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  1. We are very happy to share the news: the full Open Access version of our book "Cultural Game Studies: Critical Approaches" is now available!

    You can download the whole book, as well as individual 19 chapters as separate files from here:
    taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi

    Please feel free to download the book, chapters, and spread the word!

    #gamestudies #gameculture

  2. We are very happy to share the news: the full Open Access version of our book "Cultural Game Studies: Critical Approaches" is now available!

    You can download the whole book, as well as individual 19 chapters as separate files from here:
    taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi

    Please feel free to download the book, chapters, and spread the word!

    #gamestudies #gameculture

  3. ... which among others shines a different light on gaming literacy (or the maybe even more telling German term "Spiel-Bildung") neccessary when using games in the classroom/education!
    #gamestudies #Games #gamingliteracy #Spielbildung #technolibertarianism #gamedesign #education #technology #blueLZ

  4. Ludoresearch Summer Jam! 🤩

    On our podcast #GameStudies, we feature in-depth interviews with international scholars and authors discussing their new academic books on gaming, culture & player experience.

    Our archive holds 180 episodes ready for you! 🤩

    New Books Network - New Books ...

  5. Stell dir vor du bist 1 Elternteil und hast Kinder. Vielleicht ist das ja auch der Fall.

    Wenn dein Kind gerne zockt und du als Eltern wenig Ahnung davon hast...welche Fragen oder Themen tauchen auf?

    Frage für 1 Podcast.

    (gerne teilen)

    #GameStudies #Gaming #FediEltern

  6. Stell dir vor du bist 1 Elternteil und hast Kinder. Vielleicht ist das ja auch der Fall.

    Wenn dein Kind gerne zockt und du als Eltern wenig Ahnung davon hast...welche Fragen oder Themen tauchen auf?

    Frage für 1 Podcast.

    (gerne teilen)

    #GameStudies #Gaming #FediEltern

  7. Your ISSUE #57 round-up is here! 🎉

    📕 The #SDCC Spectacular with 50+ stories!
    📘 The Blue Bomber is back with new #MegaMan books!
    📗 A frenzy of #GameStudies paperbacks hit shelves
    📙 Spotlight on @[email protected]'s new book
    📓 @[email protected] had a busy week!

    And much, much more!

    The Video Game Library Newslet...

  8. I had the great pleasure to talk to David Waddington about his new book "The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games" (McGill-Queen's University Press) on my podcast #GameStudies. >> Please tune in and share our conversation! newbooksnetwork.com/the-hidden-c... //cc @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

    David I. Waddington, "The Hidd...

  9. I had the great pleasure to talk to David Waddington about his new book "The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games" (McGill-Queen's University Press) on my podcast #GameStudies. >> Please tune in and share our conversation! newbooksnetwork.com/the-hidden-c... //cc @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

    David I. Waddington, "The Hidd...

  10. @DilanCakir 's, Anna Kinder's, and Sebastian Möring's essay collection "Games and Literature" has now been published. I contributed the chapter:

    "Reading the Subtexts of #Games
    Philological Perspectives on #Game Source Codes"

    You can download the book as #OpenAccess PDF:

    txt3.de/gamecodes

    #GameStudies #BASIC #Paperware #ComputerArchaeology

  11. @DilanCakir 's, Anna Kinder's, and Sebastian Möring's essay collection "Games and Literature" has now been published. I contributed the chapter:

    "Reading the Subtexts of #Games
    Philological Perspectives on #Game Source Codes"

    You can download the book as #OpenAccess PDF:

    txt3.de/gamecodes

    #GameStudies #BASIC #Paperware #ComputerArchaeology

  12. 📣 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.

    🌐 toxify.org/judges/index.html#j

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

  13. 📣 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.

