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Connor Jackson
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PhD in Media | Writing on video games and horror | Author of Zombies, Consumption, and Satire in Capcom’s Dead Rising (Routledge, 2024)
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Doodle by me Old leon kennedy asking “wheres everyone going? Bingo??” then muttering “i wanna play bingo…”
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Training Mewtwo for the Pokémon Legends Z-A DLC release tomorrow! 💫
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Give Kang Ae-sim an award for her performance as Player 149 in Squid Game! She had me SOBBING!! 😭
A publicity picture for Squid Game Season 3 featuring Player 149, an elderly woman and mother of Player 007. She stands inside a room that has been painted with a rainbow and blue sky.
June 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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POV: you look at me while I’m watching Squid Game Season 3.
A close up of a chihuahua with watery eyes, which make the dog look very sad.
June 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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From 28 Days to 28 Years, it’s been a wild ride. 28 Years Later is now the franchise’s biggest film ever, earning $103M worldwide.
June 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Silent Hill 1 Remake Announced, from Bloober Team.
Silent Hill 1 Remake Announced, from Bloober Team
Project now in development
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June 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Taking us back to Raccoon City for Resident Evil’s 30th anniversary is one of the best decisions Capcom ever made.
The Raccoon Police Department in ruins, years after Raccoon City was destroyed by a bomb to contain the spread of the T-Virus.
June 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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The Resident Evil 9 - aka Resident Evil Requiem - trailer dropped and WE’RE GOING BACK TO RACCOON CITY, BABY!!

Release date: 27th February 2026
Resident Evil Requiem - Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games
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June 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Kinetic Games' terrifying ghost investigation game, Phasmophobia, is getting the Hollywood treatment from Horror specialist Blumhouse. https://bit.ly/4mPSqXy
June 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Currently playing this absolute gem of a game. It’s been ages since I’ve been on a point-and-click adventure!

And not just any point-and-click adventure; a folk horror point-and-click adventure set in rural Victorian England. Spooky!
A woman in a train looks out of the window at the English countryside. Purple light spills out of a barrow in the distance. Storm clouds are overhead. The woman face is calm, but her reflection in the train window shows what appears to be a different person; it is her, but she looks deeply worried.
May 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Fear Street: Prom Queen is a good film, in a “don’t think too much about it” sort of way.

And you know what? That’s okay.
Six young women attending their prom are looking at the viewer in a POV shot that is positioned as though the viewer is lying on the floor. They are wearing prom attire and a bright disco ball can be seen behind them. They look shocked and surprised.
May 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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First 3 games available now:
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May 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Call for papers! I'm excited to share that Dr Ewan Kirkland and I are seeking abstracts for an edited collection on horror videogames. Final chapters should be 2,500-3,000 words. The deadline for abstract submissions is 31/08/2025.

