Erik Champion

@erikmc.bsky.social

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Digital heritage, serious games, and digital inhumanities. 3D or not 3D. Usually based in Oceania but on land. https://erikchampion.wordpress.com/

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 8h

Interesting sounding paper! CultureQuest: Deploying AI-powered Characters in Museum Spaces to Reimagine Visitor Engagement, Richard Cole1, Chris Bevan1, Frances Pickworth1, Ben Ackland2, Thomas Keane2; 1University of Bristol; 2, Meaning Machine. www.conftool.org/fantastic-fu...

Fantastic Futures 2025 - ConfTool Pro - BrowseSessions

www.conftool.org

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한국디지털인문학협의회(KADH) @kadhsocial.bsky.social · 2d

The 2025 ELLAK International Conference
www.kadh.org/the-2025-ell...

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 3d

videogamecultures.org sounds like a great initiative, conference etc, that I hadn't come across before.

Video Game Cultures – 10-12 September 2025 at Charles University, Prague (CZ)

videogamecultures.org

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Tim Sherratt @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Heading back to Melbourne today for a busy week at SLV as my residency wraps up. I'll be giving a talk on Wednesday if you're interested in what I've been doing: https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/participate/technologist-talk-tim-sherratt #maps #libraries #glam #digitalhumanities

Technologist Talk: Tim Sherratt | SLV LAB

Tim Sherratt presents his SLV LAB residency project: making place-based collections more accessible to library users.

lab.slv.vic.gov.au

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 6d

Linked Open Data FTW!

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 6d

I am, perhaps, the only person who thinks these book covers look like elegant chocolate block wrappers...

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 8d

Oh dear!! What about the alleged Indo-European links?! (Ymir in Norse, Purusha in Indian). www.watoday.com.au/lifestyle/fa...

Helly Hansen is the new uniform of choice for neo-Nazis. Why?

The Norwegian brand with the HH logo has become popular on the far right. But is there anything a fashion label can – or should – do to disassociate itself from extremist movements?

www.watoday.com.au

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 13d

When I received what felt like the 10th spam journal invite, but to present on gynaecology, I realised it is a dastardly ploy to trigger insufferable dad jokes. I am resisting. Even if resistance is futile.

a chihuahua holding a large bone with the words i found this humerus written below it

Alt: a chihuahua holding a large bone with the words i found this humerus written below it

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 13d

Could be a round of drinks of an interestingly named local ale?

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 14d

1 billion dollars for a climate change meeting? Call me old-fashioned but couldn't they have saved a little of the environment, met online, and spent the money on saving the environment? www.afr.com/politics/fed...

a soccer game between minnesota united and aqua is being shown on youtube

Alt: own goal: a soccer game between minnesota united and aqua is being shown on youtube

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 17d

Well I don't think I should be a customer then. If this CEO is reported accurately, frankly, he is an idiot. And a greedy, immoral one.

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 17d

I wonder why Microsoft One Note (Mac OS version here) takes up 1.39GB for what looks like a butchered tiny version of MS Word? Am I missing something of brilliance here?

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 17d

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier

One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.

www.rnz.co.nz

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 17d

It's really interesting to me reading the little shiny magpie clues that you wanted to examine in the game even though (or because?) you knew they did not belong there!

Reposted by Erik Champion, Dolly Jørgensen

keerthi sridharan🌻🇵🇸 @copperkeerthi.bsky.social · 29d

hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn

a poster with a blue background and an isometric pattern of green hexes with a blue and red decoration. the text reads CALLING ALL HISTORICAL GAMERS: Playful Time Machines is an NWO-funded research project investigating what historical video gameplay means to players. We are looking for survey respondents aged 18 and up who play grand strategy, action/ adventure, and shooter games about the past! Fill in our survey at edu.nl/7w3yn!

Reposted by Martin Tomko, Erik Champion

Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 29d

I would read this subterranean horror novel

Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web

Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square meters in a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. The multilayered web alo...

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · Nov 4

"Leicester is a place with rich history, diversity and culture. It’s home to England’s tallest piece of Roman architect still standing at Jewry Wall and Europe’s tallest piece of street art." I wonder how tall the Roman architect is-their endurance is incredible! visitleicester.info/see-and-do/c...

Culture and Heritage

Leicester is a place with rich history, diversity and culture. It’s home to England’s tallest piece of Roman architect still standing at Jewry Wall and Europe’s tallest piece of street art.

visitleicester.info

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · Nov 4

I enjoyed this article on Amsterdam www.watoday.com.au/traveller/in...

After 15 years in this European city, I can say it’s the world’s best

I agreed with the view Amsterdam is too expensive, too crowded, and has too many tourists. Then I broke my leg and my whole perspective changed.

www.watoday.com.au

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · Nov 3

"One of"!?! And that's a big chair for one cat!

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · Nov 1

they stole my grant idea! Well I didn't get funded anyway so glad to see it works for someone else (and no they didn't steal it I was joking). www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit

Performance artist’s aggressive art historian shouts at visitors and insults curators – and his tours are sold out

www.theguardian.com

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · Oct 30

thank you for the history. Fascinating.

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · Oct 30

Slow travel query, I have 3-4 days free to travel from Munich to Belgium (Brussels) end of January. Is it worth taking a train or bus and stopping at Stuttgart or Luxembourg or somewhere on the way rather than flying direct? (Strasbourg always appealed but seems a bit out of the way).