Entries into the War Games Jam will be judged by a panel of experts from Imperial War Museums, the Historical Games Network, the University of Glasgow Games and Gaming Lab and World of Tanks. More names to be announced.
Judging Panel
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Esther Wright
Esther Wright is Lecturer in Digital History at Cardiff University, where she researches and teaches historical video games. She has written and co-edited books on Rockstar Games and American History, and especially researches historical video game marketing and branding.
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Chris Kempshall
Dr Chris Kempshall is a public historian who specialises in transnational experiences of warfare and modern media representations of history, particularly computer games and the Star Wars franchise. He is the author of numerous academic works including; The First World War in Computer Games (Palgrave 2015) and British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914–1918 (Palgrave 2018). His most recent book; The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy was published by Routledge in August 2022. He is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Army Leadership, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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Timothy Peacock
Dr Timothy Peacock is a Lecturer in History and War Studies, and Co-director/founder of the cross-disciplinary Games and Gaming Lab (UofGGamesLab) at the University of Glasgow. He is a Visiting Fellow in Nuclear History at the British Library Eccles Centre. His research interests range from Nuclear, Spaceflight/Space security, Games/Wargaming, and Politics to Early Modern Intelligence. He has led combined teams of 35 part-time research assistants, interns, and programmers, as PI on projects ranging from tabletop wargaming with potential future policymakers (AWARE, Tempest, Damocles) to building a Minecraft educational version of Robert Burns’ farm at Ellisland.
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Iain Donald
Dr Iain Donald is a Lecturer in Design and User Experience with the School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University. Iain gained his PhD in the field of History, an MSc in Information Systems and worked in the Games Industry. His recent work examines the intersection of games, digital media and history with a focus on commemoration and memorialisation. Using game design and technology to explore collective and communal memory in communities impacted by war, the veterans who fought in them, and to consider how we represent conflict in virtual worlds.
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Nick Webber
Nick Webber is Associate Professor in Media, and Director of the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, at Birmingham City University, UK. He is co-convenor of the Historical Games Network and his research focuses on (video)games, cultural history and identity. His recent work explores the historical practices of player and fan communities, the impact of games and virtual worlds on our understanding of the past, and the relationship between national cultural policy and video games.
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Michael Broek
Michael is a Publishing Director at Wargaming working directly on the flagship title World of Tanks PC. A 20-year veteran of the video game industry his career started with Blizzard Entertainment as part of the World of Warcraft team. Michael is a huge fan of military history. He believes that video games not only serve a pure entertainment purpose but can be used to teach and educate people about different topics. World of Tanks is a prime example where the historical accuracy of the game's content entertains and educates millions of players around the World.
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Igor Maliavko
A consummate professional Igor has been passionate about gaming from an early age. He is a seasoned veteran of the Gaming Industry beginning his career with Wargaming in 2008 as a script programmer working on the development of "Operation: Bagration" real time strategy. In 2010 he joined and eventually led the World of Tanks UI Programming team before becoming a Development Director in 2018.
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