Johanna Pirker

👾👾 SURPRISE 👾👾

One of the reasons I’ve been so quiet lately: a LOT of exciting (+stressful) things happened. THIS is one of them:

I’m SOOOO happy to finally share that I am publishing this book with ecoWing about games told from my perspective and how they shaped me (& shape us)

More soon! 💙

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8 months ago | [YT] | 4

Johanna Pirker

Things I enjoyed last week:

📚 Experience Machine - Andy Clark. how our brain shapes our perception & reality

🎶 looping: Architects - Gone With The Wind

🎮 Balatro – a hypnotically satisfying deck-builder by a solo dev

+ explored no mountains but the desert this time

What do you recommend?

10 months ago | [YT] | 14

Johanna Pirker

if you are looking for great books (scifi, games, tech, science, gaming,...) <200 pages for your reading list 2025, here are our past bookclub selections..

(btw a great length to get out of a reading slump)

details about the book club: jpirker.com

#gamedev #books #readinglist

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11 months ago | [YT] | 7

Johanna Pirker

🎮 2024 made it tough to pick personal favorites, but here are my thoughts:

* Indiana Jones & the Great Circle
* Dungeons of Hinterberg
* The Legend of Zelda: EoW
* Age of Mythology: Retold
* Frostpunk 2
* Path of Exile 2
* Last Epoch
* Balatro
* Silent Hill 2

What were your top picks?

(also recognises the game of this last picture.. full of joy? ^^)

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11 months ago | [YT] | 3

Johanna Pirker

Thanks everyone for joining my League of Legends lecture today... (and bringing the proper costumes) at the University of Zurich.

A video summary + slides will follow

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1 year ago | [YT] | 5