CFP for the next issue of G|A|M|E – Games as Art, Media, Entertainment, on “Queer and Trans Game Studies in Global and Local Contexts” is out! This issue aims to map current developments in queer and trans game studies. For full details: www.gamejournal.it/n-132025-bey...

I chatted with Juliana in the JYU for YOU podcast about the JYU's upcoming Master's programme in Game studies! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPbS...

DiGRA 2026 submission deadline is now December 8th (Anywhere on Earth - 23:59 UTC +12)! www.digraconference2026.com #DiGRA26

The Spring Seminar 2026 CfP is out now! This time, the theme is “Events and Communities”. Please have a look at the full CfP on the Spring Seminar website: springseminar.org/2026-call-fo... ⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026. 📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere.

Important point! All Psychgeist series books are open access, including our The Psychgeist Of Pop Culture – The Elder Scrolls ❤️ playstorypress.org/all-psychgei...

The most comprehensive dataset of video game play and psychological functioning available with CC0 license at zenodo.org/records/1760...

In Man, Play and Games Caillois calls for sociology based on the different games different societies play. Has anyone actually done this? #gamestudies #sociology

Aalto University's Games Now! is running an event week this week, check out the event schedule for exciting academic and industry talks!

Osana #peliviikko ohjelmaa Tampereen pääkirjasto Metso järjestää huomenna 5.11. klo 18 Metso FAKTA -keskustelun "Hyvä, paha pelikulttuuri?" Keskustelemassa ovat minä, Juho Kuorikoski ja Risto Marjomaa. Tervetuloa Metsoon tai kuulolle striimiin! tapahtumat.tampere.fi/fi-FI/page/6...

Tänään käynnistyy Peliviikko, pelikulttuurin ja pelikasvatuksen teemaviikko. Pitkin viikkoa järjestetään ympäri Suomea monipuolisia mahdollisuuksia tutustua peleihin, pelaamiseen ja pelikulttuuriin niin itse kuin vaikkapa lasten tai lastenlasten kanssa. Katso sivuilta paikkakuntien tapahtumat!

Come work with me!

 We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute. 

A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨 The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Chrono Trigger playstorypress.org/2025/10/30/c...

A reminder of our open call for postdoctoral researchers focusing on cultural game studies, closing on Friday this week, 31 October at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2 (Finland time): tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

Now it is official! The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games is now, like, actually, surely, coming out! (This has been in the pipeline since 2018.) I have a piece here on this brand new thing called 'magic circle'. Everyone will be talking about it.

Excellent talk going on right now - tune in!

Mark Maletska (@ markmaletska.bsky.social) will give an Oasis Lunchtime Talk on "Why being a Ukrainian game studies scholar is… complicated?” on Thursday 23 October at 12:00-13:00 EEST. Join us at Oasis, Tampere University, or follow online: www.youtube.com/live/EBRRynA...

Afterwork for game scholars in Helsinki this Friday (17.10., 17->) at Kumma Gallery (Kankurinkatu 5). Drinks and snacks available, but you can bring more for the community! We will mostly talk about games and/or research, so bring your (unfinished) thoughts too. Organised by @aakoo.bsky.social!

Check out the programme and sign up for Game Studies Day 2025, taking place in Helsinki on November 7!

The third We in Games Experience survey is here: forms.office.com/e/cDhKgxhvrb If you currently work, have previously worked, study, are seeking employment in the Finnish game industry or are closely connected to the field, consider participating this survey!

I have 11 books about games out as author or editor. Ten of them are available as free pdfs. Check out the full list here: jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/books/

My presentation from the Warhammer Conference 2025 is now on their YouTube channel! Here, I discuss polycrisis, simulacra, and Stormcast Eternals.

Do you teach boardgames? We have just launched a survey asking about your experience! It takes about ten minutes to complete - please share! Survey link: go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp

Game Studies Day is here again! (In a month) Join us in Helsinki on November 7 for excellent talks on games and gaming - follow the link for registration.

📢 CFP – iLRN2026 Special Track 6 🎮 Critical Game Literacies in Immersive Learning 📍 Athens & online | June 27–30, 2026 👉 Submit here: lnkd.in/ghqGwVKQ Chairs: Iro Voulgari, Elina Roinioti, Tasos Theodoropoulos, Maria Sfyroera #GameStudies #ImmersiveLearning #EdTech #CFP

The 2025 funding call is now open! Apply by Monday, 15 September, 4 p.m. EEST! If you have any questions or queries or need help with your application, we are here for you throughout the application period. Best of luck with your application ✨✨✨ koneensaatio.fi/en/news/the-...

The #demoscene has been crucial for the development of digital culture in Finland. The documentary Hands Deep – A Journey into the Demoscene provides a fascinating look into the demoscene as well as demo enthusiasts.

