Timur Slavgorodskii-Kazanets is a second-year Digital Media PhD student at the University of Salford, Manchester. His research focuses on understanding how video game narratives can depict socio-political issues and contribute to the construction of the player’s identity.

Sara Bimo (she/her) is a PhD Candidate in Communication & Culture at York University. Her research examines perceptions and imaginaries of technological infrastructures and the intersection between non-rational world-making, identity formation, and political resistance.
Twitter: sara_bimo

📢Press Start is delighted to welcome our newest board members! We'll be introducing one member every day in this thread, so please give them all a warm welcome♥️

Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢
Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue!
More details below in this thread👇
#CallForPapers #GameStudies

🌞Hello everyone, we're looking for three reviewers for a manuscript about typologies of logical contradictions in video game worlds.
Please have a look at the abstract in the thread and email us at [email protected] if you're interested!