Outi Laiti

Historiographies of Game Studies is now published open access with @punctumbooks.bsky.social ! This massive collection examines why game studies is the way it is, and how it might change and grow in the future. Congrats to all contributors, and please share!

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dear game studies community: we made you something.

with love,
so many people

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Get a Hill Agency: PURITYdecay Steam key! What would our world look like on the brink of freedom from colonial oppression? Find out in this heart-pounding and atmospheric Indigenous cybernoir detective game! Play as Meeygen Hill, a hardboil...

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In 2024, I had the honor of curating the exhibition Digital Natives? Sámi Games Now! at Kumma Gallery in Helsinki.
It reminded me that design allows us to ask not just what is, but what could be.

The story is now yours to read in Ruukku Journal: www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3727306...

Indigenous Game Design and Digital Cultural Heritage This chapter explores the grounding points of Indigenous game design and its potential for preserving and revitalising Indigenous cultural heritage. While digital platforms already house a growing col...

Fresh out of the press! Making games is an act of preservation but how to preserve the knowledge in making? Can we embrace failure or is it a privilege? How to recognize and compensate community labor that flows through individuals?

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Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2023

Seuramme julkaisema Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2023 on nyt avoimesti saatavilla! Mukana kaksi tutkimusartikkelia, kolme katsausta, kolme kirja-arvostelua ja peräti kuusi väitöslektiota.

Antoisia lukuhetkiä!

I was like today years old when I learned how to use eduroam when nomading. Trust me, I'm an engineer.

Miten saamelaisuus ja saamen kieli näkyvät peleissä? Millainen rooli esimerkiksi pohjoissaamen kielellä on pelinkehittämistapahtumissa? Haastattelussa Helsin... Pelinkehitys, pelit ja saamelaisuus

How does indigenous Sámi identity and Sámi languages show in games and gamedev? Outi Laiti (@outi.bsky.social) from the University of Helsinki speaks about her experiences. Video is in Finnish, but Youtube's autotranslated captions do a very decent job! #gamestudies #gameresearch #pelitutkimus

Outside the Racist Nostalgia Box: Rethinking Afrikan tähti’s Cultural Depictions by Sabine Harrer and Outi Laiti Published September, 2023. Download full pdf of article here (TBC) Abstract While in recent years many European businesses have taken steps to alter their previously ra...

🎲 PUBLICATION [no paywall!]: In this article, @outi.bsky.social and I explore the relationship between player emotions, European racism and board games. We use the "5 stages of grief" as a lens to study affirmations of "white innocence" in game reviews of "The Star of Africa": Give it a read here:

English-medium instruction and impact on academic performance: a randomized control study Stakeholders and researchers in higher education have long debated the consequences of English-medium instruction (EMI); a key assumption of EMI is that student’s academic learning through English s...

Why ethnoprogramming matters; Indigenous programming introduces worldviews tied to languages and problems that are culturally recognizable as such. Important especially in basic education where all learning should happen in one's native tongue
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First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go The collective erosion of X, Instagram, and Facebook marks a turning point for millennials, who are outgrowing a constant need to be plugged in.

My thoughts exactly. My idea of communities is different, making me feel as the other.
“It’s too much viewing people you know in real life as marketing categories.” Everything about the current online user experience, she says, is “too mind-melting.”
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If you are an Indigenous person working in games (or you know someone who is) we'd love to have you as part of the Indigenous Game Devs Discord!

Note: we consider Palestinians Indigenous peoples and welcome them to join!

Reach out to our admins through our website to get an invite:

A night at the museum with games. MARKK museum, Hamburg.

The SURVIVING WHITENESS IN GAMES special issue of Journal of Games Criticism is now published in full. *14* incredible articles on games and race from a variety of different perspectives.
gamescriticism.org/issue-5A/