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

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SCMS Video Game Studies @scmsvideogames.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Introducing our VGSSIG grad student rep for this year, @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social! A PhD candidate at Carleton University, she is researching the queer indie game scene(s), game bundles, and queer survival on itch. She's played 1700+ hours (yikes) of League of Legends. Indie fave: Sword & Sworcery.
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
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SCMS Video Game Studies @scmsvideogames.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
A warm welcome to one of our VGSSIG graduate student reps, Caleb Ward!! Caleb is a PhD student at Georgia State University interested in the political economy of game platforms. His most played video game is Marvel Rivals with 300 hours, and indie fave is Sorry We're Closed. Welcome aboard, Caleb!!
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
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SCMS Video Game Studies @scmsvideogames.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Next up is our VGSSIG Secretary, @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social. Evan is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests include role-playing games as ideology, self-reflexivity, and adaptation. Over 200 hours on Cobalt Core(!!) and one of his fave indies is Itras By.
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
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SCMS Video Game Studies @scmsvideogames.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Meet our VGSSIG Co-Chair, @thejimfleury.bsky.social!! Jim is a senior lecturer @ Washington University interested in video game history, licensed video games, and retrogaming. Another big Legend of Zelda fan (Breath of the Wild, this time) and indie favourite It Takes Two 👯
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
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SCMS Video Game Studies @scmsvideogames.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Excited to introduce one of our VGSSIG Co-Chairs, @davidkocik.bsky.social!! David is an asst. prof at Quinnipiac University interested in discourses of identity in the circulation of Japanese video games to the US. Catch him playing The Legend of Zelda: TotK or maybe role-playing in Disco Elysium 👾
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
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