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Jason Boyd
Media & Culture, Technology in Practice
DepartmentEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Areas of ExpertiseDigital Humanities; Game Studies; Queer Theory; Queer Digital Humanities; Critical Code Studies; Procedural Creativity; Digital Editing & Text Analysis; Queer Biography
My current work largely focuses on exploring connections between computer games and literature. I direct two initiatives related to this: the Playable Stories Archive (https://storiesinplay.com/playable-stories-archive/ (external link) ) and the Unarchived podcast (https://storiesinplay.com/unarchived-podcast/ (external link) ).
Recent Publications
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-6729 (external link)
Samples of Supervised Projects
2024 - Patrick R. Dolan; dissertation: “Retro Resonance: The Hauntological Power of Post-Retro Aesthetics in Video Games.”
2022 - Tanya Pobuda; dissertation: “‘I Didn’t See Anyone Who Looked Like Me’:
Gender and Racial Representation in Board Gaming."