Dr Kieran Nolan

My 𝑽𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕 AI machinima movie is going on the road to Belfast in 2026 as part of the RENDR Festival, which takes place 12-13 February. I'm super stoked to have my work included as part of the proceedings.
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We're thrilled to announce that the full schedule of top-notch research talks for 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 at Jagiellonian University, Kraków (3-5 Sep) is now online at ➡️ www.history-of-games.com/2025-krakow/ - both on-site and online registration options are available!

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I’m really glad to share that my ai machinima movie 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 will screen in Orléans, France 23/01/2026 to 31/01/2026 at the 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑠 𝐹𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 organised by Orléans School of Art and Design ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/kieran...

Reminder!! 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 🕐🐔 for 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 2025 in Krakow is 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 25𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒚! Both on-site and online options available! To register please visit ➡️ www.history-of-games.com/2025-krakow/

My AI machinima movie 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 will have 6 screenings between Oct 2025 and July 2026 as part of Machinim_ai, at the upcoming Dopamine digital arts exhibition at Le Cube Garges, in Garges-lès-Gonesse, Paris ➡️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We're absolutely delighted to announce our 3 stellar keynotes for the 2025 edition of the History of Games international conference in Kraków and online, 3-5 September: Magdalena Cielecka, Tomek Kreczmar and Souvik Mukerjee. For more details please see ➡️ www.history-of-games.com/2025-keynotes

We're very happy and proud to announce GOG as this year’s History of Games 2025 special partner. The partnership results in a special panel 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆: 𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍, 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 held as a plenary session on September 3rd 2025 ➡️ www.history-of-games.com/2025-gog/

I’ve updated my portfolio site with a page about my 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 AI machinima movie project ➡️ kierannolan.com/videogamesthatdontexist

A test at converting an AI generated video scene into an immersive 3D environment. The interactivity adds more tangibility in a sense, but like a dream is still ungraspable, breaking into glitchy triangles when the viewer gets too close. More details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/kieran...

Early bird registration for the History of Games 2025 international conference in Krakow is now online - please see www.history-of-games.com/2025-krakow/ for more details and spread the word!

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Last week I visited Leiden University for a meeting of the Grassroots of Digital Europe: From Historic to Contemporary Cultures of Creative Computing EU COST action. | Dr Kieran Nolan Last week I visited Leiden University for a meeting of the Grassroots of Digital Europe: From Historic to Contemporary Cultures of Creative Computing EU COST action. It was great to catch up with eve...

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𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 - Imagining if Honda commissioned artists and engineers from the fields of motorcycle design and video game creation to build a series of retro gaming inspired custom bikes -a new spin on portable gaming ➡️http://vimeo.com/1090885569 Edited together from clips made with OpenAI Sora

Somehow, another game studies research paper of mine has materialised on Sci-Hub. This one is from CHI Play 2017 and is titled 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀. sci-hub.se/10.1145/3130...

𝗨𝗻𝗼𝗯𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘂𝗺 - The holy grail of retro gaming is the most difficult game to find, if it ever existed... lots of so rare because they never existed video games with hallucinated branding in retro game shops, gallery spaces, and private collections vimeo.com/1087429508

This time 10 years ago I had my experimental game Control included as part… | Dr Kieran Nolan This time 10 years ago I had my experimental game Control included as part an art exhibition called Materiality at the University of Galway. This event followed on from having the game at Vector Festi...

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The deadline for submitting abstracts for this year’s History of Game is now extended for two more weeks! We are waiting for your 500 word proposals till May 15th. To submit, visit the following link: www.history-of-games.com/openconf/ope...

The abstract of my research talk 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚 from DIGRA Ireland's Inaugural Conference (17/04/2025) is now online here ➡️ kierannolan.com/publications and here (direct link)➡️ kierannolan.com/wp-content/u...

The inaugural DIGRA Ireland conference took place today at TU Dublin, it was a great success with a packed schedule of games research talks. I presented on my Video Games That Don't Exist project, including an intro to machinima & AI machinima, and process and outcomes so far of VGTDE

Found a paywalled journal article of mine from 2021 on Sci-Hub. I don't mind seeing it there at all, glad if it expands the audience! You can download 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 here ➡️ www.sci-hub.se/downloads/20...

Video Game Console Teardown (That Doesn't Exist) A hallucinated YouTube deconstruction of video gaming console hardware mechanics. In the AI world solid materials behave more like liquids and plasma, and the interactions…

A hallucinated YouTube deconstruction of video gaming console hardware mechanics. In the AI world solid materials behave more like liquids and plasma, with the interactions breaking normal physical expectations. Made with OpenAI's Sora. Also on Vimeo ➡️ vimeo.com/1074933152

The CFP for History of Games 2025 in Kraków hosted by Jagiellonian University and SWPS University (3-5/09/25) is now open at ➡️ www.history-of-games.com/openconf/ope... until 1st May. This year's theme is The Nineties. For more details please see ➡️ www.history-of-games.com/call-for-pap...

Video Game Art Gallery Show (That Doesn't Exist) This is "Video Game Art Gallery Show (That Doesn't Exist)" by Kieran Nolan on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Video game art installations that don't exist in a non-existent gallery show. An experiment in AI authoring the cultural institution of the art gallery and its many stakeholders as well the artwork itself. Generated with OpenAI's Sora ➡️ vimeo.com/1071959065

Video Game Art Installations (That Don't Exist) A series of non-existent guerilla game art installations, text prompted into video form with OpenAI's Sora.

Video Game Art Installations (That Don't Exist): A series of non-existent guerilla game art installations, text prompted into video form with OpenAI's Sora. ➡️ vimeo.com/1070423768

Games That Don't Exist #12 of X (2025) Rooster Shopping Cart Escape, a video game that doesn't exist. Why did the chicken cross the road? To make an existential journey across the supermaket car…

Rooster Shopping Cart Escape, a video game that doesn't exist. Why did the chicken cross the road? To make an existential journey across the supermaket car park into a parallel (un)reality. Assembled from clips generated via text prompts with OpenAI's Sora vimeo.com/1062701108

The in-game photography book 'Fotoludica. Fotografia e videogiochi tra arte e documentazione' edited by Matteo Bittanti & Marco De Mutiis is out now. I'm really proud to have my work in this edited collection with an esteemed crew of scholars and theorists milanmachinimafestival.org/fotoludica-b...

The ‘Video Games That Don’t Exist’ world premier screens in LA 21/03/2025 for the Milan Machinima Festival's Game Engine Cinema program. Matteo Bittanti recently interviewed me about the process & ideas behind this project, read the full conversation here➡️ milanmachinimafestival.org/blog/2025/3/...

The 3rd Grassroots of Digital Europe Conference (13-14/3/25) @ Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade focused on the role of women and minorities in creative computing. More details here: ➡️ linkedin.com/posts/kieran... and at ➡️ costgrade.eu

Super stoked to share that Video Games That Don't Exist will screen in Los Angeles, California as part of the 2025 Milan Machinima Festival's Game Engine Cinema program on the 21/03/2025 ➡️ milanmachinimafestival.org/kieran-nolan. For the full MMF MMXVV schedule please see milanmachinimafestival.org