Federico Alvarez Igarzábal
@federicoalvarez.bsky.social
Prof. of Digital Media & Game Studies at HBK Essen. I research the aesthetics of games and play combining theoretical and experimental approaches.
Book: "Time and Space in Video Games. A Cogntive-Formalist Approach" http://bit.ly/3iiMEk8
Book: "Time and Space in Video Games. A Cogntive-Formalist Approach" http://bit.ly/3iiMEk8
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Thrilled to share this new publication: "Time, Play and Games", a special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds co-edited with Chris Hanson: intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Thrilled to share this new publication: "Time, Play and Games", a special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds co-edited with Chris Hanson: intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Time, Play and Games | Intellect
Intellect Discover is the platform where Intellect's content lives: Browse publications for scholars and practitioners teaching and researching in the arts, media and creative industries.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thrilled to share this new publication: "Time, Play and Games", a special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds co-edited with Chris Hanson: intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Next week, I’ll be presenting at the workshop "Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds" (September 12-13) in Berlin. The program is packed with promising talks on how we experience and engage with virtual environments. Check it out here: sites.google.com/view/percept... 1/2
Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds - Berlin 2025
This is a draft program. It may change up until the seminar, so make sure to check for the latest version. Use this form to register participation in the dinner gatherings.
Thursday September 11
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September 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Next week, I’ll be presenting at the workshop "Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds" (September 12-13) in Berlin. The program is packed with promising talks on how we experience and engage with virtual environments. Check it out here: sites.google.com/view/percept... 1/2
At #Gamescom2025! Come visit our HBK Essen stand (hall 10.1)!
August 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
At #Gamescom2025! Come visit our HBK Essen stand (hall 10.1)!
Next week, I'll be speaking at the conference "Spielkultur denken" in Siegen. The event explores play culture in a broad sense and examines how play is embedded within social and political processes. Follow the link if you want to find out more about the program :)
spielformen.net/index.php/jo...
spielformen.net/index.php/jo...
Einladung zur Fachtagung "Spielkultur denken - Perspektiven der Spielwissenschaft"
| Spiel|Formen - Zeitschrift für Play & Game Studies
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July 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Next week, I'll be speaking at the conference "Spielkultur denken" in Siegen. The event explores play culture in a broad sense and examines how play is embedded within social and political processes. Follow the link if you want to find out more about the program :)
spielformen.net/index.php/jo...
spielformen.net/index.php/jo...
Reposted by Federico Alvarez Igarzábal
Stoners, let me improve your weekend: Someone uploaded their personal VHS recording of SIX HOURS of MTV's 1994 Beavis & Butt-head Moron-athon on @archive.org with commercials, Liquid TV & misc MTV shows: archive.org/details/beav...
I just quickly scanned it & found this hilariously dorky DOOM 2 ad:
I just quickly scanned it & found this hilariously dorky DOOM 2 ad:
December 21, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Stoners, let me improve your weekend: Someone uploaded their personal VHS recording of SIX HOURS of MTV's 1994 Beavis & Butt-head Moron-athon on @archive.org with commercials, Liquid TV & misc MTV shows: archive.org/details/beav...
I just quickly scanned it & found this hilariously dorky DOOM 2 ad:
I just quickly scanned it & found this hilariously dorky DOOM 2 ad:
Reposted by Federico Alvarez Igarzábal
I need to add *so many more* but if I'm leaving off Game Studies scholars, lemme know: go.bsky.app/VbvmLfK
November 23, 2024 at 6:26 PM
I need to add *so many more* but if I'm leaving off Game Studies scholars, lemme know: go.bsky.app/VbvmLfK
Reposted by Federico Alvarez Igarzábal
Thanks Andy! In @theatlantic.bsky.social I describe why the panic over smartphones is more likely to distract from than solve the problems that young people are facing today. Gift link is below:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
November 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Thanks Andy! In @theatlantic.bsky.social I describe why the panic over smartphones is more likely to distract from than solve the problems that young people are facing today. Gift link is below:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Reposted by Federico Alvarez Igarzábal
A starter pack for Game Studies on Bluesky. Let me know if you want to be added or want to recommend any account or feed. Share it around!
