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Zuby Ahmed

Programme & Creative Director Video Game Design & Production

Zuby is a seasoned game developer and manager, with a career spanning over 20 years, 15 years of which have been focused within the Games Industry. Starting as a freelance writer for Edge , Zuby went onto work for Digital Image Design , Warthog Games , and EA Games . In 2006 Zuby founded SmashMouth Games (SMG), with a...

Dr Regina Seiwald

Research Fellow

Regina is a post-doctoral research fellow with a passion for postmodern literature and video games, particularly for the way both create their stories and their worlds. Her work primarily focuses on how fictional universes are formed through various devices and what we can learn about the way we construct reality by looking at...

Dr Charlotte Stevens

Lecturer in Media & Communications

Charlotte works mainly in television and fandom studies, with a strong interest in archival and historical aspects of audiences. She also co-leads the Game Cultures research cluster. Charlotte has published on fanvids, video game fan histories, screen vampires, and poetic television documentaries on the BBC. She is currently...

Dr Alex Wade

Senior Research Fellow

Alex's work is at its best where videogames meet society. Using theory to explore these intersections he looks to the histories of games to explore the formation of society during the Cold War and beyond. Of particular interest in his work are concepts of space, time, consumption as a function of production and the role of...

Dr Nick Webber

Associate Professor

Nick Webber joined the University in 2008, after working in research development at the University of Birmingham. He has held his current post since 2016. He is a member of the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research (BCMCR) directorial team, and responsible for day-to-day management of the centre. Nick holds a PhD in...

Dr Poppy Wilde

Lecturer in Media and Communication

Dr. Poppy Wilde graduated from Aberystwyth University in 2012 with a First Class Joint Honours degree in Performance Studies and Drama with a keen interest in the performance of self in digital cultures. In 2013 she was awarded a 3 year funded PhD studentship in the School of Media and Performing Arts at Coventry University....