We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
07 Jun, 2023
Real Life in Real Time Co-Edited by Bo Ruberg
Published by MIT Press, this new volume explores the cultural ramifications of online live streaming, including its effects on identity and power in digital spaces. Read more
03 Apr, 2023
BCNM Around the Web April 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this April! Read more
17 Mar, 2023
Bo Ruberg Receives the Anne Friedberg Innovative Scholarship Award
SCMS recently announced the winners, including our own alum Bo Ruberg! Read more
Computer Dating in the Classifieds: Complicating the Cultural History of Matchmaking by Machine Read more
16 Nov, 2022
Alum Bo Ruberg on Queer Digital Humanities
The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities: Surveys key contemporary debates within DH, focusing on pressing issues of perspective, methodology, access, capacity, and sustainability. Read more
15 Nov, 2022
BCNM Around the Web November
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this November! Read more
09 Nov, 2022
BCNM at SHOT
The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) encourages the study of the development of technology and its relations with society and culture. Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Playing with "Real Women"
Our alum Bo Ruberg offers "A Sexual Prehistory of Realism in Video Games" on ROMchip, a journal of game histories. Read more
13 Oct, 2022
Hear about Bo's Sex Dolls at Sea
Alum Bo Ruberg talks to the Sex Industry Book Club about their new book Sex Dolls at Sea: Imagined Histories of Sexual Technologies! Read more
16 Sep, 2022
Live play, live sex: The parallel labors of video game live streaming and webcam modeling
Alum Bo Ruberg's article is featured in Sexualities. Read more
10 Jun, 2022
BCNM's Big Wins 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
21 May, 2022
BCNM Around the Web May
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this May! Read more
Bo Ruberg talks about how LGBTQI+ game makers are reimagining the medium of video games. Read more
30 Mar, 2022
BCNM at SCMS 2022
Amazing BCNM representation from students, faculty, and alumni at SCMS 2022! Read more
24 Mar, 2022
Bo Ruberg in Problematic Pleasures in Digital Games and Play
Alum Bo Ruberg joins Christopher Patterson, Aaron Trammell, and Kishonna Gray to discuss the diverse and not always harmless ways that pleasure moves us in and through play. Read more
22 Mar, 2022
Bo Ruberg in Conversation on Queer Gaming
Alum Bo Ruberg chats about queer gaming with designers Jess Marcotte and Dietrich Squinkifer. Read more
02 Mar, 2022
BCNM Around the Web March 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this March! Read more
10 Feb, 2022
Bo Ruberg Publishes the Mystery of the Missing AIDS Crisis
The article appears in American Literature and argues that the AIDS crisis indicates the "present absence of queerness in video games." Read more
05 Feb, 2022
Bo Ruberg Publishes Trans Games Studies
Bo Ruberg's Trans Games Studies has been published in University of Michigan's Journal of Cinema and Media Studies.Read more
08 Dec, 2021
Bo Ruberg's Queer Games Avant-Garde Reviewed
Daniella Gáti reviews Bo's book for Information and Culture Read more
05 Dec, 2021
Bo Ruberg on Video Games to Play at the End of the World
Bo Ruberg gave the First Forum 2021 Graduate Student Conference Keynote address on October 21, 2021. Read more
22 Nov, 2021
Bo Ruberg Promoted to Associate Professor
BCNM alum Bo Ruberg has been promoted to Associate Professor at UC Irvine! Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Bo Ruberg at AOIR Online
Bo Ruberg speaks at AoIR 2021 on the relationship between video games and political participation. Read more
14 Oct, 2021
BCNM Around the Web October 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
23 Jul, 2021
BCNM Around the Web July 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this July! Read more
22 Jul, 2021
Review of the Queer Games Avant Garde in Journal of Play
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04 Jul, 2021
Bo Ruberg on Making Players Care
Bo Ruberg & Rainforest Scully-Blaker publish Making players care: The ambivalent cultural politics of care and video games in the International Journal of Cultural Studies! Read more
25 May, 2021
BCNM Around the Web May 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web in May! Read more
17 Apr, 2021
BCNM Around the Web April 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this April! Read more
15 Mar, 2021
BCNM Around the Web March 2021
Check out the amazing work of our alumni around the web this March! Read more
02 Mar, 2021
