Games and GLAMs

Haphazardly tweeting and retweeting stuff to do with games and cultural heritage. Affiliated with the eponymous Google Group. Run by @iRNY.

[UCLDH @ucldh.bsky.social @UCLDH]

Hacking the Past: An Archives Game Jam, 23-24 Feb, London. Creating imaginative &engaging games to help people transcribe documents efficiently, opening up access to historical material and making them discoverable. With @TranscriBentham & @UkNatArchives https://t.co/zg7o4d6a6C

[Digital Scholarship @BL_DigiSchol]

It is International Games Week! #igw2018 @britishlibrary @UkNatArchives @wellcome have organised a Digital Conversation on History and Games for Thursday eve, featuring @andrewburn1 @BlockWorksYT @rmmclachlan @DoktorNick @miss_wisdom https://t.co/NmiNIUF4LY @mentionthewar @Baloun

[Games and GLAMs @Games_GLAMs]

If you're into videogames and the past, you'll want to have a look at the #TIPC2 tag! @valuefnd's Interactive Pasts Conference is also streaming live at https://t.co/jQ3DLVXlTX.
Programme at https://t.co/E9uZORErNE

[Games and GLAMs @Games_GLAMs]

Their Memories looks like a really great VR experience created around the oral histories of war veterans. It'll be publicly available soon, but you can have a look at the gameplay trailer!

[Emma Houghton @AllTimeEmma95]

Their Memory VR Gameplay https://t.co/XrAOKYKsQk via @YouTube

[Joe Richardson @JoeMcRichardson]

The Procession to Calvary – the sequel to the critically acclaimed 'point-and-click Renaissance masterpiece', Four Last Things – is now live on #Kickstarter !!

Tell everyone.

https://t.co/3JKfDztYPO

#indiedev #pointandclick #Renaissance #art #videogames

[VALUE @valuefnd]

Hear ye' hear ye'! The programme of the Interactive Pasts Conference 2 is now live and registrations are open! Follow the link in our website to register for free! We hope to see you all there! #TIPC2 #archaeogaming #excited https://t.co/rVyQYo9INZ

[Curating Visibility @Curating4Change]

Animating History: thoughts on creating digital games as a cultural organisation: https://t.co/aMhCyVR7Oh > lessons we hope helpful to other museum/cultural orgs for creating accessible history narratives @MuseumsAssoc @acbrown511 @Games_GLAMs

[National Museum news @nmdcnews]

Free one day event for people interested in immersive experiences, VR and AR in heritage contexts, Sept 14th: https://t.co/juwv9wCsV4

[CILIP North East @CILIPNE]

Only a few weeks to go until our Library Board Games night @MiningInstitute on 13th September 6-10pm. We're finalising which games to bring along on the night. Got one you really want to play? Let us know. @CILIPEvents @ToonLibraries #boardgames #librarylife

[Robert Houghton @RobEHoughton]

CfP: Playing the Middle Ages. @PublicMedieval is sponsoring sessions at Leeds #IMC2019 on the middle ages in modern games of all formats. We want to hear about design/teaching/impact/research. It's going to be great. https://t.co/IRYUVtZQuk

[Stella Wisdom @miss_wisdom]

We are into the last few days of #GothNovJam remember to upload your submissions, even if they aren't quite finished! @readwatchplay @BL_DigiSchol @ggnewed and I can't wait to read watch and play them :-) https://t.co/e0uSAUe3mH

[Games and GLAMs @Games_GLAMs]

@BL_DigiSchol @miss_wisdom @britishlibrary @BL_EcclesCentre Maybe of interest to @becklespinax @profaniti @hollygramazio

[Digital Scholarship @BL_DigiSchol]

#BLdigital blog post by @miss_wisdom about our next Digital Conversation event on Tuesday 22 May @britishlibrary with @BL_EcclesCentre exploring how Indigenous communities use technologies to preserve & promote languages, heritage and culture. Details at https://t.co/Z5oFYBrBqQ

[Sarah Cole @iRNY]

We've still got spaces for Brighton @globalgamejam next weekend and it is going to be GOOD and NICE.
Sign up at https://t.co/Gn2Ti0tcp8!
#GGJ18

[Sarah Cole @iRNY]

Hello! I’m a bit subpar at the moment so was wondering if anyone fancies helping with tweeting/retweeting on @Games_GLAMs?

[GMS @Gmightyguin]

You know what's fun? Featuring RPGs at a librarian workshop and explaining Honey Heist. Thanks, @gshowitt ! #RPGs #DnD

[Archaeogaming @Archaeogaming]

Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in (and of) Video Games is now available for pre-order from Berghahn Books. Ships May 2018. https://t.co/VcDjAmUgWO

[Museums Computer Group @ukmcg]

Now @MrJohnSear is giving us some insight into putting escape games into museums!
Will you start the fans, please?
#musetech17

[Sarah Cole @iRNY]

Having a nice time at @GuildfordLib where @Catmoo @mediamolecule is taking about games design. Fab to see this stuff in libraries. 👍