Alex currently supervises a number of PhD students in all areas of across the Social Sciences. He welcomes enquiries from students working in the area of Games Studies; Space, Time and Society; Social Theory and Cultural Theory.
Books:
Wade, A. (2018) The Pac-Man Principle: A User’s Guide to Capitalism, Hampstead: Zero Books
Wade, A. (2016) Playback: A Genealogy of British Videogames of the 1980s, New York: Bloomsbury
Journal Articles:
Dakka, F. and Wade, A. (2019) ‘Writing Time: A Rhythmic Analysis of Contemporary Academic Writing’ Higher Education Research and Development, ‘Special Issue: Reading and Writing Across Disciplines’ Eds: Tully Barnett and Judith Seaboyer 38(1): 185-197
Jørgensen, C.; Turner, J; Wade, A. and Weckesser, A; (2019) ‘Young people’s views on sexting education and support needs: findings and recommendations from a UK-based study’ Sex Education 19(1): 25-40
Wade, A. (2018) ‘The Midnight Sun of the Cold War’ International Journal of Baudrillard Studies, 15(1)
Lee, N; Hewett, A; Jørgensen, C; Turner, J; Wade, A. and Weckesser, A. (2018) ‘Children and sexting: the case for intergenerational co-learning’ Childhood 25(3): 385-399
Wade, A. and Webber, N. (2016) ‘A Future for Games Histories?’ Cogent OA Arts and Humanities, 3(1): 2016
Wade, A. (2015) ‘Speed, Dots, Fruit and Pills: The Happy Consciousness of Pac-Man’ Journal of Cultural Research, 19(3): 248-261
Wade, A. (2015) ‘Driving, Dashboards and Dromology: Analysing 1980s Videogames Using Paul Virilio’s Theory of Speed’ Fast Capitalism, 12:1
Wade, A. (2014) ‘Social Metaphors and Meaning in Fourth Order Simulacra’ International Journal of Baudrillard Studies, 11:1
Wade A., (2008) ‘The State of the Art: Western Modes of Videogame Production’, Journal of the Digital Games Research Association, 2 (1): 102-14
Chapters in Books:
Wade, A. (2021) Cruising the Closed World: The Cold War and the Cyborg in Top Gun, Mission Impossible and Minority Report’ in Starring Tom Cruise, Ed: Sean Redmond, Detroit: Wayne State University Press
Wade, A. (2019) ‘Extended Play: Hands on with forty years of English amusement arcades’ in Hands on Media Histories, Ed John Ellis and Nick Hall, London: Routledge
Wade A., (2012) ‘Space Pilot: An Introduction to Amateur Flight Simulation’, Analysing Media Discourses, London: Routledge pp 4-24
Wade, A., (2009) ‘Spatial Typologies of Games’ in Computer Games Between Text and Practice, Patrick Coppock and Dario Compagno (Eds) Rome: Nuova Cultura pp 70-82
Alex has undertaken extensive work with the media including the BBC, Games Network and Capital Radio.
