S1E05 Games with Dr. Jason Hawreliak

Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 5 a.m.

Like most people, you might be playing a lot of games these days: board games, video games, or games on your phone. But have you thought about how those games communicate meaning? In this episode we speak with Dr. Jason Hawreliak from Brock\u2019s Centre for Digital Humanities, about how games communicate meaning and even propaganda. \nListen on to hear more about Animal Crossing, Call of Duty, and the field of game studies.\xa0\nFind a full transcript at\xa0https://brocku.ca/humanities/foreword\n\xa0\nLinks\nMultimodal Semiotics and Rhetoric in Videogames\xa0(Routledge 2018)\nPlaying video games can ease loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic (with Aaron Langille and Charles Daviau; The Conversation)\nHumanities champions honoured at spring symposium (Brock News)\nCentre for Digital Humanities, Brock University\n\xa0\nCredits\nWe love to hear from our listeners! Join us on\xa0Twitter or Instagram\xa0@brockhumanities.\nPlease subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don\u2019t miss an episode.\nLearn more about the Faculty of Humanities, including our events, programs of study, and departments,\xa0online.\nForeword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.\nSound design and editing by\xa0Serena Atallah. Theme music is by\xa0Khalid Imam.\nSpecial thanks to Brock University\u2019s MakerSpace and Brock University Marketing and Communications for studio and web support.\nThis podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.