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DiGRA 2026 Exhibition

A rotating selection of the bizarre, the broken, and the downright terrible world of bad videogames.

Each game represents a category of badness, based on the typology established in the article "Trash or Treasure: A Proposed Typology of Bad Videogames."

Maynooth University | 14-18 June 2026 | During DiGRA 2026

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Journal Article

The exhibition is based on the research article: Trash or Treasure: A Proposed Typology of Bad Videogames.

Wistow, H., and Antognoli, D. (2026). Trash or Treasure: A proposed typology of bad videogames. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565261431144

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Credits

Article by Hollie Wistow and David Antognoli. Exhibition curated by David Antognoli, Hollie Wistow, Warren Hernandez and Ryan Ruocco. Art by Alina Constantin.