Media/Communication scholar specialising in games, gender, and misogyny. I like philosophy (especially D&G) and esotericism. Co-host of Meaningful Play Podcast. 少し日本語を話せます。https://linktr.ee/siantomkinson
Sian Tomkinson
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New paper!
“Being reflexive about reflexivity: The ethical imperative of reflexive practice when engaging in sensitive and contentious research”
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My chapter ‘“It always ends like this”: Temporality and the Refrain in NieR: Automata” has been published in Games That Haunt Us: Gothic Game Space as a Living Nightmare, edited by @mutanttheorist.bsky.social 😁
I had a great time at AANZCA at UniSC, where I was given the opportunity to present two pieces of work! It was so lovely chatting with other researchers in such a welcoming and friendly atmosphere 😄
At the end of last year, @hmblakey.bsky.social and I recorded a Meaningful Play podcast episode about my book "Video Games and Gender Assemblages" 😊
Available on podcast platforms and here: meaningfulplaypodcast.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/e...
One of the projects I'm working on is "Teen-informed strategies to counter sexual image abuse and sextortion". We're recruiting teens for interviews and focus groups. Please share! :)
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New article published by myself and @tauel.bsky.social:
If it looks like violent extremism, and acts like violent extremism … : comparing the framing of two Sydney stabbing attacks www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
So excited that my first book “Video Games and Gender Assemblages:
Understanding Gamergate and Beyond has been released!” A digital edition is forthcoming - do get in touch if you’re interested :) www.bloomsbury.com/au/video-gam...
My chapter '“Ah, Traveler, we meet again!” Gnostic Themes in Genshin Impact' has been published in Well Played!
Genshin is the game that introduced me to Gnosticism and got me back into esotericism/the occult/religion <3
(thank you @hmblakey.bsky.social ~)
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@hmblakey.bsky.social and I's book chapter on english-language dating simulators is out! It’s in the Bloomsbury anthology “Emerging Genres” www.bloomsbury.com/ca/emerging-...
A piece I wrote for The Conversation just came out!
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This collection expands the analytical framework of digital games by exploring them through the lens of genre analysis-the evaluation of the structural designs…
