Brierley-Beare, Amy

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Brierley-Beare, Amy

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a.brierleybeare@yorksj.ac.uk

Department:

Media and Film

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York St John University

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Expertise:

Game Studies, Gendered Play, Interactive Feminism, Digital Intimacies

Job title:

Lecturer in Media and Film

Biography:

I am a Lecturer in Media and Film and games researcher in the School of Humanities. I’m originally from Australia and after completing my PhD I lectured at Adelaide University. My work investigates how mainstream gaming negotiates romance and social intimacy. My most recent publication Romance in the Digital Game explores representations of digital intimacy in broader gaming cultures. I’ve also researched more broadly into game studies, feminine play, emergent narrative, audience studies, and interactive feminism. Beyond researching games, I also work with 3D software and enjoy experimenting with design in game engines.

My Latest

Brierley-Beare, Amy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-3268 (2025) Romance in the Digital Game. Routledge
Brierley-Beare, Amy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-3268 (2026) “Are babies worth it?”: Mediated Representations of Children in Digital Gaming. In: Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) Australia 2026, 16 December 2025, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Brierley-Beare, Amy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-3268 (2025) “Congradulations on Owing Me Money!”: Dispelling the Myth of the Magnanimous Flipper in Landlord's Super. In: Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) Australia, 16 January 2025, University of South Australia.
Brierley-Beare, Amy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-3268 (2024) Romance as the “real challenge”?: The implications of absent dialogue icons in Baldur’s Gate 3. In: DiGRA Australia, 2 February 2024, University of Melbourne.
Hudson Beare, Alexander and Brierley-Beare, Amy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-3268 (2023) “You Know There’s No ‘It’ Right? ‘It’ Was Just Us” Magic as a Tool for Audience Empathy in <em>Yellowjackets</em>. M/C Journal, 26 (5).
Brierley-Beare, Amy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-3268 (2022) Communicating Love: Dialogue Icons, Control and Diminishing Social Complexity in Cyberpunk 2077. Platform: Journal of Media and Communication, 9 (2). pp. 37-54.
Brierley-Beare, Amy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-3268 (2025) The Language of Digital Love: Introducing a Taxonomy of Romance for the AAA Game. Game Studies, 25 (2). pp. 1-15.

My Most Viewed

#	Item title
1	The Language of Digital Love: Introducing a Taxonomy of Romance for the AAA Game	25
2	“Are babies worth it?”: Mediated Representations of Children in Digital Gaming	21	3
3	“Congradulations on Owing Me Money!”: Dispelling the Myth of the Magnanimous Flipper in Landlord's Super	20	4
4	Romance in the Digital Game	20	1
5	Romance as the “real challenge”?: The implications of absent dialogue icons in Baldur’s Gate 3	16	5
6	Communicating Love: Dialogue Icons, Control and Diminishing Social Complexity in Cyberpunk 2077	13	8
7	“You Know There’s No ‘It’ Right? ‘It’ Was Just Us” Magic as a Tool for Audience Empathy in <em>Yellowjackets</em>	12	8