Hi Everyone! Press Start is pleased to announce an upcoming special issue and to invite submissions relating to video games and India. The issue will be guest edited by Zahra Rizvi and Souvik Kar. You can find more information on our website! https://press-start.gla.ac.uk/index.php/press-start/announcement/view/29?fbclid=IwAR2vKpUbtdR3Zkrvr1AW_E7vmMuB6LNfC18p-kWVkpsuA_193HwwxolutKQ
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“হাবজি গাবজি” চলচ্চিত্র ও ভিডিও গেম সম্পর্কিত দুই চারটি কথা
As part of DiGRA India’s Indian vernacular languages posts, Achintya Debnath writes about the recent Bengali movie Habji Gabji (2022). The main theme of the movie, Debnath writes, revolves around the unscientific and misinformed understanding that playing video games causes violent behaviour, negatively impacts powers of concentration and leads to brain damages. Debnath argues thatContinue reading ““হাবজি গাবজি” চলচ্চিত্র ও ভিডিও গেম সম্পর্কিত দুই চারটি কথা”
লেখাপড়া আর খেলাপড়া
In DiGRA India’s first post in an Indian language, Souvik Mukherjee writes in Bengali about the role of videogames in culture with an emphasis on narrative multiplicity, involvement, and the procedural rhetoric of the game that serve to influence the shaping of the player’s opinions. Mukherjee highlights the importance for both the Humanities and theContinue reading “লেখাপড়া আর খেলাপড়া”
The Crafted Knit
[The following post is Abhishek K.’s runners-up entry for the 2022 Blog article writing competition organized by DiGRA India] Is time a chain? Bound by its physicality, its inevitable aches and sorrows, not having time to rest, or more crucially, play. A shame, and seemingly, there’s nothing to be done about it. Time’s there toContinue reading “The Crafted Knit”
Video Games and Ludic Times: Gaming Era, Decade and Millennial
[The following post is Achintya Debnath’s runners-up entry for the 2022 Blog article writing competition organized by DiGRA India] It goes without saying that time and game have a primitive relation tracing back to origins in the initial forms of hymns, rituals, songs and paintings. The primitive relation became much more engaging with the reminiscenceContinue reading “Video Games and Ludic Times: Gaming Era, Decade and Millennial”
Game Development, Speedrunning and the Correct way to play a game
[The following post is Ishan Purkait’s winning article for the 2022 Blog article writing competition organized by DiGRA India] Watching a world-record speedrun of his game Getting over it with Bennett Foddy, Bennett Foddy began talking about the relationship between speedrunners and game developers, likening it to the way a master craftsman( the developer) mightContinue reading “Game Development, Speedrunning and the Correct way to play a game”
May the Best Post Win! Blog for Us
Hello Everyone We are happy to announce a Call For Submission for our Blog @ https://digraindia.com/. The theme is “Time”. We encourage our members to send us a write up of about 500 to 800 words to be published on our website. The best write up will also get a Steam Voucher.Deadline: 2 February 2022
Ishan Purkait wins the DiGRA India Blog Competition
The blog competition results are out After a long and difficult process of grading the very well-written and excellent submissions we received, we are pleased to declare that the winner of the blog competition is Ishan Purkait. We thank all the participants for their excellent and thought-provoking articles, of which, we are pleased to inform,Continue reading “Ishan Purkait wins the DiGRA India Blog Competition”
Meghna Jayanth’s DiGRA India 2021 Keynote: White Protagonism and Imperial Pleasures in Game Design
Note: This text was originally published on Meghna Jayanth’s medium, and has been reposted with author permission. – The text from my Keynote at DIGRA India’s 2021 Conference on 20th November 2021 As I attempted to structure and restructure this talk — trying to organise the various imperial pleasures in game design I wanted to talk about.Continue reading “Meghna Jayanth’s DiGRA India 2021 Keynote: White Protagonism and Imperial Pleasures in Game Design”
Game Studies research opportunities opening up in India: Souvik Mukherjee
Our Board Member, Dr. Souvik Mukherjee, was interviewed by Edugraph to discuss video game culture and game studies in India. Read the exciting and informative interview here: https://www.telegraphindia.com/edugraph/career/game-studies-research-opportunities-opening-up-in-india-souvik-mukherjee/cid/1846134
Digital Games Research Association, India 