Platform Studies is back baby! Laine Nooney talks MIT Press and it's return to publishing in this clip from GDC 2025. Don't miss talks like this one at GDC Festival of Gaming 2026.

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Platform Studies, an MIT Press book series focused on specific computing and gaming platforms, has returned after a hiatus with three new books released in 2024. The series covers deep histories of platforms like the Commodore 64. This appears to be a GDC 2026 talk excerpt discussing the revival of the series and its significance for game history scholarship.

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