MythGames2025 with a panel on mythologizing in Cyberpunk, Dragon Age, and on heroic armaments!
A great morning session of #MythGames2025, really looking forward to the next one.
May 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A great morning session of #MythGames2025, really looking forward to the next one.
Mythological Game Studies conference starting now! #MythGames2025
May 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Mythological Game Studies conference starting now! #MythGames2025
Aaand we're now moving to @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social's closing remarks! #MythGames2025
Starting in 10 minutes, our final panel of the conference #MythGames2025: Games and Mythography! We've got several papers that explore the mythographical qualities of video games, as well as the people who play them!
Right now - Myth, Culture and Heritage (2) #MythGames2025, featuring papers on Irishness in games, cultural memory and Black Myth: Wukong, and why there's no God of War set in India!
May 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Aaand we're now moving to @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social's closing remarks! #MythGames2025
That's the highest praise one can get 😀 Thank you so much for your thoughts and presence, and to all of our wonderful participants! #mythgames2025
@alexvandewalle.bsky.social
@alexvandewalle.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
That's the highest praise one can get 😀 Thank you so much for your thoughts and presence, and to all of our wonderful participants! #mythgames2025
@alexvandewalle.bsky.social
@alexvandewalle.bsky.social
Enjoyed the first panel at #MythGames2025 while resisting against Hypnos. 20:36 in KST, after work, before getting into bed.
May 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Enjoyed the first panel at #MythGames2025 while resisting against Hypnos. 20:36 in KST, after work, before getting into bed.
Having tried the demo - which was great - I'm really looking forward to playing this!
(psst: you can learn more about Toward Dawn at the Mythological Game Studies Conference #MythGames2025 next week!)
(psst: you can learn more about Toward Dawn at the Mythological Game Studies Conference #MythGames2025 next week!)
Toward Dawn is out NOW!🐺💕✨
Explore a world inspired by Welsh mythology! 🏴
Pet a Gwyllgi werewolf! 🐺
Experience unique turn-based combat! ⚔️
Cute pixels having lots of emotions! 💕
▶️ store.steampowered.com/app/3140160/...
#gamedev | #rpg | #Godot | #indiedev
Explore a world inspired by Welsh mythology! 🏴
Pet a Gwyllgi werewolf! 🐺
Experience unique turn-based combat! ⚔️
Cute pixels having lots of emotions! 💕
▶️ store.steampowered.com/app/3140160/...
#gamedev | #rpg | #Godot | #indiedev
Save 10% on Toward Dawn on Steam
Inspired by Welsh mythology, experience a classic fantasy RPG adventure exploring the cycles of abuse. Customise your abilities, craft new equipment and Break your enemies in strategic turn-based comb...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Having tried the demo - which was great - I'm really looking forward to playing this!
(psst: you can learn more about Toward Dawn at the Mythological Game Studies Conference #MythGames2025 next week!)
(psst: you can learn more about Toward Dawn at the Mythological Game Studies Conference #MythGames2025 next week!)
Starting in a couple of minutes, our last panel of the day (before the social hour): panel 5 #MythGames2025, "Slavic Mythology", with papers on The Witcher 3 & Resident Evil!
Happening right now - panel 4 #MythGames2025, a deep dive into @supergiantgames.bsky.social's Hades! There are papers on queer disidentification, female storytelling, dark-skinned Patroclus, and motherhood!
Panel 3 #MythGames2025 starting now, "Power and Limits of the Gods", with papers on divine agents & agency in Total War and Age of Mythology!
May 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Starting in a couple of minutes, our last panel of the day (before the social hour): panel 5 #MythGames2025, "Slavic Mythology", with papers on The Witcher 3 & Resident Evil!
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I sent out all Mythological Game Studies Conference emails over the past couple days! There was *such* an interest that we had to extend it from 2 days to 3: May 22-24! 🥳
There'll be many different mythologies, and a wide variety of topics. Excited!
#MythGames2025
There'll be many different mythologies, and a wide variety of topics. Excited!
#MythGames2025
March 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I sent out all Mythological Game Studies Conference emails over the past couple days! There was *such* an interest that we had to extend it from 2 days to 3: May 22-24! 🥳
There'll be many different mythologies, and a wide variety of topics. Excited!
#MythGames2025
There'll be many different mythologies, and a wide variety of topics. Excited!
#MythGames2025
That's a wrap on #MythGames2025! Sincerely, thanks to everyone who attended and participated - this could not have been a better experience. Everyone was so supportive, active, and inspiring throughout three full days of conferencing. It might've been online, but it didn't feel like it!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Aaand we're now moving to @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social's closing remarks! #MythGames2025
Starting in 10 minutes, our final panel of the conference #MythGames2025: Games and Mythography! We've got several papers that explore the mythographical qualities of video games, as well as the people who play them!
May 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
That's a wrap on #MythGames2025! Sincerely, thanks to everyone who attended and participated - this could not have been a better experience. Everyone was so supportive, active, and inspiring throughout three full days of conferencing. It might've been online, but it didn't feel like it!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Attending day three of #MythGames2025, and getting a few bits printed out to show designer friends at UKGE.
May 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Attending day three of #MythGames2025, and getting a few bits printed out to show designer friends at UKGE.
Starting in 10 minutes, our final panel of the conference #MythGames2025: Games and Mythography! We've got several papers that explore the mythographical qualities of video games, as well as the people who play them!
Right now - Myth, Culture and Heritage (2) #MythGames2025, featuring papers on Irishness in games, cultural memory and Black Myth: Wukong, and why there's no God of War set in India!
Starting Day 3 of #MythGames2025 now, with a session on myth and history, featuing papers on so-called "accurate myth", Assassin's Creed, and Pentiment!
May 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Starting in 10 minutes, our final panel of the conference #MythGames2025: Games and Mythography! We've got several papers that explore the mythographical qualities of video games, as well as the people who play them!
Very happy to be taking part in the Mythological Game Studies Conference organized by @alexvandewalle.bsky.social & @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social!
I'll be talking about Irish mythology in computer games.
#gtp #gamestudies #MythGames2025
I'll be talking about Irish mythology in computer games.
#gtp #gamestudies #MythGames2025
March 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Very happy to be taking part in the Mythological Game Studies Conference organized by @alexvandewalle.bsky.social & @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social!
I'll be talking about Irish mythology in computer games.
#gtp #gamestudies #MythGames2025
I'll be talking about Irish mythology in computer games.
#gtp #gamestudies #MythGames2025
Happening right now - panel 4 #MythGames2025, a deep dive into @supergiantgames.bsky.social's Hades! There are papers on queer disidentification, female storytelling, dark-skinned Patroclus, and motherhood!
Panel 3 #MythGames2025 starting now, "Power and Limits of the Gods", with papers on divine agents & agency in Total War and Age of Mythology!
Time for panel 2 #MythGames2025, "Myth, Culture, and Heritage (1)" with papers on "mythroidvanias", Etruscan ritual in Lex Arcana, and counterintuitive ontologies in Black Myth: Wukong & Tchia!
May 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happening right now - panel 4 #MythGames2025, a deep dive into @supergiantgames.bsky.social's Hades! There are papers on queer disidentification, female storytelling, dark-skinned Patroclus, and motherhood!
In under 90 minutes from now, I'm chairing Panel 4 of #MythGames2025: "Deep Dive: Supergiant's Hades". Looking forward to it!
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ALT: a drawing of a woman sitting on a rock with a dragon
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May 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In under 90 minutes from now, I'm chairing Panel 4 of #MythGames2025: "Deep Dive: Supergiant's Hades". Looking forward to it!
I'm so excited for #MythGames2025 this week! I'll be presenting my paper on Patroclus' dark skin color in Supergiant Games' Hades amongst some excellent company and great topics. Hope to see everyone there!
mythgamescon.wordpress.com/schedule/
mythgamescon.wordpress.com/schedule/
Schedule
All times are listed in GMT+2 = Central European Summer TimePlease calculate the according time in your individual timezone. Day 0 – Pre-Conference, Wednesday May 21st 21:00-23:00 – Special Event A…
mythgamescon.wordpress.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm so excited for #MythGames2025 this week! I'll be presenting my paper on Patroclus' dark skin color in Supergiant Games' Hades amongst some excellent company and great topics. Hope to see everyone there!
mythgamescon.wordpress.com/schedule/
mythgamescon.wordpress.com/schedule/