DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026

www.digraconference2026.com

#games #gamestudies

Excited to share that my new novel, 'What We Owe the Dead,' is now available to readers across the Americas.
It is a strange detective story set against the backdrop of ecological collapse.
You can now find 'What we Owe the Dead' through all major booksellers! CC @freeklomme.bsky.social

📯 CFP Alert 📯
Special Issue on Game Advertising

With a stellar guest editor board, this issue invites submissions on any aspect of video game advertising.

Submission deadline October 31, 2025

Details here:
dl.acm.org/journal/game...

Do share 🙃

Re-watched the trailer I made for @gua-le-ni.com 's experimental game Doors. And really enjoyed the David Attenborough-eque narration I added.

Also play the game, so I can tell Stefano, how well the trailer worked. 😅

youtu.be/t4K63Ad2JmI?...

🎤 KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT 🎤

📢 Thrilled to announce Stefano Gualeni is joining iGGi CON 2025!
Philosopher, game designer & Prof. at the Institute of Digital Games, Univ. of Malta.

🍃 10+11 Sept, York

🌱 Register: iggi2025.org

#iGGi25 #GameStudies #games #conference

Next week I will be talking about my new novel in Belgium! 📢

Join me and Elly McCausland in a conversation about science fiction and climate imaginaries in Ghent on
May the 27th, at the bookstore Paard van Troje. The event starts at 19.:30!

👩‍🍳 𝐂𝐅𝐏: 𝐂𝐇Æ𝐅 - 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝
Want to talk about your favourite dish or latest culinary faux pas? 🍕🍍 Or reflect on how food is represented in art? 🍰
Submit an idea by 6 June and join us in Tilburg in August!
👉More info: nelevandemosselaer.wordpress.com/chaef-cultur...

I invited my favourite author, Jonathan Coe, to a conference about his work and he said yes. Find out whether this was a good idea by joining us this Thursday!
More info: nelevandemosselaer.wordpress.com/truth-in-fic...

Genuinely excited to talk all things conspiracy theories at a webinar open to all, on Monday 17th at 14:00GMT 🌍

I'll be joined by @psychunseen.bsky.social , psychiatrist, U-Wen Low, biblical scholar, and @nelevdm.bsky.social to compare CTs and videogames! 🎮 ✨

www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/...

The #DiGRA2025 registrations are NOW OFFICALLY OPEN! 📢
🚨 digraconference2025.org/conference-r... 🚨

Yeah, well... WHAT WE OWE THE DEAD - my new sci-fi novel - will be out in March with Set Margins'.

>> www.setmargins.press/books/what-w... <<

The book is beautifully illustrated by @demigiant.bsky.social, and if you're into #philosophy and #games, you might enjoy this one :)

Next Tuesday
>> January the 28th at 14:00 <<
I will talk about the conceptual use of games and video games at the University of Ghent (Belgium).

Come join us if you're interested! #gamestudies
CC @digrabelgium.bsky.social @alexvandewalle.bsky.social

Ever wondered what philosophers have to say about fame and celebrity? Now is your chance to find out! Featuring amazing contributions from @isernmas.bsky.social, @charactergap.bsky.social, and others not yet on here.
Available at a 30% discount until December 8th.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/philosoph...

Join us tomorrow to discuss fiction in fiction! Hope to see you there 👀

On Artribune: videogames meet conceptual art, and @gua-le-ni.com's "Il videogioco del mondo. Istruzioni per l'uso" (Timeo) meets @marijamdid.com's "Everything to Play For: How Videogames Are Changing the World" (Verso).

Let's talk about (fiction that talks about) fiction! 🤔
Join us on the 2nd of December in Tilburg, or online!
👉 More information: nelevandemosselaer.wordpress.com/metafiction-...