New blog post alert! In our brand new blog post, Postdoctoral Researcher Evgenia Amey discusses the interplay between narrative, worldbuilding, and in-game environments, looking at how players can experience, affectively engage with and form emotional attachments to in-game settings and localities.
🚨Job alert🚨 The University of Toronto Mississauga is looking for a tenure-track assistant professor in game studies, to begin July 1 2025. Focus includes game communities, analog games, streaming practices, experimental & avant-garde games, and more. More info 👉 jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...
📢 CFP 📢 Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference on 'Hope: Envisioning the Future of Game Cultures. Hosted in Turku, Finland on May 26-28, 2025. Submission deadline: January 10, 2025. More info 👉 www.nordicdigra2025.org/cfp/
🚨Job alert🚨 SDU Metaverselab is looking for 2 assistant/associate professors in the broad area of interactive technologies (including, but not limited to, games), to begin January 2025. Deadline application: October 15, 2024. More info 👉 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
What can FICTIONAL GAMES reveal about our understanding of games and play? The game studies journal Eludamos just announced a CfP for a special issue on FICTIONAL GAMES (deadline Oct. the 15th) >> eludamos.org/index.php/el...@domford.bsky.social)
ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is currently seeking an Editorial Assistant. This is an unpaid, volunteer-based service. Estimated workload is 5-8 hours per month. Deadline application: September 30, 2024. More info 👉 donate.romchip.org/position-ope...
Be sure to vote in this year's ICA elections! Our division is electing a vice chair & international liaison. ICA election polls close at 12:00 noon ICA headquarters time (EDT) on 22 October. You can vote by using this link (after login): www.icahdq.org/general/cust...
📢 CFP 📢 Volume on 'Fallout and Philosophy', edited by Nathan Kellen, Nate Sheff & Josh Heter, published in the Blackwell Philosophy & Pop Culture series. Essays may focus on the game, show, or both. Abstract deadline: January 15, 2025. More info 👉 andphilosophy.com/2024/08/28/f...
Fallout and Philosophy Call for Abstracts Edited by Nathan Kellen, Nate Sheff, and Joshua Heter The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Please circulate and post widely. Apologies for cross...
🚨Job alert🚨 UCLA (Design Media Arts) is seeking a tenure-track assistant or associate/full professor in games. Applicants should have exp. working with artists & designers in academic, studio, or professional context. Deadline application: Oct. 5, 2024 More info 👉 recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09663
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