Massively MultiPlay Week 1 Recap: Poké Lab and Psychology in Games – by Amy Ahn
On Tuesday, May 30th, MultiPlay hosted an hour-long event called “Poké Lab,” which was chaired by Stephanie Farnsworth and featured four short but highly engaging academic talks that were centered around a multidisciplinary investigation of the game, Pokémon. (The Poké Lab event is the first of five events taking place in the “Massively MultiPlay” series,…
Pokémon Conservation: Gotta Save em’ All! – by Lucas Hernandez
Pokémon, the largest media franchise on the planet, developed by Game Freak, is all about battling, trading, and breeding your own monsters to either fight by your side or defend you. The games have a long history of making sure that each creature in the game has some cool facts about it when you first…
Learning about the world through video games: the Iberian Peninsula in Pokémon – by Amélie Soubie
The Pokémon franchise has always liked to use places from the real world as an inspiration for the setting of its main games. Although the first four regions are heavily based on Japanese regions and islands, the more recent games are inspired by western countries. As to this day we count the United-States, France, the…
Posthumanism and the San Andreas Deer Cam – Greg Mc Guinness [Video]
In this new three-minute theory video, Greg Mc Guinness takes us through the spectacle of the ‘deer cam’ in San Andreas, examines what we mean by play, and how this ties into theories of the posthuman.
The Esports in Education Summit 2023
Steph and I arrived at the Metronome building in Nottingham early on 10th February 2023 and grabbed a quick coffee before being ushered into a very comfortable, very dark, but very fitting room and the Esports in Education Summit 2023 began. Kalam Neale welcomed us to the event, followed by an inspiring introductory talk by…
Cyberpunk 2077 and the neo-Gothic werewolf [Video]
In this video, Steph Farnsworth looks at the concept of the neo-Gothic werewolf and how Cyberpunk 2077 depicts this modern monster.
Corpo creations: How Cyberpunk 2077 explores manufactured mutants – by Steph Farnsworth
Introduction Avatars are our escape points into imaginative worlds. Their capacity to transport us into another realm allows players a certain freedom, and so it becomes a bold choice to give players a protagonist that is facing a chronic and terminal illness. But this becomes the foundation of Cyberpunk 2077’s story, as the game and…
3 Minute Theory: Introduction
Our 3 Minute Theory section is for theoretical concepts, ideas and analysis of between 300 – 600 words. Alternatively, researchers may submit 3-6 minute videos to our YouTube channel. These are quick written articles to disseminate core ideas, and to engage in an accessible but thorough way with contemporary games studies theorists and developers. Topics…
Join MultiPlay’s Committee
MultiPlay is a new academic network that supports a multidisciplinary approach to games studies. We help connect researchers and promote opportunities in the field of games studies, and we organise games studies related events such as conferences. We are currently seeking committee members to help extend the reach of the network, and grow our membership.…
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