@gcwblomquist.bsky.social
Assistant Lecturer @ University of Alberta PhD in game studies & transmedia storytelling
In Memoriam: Marsha Kinder 1940-2025
In Memoriam: Marsha Kinder 1940-2025
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Marsha Kinder, Emerita University Professor at the University of Southern California and a pioneering figure in film, television, and digital media studies.
Our brand-new and bilingual website for CGSA 2026 is now live (a whole day early, go us!): event.fourwaves.com/cgsa2026
We're officially ready receive your wonderful proposals (click the "Submissions" tab in the top-left).
As always, email us if you encounter any issues or have any questions. <3
A creepy screenshot of Lavender Town from Pokemon Red & Blue
Girls will be like โI know a placeโ and then take you here
19.08.2024 21:41 โ ๐ 81 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2
Meet the dynamic duo behind Strange Pixel Studio! @gcwblomquist.bsky.social is a writing wizard, music maestro, and design doctor. He relies on a deep lore of cosmic horror to build unknowable and perplexing characters for our players' delight and terror.
#IndieDev #GameDev #PixelArt #RetroHorror
Congratulations!
31.10.2025 17:05 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Next time someone asks me why I, as an assistant professor with a PhD, would spend my time researching the connections between games culture and larger political culture, I am just going to show them these two images.
29.10.2025 16:29 โ ๐ 49 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1
Happy 25th anniversary to the release of Pokรฉmon Gold and Silver in North America!
To mark the occasion, I wanted to share this amazing pixel art of Red Gyarados and me from the incredibly talented @coryrupert.bsky.social.
It's the opening slide for all my Pokรฉmon talks!
Congratulations!!
15.10.2025 05:38 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 010 horror movies to get to know me:
๐๏ธ The Exorcist (1973)
๐ช Halloween (1978)
๐ฅ Alien (1979)
๐ Evil Dead II (1987)
๐งโโ๏ธ 28 Days Later (2002)
๐บ Insidious (2010)
๐ค Doctor Sleep (2019)
โ๏ธ Colour Out of Space (2019)
๐งโโ๏ธ The Lighthouse (2019)
๐ด Nope (2022)
๐ฃโจCall for Papers!๐ฃโจ
CGSA 2026 will take place at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec from June 11-14th, 2026.
This yearโs chosen theme is โOn Repeatโ.
Submissions are due January 7th, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST
Full CfP here: gamestudies.ca/conference-c...
I'm once again sharing my starter pack of Canadian Game Studies Folks!
Follow and let me know if you, or someone you know, might be a good fit. ๐น๏ธโจ
A pixel art scene of the Pokemon Gyarados at the Lake of Rage. Top down view. There is a sunset happening in the back. A fishing hut is seen in the lower right. A mountain range is seen behind the lake. At the shoreline, a trainer and their Meganium can be seen, ready for battle.
I don't repost stuff often enough
#pixelart
Gregory Blomquist is up next with his presentation โShadowing the Shadow Broker: Transmedia Detectives and Media Heterarchy in Mass Effectโ which continues a trend in #ICGAN2025 by referencing media scholar Henry Jenkins!
#uwaterloo #thegamesinstitute #researchimpact #interdisciplinaryresearch
Delighted to have given a Pokรฉmon talk at MVC Comic-Con this weekend! While there, I was asked, โwhy give a talk on Pokรฉmon?โ From discussions of strategy, collecting, ethics, and preservation, Pokรฉmon allows us to ask important questions on video games through the biggest franchise in pop culture.
28.09.2025 22:03 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
In honour of Pokemon Red/Blue's North American release anniversary later this month, I decided to take a nostalgia-fueled journey through the classics!
17.09.2025 19:35 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I'm thrilled to be part of a great line-up at this year's MVC Comic-Con sharing my Pokรฉmon research!
Thank you to the Olds (@oldslibrary.bsky.social), Carstairs, Sundre, and Didsbury Libraries for organizing and hosting the event!
