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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Greetings DiGRA UK.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I'm a MA graduate currently in the South West area
(Chippenham, not far from Bristol) hoping to start up in games industry
research. My studies (other than Games Design, which I did at Newport) have
primarily been Foucauldian and Laclaudian discursive analysis and critical
media/cultural studies surrounding it (such as Hall's encoding/decoding model)
and ways these models and connected research may apply to games and the industry
locally and internationally.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I was curious if any past or current research that
approaches games through Foucault/Laclau discourse that people might recommend?
I don't recall much if any mention of games during my studies and have yet to
find any such work, but given how prominent it seems in media studies I would be
surprised if a games researcher somewhere has not approached it before i
do.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Many thanks everyone, and best of luck with your
research.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Tom</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>