CFP Hybrid Symposium: The UK Tabletop Role-Playing Game Scene – Histories, Cultures, and Legacies - 16th September, @coegamecult.bsky.social Tampere University, Finland (and online) Full details in attachments. #ttrpg #boardgames #wargames #minatures #gamebooks #videogames #history #gamestudies

Hey so the thing I alluded in my latest essay? That's out now, for free! This is a project we've been working on for over a year at this point, and I'm so happy to see it out. Weird to see my name next to some amazing writers and scholars like this! playstorypress.org/books/the-ps...

Congratulations, Jaakko! The whole thread on DiGRA 2025 if definitely worth the read.

A fellow colleague from Utrecht University is conducting a survey on representation & character design in game development, from artists to writers, designers, programmers, producers, and beyond. survey.uu.nl/jfe/form/SV_...

Congratulations Olli and all the HEVGA Fellows!

Suomen Akatemian suurilta tuntuvat myönnöt herättävät keskustelua. Saako tutkija tosiaan yli puoli miljoonaa veronmaksajien rahaa omaan taskuun? Miksei niillä rahoilla hoideta vanhuksia? Seuraa pitkä ketju siitä, mihin Akatemian myöntämä tutkimusrahoitus oikeasti menee ja miten raha kulkee. 1/9

Today I'll participate in a panel on Queer and Role-playing (in Finnish) at Helsinki Pride. I'm happy and proud to be asked. I've been a role-player for almost 40 years, I've analysed RPGs for a over twenty years, and this summer is the 10 year anniversary of my first queer game studies paper.

#CFP/ Call for Abstracts: #OLHJournal Special Collection "Language Diversity in Game Studies", guest edited by Stanisław Krawczyk, Mary Anne Argo Chávez, Antonia Hargreaves Bueno, Zahra Rizvi, and Rachael Hutchinson: www.openlibhums.org/news/813/ 📅 Deadline: 18 June 2025

analoggamestudies.org/about/analog... Curious about where to start with Analog Game Studies? We’ve got a handy guide you can check out now. If we missed your book or article please DM. This is just a start and we intend to update it moving forward!!!!

Are you a man, at least 15 years old and either Finnish or living in Finland? Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay? Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri

Interested in researching games and advertising? We are organizing an online workshop on June 12th with @leonxiao.com and @elepetrovs.bsky.social with presentations, a workshop to utilize ad repositories, and announce a special issue call. Sign up and read more on forms.gle/pGvHbA5E7sqj...!

📣 Call for papers: Regulation of online gambling We have extended the deadline until 31 July for this call for contributions to an upcoming edited volume exploring the regulation of online gambling. Read more 👇

Multiplayer games often lack essential accessibility features and fail to support assistive technologies like screen readers or specialized controllers. Without such support, some players with disabilities are entirely excluded from gaming. Congratulations Pauliina! #hci #gamestudies #accessibility

Larp Festival Database! The first concrete and useful outcome from the Larpocracy research project is out, a list of events where larps are played and discussed. 1drv.ms/x/c/74807ba0...

Currently listening to Kishonna Gray's keynote at #nordicdigra25, and it's pure fire. Here's her blog post related to the keynote.

Rolling in to sunny Turku 🌞 for Nordic Digra 2025! Really excited for our talk exploring what we mean when we say "critical" game studies 🔥 #gamestudies #nordicdigra25

Nordic DiGRA time! #gamestudies #nordicdigra

"Stardew Valley might make us rethink the relationship we have with the very vegetables we prepare and cook." Concluding our #nordicdigra25 keynote speaker blog post series, Dr. Velvet Spors from the University of Tartu discusses the relationship between people, nature, and videogames. #gamestudies

"Why should we care about men in gaming when research shows that it is women who face issues of exclusion and harassment in videogames?" Professor Kristine Jørgensen from the University of Bergen answers the question in our #nordicdigra25 keynote speaker blog post series. #gamestudies

I’m excited to share that I’ll be giving a keynote at the Playing the Field conference in Bucharest focused on video games and labor. You can find the call for paper and submission details on the website islk.kuwi.tu-dortmund.de/gamestudies/... #gamestudies

"Within a landscape of technological and cultural innovation, Blackness is implicated in the building and maintenance of gaming culture because Blackness has always been on the cutting edge of technological creation and innovation." Professor Kishonna L. Gray on Black game studies. #gamestudies

Doctoral Researcher Ville Malinen shares his thoughts in the CoE blog on the E-Gaming Symposium 2025 held in Seinäjoki (Finland), where he gave a presentation and followed the two-day program filled with insights into gaming and research.

Vaihteeksi vähän erilaisesta aiheesta kommentoimassa! Tämä meni kyllä enemmän kokemusasiantuntijuuden kuin minkään muun puolelle, mutta pääsinpähän hehkuttamaan Riders of Rohanin (1991) kantta. (maksumuuri)

Onko Runescape osa omaa pelihistoriaasi (tai -nykyisyyttäsi)? Hallituksemme jäsen Henry Korkeila kommentoi klassikkopeliä HS:n artikkelissa. Juttu maksumuurin takana.