The Digital Humanities Game Lab brings together researchers, practitioners, and students interested in digital games through a wide-ranging series of events.
Our events encompass broad aspects of the research and design of digital games. They include seminars, workshops, lectures, and Critical Gaming Nights, where digital games will be playable.
All are welcome! If you have any queries, please contact us. The time and location for each are included on the individual pages.
Upcoming Events
Gaming Social Justice
This afternoon workshop will draw together designers, gamers and researchers to examine board gaming and social justice issues in research and pedagogy.
Approaching Game Development as Research, from Heritage to Mental Health
This talk examines game development as research through two Game Lab projects that span heritage and health: CultureQuest and Spare Parts.
Previous Events
Ontological Reconstruction of Gaming Disorder: multiverse ethnography as a methodological tool for game design analysis
This talk introduces multiverse ethnography as a methodological tool for game design analysis, as part of a larger ERC-project Ontological Reconstruction of...
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Affect and Gender in Digital Gaming — Maria Ruotsalainen
Dr Maria Ruotsalainen examines gender in digital spaces, paying particular attention to its relationship with affect.
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Olympian gods as NPCs – the representation of the Greek gods in Hades (Supergiant, 2018)
This event – a round table conversation about the representation of the Greek gods in Supergiant’s game, Hades – was a collaboration between the Department of...
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Critical Gaming Nights – Marvel Rivals
Marvel Rivals (Netease, 2024) is a free-to-play hero shooter that has surged in popularity in 2025. Players are able to play as Marvel heroes such as...
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Critical Gaming Nights – Smash Bros. Ultimate 2
The second of Critical Gaming Nights series focusing on Smash Bros.
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Critical Gaming Nights – Smash Bros. Ultimate 1
This is one of a series of Critical Gaming Nights in which games will be available for play and staff are available to help facilitate critical discussions...
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Unmaking the Metaverse: Asset-Driven Platformization in Game Engine Culture
This talk shifts the financial focus on the metaverse from the exuberance of speculation to the mundanity of assetization - turning things into assets - by...
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