Meaningful Play Podcast

Sian Tomkinson and Heather Blakey

Welcome to Meaningful Play, a podcast where we talk about video games, new or old, light or serious, controversial or inspiring, and everything in between with an academic flair. Meaningful Play Podcast is hosted by Jordana Elliott, Sian Tomkinson, and Heather Blakey, who are all games studies scholars based in Perth, Western Australia.

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Meaningful Play Podcast

Episodes (40)

Dec 4, 2025 Episode 40 – Video Games and Gender Assemblages
Jul 17, 2025 Episode 39 – Haunting
Dec 11, 2024 Episode 38 – 2024 in Review

Meaningful Play Podcast

Dec 4, 2025
130 MB

In this episode we celebrate the release of Sian’s book Video games and gender assemblages: Understanding #Gamergate and beyond. Following a chat about some games we’ve enjoyed lately, including Guardians of Azuma and We Know the Devil, we dive into the question “Why is gender, particularly women, such an ‘issue’ in video games?’. Sian’s attitude was that there’s so much research already on gender and games, maybe it’s a matter of needing to analyse it differently. The book investigates three research questions: 1) how is gender a factor in game content and production; 2) what kind of affects do vide...

Meaningful Play Podcast

Episode 40 – Video Games and Gender Assemblages

Sian Tomkinson and Heather Blakey

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