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Esther Wright

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Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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historygamesnet historygamesnet.bsky.social · Jan 17
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Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

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The Video Game Library 📚 thevideogamelibrary.org · Dec 30, 2025
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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Dec 13, 2025
And now, Writing Game Histories (2026) with cover art (courtesy of @murthynikhil.bsky.social’s Syphilisation) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...

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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Dec 8, 2025
I wrote a new article: it’s on the Fallout franchise, & it’s just been published in Games&Culture I’m currently trying to wrap my head around a bigger project on historical video game promotion and branding & this article is a slice (in progress) of that + it’s open access! doi.org/10.1177/1555...

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historygamesnet historygamesnet.bsky.social · Nov 15, 2025
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historygamesnet historygamesnet.bsky.social · Nov 8, 2025
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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Nov 8, 2025
A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
Writing Game Histories

This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. Fr…

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historygamesnet historygamesnet.bsky.social · Oct 16, 2025
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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Sep 16, 2025
Historians (rightly) get annoyed when other academics weigh in on their subject & claim to have “solved” or “completed” history, ignoring existing research & nuance. Yet historians keep weighing in on games as if no one has ever paid attention to them before (& it’s not great)
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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Aug 28, 2025
I made this today to (less eloquently) express the same feeling (of rage):
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historygamesnet historygamesnet.bsky.social · Jul 31, 2025
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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Jul 30, 2025
Apropos the recent RDR2-adjacent *discourse*, @readdead.com’s work is a phenomenally in depth consideration of RDR2’s literary, cultural & historical contexts. You should check it out, incl. this hugely valuable demographic assessment of all significant characters (1/2) readdead.com/2025/07/02/r...
RDR2 Demographic Data

An overview of race, gender, and disability in RDR2.

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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Jul 21, 2025
I know how much Bob didn’t want to write this review, but it needed to be written.
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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Jul 17, 2025
If I do say so myself, a brilliant lineup of speakers to chat about video games, fantasy, history and conflict in Edinburgh this September! Online and in person (and free!!) 👇🎮 @historygamesnet.bsky.social @chriskempshall.bsky.social @drtimpeacock.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Jul 15, 2025
Authenaccureality
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Esther Wright handle.invalid · Jul 15, 2025
The HGN’s next panel discussion on gender, history and games is coming up in 2 weeks! Sign up via the post below, and read more about the theme (and our brilliant speakers) here: www.historicalgames.net/gender/
Gender | Historical Games Network

Event details Date 29 July 2025 Time 16:00-17:30 UK time Location Virtual (Teams) | Speakers Kate Cook, Andreas Kjeldsen and TBC [Chair: Tess Watterson] Register for the event via TicketTailor. Call f...

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