go.bsky.app/56c1mPm
go.bsky.app/56c1mPm
October 31, 2024 at 11:44 AM
A starter pack for Game Studies on Bluesky. Let me know if you want to be added or want to recommend any account or feed. Share it around!
go.bsky.app/56c1mPm
go.bsky.app/56c1mPm
Psychology Today blog by E. Paul Zehr on our (Shiva Khoshnoud, David Leitritz, Meltem Çinar Bozdağ, Valdas Noreika, @marcwittmann.bsky.social) recently published paper in the Journal of Neuroscience "When the Heart Meets the Mind" t.co/83BDXHF4wU
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/black-belt-brain/202408/take-time-for-your-heart-to-meet-your-mind
t.co
September 10, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Psychology Today blog by E. Paul Zehr on our (Shiva Khoshnoud, David Leitritz, Meltem Çinar Bozdağ, Valdas Noreika, @marcwittmann.bsky.social) recently published paper in the Journal of Neuroscience "When the Heart Meets the Mind" t.co/83BDXHF4wU
CGL is organizing a new edition of the Young Academics Workshop, this time on the topic of "Games, Politics & Psychology: Community Building in Games & Virtual Worlds." The deadline has been extended to August 5. Take a look at the CfP for more details: colognegamelab.de/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers: The Young Academics Workshop 2025 – Cologne Game Lab
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July 31, 2024 at 9:58 AM
CGL is organizing a new edition of the Young Academics Workshop, this time on the topic of "Games, Politics & Psychology: Community Building in Games & Virtual Worlds." The deadline has been extended to August 5. Take a look at the CfP for more details: colognegamelab.de/call-for-pap...
New publication!
Our paper from the EU project VIRTUALTIMES with researchers Shiva Khoshnoud and @federicoalvarez.bsky.social: The experience of bodily feelings and the EEG brain signal, which registers the heartbeats, the heartbeat-evoked potential (HEP), predict subjective time: www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
When the heart meets the mind: Exploring the brain-heart interaction during time perception
Recent studies suggest that time estimation relies on bodily rhythms and interoceptive signals. We provide the first direct electrophysiological evidence suggesting an association between the brain's ...
www.jneurosci.org
July 26, 2024 at 7:57 AM
New publication!
Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds on "Time, Play, and Games." Don't miss your chance if you are interested!
**Call for Papers**
Chris Hanson and I are editing a special issue on "Time, Play, and Games" for the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds ⌛Submissions due by May 15. Full CfP in the following link:
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
Chris Hanson and I are editing a special issue on "Time, Play, and Games" for the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds ⌛Submissions due by May 15. Full CfP in the following link:
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
May 14, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds on "Time, Play, and Games." Don't miss your chance if you are interested!
Tomorrow I'm giving a talk at the Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds workshop in Berlin (Dec. 10 & 11 at the Regenbogenfabrik). The program is packed with great presentations. Looking forward to it!
sites.google.com/view/percept...
sites.google.com/view/percept...
May 9, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Tomorrow I'm giving a talk at the Perception in Games and Virtual Worlds workshop in Berlin (Dec. 10 & 11 at the Regenbogenfabrik). The program is packed with great presentations. Looking forward to it!
sites.google.com/view/percept...
sites.google.com/view/percept...
Deadline reminder: Abstracts for the special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds on "Time, Play, and Games" can be submitted until May 15 (next Wednesday).
**Call for Papers**
Chris Hanson and I are editing a special issue on "Time, Play, and Games" for the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds ⌛Submissions due by May 15. Full CfP in the following link:
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
Chris Hanson and I are editing a special issue on "Time, Play, and Games" for the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds ⌛Submissions due by May 15. Full CfP in the following link:
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
May 7, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Deadline reminder: Abstracts for the special issue of the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds on "Time, Play, and Games" can be submitted until May 15 (next Wednesday).
If you missed the Game Studies Day co-organized by the
Cologne Game Lab and the Now Play This festival (@nowplaythis.bsky.social) on April 11, now you can watch it on YouTube (the first talk starts on min 35).
