Aussie-made Draculesti is a reimagining of the classic novel Dracula, dripping with horror and dangerous romance all wrapped in a Gothic bow by Drăculești 🦇 Kickstarter - FINAL WEEK buff.ly/3QWCO5d

"Keogh questions the tendency among both game designers and players to substitute all of video game culture for “the video game industry.”" Brendan Keogh's "The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist" makes Polygon's list of best video game books of 2023. polygon.com/23940553/best-…

"hate is normal" same insights on the dark side of games by Dr. Rachel Kowert full paper: scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstreams/ad8… #hicss #gamedev

Hello! Do you or someone you know (who is based in Melbourne) have a child aged 7-14 who has spent money in digital games? If so, I’d love to chat to you both for our study on understanding children’s digital play!

Please welcome our new festival; Angles! With a weekend of Activities, a Conference and Market, we're excited to finally announce everything! For more info check our landing page at freeplay.net.au Huge thanks to our partners ScreenAustralia

How Nintendo took a gamble on a new kind of gaming experience in the '90s. An excerpt from "Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy" by Benj Edwards and @JoseZagal via Ars Technica: arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05…

My book Treacherous Play is in this bundle! outstanding value, if I do say so myself.

CAVRN welcomes Sandra Ponzanesi to explore how VR, used as an ‘empathy machine,’ can be empowering and innovative but also carry implicit biases and detrimental effects for vulnerable groups, like migrants and refugees. Read more here: cavrn.org/virtual-realit…

Coming this September, "Fantasies of Virtual Reality" is essential reading for anyone interested in what #VR can really do—and what is just plain fantasy. Preorder Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston's accessible intro to this emerging technology: bit.ly/3M4W6U3

A focus on hyper-realistic and violent immersive games misses the real potential of #VR games, argue gaming scholars Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston. spectrum.ieee.org/vr-games?share…

"[The MIT Press] Game Histories series has reliably been the best source of books on #RPGs over the past few years." We're on a roll (pardon the pun) with a Wyrd Science Magazine excerpt from "Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons." Learn about the collection here: bit.ly/3yKY498

Augmented and virtual reality technologies are deepening the militarization of police forces and infiltrating everyday life, write Ben Egliston & Marcus Carter: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-dangerous-…

.Ben Egliston led an amazing chapter in our book, Fantasies of Virtual Reality, about Fantasies of Violence with AR and VR that neatly discuses and anticipates this. You can read the whole book open access thanks to The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Direct2Open bit.ly/3M4W6U3

As Meta Connect 2024 showcases the latest in #AI and mixed reality, a new book untangles the fiction, fact, & threat of a future dominated by immersive #VR experiences, challenging Silicon Valley's next frontier. "Fantasies of Virtual Reality" is out now: bit.ly/3M4W6U3

Compared to other widely critiqued emerging technologies, virtual reality is rarely discussed. What challenges are in its future? Join Marcus Carter & Ben Egliston for a reddit AMA on Oct 8 at 6 pm EST, where they'll answer your questions about #VR! reddit.com/r/IAmA/

Gosh I hope there’s a good VR book at this stand Noah… !

If you’re at #aoir make sure to check out #fantasiesofvirtualreality at The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social book stand!!