My fourth DiGRA! Love all the amazing presentations and lovely people! See yall next year at game Christmas hehehehe

A Lot Of Great Games Will Never Win A Game Award While the industry celebrated Clair Obscur several times over, we talked about the wonderful December releases that are more interesting than The Game Awards.

Every year the industry puffs itself up for The Game Awards, but many of the best games release in December to far less fanfare. aftermath.site/a-lot-of-great...

Furry studies to the world!

DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University, Ireland Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.

📣 UPDATE: DiGRA 2026 Submission Deadline Extended
The deadline to submit full papers and abstracts has been extended to 8 December, 2025!
www.digraconference2026.com

Reformatting references is def the most painful & meaningless labour in the world 🫩

DiGRA Rising Star Program for ECR/PP & PhD Students - DiGRA Following the success of the ECR/PP keynote at this year’s DiGRA conference, we are delighted to launch a new award: the DiGRA Rising Star Spotlight. This program aims to celebrate and showcase the wo...

🌟 Following the success of the ECR/PP panel at DiGRA Malta 2025, we’re excited to launch a new award - DiGRA Rising Stars Spotlight! 🌟
Highlighting early career researchers & PhD students on a quarterly basis.
Self-nominate or learn more here: digra.org/digra-rising...

DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.

The CFP for DiGRA 2026 is now live! 🎉
www.digraconference2026.com
Submissions (papers & abstracts) are open until 1 Dec 2025.

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Furry Studies 2025 Conference Furry Studies conference aims to promote global and cross-field collaboration among furry scholars and those invested in this fascinating and diverse community.

HOOT!

We’ve been a little quiet but we’re thrilled to announce that registration for Furry Studies 2025 in Pacific Lutheran University is NOW OPEN!
👉🏻 furrystudies.org

Hopefully see you there! 🦉

Super helpful!! Thx Leon

Call for Papers

Upcoming game studies conferences

BIPOC Game Studies programme: conference.blackgamestudies.com/program.html

Replaying Japan 2026 programme: sites.google.com/view/replayi...

For an up-to-date list of calls for papers, remember this data sheet (ping for edits!): docs.google.com/spreadsheets....

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- Split Fiction is EPIC, we just can’t stop playing it
- Can‘t believe can’t believe!! Tammy laid on my legs when I was working
- Marty the Chair Killer and his “alibī” 😼
- Oh no not you Tammy 🙀

First page of the article. I gaze down at an aquamarine garden akin to a teenager playing some sort of god simulation game. The landscape is devoid of houses or roads. I move the cursor across an empty green field. With a click, patches of cobalt flowers sprout, flourish, and sparkle. Their mesmerising growth is accentuated by the melodic rings of crystalline wind chimes and strumming of acoustic guitar strings. I am playing We Dwell in Possibility (Yang/Davis 2021) by Robert Yang and Eleanor Davis. Three words materialise on the screen: ‘Cruise that utopia’.

I just published a new article on simulation gaps and queer failure! In which I discuss Zugzwang, Chicory: A Colourful Tale and more, as well as their potential for queer game design.

Available now in your local library (DM me if you want a copy). Enjoy! 🏳️‍🌈

www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

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Had a great time presenting at DiGRA Australia 2025 in Adelaide last week! Now I’m getting back to my phd thesis now… yep yep the stress is back

The program for DiGRA Australia's 2025 conference is now live: digraa.org/post/digraa-... #gamestudies

5-7 Feb in Adelaide and online, completely free to attend! Right before SAGE, too!

Hahahahaha why did you look so stupid! You’re supposed to be my cute little baby!!

VOLUME 5, BONUS ISSUE A: SURVIVING WHITENESS IN GAMES FULL ISSUE PERMALINK (September, 2023) Introduction Bonus issue editors: Sabine Harrer, Mahli-Ann Butt, Rilla Khaled, Florence M. Chee, Amani Naseem, Katta Spiel, Cale Passmore, Kishonna L. Gray, O…

Surviving Whiteness In Games
Co-edited by @mahliann.bsky.social, @sabha.bsky.social, @cheeflo.bsky.social, @amaani.bsky.social, @katta.bsky.social, @outi.bsky.social, Rilla Khaled, Cale Passmore & Kishonna L. Gray

14 essay collection examining whiteness in games

gamescriticism.org/volume-5-bon...

Thanks!! 😊

A huge thank you as well to all the participants who contributed to this research—your perspectives and insights are truly at the heart of this work.

I’m incredibly grateful to my supervisors, Xavier Ho and Jess Berry, for their guidance, support, and encouragement throughout this process. Your insights have been invaluable.

✨ My first publication! Open access!

doi.org/10.1177/1555...

It is an expanded version of the research I presented at DiGRA Australia earlier this year in February, and it’s also a part of my PhD work. It focuses on how players explore and express gender through avatar customization.

Flying 🪽

Excited to share that I’ll be serving as the Student Officer for DiGRA over the next few years!
As a PhD student, I’m deeply aware of the challenges and struggles faced by students and early-career researchers. I’ll do my best to use this opportunity to provide help and support to those who need it.

Save 40% on The Case of the Golden Idol on Steam A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive,...

store.steampowered.com/app/1677770/...

Spent the whole day playing this game - the story is incredible and totally made my day😌😌

Add me please!🙋‍♂️

The first post has to start with my Tammy & Marty! ❤️😘