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Brendan Keogh
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Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic.

The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/

Brisbane, Australia | he/him
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · Sep 4
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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nteunion.bsky.social
Tuesday’s Stop Work at UTS made our power impossible to ignore.

Because UTS members took action, the VC has already scaled back parts of his cuts and backed away from some of his extreme proposals. 

But big problems remain.

We’ve shown what we can win. Now we keep the pressure on 👉 nteu.au/join
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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theguardian.com
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’ Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month. The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"

A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->

www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
View Amanda Gautier-Ronopawiro’s graphic link Amanda Gautier-RonopawiroAmanda Gautier-Ronopawiro • 2nd2nd Medical Illustrator at Gautier Scientific IllustrationMedical Illustrator at Gautier Scientific Illustration 1d • Edited • 1 day ago • Edited • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow AI is everywhere. In general, as many other (medical) illustrators I am sure, I have feared it will one day take our jobs. Yesterday, my friend Stephanie E. sent me the image on the right. A surgeon with a large Instagram following (Alexandre Mensier) posted it to teach people about Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. I am the illustrator of the image on the left, it was part of my dissertation. In order to create this work, I witnessed a (breathtaking) fetoscopic laser surgery in person by the specialists of Fetal Therapy LUMC, Leiden I have spent weeks researching in books as well as in the anatomy lab, speaking to specialists, making sure I would get the anatomy and proportions exactly right. Thinking about color use and how that would affect the viewer of the image. Waiting for feedback, sketching, resketching, and eventually painting every stroke by hand and digitally finishing the illustration. All to get to this carefully crafted illustration. And then someone took it. Asked AI to make an image of it, just so they don’t have to pay an actual artist. No permission or credits needed. This is legal theft and there is not a thing I can do about it. Not only did AI ‘take my job’. It, or rather the person using it, took my actual work, time and effort and stripped it of its very core: accuracy. A surgeon without gloves and a random number of fingers on each hand. Don’t even get me started on the anatomy of the mother or the poor fetus getting a laser through its head. I have felt every emotion seeing this monstrosity of an image. Created in mere seconds, directly from not only my work, but all the specialists involved that put their time and knowledge of years into it… a drawing on the left of a needle being injected into a foetus, and a machine-assisted copy of it the surgeon used
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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humanitiesau.bsky.social
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
brkeogh.bsky.social
It's not surprising that The Australian now has a shitty tabloid article dragging a whole bunch of DECRA recipients but it makes it even more embarrassing that only a week ago Australian academia was praising that rag's 'Top academics' list as if we should be giving them any respect or authority.
brkeogh.bsky.social Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 10d
Once a year The Australian newspaper ranks Australian academics by their Google Scholar points, grouped into dubious ’fields’, and we all pretend it means something.
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
rosenthorne.bsky.social Rosen Thorne @rosenthorne.bsky.social · Oct 29
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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controlesvoadores.com.br
Mas iaí, JOGOS SÃO ARTE?! 🚨🚨🚨

Coluna do @amaweks.bsky.social falando sobre o texto do @brkeogh.bsky.social "𝙉𝙖𝙤 𝙝𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙨; 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙯𝙚-𝙡𝙤𝙨"

Às vezes a gente tem que trazer de volta a pauta 🙏

www.controlesvoadores.com.br/post/criar-j... #jogobr #indiebr
Criar jogos é “apenas” arte!
Um comentário sobre o texto de Brendan Keogh traduzido por Janos Biro
www.controlesvoadores.com.br
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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garethknapman.bsky.social
“The former ANU vice-chancellor’s golden handshake means that her new annual salary will be more than the total annualised savings ANU sought from the proposal to disestablish the ANU School of Music.”
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911946...
More details about ANU former vice-chancellor payments released
'In accordance with her entitlements under her contract.'
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
brkeogh.bsky.social
Am I missing some trick in Silksong’s Mount Fay that makes it not absolute garbage?
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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emvdn.bsky.social
So happy, and a bit overwhelmed, to find out my DECRA project, 'Social, ethical and regulatory challenges in the social media porn industry', has been awarded. What an immense privilege to have the next three years to dedicate to research!
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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snurb.info
And equally, commiserations to anyone else who had a go at the annual Australian ECR funding Hunger Games but didn't beat the odd of a 13% success rate. 😫

