Associate Prof of Interactive Media @ Harrisburg University. Sociology, games studies, social interaction design. She/Her @velixious@mastodon.social
Montreal, QC / Harrisburg, PA
Joined November 2008
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Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
My 2nd PhD article, written with @blakeplease, is out in @ica_jcmc!
We developed the new concept of value affordances of social media engagement features 👇(1/10)
academic.oup.com/jcmc/articl…
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
wednesday from 3-5pm! technoableism series @STS_YorkU with @kellyfritsch1 & @anneemcguire! also thoughts from Melanie Baljko & me (eep!)
zoom: yorku.zoom.us/j/94263127715?…
ALT Technoableism Seminar Series - Wednesday October 25th, 3-5 pm: Dr. Kelly Fritsch and Dr. Anne McGuire w/discussants Nicole Winchester & Dr. Melanie Baljko
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
by the way goodbye volcano high is proudly a SAG-AFTRA game. and after becoming intimately familiar with union contracts what actors are asking for is so so so basic it's shocking how much AAA companies push back.
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
I learned today that my book is Open Access thanks to MIT Press' larger "Direct to Open" project. So if you're looking for something to read, here are 82 new books published and open accessed this year!
mitpress.mit.edu/mit-presss-…
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
Hey all! Raccoon Logic continues to grow! We are looking for a Technical Artist (intermediate or senior) and a Level Designer (also intermediate or senior) to work on our soon to be announced project! If you're in Montreal and this sounds exciting then mail [email protected]!
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
"I'm not sure he has enough trust from his user base to get people to actually exchange money or attach any type of financial institution to his app," says @newhousesu communications associate professor @jmgrygiel, about Elon Musk's social media app, @X. npr.org/2023/07/29/119089108…
ALT The new X sign is installed Friday on the roof of the San Francisco headquarters of Twitter, which is being rebranded as "X."
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
As Hollywood executives claim they can't afford to pay actors better wages, they're also spending lavishly on AI, with Netflix offering $900,000 for a single AI product manager.
87% of actors earn under $26k — the cutoff to qualify for health insurance
theintercept.com/2023/07/25/…
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
imagine screwing up so bad that every muppet on sesame street takes turns dunking on your idea
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
I keep reading these hot takes about how the little girls smashing their baby dolls at the beginning of Barbie is some sort of shockingly subversive image but all it tells me is that you never paid attention to how little girls play. They wreck shit when they feel like it
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
The @museumofplay has published the latest issue of the American Journal of Play. As always, the journal is available as #OpenAccess -
museumofplay.org/journalofpl…
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
"Everyone who banks on AI content is going to lose – you cannot build real estate in a swamp"
- Inkle's Jon Ingold does not believe generative AI will enable deeper game narratives
gamesindustry.biz/inkles-jon…
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
Beloved web browser game Neopets is operating under new management.
gamedeveloper.com/business/n…
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
I was so privileged to be interviewed by @wilfredchan & @GuardianUS about “NPC Streaming” and it’s impact on/from gamer girl culture & erotic creator labour!🍦😋🍦💕🍦🎮 Worth your read!
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Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
With two weeks left to go for our Streaming & Content Creation Festival to help #endMS supporting @MSCanOfficial, here is our next update!
We just passed $8100 raised. 40 campaigns so far registered to help! Amazing!
We look forward to seeing what the rest of the month brings!
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
Happy Monday, all! We're still looking for more submissions for our upcoming event, Super FESTival!
We're looking for:
✂️Workshops
🎤Talks/Panels
👾Games
🎨Key Artist Illustrators
Do you do any of those? Submit your work!!
RTs Appreciated 🥰
handeyesociety.com/call-for-…
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
"We should be afraid. Not of intelligent machines. But of machines making decisions that they do not have the intelligence to make. I am far more afraid of machine stupidity than of machine intelligence" - @MelMitchell1
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
We know how social networks die. Slowly, and then all at once. Folks start to go, lowering the cost-benefit ratio for remaining members, setting up a cascade where departing users prompt their friends to go, too. Its likelier when there are alternatives.
I hope Twitter holds on.
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
and what did I buy for/read my 4-year-old? you guessed it, "My Shadow is Purple" xitter.cf/bywillpollock/status/1…
Katie Rinderle's students voted overwhelmingly to read @scottcreatess' "My Shadow is Purple"
everything terrorist-repubs despise: choice, voting, acceptance & learning
Kelly Boudreau PhD retweeted
Led by the child of a coal miner, the Daniels drag family is firmly woven in the fabric of a string of Pennsylvania coal-mining towns. nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-…