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Playing the Middle Ages, my volume with Ylva Grufstedt, Mariana Lopez, Karen M-is-for-Mask #GetBoosted Cook, Gordon Smith, Liam McLeod, Adam Bierstedt, Asinus Docet, Neil Nagwekar, Quijano, @markusmindrebo, Patrick Butler, and blairapgar.bsky.social is out now from Bloomsbury Academic! bloomsbury.com/uk/playing-the…

Last minute call for papers! We are looking for a third paper for a session with a particular interest in emotion words! Please do submit :)

A new #OpenAccess #GameStudies book graces the site❗️ Combining theories on fictional persons from Japanese and Euro-American practices, this book discusses #VideoGame characters in our popular media culture in which they are constantly re-imagined. 👉 thevideogamelibrary.org/book/video-gam…

I wanna put this on my timeline. I think most of us are tired with the “are you condemn Hamas”. We all can relate to this guy

People are replying in this thread and translating Refaat’s final poem into their own languages. What a beautiful moment of shared humanity against tyranny.

We're so excited to finally announce the future of the VGHF: a remote, digital library, where you can access our collection for free from anywhere in the world. Get a sneak peek from our library director Phil Salvador today on YouTube! youtube.com/watch?v=WUaUXA…

Announcing the call for #NewDirections in #Classics, #Gaming, and #ExtendedReality, a hybrid conference University of Bristol and online, 3-4 June 2024. Deadline 31 March. Looking forward to talking, playing, and experiencing the future of Classics, gaming and XR! #BristolDigitalGameLab

Palestinian food AND recipes, a thread! Keep Palestinian culture and heritage alive, not only by sharing resources, but by honoring their cuisine and cooking and enjoying their food. Solidarity can exist in many ways! 🧵🥘

For everyone doing research within historical games research (in a European context), there is a new journal: the European Historical Game Studies journal! Go check it out here: czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/EHGS

In August, the Serious Play 2024 conference will take place at the University of Toronto. They are currently seeking speakers to share their journey in developing, using, or implementing serious games/play. Submission deadline: April 15. More info 👉 seriousplayconf.com/speakers/

We're back! The Call for Papers for the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference is now open. Come and join us in June to talk about Cooperation, Conflict, or anything else relating to the Middle Ages or medievalism in games of all sorts. Deadline 3 May. #medievaltwitter

The premodern world held possibilities and imagined futures: the physical and metaphysical systems that were actively built and contested then continue to inform the world in the present. Read our statement on the value of Renaissance & Premodern Studies: rensoc.org.uk/statement-on-t…

In March last year @ErinPritchard15 & i edited a book & it was published. Today, it is now unpublished, it has been silenced &we have received a reversion of rights. Im proud of this collection, of everyone who wrote a chapter, the bravery of every single author. We will be back.

My book, The Middle Ages in Computer Games, is out on 5 November. It's almost certainly the most extensive consideration of the theme to date touching on games from Age of Conan to Zork. The digital version is £20 and you can get a 35% discount with code BB35 Boydell & Brewer

International Conference on Victorian and American Myths in Video Games! 🕹️🎮👾 9-11 April 2025 NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal With keynotes @Prof_Heike_Paul Dr Barbara Braid Dom Ford ✨ CFP still open, proposals until 15 December!! More here: vam2025.fcsh.unl.pt

PUBLISHED! Dr. William T. Hoston Sr.'s THE FIGHT FOR BLACK LIBERATION, about the endurance & new embrace of white America’s racist traditions alongside its avowed & always unfulfilled commitments to equality for all. "A powerful and timely book. This is essential reading." ~ The Nubian Network

A lovely conversation on Vikings in video and tabletop games with fellow Old Norse scholars and gamers!

One last push #StopKillingGames