@federicoalvarez
Prof. of Digital Media & Game Studies at HBK Essen. I research the aesthetics of games and play combining theoretical and experimental approaches. Book: "Time and Space in Video Games. A Cogntive-Formalist Approach" http://bit.ly/3iiMEk8
Emmanuel Guardiola and I talked to Rudolf Inderst (@gamestudies.bsky.social) about our book Video Games and Mental Health on his podcast New Books in Game Studies
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
You can now listen to the episode in the link below!
newbooksnetwork.com/video-games-...
I spoke with Federico Alvarez Igarzábal & Emmanuel Guardiola about their anthology Video Games and Mental Health. Perspectives of Psychology and Game Design on my podcast #GameStudies. I'd be delighted if you'd listen in & share: newbooksnetwork.com/video-games-...
cc @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Noch ein Call gefällig? Bis zum 31.1.2026 suchen Dr. Arno Görgen und Dr. Stefan Heinrich Simond nach Beiträgen zum Nachfolger des Sammelbandes ‚Krankheit in digitalen Spielen‘.
(@pachuki.bsky.social)
languageatplay.de/2026/01/13/c...
Forgot to mention: It's open access! :)
📖New publication: Video Games and Mental Health.
Perspectives of Psychology and Game Design, co-edited with Chad Comeau, Emmanuel Guardiola, Carmen Johann, and Katharina Tillmanns.
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6...
Thrilled to share this new publication: "Time, Play and Games", a special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds co-edited with Chris Hanson: intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
My talk "'It was foul, and I loved it': Perverse Play in Virtual Worlds" dives into how forms of play that involve taking social risks (e.g. banter, pranks) manifest in virtual worlds and how these can devolve into deviant forms of play like trolling and griefing. 2/2
Next week, I’ll be presenting at the workshop "Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds" (September 12-13) in Berlin. The program is packed with promising talks on how we experience and engage with virtual environments. Check it out here: sites.google.com/view/percept... 1/2
At #Gamescom2025! Come visit our HBK Essen stand (hall 10.1)!
Next week, I'll be speaking at the conference "Spielkultur denken" in Siegen. The event explores play culture in a broad sense and examines how play is embedded within social and political processes. Follow the link if you want to find out more about the program :)
spielformen.net/index.php/jo...
Stoners, let me improve your weekend: Someone uploaded their personal VHS recording of SIX HOURS of MTV's 1994 Beavis & Butt-head Moron-athon on @archive.org with commercials, Liquid TV & misc MTV shows: archive.org/details/beav...
I just quickly scanned it & found this hilariously dorky DOOM 2 ad:
I need to add *so many more* but if I'm leaving off Game Studies scholars, lemme know: go.bsky.app/VbvmLfK
Thanks Andy! In @theatlantic.bsky.social I describe why the panic over smartphones is more likely to distract from than solve the problems that young people are facing today. Gift link is below:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
A starter pack for Game Studies on Bluesky. Let me know if you want to be added or want to recommend any account or feed. Share it around!
go.bsky.app/56c1mPm
Psychology Today blog by E. Paul Zehr on our (Shiva Khoshnoud, David Leitritz, Meltem Çinar Bozdağ, Valdas Noreika, @marcwittmann.bsky.social) recently published paper in the Journal of Neuroscience "When the Heart Meets the Mind" t.co/83BDXHF4wU
CGL is organizing a new edition of the Young Academics Workshop, this time on the topic of "Games, Politics & Psychology: Community Building in Games & Virtual Worlds." The deadline has been extended to August 5. Take a look at the CfP for more details: colognegamelab.de/call-for-pap...
New publication!
Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds on "Time, Play, and Games." Don't miss your chance if you are interested!
Tomorrow I'm giving a talk at the Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds workshop in Berlin (Dec. 10 & 11 at the Regenbogenfabrik). The program is packed with great presentations. Looking forward to it!
sites.google.com/view/percept...
Deadline reminder: Abstracts for the special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds on "Time, Play, and Games" can be submitted until May 15 (next Wednesday).
If you missed the Game Studies Day co-organized by the
Cologne Game Lab and the Now Play This festival (@nowplaythis.bsky.social) on April 11, now you can watch it on YouTube (the first talk starts on min 35).
The schedule can be accessed here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
youtu.be/B0sAJmJjFxY
**Call for Papers**
Chris Hanson and I are editing a special issue on "Time, Play, and Games" for the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds ⌛Submissions due by May 15. Full CfP in the following link:
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
Happening tomorrow! You can join us on site (Somerset House, London) or via Livestream :)
We are under one week away from the Game Studies Day at the Now Play This festival @nowplaythis.bsky.social: "At Play. Between reality and Make Believe."
You can check the schedule here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
The event will also be live streamed, for those who are not in London :)
My book "Time and Space in Video Games. A Cognitive-Formalist Approach" is available in Open Access: tinyurl.com/3jfjrxnx
The website for the @nowplaythis.bsky.social Festival in London is online. I'm co-organizing a game studies day (April 11) with Luján Oulton: "At Play: Between Reality and Make Believe." Join us for an interesting series of talks on game studies and the nature of play! nowplaythis.net
