Robin L. Zingarelli

After a successful first attempt at the Big Digra, I'm proposing a workshop with Enea Bevione on Queer/Trans Game/Studies (spaces) at this year's CEEGS.
Feel free to reach out if you are interested or know someone who might be!
ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz/ceegs2025/

On Wilful Media Illiteracy in Sci-Fi Discourse, or How Westworld is Not Really About Robots. Ellis Rosen for the New Yorker Spoiler Warning: Contains descriptions of the plots of Westworld (2016) and The Creator (2023), which may spoil your faux-naïf misinterpretation of these texts. A few…

I have a new post on my blog, which started out as a letterboxd review of The Creator (2023) and expanded out into a diatribe about men who don't seem to understand science fiction. jdhdoveton.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/o...

Landed yesterday night to Malta and super excited about this year's DiGRA!

Oww don't make me blush :) happy to chat whenever!

Had an amazing time at #BDIGRA25 filled with new and inspirational talks and conversations. Huge thank you to the organisers and the awesome local team at @bcmcr.bsky.social (among others @poppywilde.bsky.social @doktornick.bsky.social @harriresearches.bsky.social @andrewbell.bsky.social).

A man in black and a blond woman in a black and white dress around a brown couch with words in the background.

That's all from us for British DiGRA 2025! Thank you to all the speakers, attendees and - of course - the local organising committee for an incredible event. #BDiGRA25

A slide being presented at a video games conference with a photo of Black Annis at the Hastings Jack in the Green festival

Not very often you see your Morris Dancing team show up on a slide as part of a case study for genius loci in games #BDiGRA25
www.blackannis.org for those curious!

Awesome talk by @harriresearches.bsky.social. Contributing to the quest of making him more social.

Esteemed host @poppywilde.bsky.social steps in last minute for an emergency presentation on what Critical Posthumanism means for Britain and British Game Studies research #BDiGRA25

End of the first amazing day at #BDIGRA25. Looking forward to tomorrow for another round of talks!

Andra Ivanescu on the wild history of game censorship and certification in the UK.

Side note: video nasties is a great name up for grabs by someone. #Bdigra25

Day one of #BDiGRA25 and we've already had excellent provocations to start - lightning talks on rougelikes, queer game studies, transgender emergence in games, ecogaming, and historical affects in our first session. Now on to panels exploring Game making and Culture, getting to more in depth papers.

Queer/Trans Game/Studies Workshop Queer/Trans Game/Studies at a Crossroads: Reflections, Challenges, and Futures Queer (Ruberg & Shaw 2017) and trans game studies (Ruberg 2022) have emerged as dynamic and growing fields of inquiry, ...

Hey folks! Quick reminder that you have up until April 24th to submit your idea to our DIGRA 2025 workshop on trans and queer game studies! Spread the word.

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DiGRA 2025 - Malta The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) conference is an international academic conference dedicated to the study of digital games and related phenomena. DiGRA is a global organization that pro...

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Hey folks! I am hosting a hybrid workshop on queer and trans games and games studies at this year's DiGRA with the amazing Mark Maletska and Dr. Merlyn Seller.

We will accept submissions up until April 24th. Spread the word! 👾🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Have been longing for this! It's an amazing book for any sci-PHI geek. Will give you only mild anxiety.

Beautiful things in London Stratford for Techne January Congress.

Robin Longobardi-Zingarelli I’m so glad to have the chance to present my commentary on transgender emergence in video games at the IDG this Tuesday. I am sooo looking forward to productive roasting👾...

I am so happy to start discussing the first step of my research. Looking forward to productive roasting! www.facebook.com/100006899581...

Games and Literary Theory 2024 Games & Literary Theory 2025 will take place in Mataró. Join us as we explore myth and folklore in video games next April.

Need to spread the word about this year's GamesLit. There'll be dragons and it'll be in sunny Matarò. Deadline for abstract is February 1st. videojocs.tecnocampus.cat/games-litera...

Recently got the chance to publish a commentary on my lit review on Eludamos 👾 I am so thankful to the board for making this possible.
eludamos.org/index.php/el...

The bee!

A Hero and a Garden, A Tavern for Tea, and A Year of Springs are in the Season of Pride Steam Sale featuring 130+ queer games from Nov 21-27!

three of my queer games are in Season of Pride on steam! go check them out & all the other cool queer games here: bit.ly/seasonofprid... 🌈🎮

thanks @midboss.bsky.social, @igda.org & @gaymingmag.bsky.social for organising!

Firmly believe that, and keep missing the tiny island! 👾 It's such an honour to have my story shared

Later this month, I'll be in Italy for the promotional tour of my latest book ('Il Videogioco del Mondo').

- NOV 25: Milano (Libreria Verso), 18.30
- NOV 27: Torino (Libreria Golem), 18.30
- NOV 28: Firenze (Libreria Malaparte w/ @mlupetti.bsky.social), 18.30

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Visions of crafting a lit review in a non well lit environment (but that's london for you)

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

Me, on the job hunt.

Wild creatures at uni