🎮 Game Studies

Video game analysis, Interactive media, Digital play, Game criticism

Over 50% of the job cuts in video games are in California
thegamebusiness.com·1w·
Discuss: Hacker News
📰Open Source News
Dev Log: August 23, 2025
minifeed.net·3w
⚡Glitch Art
Virtually Virtuous: Are Video Games the Future of Medicine?
mcgill.ca·2w
🌿Regenerative Media
Bookshelf: Summer 2025
placesjournal.org·3w
📚Zine Libraries
The censorship on Steam is coming for everyone on the internet
polygon.com·1w
🎌Non-Western Web Culture
The Great Enslurrification of Culture (Artnet)
news.artnet.com·2w·
Discuss: r/Longreads
🦠Viral Culture
Conspiracies, costume changes, and three-hour deep dives into Twilight: inside the wild west of YouTube video essays
theguardian.com·1w
🦠Viral Culture
Little Problems – a cute detective game with no violence or victims
theguardian.com·1w
⚡Glitch Art
Running A Video Games Publisher AND Marketing Agency Sounds Absolutely Exhausting
aftermath.site·4d
🏘️Offline Communities
Not Totally Against Platforms
mirroredworld.bearblog.dev·3w
🎌Non-Western Web Culture
How to Solve a Problem
henrikkarlsson.xyz·3w·
Discuss: Hacker News
🗺️Bioregionalism
The ‘Final Fantasy Tactics’ Refresh Gives Its Class-War Story New Relevance
wired.com·1w
🎌Non-Western Web Culture
Nearly a third of female gamers feel guilty about their hobby: New study
phys.org·2w
🎌Non-Western Web Culture
Hot social science topics 20 years ago and hot social science topics now
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu·3d
🌱Regenerative Journalism
Zombies, ghosts, videogames: 10 highlights from St Moritz Art Film Festival
dazeddigital.com·2w
🎬Underground Cinema
Beyond zero-sum media
mattdpearce.substack.com·2w·
Discuss: Substack
🦠Viral Culture
Ten Thousand Lifetimes with Roguelikes
ian.mccowan.space·2w·
Discuss: Hacker News
🕸️Digital Folklore
Creative Projects That Reshape Communities
kuriositas.com·2w
🏘️Offline Communities
Applying Functional Programming to a Complex Domain: A Practical Game Engine PoC
github.com·1w
⚡Glitch Art
The Last Days of Social Media
longreads.com·5d·
Discuss: Hacker News
🌱Digital Gardens