@amayer.bsky.social
Science and Technology Studies // Game Culture Studies // Human-Technology-Interaction // Neo-Baroque Media
Researching DIY Technology Practices and Intersections of Technology Development and Game Cultures @ Tampere University & CoE GameCult
Researching DIY Technology Practices and Intersections of Technology Development and Game Cultures @ Tampere University & CoE GameCult
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The proceedings of last year's @midagesmodgames.bsky.social conference are finally out!
All in all, we've got almost 200 pages of bite-sized papers on all kinds of ludic medievalism.
#historygames #medievalsky #gtp #gamingthepast #gamestudies
All in all, we've got almost 200 pages of bite-sized papers on all kinds of ludic medievalism.
#historygames #medievalsky #gtp #gamingthepast #gamestudies
MAMG25 Proceedings
issuu.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The proceedings of last year's @midagesmodgames.bsky.social conference are finally out!
All in all, we've got almost 200 pages of bite-sized papers on all kinds of ludic medievalism.
#historygames #medievalsky #gtp #gamingthepast #gamestudies
All in all, we've got almost 200 pages of bite-sized papers on all kinds of ludic medievalism.
#historygames #medievalsky #gtp #gamingthepast #gamestudies
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GachaCon 2026 is just one month away (12–13 February)! Preliminary programme: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Want to bag some GachaCon merch? Register for attendance: forms.gle/Mjk9tRo9TTSW....
January 9, 2026 at 5:41 AM
GachaCon 2026 is just one month away (12–13 February)! Preliminary programme: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Want to bag some GachaCon merch? Register for attendance: forms.gle/Mjk9tRo9TTSW....
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Eludamos has a new CFP for a Special issue: New Perspectives on Men and Masculinity in Gaming
Eludamos invites scholars in game studies and beyond to submit full papers for a special issue on men and masculinity in gaming, with deadline March 15, 2026.
Eludamos invites scholars in game studies and beyond to submit full papers for a special issue on men and masculinity in gaming, with deadline March 15, 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Eludamos has a new CFP for a Special issue: New Perspectives on Men and Masculinity in Gaming
Eludamos invites scholars in game studies and beyond to submit full papers for a special issue on men and masculinity in gaming, with deadline March 15, 2026.
Eludamos invites scholars in game studies and beyond to submit full papers for a special issue on men and masculinity in gaming, with deadline March 15, 2026.
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The article @jjol33n.bsky.social and I have been working on, "Ludic Representations of Suicide Livestreams in the Japanese Videogame NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD," is now out on the journal Thanatos.
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Ludic Representations of Suicide Livestreams in the Japanese Videogame NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
In this article, we argue that suicide livestreams serve as a communicative appeal to correct (mis)representations of the suicidal individual through footage that will immortalise the suicide by doing...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The article @jjol33n.bsky.social and I have been working on, "Ludic Representations of Suicide Livestreams in the Japanese Videogame NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD," is now out on the journal Thanatos.
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New year, new publication alert - and this is a big one for me. My book "The Role of Enemies in Military Shooter Video Games" is out! It’s an attempt to provide a systematic framework for analyzing enemies in military shooters.
www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-...
www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-...
The Role of Enemies in Military Shooter Video Games: On Hostile Ground
This book delivers a unique way of understanding the heart of every first‑person military shooter game – its enemies – from within the genre itself to present a nuanced view of opponents in war games....
www.routledge.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
New year, new publication alert - and this is a big one for me. My book "The Role of Enemies in Military Shooter Video Games" is out! It’s an attempt to provide a systematic framework for analyzing enemies in military shooters.
www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-...
www.routledge.com/The-Role-of-...
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Just made a quick video of my #envhist #medievalsky talk about human-animal relations "Exploding Pigs & Retirement Homes For Cows: Alpine Human-Animal Relations in the Late Middle Ages"➡️
works.hcommons.org/records/eq9z...
works.hcommons.org/records/eq9z...
December 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Just made a quick video of my #envhist #medievalsky talk about human-animal relations "Exploding Pigs & Retirement Homes For Cows: Alpine Human-Animal Relations in the Late Middle Ages"➡️
works.hcommons.org/records/eq9z...
works.hcommons.org/records/eq9z...