The schedule can be accessed here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
youtu.be/B0sAJmJjFxY
Cologne Game Lab and the Now Play This festival (@nowplaythis.bsky.social) on April 11, now you can watch it on YouTube (the first talk starts on min 35).
The schedule can be accessed here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
youtu.be/B0sAJmJjFxY
At Play: Between Reality and Make-Believe
Game Studies Day at the Now Play This FestivalProduced by: Federico Alvarez Igarzábal, Substitute Professor of Media & Game Studies at Cologne Game Lab~~~ SC...
youtu.be
May 3, 2024 at 11:05 AM
If you missed the Game Studies Day co-organized by the
Cologne Game Lab and the Now Play This festival (@nowplaythis.bsky.social) on April 11, now you can watch it on YouTube (the first talk starts on min 35).
The schedule can be accessed here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
youtu.be/B0sAJmJjFxY
Cologne Game Lab and the Now Play This festival (@nowplaythis.bsky.social) on April 11, now you can watch it on YouTube (the first talk starts on min 35).
The schedule can be accessed here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
youtu.be/B0sAJmJjFxY
**Call for Papers**
Chris Hanson and I are editing a special issue on "Time, Play, and Games" for the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds ⌛Submissions due by May 15. Full CfP in the following link:
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
Chris Hanson and I are editing a special issue on "Time, Play, and Games" for the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds ⌛Submissions due by May 15. Full CfP in the following link:
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
April 18, 2024 at 1:39 PM
**Call for Papers**
Chris Hanson and I are editing a special issue on "Time, Play, and Games" for the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds ⌛Submissions due by May 15. Full CfP in the following link:
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
Chris Hanson and I are editing a special issue on "Time, Play, and Games" for the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds ⌛Submissions due by May 15. Full CfP in the following link:
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
Happening tomorrow! You can join us on site (Somerset House, London) or via Livestream :)
We are under one week away from the Game Studies Day at the Now Play This festival @nowplaythis.bsky.social: "At Play. Between reality and Make Believe."
You can check the schedule here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
The event will also be live streamed, for those who are not in London :)
You can check the schedule here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
The event will also be live streamed, for those who are not in London :)
At Play: Between Reality and Make-Believe
Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design running at Somerset House in London every Spring, showcasing interactive and playful work as part of the London Games Festival.
nowplaythis.net
April 10, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Happening tomorrow! You can join us on site (Somerset House, London) or via Livestream :)
We are under one week away from the Game Studies Day at the Now Play This festival @nowplaythis.bsky.social: "At Play. Between reality and Make Believe."
You can check the schedule here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
The event will also be live streamed, for those who are not in London :)
You can check the schedule here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
The event will also be live streamed, for those who are not in London :)
At Play: Between Reality and Make-Believe
Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design running at Somerset House in London every Spring, showcasing interactive and playful work as part of the London Games Festival.
nowplaythis.net
April 5, 2024 at 9:35 AM
We are under one week away from the Game Studies Day at the Now Play This festival @nowplaythis.bsky.social: "At Play. Between reality and Make Believe."
You can check the schedule here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
The event will also be live streamed, for those who are not in London :)
You can check the schedule here: nowplaythis.net/gamestudies/
The event will also be live streamed, for those who are not in London :)
My book "Time and Space in Video Games. A Cognitive-Formalist Approach" is available in Open Access: tinyurl.com/3jfjrxnx
March 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM
My book "Time and Space in Video Games. A Cognitive-Formalist Approach" is available in Open Access: tinyurl.com/3jfjrxnx
The website for the @nowplaythis.bsky.social Festival in London is online. I'm co-organizing a game studies day (April 11) with Luján Oulton: "At Play: Between Reality and Make Believe." Join us for an interesting series of talks on game studies and the nature of play! nowplaythis.net
March 6, 2024 at 2:57 PM
The website for the @nowplaythis.bsky.social Festival in London is online. I'm co-organizing a game studies day (April 11) with Luján Oulton: "At Play: Between Reality and Make Believe." Join us for an interesting series of talks on game studies and the nature of play! nowplaythis.net