Sian Tomkinson

At the end of last year, @hmblakey.bsky.social and I recorded a Meaningful Play podcast episode about my book "Video Games and Gender Assemblages" 😊

Available on podcast platforms and here: meaningfulplaypodcast.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/e...

14.01.2026 03:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Emerging Genres This collection expands the analytical framework of digital games by exploring them through the lens of genre analysis-the evaluation of the structural designs…

@hmblakey.bsky.social and I's book chapter on english-language dating simulators is out! It’s in the Bloomsbury anthology “Emerging Genres” www.bloomsbury.com/ca/emerging-...

12.01.2026 01:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

I had a great time at AANZCA at UniSC, where I was given the opportunity to present two pieces of work! It was so lovely chatting with other researchers in such a welcoming and friendly atmosphere 😄

10.12.2025 02:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

If it looks like violent extremism, and acts like violent extremism … : comparing the framing of two Sydney stabbing attacks Within one week of April in 2024, the city of Sydney was rocked by two separate violent stabbing attacks. In one case, after the stabbing of two Coptic clerics by a young Muslim man, the government...

New article published by myself and @tauel.bsky.social:
If it looks like violent extremism, and acts like violent extremism … : comparing the framing of two Sydney stabbing attacks www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

11.07.2025 06:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 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

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

“This kind of life has no meaning” | M/C Journal Voice synthesising software Vocaloid (Yamaha Corporation) is a popular tool for professional and amateur music production. At the time of writing, there are over 770,000 videos tagged  ‘vocaloid’ on ...

Super excited that my paper [“This kind of life has no meaning”: Neru’s Vocaloid Album CYNICISM] has been published in M/C Journal! I love this album so much 😍

17.04.2024 00:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much! I’m so glad I’ve been able to publish a piece on one of my most favourite interests 😊

17.04.2024 00:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0