Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/

Lecturer at Robert Gordon University. I study inequitable interations with digital games/media. Check out my

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

Well, this page now exists and that is quite exciting. More information soon! @mitpress
Haven't been super social-media active lately, so any shares you can spare will really help me out as this gets closer!
https://t.co/iT6KCQLKU2

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

Anyone I know going to be at EASST/4S this week?

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

@Alexandra__To @KishonnaGray Very cool, grats!

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

I have accepted a position Robert Gordon University in Scotland! I will be starting this summer and look forward to new opportunities across the pond.

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

If you care at all about games and stories, and are 18+. Some mentees of mine are doing a research project on how characters are introduced in games and would love your opinion! Chance of receiving a gift card! Below is more info, and here is a link:
https://t.co/DhidbnDueT

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

@lolkat 1000%, but also upper management, lol.

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

Also, I am only tweeting this out because I feel I need to so long as the academic industrial complex remains on the platform :/

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

New article about how we and our data become legible to digital platforms and how these inescapable, sometimes inequitable, and often intentionally opaque processes can enforce more rigid, unchanging versions of ourselves in the systems they support.
https://t.co/mrdwyskq0C

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

Also, I might have peaked. If you told 13 year old me he would eventually publish an article that starts with a quote from the 1995 movie "Hackers," he would probably told you there was "zero cool" left.

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

@AkilFletcher reminds me of this:
https://t.co/qBLrSLizeq

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

@MyOwnVelouria grats!

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

@oliverhaimson @mitpress Grats! that's exciting!

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

Looking forward to meeting a new cohort of @i3program scholars tomorrow, and hopefully a new team of research mentees to do some cool work with.

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

@npseaver Leftover Yakisoba, but on a sandwich, or a hot dog, or a burger, or just on its own... It's a dish or condiment is what I'm saying.

[AFNarratives @AFNarratives8]

Happy #Juneteenth2023 y'all! I'm a Black and Caribbean game developer and writer and I'd love it if you checked out my work ❤️💛💚

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

I am bummed to not be attending #DiGRA23 #DiGRA2023 in person this year, but I am still presenting some cool work on impressions of representation on game covers tomorrow @ 4:50PM Seville time/7:50 AM PST. Hope you can make it!

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

@KishonnaGray It is very good work, very cool!

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

I did a bad job of tweeting #chi2023, but I do want to make sure as many people read my nomination for best paper. Eagle et al., you have produced something of beauty:
https://t.co/46Uiw4rtHi

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

@HigherEd_Gaming I liKe mY CrEatIve INdusTriEs sTaLE anD uNImAginATiVe

[Dan Gardner - @dangphd.bsky.social/ @ContrariousRex]

@HigherEd_Gaming ugh... what a depressing attitude...