    🌐 toxify.org/judges/index.html#j

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

  14. Got my author’s copy in the mail today, will notify you as soon as the open access is live so everyone can read it! :) /1 #gamestudies

  15. ... für einen von Thomas Müller und Robin Fürst von der Universität Zürich herausgegebenen #Sammelband " #gamestudies im #Deutschunterricht", der Frühjahr 2027 als Sonderausgabe der Zeitschrift für Computerspielforschung @[email protected] online erscheinen soll! /2
    @[email protected]

  16. Very cool: we (as collaborators to the Swiss Games Garden database) have been contacted by the author of this database of 2450 German games :-)

    Have a look, share it, and maybe contribute if you can!

    gamesdatabase.de/

    #VideoGames #GameStudies #Germany #HistoryOfGames

  17. Very cool: we (as collaborators to the Swiss Games Garden database) have been contacted by the author of this database of 2450 German games :-)

    Have a look, share it, and maybe contribute if you can!

    gamesdatabase.de/

    #VideoGames #GameStudies #Germany #HistoryOfGames

  18. Vielleicht ja interessant für eure Seminare im Wintersemester oder wenn ihr euch generell für Bedeutungsebenen in Games interessieren solltet? ^^
    #Deutschdidaktik #Erzählen #Erzählung #Erfahrung #Deutschunterricht #Games #gamestudies #Spielbildung #Deutsch #blueLZ
    @[email protected] @phwa.ch

  19. ... 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

  20. Neu in den #GameStudies? Wo fange ich überhaupt an, wenn ich mich für Game Studies interessiere?
    Wie und wo beginne ich meine Recherche? Und was sage ich denen, die Forschung zu digitalen Spielen mit Skepsis betrachten?

    @hekabeohnename & Tobias Unterhuber haben einen kleinen Leitfaden geschrieben für alle Newbies in den Game Studies. Unser #Slider ⬇️

    via @AK_GWDS

    gespielt.hypotheses.org/11097

  21. Neu in den #GameStudies? Wo fange ich überhaupt an, wenn ich mich für Game Studies interessiere?
    Wie und wo beginne ich meine Recherche? Und was sage ich denen, die Forschung zu digitalen Spielen mit Skepsis betrachten?

    @hekabeohnename & Tobias Unterhuber haben einen kleinen Leitfaden geschrieben für alle Newbies in den Game Studies. Unser #Slider ⬇️

    via @AK_GWDS

    gespielt.hypotheses.org/11097

  22. Are you addicted to Stardew Valley? 🐮 🌱 👩‍🌾 If so, our User Engagement Manager Larissa Baca thinks this #KCWorksSpotlight is for you! Read the upload from Play Story Press now: works.hcommons.org/records/7a0

    #openaccess #researchspotlight #stardewvalley #gamestudies

  23. Are you addicted to Stardew Valley? 🐮 🌱 👩‍🌾 If so, our User Engagement Manager Larissa Baca thinks this #KCWorksSpotlight is for you! Read the upload from Play Story Press now: works.hcommons.org/records/7a0

    #openaccess #researchspotlight #stardewvalley #gamestudies

  24. “I walked into a police station that doesn’t exist and knew exactly where to go.”

    That became the starting point for an essay about how games create place-memory. We don’t just remember stories—we remember spaces we’ve explored, mapped, and revisited, sometimes decades later.

    What’s a fictional place you could still navigate from memory?

    buthonestly.io/observations/bu

    #Gaming #ResidentEvil #GameStudies #GameDesign #Memory #Psychology #Videogames

  25. “I walked into a police station that doesn’t exist and knew exactly where to go.”

    That became the starting point for an essay about how games create place-memory. We don’t just remember stories—we remember spaces we’ve explored, mapped, and revisited, sometimes decades later.

    What’s a fictional place you could still navigate from memory?

    buthonestly.io/observations/bu

    #Gaming #ResidentEvil #GameStudies #GameDesign #Memory #Psychology #Videogames

  26. RE: kamu.social/@fransmayra/116771

    Don’t buy the Cultural Game Studies book! You will get it for free and the publisher hasn’t made that information available yet.

    #GameStudies

  27. Avec @JulienBouvard nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la parution (après tant d'attente !) de notre ouvrage consacré à Clannad et aux cultures populaires japonaises.

