Simon Dor is an Associate Professor at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, teaching in the game development program in Montréal, Québec. He first played Pokémon games during the pandemic with his children Laurent and Thierry. You can find him on:… Continue Reading
From pixelated adventurer to cultural lightning rod: how has Lara Croft, once a simple video game character, become a focal point in discussions about feminism, representation, and now, colonialism? Lara Croft has long been central to debates about feminism, for… Continue Reading
Julie Veitch is a PhD student at the University of Waterloo whose research focuses on “detecting figures” and the construction of authority in modern Occult-Detective fiction. She is particularly interested in the way that form affects narrative content and how… Continue Reading
Andrew Kirby is a PhD candidate in the Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies program at Queen’s University. His research focuses on the representation of urban environments in digital media and how these environments impact their human inhabitants. His research is… Continue Reading
Gurn Group is a video game enthusiast and philosophy student in Shanghai, China. David Kanaga’s 2017 game Oikospiel Book I is difficult to summarize, but the first moments of the game offer a glimpse of what it’s like to play.… Continue Reading
Miriam Scuderi is a student assistant researcher at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität of Mainz where they are obtaining a Master of Arts degree in American Studies. Their research focus is all over the place, ranging from media studies to queer… Continue Reading
Luke Hernandez is currently a Ph.D. Student in the Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication program at the University of Texas at Dallas. Luke’s research work lies at the intersection of Critical Game Studies, Latinx Studies, and Queer Theory. Luke works… Continue Reading