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New Books in Game Studies

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Interdisciplinary Approaches In Game Studies

Interviews with scholars of game studies about their books.

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An immersive journey into the author's lifelong attachment to video games, revealing how they shape us, shatter us, and give us the courage to start again

Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025) is a captivat... more

Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be (Punctum Books, 2025) offers a first-of-its-kind reflection on how game studies as an academic field has been shaped and sustained. Today, game studies is a thriving field with many... more

Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Julien Mailland, Associate Professor of Media Management, Law, and Policy at The Media School of Indiana University Bloomington, about his book, The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame I... more

African American males are confronted with formidable barriers in their pursuit of quality education, resulting in stark disparities in academic performance, economic opportunities, and social outcomes. Despite numerous educational initiatives strivi... more

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Kawika Guillermo
Author of Off Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games, professor with a focus on game studies, and a voice in the exploration of cultural critiques in gaming and community building.
Arsenal Pulp Press
Episode: Kawika Guillermo, "Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games" (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025)
Alisha Karabinus
Assistant Professor of Writing and Digital Studies
Grand Valley State University, Michigan
Episode: Alisha Karabinus et al. eds., "Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" (Punctum Books, 2025)
Cody Meer
Assistant Professor in Media Study and Director of the Omatrix Gaming Lab
University at Buffalo
Episode: Alisha Karabinus et al. eds., "Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" (Punctum Books, 2025)
Emma Vossen
Assistant Professor of Game Studies
Brock University
Episode: Alisha Karabinus et al. eds., "Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be" (Punctum Books, 2025)
Kenneth Jones
Author and educator focusing on educational equity and the impact of video games on African American males.
Myers Educational Press
Episode: Kenneth Jones, "African American Males and Video Games: How Gaming Technology Can Motivate and Enhance Learning" (Myers Education, 2025)
Nathan Wainstein
Author of Grant Us Eyes, a deep literary exploration of Bloodborne.
Episode: Nathan Wainstein, "Grant Us Eyes: The Art of Paradox in Bloodborne" (2025)
Dom Ford
Scholar at the University of Bremen and author of Mytholudics
University of Bremen
Episode: Dom Ford, "Mytholudics: Games and Myth" (de Gruyter, 2025)
Cameron Kunzelman
Author of 'The World is Born from Zero: Understanding Speculation and Video Games'
Episode: Cameron Kunzelman, "The World is Born from Zero: Understanding Speculation and Video Games" (de Gruyter, 2022)
James O'Connor
Author of Untitled Goose Game, published by Boss Fight Books.
Boss Fight Books
Episode: James O'Connor, "Untitled Goose Game" (Boss Fight Books, 2025)

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Rudolf Inderst
Host of New Books in Game Studies, Professor for Game Studies at the University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm, Germany.

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Julien Mailland on "The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry"
Q: How did you start to get your head around this topic and figure out what the law of video games even was?
I had to look into different methodologies for each of the themes, starting with a focus on engineering in the law and interviewing politicians.
Julien Mailland on "The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry"
Q: If you're explaining it to a stranger, maybe a non-academic stranger, what do you say the book's about?
The book is a legal history of the video game industry and discusses the hidden commercial and legal forces that shape it.
Kawika Guillermo, "Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games" (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025)
Q: What was the most difficult part about opening up vulnerability about your very life through the lens of games?
Guillermo reflects on previous writing experiences and how those prepared him for the vulnerability needed in this project, mentioning how rewarding it was to explore complexity.
Kawika Guillermo, "Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games" (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025)
Q: How do you see games functioning as both catalysts for difficult emotions and as spaces of healing and resilience?
Guillermo articulates that games can help us approach painful truths in a softer way while also serving as a means of processing loss and confusion in life, using personal anecdotes as examples.
Kawika Guillermo, "Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games" (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025)
Q: How did you find the right balance between personal storytelling and the broader critique of games and culture?
Guillermo explains how game scholars often subconsciously blend personal experiences with academic writing, noting his own journey to merge these aspects more intentionally in his work.

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The content features in-depth discussions and interviews with scholars focusing on various aspects of game studies, examining their published books and the broader implications of gaming culture. Topics often include cultural critiques, the intersections of identity and gaming, education through video games, and the evolution of game genres and their societal influences. Episodes highlight scholarly debates and contemporary issues in the gaming field, making it a rich resource for both academics and enthusiasts interested in understanding the dynamics of video games within culture and society.

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