WordPlay

In this special episode of WordPlay , we turn our focus to the British DiGRA 2025 Conference , held in May at Birmingham City University. The theme of the conference, and arguably a central theme of this podcast, is Britishness , explored through the core question: What is “British Games Research”? Dr Andra Ivănescu speaks with the conference co-chairs: Dr Poppy Wilde , Senior Lecturer in Media an...

Genre, Affect, Philosophy, Resistance, or all of the above? Remnant of pandemic fears or indicative of change to come? In this episode of WordPlay, Andra Ivănescu and Hadi Mehrpouya talk Cosy with Kelly Boudreau, Programme Lead in Game Design at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Agata Waszkiewicz, Associate Professor in the English Department at the Catholic University of Lublin, Be...

In this episode of WordPlay, Andra Ivănescu talks Ecology with usual co-host-turned guest Hadi Mehrpouya, artist and lecturer in computer games technology at Abertay University, Shayne Hayes, co-chair of the IGDA Climate SIG and a Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Centre, and Kevin Frediani, curator of the gardens and grounds at the University of Dundee.   For more information...

Andra Ivănescu and Hadi Mehrpouya talk about politics with Dr Ivan Girina from Brunel University of London, artist Alan Butler, and Charly Harbord, Head of Business Development for Powell Group/IndieGameBusiness, Founder and CEO of Outwith Reality. For more information about this month's podcast and our guests, please see: https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/ivan-girina https://www.alanbutler.info/ ht...

Andra Ivănescu and Hadi Mehrpouya talk about nostalgia with scholar and chiptune artist Dominique Pelletier (aka R41ÑB0W TR4$H), Dr Emma Fraser, and Blair Thomas. https://rainbowtrash.com/ https://www.statiscape.com/contact https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-uses-of-the-past/articles/nostalgia-and-its-discontents https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-04281-3