The videos from the Game UX Summit '25 are now live! And we’re starting the call for speakers for the 2026 summit in Kuala Lumpur Oct 12-14 ☺️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=37lc... #ux #gamedev #gameuxsummit

Game UX Summit '25 - Antwerp - Overview

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As we get more 'Daredevil: Born Again' on our screens, with Wilson Fisk, Jessica and more, it might be a good time to have a look at this piece by @alexvandewalle.bsky.social and I, published at the end of 2025. #DaredevilBornAgain (1/3) playstorypress.org/books/the-ps...

New pub out in Eludamos! 🎉 277 cozy game players self-reported more Light Triad (prosocial) traits (vs. Dark Triad). Key motives to play were moral self-reflection, agency, escapism, eudaimonic emotions, and cozy game narrative. Full article (open access): septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el...

Wai Yen Tang Ph.D.@wytang.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Curled up with a good game: A survey study on personality traits and game motives of cozy game players by @rowandaneels.bsky.social & Kato Maes septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el...

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Divinity - Cinematic Announcement Trailer

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Just a friendly reminder, the deadline for submissions for The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: K Pop Demon Hunters is approaching! (December 20) playstorypress.org/2025/11/13/c...

It's amazing to see that "The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Marvel Cinematic Universe" (co-edited with real-life superhero @rowandaneels.bsky.social) is finally out - available in OPEN ACCESS thanks to Play Story Press and Psychgeist editor @drkowert.bsky.social! ⚡ Massive thanks to everyone involved!

Rowan Daneels@rowandaneels.bsky.social · 9mo ago

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐠𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, co-edited with the marvelous @alexvandewalle.bsky.social, is ALIVE! This scholarly-based book addresses the underlying psychological themes of the MCU’s superhero storytelling. Book is OPEN ACCESS: playstorypress.org/books/the-ps...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐠𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, co-edited with the marvelous @alexvandewalle.bsky.social, is ALIVE! This scholarly-based book addresses the underlying psychological themes of the MCU’s superhero storytelling. Book is OPEN ACCESS: playstorypress.org/books/the-ps...

Interested in the social impact of video games? Want to understand how games can make our world better? Attend this webinar at @uniofbathsom.bsky.social on 13/11! Special guests include experts @drkowert.bsky.social & @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social! Pls share www.bath.ac.uk/events/explo... #videogames

Looking forward to the next DiGRA Belgium Symposium: Namur on December 19! Thanks to @ypsenn.bsky.social and Pierre-Yves Houlmont for organizing!

Fanny Barnabé@ypsenn.bsky.social · 9mo ago

[📅Save the date!] 🎮The next meeting of the Belgian chapter of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) is co-organized by HEAJ and UNamur and will take place in Namur on December 19!

A reminder of our open call for postdoctoral researchers focusing on cultural game studies, closing on Friday this week, 31 October at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2 (Finland time): tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)

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It's dangerous to go alone. Take this. youtube.com/shorts/vp8Gb...

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture | The Legend of Zelda

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Super happy to see this chapter published! Anisha and I discuss how 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 & 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 are represented in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Link to the book (FREE): playstorypress.org/books/the-ps... @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social

The latest #Psychgeist entry has arrived! THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️ I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️ Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏

NEW PUBLICATION ALERT ✨ The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Last of Us is here! As always, free to download but who wouldn't want that beautiful cover on their shelf?! #TLOU www.youtube.com/shorts/pdS0R...

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture | The Last of Us

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I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne: hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o... Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length

#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

It’s a wrap for the #GameUXsummit ‘25! Thank you so much everyone and see y’all next year ☺️

This is already our last session at the #GameUXsummit… Our keynote speaker today is David Sears, creative director (most recently on South of Midnight) and writer. He takes us on a journey: “Life takes you to unexpected places, love brings you home”.

We now welcome on stage Jennifer Lufau, Authenticity consultant and Founder of @afrogameuses.bsky.social. She talks about “Demystifying Sensitivity Reading to create better games”. #GameUXsummit

Now at the #GameUXsummit we listen to insights from Artem Ivanov & Dmitrii Sokolov (user researchers at Wargaming on the World of Warship franchise). They talk about “Making sense of player satisfaction: Why it matters and how to measure it”.

First session of the afternoon at the #GameUXsummit: Colleen Macklin and Ben Van Buren, coming all the way from New York City (Parsons School of Design)! They talk about “Perception in Virtual Worlds: Psychology and design students collaborate to study user experience in videogames”.

It’s Pecha Kucha time at the #GameUXsummit! Our first PK speaker, Maria Amirkhanyan (Head of Gaming Division at Duamentes) wasn’t sadly able to join us because of extremely frustrating visa issues. But she recorded her talk “Make me stay, don’t make me play” so that we can still hear her insights.

Next up at the #GameUXsummit: Holger Wurst (Lead UX designer at Wooga) talks about “Changing the FTUE* after 7 years live: Lessons from June’s Journey” *First-Time User Experience

Our next speaker is Kamila Isaeva, senior UX researcher at Wargaming (in collaboration with Rich Davis, research supervisor). Her talk is about biometrics: “EEG or not EEG? Reflections on Using Biometrics in Game UX Research”. #GameUXsummit

Next up at the #GameUXsummit: Mike Ambinder (founder & chief research officer at Cognitive Experiences) talking about “A Science of Game Design”. Time for some SCIENZZZZ!!! 😊

Welcome to Day 2 of the #GameUXsummit! Daekon Kim and Mihyun Ko (Product designers at Ubisoft) are kicking off the day. Their talk is about “Surviving the Game Production Wild: Essential tips for internal tool design”. #GameUXsummit

And.. that’s a wrap for Day 1 of the #GameUXsummit! Thanks again to all speakers, organizers, sponsors, volunteers, and attendees! ❤️ See you tomorrow ☺️

For those who cannot be with us, you can follow this great thread by Robin-Yann Storm! ☺️ #GameUXsummit

Robin-Yann Storm@rystorm.com · 11mo ago

Here is @celiahodent.com opening the #GameUXSummit 2025! I am looking forward to talking with many game UX folks over the next 2 days.

Our next speaker is Olivier Nourry, Chief #a11y Officer (Games Accessibility Hub), in collaboration with Alice Grégoire (Producer at Abiding Bridge): “Wordatro: From awesome to awesome AND accessible”. #GameUXsummit

Next up at the #GameUXsummit: Alex Tokmakchiev (senior UI/UX designer at Raw Power Games), talking about “Applying object-oriented ux design to break up complex game systems”.