Finally back home from #nordicdigra25, what an absolute blast. So much fun meeting old friends and making new ones, listening to very smart people, eating well, and just laughing a lot. And man, I'm so tired.
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A screenshot of a slide from the presentation. It features my face crudely photoshopped over a cartoon office lady's head. In one panel, Andreas Malm's "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" says, "I want to change the world" to which I respond "Awww you're sweet". In the other, Jane McGonigal's "Reality is Broken" says the same thing and I am on the phone saying "HELLO, HUMAN RESOURCES?!" implying that version of the message is more distressing and so on. This is a joke of course and in no way reflects my feelings about Jane McGonigal as a person but rather is my way of asking if we can do games research that threatens to change the world in lasting ways as Malm suggests.
Talking about this is how I remember that @sabha.bsky.social exists on this website! Despite a stubbed toe, the talk went wonderfully and my meme (see below) got a healthy dose of laughs, which is all that matters, right? .......... right?
#nordicdigra25
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Second day of #nordicdigra25 behind us (sans conference dinner), and it's been great so far! Really great presentations and keynotes, so much fun and lovely discussions.
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#nordicdigra25 was the correct hashtag. :)
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And now it's @jaakkostenros.bsky.social discussing swamp football and wife-carrying competitions. Peak Finland #nordicdigra25
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@torillelvira.bsky.social currently presenting on knitting roleplay, and this is why #gamestudies conferences can be very entertaining and surprising. #nordicdigra25
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Two people, Kishonna Gray and Mikko Meriläinen, talking to each other. Mikko, the person on the right has his hands balled into fists from happy excitement.
This is what a conference chair (on the right) very happy with a keynote presenter (on the left) looks like. Brilliant work by Kishonna Gray! #nordicdigra25 #gamestudies
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Currently listening to Kishonna Gray's keynote at #nordicdigra25, and it's pure fire. Here's her blog post related to the keynote.
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Title slide from the talk titled "Critical Game Studies" and the Politics of Hope? by me and Sabine Harrer
Rolling in to sunny Turku 🌞 for Nordic Digra 2025! Really excited for our talk exploring what we mean when we say "critical" game studies 🔥
#gamestudies #nordicdigra25
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After a year and a half of preparations, the #nordicdigra25 conference is finally kicking off tomorrow in lovely Turku. Can't wait! #gamestudies
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"Stardew Valley might make us rethink the relationship we have with the very vegetables we prepare and cook."
Concluding our #nordicdigra25 keynote speaker blog post series, Dr. Velvet Spors from the University of Tartu discusses the relationship between people, nature, and videogames. #gamestudies
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"Why should we care about men in gaming when research shows that it is women who face issues of exclusion and harassment in videogames?"
Professor Kristine Jørgensen from the University of Bergen answers the question in our #nordicdigra25 keynote speaker blog post series. #gamestudies
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We are happy to announce the programme for Nordic DiGRA 2025, organised in collaboration with @coegamecult.bsky.social! Check out our excellent keynotes and sessions around the topic of hope - much needed these days. #nordicdigra25 #gamestudies
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Less than two weeks left to register early-bird for Nordic DiGRA 2025!
Early-bird registration is available until Friday 28 March 23:59 EET 🐦
#gamestudies #nordicdigra25
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Super stoked to report that we just finished the paper selection for #nordicdigra25, and if the submission quality is anything to go by, we're in for a very, very good time. #gamestudies #gameresearch
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Our third and final keynote announcement for Nordic DiGRA 2025 is Dr. Velvet Spors of Tampere University! #nordicdigra25 #gamestudies
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It is our great pleasure to announce the second keynote speaker for Nordic DiGRA 2025: Professor Kristine Jørgensen! #gamestudies #nordicdigra25
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We are very excited to announce the first keynote speaker for Nordic DiGRA 2025: Professor Kishonna L. Gray!
#gamestudies #nordicdigra25
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