Episode 1: Sex and Romance in Video Games (with Imo Kaufm...

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On the first episode of Game Academy, Adam and Steph are joined by special guest and games scholar Imo Kaufman to discuss sex and romance in video games. How are games handling aspects of sex and romance right now? Are games creating queer characters or queer stories? Will Imo - or the rest of us - ever get over our love for Dragon Age's Dorian? Find out in episode 1 of Game Academy!CFP for the Last of Us journal: https://multiplaynetwork.org/cfp-journals/Check out our upcoming events, including the Queerness conference on 1 June!: https://multiplaynetwork.org/events/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/multiplayuosSend questions and abstracts to networkmultiplay AT gmail DOT com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This episode was published on March 6, 2022.

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On the first episode of Game Academy, Adam and Steph are joined by special guest and games scholar Imo Kaufman to discuss sex and romance in video games. How are games handling aspects of sex and romance right now? Are games creating queer...

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