Games and Gaming Lab (UofGGamesLab)
@uofggameslab.bsky.social
An ArtsLab Research Lab promoting cross-disciplinary research & education from tabletop to video games. We explore innovative uses of #games & #gaming to help people make ideas fly like bicycles, @uofglasgow.bsky.social & beyond! Follow/Like ≠ endorsement.
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“Progress in Play: Board Games and the Meaning of History”, Alex Andriesse on the world of 18/19th-century board games in which players progress chronologically through history itself: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/progress-in-play-board-games-and-the-meaning-of-history
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Progress in Play: Board Games and the Meaning of History”, Alex Andriesse on the world of 18/19th-century board games in which players progress chronologically through history itself: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/progress-in-play-board-games-and-the-meaning-of-history
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We hosted Dr Sunimal Mendis @tilburg-university.bsky.social at CREATe! Her NWO DIGI-APPS project digs into how copyright + regulation work in virtual worlds. Can 2D platform rules survive in XR? 👀
Read her guest post on our blog 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
Read her guest post on our blog 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
Copyright’s (extended) reality check: Challenges for copyright enforcement in virtual worlds - CREATe
www.create.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We hosted Dr Sunimal Mendis @tilburg-university.bsky.social at CREATe! Her NWO DIGI-APPS project digs into how copyright + regulation work in virtual worlds. Can 2D platform rules survive in XR? 👀
Read her guest post on our blog 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
Read her guest post on our blog 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...
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The #KEAwards25 public vote is now open! ✨
We are delighted #ResearchForEveryone is shortlisted in the Knowledge Exchange UK Public Vote category. Watch our short video & vote:
ke.org.uk/ke-awards-20...
Thank you for supporting our project!
#KnowledgeExchangeUK #KEUK #KnowledgeExchange #Impact
We are delighted #ResearchForEveryone is shortlisted in the Knowledge Exchange UK Public Vote category. Watch our short video & vote:
ke.org.uk/ke-awards-20...
Thank you for supporting our project!
#KnowledgeExchangeUK #KEUK #KnowledgeExchange #Impact
KE Awards 2025 | Public Vote - Knowledge Exchange UK
ke.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The #KEAwards25 public vote is now open! ✨
We are delighted #ResearchForEveryone is shortlisted in the Knowledge Exchange UK Public Vote category. Watch our short video & vote:
ke.org.uk/ke-awards-20...
Thank you for supporting our project!
#KnowledgeExchangeUK #KEUK #KnowledgeExchange #Impact
We are delighted #ResearchForEveryone is shortlisted in the Knowledge Exchange UK Public Vote category. Watch our short video & vote:
ke.org.uk/ke-awards-20...
Thank you for supporting our project!
#KnowledgeExchangeUK #KEUK #KnowledgeExchange #Impact
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Related to this, we would like to encourage you to come to the launch of Rebecca Sutton's game CEASEFIRE, this coming Friday in the @uofgarc.bsky.social ARC. 2:00-3:30pm all welcome!
@uofggameslab.bsky.social
@uofggameslab.bsky.social
📣New #podcast episode out! Listen to @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Prof Rebecca Sutton talk about the @uofggameslab.bsky.social and their work on #Peace Gaming. Inspired by their workshop at the Spring School in May #RIELASpring25.
👂➡️https://bit.ly/Peacegame
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
@unesco.org
👂➡️https://bit.ly/Peacegame
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
@unesco.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Related to this, we would like to encourage you to come to the launch of Rebecca Sutton's game CEASEFIRE, this coming Friday in the @uofgarc.bsky.social ARC. 2:00-3:30pm all welcome!
@uofggameslab.bsky.social
@uofggameslab.bsky.social
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📣New #podcast episode out! Listen to @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Prof Rebecca Sutton talk about the @uofggameslab.bsky.social and their work on #Peace Gaming. Inspired by their workshop at the Spring School in May #RIELASpring25.
