Professor Mary Flanagan writes about Game History
Check out Professor Mary Flanagan's essay on game history, "A Path to Our Futures," in the inaugural issue of the new journal ROMchip!...
08 March, 2021
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How do social media and comics communicate about stereotypes in science?
Find out in Professor Mary Flanagan's forthcoming article: "Using Comics and Tweets to Raise Awareness about Gender Biases in STEM." Co-authored by former Tiltfactor Post-Doc researchers Geoff Kaufman and Gili Freedman, along with Melanie Green of the University of Buffalo. Psychology of Popular Media (forthcoming...
25 February, 2021
Tiltfactor’s Mary Flanagan Publishes New Essay
Professor Mary Flanagan has published a new essay entitled "Taking Binaries off the Table" in the book Feminist War Games? Mechanisms of War, Feminist Values, and Interventional Games, eds Jon Saklofske, Alyssa Arbuckle, and John Bath. New York: Routledge, 2020....
22 February, 2021
Dartmouth @ Play: A Collaborative Virtual Discussion with Alumni in the Gaming Industry
The Hopkins Center for the Arts, Department of Film & Media Studies, and Tiltfactor Lab partnered up to host a virtual event as part of the 2021 Winter Carnival Celebration. Alumni in various parts of the gaming industry including Rockstar Games (Grand Theft Auto 5),...
15 February, 2021
Tiltfactor’s Mary Flanagan and Post-Doc Alums Geoff Kaufman and Gili Freedman Study the Power of Obituaries
Flanagan and others have recently published an article in the Psychology of Popular Media entitled: "Obituaries can popularize science and health: Stephen Hawking and interest in cosmology and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis."...
04 February, 2021
Mary Flanagan publishes essay in Bernie De Koven book
Professor Mary Flanagan, Director of Tiltfactor, has published an essay entitled "Enter the Dragon" which is included in De Koven's posthumously published book, The Infinite Playground. The essay describes the time that Flanagan met De Koven in Denmark during a game event at a DiGRA...
19 January, 2021
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Tiltfactor's Mary Flanagan discusses the psychology and meaning of games from a long term humanistic perspective in this fun podcast with game designers Gil Hova and Emma Larkins....
11 January, 2021
Can Video Games Help Prevent Violence?
Find out in this article co-written by Tiltfactor's Mary Flanagan, Max Seidman, and others in the journal Psychology of Violence. ...
04 January, 2021
Tiltfactor’s Mary Flanagan Speaks in Warsaw!
Professor Flanagan discusses Tiltfactor's work during the online Games for Impact festival in Poland celebrating games with social impact on December 8-11, 2020....
28 December, 2020
Cutting Through the Bias – Tiltfactor Lab’s Research is Published
Check out this comprehensive report on Tiltfactor's large multi-year research project on bias and women inn STEM! Cutting Through the Bias: Using Games and Interactive Experiences to Transform Bias Against Women in STEM, is now available on Amazon!...
21 December, 2020