Markus Kämäräinen
@mak0.bsky.social
Dad, doctoral researcher in game studies, avid game & movie enjoyer, observing the world from a wheelchair | Researching game inclusivity & accessibility | He/Him
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Come work with us! We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers working in cultural game studies from the beginning of 2026 until the end of 2027. Read more and apply by 31.10.2025 (at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2):
3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)
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September 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Come work with us! We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers working in cultural game studies from the beginning of 2026 until the end of 2027. Read more and apply by 31.10.2025 (at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2):
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✨ We’re finally continuing full-time development of the Al-Sirah video game this autumn — and we need your support! ✨
Reshares much appreciated. ♥️
commonsplace.de/project/alsi...
Reshares much appreciated. ♥️
commonsplace.de/project/alsi...
AlSirah – Interaktives Videospiel um die Geburt des Islams spielerisch zu erleben!
Unterstütze jetzt dieses Projekt! 🔘 DE
Willkommen bei Al-Sirah – ein herzerwärmendes, bahnbrechendes Videospiel, welches die ganze Familie dazu einlädt, das Leben des Propheten Muhammad (Sallā -llāh...
commonsplace.de
July 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
✨ We’re finally continuing full-time development of the Al-Sirah video game this autumn — and we need your support! ✨
Reshares much appreciated. ♥️
commonsplace.de/project/alsi...
Reshares much appreciated. ♥️
commonsplace.de/project/alsi...
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I love Kojima's creative mind. I truly do. But disabled people once again are disconnected from what will be
GOTY because it lacks most of the basics of accessibility. Too often 95% of GOTY contenders over the past decade barely have any thought to accessibility.
GOTY because it lacks most of the basics of accessibility. Too often 95% of GOTY contenders over the past decade barely have any thought to accessibility.
June 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I love Kojima's creative mind. I truly do. But disabled people once again are disconnected from what will be
GOTY because it lacks most of the basics of accessibility. Too often 95% of GOTY contenders over the past decade barely have any thought to accessibility.
GOTY because it lacks most of the basics of accessibility. Too often 95% of GOTY contenders over the past decade barely have any thought to accessibility.
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Are you a man, at least 15 years old and either Finnish or living in Finland?
Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay?
Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri
Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay?
Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri
June 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Are you a man, at least 15 years old and either Finnish or living in Finland?
Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay?
Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri
Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay?
Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri
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We (Xuechen Xu, Jen Beeston, and I) are conducting a short online survey 📄 (~10 minutes) to learn about how players experience agency in video games 🎮.
🔗 lnkd.in/eNRGsgn7
If you've played a game recently and are willing to share your thoughts, we’d really appreciate your participation 🌸
🔗 lnkd.in/eNRGsgn7
If you've played a game recently and are willing to share your thoughts, we’d really appreciate your participation 🌸
May 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We (Xuechen Xu, Jen Beeston, and I) are conducting a short online survey 📄 (~10 minutes) to learn about how players experience agency in video games 🎮.
🔗 lnkd.in/eNRGsgn7
If you've played a game recently and are willing to share your thoughts, we’d really appreciate your participation 🌸
🔗 lnkd.in/eNRGsgn7
If you've played a game recently and are willing to share your thoughts, we’d really appreciate your participation 🌸
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After 150 hours, I finally finished Kingdom Come Deliverance II. What an astonishing experience from beginning to end! You can truly sense the passion, love, and care in every interaction, character, and set piece. The game sets a new standard for immersive sandbox games.
March 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
After 150 hours, I finally finished Kingdom Come Deliverance II. What an astonishing experience from beginning to end! You can truly sense the passion, love, and care in every interaction, character, and set piece. The game sets a new standard for immersive sandbox games.
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I’m defending my doctoral dissertation tomorrow, at noon Finnish time. The defense will be broadcasted live and the thesis is available online. It’s all in English, so peeps from abroad can join, too! www.tuni.fi/en/news/riik...
Riikka Aurava: Game design in schools supports young people’s learning | Tampere universities
In her doctoral research, MA Riikka Aurava explored how game creation affects learning in schools. Her research demonstrates that creating and designing games fosters the acquisition of 21st centur...
www.tuni.fi
December 16, 2024 at 9:14 AM
I’m defending my doctoral dissertation tomorrow, at noon Finnish time. The defense will be broadcasted live and the thesis is available online. It’s all in English, so peeps from abroad can join, too! www.tuni.fi/en/news/riik...
CW: Death, child loss
I struggled with whether to post this but realized that it shouldn't be taboo—it’s a devastating reality for many parents worldwide.
My dear baby boy, Edvin. What I would give just to see you grow. May you shine as the brightest star in the night sky. My heart is shattered 💔
I struggled with whether to post this but realized that it shouldn't be taboo—it’s a devastating reality for many parents worldwide.
My dear baby boy, Edvin. What I would give just to see you grow. May you shine as the brightest star in the night sky. My heart is shattered 💔
December 7, 2024 at 2:03 PM
CW: Death, child loss
I struggled with whether to post this but realized that it shouldn't be taboo—it’s a devastating reality for many parents worldwide.
My dear baby boy, Edvin. What I would give just to see you grow. May you shine as the brightest star in the night sky. My heart is shattered 💔
I struggled with whether to post this but realized that it shouldn't be taboo—it’s a devastating reality for many parents worldwide.
