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Poppy Wilde @poppywilde.bsky.social · Jul 31

Wrote up a short piece about the Interactive Games PGR conference that took place a few weeks ago. There really were too many excellent papers to list in detail, but here I share the main idea of my keynote: allowing yourself to experiment and push theory in new directions. bcmcr.org/research/key...

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you so much for coming along to speak! I really appreciate it. Your work is so fascinating and I’ll definitely be carrying your advice with me into the final year of my PhD and beyond!! ✨

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you so much for coming! It was great to hear how your research has been going 🫶✨

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jul 11

Really looking forward to this year’s event!

investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social · Jul 11

🧡 If you're joining us for this year's Interactive Games PGR Conference next Friday, please see below for the schedule for the day!

🧡 As with previous years, we have a really exciting range of speakers lined up across a diverse range of disciplines and subject areas. It's going to be a great day👾

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investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social · Jul 11

🧡 If you're joining us for this year's Interactive Games PGR Conference next Friday, please see below for the schedule for the day!

🧡 As with previous years, we have a really exciting range of speakers lined up across a diverse range of disciplines and subject areas. It's going to be a great day👾

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jul 2

There is roughly a day remaining to sign up to attend this years Interactive Games PGR Conference 2025! 🧡 (programme to follow when I return from DiGRA)

Sign up and register your attendance here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/interactiv...

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jul 1

So glad to have pushed through the anxiety to present my findings at the DiGRA 2025 PhD Consortium! I was genuinly terrified but the feedback and discussion was so valuable and the whole conference has been a real highlight of my PhD journey so far! So excited for the rest of the week! ☀️✨🇲🇹

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jun 30

Can’t believe how clear and blue all the water is! Really looking forward to it all :)

Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you! 😁

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jun 29

Lovely first afternoon in Malta ahead of DiGRA 2025! Really looking forward to the PhD Consortium tomorrow, and so excited to explore Valletta over the next week!! ☀️✨

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thank you to everyone who submitted to present this year! I am so excited to be able to run the event again and looking forward to meeting and catching up with everyone!✨

investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social · May 21

The third I.G PGR Conference is in little under 2 months and the submission portal is still open to accept submissions, with an amended deadline of Friday 6th June! 🧡

🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/MaZq8Dpp10

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Jun 6

Last chance for PGRs to submit to this year’s Interactive Games PGR Conference! ⬇️✨

investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social · May 21

The third I.G PGR Conference is in little under 2 months and the submission portal is still open to accept submissions, with an amended deadline of Friday 6th June! 🧡

🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/MaZq8Dpp10

Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · May 29

ARK: Survival Ascended is best played in the company of your own mini dinosaur 🦎💚

A TV screen showing ARK: Survival Ascended game play. A leg is visible, on top of it sat a leopard gecko

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · May 21

Games studies PhD and Masters students, please check this out! A free event hosted by investigate.games at York St John University💫🌟excited for this years conference✨

investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social · May 21

The third I.G PGR Conference is in little under 2 months and the submission portal is still open to accept submissions, with an amended deadline of Friday 6th June! 🧡

🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/MaZq8Dpp10

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Beth (she/her) @brthomas.bsky.social · Feb 27

An amazing conference for PGRs in video games! Find the dates and submission details below! 🎮⭐️

investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social · Feb 25

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

We looking for submissions for 10 minute presentations by PhD and Masters students for our annual Interactive Games PGR Conference!

📍 York St John University
📆 Friday 18th July

Submission deadline: Friday 23rd May
🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/MaZq8Dpp10

Call for Papers! Are you a postgraduate researcher researching video games, board games or any other type of play? We are looking for submissions by PGRs for 10 minute presentations at our annual Interactive Games PGR Conference.

Location: York St John University
Date: Friday 18th July, 2025
Submission deadline: Friday 23rd May, 2025

Submit your presentation proposals through the attached link. Any questions contact Caitlin at c.veal@yorksj.ac.uk.

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investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social · Feb 25

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

We looking for submissions for 10 minute presentations by PhD and Masters students for our annual Interactive Games PGR Conference!

📍 York St John University
📆 Friday 18th July

Submission deadline: Friday 23rd May
🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/MaZq8Dpp10

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investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social · Feb 22

It’s the last weekend of our Games Lab at the Yorkshire Games Festival at the National Science + Media Museum! This weekend we have a whole host of developers in attendance to showcase and talk you through their games - so come and take a look! 👾🧡

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investigate.games @ YSJ @investigatedot.bsky.social · Feb 18

This week we are at the Yorkshire Games Festival showcasing 23 games by Yorkshire based games developers at our Games Lab!The Lab is based at the National Science + Media Museum in Bradford from 15-23rd February, so do come down and take a look!👾

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Feb 11

Congrats! Ah, it’s going to be a great few days! :)

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Feb 11

Ah awesome, congrats!! Looking forward to meeting all the other games studies PhDs!

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Feb 11

Ah nice one, congratulations!! From your bio it looks like we have similar research interests so I look forward to hearing about your project!

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thank you!! Yes shall see you!

Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thank you! Will be great to meet you too! :)

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Feb 11

Aw thank you!!🫶🫶

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Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social · Feb 11

So excited to have had my submission accepted for the PhD Consortium as part of this year’s DiGRA Conference in Malta!🇲🇹 My first external and international conference, really looking forward to it ✨

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