Michael Freudenthal
@playingresearch.bsky.social
📚 PhD student on informal learning & fiction in board games
🎓 Experice lab (Sorbonne Paris Nord university)
📢 Ex research fellow at Game in Lab
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🎓 Experice lab (Sorbonne Paris Nord university)
📢 Ex research fellow at Game in Lab
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Own opinions in 🇬🇧 & 🇫🇷
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Did you come from the Great Exodus? Time for a new presentation: Formerly a GD, I now work in academic research on leisure and especially play practices. I first worked on role-playing in larp and on escape games, but my current PhD is an thorough ethnographic field study on board games amateurs.
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🎙️ Interview #FIJ2025
Nous recevons Olivier Merly et Alexia Munoz du Fonds Patrimonial du Jeu de Société. ♟️🎲🃏
Ils nous parlent des missions du FPJS et de leur participation au FIJ.
#j2s #podcast #Interview
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podcast.proxi-jeux.fr/2025/07/fij-...
Nous recevons Olivier Merly et Alexia Munoz du Fonds Patrimonial du Jeu de Société. ♟️🎲🃏
Ils nous parlent des missions du FPJS et de leur participation au FIJ.
#j2s #podcast #Interview
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podcast.proxi-jeux.fr/2025/07/fij-...
Proxi-Jeux
[FIJ Cannes 2025] Alexia Munoz et Olivier Merly - Le fonds patrimonial du jeu de société
podcast.proxi-jeux.fr
July 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🎙️ Interview #FIJ2025
Nous recevons Olivier Merly et Alexia Munoz du Fonds Patrimonial du Jeu de Société. ♟️🎲🃏
Ils nous parlent des missions du FPJS et de leur participation au FIJ.
#j2s #podcast #Interview
▶️
podcast.proxi-jeux.fr/2025/07/fij-...
Nous recevons Olivier Merly et Alexia Munoz du Fonds Patrimonial du Jeu de Société. ♟️🎲🃏
Ils nous parlent des missions du FPJS et de leur participation au FIJ.
#j2s #podcast #Interview
▶️
podcast.proxi-jeux.fr/2025/07/fij-...
Inspiration du jour, la philosophe Stacie Friend qui propose de comprendre la fiction comme un "genre" (au sens de genre littéraire), avec des caractéristiques standards qui créent des attentes flexibles.
August 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Inspiration du jour, la philosophe Stacie Friend qui propose de comprendre la fiction comme un "genre" (au sens de genre littéraire), avec des caractéristiques standards qui créent des attentes flexibles.
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Where am I today?
Why: the IndieCade Playable Theatre Symposium!
So many excellent talks throughout the day, all grappling with the notion of agency within "immersive" playable experiences.
indiecade.com/playablethea...
Why: the IndieCade Playable Theatre Symposium!
So many excellent talks throughout the day, all grappling with the notion of agency within "immersive" playable experiences.
indiecade.com/playablethea...
Playable Theatre Symposium – IndieCade
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August 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Where am I today?
Why: the IndieCade Playable Theatre Symposium!
So many excellent talks throughout the day, all grappling with the notion of agency within "immersive" playable experiences.
indiecade.com/playablethea...
Why: the IndieCade Playable Theatre Symposium!
So many excellent talks throughout the day, all grappling with the notion of agency within "immersive" playable experiences.
indiecade.com/playablethea...
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The book Challenging Contemporary Thinking on Play came out yesterday. Edited by Victoria de Rijke and Rebecca Sinker the book explores play through a series of interviews/conversations. I'm one of the people who participated. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Challenging Contemporary Thinking on Play
This book challenges and criticizes over-used or lazy applications of play and offer the possibility into the arena of culture in conceptual reference.
