Game Cultures

The Game Cultures cluster addresses the growing field of Game Studies. We explore the textual qualities of digital and non-digital games, and their paratextual and metatextual surrounds, but we go beyond this to engage also with players – their discussions about/responses to games, their productive activity in relation to games – with the games industry, and with the political and cultural institutions that create the landscape within which games are consumed/played and understood. Our cluster incorporates people and approaches from Game Studies and Media Studies, but also from other research units at BCU – including Education and Art & Design – as well as from fields such as Historical Studies and Fan Studies. Find out more.