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057: Discovering Rhetorical Figures with Citizen Science with Adeshola Ogunsanya, Drake Dong, Nathan D’Silva, and Dr. Randy Harris

The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 2

🎮 For today's episode, co-hosts S. Heeg and Dr. Emma Vossen sit down with Dr. Randy Harris and members of his Rhetoricon team!

Rhetoricon is one of the longest running projects that operates out of the GI. It examines rhetorical figures in language to build ethical language learning models.

057: Discovering Rhetorical Figures with Citizen Science with Adeshola Ogunsanya, Drake Dong, Nathan D’Silva, and Dr. Randy Harris

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 2

It's podcast day!🎙️

❤️‍🩹 Today, we're releasing the last episode of the GI Podcast for the foreseeable future. Our back catalogue will remain up on all major podcast platforms for you to enjoy.

Catch episode 57: Discovering Rhetorical Figures with Citizen Science!

open.spotify.com/episode/3Pcm...

First Person Scholar Takes a Break - First Person Scholar

The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 31

These changes will impact the following:

👾Publications (research reports, news bites, research spotlights)
👾The GI Podcast
👾Events
👾On-boarding for new members
👾Social media updates

Please expect delayed responses and we appreciate your cooperation and support during this time.

The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 31

The GI is undergoing changes. The budget cuts and hiring freeze have a direct impact on the level of our staffing and the services we provide. This will impact all our activities starting May 1 2025.

uwaterloo.ca/games-instit...

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Eli Badra @ebadra.bsky.social · Mar 27

Sad news. My first published piece of writing was at FPS. They were incredibly helpful in guiding me through the process and turning my essay into the best possible version it could be.

Vanity link: www.firstpersonscholar.com/folk-music-r...

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · Mar 27

Sad to hear that First Person Scholar is ending. I had the honor of being EIC during my time as a PhD student at UW and it was an invaluable experience for my career.

There is an absolute wealth of games studies knowledge on that site worth checking out. It will remain free to access.

The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 27

First Person Scholar, the middle-state publication supported and published by the GI, is taking an indefinite hiatus due to a lack of resources. This includes funding cuts to the GI, but also a lack of game studies graduate students with enough funding to allow them time to work on FPS.

#uwaterloo

Hi, everyone. First Person Scholar is going on hiatus. What you’re reading right now is the final posting until we establish its future directions. FPS will remain available as an archive for everyone...

First Person Scholar - Weekly critical essays, commentaries, and book reviews on games

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 27

Check out this last issue of FPS on the FPS website and explored the black catalogue of issues and publications!

www.firstpersonscholar.com

Weekly critical essays, commentaries, and book reviews on games

2025: The Close Readings Issue: - First Person Scholar

The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 27

From triple-A titles whose unquestioned mechanical conventions spoil their loftier and critical thematic aims, to smaller games that unsettle the player through purposeful subversions of interactivity—these essays are testaments to our constantly developing game literacy as academics and players.

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 27

The essays in this issue have one thing in common. They are all fantastic close readings of specific games. Each author uses their respective case study to reveal the ways that videogames intentionally and unintentionally convey values about their worlds and our own.

#uwaterloo #researchimpact

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 27

FPS will remain available as an archive for everyone to access and use. In the meantime, we encourage you to read the last FPS issue “2025: The Close Readings Issue.”

This issue of First Person Scholar is not a "Special Issue" in the everyday academic parlance, but it is a very special issue of FPS because it will be our last issue for some time. FPS is taking an i...

First Person Scholar Takes a Break - First Person Scholar

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 27

First Person Scholar, the middle-state publication supported and published by the GI, is taking an indefinite hiatus due to a lack of resources. This includes funding cuts to the GI, but also a lack of game studies graduate students with enough funding to allow them time to work on FPS.

#uwaterloo

Hi, everyone. First Person Scholar is going on hiatus. What you’re reading right now is the final posting until we establish its future directions. FPS will remain available as an archive for everyone...

056: Diversity and Inclusion in Social Virtual Reality with Dr. Eugene Kukshinov

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 14

🎙️ The next episode of the GI Podcast is now out on all major podcast platforms!

Let us know what you thought about episode 56: Diversity and Inclusion in Social Virtual Reality with Dr. Eugene Kukshinov.

#uwaterloo #researchimpact #humancomputerinteraction #socialvirtualreality #mediapsychology

The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 14

🎉 New podcast episode! 🎉

👾 This week co-hosts Toben Racicot and S. Heeg sit down with postdoctoral researcher Dr. Eugene Kukshinov to discuss his interest in games, his research into social virtual reality, and how he fits into the world of human computer interaction as a media psychologist.

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 6

She highlights aspects like adapting tone and how that compares to the target audience for the game. Creating things like a style guide can go a long way at ensuring there is consistency across a project’s life.

The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 6

In her talk, Emily recounts her experience in working with believed franchises like Batman and the difficulties in adapting such a well known character into games.

The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 6

Emily Grace Buck has joined us for the LAST keynote address of #ICGAN2025 for her talk “I’m Batman: Centering Player Agency in Beloved IP.”

#ICGAN25 #uwaterloo #thegamesinstitute #interdisciplinaryresearch #researchimpact

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 6

Check out the in-person crowd from Waterloo for Emily Grace Buck’s keynote address “I’m Batman: Centering Player Agency in Beloved IP”for #ICGAN2025! Including a very special visit from University of Waterloo’s own Charmaine Dean!

#uwaterloo #thegamesinstitute #interidisciplinaryresearch

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · Mar 6

Double conference day! This morning I gave a keynote at #icgan2025; this evening, doing demos at #hri2025.

Geoffrey Bayldon as Catweazle answers the question “what is a hybrid boardgames?”, mixing boardgame with “electrickery”.

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 6

Hanine El Mir is closing out as the final panelist of #ICGAN2025 with her presentation “Role-Played Identities: Adapting the Tools to Forge Our Narratives” and we’re happy she could join us!

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sarahthorne.bsky.social @sarahthorne.bsky.social · Mar 6

Having a blast at #ICGaN2025!

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 6

For our very final presenter of #ICGAN2025 we have Hanine El Mir with her look into role playing with the presentation “Role-Played Identities: Adapting the Tools to Forge Our Narratives.”

#ICGAN2025 #ICGAN25 #uwaterloo #thegamesinstitute #researchimpact #interdisciplinaryresearch

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The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 6

Next up in Session 31 “Role-Playing, Reminiscence, Representation, and Romance” is Morgan Pearce with “Writing History in Pentiment: Medieval Manuscripts, Historical Accuracy, and the Politics of Representation.”

#ICGAN2025 #uwaterloo #thegamesinstitute #researchimpact #interdisciplinaryresearch

The Games Institute @thegamesinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 6

Starting out last panel of #ICGAN2025 is Christine Tomlinson for “Playing for Love: Experiences with Romance in Video Game Narrative Design.”

#ICGAN2025 #ICGAN25 #uwaterloo #thegamesinstitute #researchimpact #interdisciplinaryresearch