Go Beyond Games

Beyond Games 2021

Beyond Games is a brand new event and website from Steel Media, which explores the impact of videogames on our wider creative world. (And we have an exclusive discount code for you).

Creative Edinburgh Seeking New Executive Director

Creative Edinburgh

Creative Edinburgh is looking for a new Executive Director to lead the organisation and support the city’s creative community as it emerges from the uncertainty of Covid and responds to the rapid evolution of our creative world. The organisation is looking for someone who understands the reality of working in the creative industries, especially for …

Play Away Festival 2021: Playful, Fascinating, Fun

Play Away Festival 2021

Play Away Festival 2021: Playful, Fascinating, Fun - Scotland's videogames calendar has a new MUST VISIT event.

Queer Me: The Queer Games Library

The Queer Games Library

Queer Me, or The Queer Games Library, is a new digital game library and archive, which will curate video games which offer the opportunity to explore diverse gender and sexuality expressions, or a queer perspective through play.

BBC Documentary Celebrates the Human Stories of Gaming

Gaming And Me: BBC Documentary Exploring the lives of gamers.

Gaming and Me: Connections, Identity and Support takes for granted the fact that millions and millions us have very healthy and productive relationships with the games we play, and that games can be an integral and hugely meaningful part of their players’ lives.

The Dark History Of Tetris Filmed In Scotland

Tetris Movie. white digital device at 21

The murky, complicated, and morally dubious history of the world's favourite block-based puzzle game is coming to the big screen, with the announcement of a new Tetris Movie, starring Taron Egerton, which is being shot in Scotland.

Call for Three-Year Government Funding Agreements for Scotland’s Culture Sector

Culture Counts. closeup photo of windowpane

Culture Counts, the organisation which is the collective voice of Scotland's cultural and heritage sectors, has written to Fiona Hyslop MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture, to ask for the announcement of a three-year culture budget in January 2021.

Building a Positive Workplace Culture: Best Practices for Success

Purpose HR - Building a Positive Workplace Culture

Guest editorial. Does the games industry have a problem? Crunch, diversity & toxic office culture seems all too common. We asked Purpose HR to explore how games companies can build a positive workplace culture...

Arcadia 2020

Arcadia Night 2020

Arcadia Night 2020 is an evening of online micro-talks, game demos and discussions from leading game designers, creators, and thinkers from across the interactive industry.

The Future of Public Play – Thoughts from InGAME Insights 3

Speakers Malath Abbas, Jude Kelly and Sarah Brin during InGAME Insights 3

The thoughtful discussion during Creative Dundee’s recent InGAME Insights event quickly proved that this is a crucial time for how we think about play in public spaces - one wracked with challenges, but also teeming with potential.