Synopsis
Marisa Benjamin, Research Communications Coordinator, and Toben Racicot, English PhD candidate co-host the Official Games Institute (GI) podcast. Every episode we spotlight a researcher from the GI and interview them about how their research impacts the study and culture of games and interactive technologies. The unfornate reality of academia is that a lot of the great research findings never reach public audiences. Or, when it does, several years have passed and it's already outdated. This problem has to do with how research is communicated. Scholarly research is shared with scholarly audiences who exist within the same scholarly bubble. Do you subscribe to scholarly journals? Attend scholarly conferences? Likely not. A podcast allows us to pop the bubble and bring you research discussions as they're happening. We invite researchers to sit down and talk about what they're up to. No word counts, no jargon, no registration or subscription fee. You get to hear about the GI researchers' successes - and failures - and learn about the person behind the scholarly curtain.
Episodes
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![018: Responsible Research and Ethical Innovation with Grace Wright]()
018: Responsible Research and Ethical Innovation with Grace Wright
13/02/2020 Duration: 50minGrace talks ethics in research and innovation, and explains her work with UW’s new Council for Responsible Innovation and Technology (CRIT).
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![017: Queer Intimate Fandoms with Elise Vist]()
017: Queer Intimate Fandoms with Elise Vist
23/01/2020 Duration: 01h07minElise Vist guests to discuss hockey, fan fiction, fandoms, and queering academia.
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![016: Systems of Discovery with Neil Randall]()
016: Systems of Discovery with Neil Randall
09/01/2020 Duration: 55minNeil Randall, Executive Director of the Games Institute joins Marisa and Toben to discuss board games, simulation, teaching philosophy, and the origins of the Games Institute.
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![015: 2019 in Review]()
015: 2019 in Review
31/12/2019 Duration: 09minMarisa and Toben walk back through the guests and topics on The Games Institute Podcast in 2019.
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![Dungeons Dragons 5e One Shot: The Isle of Caire Ankrah]()
Dungeons & Dragons 5e One Shot: The Isle of Caire Ankrah
31/12/2019 Duration: 02h39minDungeon Master Toben runs The Isle of Caire Ankrah, a homebrew one shot, for a group of GI members.
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![014: Wisdom Psychology and Games with Igor Grossmann]()
014: Wisdom Psychology and Games with Igor Grossmann
06/12/2019 Duration: 01h08minDr Igor Grossmann discusses wisdom, podcasting, and Dungeons & Dragons.
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![013: Comic Book Scholarship with Three Panel Contrast]()
013: Comic Book Scholarship with Three Panel Contrast
22/11/2019 Duration: 01h22minHosts of Three Panel Contrast, Dr. Anna Peppard, Dr. J. Andrew Deman, and Dr. Michael Hancock join the show to talk about comic book scholarship, carving a place for discussion themselves, and adapting comic books for the screen--both movies and games.
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![012: Revisiting Player Profiles Personalization with Stuart Hallifax]()
012: Revisiting Player Profiles & Personalization with Stuart Hallifax
07/11/2019 Duration: 01h02minStuart joins us once more to discuss his research conclusions before heading back to France.
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![011: Variantology: Video Games and Comic Books with Michael Hancock]()
011: Variantology: Video Games and Comic Books with Michael Hancock
17/10/2019 Duration: 01h10minMichael Hancock guests to talk RPGs, his dissertation research, gaming books, and branching into comic scholarship.
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![010: Farming Simulators and Achievement Hunting with Sid Heeg]()
010: Farming Simulators and Achievement Hunting with Sid Heeg
30/09/2019 Duration: 01h02minSid Heeg joins the show and discusses their love of farming, its importance in modern society, surrounding rhetorics, and achievement hunting.
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![009: IMMERSe Knowledge Mobilization with Krystyna Oakman]()
009: IMMERSe & Knowledge Mobilization with Krystyna Oakman
17/09/2019 Duration: 37minKrystyna Oakman discusses her academic journey, working at the Games Institute, knowledge mobilization, and creative play.
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![008: Player Profiles Customization with Stuart Hallifax]()
008: Player Profiles & Customization with Stuart Hallifax
28/08/2019 Duration: 01h05minStuart Hallifax joins the GI for the Summer 2019 semester to continue research into player preferences, customizable gaming objectives, and user research. We talk in depth about his study, D&D, and games that bring weighty choices to the forefront.
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![007: Public Health Systems with Marina Wada]()
007: Public Health Systems with Marina Wada
19/08/2019 Duration: 48minMarina Wada joins the show and chats about her user research study exploring how rheumatoid arthritis patients and their physicians can be better supported in shared decision making and how digital decision aid tools can help mediate the interaction.
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![006: User Personalization Research with Gustavo Tondello]()
006: User Personalization Research with Gustavo Tondello
18/07/2019 Duration: 49minGustavo Tondello joins the show and chats about user personalization research and gamification for health.
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![005: Video Games Mental Health with Tina Chan]()
005: Video Games & Mental Health with Tina Chan
09/07/2019 Duration: 41minTina Chan joins the show to discuss her efforts in mental health and the impact video games have on her life.
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![004: Virtual Reality Narratives with Alex Fleck]()
004: Virtual Reality Narratives with Alex Fleck
06/06/2019 Duration: 50minAlex Fleck joins the show to discuss The Games Institute and VR Gaming.
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![003: Cooperative Gaming with Rina Wehbe]()
003: Cooperative Gaming with Rina Wehbe
06/06/2019 Duration: 36minRina Wehbe joins the show to discuss cooperative gaming.
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![002: Asymmetric Play with John Harris]()
002: Asymmetric Play with John Harris
28/05/2019 Duration: 01h07minJohn Harris joins the show to discuss asymmetric gaming and his upcoming project The Playful Pixel.
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![001: Meet the Hosts]()
001: Meet the Hosts
28/05/2019 Duration: 52minOur introductory episode where we introduce ourselves, the Games Institute, and our vision for the podcast. Sit down with the researchers and learn what's happening behind the scenes. What games are they playing? What games are they studying? and What are the implications of their findings? Researchers rarely have opportunities to talk about their work without worrying about word counts, time limits, or wordy jargon. The GI Podcast is a place where researchers can express their successes - and failures - and discuss where they hope to go next.
