Maria B. Garda (PhD) has been researching video games and digital media from the perspectives of genre, nostalgia, and local history. She is an expert on media history, and her current work focuses on the comparative history of digital game cultures. Maria’s recent publications have dealt with indie games and early computer art, and she was previously involved with several research projects, including: “Alternative Usage of New Media Technology during the Decline of People’s Republic of Poland” (University of Lodz, 2013–17) and “Creative Micro-computing in Australia, 1976–1992” (Flinders University, 2017–18). She is the vice president of the Games Research Association of Poland and cofounder of Replay: The Polish Journal of Game Studies.