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A scholarly conversation of undergraduate video game research

Princes and Portals by Emily Lengel

Portal 2, ©2011 Valve
The Role of Choices and Sexuality within Life is Strange by Ashley Greene and Jesse Nguyen

Life is Strange, © 2015 Don't Nod.
Love, Death, and Replikas by Emma Nichols and Hannah Peterson

SIGNALIS, ©2022 rose-engine
A Game about Parenthood (Podcast) By Manny Tejada

God of War: Ragnarök, ©2022 Santa Monica Studio
Faith and Fairness in Night in the Woods: Where’s The God in That? by Ekaterina Photis

Night in the Woods, ©2017 Infinite Fall.
Unravel: Following the Threads Through Grief by Savannah Baker

Unravel, © 2015 Electronic Arts Inc.
The Cute Borowskis by Riley Fontana
Night in the Woods, ©2017 Infinite Fall.
Fathers Make Their Daughters in “Bioshock 2” by Aaron Preziosi

Bioshock 2, ©2010 2K Games
Stardew Valley: Corporate vs. Human Greed by Sohpia Pascoal

Stardew Valley, © 2016 ConcernedApe
Cosmic Horror and SIGNALIS by Robert Sheeran

SIGNALIS, ©2022 rose-engine
Nonviolence in Video Games by Tony Dungan
Image Credit: Tony Dungan
Posthumanism & Video Games By Tony Dungan and Israa Khalifa

Image Credit: Tony Dungan

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