Some exciting news: my thesis just got approved! This means that in a few weeks, I’ll officially be #PhDone 🥳

We're pleased to send out this invitation for our next DiGRA Belgium symposium, at Ghent University on October 18, focused on games and narrative. With presentations by UGent LW scholars, Larian Studios on #BaldursGate3, and Jan-Noël Thon! Sign up here: event.ugent.be/registration/d…

New paper alert! Over the Summer, our paper titled "It all starts with a name: Mapping the terms used by researchers to describe gambling-like elements in video games" got published in JournalGamblingIssues cdspress.ca/?p=10307

Hi @belgiangames devs! Is #unwrap marked in your calendars yet? Besides the great line-up to be inspired by, you can recruit talent at the career fair & pitch your game to publishers. Check all options here and secure your tickets before they sell out 🚀👇🏻 unwrap.be

Present at #ECREA2024 ecrea_eu! Looking forward to all these interesting presentations in the Games section ECREA_DGR

Ce mardi 8 octobre à Bruxelles, j'aurai l'occasion de présenter les implications du projet GAM(e)(a)BLE au Betternet Lab, lors d'un événement coorganisé par Média Animationet Mediawijs en partenariat avec le Conseil Supérieur d'Éducation aux #Médias.

J'y présenterai les avancées de notre projet soutenu par FWO sur les relations entre #jeuvidéo et jeu de #hasard chez les jeunes. Je ferai le lien avec la question du jour au Betternet Lab : la consommation en ligne chez les #jeunes. betternet.be/nl/participez-…

We are looking for new colleague: part time passionate and driven person to join us as soon as possible. Role central to supporting growth and development of #flemishgamesindustry ! Interested? Check link, send CV and motivation letter to [email protected] drive.google.com/file/d/1vR6FDc…

💌Publication alert: It all starts with a name: Mapping the terms used by #researchers to describe #gambling-like elements in video #games in JournalGamblingIssues. Congrats to the authors Bruno Dupont Eva Grosemans Maarten Denoo Lowie Martijn Van Heel Bieke Zaman Rozane De Cock⬇️

Congratulations to dr. Eva Grosemans for defending her multi-method PhD research on gaming and gambling! 🎉🥳GAM(e)(a)BLE

I’m a doctor now! 🎉

So starts our third DiGRA Belgium symposium, this time at UGent LitUGent and focused on games and narrative!

Baldur's Gate 3 Larian Studios Our stage was almost not big enough to host the amazing devs from the Larian Studios Ghent office! Thanks for showing up in such huge numbers!

Some snapshots of our DiGRA Belgium symposium at UGent LW last week, featuring presentations by Larian Studios on #BaldursGate3, Jan-Noël Thon on games and narratology, and hands-on demos of Baldur's Gate 3, Black Myth: Wukong, and Hades II! Thank you to everyone for joining!

Voor een nieuwe studie ben ik op zoek naar jongvolwassenen die 20 minuutjes willen vrijmaken voor het invullen van onze vragenlijst rond video games en gok- en kansspelen. Ervaring niet vereist! Zin om mee te doen? ➡️ tinyurl.com/gamengokken

CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference Maciej Paprocki and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2! For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1_8…

Interesting VR research taking place! ⬇️ If you have experience with VR, and some time to spare, please fill in David Walewijns' survey!

REMINDER: CfP Mythological Game Studies Conference (May 2025, online) Send Maciej Paprocki and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!

Wishing everyone a very playful 2025! 🎉 We're happy to announce an open call for two positions on the DiGRA Belgium board: (1) Co-Chair and (2) Treasurer. Deadline: 10 February 2025. If interested, please contact Baldoc with a letter of motivation!

NEW PUB 🚨 Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap recently published an overview article [in Dutch] which summarizes my doctoral research on eudaimonic game experiences and motives in just 22 pages (compared to the 450+ pages long dissertation). It's available in open access through aup-online.com/content/journa…