Interview with Švelch Brothers
The blog Science at FSV UK has recently published an interview with Jan and Jaroslav Švelch from Prague Game Production Studies.
Tampere Spring Seminar 2024: Meta
At the 20th annual Spring Seminar at Tampere University (May 7-8, 2024), Daniel Nielsen and Jan Švelch presented their respective papers related to this year’s theme of meta and metagaming.
Game Production Studies Workshop: Labor & Content
On November 6 and 7, the Prague Game Production Studies research group hosted a workshop about labor issues in the video game industry and in-game content from the production perspective.
Our Research at CEEGS 2023
At the CEEGS 2023 conference, our researchers altogether presented four papers in the main program.
FROG 2023: Tracked and Monetized
At the FROG 2023 conference in Vienna, Jan Švelch presented a keynote Tracked and Monetized: On the Interconnectedness of Game Monetization and Player Surveillance.
Guest Lecture: War Heroism and Call of Duty
Dom Ford (University of Bremen) visited the Prague Game Production Studies research group and gave a guest lecture on War Heroism and Call of Duty.
Geomedia Conference 2023
At the Geomedia Conference 2023, Jan Houška presented a part of his dissertation study focused on the labour of Eastern European nationals in Czech-based game companies.
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.