Welcome to Meaningful Play, a podcast where we talk about video games, new or old, light or serious, controversial or inspiring, and everything in between with an academic flair. Meaningful Play Podcast is hosted by Jordana Elliott, Sian Tomkinson, and Heather Blakey, who are all games studies scholars based in Perth, Western Australia.
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Welcome to Meaningful Play, a podcast where we talk about video games, new or old, light or serious, controversial or inspiring, and everything in between with an academic flair. Meaningful Play Podcast is hosted by Jordana Elliott, Sian Tomkinson, and Heather Blakey, who are all games studies scholars based in Perth, Western Australia.
In this episode Sian and Heather ‘dive in’ to underwater worlds and level design in video games, particularly the kinds of storytelling inscribed in watery environments. We first catch up on different research projects we’ve been working on and what we’ve been playing recently, before discussing a few different artistic and scientific projects that bring...Continue reading »
Meaningful Play Podcast
Welcome to Meaningful Play, a podcast where we talk about video games, new or old, light or serious, controversial or inspiring, and everything in between with an academic flair. Meaningful Play Podcast is hosted by Jordana Elliott, Sian Tomkinson, and Heather Blakey, who are all games studies scholars based in Perth, Western Australia.