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Dr. Emily Friedman
@friede
English AssocProf, Direct @18thConnect Multiclass: 18C/Book History/DH/Performance/Archives/Games. Next book: HOW STORIES ARE PLAYED. Trying to do good. she/her
Jun 16, 2023 • 158 tweets • 51 min read
Evening, folks. We jump from one knotty tangle with the nature of divinity courtesy of @matthewmercer right back into another one. Will Team Issylra make it to the Hierophant of the Emerald Tree? Will Prism Scry on Ludi? Who pukes today?

#CriticalRoleSpoilers in an hour(ish). Emily Friedman looks at the... Shirt by @BitterSouth. Remember: there’s as many meanings to the phrase as there are stars in the sky. Real ones know.

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Felted Weezard Essek by @mightypiedesign
Jun 15, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Say hi Questing Queens!

Four episodes, new Underdark setting.
Received blessing from existing D&Drag Queens for the name. Usual Adventuring Party setup.

Looks like the usual fabulous battle maps, more minimal Dome-wise. Your humble note taker will be JET LAGGED AS ALL HELL but will be standing by to take notes.
Jun 14, 2023 • 155 tweets • 54 min read
Evening. We’ve reached the end of @dimension20show’s Ravening War — more years covered in narrative time than there are episodes. How do you land a prequel without disturbing the timeline or sacrificing suspense? These players know.

My notes in an hour. #RaveningWarSpoilers Emily Friedman looks at cam... Shirt is, of course, from the upcoming #DesiQuest — one of several places you’ll be able to get your next fix of @sweeetanj this summer, alongside the astonishing @ThatBronzeGirl, sunny @OmarNajam, witty @sandeepparikh, & whip smart @rekhalshankar.

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Sep 9, 2022 • 142 tweets • 47 min read
Howdy new followers! It’s Thursday, & we experience most strikingly the distinction between live performance & prerecorded #ttrpg actual play tonight. #CriticalRoleSpoilers in this thread in an hour — mute as needed. Woman in blue light glasses and a shirt that reads “histor Shirt is by Coalition of Master's Scholars on Material Culture @_CMSMC_ from their original design -- tons of cool variants now: cmsmc.org/shop (not an ad, just citing to thwart dumb algo bots & because everyone needs a "Girls Just Wanna Have Funding" sweatshirt)
Sep 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Today in the #Austen game course we discuss a novel that hasn't been gameified (& rarely adapted): MANSFIELD PARK. I'm so glad to have the brilliant @MarcosSGonsalez to read alongside, both in print & in-(virtual)-person.

The timing is... fortuitous.

lithub.com/recognizing-th… We frequently hear teachers... We're also taking a look at Edward Said's “Jane Austen and Empire” [from Culture and Imperialism], & the waves of new readings that came thereafter.
Sep 8, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Morning, folks. It’s set to be a strange day for the British Literary Historian part of my brain. But my #ttrpg actual play brain is 1st up today as we welcome @alexchalk_phd to class & discuss his recent article on production networks in actual play. Woman in dark surplice top and glasses looks steadily at cam His piece: Chalk, Alex. “Mapping an Online Production Network: The Field of ‘Actual Play’ Media.” Convergence, (May 2022). doi.org/10.1177/135485…

#ttrpg
Sep 7, 2022 • 89 tweets • 34 min read
Hey Pack of Pixies, I’m keeping up with the reading — er, viewing — this week though a bit under the weather still. I’ll be taking my usual #acourtoffeyandflowers notes right when the episode drops tonight. I reserve the right to be goofy, but what’s new.

