And my Load Doot Doot series of acrylic paintings of photographs from the 1980s depicted only in the 8-colour palette of the ZX Spectrum

This includes my ongoing DGenerations series of observational oil paintings in which I represent Nintendo d-pads …

As well as traditional research, I am also a practitioner who explores research ideas through creative practice in art and games. In recent weeks I’ve been experimenting with oils and acrylics to explore how traditional art media can be used to represent digital and technological memories of games.

Lastly, I also have interests in inclusion and inclusive practices within games, play, and production. I recently presented at the RNIB Inclusive Design for Sustainability conference on this topic.

For the past few years I have been involved in R&D in collaboration with industry and international partners, through the Dundee-based creative cluster InGAME. My focus here has covered experimental games, applied games, and transnational collaboration, e.g.

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Examples of some of the research I have published in this area include:

As a researcher I have many interests across game creation and the culture of games. My work tends to focus on nostalgia and cultural memory in games, both in terms of how society remembers gaming and how cultural and mediated memory is represented within games.