Julián Gutiérrez Carrera
@gutierrezcarrera.bsky.social
Doctoral student researching representations of suicide in videogames.
Reposted by Julián Gutiérrez Carrera
As you may know, we are running a conference on games, play, and climate futures in May at the ITU Copenhagen: playingfutures.today
Some news: the deadline for abstracts has been extended to February 20th. Now you have no excuses left not to submit!
Some news: the deadline for abstracts has been extended to February 20th. Now you have no excuses left not to submit!
Playing Futures
Playing Futures is a conference about the role of games and play during and after the impending climate and energy catastrophes. The goal of the conference is to serve as a meeting point for the commu...
playingfutures.today
February 4, 2026 at 10:26 AM
As you may know, we are running a conference on games, play, and climate futures in May at the ITU Copenhagen: playingfutures.today
Some news: the deadline for abstracts has been extended to February 20th. Now you have no excuses left not to submit!
Some news: the deadline for abstracts has been extended to February 20th. Now you have no excuses left not to submit!
Reposted by Julián Gutiérrez Carrera
Here’s a friendly reminder about the conference we are running at the ITU in May: playingfutures.today
Deadline for abstracts is February 16th, and the conference will take place May 20th to 22nd in Copenhagen. Look at our call for papers for more details: playingfutures.today/call-for-pap...
Deadline for abstracts is February 16th, and the conference will take place May 20th to 22nd in Copenhagen. Look at our call for papers for more details: playingfutures.today/call-for-pap...
Playing Futures
Playing Futures is a conference about the role of games and play during and after the impending climate and energy catastrophes. The goal of the conference is to serve as a meeting point for the commu...
playingfutures.today
January 19, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Here’s a friendly reminder about the conference we are running at the ITU in May: playingfutures.today
Deadline for abstracts is February 16th, and the conference will take place May 20th to 22nd in Copenhagen. Look at our call for papers for more details: playingfutures.today/call-for-pap...
Deadline for abstracts is February 16th, and the conference will take place May 20th to 22nd in Copenhagen. Look at our call for papers for more details: playingfutures.today/call-for-pap...
Reposted by Julián Gutiérrez Carrera
Animal Crossing: New Horizons' 3.0 version update is now out. I want to use it as an opportunity to briefly reflect on my 2022 article on New Horizons' character trade.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Animal Crossing: New Horizons' 3.0 version update is now out. I want to use it as an opportunity to briefly reflect on my 2022 article on New Horizons' character trade.
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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...
doi.org
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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Reposted by Julián Gutiérrez Carrera
The Center for Digital Play at the IT University of Copenhagen is organizing a new conference: Playing Futures. The conference will take place from May 20th to 22nd at the IT University of Copenhagen. You can read more about it here: playingfutures.today
Playing Futures
Playing Futures is a conference about the role of games and play during and after the impending climate and energy catastrophes. The goal of the conference is to serve as a meeting point for the commu...
playingfutures.today
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Center for Digital Play at the IT University of Copenhagen is organizing a new conference: Playing Futures. The conference will take place from May 20th to 22nd at the IT University of Copenhagen. You can read more about it here: playingfutures.today
Reposted by Julián Gutiérrez Carrera
The Spring Seminar 2026 CfP is out now! This time, the theme is “Events and Communities”. Please have a look at the full CfP on the Spring Seminar website: springseminar.org/2026-call-fo...
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere.
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere.
2026 | Call for Papers
Events are at the heart of game and play cultures. They are organized for many reasons and purposes, bringing people together to play, socialize, compete, learn and teach, network, sell, perform, c…
springseminar.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Spring Seminar 2026 CfP is out now! This time, the theme is “Events and Communities”. Please have a look at the full CfP on the Spring Seminar website: springseminar.org/2026-call-fo...
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere.
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere.
My first paper, "Fictional Videogames as Framing Devices: Suicide Communication in MMOs," is out now on Eludamos.
In the paper, I argue that the use of fictional MMOs as framing devices serves as a reflexive narrative tool that suggests MMOs as spaces with their own internal rules of communication.
In the paper, I argue that the use of fictional MMOs as framing devices serves as a reflexive narrative tool that suggests MMOs as spaces with their own internal rules of communication.
Fictional videogames as framing devices: Suicide communication in MMOs
| Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture
eludamos.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My first paper, "Fictional Videogames as Framing Devices: Suicide Communication in MMOs," is out now on Eludamos.
In the paper, I argue that the use of fictional MMOs as framing devices serves as a reflexive narrative tool that suggests MMOs as spaces with their own internal rules of communication.
In the paper, I argue that the use of fictional MMOs as framing devices serves as a reflexive narrative tool that suggests MMOs as spaces with their own internal rules of communication.