link.springer.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The book Challenging Contemporary Thinking on Play came out yesterday. Edited by Victoria de Rijke and Rebecca Sinker the book explores play through a series of interviews/conversations. I'm one of the people who participated. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Une phrase de Patrick Schmoll (2024) sur les énigmes fait fuser mon inspiration :
« Dans des sociétés comme l’Inde, où la parole n’a pas ce statut libérateur, où c’est le silence qui est porteur de vérité, l’équivalent de la mimêsis, la maya, n’est pas révélée par les mots, mais par l’expérience. »
« Dans des sociétés comme l’Inde, où la parole n’a pas ce statut libérateur, où c’est le silence qui est porteur de vérité, l’équivalent de la mimêsis, la maya, n’est pas révélée par les mots, mais par l’expérience. »
August 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Une phrase de Patrick Schmoll (2024) sur les énigmes fait fuser mon inspiration :
« Dans des sociétés comme l’Inde, où la parole n’a pas ce statut libérateur, où c’est le silence qui est porteur de vérité, l’équivalent de la mimêsis, la maya, n’est pas révélée par les mots, mais par l’expérience. »
« Dans des sociétés comme l’Inde, où la parole n’a pas ce statut libérateur, où c’est le silence qui est porteur de vérité, l’équivalent de la mimêsis, la maya, n’est pas révélée par les mots, mais par l’expérience. »
This last two weeks, I had the honor of participating to two major scientific events:
first, I actually presented a game that serves as a manifest. At the international colloquium "Jeux et Société" coordinated by RIRRA21 (Montpellier 3) with the Sète GameLab, Homo Ludens (@uqam.ca) and Game In Lab.
first, I actually presented a game that serves as a manifest. At the international colloquium "Jeux et Société" coordinated by RIRRA21 (Montpellier 3) with the Sète GameLab, Homo Ludens (@uqam.ca) and Game In Lab.
July 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This last two weeks, I had the honor of participating to two major scientific events:
first, I actually presented a game that serves as a manifest. At the international colloquium "Jeux et Société" coordinated by RIRRA21 (Montpellier 3) with the Sète GameLab, Homo Ludens (@uqam.ca) and Game In Lab.
first, I actually presented a game that serves as a manifest. At the international colloquium "Jeux et Société" coordinated by RIRRA21 (Montpellier 3) with the Sète GameLab, Homo Ludens (@uqam.ca) and Game In Lab.
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Jour 3 #AFSToulouse2025 dans l'oeil de Morgane Parisi
July 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Jour 3 #AFSToulouse2025 dans l'oeil de Morgane Parisi
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Jour 1 #AFSToulouse2025 dans l'oeil de Morgane Parisi
July 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Jour 1 #AFSToulouse2025 dans l'oeil de Morgane Parisi
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#GenerationAnalog2025 "PUNK" is live! Online, one day, Thursday, July 17! Schedule (all times EDT) is available: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... -- registration required but free: www.eventbrite.com/e/generation... sponsored by @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #GameinLab #staypunk #stayanalog!
Generation Analog 2025 “PUNK” | Analog Game Studies
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June 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#GenerationAnalog2025 "PUNK" is live! Online, one day, Thursday, July 17! Schedule (all times EDT) is available: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... -- registration required but free: www.eventbrite.com/e/generation... sponsored by @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #GameinLab #staypunk #stayanalog!
Colloque Jeux & Société : approches sociales, artistiques et rhétoriques des #JeuxdeSociété.
30 juin - 1er juillet à l'université Montpellier Paul Valéry.
Programme : drive.google.com/file/d/1Zxc3...
(J'y suis juste pour présenter un jeu de 2019 sur le silence collectif face à l'emprise)
30 juin - 1er juillet à l'université Montpellier Paul Valéry.
Programme : drive.google.com/file/d/1Zxc3...
(J'y suis juste pour présenter un jeu de 2019 sur le silence collectif face à l'emprise)
June 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Colloque Jeux & Société : approches sociales, artistiques et rhétoriques des #JeuxdeSociété.
30 juin - 1er juillet à l'université Montpellier Paul Valéry.
Programme : drive.google.com/file/d/1Zxc3...
(J'y suis juste pour présenter un jeu de 2019 sur le silence collectif face à l'emprise)
30 juin - 1er juillet à l'université Montpellier Paul Valéry.
Programme : drive.google.com/file/d/1Zxc3...
(J'y suis juste pour présenter un jeu de 2019 sur le silence collectif face à l'emprise)
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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
"L’intersectionnalité dans les industries culturelles et créatives : production, diffusion et réception"
8ème journée d’étude du RJC InidEx Icca, au Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, le 22 mai 2025.
Programme : rjcicca.hypotheses.org/journees-det....
8ème journée d’étude du RJC InidEx Icca, au Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, le 22 mai 2025.
Programme : rjcicca.hypotheses.org/journees-det....
