“Bottom line: Promise Mascot Agency is a game about freaks, by freaks, for freaks. It stands to reason that its biggest stars would be those that the yakuza genre most considers freaks: women, women with agency and control over their presentations, women who own businesses and openly lust and laugh and get angry and change the world. I dream of a world where I don’t have to highlight something like this as an exception to the rule. Please, make more of these!”

I loved every minute of this wonderful game and be assured, I’ll roam the island just for the vibes.

https://unwinnable.com/2025/06/04/promise-mascot-agencys-best-asset-is-its-female-cast/

Our Game of the Week is 'Leonardo' (Golden Gate Crew, 1989). In this top-down, puzzle-oriented game, you must help Leonardo, a little thief, on his criminal escapades. Have you played it? ➡️ www.mobygames.com/game/38043/leonardo/ #SwissGameOfTheWeek

It‘s that time of the year again: our yearly @chludens workshop. ❤️ This time at Bern. #GameStudies (with @thgie, @addrich, @yrochat, @pyhurel, @hekabeohnename , @SoBemel

„Digital Games, digital born sources, discourses and dispositifs“. For all those in Bern and around Bern: This evening the formidable Tobias Winnerling will hold a public talk for @chludens at the University of Bern.

'Aldebaran' (Arc Angels, 1993) is our Swiss Game of the Week. This comprehensive 3D game blends action and strategy, set in the stellar system of the giant red star Aldebaran. Have you played it? ➡️ github.com/PaoloBaerlocher/Archimedes/tree/main/assets/aldebaran #SwissGameOfTheWeek

Our Game of the Week is 'Starbird' (Sam Jordan and Dario Hardmeier, 1996), a shoot'em up game in which the player must shoot as many enemies as possible. Have you played it? ➡️ www.sam-jordan.ch/starbirds/index.htm #SwissGameOfTheWeek

'Crack' (Moby Games, 1988) is our Game of the Week. It's an Arkanoid game with a prehistoric theme, and it has a bonus sub-game which you can play at predefined intervals during standard play. Have you played it? ➡️ www.mobygames.com/game/27060/crack/
#SwissGameOfTheWeek

#2yearjubilee #chludens #throwback On the 2nd of February 2023, the CH-Ludens team (20 people!) met for the first time at the HKB in Bern. An unforgettable #kickoff of to the project! ➡️ Read more on our blog: https://chludens.hypotheses.org/260

'Pamehta' (Handmade Game Production, 1989) is our Swiss Game of the Week. It transports you to the mysterious world of Ancient Egypt, offering a journey full of surprises. Have you heard of it? ➡️ https://freimann.eu/eliphi/phi/pamehta/ #SwissGameOfTheWeek

(More than) two years of CH-Ludens 🎉 To celebrate our anniversary and the half-time of the project, we'll be doing a series of posts looking back on our achievements and best moments. ➡️ Stay tuned for more! #2yearjubilee #chludens #throwback

@OdyX nice! it sounds like a fun game!

This year again we were with our @chludens project at the Vintage Computer Festival in Zurich and had a lot of fun. @thgie then wrote a short billet with me for our blog about our experiences.

https://chludens.hypotheses.org/3542

#GameStudies #VintageComputing #RetroGames

"The Game of Life" (Linel, 1991) is our Swiss Game of the week: A real-time puzzle game calling itself 'the ultimate cell simulation', attempting to recreate processes within a simple organic structure. Have you heard of it? ➡️ https://www.mobygames.com/game/2089/the-game-of-life/ #SwissGameOfTheWeek

One of the more obscure experiences from the @chludens project. One of our CRT monitors emits a continuous high-pitched sound that only our younger colleagues could hear. #GameStudies #RetroComputing

The Swiss Game of the week is Ping (Epsitec, 1987), a ping-pong game for Smaky computers in which you can "break" the net, brick by brick. Have you heard of it? https://github.com/blupi-games/smaky-legacy #SwissGameOfTheWeek

Like the early digital games of the years before 2000, early player cultures that set the framework also for game developers in Switzerland often need to be rediscovered and re-remembered. Addrich Mauch @addrich, Kevin Negele, and Arno Görgen are uncovering this almost forgotten culture in their sub-project “Swiss Gamescapes Plus”. Read about their approach here:
https://chludens.hypotheses.org/3464

Aufgepasst, Studierende, die sich für #GameStudies interessieren: Der @AK_GWDS veranstaltet am 17.4. & 28.4. gemeinsam mit der Ludobande jeweils einen Online-Workshop zum Thema "Von der Hausarbeit zur Publikation"! Kostenlos und Anmeldung geht formlos per Mail, kommt vorbei!
https://gespielt.hypotheses.org/8346

Die Episode 9 von Arno Görgens und meinem #KritischeController Podcast ist jetzt online!

https://kritische-controller.letscast.fm/

Hört uns zu, wie wir über unser Buch sprechen. Das Buch! Über Letterkenny und Columbo, über Dickens und Arise. Und schließlich über noch ein Buch. Weil eines ist nicht genug. #GameStudies

Hardwork! Softwork! Antragserotik! #KritischeController erneut auf grosser Fahrt! #GameStudies zum anhören!

https://kritische-controller.letscast.fm/episode/ein-monument-der-freundschaft

Aufgepasst, Studierende mit Abschlussarbeiten in den #GameStudies (oder ̀Lehrende, die sowas betreuen)! Der @AK_GWDS schreibt dieses Jahr zum ersten Mal einen Preis für Abschlussarbeiten aus. Deadline ist der 15.5.25, alle Infos gibt's auf dem AK-Blog 👇

https://gespielt.hypotheses.org/8275