Matthew Horsfall

Curator @MediaMuseum + @YorksGamesFest 🕹 Former video games artist & lecturer 🎓 @BAFTA Connect member 🎭 Dog + Cat owner 🐈 Board Gamer 🎲 Beard tamer ✂️

[Matthew Horsfall @horsfall3d]

➡️ I’ve moved over to Bluesky ⬅️ Feel free to connect and say Hi to me over there! 👋🏼 https://t.co/AJtzoExHUu

[Matthew Horsfall @horsfall3d]

Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts 📸

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The @YorksGamesFest returns in 2025 for a 2 weeks extravaganza! 🎉We're always on the lookout for wonderful people, studios and creatives to work with across our many events, talks and workshops - Want to be involved and have an idea? Let us know! ➡️ https://t.co/Br1JenCbTU

[Yorkshire Games Festival @YorksGamesFest]

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Yorkshire Games Festival returns to the National Science and Media Museum 10 - 23 Feb 2025.

YGF25 will include industry-focused Game Talks, family gaming fun across the museum and plenty more exciting events to be announced soon.

https://t.co/TQdXpwkE5p

[Matthew Horsfall @horsfall3d]

The original sci-fi space explorer, Elite, celebrates it's 40th birthday this month and I wrote some words for @sciencemuseum to reflect on its impact and legacy 🪐

[Science Museum @sciencemuseum]

Back in the 1980s, most video games were designed to encourage gamers to compete for points and high scores.

But what if a game could be more than just scrolling screens of enemies, and could contain an entire universe to explore?

Our latest blog post explores one of the first 'open world' video games, Elite, as it celebrates its 40th birthday: https://t.co/n7bR4dcbVW

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It was a pleasure to join the @RCA Curating Contemporary Art and Design summer school today to talk about video games and XR experiences in museums - A big thank you to @Lindaonmars for hosting the session!

[RCA Short Courses @RCAShortCourses]

We can't wait for these guest sessions on our next Curating Contemporary Art and Design summer school. Led by @Lindaonmars and overseen by Professor Victoria Walsh, this year's course theme is #Curating After the Internet: New Media & Digital Cultures 💻🌐💙

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Incredibly exciting to see this event coming to Yorkshire! 🕹️

[Matthew Horsfall @horsfall3d]

Excited to share that this year I was a juror for the #BAFTAGamesAwards! It was a huge pleasure to take part, alongside so many talented industry folk and @BAFTAGames members, to celebrate some of the amazing games released in the last year 🏆

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@mighty_boards Excited to see so many glass conservatories attached to that castle! @watto_stan 🏰🌱

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It’s been back-to-back gaming festivals in Yorkshire this month! I had a fantastic weekend at @aireconuk - It’s a joy to see this event continue to grow and foster such a passionate and positive community united by games 🎲

[Matthew Horsfall @horsfall3d]

🎉👾 Yorkshire Games Festival 2024 - It’s been a blast! 👾🎉

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It’s the final day of @YorksGamesFest and we’re bringing the Northern Games Showcase to @TheBroadwayBrad 🎮

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It’s an incredible pleasure to close our day of game talks at @YorksGamesFest with @thealexURL in conversation with one of today’s newest @BAFTAGames nominees @SamanthaBeart discussing their career and all things Hobbs Barrow and @baldursgate3

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Our @YorksGamesFest attendees getting a sneak peak behind the scenes at the animations in @SouthfieldGame by @PeterTripleZ 🌱

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After just finding out that the game had been nominated for multiple BAFTAs!! @SerKnowles takes the stage to talk about @playViewfinder from @sadowlstudios 📸

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Exploring inspirational games, unique design and the mechanics behind Paper Trail and @huethegame with @HenryHoffman from @NewfangledGames

[Matthew Horsfall @horsfall3d]

Ready or Not… Our afternoon talk sessions are underway at @YorksGamesFest with @GormanDev from @VOIDInteractive sharing his experience in level design

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Adrienne Law joins us from @larianstudios to discuss the dialogue crafted for @baldursgate3 and how to write convincing characters 🧙

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Our first speaker of the day is @Rhianne_man with a guide to landing your first industry job!

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Today is the day! 🎉 @YorksGamesFest 2024 is here and our festival host @thealexURL is welcoming all of our guests to a sold out day of Game Talks! 📢

[Pictureville Cinema @pictureville_BD]

@YorksGamesFest will be taking over The Studio on 9 March for an adults-only event!

🎲 Play a massive range of board games with the team from @D_and_F_Events

🎮 Experience Big-Screen Gaming with exciting, weird, and wonderful multiplayer games

https://t.co/RNcioD47io