Bo Ruberg on Co-Opting AI & Games
Bo Ruberg was recently featured on a Periscope livestream to discuss Co-Opting AI & Games. Check it out! Read more
18 Feb, 2021
BCNM SCMS 2021
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by 13 BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
14 Feb, 2021
Bo Ruberg on Critical Perspectives in Technology
Bo Ruberg is a guest on the sixth episode of public lecture series "Critical Perspectives on Technology." Read more
14 Feb, 2021
The Queer Games Avant-Garde Reviewed in Information, Communications, and Society
BCNM alum Bo Ruberg's book The Queer Games Avant-Garde is reviewed in the Information Communication & Society Journal. Read more
13 Feb, 2021
Bo Ruberg Wins Stonewall Book Award
Congratulations to BCNM alum Bo Ruberg for receieving a Stonewall Book Award! Read more
08 Feb, 2021
BCNM Around the Web February 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this February! Read more
02 Feb, 2021
Bo Ruberg Publishes on Livestreaming from the Bedroom
Bo Ruberg and Daniel Lark recently published a paper titled "Livestreaming from the bedroom: Performing intimacy through domestic space on Twitch"! Read more
30 Nov, 2020
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this December! Read more
28 Nov, 2020
Bo Ruberg in Queer Gaming In Conversation
Bo Ruberg leads a conversation with fellow designers Jess Marcotte and Dietrich Squinkifer to talk about queer game design and the thought processes behind it. Read more
21 Nov, 2020
Bo Ruberg on How LGBTQ Experiences Challenge Dominant Narratives of Independent Games
Bo Ruberg contributes to the first edition of Game Studies textbook Independent Videogames. Read more
20 Oct, 2020
UCI Press Features Bo Ruberg
Bo Ruberg has recently joined colleagues in film and media studies and art history as an associate editor of Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism. Read more
19 Oct, 2020
Hear Bo Ruberg at PlayThink
Bo Ruberg's podcast interview on PlayThink is now available! Read more
19 Oct, 2020
Bo Ruberg on The Gendered Emotional Labor of Video Game Live Streaming
Bo Ruberg's and Amanda Cullen's article has been published on Digital Culture and Society! Read more
13 Oct, 2020
Bo Ruberg At the Crossroads Video Online Now
Missed out on Bo Ruberg's amazing talk on their new book "The Queer Game Avant-Garde" for At the Crossroads? Check out the video online now! Read more
09 Oct, 2020
Bo Ruberg on Archiving the History of Bulletin Board Systems and the AIDS Crisis
BCNM Alum Bo Ruberg features in First Monday with their article "SURVIVORS: Archiving the history of bulletin board systems and the AIDS crisis" Read more
10 Sep, 2020
BCNM Around the Web September 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this September! Read more
16 Aug, 2020
Submit to Queer / Trans / Digital
Alum Bo Ruberg co-edits this great new series from NYU Press. Read more
22 Jul, 2020
Review of Video Games Have Always Been Queer in First Person Scholar
Betsy Brey reviews Bo Ruberg's book in "The Queer Games We Play." Read more
20 Jul, 2020
Bo Ruberg Publishes On LGBTQ Identities Challenging Norms of Demographics
"In the era of algorithms and big data [...] the issue of who is or is not “counted” profoundly affects visibility, access, and power in the digital realm." Read more
Check out the awesome presentations and features of our faculty, student, and alumni work across the web this past July! Read more
18 Jun, 2020
Bo Ruberg Published in Indie Games in the Digital Age
"The powers and pitfalls of queer indie game-making: An interview with Mo Cohen" appears in this Bloomsbury edition. Read more
30 May, 2020
Bo Ruberg Publishes on Biased Definitions Of Sexual Content in Video Game Live Streaming
Bo Ruberg, BCNM alum, publishes article "'Obscene, pornographic, or otherwise, objectionable'; Biased definitions of sexual content in videogame live streaming." Read more
14 May, 2020
BCNM Around the Web May 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in May 2020! Read more
16 Apr, 2020
BCNM Around the Web April 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in April 2020! Read more
12 Apr, 2020
BCNM at CHI 2020
CHI has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but let's celebrate the incredible work of our students, faculty, and alumni who were slated to present! Read more
05 Apr, 2020
Bo Ruberg in Lambda Literary
Bo Ruberg's book 'Queer Games Avant-Garde' was featured in 'March’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books' in Lambda Literary Read more
01 Apr, 2020
Alum Bo Ruberg on Empathy and Its Alternatives
BCNM Alum Bo Ruberg published an article in Communication, Culture and Critique.Read more
29 Mar, 2020
