Ben Kirman

Making a Meal out of a Mountain

A zine about doing Research through Game Design, presented at British DiGRA (with Oliver Bates) (2025)

The logo of an abstract mountain with a burger at the top, titled 'Making a Meal out of a Mountain'

Oliver and I have been talking about Research through Game Design for a while, and this is a first attempt at sharing something with colleagues. We talked about it, and gave copies away, at British DiGRA 2025 in Birmingham.

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We also made a bit of a living document or guide to RtGD and our thinking. A fake pamphlet called 'So your research student is curious about design as method. A guide for concerned supervisors'