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Busy week for the CoE blog! Have a look at this blog post where Matilda Ståhl, Aska Mayer (@amayer.bsky.social), Robyn Hope, Rainforest Scully-Blaker (@rainforestsb.bsky.social) and Nick Taylor (@nickttaylor.bsky.social) discuss intersections between survival games and survivalism.
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Matilda Ståhl, Aska Mayer, Robyn Hope, Rainforest Scully-Blaker, Nick Taylor: Looking to the future? Intersections between survival games and survivalism...
This post introduces SURVIVE, a project that has been a site of collaborative inquiry since 2025, looking at the intersections of ideas and practices of survivalism and preparedness in digital game…
coe-gamecult.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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The last article summary of the CoE blog is here! Ville Malinen discusses game videos addressing the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna as a form and tool of cultural memory based on his article originally written in Finnish. Read the summary here:
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article Summary: Game videos addressing the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna as a form and tool of cultural memory (Malinen, 2025)
This blog post provides an English summary of an article that explores the relationship between simulative game videos and cultural memory through the fatal crash of Formula One driver Ayrton Senna…
coe-gamecult.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The last article summary of the CoE blog is here! Ville Malinen discusses game videos addressing the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna as a form and tool of cultural memory based on his article originally written in Finnish. Read the summary here:
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Correct diagnosis: It's not that LLMs will "undo" science but they will accelerate its slopification because of the already existing perverse incentive structures that are in place. "LLMs didn’t create the dysfunction in scientific publishing; they inherited it, intensified it, made it run faster."
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Correct diagnosis: It's not that LLMs will "undo" science but they will accelerate its slopification because of the already existing perverse incentive structures that are in place. "LLMs didn’t create the dysfunction in scientific publishing; they inherited it, intensified it, made it run faster."
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The search for a definitive “first” Finnish digital game or the singular origin of the Finnish game industry has shaped historical narratives, even though such beginnings are often complex, contested, and continuously pushed earlier by new discoveries. More in the blog post by Jaakko Suominen:
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Jaakko Suominen: Stories of the Origin of the Finnish Game Industry
The search for a definitive “first” Finnish digital game or the singular origin of the Finnish game industry has shaped historical narratives, even though such beginnings are often complex, contest…
coe-gamecult.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The search for a definitive “first” Finnish digital game or the singular origin of the Finnish game industry has shaped historical narratives, even though such beginnings are often complex, contested, and continuously pushed earlier by new discoveries. More in the blog post by Jaakko Suominen:
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New article summary at the CoE blog: Markku Reunanen, Petri Saarikoski and Tapani Joelsson discuss how home computers arrived at Finnish homes in the 1980s based on an online survey conducted in 2022.
Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies – Article Summary: “Me and Friends Got into Computing” – The Arrival of Computers at Finnish homes in the 1980s. (Reunanen, Saarikoski & Joelsson, 2025)
In this blog post, Markku Reunanen, Petri Saarikoski and Tapani Joelsson discuss how home computers arrived at Finnish homes in the 1980s based on an online survey conducted in 2022.
coe-gamecult.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New article summary at the CoE blog: Markku Reunanen, Petri Saarikoski and Tapani Joelsson discuss how home computers arrived at Finnish homes in the 1980s based on an online survey conducted in 2022.
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new game release: Rainbows Are Carnivores is an experimental gay fishing romance / aquaculture management sim. Free, 10-20 min, play in mobile or desktop browser radiatoryang.itch.io/rainbows
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
new game release: Rainbows Are Carnivores is an experimental gay fishing romance / aquaculture management sim. Free, 10-20 min, play in mobile or desktop browser radiatoryang.itch.io/rainbows
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CFP for the next issue of G|A|M|E – Games as Art, Media, Entertainment, on “Queer and Trans Game Studies in Global and Local Contexts” is out!
This issue aims to map current developments in queer and trans game studies.
For full details: www.gamejournal.it/n-132025-bey...
This issue aims to map current developments in queer and trans game studies.
For full details: www.gamejournal.it/n-132025-bey...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
CFP for the next issue of G|A|M|E – Games as Art, Media, Entertainment, on “Queer and Trans Game Studies in Global and Local Contexts” is out!
