Ed Vollans
University Lecturer, media paratexts, promotional materials, trailers & advertising. (Views my own). 🏴/ Midlands (UK).
- Did a thing! It’s free to read- From movie-style marketing to business as usual: The use of cinema(tic) in games promotion 1990-1999 - Ed Vollans, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Ed VollansA 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...
- Reposted by Ed VollansFWIW, I was approached by @timeshighered.bsky.social to comment for a piece on job cuts and the implications for staff and our practices. We need more public awareness of what's happening in UK HE, and THE is paywalled anyway, but they're not passive actors in all of this. I said no. #AcademicSky
- Did a chapter in a thing! Bit pricy! But very cool nonetheless. www.routledge.com/Digital-Adve... #academicsky #advertising