For further details, see the full CFP below. Please share widely!
Call for Chapters: Horror Videogames: A Companion Editors: Dr Connor Jackson and Dr Ewan Kirkland This publication - which is planned for submission to Peter Lang's Genre Fiction and Film Companions series - aims to provide readers with an accessible yet scholarly overview of the historical, cultural, technological and aesthetic dimensions of the horror videogame, organised around an extensive series of short case studies. Accordingly, we are seeking abstracts for a series of shorter chapters presenting critical analyses of key titles in the genre's history. Videogames should be chosen for their popular cultural impacts, uniqueness and innovative contributions to the horror genre and videogame medium. The collection will cover a variety of time periods, platforms, development contexts, countries of origin and sub-genres. It will also feature various manifestations of horrific content; from monsters, zombies, ghosts, and eldritch abominations to psychological horror, jump scares, and fourth wall-breaking cult games. Each chapter will justify its selected case study as a noteworthy horror videogame, while also embedding its chosen text within academic discussions of genre, storytelling, design and/or affect. The collection will be divided into several sections, which are detailed below alongside suggested entries. We welcome submission on the suggested videogames, as well as submissions on videogames that are not on our list of suggested entries. Please note that we do not require submissions on Left 4 Dead (2008) or Five Night's at Freddy's (2014), as these titles will be covered by the editors. Sections and Suggested Entries [cropped due to word limit] Early Horror Videogames: Carmageddon (1997) Canonical Horror Videogames: Resident Evil (1996) Horror Videogame Sequels: Silent Hill 2 (2002) Adaptation in Horror Videogames: Alien: Isolation (2014) Multiplayer Horror Videogames: The Outlast Trials (2024) Indie Horror Videogames: Signalis (2022) Please send chapter abstracts of around 200 words (excluding references) alongside bios of up to 100 words to Connor Jackson (jacksoc1@hope.ac.uk) and Ewan Kirkland (ewan.kirkland@uca.ac.uk) by Sunday 31s August 2025 with the subject heading: "Horror Videogames Abstract". Abstract titles should follow the same format, with the game title and a subheading indicating the area/focus of horror to be addressed. For example, "Left 4 Dead (2008) - The Horror of Abandonment". If you are interested in covering more than one videogame, feel free to add a list of up to 3 other titles alongside your submission. Should your submission entry be in high demand, the editors may contact you to discuss your secondary options. Also, if you have any questions, please send them to the above-mentioned email addresses. Full chapters should be 2500-3000 words (excluding references). Provisional Timeframe CFP Deadline: Sunday 31« August 2025 CFP Feedback by end of September 2025 Completed Chapters by end of January 2026 Feedback with potential edits by end of April 2026 Chapters returned by end of June 2026 Submission of final draft to editors by end of August 2026 Editor Biographies Connor Jackson | Liverpool Hope University Connor Jackson attained his PhD from Edge Hill University, UK. His research concentrates on how videogames reinforce and challenge ideas about both the world and human behaviour. In addition, he is interested in horror in relation to and beyond videogames. He is the author of Zombies, Consumption, and Satire in Capcom's Dead Rising (Routledge, 2024). Ewan Kirkland | University for the Creative Arts Ewan Kirkland has published extensively on videogames, focussing particularly on survival horror and the Silent Hill series. Exploring such issues as storytelling, gender representation, genre and concept art, Ewan's work has appeared in Games and Culture, Convergence, Gothic Studies and Camera Obscura. Routledge Advances in Game Studies recently published Ewan's… …study examining the influence of Gothic literature on games design, which contains chapters on Bioshock, Gone Home, What Remains of Edith Finch and Night in the Woods.
May 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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There are disturbing, animatronic versions of Disney characters in Epic Mickey: Rebrushed and I think that’s pretty neat.
Animatronic Donald Duck in Epic Mickey: Rebrushed for the PlayStation 5. He resembles the regular Donald Duck, although pieces of his body are missing, such as his right eye and lower torso, showing metal structures underneath.
May 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed really is a beautiful game.
A screenshot from Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed showing Mickey Mouse looking beyond a waterfall of green goo and toward a gothic mansion. A large crescent moon shines through the dark and cloudy night sky.
May 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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GTA 6 Delayed to 2026, Out on 26th May 2026.
GTA 6 Delayed to 2026, Out on 26th May 2026
Rockstar confirms delay and new release date
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May 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Deserved!
April 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Interesting CfP for all gamestudies folks out there interested in phenomena like self-referentiality and meta-textuality in games and videogames
>> www.gamesbeyond.org/home <<
Games Beyond
Welcome to the website of the international conference "Games & Game Studies Beyond Postmodernism". The conference will take place at the University of Konstanz, on 4-5 September, 2025. The Call for P...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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738. ZOMBIES, CONSUMPTION, AND SATIRE IN CAPCOM'S DEAD RISING

👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/zombies...

"Examines how Dead Rising uses satire to critique consumer culture through gameplay and design."

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Cover of the book "Zombies, Consumption, and Satire in Capcom’s Dead Rising" by Connor Jackson. The design features a bold red and black background with sharp geometric shapes and dotted light patterns, topped with the Routledge Focus branding and logo.
April 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Fights in Naruto take around 3-5 business days to wrap up and sometimes that makes the show tedious.
April 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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In this new episode of the Game Studies podcast for the New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social), I chat with Rudolf Thomas Inderst (@gamestudies.bsky.social) about my book: Zombies, Consumption, and Satire in Capcom's Dead Rising (Routledge, 2024).

Thank you for having me on the show!
Connor Jackson, "Zombies, Consumption, and Satire in Capcom's Dead Rising" (Routledge, 2024) - New Books Network
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April 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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It was great chatting to Rudolf Thomas Inderst (@gamestudies.bsky.social) earlier about my book - Zombies, Consumption, and Satire in Capcom’s Dead Rising - for the Game Studies podcast on the New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social).

Keep an eye out for the episode, which is coming soon!
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April 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Nintendo really is giving us Mario Kart: Breath of the Wild.
April 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I’m pretty sure nobody had “Nintendo revealing that Mario Kart World has Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time style time reversal gameplay mechanics” on their bingo cards!
April 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM