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Bjarke
@bjarkeal.bsky.social
Computational Media PhD candidate at UC Santa Cruz.
Researching how online live games tell stories (Yes, Destiny 2 is mythology and wrestling) He/him.
Hey friends!
After taking a time off after PhD, I am now seeking new opportunities!

My skill set is diverse, so I'm seeking a range of positions (thread), but in short:

If you need someone with 🖥️technical skills who knows how 🐉narrative affects 📡communities, I am interested in chatting with you.
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I Am a Doctor Now!
Little blog announcing my dissertation is now published and readable!
(And i have not been posting here so this also serves as the announcement that I am a PhD now lol)
bjarke.it/article/i-am...
I am a Doctor Now / Bjarke.it
Bjarke A. Larsen's Blog
bjarke.it
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Neurocracy was a major inspiration for my thesis work and a super cool project!

If you have interest in interactive, communal narrative absolutely do not miss this.
🌐 NEUROCRACY 🌐

An episodic sci-fi hypertext game

🌐 Fall into a wiki hole from the future
🔍 Solve a murder across article edits
🤔 Being wrong is where the fun starts

‼️ First episode available NOW at omnipedia.app ‼️

✅ More info: neurocracy.site

🤝 Bring your friends! Bring your cats! 😼
July 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Reposted by Bjarke
On July 16, join us for the launch of

🌐 N E U R O C R A C Y 3 . 0 🌐

✅ A fresh live run of ten episodes on omnipedia.app!
✅ New stories and systems from amazing writers!
✅ Your investigation affects the outcome!

More info: talk.omnipedia.app/t/neurocracy...

#scifi #epistolary #hypertext #TTARG
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Oh hey IM on this panel!!?

Yeah I'm at PAX!

Im taking about destiny's fiction and it's community narrative!
Hey #Destiny2 fans! Did you know that there’s an awesome panel about Destiny happening at #PAXEast today? At 3.30pm EDT/12.30pm PDT, the Psychology of Destiny will be in albatross theatre and streamed at twitch.tv/pax!
I’ll be covering my chapter on Season of the Haunted.
May 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I Released a Game! (two months ago)

While everyone is at GDC I was busy finishing up some final touches and a blog for my game "Telegrams from the Choir Train" bjarke.it/article/i-re...

I explain why I think of this game as a "communal tamagotchi".
March 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I wrote a Book Chapter!
About Destiny!

playstorypress.org/books/the-ps...

It's called "Guardians Make Their Own Fate" and its about how Destiny's narrative themes are echoed in its community history, covering events in the narrative, community, and marketing over the last 10 years.

Out Now!
January 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by Bjarke
IT EATS PLANETS is now publicly available to read!

A queer, sci-fi comic about heists, ancient evil and fighting to survive on a dying planet. New pages every Thursday.

Please kindly check it out, give it a read and share it

🔴 iteatsplanets.com 🔴
January 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I don't know why, but I was honestly excited to post my first ever patch notes for a game I made (and also very terrified to break it). Makes it feel like a real thing?? It now has... history.

Patch notes!! Patch notes are cool bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/imp...
CRC RITU Improvements
bjeck.github.io
January 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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game designers!!! the day is here! Polaris 2024 reports are released: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/

and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
Enriching your Game with Disobedience
Authors: Alicia Fortier, Alexander “Droqen” Clair Tseu Martin, Tanya X. Short, Alexei Pepers, Kaitlin Tremblay, Linsey Murdock 🤔How to Use this Paper This paper is offered as a lens for you to (re)con...
polarisgamedesign.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Reposted by Bjarke
*The sky bleeds the color of paper.
Clutching her small, precious bag, an excited passenger hears the singing. It's time.
Choir Train 74 has arrived.*

Telegrams from the Choir Train is OUT NOW!

Play in YOUR DISCORD SERVER right now! bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
January 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
*The sky bleeds the color of paper.
Clutching her small, precious bag, an excited passenger hears the singing. It's time.
Choir Train 74 has arrived.*

Telegrams from the Choir Train is OUT NOW!

Play in YOUR DISCORD SERVER right now! bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
January 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by Bjarke
Hey it's a super cool project I wrote a story for coming out next week!

I love the setting and the vibes Bjarke created for this and I'm super excited to see it go out to more people!

(and of course enjoy the particular story I wrote for it too!)
ANNOUNCEMENT!
my game is releasing on Monday!

"Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods.

It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER

Releasing Monday January 20th!

bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
January 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT!
my game is releasing on Monday!

"Telegrams from the Choir Train" is an experimental narrative game about managing freight through a telegraph wired to frail binary Gods.

It is played entirely inside YOUR DISCORD SERVER

Releasing Monday January 20th!

bjeck.github.io/CRC-RITU/ind...
January 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ok scary announcement time
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Been rewatching The Wire over the past few months and it really put some of its seasons in a new perspective for me. Season 2 really resonated a ton more after dealing firsthand with unions and labor in the US, huh.
But I really wanna talk about Season 5... (spoilers for The Wire incoming)
January 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Here's some stuff I liked in 2024 bjarke.it/article/stuf...
Stuff of the Year 2024 / Bjarke.it
Bjarke A. Larsen's Blog
bjarke.it
January 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reposted by Bjarke
The blood on our Controllers - The Complicity of the Game Industry in the Palestinian Genocide

Is OUT!!

youtu.be/g7488to6Jpc?...
The blood on our Controllers - The Complicity of the Game Industry in the Palestinian Genocide
YouTube video by Hippolyte 🪐
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I'm going to GDC! For some of it least. hmu if you want to chat!
March 9, 2024 at 5:15 AM