The @albomp.bsky.social government continues the LNP's tradition of vastly underfunding the country's brilliant researchers. 🤦
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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snurb.info
ARC DECRA funding news is out - congrats especially to my fantastic @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @kathaesa.bsky.social & @zahrastardust.bsky.social, and the brilliant @amymcquire.bsky.social @emvdn.bsky.social @hansasenbaum.bsky.social, all successful this round. 🎉

rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
Research Management System - Scheme Round Statistics for Approved Applications - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026 round 1
RMS is the ARC's Research Management System, a web-based system used by eligible researchers to prepare and submit research proposals and assessments under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program ...
rms.arc.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
brkeogh.bsky.social
Huge congrats to all the very deserving early career academics who got DECRAs. And condolences to the much larger group of deserving people who didn't get DECRAs. Just remember that the vast majority of successful academics you know also didn't get DECRAs!
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
brkeogh.bsky.social
Great thread and investigation. Exactly what we all assumed: the ‘confidential information’ was wages and work conditions discussed in a worker-only Discord, not leaking anything about the game. Pure union busting.
chrisbratt.bsky.social Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 4d
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".

PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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alyssamerc.bsky.social
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.

She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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devonwiersma.bsky.social
I'll just leave these here
An article labelled "Ubisoft's Vision for Blockchain" An article labelled "The NFT gamr ubisoft quietly released last year has now quietly been abandoned" An article labelled "UPLAY+ becomes Ubisoft+, introduces beta with stadia and amazon luna" Article that reads "Ubisoft, cyberpunk, and destiny 2 awaut next steps with stadia shutdown". Subtitle reads "nothing definite but were working to bring games to another platform, says ubi"
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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purplepingers.bsky.social
Should we limit home ownership to two homes?
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
brkeogh.bsky.social
I can tolerate Copilot in Word but I draw the line at AI shoved into Scrivener
jillmurray.bsky.social Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 9d
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
A Facebook post from Scrivener: "Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you're on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. Here's why, and what you can do if you want to remove this" attention-grabbing graphic says "SCRIVENER AND AI: WHY DO I SEE AI PROMPTS IN MY SCRIVENER PROJECTS ON MAC?"
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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brandon.insertcredit.com
This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
brkeogh.bsky.social
Once a year The Australian newspaper ranks Australian academics by their Google Scholar points, grouped into dubious ’fields’, and we all pretend it means something.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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boomerangfu.bsky.social
Our studio makes games for @xbox.com. We love play, we love all humans and we hate genocide.

@microsoft.com took some great first steps in Sept, but we implore Microsoft to stop supplying the Israeli Defence Forces with any and all technology used to commit genocide.

Background: bit.ly/4p5Bs7E
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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gameworkers.co.uk
This afternoon, IWGB Game Workers joined together with unions from all over Europe, including @stjv.fr and @csvi-cgt.bsky.social to protest against Rockstar's union busting in Paris - on est là!
chrisbratt.bsky.social Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 14d
Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
STJV demonstrate outside the Paris offices of Take Two, holding flags, banners and flares.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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lazerwalker.com
Executive in charge of the GDC salary report: "when we report how much less women and POC make than their white-male counterparts, be sure to use the Fortnite font so people know that the Festival of Gaming™ is all about the Gamers *dabs*"
An infographic with pastel colors and a stylized bold font reminiscient of Fortnite. "Average Salary" for White is $150k and Non-white is $114k. Male is $155k and Female is $122k. Non-white workesr earn 27% less than their white peers, women earn 24% less than their male peers
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
brkeogh.bsky.social
I did it in 1:58:48!!! With the item. One of the greatest feelings of accomplishment in a game ever.

But it didn’t register or give me the trophy 😢 😢 😢
brkeogh.bsky.social Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 14d
Me all day thinking about my attempt last night to get the 'Most Punctual' achievement in Baby Steps where I finished the game in 2hrs 4min and then learned the trophy is under 2hrs and carrying a specific item.
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM