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Jaakko Stenros

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Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, and art. Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/ Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · Feb 4

I have 11 books about games out as author or editor. Ten of them are available as free pdfs. Check out the full list here: jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/books/

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 8h

Helsingin yliopiston Rusta-saaga on joka kohdassa niin masentava. Kriisiviestintää ostetaan kun ei haluta käydä dialogia vaan tuutata omaa viestiä.

Helsingin yliopisto osti Rustan vuokra-asiassa kriisiviestintää, minkä jälkeen rehtori pyysi anteeksi

Yliopiston viestintä ja rehtori saivat yli 10 000 euron arvoisen sparrauksen ennen Helsingin Sanomien haastattelua.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · Jul 31

For a group to play Monsterhearts, the players have to accept that the Turn Someone On move will as likely as not make their characters feel attraction to more than one gender. It requires Bi-in.

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 1d

I have checked all the links and they work again!

Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · Feb 4

I have 11 books about games out as author or editor. Ten of them are available as free pdfs. Check out the full list here: jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/books/

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 3d

Ah. So the question is if doodles imply symbols. Or; can LLMs create art.

Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 3d

Can you uncover the "laws of mathematics" without symbols?

Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 3d

(I know that this isn't at all what you asked, but it is a fun tidbit anyway.)

Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 3d

"Greek thought was essentially non-algebraic, because it
was so concrete. The abstract operations of algebra, which deal
with objects that have purposely been stripped of their physical
content, could not occur to minds which were so intensely
interested in the objects themselves." (Danzig)

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 3d

Depends on what you mean by "symbol", of course. If used in mathematical sense then at least Danzig (1930) claims that early ancient Greek algebra was rhetorical, later reaching syncopated levels, but never getting to symbolic.

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Otto Kyyrönen @ottokyyronen.bsky.social · 4d

Erinomaisen kiinnostava tutkimus taloustieteilijöiden vinoumista:

”samoja väittämiä hyväksyttiin merkittävästi harvemmin, jos lähteeksi oli merkitty ei-valtavirtainen taloustieteilijä tai jos lähdettä ei ollut mainittu. […] Mitä oikeistolaisempi vastaaja, sitä suurempi vaikutus lähteellä oli”

Taloustieteilijät eivät näe ideologisuuttaan - Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE

Suurin osa akateemisista taloustieteilijöistä uskoo arvioivansa talousväitteitä sisällön pohjalta, mutta laaja kansainvälinen vertailukoe kertoo muuta.

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 6d

This is an interesting development. Odysseus larp is aiming to become a recurring event, taking it a step closer to mainstream immersive experiences.

Ellarion Tales @ellariontales.bsky.social · 7d

Welcome to follow Ellarion Tales, the new home of Odysseus and beyond! Odysseus is returning as a recurring event with an upgraded permanent spaceship through crowdfunding.

Read our full blog post: ellariontales.com/blog/blog1-b...
Join our mailing list at ellariontales.com/newsletter

Back to the Stars: Odysseus Awaits

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Jonne Arjoranta @jonne.mastodontti.fi.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Selvittäisikö tämänvuotiset hakuehdot Suomen Akatemian rahoitushaulle vai muuttaisiko metsään asumaan ja opettelisi elämään juurilla ja kävyillä?

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 8d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 7d

I am impressed how Digra 2026 conference CFP went from dismissive of non-digital games to the most inclusive wording in Digra history (I think) in a dew days. Maynooth is looking great!

www.digraconference2026.com

DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University, Ireland

Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.

www.digraconference2026.com

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Normipäivä @normimeininki.bsky.social · 8d

"VALTIOVARAINMINISTERIÖN arvioiden ja ennusteiden poliittisuus onkin käynyt ilmeiseksi.

On helpompi syyttää Trumpin tulleja tai kotitalouksien säästämishaluja kasvavasta epävarmuudesta kuin myöntää, että ministeriön itsensä vaatimat säästöt ylläpitävät ja syventävät taantumaa."

Petteri Sortes @petteri1963.bsky.social · 8d

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Tarina voittaa faktat – VM valkopesee Orpon hallituksen talouspolitiikkaa

“Ennusteissa tärkeintä on tarina, ei viimeisimmät desimaalit. ” Näin valtiovarainministeriön kansantalousosaston päällikkö Mikko Spolander kommentoi ministeriön tuoreinta talouskatsausta. Vaikka Suom...

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 11d

I just received a response from the organizing team in Maynooth that this was indeed an oversight and that the CFP will be amended to include non-digital games. Yay!

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 11d

Onpas taas lapsellinen klikkiotsikko tuossa.

Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 12d

In recent years non-digital games have been explicitly included in the CFPs -- and this has been extremely important to scholars who study analog games. I remember many years when reviewers rejected research on non-digital games based as they were not mentioned in the call.

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 12d

The call for papers for Digra 2026 is out! The theme is Intersectional Pleasures. This is great!

However, the CFP only mentions digital games. No mention of analog or non-digital games. I wonder if this is an oversight or if the exclusion is done purposefully.

www.digraconference2026.com

DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University

Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.

www.digraconference2026.com

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 12d

I had completely missed this when it came out, what, a year ago.

Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 12d

Ooh, interesting! A history of a role-playing game other than D&D! <3

Mongoose Publishing @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social · 15d

The Traveller RPG is nearly 50 years young!

In preparation of the anniversary in 2027, we published a complete history of the game, starting with its original GDW roots and on through editions to the modern game today.

www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/thi...

#ttrpg #TravellerRPG

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 13d

🧵
Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"

Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."

— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025

#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪

The photo features Jane Goodall and infant chimpanzee Flint reach out to touch each other's hands. Flint was the first infant born at Gombe (Tanzania) after Jane arrived. With him, she had a great opportunity to study chimp development.

Photo source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/jane-goodall/

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Tomas Sjöblom @tomassjoblom.bsky.social · 14d

Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä.

Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 19d

You say it like its a bad thing.

Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 19d

A good obit for Peter David. His 90s stuff was, and still is, important to me.

The Professional: Peter David, 1956-2025 - The Comics Journal

Peter David, the writer known for a long and inventive run on The Incredible Hulk, his copious work on Star Trek comics and licensed novels, and a bewildering number of comics, prose stories, editoria...

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, I would totally love a book on the history of, say, White Wolf. It was so interesting to read Outside the Box (a book on the history of the Swedish RPG industry) as it was not telling the story I already knew, just with different emphasis or with more nuance.