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New Books in Game Studies

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently…

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Latest episodes

  1. David I. Waddington, "The Hidden Curriculum of Video Games" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2026)22 Jul 2026
  2. Daniel L. Gardner, "Thresholds of Digital Gameplay" (MIT Press, 2025)21 Jul 2026
  3. Stefan Höltgen et al., "Commodore 64: Past, Present, and Future of a Home Computer" (Projekt Verlag, 2026)20 Jul 2026
  4. Alexander Vandewalle, "Characters and Characterization in Mythological Video Games" (Bloomsbury, 2026)18 Jun 2026
  5. Aditya Deshbandhu, "The 21st Century in 100 Games" (Routledge, 2024)9 Jun 2026
  6. Amy Thomas, "Copyright, Contract, and Video Games: Terms of Play" (Hart Publishing, 2026)29 May 2026
  7. Stephanie Farnsworth, "Games That Haunt Us: Gothic Game Space as a Living Nightmare" (Bloomsbury, 2026)28 Apr 2026
  8. Heather Shay, "Identity Building Among Role-Playing Gamers: Slaying Goblins in the Real World" (Bloomsbury, 2025)27 Apr 2026
  9. Michał Mycka, "Games User Research Cookbook: Tools and Techniques for Better Player Experience" (CRC Press, 2026)19 Apr 2026
  10. Peter D. McDonald, "The Impossible Reversal: A History of How We Play" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)11 Apr 2026