The academic study of the representation of history in video games is currently thriving: more and more researchers are investigating what this popular medium has to offer in terms of thinking about the role of history today, and the amount …
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Virtual Realities as Time Travel Workshop
On Friday 12 May, the Virtual Reality Oracle project hosted an international, multidisciplinary workshop on Virtual Realities as Time Travel at the University of Bristol and online.
Virtual Realities as Time Travel brought together speakers from the project team and …
The Bristol Digital Game Lab at the Arts and Social Sciences and Law Showcase
The Bristol Digital Game Lab was invited to create a poster for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Law Research Centre and Group Showcase on Thursday 4 May 2023. This was a fantastic opportunity for us to reflect …
The Quest for Authenticity in Historical Games – Creative Assembly Talk
On Wednesday 26 April, we had the pleasure of hosting Luke Holmes, Senior Game Designer from Creative Assembly, the multi-award winning BAFTA UK games studio. Luke came to the Lab to talk about ‘The Quest for Authenticity in …
Games/Gaming in Chinese TV: Research Seminar
In collaboration with the Department of Film and Television at the University of Bristol, we were delighted to co-host a research seminar on Friday 24 March by Dr Charlotte Stevens, Lecturer in Media and Communications, Birmingham City University.…
Connecting through Game Research Interests at the First Annual UK Digital Game Lab Summit
On 24 February, the Bristol Digital Game Lab hosted the first annual UK Digital Game Lab Summit at Clifton Hill House. The aim of the event was to examine shared research themes, explore ways to engage with industry, and discuss …
Research Student Work-in-progress Afternoon
To kick off the year, on 30 January 2023 we heard from four current research students working on games/games culture. Dody Chen (Bristol) went first, delivering a video presentation about her PhD research. In her talk, ‘Streamers’ Localisation of Video …
Bristol Digital Game Lab Events 2023
We are delighted to share details of several upcoming events hosted by the Bristol Digital Game Lab, as well as those where we are an organizing partner. We hope to see many of you there!
January 2023
On Monday 30 …
Festive Gaming with the Bristol Digital Game Lab
To mark the end of the year, the Bristol Digital Game Lab hosted an evening of Festive Gaming on Wednesday 7 December 2022 at the University of Bristol. Thanks to the support of special guests and local developers Catastrophic Overload…
Mario is Missing! Inaugural Lecture
Professor James Newman (Bath Spa) delivered the Bristol Digital Game Lab inaugural research seminar on Friday 4 November 2022 at the Pervasive Media Studio. James’ title was Mario is Missing! Playing, not playing and preserving videogames. It was a …