This issue aims to map current developments in queer and trans game studies.
For full details: www.gamejournal.it/n-132025-bey...
This issue aims to map current developments in queer and trans game studies.
For full details: www.gamejournal.it/n-132025-bey...
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DiGRA deadline extended until 8th December for abstracts and full papers.
www.digraconference2026.com
www.digraconference2026.com
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.
www.digraconference2026.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
DiGRA deadline extended until 8th December for abstracts and full papers.
www.digraconference2026.com
www.digraconference2026.com
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Tampere University friends:
Academic Board (konsistori) elections at Tampere University began this morning, and voting is open working days, 8am-5pm, until November 28. University staff and grant researchers can find the link to vote on the university intranet: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...
Academic Board (konsistori) elections at Tampere University began this morning, and voting is open working days, 8am-5pm, until November 28. University staff and grant researchers can find the link to vote on the university intranet: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Tampere University friends:
Academic Board (konsistori) elections at Tampere University began this morning, and voting is open working days, 8am-5pm, until November 28. University staff and grant researchers can find the link to vote on the university intranet: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...
Academic Board (konsistori) elections at Tampere University began this morning, and voting is open working days, 8am-5pm, until November 28. University staff and grant researchers can find the link to vote on the university intranet: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...
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🚚🚚🚚New article alert! Part of a special issue on games + container technologies, it’s about truckers who play Truck Simulator in their trucks, but also simulation, battlestations, and the logistics of work and play. It's open access, so please take a look 🚚🚚🚚 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Truck simulator, trucker-simulators, and the containment of neoliberal capitalism
This paper discusses truckers who play games (including Truck Simulator) while on the road. Inspired by the concept of “container technologies” and more recent work which distinguishes between cont...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🚚🚚🚚New article alert! Part of a special issue on games + container technologies, it’s about truckers who play Truck Simulator in their trucks, but also simulation, battlestations, and the logistics of work and play. It's open access, so please take a look 🚚🚚🚚 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📞🎮 Sidetalking: Nokia’s playful design gone sideways
Heikki Jungman, @t0mm7.bsky.social, Niklas Nylund & @sotamaa.bsky.social revisit the N-Gage’s sideways-calling feature.
💡 The article shows how cultural misalignment, not tech flaws, doomed it.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Heikki Jungman, @t0mm7.bsky.social, Niklas Nylund & @sotamaa.bsky.social revisit the N-Gage’s sideways-calling feature.
💡 The article shows how cultural misalignment, not tech flaws, doomed it.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📞🎮 Sidetalking: Nokia’s playful design gone sideways
Heikki Jungman, @t0mm7.bsky.social, Niklas Nylund & @sotamaa.bsky.social revisit the N-Gage’s sideways-calling feature.
💡 The article shows how cultural misalignment, not tech flaws, doomed it.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Heikki Jungman, @t0mm7.bsky.social, Niklas Nylund & @sotamaa.bsky.social revisit the N-Gage’s sideways-calling feature.
💡 The article shows how cultural misalignment, not tech flaws, doomed it.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New stream of "A LIft Home." Premium Passenger Dr. Joleen Blom. Live on November 19, 2025. From Lublin (EPLB) to Helsinki (EFHK). Inflight menu: Transmedia storytelling and the dynamic game character. Departure 7pm (CET)/8pm (EET).
#gamestudies
#transmedia
#mediastudies
wp.me/p5EI1K-1tC
#gamestudies
#transmedia
#mediastudies
wp.me/p5EI1K-1tC
A Lift Home (S1:E3) for Dr. Joleen Blom - Sebastian Möring, PhD
A Lift Home is back and ready to take off, soon! In the next episode (S1:E3), live on November 19, 2025, we will take premium passenger Dr. Joleen Blom from Lublin-Świdnik (EPLB), where our plane was ...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
New stream of "A LIft Home." Premium Passenger Dr. Joleen Blom. Live on November 19, 2025. From Lublin (EPLB) to Helsinki (EFHK). Inflight menu: Transmedia storytelling and the dynamic game character. Departure 7pm (CET)/8pm (EET).