Alum Bo Ruberg Publishes The Queer Games Avant-Garde
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10 Mar, 2020
BCNM Around the Web March 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our students, faculty, and alumni in March 2020! Read more
11 Feb, 2020
Bo Ruberg on the Precarious Labor of Queer Indie Game Makers Reprinted in TV & Media
Bo Ruberg was featured in Television and New Media's special issue, "Contested Formations of Digital Game Labor." Read more
17 Jan, 2020
Bo Ruberg in Oxford Bibliographies
Bo Ruberg contributed to an overview on the work in Feminist and Queer Game Studies for Oxford Bibliographies. Read more
02 Jan, 2020
Bo Ruberg on Women's Breasts in Online Streaming
Bo Ruberg published "Nothing But a 'Titty Streamer'" in Critical Studies in Media Communication with Amanda Cullen and Kathryn Brewster. Read more
31 Dec, 2019
Video Games Have Always Been Queer Reviewed in Critical Studies in Media & Communication
Bo Ruberg's Video Games Have Always Been Queer was reviewed by Cenk Koknar in Critical Studies in Media & Communication. Read more
27 Dec, 2019
Bo Ruberg Keynotes UCIESC 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg keynoted the UC Irvine Esports conference with a presentation on diversity and Esports. Read more
20 Dec, 2019
BCNM Around the Web December 2019
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
02 Nov, 2019
BCNM Around the Web November 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg, Alex Saum, Claudia von Vacano and Jacob Gaboury; and alumni Trevor Paglen, Bo Ruberg, Alenda Chang and Jen Schradie. Read more
16 Oct, 2019
BCNM around the Web October 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg and Koci Hernandez; and alumni Trevor Paglen, danah boyd, Jen Schradie, Tiffany Ng, Ritwik Banerji, Bo Ruberg, and Jane McGonigal. Read more
15 Oct, 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg on GamerGate Culture in The Verge
The article covers a critical issue facing those teaching videogames today. Read more
18 Sep, 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg's Book Reviewed in Feminist Media Studies
BCNM alum Bo Ruberg's book Video Games Have Always Been Queer reviewed in Feminist Media Studies. Read more
17 Sep, 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg Leads Inclusive Streaming Initiative at UCI
We're thrilled to see our alum Bo Ruberg leading the fantastic new Inclusive Streaming Initiative! Read more
21 Aug, 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg and Queerness in Video Games on Team LFG
Alum Bo Ruberg was a guest on YouTube channel, Team LFG Read more
11 Aug, 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg at FDG 2019
Ruberg presents "Necklines and ‘Naughty Bits’: Constructing and Regulating Bodies in Live Streaming Community Guidelines." Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Commons Conversations 2018-2019 In Review
Check out the highlights for this responsive series that delves into the impact of new media on our current political and public climate. Read more
10 Jul, 2019
Bo Ruberg on the Precarious Labor of the Queer Indie Game Maker
Bo's article appeared in a Special Issue of Television & New Media on Contested Formations of Digital Game Labor. Read more
06 Jul, 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg on Video Games Have Always Been Queer at UCLA
A great recap of Bo's visit to UCLA was featured in The Daily Bruin. Read more
24 Jun, 2019
BCNM around the Web July 2019
Ken Goldberg at BrainBar, on home robots and the relationship between robots and retirement. Nicholas de Monchaux on the moon suit at the Santa Fe Institute. Alum Bo Ruberg's Video Games Have Always Been Queer in Real Life. Alum Jane McGonigal on the gamification of the warehouse. Alum Trevor Paglen on Our Privacy Mess and at Art Basel. Alum Jen Schradie at the Microworks Platform Conference. Read more
18 Jun, 2019
BCNM at SIGGRAPH 2019
Jacob Gaboury and alum Bo Ruberg will speak at the Diversity and Inclusion Summit. Read more
25 May, 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg on the UCI Podcast
Bo chats about the history of video games through the lens of LGBTQ theory! Read more
23 May, 2019
Bo Ruberg's "What to Do When Toxic Video Gaming Culture Enters the Classroom" Now Online
Bo's incredibly popular Game Developer's Conference lecture is now available for free to view online! Read more
07 May, 2019
Bo Ruberg Commons Conversation Video Now Online
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07 May, 2019
Bo Ruberg on First Person Scholar Podcast
Bo Ruberg is a featured guest on a special edition episode titled, "Queer Games Studies Special Issue." Read more
