Thomas Tom, Ph.D.

Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies · Tampere University, Finland — Senior Researcher

Tampere Institute for Advanced Studies · Tampere University, Finland — Senior Researcher

Research Areas

Games and Play
Popular Culture
Social Media

Ongoing Projects

Highlighted publications

Lankoski, P., Apperley, T. & Harvainen, J. T. (2022). Platform-produced Heteronormativity: A Content Analysis of Adult Videogames on Patreon. Games & Culture 18(1), 102-123. DOI: 10.1177/15554120221084453

Apperley, T. (2022). From Overwatch to Oversnatch: The mutually reinforcing gendered power relations of pornography, streaming, and esports. In M. Routsalainen, M. Törhönen, & V. Karhulathi (Eds.), Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch (pp. 179-197). Palgrave.

Apperley, T. (2018). Counterfactual communities: Strategy games, paratexts and the player's’ experience of history. Open Library of the Humanities, 4(1), 1–22, DOI: 10.16995/olh.286

About

E-mail
thomas.apperley@tuni.fi
ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Apperley-2
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6390-6593

Tom (he/him) is from Aotearoa/New Zealand, and has lived in Finland since 2019. His research interests currently include: avatars in videogames and social media, the history of table-top roleplaying (pre 1990), and the interplay and entanglements of gender, sexuality, pornography and sex work in historical and contemporary gaming cultures.