#gamestudies
#transmedia
#mediastudies
wp.me/p5EI1K-1tC
#gamestudies
#transmedia
#mediastudies
wp.me/p5EI1K-1tC
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New Games and Culture! I especially want to highlight Leland Masek's piece on identifying playfulness. His work on playfulness is foundational! (I'm his supervisor, so I may be slightly biased.)
September 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New Games and Culture! I especially want to highlight Leland Masek's piece on identifying playfulness. His work on playfulness is foundational! (I'm his supervisor, so I may be slightly biased.)
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#Cfp: Call for Book Chapters - #videogames, #gamedesign, game communities, & playthings that trouble what we mean by #nostalgia
“ #Games and its Nostalgia for the Future” is edited by yours truly and likely published with Play Story Press.
Abstracts due Nov 3, 2025
Full CfP: shorturl.at/NCkzU
“ #Games and its Nostalgia for the Future” is edited by yours truly and likely published with Play Story Press.
Abstracts due Nov 3, 2025
Full CfP: shorturl.at/NCkzU
CfP: Nostalgia for the Future Book
Nostalgia for the Future? Any books on this? No? Let's write one, together.
shorturl.at
September 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#Cfp: Call for Book Chapters - #videogames, #gamedesign, game communities, & playthings that trouble what we mean by #nostalgia
“ #Games and its Nostalgia for the Future” is edited by yours truly and likely published with Play Story Press.
Abstracts due Nov 3, 2025
Full CfP: shorturl.at/NCkzU
“ #Games and its Nostalgia for the Future” is edited by yours truly and likely published with Play Story Press.
Abstracts due Nov 3, 2025
Full CfP: shorturl.at/NCkzU
Meet me next week in Bochum (Germany) speaking about the concept of virtuality from the perspective of my own research, somewhere inbetween virtual prototyping and sensing.
#NextWeek
The ECF conference, »Reflecting Virtuality«, will take place on September 24 and 25 at Ruhr University Bochum.
Registration information: www.virtuelle-lebens...
The ECF conference, »Reflecting Virtuality«, will take place on September 24 and 25 at Ruhr University Bochum.
Registration information: www.virtuelle-lebens...
September 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Meet me next week in Bochum (Germany) speaking about the concept of virtuality from the perspective of my own research, somewhere inbetween virtual prototyping and sensing.
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📍 CFP DHNB 2026: Lost in abundance: Encounters with the non-canonical
Submission deadline: October 15th
Conference date: March 9-13, 2026
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Please spread widely! 🎉
#digitalhumanities #glam #digitalculture
Submission deadline: October 15th
Conference date: March 9-13, 2026
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Please spread widely! 🎉
#digitalhumanities #glam #digitalculture
Call for Papers: DHNB 2026, Aarhus – DHNB
dhnb.eu
September 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📍 CFP DHNB 2026: Lost in abundance: Encounters with the non-canonical
Submission deadline: October 15th
Conference date: March 9-13, 2026
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Please spread widely! 🎉
#digitalhumanities #glam #digitalculture
Submission deadline: October 15th
Conference date: March 9-13, 2026
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Please spread widely! 🎉
#digitalhumanities #glam #digitalculture
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Reading the special issue on Fans in M/C Journal. The essays are very accessible and readable and diverse, do have a look! #fans #fandom journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...
Vol. 28 No. 3 (2025): fan | M/C Journal
M/C Journal - a journal of media and culture, founded in 1998.
journal.media-culture.org.au
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reading the special issue on Fans in M/C Journal. The essays are very accessible and readable and diverse, do have a look! #fans #fandom journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...
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I'm hiring a postdoc at ITU Copenhagen with experience in NLP, who is keen on improving citizens' experience of health emergency triage in an exciting project with the Danish emergency helpline and the University of Copenhagen. Knowledge of Danish is helpful. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Citizen-Facing Bidirectional AI for Emergency Triage
The IT University of Copenhagen invites highly motivated individuals to apply for a two year Postdoc position starting in November 2025 or soon thereafter. We i
candidate.hr-manager.net
September 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I'm hiring a postdoc at ITU Copenhagen with experience in NLP, who is keen on improving citizens' experience of health emergency triage in an exciting project with the Danish emergency helpline and the University of Copenhagen. Knowledge of Danish is helpful. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...