Video Games and Gender Assemblages
In this book, Sian Tomkinson examines why, despite around half of gamers being female, highly-gendered stereotypical assumptions pervade the video game industry…
So excited that my first book “Video Games and Gender Assemblages:
Understanding Gamergate and Beyond has been released!” A digital edition is forthcoming - do get in touch if you’re interested :) www.bloomsbury.com/au/video-gam...
29.08.2025 10:58 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Well Played V14 N1: For the Love of Games – Play Story Press
My chapter '“Ah, Traveler, we meet again!” Gnostic Themes in Genshin Impact' has been published in Well Played!
Genshin is the game that introduced me to Gnosticism and got me back into esotericism/the occult/religion <3
(thank you @hmblakey.bsky.social ~)
playstorypress.org/books/well-p...
06.04.2025 23:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Aw thanks so much!
07.03.2025 06:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Sian Tomkinson
Spirit of Fire - False endings and the search for gnosis in NieR: Automata
I've uploaded my conference presentation on Gnosticism in NieR: Automata from #ICGAN25 to YouTube :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sJr...
06.03.2025 23:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Thank you so much! I’m so glad I’ve been able to publish a piece on one of my most favourite interests 😊
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PhD Candidate & Research Assistant @UniMelb
PhD student at @Monash_Arts👨🏻💻focusing on digital culture & game platform
PhD student @ UC Santa Cruz.
Exploring (online) community dynamics, games, meaningful play, care, & UX.
Associate Professor of Games and Occulture, Falmouth University. Opinions my own.
Prof of literature and culture. Gothic, crime, masculinity, ghosts. Lead of the Dark Economies Scholarly Association (dESA). Editor Rvenantjournal.com
Media and Communication is a peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of research in communication.
2023 Impact Factor: 2.7 (Q1)
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication
Archaeology lecturer and heritage researcher at the University of Western Australia. All things critical heritage studies, visitor experience and heritage interpretation. Unhealthy obsession with replicas 🕵🏼♀️
PhD researcher on play, technology and militarization @ Utrecht University
PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com
https://gamingthepast.net
Scholarship and reviews on Australian culture, society, politics, history, and literature. Published on behalf of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA).
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rjau20
academic researching comms, history, gender & social justice
Digital Arts Teacher, Games Researcher, Play Scholar, and Karaoke Enthusiast
Adjunct Professor @ USC games
Aspiring adult and media scholar. PhD student in Internet Studies, researching virtual influencers. 🇳🇿 Pākehā studying in Boorloo Perth. 🐨 Living in the frenzy of feeling. 🌟
🏡 Website rachelberryman.com
🦇 Co-founder darcmode.org
📱 Member ierlab.com
Persona studies + digital media researcher and lecturer at Uni Adelaide, Kaurna country. Current special interest = Hermitcraft. Views mine unless otherwise attributed.
HGN brings together academics, game makers and other cultural and heritage workers to explore the relationship between history and games of all kinds || historicalgames.net
Methodological Approaches to Digital Spaces Symposium
9 April 2025
This research symposium is funded by the AHRC NWCDTP
https://mads2025.com/