Journée d’étude 2025
L’intersectionnalité dans les industries culturelles et créatives : production, diffusion et réception Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers – 22 mai 2025 Cette journée d’étude propose d’interroger les moda...
rjcicca.hypotheses.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"L’intersectionnalité dans les industries culturelles et créatives : production, diffusion et réception"
8ème journée d’étude du RJC InidEx Icca, au Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, le 22 mai 2025.
Programme : rjcicca.hypotheses.org/journees-det....
8ème journée d’étude du RJC InidEx Icca, au Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, le 22 mai 2025.
Programme : rjcicca.hypotheses.org/journees-det....
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Happy to announce that registration is now open for British DiGRA 2025 - at Birmingham City University from 20-21 May. Tickets from Eventbrite at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bdigra-202.... More details about the event, venue & city on the BDiGRA site: bdigra.co.uk/what-is-brit...
#gamestudies
#gamestudies
BDiGRA 2025 conference
“What is British games research?”
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April 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy to announce that registration is now open for British DiGRA 2025 - at Birmingham City University from 20-21 May. Tickets from Eventbrite at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bdigra-202.... More details about the event, venue & city on the BDiGRA site: bdigra.co.uk/what-is-brit...
#gamestudies
#gamestudies
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Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference programme is now published! There are some audience seats available, register swiftly to secure a seat!
Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.
Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.
Nordic DiGRA 2025 Programme
www.nordicdigra2025.org
April 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference programme is now published! There are some audience seats available, register swiftly to secure a seat!
Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.
Nordic DiGRA 2025 is organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the CoE in Game Culture Studies.
Call for proposals: 10th ITRA World Conference "The Zeitgeist in Toys & Games", in Augsburg Germany 5-7 August, 2026.
#CfP & guidelines: itratoyresearch.org/2026conference (until Dec 31th).
A rich event held by the International Toy Research Association every 3-4 years.
#gamestudies #boardgames
#CfP & guidelines: itratoyresearch.org/2026conference (until Dec 31th).
A rich event held by the International Toy Research Association every 3-4 years.
#gamestudies #boardgames
April 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Call for proposals: 10th ITRA World Conference "The Zeitgeist in Toys & Games", in Augsburg Germany 5-7 August, 2026.
#CfP & guidelines: itratoyresearch.org/2026conference (until Dec 31th).
A rich event held by the International Toy Research Association every 3-4 years.
#gamestudies #boardgames
#CfP & guidelines: itratoyresearch.org/2026conference (until Dec 31th).
A rich event held by the International Toy Research Association every 3-4 years.
#gamestudies #boardgames
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Quelle est la place du genre dans les sciences sociales françaises? A-t-il « colonisé » toute la production universitaires, comme on l'entend parfois?
Pour en avoir le coeur net, une équipe a mené l'enquête.
Les premiers résultats dans Le Monde de ce soir.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Pour en avoir le coeur net, une équipe a mené l'enquête.
Les premiers résultats dans Le Monde de ce soir.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Il n’y a pas d’obsession pour le genre dans les sciences sociales en France : une vaste étude le démontre
Une équipe dirigée par le sociologue Etienne Ollion, professeur à Polytechnique, a mené une enquête approfondie sur la place tenue par la question du genre dans 120 publications scientifiques. Elle es...
www.lemonde.fr
April 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Quelle est la place du genre dans les sciences sociales françaises? A-t-il « colonisé » toute la production universitaires, comme on l'entend parfois?
Pour en avoir le coeur net, une équipe a mené l'enquête.
Les premiers résultats dans Le Monde de ce soir.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Pour en avoir le coeur net, une équipe a mené l'enquête.
Les premiers résultats dans Le Monde de ce soir.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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Academia many problems, and I have lamented that funding models particularly in the humanities have made collaboration difficult, but there’s lots of great work being done in this area. I’ve noticed that getting industry to acknowledge work being made outside of the commercial space is really hard
I admit that at one point I thought academia would come around to appreciating the work of game designers. But after many interactions, it is obvious that most institutions are too captured by their sponsor discipline's doctrines & grinding bureaucracies to ever be a productive, open-minded partner.
March 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Academia many problems, and I have lamented that funding models particularly in the humanities have made collaboration difficult, but there’s lots of great work being done in this area. I’ve noticed that getting industry to acknowledge work being made outside of the commercial space is really hard
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Cette année, en partenariat avec @masterhistpublique.bsky.social, @maglhistoire.bsky.social et La Boîte à Histoire, je co-organise et co-préside le premier Prix du Jeu de Société Historique !
