Jonne Arjoranta 📚 @jaranta@scholar.social
Post-doc at JYU & Coe GameCult. Specialized in philosophy, game studies and digital culture.
Joined Mar 2018
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All my publications are available on this page. Tell me if that is not the case and I will add anything missing.
We were planning some social events with a group I'm active in and one of the younger members suggested that we could play some games, but they were not sure whether we old people are interested in that. 👴
If you ever wondered what Iggy Pop thought of The Decline and Fall of Roman Empire, he reviewed it for this academic journal.
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Just to put this into perspective:
The average value of a Bitcoin transaction is currently $119 and requires energy worth roughly $100 (the world average price is $0.14 per kWh).
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"The average energy consumption for one single Bitcoin transaction in 2020 was 741 kilowatt-hours."
https://www.statista.com/statistics/881541/bitcoin-energy-consumption-transaction-comparison-visa/
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Referring to turn based strategy games as "chess-likes"
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I think of this throwaway line from the Calculords tutorial often when I'm trying to think of a justification for some mechanic or bit of strange worldbuilding in a game
Of course, space treachery. What more explanation do you need? You gonna try to argue that space *isn't* treacherous?
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As a consequence,
time used in the present day
is lost forever
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Stop eating what you're eating and throw it out the window right now! It'll be fun!
Sponsored by raccoons
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This is a list of
notable equestrian
statues by country
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Overall I think
it looks very good and your
references seem great
"I didn't say anything before and didn't show up for first class, can I still do this course?"
You know how much easier this would've been if you bothered to say something before the course actually started?
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Bitcoin has half the carbon footprint of Amazon. 25MtCO2 vs 55MtCO2
One runs a lot of the internet and delivers lots of stuff
The other is... gambling I guess?
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*slaps roof of human head* this bad boy can fit so many countenances in it
New issue of Game Studies was just published. #gamestudies
Getting back to working after holidays and I have 107 emails waiting. 📨
I hope you get some monkey heaven on your holidays.
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It is well known that
the vast amount of focus
is placed upon the
Post-doc at JYU & Coe GameCult. Specialized in philosophy, game studies and digital culture.
Joined Mar 2018
