Dr. Mike Sell
@profmikesell.bsky.social
English Prof, Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Writing 'Playful Literature: Stories, Games, Theories' • Founder, The Digital Storytelling Project • Co-author, 'Systemic Dramaturgy' (Southern Illinois UP) • Unionized Faculty (IUP-APSCUF) • he/him
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Dr. Mike Sell
@profmikesell.bsky.social
· Nov 13
In an era when gaming literacy is fundamental to understanding popular culture and technological power, 'Ready Reader One' examines the role of videogame literature in explaining not only how we play videogames, but the stories we tell with, about, and around them.
lsupress.org/978080718089...
lsupress.org/978080718089...
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Stoppard’s plays inspired me to choose an English major with a focus on Theatre Studies. It was only much later that I realized how much of my movie-viewing life was enriched by his wit and comprehensive understanding of dramatic structure.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Stoppard’s plays inspired me to choose an English major with a focus on Theatre Studies. It was only much later that I realized how much of my movie-viewing life was enriched by his wit and comprehensive understanding of dramatic structure.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Weird to think that the guy’s waiting to start killing Venezuelans until the Epstein details are released.
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Weird to think that the guy’s waiting to start killing Venezuelans until the Epstein details are released.
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Whoever leaked this information served Hegseth up in a platter. Good.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Whoever leaked this information served Hegseth up in a platter. Good.
Low-key loving one of the kids whinging about "The Game" being stolen from Yale-Harvard by Michigan-OSU.
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Low-key loving one of the kids whinging about "The Game" being stolen from Yale-Harvard by Michigan-OSU.
Feeling particularly nervy about this year's game. Hoping that home-field advantage plays well for Michigan. #GoBlue #TheGame
a football team running on a field with a banner that says go blue m club supports you
Alt: Michigan football team running on a field with a banner that says go blue m club supports you
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Well, this looks downright intriguing!
youtu.be/DPKdmahzWw8
youtu.be/DPKdmahzWw8
THE DUTCHMAN Official Trailer (2026) Kate Mara, Thriller Movie HD
YouTube video by Trailer Feed
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Well, this looks downright intriguing!
youtu.be/DPKdmahzWw8
youtu.be/DPKdmahzWw8
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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Reposted by Dr. Mike Sell
My Black Friday sale suggestion would be to buy a full price indie game.
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My Black Friday sale suggestion would be to buy a full price indie game.
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BILLSON FILM DATABASE (kindle or pbk)
"super pithy (like Halliwell but without the snobbery)"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"tremendously informative and very, very funny"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
"super pithy (like Halliwell but without the snobbery)"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"tremendously informative and very, very funny"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
BILLSON FILM DATABASE (kindle or pbk)
"super pithy (like Halliwell but without the snobbery)"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"tremendously informative and very, very funny"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
"super pithy (like Halliwell but without the snobbery)"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"tremendously informative and very, very funny"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
This is how we Dungeons & Dragons in the ‘Burgh.
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is how we Dungeons & Dragons in the ‘Burgh.
"They changed how I read Wyatt’s poem, and teaching them changed how I think about close reading, the central practice of literary studies." The dynamic, transformative relationship of classroom close reading, perfectly captured by @johannawinant.bsky.social. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"They changed how I read Wyatt’s poem, and teaching them changed how I think about close reading, the central practice of literary studies." The dynamic, transformative relationship of classroom close reading, perfectly captured by @johannawinant.bsky.social. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
Anxiously awaiting our President’s annual vague gesture towards humanity.
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Anxiously awaiting our President’s annual vague gesture towards humanity.
The inestimable courage of a girlfriend’s first Thanksgiving with her boyfriend’s family.
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The inestimable courage of a girlfriend’s first Thanksgiving with her boyfriend’s family.
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Tradition. youtu.be/sLSveRGmpIE?...
William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer
YouTube video by williamburroughsVEVO
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Tradition. youtu.be/sLSveRGmpIE?...
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💕 There's never been a better time to fall in love with movies. Now through Monday, save 25% on the first year of a Criterion Channel annual subscription! Sign up at criterionchannel.com by Monday (12/1) and use the code BLACKFRIDAY25 to enjoy our best deal of the year! 💕
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
💕 There's never been a better time to fall in love with movies. Now through Monday, save 25% on the first year of a Criterion Channel annual subscription! Sign up at criterionchannel.com by Monday (12/1) and use the code BLACKFRIDAY25 to enjoy our best deal of the year! 💕
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The festive season is here! What better time to take your adventurers into the scrumpdillyicious delights of the bestselling 'Curse of the Sugarplum Fairy'? A trifle of Wonka, Adventure Time, and Cronenberg, it comes with the Complete User's Guide to Sucromancy!
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November 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The festive season is here! What better time to take your adventurers into the scrumpdillyicious delights of the bestselling 'Curse of the Sugarplum Fairy'? A trifle of Wonka, Adventure Time, and Cronenberg, it comes with the Complete User's Guide to Sucromancy!
www.dmsguild.com/en/product/3...
www.dmsguild.com/en/product/3...
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Reposted by Dr. Mike Sell
So, Altman’s ‘Popeye’ is a low-key remake of ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller,’ right?
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
So, Altman’s ‘Popeye’ is a low-key remake of ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller,’ right?
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Warhol is tickled in his grave.
Campbell’s fired the VP recorded saying its meat ‘came from a 3D printer’
Campbell’s fired the VP recorded saying its meat ‘came from a 3D printer’
Welcome to 2025.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Warhol is tickled in his grave.
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Nationalize the power grid.
The main reason any state needs energy is because data centers are hogging it …🔻
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Nationalize the power grid.
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Reposted by Dr. Mike Sell
My dad starts radiotherapy today so it's a good day to remind my dudes to get yourselves checked for prostate cancer 👍
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My dad starts radiotherapy today so it's a good day to remind my dudes to get yourselves checked for prostate cancer 👍