    C'est un objet plutôt original : un jeu vidéo qui réussit à faire pleurer, en activant tout un jeu de genre entre le masculin et le féminin... et qui permet de comprendre les logiques de la production japonaise contemporaine !

    Le projet nous tient à cœur. On est très content de voir enfin publié. C'est aux Presses Universitaires de Liège : presses.uliege.be/produit/le-c et disponible chez votre libraire préféré.

    #GameStudies #videogames #Clannad #visualnovel #japan

  28. Avec @JulienBouvard nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la parution (après tant d'attente !) de notre ouvrage consacré à Clannad et aux cultures populaires japonaises.

    C'est un objet plutôt original : un jeu vidéo qui réussit à faire pleurer, en activant tout un jeu de genre entre le masculin et le féminin... et qui permet de comprendre les logiques de la production japonaise contemporaine !

    Le projet nous tient à cœur. On est très content de voir enfin publié. C'est aux Presses Universitaires de Liège : presses.uliege.be/produit/le-c et disponible chez votre libraire préféré.

    #GameStudies #videogames #Clannad #visualnovel #japan

  29. Ich freue mich, am 15.9. in Berlin auf der #Labora sprechen zu dürfen.

    #gamestudies

  30. I am proposing a new @wikidata property for the “visual style” of video games.

    wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Pro

    Quite proud of that one as it pulls together a lot of information from community databases, storefronts, Wikipedia, and academic research.

    #Wikidata #VideoGames #DigiPres #GamePreservation #LinkedOpenData #GameStudies

  31. Alle, die regelmäßig "kostenfreie" Online-Spiele spielen, kennen sie: In-Game-Werbung. So omnipräsent, so wenig untersucht ist sie. Arno Görgen analysiert Werbeformen in Mobile Games - von spielbaren Demos bis zu irreführenden Gameplay-Videos ⬇️

    spielkult.hypotheses.org/9294

    #GameStudies #CasualGames #MobileGames #SpielKultur#Wissenschaft

  32. #AcademicJob

    Teaching Fellow in Music

    📍University of Birmingham, UK

    Part-time (0.35 FTE) Teaching Fellow in Music, contributing to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in twenty-first century musical culture. Teaching includes Critical Musicology, Music for Games, and Music as Critical Practice, alongside dissertation supervision and student support.

    Deadline: 14/06/2026 (*soonish!)

    jobs.ac.uk/job/DRR705/teaching

    #Musicology #CriticalMusicology #GameStudies #HigherEducation

  33. Over a year ago, I had the pleasure to participate in a game jam in the Danish city of Aarhus. It was part of the EPIC-WE project, in which young people in Denmark, Portugal and the Netherlands created games inspired by the values of the European Union.

    Later, together with Rikke Toft Nørgård, Kim Holflod, Maarten Groen, and Paula Lopes, we wrote a text about these games. It was accepted at the Digital Games Research Association conference, which is starting soon, and now it can also be found online (before its official publication in the DiGRA Digital Library database).

    If you remember Slavic beasts and music in “The Witcher 3”, you knows that video games can be important carriers of cultural heritage. The EPIC-WE project (in whose final phase I took part, collaborated informally on a few conference applications) explored how local, national, or regional heritage can be incorporated into games. I hope that publications of this kind will help us understand a little better how games promote or undermine existing cultural content, but also how they create culture itself.

    The text can be downloaded from here: stanislawkrawczyk.pl/najnowsze. Its title is “Games with Culture: Using Cultural Heritage as Game-Making Material”, and the abstract is attached.

    #games
    #videogames
    #gamestudies
    #academia
    #heritage
    #culturalheritage
    #culture

  34. "In der deutschen Jugendsprache bedeutet das Wort „Para“ umgangssprachlich Geld." Ich kümmere mich ergo um Geldtexte. So einfach.

    #gamestudies

  35. Danke an B304 und Markus Bistrick für das Interview und das Interesse an meiner Arbeit in den #GameStudies
    b304.de/game-boy-mit-lehrauftr