August 2023
ECREA Summer School 2023
At the ECREA Doctoral Summer School 2023, Jan Houška presented his dissertation study Work Experiences of Expatriate and Remote Employees in Czech Game Companies: Qualitative Longitudinal Research.
NordMedia 2023: Panel on Video Games as Transnational Cultural Production
At the NordMedia Conference 2023, Jan Houška and Daniel Nielsen presented their research as part of the panel Video Games as Transnational Cultural Production.
Spoiling the Future Metagame: The Promotional Logic and Reception of Card Previews in Magic: The Gathering
McFarland has recently published an edited collection Beyond the Deck: Critical Essays on Magic: The Gathering and Its Influence featuring a chapter by Jan Švelch about card previews as promotional materials and the related metagame discussions.
Generation Analog 2023: Analog Game Awards
At the Generation Analog 2023 online conference, Jan Švelch presented a paper about analog game awards such as Spiel des Jahres or the American Tabletop Awards.