An (audio) compendium of the comings and goings in research, development, and news about our digital playgrounds from May 2025.Newsletter link: https://open.substack.com/pub/rachelkowert/p/tldr-may-2025?r=1nfkr7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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TL;DR April 2025
An (audio) compendium of the comings and goings in research, development, and news about our digital playgrounds from April 2025.Newsletter link: https://open.substack.com/pub/rachelkowert/p/tldr-march-2025-4ed?r=1nfkr7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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TL;DR March 2025
An (audio) compendium of the comings and goings in research, development, and news about our digital playgrounds from March 2025.Newsletter link: https://rachelkowert.substack.com/p/tldr-march-2025
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Constance Steinkuehler: Anti-TV to Running A Game Lab
In this episode, I am joined by Constance Steinkuehler, a professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California Irvine. In this conversation, we explore her journey from a graduate student in cognitive science, to Senior Policy Analyst under the Obama administration in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to running Game Labs at both University of Wisconsin-Madison and UC Irvine. This journey begins with an aversion to media and pop culture, makes an unexpected turn at Lineage II, and ends with Prof. Steinkuehler setting the foundation of what we now know as the field of 'game studies'.
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Coty Craven: Stable Hand to Games Accessibility Expert
In this episode, I am joined by Coty Craven, an an accessibility and inclusion expert and advocate who has been working in the games industry since 2013. He created and led award-winning games media outlet, Can I Play That (https://caniplaythat.com/), to help advance accessibility and awareness in the games industry and he recently launched his second game accessibility tool, this time focused on mental health, the Game Content Triggers Database (https://gamecontenttriggers.com/). This journey begins with a love for animals and braving the cold winters in Michigan as a stable hand and leads down a blazed trail for accessibility advocacy in the games industry.
Welcome to Most Recent Save, a podcast where we load up the latest deep dive into the worlds of science, games, and pop culture. Each month, Dr. Rachel Kowert, a research psychologist with an expertise in all things games and gaming, will bring you a fresh save file packed with insights, research, and stories that bridge these fascinating spaces. So grab your controller, keyboard, or just your curiosity, and let’s hit continue on this journey together.
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