My dear baby boy, Edvin. What I would give just to see you grow. May you shine as the brightest star in the night sky. My heart is shattered 💔
I'm not much online these days overall but will be even less for the foreseeable future. We suffered a devastating personal tragedy yesterday 💔
December 1, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I'm not much online these days overall but will be even less for the foreseeable future. We suffered a devastating personal tragedy yesterday 💔
I’m going to keep a uni lecture on motor disabilities and game accessibility at 12:15 and, instead of being productive, I’ve just been staring at different walls in my house all morning.
a man is sitting on a swing in the grass
Alt: A Narcos man staring into space in a swing, kitchen, and the bottom of a pool.
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:53 AM
I’m going to keep a uni lecture on motor disabilities and game accessibility at 12:15 and, instead of being productive, I’ve just been staring at different walls in my house all morning.
If you are interested in the game, please support the Stalker 2 developers, even if you plan to wait until it's fixed. Developing a game during wartime must be unimaginably challenging, and your support would be surely appreciated.
November 20, 2024 at 6:47 PM
If you are interested in the game, please support the Stalker 2 developers, even if you plan to wait until it's fixed. Developing a game during wartime must be unimaginably challenging, and your support would be surely appreciated.
I think it's mandatory that every Finn in their 30s and 40s has this.
November 18, 2024 at 2:52 PM
I think it's mandatory that every Finn in their 30s and 40s has this.
Watched UFC last night (been into it for 15 years). In just 30 seconds, the camera went from a gambling ad to that grinning orange dipshit and elmo, then a crypto ad, and ended with an on-screen commercial for Kick.
I need my meds…
I need my meds…
a man in a suit and tie is crying in a dark room
Alt: Don Corleone grinning in desperation and sadness.
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Watched UFC last night (been into it for 15 years). In just 30 seconds, the camera went from a gambling ad to that grinning orange dipshit and elmo, then a crypto ad, and ended with an on-screen commercial for Kick.
I need my meds…
I need my meds…
It's cool to have an app where you can just briefly close it without worrying about totally wrecking your feed.
November 13, 2024 at 12:03 PM
It's cool to have an app where you can just briefly close it without worrying about totally wrecking your feed.
I thoroughly enjoy Arcane, but I find the use of disabilities & impairments to signify something as angry, bitter, sinister or precarious to be quite problematic. It’s odd to see a work that is otherwise so well-crafted and impactful depict such a worn and harmful trope.
November 11, 2024 at 2:53 PM
I thoroughly enjoy Arcane, but I find the use of disabilities & impairments to signify something as angry, bitter, sinister or precarious to be quite problematic. It’s odd to see a work that is otherwise so well-crafted and impactful depict such a worn and harmful trope.
Six years ago: When I have a bachelor's, I don't suffer from imposter syndrome anymore
Three years ago: Ok, let's try that again when I have a master’s
Now *sobbing*: Please, let me be free when I return my dissertation
Three years ago: Ok, let's try that again when I have a master’s
Now *sobbing*: Please, let me be free when I return my dissertation
November 9, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Six years ago: When I have a bachelor's, I don't suffer from imposter syndrome anymore
Three years ago: Ok, let's try that again when I have a master’s
Now *sobbing*: Please, let me be free when I return my dissertation
Three years ago: Ok, let's try that again when I have a master’s
Now *sobbing*: Please, let me be free when I return my dissertation
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Hey!✨ I have a few consultation spots open for Q1-Q3 2025 (or one bigger scale gig) focused on games industry business development, production, PR, accessibility, and community work. If you’re looking to level up your project or team, now’s the time! Get in touch, reshares appreciated. 🫶
November 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Hey!✨ I have a few consultation spots open for Q1-Q3 2025 (or one bigger scale gig) focused on games industry business development, production, PR, accessibility, and community work. If you’re looking to level up your project or team, now’s the time! Get in touch, reshares appreciated. 🫶
Got PS5 Pro yesterday and now I'm absolutely dreading it as I can't procrastinate my game analysis anymore…
November 8, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Got PS5 Pro yesterday and now I'm absolutely dreading it as I can't procrastinate my game analysis anymore…
Can we fast-forward four years please?
November 6, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Can we fast-forward four years please?
I hate to see Rook just standing there, quietly taking in Lucanis trying to win over Neve. #DragonAgeVeilguard
a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a black vest
ALT: a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a black vest
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November 3, 2024 at 4:17 PM
I hate to see Rook just standing there, quietly taking in Lucanis trying to win over Neve. #DragonAgeVeilguard
So far Dragon Age Veilguard has been enjoyable. Solid combat, quality cutscenes and performs extremely smoothly on PC. Granted that I haven't played previous games so I don't have the nostalgia burdening me, but so far so good ✌️
November 1, 2024 at 2:13 PM
So far Dragon Age Veilguard has been enjoyable. Solid combat, quality cutscenes and performs extremely smoothly on PC. Granted that I haven't played previous games so I don't have the nostalgia burdening me, but so far so good ✌️
Been playing Starfield for three weeks now and it's a perfectly OK game. I dunno if it's the plethora of mods, patches, or my in-game roleplay, but the enormous hate that the game got in the other place seems majorly unwarranted. Just a solid video game junk food!
October 30, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Been playing Starfield for three weeks now and it's a perfectly OK game. I dunno if it's the plethora of mods, patches, or my in-game roleplay, but the enormous hate that the game got in the other place seems majorly unwarranted. Just a solid video game junk food!
Yeeah, I feel like it's time to activate here. Hi all!
October 19, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Yeeah, I feel like it's time to activate here. Hi all!
The thesis got accepted and I did the required courses.
I guess I'm a Master in Social Sciences then. On to the next venture!
I guess I'm a Master in Social Sciences then. On to the next venture!
November 9, 2023 at 12:44 PM
The thesis got accepted and I did the required courses.
I guess I'm a Master in Social Sciences then. On to the next venture!
I guess I'm a Master in Social Sciences then. On to the next venture!