👂➡️https://bit.ly/Peacegame
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
@unesco.org
👂➡️https://bit.ly/Peacegame
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
@unesco.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
📣New #podcast episode out! Listen to @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Prof Rebecca Sutton talk about the @uofggameslab.bsky.social and their work on #Peace Gaming. Inspired by their workshop at the Spring School in May #RIELASpring25.
👂➡️https://bit.ly/Peacegame
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
@unesco.org
👂➡️https://bit.ly/Peacegame
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
@unesco.org
Sign up now for "Broken Canvas" - A discussion-led 'Artistic AI' Crisis Game on Wednesday 29th October at 1.30-3.30pm in the Advanced Research Centre. (QR code or link via the post below.)
This event is part of the University of Glasgow's Data Science and AI Festival from 27-29 October. #AI
This event is part of the University of Glasgow's Data Science and AI Festival from 27-29 October. #AI
October 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Sign up now for "Broken Canvas" - A discussion-led 'Artistic AI' Crisis Game on Wednesday 29th October at 1.30-3.30pm in the Advanced Research Centre. (QR code or link via the post below.)
This event is part of the University of Glasgow's Data Science and AI Festival from 27-29 October. #AI
This event is part of the University of Glasgow's Data Science and AI Festival from 27-29 October. #AI
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October 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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It's been a great day for fascinating events! Really enjoyed hearing @chriskempshall.bsky.social, @mimi-mortmain.bsky.social, @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Fruzsina Pittner (chaired by @enwright.bsky.social) discussing history and fantasy in video games (and books) tonight!
September 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's been a great day for fascinating events! Really enjoyed hearing @chriskempshall.bsky.social, @mimi-mortmain.bsky.social, @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Fruzsina Pittner (chaired by @enwright.bsky.social) discussing history and fantasy in video games (and books) tonight!
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🚨 Another Video Game Library win! 🚨
The entire MARKT+TECHNIK X-GAMES series is now fully catalogued! 🎉
Weeks of research and teamwork with German collectors & authors made this possible.
It’s another piece of gaming literary history preserved 📚
Check it out, SPREAD THE WORD 🙏 💙
The entire MARKT+TECHNIK X-GAMES series is now fully catalogued! 🎉
Weeks of research and teamwork with German collectors & authors made this possible.
It’s another piece of gaming literary history preserved 📚
Check it out, SPREAD THE WORD 🙏 💙
September 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
🚨 Another Video Game Library win! 🚨
The entire MARKT+TECHNIK X-GAMES series is now fully catalogued! 🎉
Weeks of research and teamwork with German collectors & authors made this possible.
It’s another piece of gaming literary history preserved 📚
Check it out, SPREAD THE WORD 🙏 💙
The entire MARKT+TECHNIK X-GAMES series is now fully catalogued! 🎉
Weeks of research and teamwork with German collectors & authors made this possible.
It’s another piece of gaming literary history preserved 📚
Check it out, SPREAD THE WORD 🙏 💙
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#GameUXsummit '25 was a blast! SO MANY GREAT TALKS (see gamaste.net/game-ux-summ...)
I presented my research on how players' personal, social, and game-related factors impact 𝐄𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.
A huge thanks to the organizers! @gameuxsummit.com @celiahodent.com AP Hogeschool & Gamaste
I presented my research on how players' personal, social, and game-related factors impact 𝐄𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.
A huge thanks to the organizers! @gameuxsummit.com @celiahodent.com AP Hogeschool & Gamaste
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#GameUXsummit '25 was a blast! SO MANY GREAT TALKS (see gamaste.net/game-ux-summ...)
I presented my research on how players' personal, social, and game-related factors impact 𝐄𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.
A huge thanks to the organizers! @gameuxsummit.com @celiahodent.com AP Hogeschool & Gamaste
I presented my research on how players' personal, social, and game-related factors impact 𝐄𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.
A huge thanks to the organizers! @gameuxsummit.com @celiahodent.com AP Hogeschool & Gamaste
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A website about classic video game magazines.
