It's back! The annual video game industry conflict minerals report returns for 2025! Let's see which gaming hardware companies are actually checking their supply chains to ensure they're not funding armed conflict and human rights violations, shall we?

With its new AI-based "search," Google is literally killing the infrastructure that its entire business is built on. Instead of linking people to the web, it will lock users into an "interactive" mode that slorps up data what is rapidly becoming the now-neglected and unvisited web. (1/3)

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We have extended the submission deadline for the call for abstracts for open panels. New deadline is: May 5. 1. Submissions to Open Panels 2. Closed Panels 3. Making & Doing 4. Meet-Ups 5. Roundtables Submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...

48 hours left to submit your abstracts to— 1. Submissions to Open Panels 2. Closed Panels 3. Making & Doing 4. Meet-Ups 5. Roundtables Submit here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...

Somewhat unbelievably we are in the last year of the study! It's been incredible to follow the journeys of folks graduating into a very challenging context and hearing how they manage the changing world of gameswork. Keep up with the project and more publications to come here: first3yearsproject.com

Pleased to share an article from the longitudinal First Three Years study on the pathways of game grads into work. Led by the amazing Vishal Sooknanan, this paper explores differential valuations and understandings of credentialization in games in Canada & the US www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This is your reminder that if you are a class member and have NOT yet filed a claim in Anthropic v. Bartz, the AI copyright lawsuit, you have 9 days to do so.

Excited to share a set of upcoming feminist media studies articles engaging questions of gender, platforms, labor, archives, games, fandom, and digital culture!

New book now coming out very soon. Next month!

Was your pornographic, lewd, erotic, NSFW, or sexual game hosted on Steam or itch.io in July 2025? If so, consider participating in our online survey about the impacts of the changes to NSFW platform policy. More info about the project, the research team and how to participate at www.pppproject.com

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

One more week to submit to this wonderful event - gogogogogogogo!

The reading list grows! Such an amazing collection, well done to the editors and authors.

Happy New Year! So many great things to read coming out to kick 2026 off.

💜 to see it! @betterimagesofai.bsky.social now has an image representing "stochastic parrots at work" betterimagesofai.org/images?artis... 🦜 cc @mmitchell.bsky.social @timnitgebru.bsky.social

"As researchers, we are equally concerned with the ways these policies threaten the preservation of video games. Despite their long history, sex and pornography games are a neglected archive."

If you’re a rad, queer person interested in weird games and you want to help us run QGCon 2025, APPLY TO VOLUNTEER BY AUGUST 20! Applications are due by August 20th; we'll get back to you by August 25th. If you have questions feel free to ask! Learn more & apply here: forms.gle/B1CgvuKGnTjC...

TOMORROW our matching donor's #fundrasier begins! Any amount, and even just sharing this post helps! . #gaming #gamedev #indiegames #gaymer #gamestudies #queerstudies #genderstudies #paywhatyoucan #montreal #analoggames #videogames #twitch #queer #gay #convention #matchingdonation #indiedev

Surely worth it for those scads of slop websites, contradictory and inaccurate search results, generic and boring texts, and wonky and just plain ugly images

As the CGSA/ACÉJ annual conference approaches, so too does our election season, and we are seeking nominations for new officers and representatives. Anyone interested in serving the Canadian game studies community, please check out our bylaws for info gamestudies.ca/governance/ @cgsaacej.bsky.social