<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;For our 50&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; episode, Toben (English Language and Literature) and Sid (Environment) interview OG GI member Dr. Emma Vossen about her academic life with games before becoming the GI’s Research Communication Officer.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;She discusses how she got into games as a kid, her time as EIC of First Person Scholar, and how much game studies has changed since she started her PhD in 2012.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;First Person Scholar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/smoky-room-communist-meetings/"&gt;Emma’s FPS essay about GG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/we-will-force-gaming-to-be-free/"&gt; Katherine Cross’ essay about GG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/13649" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Emma’s dissertation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/stevemwilcox?lang=en"&gt;Steve Wilcox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://src-online.ca/index.php/src/article/view/203"&gt;Steve’s writing about middle-state publishing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://punctumbooks.com/titles/historiographies-of-game-studies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Historiographies of Game Studies: What it Has Been, What it Could Be&lt;/em&gt; - ***Not “Game Studies Historiographies” as Emma said***&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://adrienneshaw.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Adrienne Shaw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-dangerous-game-gamergate-and-the-alt-right-1.3874259"&gt; CBC Documentary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/720893/doppelganger-by-naomi-klein/9781039006898" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Doppelganger by Naomi Klein&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/576147/lost-girls-expanded-edition-by-alan-moore-melinda-gebbie/9781603094368"&gt; Lost Girls by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/25000-years-of-erotic-freedom_9781613125618/"&gt; 25,000 Years of Erotic Freedom by Alan Moore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/ducks/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Ducks by Kate Beaton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/its-a-good-life/"&gt;It’s a Good Life if you Don’t Weaken by Seth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1205520/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Pentiment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://store.steampowered.com/app/481510/Night_in_the_Woods/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Night in the Woods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/The_Excavation_of_Hobs_Barrow/"&gt; The Excavation of Hobs Burrow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1092790/Inscryption/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Inscryption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://store.steampowered.com/app/553420/TUNIC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Tunic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Games Institute Podcast

Games Institute

050: Knowledge Translation and Mobilization in Game Studies and Beyond with Dr. Emma Vossen

FEB 2, 202458 MIN
Games Institute Podcast

050: Knowledge Translation and Mobilization in Game Studies and Beyond with Dr. Emma Vossen

FEB 2, 202458 MIN

Description

For our 50th episode, Toben (English Language and Literature) and Sid (Environment) interview OG GI member Dr. Emma Vossen about her academic life with games before becoming the GI’s Research Communication Officer.

She discusses how she got into games as a kid, her time as EIC of First Person Scholar, and how much game studies has changed since she started her PhD in 2012.

Links

First Person Scholar

Emma’s FPS essay about GG

Katherine Cross’ essay about GG

Emma’s dissertation

Steve Wilcox

Steve’s writing about middle-state publishing

Historiographies of Game Studies: What it Has Been, What it Could Be - ***Not “Game Studies Historiographies” as Emma said***

Adrienne Shaw

CBC Documentary

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein

Lost Girls by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie

25,000 Years of Erotic Freedom by Alan Moore

Ducks by Kate Beaton

It’s a Good Life if you Don’t Weaken by Seth

Pentiment

Night in the Woods

The Excavation of Hobs Burrow

Inscryption

Tunic