From Mean Machines and CVG to Super Play and more. With articles and interviews featuring the writers, editors and designers who were there.
Visit Forgotten Worlds 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net
#Sega #Nintendo #Amiga #C64 #Spectrum #Amstrad #AtariST 🌴☀️
From Mean Machines and CVG to Super Play and more. With articles and interviews featuring the writers, editors and designers who were there.
Visit Forgotten Worlds 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net
#Sega #Nintendo #Amiga #C64 #Spectrum #Amstrad #AtariST 🌴☀️
August 31, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Hey folks in the Pacific Northwest: We're going to PAX West 2025 this weekend! We've got two panels and an exhibitor table - more info here: www.patreon.com/posts/were-h...
We're heading to PAX West 2025! | The Video Game History Foundation
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August 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hey folks in the Pacific Northwest: We're going to PAX West 2025 this weekend! We've got two panels and an exhibitor table - more info here: www.patreon.com/posts/were-h...
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If you missed our Gender panel event on Tuesday, you can now watch the recording of this fantastic discussion here via our Youtube Channel! Featuring @verysrsgames.com @katexe.bsky.social @tesswatty.bsky.social & @ide4fix.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtP3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtP3...
Historical Games Network Discussion Panel: Gender (29th July 2025)
YouTube video by Historical Games Network
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July 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If you missed our Gender panel event on Tuesday, you can now watch the recording of this fantastic discussion here via our Youtube Channel! Featuring @verysrsgames.com @katexe.bsky.social @tesswatty.bsky.social & @ide4fix.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtP3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtP3...
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(1936) Lizzie Magie, Showing a prototype of Monopoly, Which She Invented to Warn the Dangers of Land Speculation.
July 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
(1936) Lizzie Magie, Showing a prototype of Monopoly, Which She Invented to Warn the Dangers of Land Speculation.
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Our latest VGHH podcast is a little review of what we’ve been up to, so far, this year. With the official launch of our digital library archive, livestreams of game magazine unboxing and EPROM dumping, and multiple new collections, there's lots to discuss: gamehistory.org/episode-136-...
Episode 136: Halfway Through 2025: A Mid-Year Update | Video Game History Foundation
It’s time for a little review of what we’ve been up to, so far, this year. With the official launch of our digital library archive, livestreams of game magazine unboxing and EPROM dumping, the newest ...
gamehistory.org
July 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our latest VGHH podcast is a little review of what we’ve been up to, so far, this year. With the official launch of our digital library archive, livestreams of game magazine unboxing and EPROM dumping, and multiple new collections, there's lots to discuss: gamehistory.org/episode-136-...
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Games and History Take Centre Stage at Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Curious Festival
Unreal Pasts, Playful Presents: The growing cultural and academic significance of videogames will be highlighted this September, as the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) hosts a fascinating panel discussion as part…
Unreal Pasts, Playful Presents: The growing cultural and academic significance of videogames will be highlighted this September, as the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) hosts a fascinating panel discussion as part…
Games and History Take Centre Stage at Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Curious Festival
Unreal Pasts, Playful Presents: The growing cultural and academic significance of videogames will be highlighted this September, as the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) hosts a fascinating panel discussion as part of its annual Curious festival of knowledge. The event, titled Unreal pasts, playful presents: history and fantasy in games and media, will take place on Wednesday, 10 September 2025…
scottishgames.net
July 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Games and History Take Centre Stage at Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Curious Festival
Unreal Pasts, Playful Presents: The growing cultural and academic significance of videogames will be highlighted this September, as the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) hosts a fascinating panel discussion as part…
Unreal Pasts, Playful Presents: The growing cultural and academic significance of videogames will be highlighted this September, as the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) hosts a fascinating panel discussion as part…
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#TradeMagWeek DAY 1: Electronic Gaming Retail News
From the publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly, EGRN was one of the first video game trade magazines, running from 1991–1993. With help from @kohler.bsky.social, we've digitized 11 of its 12 issues!
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/3e35f...
