mastodon 4.7.2Researcher of the many ways video games are meaningful to players. Occasional game developer. Royal Danish Academy.
Not a holiday piece, but might as well be, Linus Åkesson's version of Ravel's Boléro for mostly Commodore 64-derived instruments, with a floppy drive, NES, and Amiga thrown in. As always, an explosive combination of technical and musical skill, and understatedness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMGbGGllQoE
What are the European alternatives to Google Docs and Microsoft 365 for students, writers, and project workers?
I couldn't find any good answers, so I have reviewed the four top packages and provided my recommendations. I hope you find it useful!
https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2025/05/20/docs-office-alternatives/
The Commodore 64 came with glaring flaws like slow tape, slow disk drive, and missing BASIC commands. Commodore newer fixed these problems but Final Cartridge did.
Full story at https://www.jesperjuul.net/c64/history/#obj9
Coming Jan 3rd: Object #10 – You are invited to a Demo Party
A History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects".
Object #12: The Commodordion – two C64s = one Accordion
Full story at https://jesperjuul.net/c64/history/#obj12
The surprisingly long history of the C64 shows that old tech can still create something entirely new.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EBCYvoC4muc
#c64
"A History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects".
Object #11: Turrican II - Keeping up with the Amiga
Full story at https://www.jesperjuul.net/c64/history/#obj11
Coming Jan 17th: Object 12 – The Commodordion – two C64s as musical instrument
The Commodore 64’s commercial life ended before the internet, so early C64 culture was mainly material. The lucky few got *paper* invites to a demo party.
Object #10: You are Invited to a Demo Party
Full story at https://www.jesperjuul.net/c64/history/#obj10
Coming Jan 10th: Object #11 – Turrican II - keeping up with the Amiga
#c64
FDG'26 call for papers!
We will be hosting the ACM conference Foundations of Digital Games 2026 conference here at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen August 10-13 2026.
The call for papers is out now: https://fdg2026.org/call-for-papers/
We hope to see you (and your paper) at FDG’26.