Works: https://perulainen.com | https://castrovaldez.com
Journals: https://mastodon.social/@perulainen | https://pixelfed.social/perulainen
He/Him. Chilean dilettante and sociologist. Game studies, role-playing games, and pretty much anything game related!
Director & Senior Lecturer at Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta // Narrative designer with Mighty Boards (Posthuman Saga, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan) // Debut novel out 2026
Game scholar, game design praxiologist, ludic gallerist. And other things.
Ph.D. studying cyber awareness, digital literacy, game studies, and special education | Google Scholar http://bit.ly/2XXfCek ORCID http://bit.ly/3qKEZKK
Designer, researcher and professor at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Researching games for health and science communication.
Geek, fandom active, doctoral researcher. She/her
Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
traceur, ludologist, drama instructor, wanderer, mtg enthusiast, boardgamer & whatnot
Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, queer stuff, literature, and art.
Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/
Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming.
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
mikkomerilainen.com
Reader, writer, translator, professional nerd, game scholar, larper, feminist.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Vampire: The Masquerade, Stalker RPG, Astraterra, Chernobyl Mon Amour
A professor, Tampere University, Finland. Nature photographer. Fan of fantasy, science fiction, new media and old ideas.
www.unet.fi
www.fransmayra.fi (personal blog)
Game culture researcher, teacher, mother, neurodivergent, she/her. Academic interests: game jams, learning and games, co-creativity, ttrpgs, actual play, streaming, game communities, board game design. Other: coffee, chocolate, fantasy, silence, politics.
UX Researcher & Strategist, Inclusive Product Designer in Enterprise UX. Speaker, Author, Mentor & Teacher. Chaotic neutral tea & CSS lover. She/Her 🌈
https://stephaniewalter.design/ http://neurospicy.agency/
Zentrum für Angewandte Spieleforschung | Center for Applied Game Studies | University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
👉 donau-uni.ac.at/ags
Bundle of Joy is OUT NOW:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/Bundle_of_Joy/
Founder of Essay Games (he/him)
https://essay-games.com/
https://essaygames.itch.io
Norwegian game researcher, sociologist and larp designer. Larper. Queer. Podcaster. Lefty. Role-play & Sexuality. Doing my PhD at Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies at Tampere University, Finland.
