ArchaeoGaming Conference Info and Schedule #AGCon2026

Open Call for Papers 2026🥰📢 Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by Dec 4, 2026, for a potential spot in our 2027 issue! More details below in this thread👇 #CallForPapers #GameStudies

Call for Papers: The Middle Ages in Modern Games @ Leeds IMC 2027 (Deadline: 13 September 2026) The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research at the University of Winchester is pleased to sponsor The Middle Ages in Modern Games strand at the Leeds International Medieval Congress, 5 to 8 July…

Call for Papers: The Middle Ages in Modern Games @ Leeds IMC 2027 (Deadline: 13 September 2026)

The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research at the University of Winchester is pleased to sponsor The Middle Ages in Modern Games strand at the Leeds International Medieval Congress, 5 to 8 July 2027. This strand examines the use of social groups, hierarchies, and other themes related to the congress theme of “Communities” in the design, representation, reception, and discussion of the Middle Ages in modern games.

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Hey do starter packs still work? In honor of a new colleague who has joined BSky, I'm sending this around. If it does work and you think you should be on the historical game studies list (you decide; I don't gatebjeep) let me know go.bsky.app/DCc9miK

Delighted to have welcomed delegates from Macquarie University @mqsois.bsky.social to the ARC at the University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgarc.bsky.social - from hearing about ARC-XR's latest VR research & the work of @uofggameslab.bsky.social to running a Serious Game around nuclear diplomacy.

The National Museum of Scotland has launched a public survey to gather data on the creation of a permanent videogames exhibition - and they want to hear from YOU!

A Home for Play: National Museum Of Scotland Launches Public Survey For Permanent Games Exhibition

For years I have been asking the quesstion: How do we protect, preserve and celebrate Scotland's games heritage? The announcement of the recent videogame heritage PhD studentship in partnership with Abertay University, the University of Glasgow, and National Museums Scotland (NMS) was a massive step forward. Today, that momentum takes another major leap forward. National Museums Scotland has launched a…

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Our Analogue theme event will take place online on Tuesday 19 May, 16:00-17:30 UK time - just 2 weeks away! We're joined by the excellent Izzy Bartley, @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social, and @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social. Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/histo... #gamestudies #skystorians #gtp

Select tickets – Historical Games Network Panel - Analogue – Teams

Historical Games Network Panel - Analogue – Teams, Tue 19 May 2026 - Join us for the 14th Historical Games Network Discussion Panel on the 19 May 2026 (16:00-17:30 UK time), on the theme of "Analogue"...

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Further details & the application process for this funded PhD studentship at the Imperial War Museums (IWM) & at the University of Glasgow are available at the link below 🔗 - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship, 'Playing at War'. www.iwm.org.uk/sites/defaul...

🚨🎓Funded #PhD opportunity: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship - ‘𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿’, with Imperial War Museums (IWM) & University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk. Supervised by Tim Peacock, Matt Barr & Ian Kikuchi. Apply by Friday 22 May, 5pm. October 2026 start. Details in next post.

The 2026 Glasgow Indie Games Fest takes place on July 11-12. Tickets now on sale. Speakers, demos and workshop hosts all welcome.

Glasgow Indie Games Fest 2026: Tickets and Call for Speakers Now Open

Barras Art & Design Centre, Glasgow, July 11th & 12th 2026 The beautiful Glasgow Indie Games Fest (GIGF) has officially announced its return for 2026, with tickets now on sale for the two-day celebration of independent development. Alongside the ticket launch, the Glasgow Independent Games Group, has issued an open call for speakers and exhibitors to showcase the best of the local and national indie games scene.

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Are you interested in games? Are you worried about our changing environment? Do you have an interest in trains and the rail network? Join us for a workshop at @nationalresilience.bsky.social Crichton Campus, Dumfries, on Wednesday 28 January, 2-3.30. Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-great-w...

CO-GREAT Workshop : Flood Resilience Gamification (Dumfries)

CO-GREAT (CO-created Gamified Resilience Engagement Accessible Toolkit) Winter 2026 Workshop

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Hi, I asked some lovely developers for their favourite Christmas gaming memories. Please have a read and add your own in the comments section. Also, if you celebrate this season or not, all the very best wishes to you from the Guardian games team xx www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...

‘I plugged in Zelda and everything changed’: developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories

From a family showdown on Guitar Hero III to the winter levels in Diddy Kong Racing, the designers of some of today’s top titles recall the gifts and moments that lit up their childhoods

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What happens when gaming meets nuclear diplomatic history? 🎲 Latest episode of the Stories From Glasgow podcast with @drtimpeacock.bsky.social @uofggameslab.bsky.social @uofgwarstudies.bsky.social ow.ly/KuLQ50XGIwu

Sending this out again for more #gamingthepast interested folk to see. A new iteration of Historical Problem Space framework diagram that includes an enumeration of the most common action-choices (archetypes of action choices) that player agents have in historical board AND video games. 1/

Promoting my last book! Interested in video games, cinema, history and/or racism in Hollywood? My last book SLAVE REVOLT ON SCREEN: THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION IN FILM & VIDEO GAMES is a great gift for yourself or someone on your gift list!🗃️📽️ www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/S/Slav...

