SCMS Video Game Studies

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The Official Blue Sky account for the SCMS Video Game Studies Scholarly Interest Group

Kate Fedchun PhD Candidate @ Carleton University VGSSIG Graduate Student Representative Research interests: the queer indie game scene(s), game bundles, and queer survival. Most played video game: League of Legends (over 1700 hours) Indie favourite: Sword and Sworcery
Caleb Ward PhD student @ Georgia State University VGSSIG Graduate Student Representative Research interests: political economy of game platforms Most played video game: Marvel Rivals (300+ hours) Indie favourite: Sorry We're Closed
Evan Torner Assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati VGSSIG Secretary Research interests: Role-playing games as ideology, self-reflexivity, and adaptation Most played video game: Cobalt Core (282 hours) Indie favourite: Itras By
James Fleury Senior Lecturer at Washington University VGSSIG Co-Chair Research interests: Video game history, licensed video games, and retrogaming Most played video game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Indie favourite: It Takes Two
David Kocik Assistant professor @ Quinnipiac University Video Games Studies Scholarly Interest Group Co-Chair Research interests: Discourses of identity in the circulation of Japanese video games to the US Most played video game: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Indie favourite: Disco Elysium