Un thread pour vous présenter ce prix... ⬇️
Un thread pour vous présenter ce prix... ⬇️
March 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Cette année, en partenariat avec @masterhistpublique.bsky.social, @maglhistoire.bsky.social et La Boîte à Histoire, je co-organise et co-préside le premier Prix du Jeu de Société Historique !
Un thread pour vous présenter ce prix... ⬇️
Un thread pour vous présenter ce prix... ⬇️
You're invited to join the noise and subversive joy of Generation Analog 2025: "PUNK" analoggamestudies.org/generation-a...
This inclusive, interdisciplinary, unmissable online event will be about punk as "being loud during a time when those abusing power demand quiet".
#gamestudies #tabletop #CfP
This inclusive, interdisciplinary, unmissable online event will be about punk as "being loud during a time when those abusing power demand quiet".
#gamestudies #tabletop #CfP
Generation Analog 2025 “PUNK” CFP | Analog Game Studies
analoggamestudies.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You're invited to join the noise and subversive joy of Generation Analog 2025: "PUNK" analoggamestudies.org/generation-a...
This inclusive, interdisciplinary, unmissable online event will be about punk as "being loud during a time when those abusing power demand quiet".
#gamestudies #tabletop #CfP
This inclusive, interdisciplinary, unmissable online event will be about punk as "being loud during a time when those abusing power demand quiet".
#gamestudies #tabletop #CfP
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The 🦇 D/ARC 🦇 server reached a huge milestone this week: 700 members! 🥳 So proud of this kind and wonderfully supportive community, and thrilled it continues to be found by those who need it! 🥹 Huge thanks to Dan and @iceberge.bsky.social for being the best Mod team a gal could ask for. 💯✨
February 17, 2024 at 3:08 AM
The 🦇 D/ARC 🦇 server reached a huge milestone this week: 700 members! 🥳 So proud of this kind and wonderfully supportive community, and thrilled it continues to be found by those who need it! 🥹 Huge thanks to Dan and @iceberge.bsky.social for being the best Mod team a gal could ask for. 💯✨
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CFP: #QueerAnalogGameStudies Special Issue! Analog games are here…but are they queer? What’s queer about analog games? What does it mean to queer tabletop, board games, or LARP? How might analog games be queered?
**Essays due April 7, 2025**
analoggamestudies.org/cfp/cfp-quee...
**Essays due April 7, 2025**
analoggamestudies.org/cfp/cfp-quee...
CFP: Queer Analog Game Studies | Analog Game Studies
analoggamestudies.org
December 30, 2024 at 12:20 AM
CFP: #QueerAnalogGameStudies Special Issue! Analog games are here…but are they queer? What’s queer about analog games? What does it mean to queer tabletop, board games, or LARP? How might analog games be queered?
**Essays due April 7, 2025**
analoggamestudies.org/cfp/cfp-quee...
**Essays due April 7, 2025**
analoggamestudies.org/cfp/cfp-quee...
#CallforPapers Multiplatform 2025: Rituals of Play, shaping alternative futures with games and occulture - manchestergamecentre.org/events/2025/...
I'm not usually excited by reading a #CfP, but well, @mangamecentre.bsky.social's fosters imagination.
#gamestudies #boardgames #designfiction
I'm not usually excited by reading a #CfP, but well, @mangamecentre.bsky.social's fosters imagination.
#gamestudies #boardgames #designfiction
Multiplatform 2025: Rituals of Play - Shaping Alternative Futures with Games and Occulture — Manchester Game Centre
Rituals of Play is our theme for Multiplatform 2025, the annual MGC symposium dedicated to analogue and video game studies. This year’s event is a collaboration with DVRK - the Dark Arts Research Ko...
manchestergamecentre.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#CallforPapers Multiplatform 2025: Rituals of Play, shaping alternative futures with games and occulture - manchestergamecentre.org/events/2025/...
I'm not usually excited by reading a #CfP, but well, @mangamecentre.bsky.social's fosters imagination.
#gamestudies #boardgames #designfiction
I'm not usually excited by reading a #CfP, but well, @mangamecentre.bsky.social's fosters imagination.
#gamestudies #boardgames #designfiction