✔️ andrei-nae.com ✔️ Lecturer in game studies and English literature ✔️ Author of 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴https://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3mdlsr653tk2bHello, Bluesky, how has life been treating you?29 Jan 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlsr653tk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3lzjrlbelbk2iJe suis vraiment enthousiaste à l'idée d'apporter ma contribution à la 8e édition de BruLau, qui sera certainement un événement scintigraphique mémorable. Je reviendrai avec des détails sur ma conférence. https://share.google/ZTYEXjwClnj8BaMEK23 Sep 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjrlbelbk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3lyrzdqfims2wI had a great workshop on my upcoming book, "Video Games between Postcolonialism and Postcommunism" at CEEEGS 2024 in Wroclaw 🇵🇱. Dorota Kołodziejczyk, one of the leading figures in postdependency studies, was a fabulous interlocutor and her praise really made me blush.14 Sep 2025 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyrzdqfims2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3lyj23a3x4k26I am very honoured and humbled to have been elected vice-chair of Central and Eastern European Game Studies for a three-year term. Central and Eastern Europe is turning into a vibrant region for game studies and alongside our new chair Agata Waskiewicz I hope to contribute to its growth.10 Sep 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyj23a3x4k26https://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3ly6hezvtc22w@gamesbeyond.bsky.social was a great conference with two extraordinary keynotes from which I learned a lot. I was very happy to present my recent work on dialectics in video games and look forward to a possible collective volume. Congratulations to @nattgoo.bsky.social et al. for organising it.06 Sep 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6hezvtc22whttps://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3lupwhmyrpc2n📢 If you would like take part in the workshop, please follow the link in the first comment, read the description, and send an email to andrei.nae@lls.unibuc.ro detailing in around 150 words your relation to postcolonialism and/or postcommunism and video games. DEADLINE JULY 2424 Jul 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupwhmyrpc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3lsxplnoxd22wMy next book is poised to hit the academic world. Pre-order it to soothen the impact 😁 https://share.google/oYbA8XG5q2kcN5weg02 Jul 2025 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsxplnoxd22whttps://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3lqxj6imeck2pOMG, cool picture! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxj6imeck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3lmnf35boa22dPictures from my lecture "The Role of Language in Disciplining Sex and Gender in Video Games" given on the last day of the Doctoral Intensive Seminar: "The Power of Words. Construction of Gender and Sexuality in Language" at the University of Tartu 🇪🇪12 Apr 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmnf35boa22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3lmhfhkqlcs26Here for the Doctoral Intensive Seminar: "The Power of Words. Construction of Gender and Sexuality in Language" / University of Tartu10 Apr 2025 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhfhkqlcs26https://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3lloliaefb225📢 Hear hear! Playing the Field VI is coming to Bucharest 🇷🇴 Keynote speakers will be announced soon #callforpapers #gamestudies #conference #collectivevolume31 Mar 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lloliaefb225https://bsky.app/profile/andrei-nae.bsky.social/post/3llohi77snm2dThis April I am giving a talk at the University of Tartu titled "The Role of Language in Disciplining Sex and Gender in Video Games" as part of the Doctoral Intensive Seminar: The Power of Words. Construction of Gender and Sexuality in Language. (see link in first comment) #videogames #gender31 Mar 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:kneqspvbfsbkmwtpro3ob2qu/app.bsky.feed.post/3llohi77snm2d