ACMI & RMIT University present
Autobiographical Games: In Conversation with Robert Gallagher and Olivia Haines
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Dive into the world of autobiographical games and experimental interactives with internationally recognised academic Rob Gallagher and local indie developer Olivia Haines.
Rob Gallagher, lecturer in Digital Media Industries at King’s College London, has published widely on gaming and digital cultures, and written for The Guardian, The New Inquiry and The Architectural Review.
Olivia Haines is an artist and independent game developer. She specialises in creating vibrant 3D art, and autobiographical vignette-style games with a reflective, nostalgic atmosphere.
Join them in conversation as they explore the artistry in crafting autobiographical interactives and games, creating a unique sense of identity and place that resonates with players. Rob will also speak to his new book, Artgames after Gamergate, discussing other autobiographical artists including Anna Anthropy.
Rob is being brought out from the UK by RMIT University as part of the Games as Culture: What Next? workshop to be held in December, featuring key researchers, policymakers, funding body and institutional representatives, and gamemakers.
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Panellists
Rob Gallagher
Dr. Rob Gallagher is a lecturer in Digital Media Industries at King’s College London. Rob's research and teaching centre on digital games, and his recent work has focused particularly on artistic, experimental and auto/biographical videogames, and on gaming’s influence on culture and politics. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New Inquiry and The Architectural Review, and he is the author of two books: Videogames, Identity and Digital Subjectivity (2017) and Artgames after Gamergate (2025).
Olivia Haines
Olivia Haines is an independent game developer and artist. She has a strong interest in creating games with ethereal environments and personal vignette-style stories, and has released several free PC games which reflect this. She is currently developing 'Surf Club', a narrative-based game about a woman returning to her coastal home town to rekindle an old relationship. She is also the co-founder of Dinko, a Melbourne-based studio which has released the games 'Knuckle Sandwich' (2023) and 'Electric Fairyland' (2024).
Dr Helen Stuckey
Dr Helen Stuckey is a Senior Lecturer in the Bachelor of Design (Games) RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. She was the inaugural Games Curator at ACMI (2004–09). Her research addresses game history and the curation and collection of videogames. She is the co-editor of Fans and Videogames: Histories, fandom, archives (2017, Routledge).
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