Christine Tomlinson: Instructor, Researcher, and Consultant.
I have experience doing research in industry, institute, and academic environments. I have worked as a game studies specialist, games UX researcher, and academic researcher both independently and in interdisciplinary teams. I am also available for freelance and consultation work.
What happens when players role-take and build bonds with in-game characters?
Why do video game players continue on when play can become a source of discomfort and stress?
How do marginalized online streamers navigate and confront toxicity in their hobby?
Ongoing independent and collaborative projects.
My current research spans a wide range of topics and methodologies. Right now, I am working on an independent qualitative online ethnography investigating grief in video games. I am also working on a collaborative content analysis project analyzing video game player engagement with political discourse. I am continuing my work on romance in relation to video games and player experiences with multiple qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods projects. I am also working on tracing trends in toxicity among video game players. Finally, I have shifted some of my work on video game content to consider the increasing trend of genre blending, particularly in indie games.
Christine has worked as a UX and multiplayer consultant, UX/UI User Research Lead, and has started working on independent game development.
Christine is available for consulting services, including expert analyses of game content and UI, UX research, survey and UX screener writing, study design and methodology, and data analysis and visualization.