Slave Revolt on Screen

Recipient of the 2021 Honorary Mention for the Haiti Book Prize from the Haitian Studies AssociationIn Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games author Alyssa Goldstein Se...

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David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 11mo ago

PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.

Just a reminder that this call is open if the overlap of history, fiction and games is your thing!

Historical Games Network@historygamesnet.bsky.social · last yr.

We're happy to announce the call for contributions for our new HGN theme: Fictions! Following a successful event last month, this theme explores the relationship between history and fiction in games, and how they shape each other. www.historicalgames.net/call-for-con... #gamestudies #gamingthepast

Some Sunday ready over on the HGN blog! Today’s new post from @xurvermilion.bsky.social explores the potential of videogames as a way of engaging students with historical research, and key skills in critical analysis: www.historicalgames.net/students-his...

Why should students care about historymaking in videogames?  | Historical Games Network

We might spend time exploring zora monoliths in Breath of the Wild’s (2017) Hyrule and the tales they speak around kings of old, or snooping through an item’s description (such as a holy great sword, ...

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Conflict resolution experts at UofG have developed an alternative to traditional wargaming. 💻 CEASEFIRE! is a 2D strategy game developed by @uofglaw.bsky.social, @uofggameslab.bsky.social and Education Evolved which encourages players to resolve conflict peacefully. Read more: gla.ac/47T2Izr

“Progress in Play: Board Games and the Meaning of History”, Alex Andriesse on the world of 18/19th-century board games in which players progress chronologically through history itself: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/progress-in-play-board-games-and-the-meaning-of-history

We hosted Dr Sunimal Mendis @tilburg-university.bsky.social at CREATe! Her NWO DIGI-APPS project digs into how copyright + regulation work in virtual worlds. Can 2D platform rules survive in XR? 👀 Read her guest post on our blog 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/11...

Copyright’s (extended) reality check: Challenges for copyright enforcement in virtual worlds - CREATe

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The #KEAwards25 public vote is now open! ✨ We are delighted #ResearchForEveryone is shortlisted in the Knowledge Exchange UK Public Vote category. Watch our short video & vote: ke.org.uk/ke-awards-20... Thank you for supporting our project! #KnowledgeExchangeUK #KEUK #KnowledgeExchange #Impact

KE Awards 2025 | Public Vote - Knowledge Exchange UK

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Related to this, we would like to encourage you to come to the launch of Rebecca Sutton's game CEASEFIRE, this coming Friday in the @uofgarc.bsky.social ARC. 2:00-3:30pm all welcome! @uofggameslab.bsky.social

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡@uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📣New #podcast episode out! Listen to @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Prof Rebecca Sutton talk about the @uofggameslab.bsky.social and their work on #Peace Gaming. Inspired by their workshop at the Spring School in May #RIELASpring25. 👂➡️https://bit.ly/Peacegame @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @unesco.org

📣New #podcast episode out! Listen to @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Prof Rebecca Sutton talk about the @uofggameslab.bsky.social and their work on #Peace Gaming. Inspired by their workshop at the Spring School in May #RIELASpring25. 👂➡️https://bit.ly/Peacegame @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @unesco.org

Sign up now for "Broken Canvas" - A discussion-led 'Artistic AI' Crisis Game on Wednesday 29th October at 1.30-3.30pm in the Advanced Research Centre. (QR code or link via the post below.) This event is part of the University of Glasgow's Data Science and AI Festival from 27-29 October. #AI

We now have confirmation that this gem will go live by early November! #gamestudies

It's been a great day for fascinating events! Really enjoyed hearing @chriskempshall.bsky.social, @mimi-mortmain.bsky.social, @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Fruzsina Pittner (chaired by @enwright.bsky.social) discussing history and fantasy in video games (and books) tonight!

🚨 Another Video Game Library win! 🚨 The entire MARKT+TECHNIK X-GAMES series is now fully catalogued! 🎉 Weeks of research and teamwork with German collectors & authors made this possible. It’s another piece of gaming literary history preserved 📚 Check it out, SPREAD THE WORD 🙏 💙

#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

A website about classic video game magazines. From Mean Machines and CVG to Super Play and more. With articles and interviews featuring the writers, editors and designers who were there. Visit Forgotten Worlds 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net #Sega #Nintendo #Amiga #C64 #Spectrum #Amstrad #AtariST 🌴☀️

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Looking at history through games and games through history

Postgraduate Researcher Izzy Bartley discusses a recent colloquium at the University of Leeds which gave researchers a platform to showcase a wide range of intersections between history and games.

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