Game Studies for the Humanities
Hello fellow video game enthusiasts. I am starting this list for all those humanities scholars with an interest in games. If you want to be added, let me know. All are welcomed!
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@dreframss.bsky.social
@drmatthewthompson.bsky.social
Academic. PhD on historical reconstructions of the Whitechapel Murders. Writes about toxic masculinity, Neo-Victorianism and historical reconstruction. Currently researching the vampire in interactive media.
@curatorgeoff.bsky.social
Keeper of Science and Technology at National Museums Scotland. Historian of photography, science, museums and visual culture. He/him. Views my own.
@mdamkjaer.bsky.social
Victorianist and knitter; Fiction on the Page in Nineteenth-Century Magazines (OUP) out now
@sharonchoe.bsky.social
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoc Fellow @ UCPH, Denmark • Research Associate @ CECS, York • Body Politics, Death Studies, Norse Reception • 🇰🇷🇬🇧 • IG: @/sharonchoewrites • Rep: Laura Crockett, TriadaUS • Always writing something sharonchoebooks.com
@appliedgames.bsky.social
Zentrum für Angewandte Spieleforschung | Center for Applied Game Studies | University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria 👉 donau-uni.ac.at/ags
@coegamecult.bsky.social
The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project of the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä, and is funded by the Academy of Finland.
@thevideogamelibrary.org
The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org Over 10,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️ New books added daily. • Join the Discussion: http://discord.gg/4JqJUs2s2n • Support: https://ko-fi.com/thevideogamelibrary
@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social
Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
@jenniferjtcooke.bsky.social
Horror film & game PhD researcher with the worst taste in movies that you’ll ever see. @ Newcastle University 💜
@enwright.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | EXORCISM (2025) | PERFORMING ANIMAL MAGNETISM (2026)
@karengregory.bsky.social
Soc of Work + Platform Labor | U of Edinburgh | Created MSc Digital Sociology | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society | CAHSS Digital Lead | Critical Data Studies @ EFI Writing: Enchanted Entrepreneurs: Media, Work, and Meaning in the Spiritual Marketplace
@dreframss.bsky.social
Historian of occultism and science, Victorianist, anthropologist, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, and bass player. Lover of classic videogames. 🎮 Views own. (https://www.eframserashriar.com)