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📣 Announcing the judging panel for the 2026 Toxify Game Design Challenge!

🧐 This panel of experts in game design and/or trauma-informed practices will score & critique the games submitted by this year's Finalists. Winning games will share a $10,000 USD prize pool.

📆 The Finalists will submit their completed #toxify games by July 28th.

🌐 https://toxify.org/judges/index.html#judges

#gamedesign #gamedev #contest #indiegame #TraumaInformed #nonprofit #games #toxic #GameStudies #prevention #GameJournalism #VideoGames #education #manosphere #ToxicRelationships #noAI

... heute habe ich es endlich geschafft, mein Profil dort zu vervollständigen und freue mich nun auf den Austausch sowie Kooperationen mit Gleichgesinnten! :)
#Spielwissenschaft #gamestudies #Mitgliedschaft #academia #Forschung #Lehre #Spiel #games #modding #research #education #Bildung #Spiele

"We need to stop centering the technology and start centering the kids" ... and why games could be next after the social media ban!
#blueLZ #socialmedia #ban #Verbot #games #gamestudies #Kinderrechte #sozialeMedien
#psychology #Psychologie #Wissenschaft #Forschung

m.youtube.com/watch?v=nzyl...

The Social Media Ban Was Never...

seine Bachelorarbeit über Spiele zu schreiben und ihn so auch für #gamestudies zu interessieren sowie seinen zukünftigen Unterricht beeinflusst zu haben - made my day! :) #Deutschunterricht #mademyday #Inspiration #Motivation #games #Bachelorarbeit #Unterricht #Spielbildung @[email protected]

🦣🐟🎨 Mammut, Mondfisch & Mona Lisa: In #AnimalCrossing : New Horizons wird #Sammeln zum Spielprinzip – ganz ohne Staub, Erhaltungsrisiken oder Platzmangel. Aber Vorsicht: Nicht der #Fälschung auf den Leim gehen!

Teil 1 der Studierenden-Serie über "Sammeln als kulturelle Praxis" des neuen Blogs der #Museumswissenschaft #Würzburg : https://wuemu.hypotheses.org/179

@st_samida

#GameStudies #Nintendo #Museum

@Sascha_Raubal @angeldruckt

Danke Euch, doch #Feloai scheint sich sehr sicher zu sein!

"Die Solarpunk-Bewegung lässt sich im Fediversum als ein dezentrales, kollaboratives Alternate Reality Game (ARG) verstehen und gestalten. Dieser Ansatz verbindet die optimistische Zukunftsvision des Solarpunk mit den partizipativen und realweltlichen Mechanismen von ARGs." (Druko 175455) #Solarpunk #Fediversum #ARG #Gamification #Spieltheorie #GameStudies #KI https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/dualistische-superyacht-vs-monistische-arche-wie-ueberleben-menschen-die-mitweltkrise/#comment-175455

@Kwit

Danke 🙏 & volle Zustimmung! 👍 Sich passiv „raushalten“ wäre nicht mehr „Neutral gut“, sondern „True Neutral“ (Neutral Neutral), die indifferente Ablehnung jeder Staatlichkeit sogar Chaotisch Neutral. „Gut“ impliziert den dialogischen Einsatz für Leben und Erkenntnis, für Mitwelt und Mitmenschen. #Spieltheorie #GameStudies #Philosophie #DnD #Gesinnungen https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/philosophische-grund-weltanschauungen-fantasy-dnd-gesinnungen/

Save the date & spread the word:

Tomorrow I will visit the "Haus der Computerspiele" (http://www.spielepower.de/) in Leipzig to meet René Meyer who curates an enormous collection of #Games, #RetroComputers and #GameConsoles. The tour will be presented in my lecture series "The World of #GameLabs".

If you like, you can attend online:

17.12.24 - 16:15pm at https://mluconf.uni-halle.de/b/ste-zv2-y8r-ecd

#GameLab #GameStudies #GameHistory

An exploration of #VideoGame performances, this book merges #MediaTheory with performativity, revealing insights from Western art to digital storytelling.

Perfect for researchers intrigued by #Gaming, #Art, and nonlinear #Narrative.

https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/performativity-in-art-literature-and-videogames

#Ludology #Performance #GameStudies #Portal #DarkSouls #Destiny #Doom #FinalFantasy #GodHand #HalfLife #LifeIsStrange #MetalGear #Minecraft #Planescape #StarCraft #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #VideoGames #Gamer #Literature

It's not often I stumble across Russian #GameStudies

In 2021's "Game Room" (Игродром), author Alexander Vetushinsky delves into #Gaming's cultural impact through the lenses of philosophy, psychology and media theory.

https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/game-room-what-you-need-to-know-about-video-games-and-gaming-culture

#Game #VideoGame #VideoGames #GlobalPerspective #Ludology #Russian #Russia #Gamer #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Games #GameRoom

What if all workplace cultures were as well-crafted as #VideoGames❓

The Engagement Game 📚 shows how organizational culture and leadership can be super-charged by applying the same principles that a #GameDev applies when creating games.

👉
https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-engagement-game-why-your-workplace-culture-should-look-more-like-a-video-game

#Psychology #GameStudies #Gaming #VideoGame #Gamer #Game #Management #Leadership #SelfHelp #Book #Books #bookstodon @bookstodon #DIY #Ludology #GameDevs #GDC #WorkplaceCulture

More #GameStudies added!

