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Roundtable: On the Boundaries Between Creative and Critical Writing

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Post date 06/03/2023
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News for those both inside and outside Scotland: I’ll be appearing on a live broadcast as part of the University of Strathclyde’s HaSS Seminar series this Wednesday (8th March) at 4pm.

Tags Andrew McLean, BFS Journal, British Fantasy Society, Conversation 2023, eastercon, Glasgow, Mirri Glasson-Darling, Scott McNee, Shoreline of Infinity, Sindhu Rajasekaran, University of Strathclyde

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Once and Future Fantasies

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Post date 11/07/2022
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Update: My apologies to those looking forward to hearing this paper. Unfortunately I had to cancel due to illness.

As I write, the big yellow thing has returned to the skies above Glasgow, and people are turning into lobsters. But before we welcome our new crustacean overlords, I’ll be appearing at the Once and Future Fantasies conference at the University of Glasgow.

Tags Ecocriticism, Ecology, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII remake, Glasgow, IAFA, ICFA, Jeffrey Palms, Kevan Manwaring, Marina Warner, Nalo Hopkinson, Once and Future Fantasies, Rhys Williams, University of Glasgow

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Game Studies India Talk

Image shows the main characters of Final Fantasy VII: Remake standing on a broken motorway bridge. The text reads: "Ludographic Metafiction", Metaverses, and the Ecocriticism of FFVII: Remake. Darshana Jayemanne, Ruth EJ Booth Games Studies India July 26 2021

Hey folks! Just a quick heads up about a talk I’ll be doing with Darshana Jayemanne (Abertay University) on Monday 26th July as part of Game Studies India‘s current schedule of talks.

Tags Aerith, Calcutta, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, cloud, Darshana Jayemanne, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII remake, Game Studies, Game Studies India, Games Studies India, Hyderabad University, ICFA, Ludographic Metafiction, Metafiction, Poonam Chowdhury, Souvik Mukherjee

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Game Studies In The Wild… on YouTube

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Post date 04/03/2021
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Quick bit of news today, in case you missed ‘Game Studies In The Wild’, my panel at Tinederbox’s Playaway Festival in February. If you’d like to explore Gaming Research outside the industry – including Charly Harbord‘s indigenous culture initiatives, Gabriel Elvery‘s explorations of games and emotional well-being and Arthur Ehlinger‘s work with live events online – check out the link below on Tinderbox.