David Kocik
@davidkocik.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Researching video games, sexuality, and transnational media circuits though a cultural studies lens | Percussionist and cat dad
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proud to announce i've just been awarded the first ever 'Enron Peace Prize'
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
proud to announce i've just been awarded the first ever 'Enron Peace Prize'
The people yearn for the return of Global Village Coffeehouse
I get sad when I see sun dried tomatoes on examples of cringe "dated" food trends because it's got to be one of the best tomato innovations in tomato history.
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The people yearn for the return of Global Village Coffeehouse
Kalshi may be the most evil startup on the planet and that's saying a whole lot
December 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Kalshi may be the most evil startup on the planet and that's saying a whole lot
I'm about 20 hours into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and I'm mostly whelmed at this point. It's good and I'm glad smaller studios are getting major acclaim and press! But it's just not hitting for me for some reason.
a woman with a backpack is standing in front of a car talking to someone .
Alt: Gabrielle Union says "I know you can be overwhelmed and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?"
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm about 20 hours into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and I'm mostly whelmed at this point. It's good and I'm glad smaller studios are getting major acclaim and press! But it's just not hitting for me for some reason.
Happy birthday Julianne Moore who has given us (LGBTQ+ folks) so much to enjoy, including these iconic two seconds from Maps to the Stars (2014).
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Happy birthday Julianne Moore who has given us (LGBTQ+ folks) so much to enjoy, including these iconic two seconds from Maps to the Stars (2014).
I'll be at SCMS 2026, talking about Orientalism, placelessness, and queer readings of Sheik! I'm particularly interested in how the character's reception in queer communities reflects broader social, political, and economic shifts between Japan and the US in the late 1990s. See y'all there!
a video game character is wearing a mask and holding a harp in front of a starry sky
Alt: Sheik wears a mask while holding a harp in front of a starry sky
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I'll be at SCMS 2026, talking about Orientalism, placelessness, and queer readings of Sheik! I'm particularly interested in how the character's reception in queer communities reflects broader social, political, and economic shifts between Japan and the US in the late 1990s. See y'all there!
Three movies in three days. Feeling like a real cinephile now!
Oldboy and Virgin Suicides cleared btw
Oldboy and Virgin Suicides cleared btw
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Three movies in three days. Feeling like a real cinephile now!
Oldboy and Virgin Suicides cleared btw
Oldboy and Virgin Suicides cleared btw
So there's this masterpiece from 2003 that I just watched yesterday
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So there's this masterpiece from 2003 that I just watched yesterday
Great thread about why trust is like the most important thing you can foster in the classroom.
Also, this along with the Lepore media tour just reminds me that so many academics just outwardly hate the educational part of their jobs. No interest in pedagogy, learning etc.
Also, this along with the Lepore media tour just reminds me that so many academics just outwardly hate the educational part of their jobs. No interest in pedagogy, learning etc.
Since this article and its perspectives are generating a bit of buzz, I'd like to dig into what I find distasteful and, frankly, disingenous about it, particularly the ethical values it proclaims. 1/8
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Great thread about why trust is like the most important thing you can foster in the classroom.
Also, this along with the Lepore media tour just reminds me that so many academics just outwardly hate the educational part of their jobs. No interest in pedagogy, learning etc.
Also, this along with the Lepore media tour just reminds me that so many academics just outwardly hate the educational part of their jobs. No interest in pedagogy, learning etc.
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Hello everyone!
We hope you are all doing well! The VGSSIG board has two updates to share.
We hope you are all doing well! The VGSSIG board has two updates to share.
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hello everyone!
We hope you are all doing well! The VGSSIG board has two updates to share.
We hope you are all doing well! The VGSSIG board has two updates to share.
I tried playing It Takes Two and this dialogue???? Yikes.
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I tried playing It Takes Two and this dialogue???? Yikes.
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People have a good reason to resist acknowledging the male loneliness crisis. They correctly perceive that women are being blamed and told to fix it.
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
Don’t blame women for men’s loneliness. Blame capitalism
There’s a lot of money to be made off angry, isolated men
www.salon.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
People have a good reason to resist acknowledging the male loneliness crisis. They correctly perceive that women are being blamed and told to fix it.
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
Fantastic article about how even those seeking to recoup a less-toxic, more idealized masculinity (most often for profit) end up reifying gender essentialism and roles. It's not mentioned in detail here, but almost every modern economic crisis is accompanied by this kind of gendered hand-wringing.
It’s become conventional wisdom that America’s young men are in crisis. The reality is more complicated than that. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-did-men-do-to-deserve-this
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Fantastic article about how even those seeking to recoup a less-toxic, more idealized masculinity (most often for profit) end up reifying gender essentialism and roles. It's not mentioned in detail here, but almost every modern economic crisis is accompanied by this kind of gendered hand-wringing.
Let's gooooooooo!
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Let's gooooooooo!
Went to rotating sushi for my birthday! 🎂
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Went to rotating sushi for my birthday! 🎂
Saw Bugonia (2025) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Jesse Plemmons, Emma Stone, and especially Aidan Delbis did immaculate work. A bit surprised at derision of the final 3 minutes of the movie, which provides a fantasy of absolution to such an absurd extent that it turns into a mockery of itself.
November 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Saw Bugonia (2025) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Jesse Plemmons, Emma Stone, and especially Aidan Delbis did immaculate work. A bit surprised at derision of the final 3 minutes of the movie, which provides a fantasy of absolution to such an absurd extent that it turns into a mockery of itself.
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If you’re just waking up from a late night double feature, don’t miss me in @metroweekly.bsky.social talking about the supreme midnight movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and fifty years of absolute pleasure and queer liberation.
🫦: online.fliphtml5.com/zzppy/jdov/#...
🫦: online.fliphtml5.com/zzppy/jdov/#...
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you’re just waking up from a late night double feature, don’t miss me in @metroweekly.bsky.social talking about the supreme midnight movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and fifty years of absolute pleasure and queer liberation.
🫦: online.fliphtml5.com/zzppy/jdov/#...
🫦: online.fliphtml5.com/zzppy/jdov/#...
These spot the difference games are getting easier and easier
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
These spot the difference games are getting easier and easier
So there's an episode of Cyberchase where Hacker, the bad guy, deliberately uses poor scaling and and another where he uses questionable sampling methods to spread misinformation. So my 3rd grade self could poke holes in all of the terrible methodology at play here.
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So there's an episode of Cyberchase where Hacker, the bad guy, deliberately uses poor scaling and and another where he uses questionable sampling methods to spread misinformation. So my 3rd grade self could poke holes in all of the terrible methodology at play here.
Reposted by David Kocik
Reminder: One week left to apply to the 2026 Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference!
Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University
blackmedia.tulane.edu
October 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reminder: One week left to apply to the 2026 Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference!
Happy Friday folks! Wishing you the best Autumn vibes
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy Friday folks! Wishing you the best Autumn vibes
I live streamed some Ocarina of Time during a history of games lesson for my Media Industries course and got four compliments from my students on how fun it was 🥳
a man with a beard is wearing a pink shirt with the words slay and yass
Alt: a man with a beard is wearing a pink shirt with the words slay and yass (aka Pedro Pascal)
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I live streamed some Ocarina of Time during a history of games lesson for my Media Industries course and got four compliments from my students on how fun it was 🥳