#acofaf A woman smiles in front of ... Shirt is ancient Threadless from the previous millennium. I think it actually might count as vintage by now.
Sep 7, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
As someone trained in scholarly editing, I'm encouraging us to EXPLAIN the choice of an edition. After teaching the 18th century novel for over a decade (including w/digital 1st editions), most newcomers to early novels NEED the editorial support a modern edition provides. 🧵 A LOT of stuff is in the public domain -- including entire textbooks written to be Open Access, and some scholarly/teaching editions made freely available! By all means, use them if you've got them. Hell, part of my job (the @18thConnect part) is to help make more discoverable.
Mar 18, 2022 • 155 tweets • 42 min read
It's Thursday! Welcome to the #CR7Years #CriticalRoleSpoilers -- now with... garlands? And whatever Sam is wearing.

(sequins. it's sequins) The set is dressed with flowers, cloth, and at the moment, a bunch of fake cash. #CriticalRoleSpoilers
Mar 18, 2022 • 17 tweets • 14 min read
As of tonight, @CritRoleBib has collected analysis of #CriticalRole in:
- 10 scholarly book chapters
- 10 peer-reviewed journal articles
- 4 academic conference papers
- 4 Undergraduate Theses
- 11 Master's Theses
- 1 Dissertation
- 1 Syllabus

And much more to come.

#CR7Years You can find them all in the master sheet at aub.ie/critrolebib (or SUBMIT at aub.ie/submitcritrole…) but here's a highlight thread.
Mar 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
For @carolinethegeek & #CR7Years I *think* my first CR tweet is here. I’d gotten tenure the year CR started, my 1st book was out, & I was a lurker for a long time. But I’d respond to that call & write my 1st piece on #CriticalRole.

Now? I joke I’m the senior prof of CR studies. Image I’d loved actual plays for a long time, but that chapter gave me “permission” to pitch a course on #TTRPG narrative, which plunged me into the community of nerdy-ass designers, players, fans, & academics.

That course will be followed by two more this fall.
Mar 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
For my book history nerds: witness the materiality of #TTRPG actual play. See also:
Mar 15, 2022 • 110 tweets • 18 min read
Good morning! Between meetings it’s time to read the first #CriticalRole *adventure* (rather than setting) book, CALL OF THE NETHERDEEP. I’m finishing a chapter about CR’s narrative structures, & Netherdeep is the final case study. Throughout the day I’ll post some notes here. 🧵 A note: I’m going to try to avoid specific *spoilers* here (no promises about the chapter). My interest is in thinking about how the book is set up for different audiences.
Jun 11, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Just so my non-academic friends are clear: no one, absolutely no one, wants to be the chair of an academic department. ESPECIALLY an English department. Reasons you might do it anyway:

- you’re in a decent dept that takes turns (uncommonish)
- your school calculates retirement based on highest earning years & the temporary bump will mean something (slightly more common)
- the alternative is a nightmare (often)
Jun 11, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Re-upping for the morning shift, partly to remind myself of today’s goal, but mostly to hype the work of my friend the late Bill Bradley. If you love writers who write movingly & hilariously about comics (hi @enthusiamy), soap operas, love, death, & more, you would love Bill. Some of my favorites that I am turning to today with fresh, wet eyes: “Cathode,” a flash essay about teenage boys, #DnD, and all the things we don’t see until it’s too late:
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Jun 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Professor Voice: as anticipated, a summer mini series, though unusually for CR miniseries/one-shots, staying in Exandria/canon. As hoped for by many, blend of OG & new cast. It's going to be super interesting to see how this plays out (so to speak).

Em Voice: WOOHOO @quiddie! The other thing I'm thrilled about is that as many folks know, I study #CriticalRole, publish about it, & am teaching a game storytelling course this fall. #ExandriaUnlimited is scaled so that (hopefully) I'll bring it into the classroom. @marisharay this is a brilliant idea.
May 6, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
I’m preparing my fall grad course for remote learning. I asked my GTAs about what worked, what didn’t, & what other professors should know as they design courses for possible online courses experience. A thread hope other grads will add to (I‘ll RT public tweets & anonymize DMs) As we know, Zoom Fatigue is real. While Zoom was noted as useful & sometimes needed the whole 3 hr class time, it didn’t always. And breaks must still happen, just like in a F2F course.