From the publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly, EGRN was one of the first video game trade magazines, running from 1991–1993. With help from @kohler.bsky.social, we've digitized 11 of its 12 issues!
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/3e35f...
June 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#TradeMagWeek DAY 1: Electronic Gaming Retail News
From the publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly, EGRN was one of the first video game trade magazines, running from 1991–1993. With help from @kohler.bsky.social, we've digitized 11 of its 12 issues!
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/3e35f...
From the publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly, EGRN was one of the first video game trade magazines, running from 1991–1993. With help from @kohler.bsky.social, we've digitized 11 of its 12 issues!
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/3e35f...
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OTD 6 yrs ago we staged biggest 28mm tabletop wargame ever - over 24,000 figures & 120 players. Table mats formed prob biggest battle map ever printed (based on Siborne). Raised £20,000 for Waterloo Uncovered. Most insane thing l’ve ever come up with. French lost again!
June 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
OTD 6 yrs ago we staged biggest 28mm tabletop wargame ever - over 24,000 figures & 120 players. Table mats formed prob biggest battle map ever printed (based on Siborne). Raised £20,000 for Waterloo Uncovered. Most insane thing l’ve ever come up with. French lost again!
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If you are interested, please DM us or email our editor Cass directly at [email protected].
In addition, please note that all reviewers for Press Start must be a current student or within a year of having graduated💙(2/2)
In addition, please note that all reviewers for Press Start must be a current student or within a year of having graduated💙(2/2)
June 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If you are interested, please DM us or email our editor Cass directly at [email protected].
In addition, please note that all reviewers for Press Start must be a current student or within a year of having graduated💙(2/2)
In addition, please note that all reviewers for Press Start must be a current student or within a year of having graduated💙(2/2)
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We are looking for three peer reviewers for a manuscript titled "Third places and community environments in gaming"😊 Please check the attached image for the abstract! (1/2)
June 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We are looking for three peer reviewers for a manuscript titled "Third places and community environments in gaming"😊 Please check the attached image for the abstract! (1/2)
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Do we even do starter packs any more on BSky? Kind of seems like the need is still there for new people joining us and old people finding us. Sooo
As always, not a gatekeeper -- if you talk/post (formally write or not) abt hist game stud: hist games as history in & out of history ed, I can add you.
As always, not a gatekeeper -- if you talk/post (formally write or not) abt hist game stud: hist games as history in & out of history ed, I can add you.
June 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Do we even do starter packs any more on BSky? Kind of seems like the need is still there for new people joining us and old people finding us. Sooo
As always, not a gatekeeper -- if you talk/post (formally write or not) abt hist game stud: hist games as history in & out of history ed, I can add you.
As always, not a gatekeeper -- if you talk/post (formally write or not) abt hist game stud: hist games as history in & out of history ed, I can add you.
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@katespowage.bsky.social , a new colleague-friend I have not had the chance to meet, published this year on Sid's Civilization from "the politics of language". Haven't completely read it yet but excited she took up the _Civ forums as public history practice_ that I proposed back in 2018. at Academia
(PDF) Against the game: Sid Meier’s Civilization and vernacular theories of language
PDF | In this article, I explore videogames, language ideologies, and vernacular theory. Specifically, I examine the politics of language in Sid Meier’s... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
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June 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
@katespowage.bsky.social , a new colleague-friend I have not had the chance to meet, published this year on Sid's Civilization from "the politics of language". Haven't completely read it yet but excited she took up the _Civ forums as public history practice_ that I proposed back in 2018. at Academia
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That’s really all for this year! Thank you for joining #MAMG25, whether as speakers, participants, or both! The conference may be over, but that doesn’t mean you cannot go forward with reading all the awesome papers that have been delivered this year, and with asking more questions to their authors!
June 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
That’s really all for this year! Thank you for joining #MAMG25, whether as speakers, participants, or both! The conference may be over, but that doesn’t mean you cannot go forward with reading all the awesome papers that have been delivered this year, and with asking more questions to their authors!