Flow describes an experience of "being in the zone," of intense absorption in an activity.

This book offers a critical assessment of flow's historical, theoretical, political, and ideological contexts in relation to #VideoGames

https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/against-flow-video-games-and-the-flowing-subject

#Gaming #Gamer #VideoGame #Psychology #Ludology #Game #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #MihalyCsikszentmihalyi #Psychonauts #CrashBandicoot #Celeste #DinerDash #DonutCounty #HalfLife #Hellblade #Portal #WorldOfGoo

Another Turkish #GameStudies book graces the site! 🇹🇷

In "Dijital Oyun Kültürü", discover how digitalization is reshaping our play traditions, and how the gamification of work and business is changing the game.

👉 https://thevideogamelibrary.org/book/digital-game-culture

#Oyun #Oyunlar #DijitalOyun #Turkish #Book #VideoGames #VideoGame #Game #Gamer #Gaming #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #GameDev

Nostalgia. Adaptation. Gender. Sexuality.

14 multidisciplinary chapters that explore the intersects between #Animation, #VideoGames and #Music.

Out next week! 📚

👉https://thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-intersection-of-animation-video-games-and-music-making-movement-sing

#GameStudies #Ludomusicology #Ludology #SoundDesign #Composer #Routledge #CarmenSandiego #Cuphead #DragonsLair #Ducktales #EpicMickey #Gris #KingdomHearts #Machinarium #NiNoKuni
#SchoolDays

Proud to see that #GameStudies is, by far, the LARGEST section of #TheVideoGameLibrary 📚

🙏 Tag any fellow scholars, students, or anyone who enjoys #VideoGames and the cultures surrounding them ♥️

A free resource with THOUSANDS of books right here:
👉 https://thevideogamelibrary.org

#Ludology #Games4Ed #GameStudy #Gaming #VideoGames #VideoGame #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Academic #GameHistory #GameDev #GameDeveloper #Indie #IndieGame #IndieDev #PS5 #Xbox #Nintendo #Sony #PlayStation #Reading

For those who enjoyed "Dijital Oyunlar 1.0 Oynanış ve Anlam", the 2nd book in the series is now out and catalogued in #TheVideoGameLibrary! 🇹🇷

This book aims to analyze player identity and its relationship to gameplay.

👉 https://thevideogamelibrary.org/book/digital-games-2-0-gameplay-and-identity

#Turkish #GameStudies #VideoGames #VideoGame #DijitalOyunlar #Oyunlar #Turkey #Gaming #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #kitap #kitabın #GameDev #GameDesign #Identity #Gameplay #DijitalOyun #OynanışVeKimlik #NobelAkademík #GlobalPerspective

Next up: This fantastic book dives into the evolving discipline of procedural storytelling in #GameDesign. 📚

I've only ever heard great things about it:

👉 https://t.co/mYAS3MzIMz

#VideoGames #Gaming #VideoGame #Writing #GameDev #CuriousExpedition #Duskers #DwarfFortress #FrostPunk #MuderOnTheZinderneuf #StateOfDecay #TheChurchInTheDarkness #TheShroudedIsle #TheSims #Voyageur #WeHappyFew #NarrativeDesign #CRCPress #Book #Books #Bookstodon #GameWriting #GameStudies #Ludology #WorldBuilding

Tonight's #scary pick from #TheVideoGameLibrary is brought to us by Bernard Perron.

Dive into the world of #Horror, #Terror and #Fear through the lens of #VideoGames in this comprehensive #book.

If you're a fan of the #horror genre, you need to read this!

:skull_cross: https://t.co/vQwPCHkJCz

#GameStudies #Gaming #VideoLudic #Ludology #HorrorGames #ResidentEvil #SilentHill #SystemShock #DinoCrisis #AloneInTheDark #DeadSpace #FNAF #UntilDawn #FatalFrame #EternalDarkness #Castlevania

Been a while since we catalogued any Turkish 🇹🇷 books in #TheVideoGameLibrary.

This is a really cool 12-volume collection called the "Dijital Oyunlar Serisi" and covers the major #esports franchises in Turkey.

Check them out right here:
👉 https://t.co/xJ82msTN9C

#Valorant #BrawlStars #ClashRoyale #Hearthstone #FIFA #ApexLegends #Zula #Fortnite #PUBG #LeagueOfLegends #CounterStrike #KingOfFighters #KOF98 #Gaming #VideoGames #DijitalOyunlar #Turkey #Turkish #Book #Books #Bookstodon #GameStudies

Compiling papers from the #YoungAcademicsWorkshop at the 2017/2018 #ClashOfRealities conferences, "Violence, Perception, Video Games" explores the misleading claims that link #VideoGames and violence through a range of fresh perspectives.

👁️ https://t.co/Y9EdJl1ywu

#GameStudies #Horror #Psychology #Violence #Gaming #VideoGame #Anno #AWayOut #DarkSouls #FateOfTheWorld #Gothic #ImagineEarth #TheLastOfUs #ThunderbirdStrike #Ludology #GameStudy #Book #Books #Bookstodon

For fellow #GameStudies buffs, have you checked out the collection of books from #Transcript !?

Just check out some of the topics covered! Here's a selection from #TheVideoGameLibrary:
👉 https://t.co/ay4BCk88sQ

#Gaming #VideoGames #VideoGame #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Ludology #GameDev #GameDesign #Nintendo #PC #PCGaming #Games4Ed #GameHistory