<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Liam Brown's Professional Portfolio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ready Researcher 1]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:31:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The first Month and a Half of 2026...]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are only a month and a half into 2026, but it already feels like a crazy amount has happened since we got back into the swing of work at the start of the year! Having finished my Community Management Internship at 4J Studios, I had been wondering which direction 2026 would take me in. I am very happy that the new year so far has brought me fantastic new opportunities. Firstly, the biggest element of my professional life, my PhD. Progress is continuing to come along. I have felt a sense of...]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/post/the-first-month-and-a-half-of-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6991b476f0131a3b550cbc77</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:16:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6c4865_c7b4d54288b34a94abcbda484fc4d501~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liam30brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2025 Year in Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[2025 brought major professional and personal opportunities and progressions. I started the year feeling like I had a lot of ground to make up with my doctoral research, and that it would likely be a tough year. I do feel that 2025 has been a year where I have flourished and taken on so many exciting opportunities. The biggest milestone for me was passing my PhD Upgrade. This was so important to me as it helped me to feel a huge sense of belonging on the PhD programme. I was also hugely...]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/post/2025-year-in-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6943f1f71a6ea3dfc23fe7a0</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:33:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6c4865_bad838d0b60e4ba498cc99d390de0363~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liam30brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[UoG Video Game Reading Group Presentation]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was at the Advanced Research Centre at the University of Glasgow yesterday to deliver a presentation on my doctoral research to a group of fellow PhD students. This experience was unique in how I delivered my presentation, as I designed this as a workshop which gamified my research. In this way, I invited attendees to enter the role of a director hired to develop a video game IP into a television series or film. I integrated key theory from my research, and used multiple choice questions to...]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/post/uog-video-game-reading-group-presentation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6932946373a2e017867dcf3f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:26:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6c4865_ee1416a2de7b4b6ea5946a4ca605d2bf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liam30brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young Enterprise Company Programme Speed Networking Event]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week brought another exciting opportunity following my podcast appearance earlier in the week. A former colleague at Young Enterprise invited me to attend a speed networking event for the Company Programme. The day was put together by Young Enterprise, Dundee Business School, Abertay University, and Strathclyde Inspire. The Company Programme aims to equip high school students in S5 and S6 with entrepreneurial skills by providing a practical opportunity to design and market a product,...]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/post/young-enterprise-company-programme-speed-networking-event</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6929617dce8000f2f4b5b8a4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:41:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6c4865_c53fc9e3ebe14da6a1d48d8dba610f2d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liam30brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['Inclusive Futures' Podcast Appearance]]></title><description><![CDATA[I started my week with my third podcast appearance. It is always an honour to feel that I have a strong voice to represent issues that are important to me. This week's podcast was run as a progression of the British Council-funded digital inclusion project jointly run between the University of Dundee and NUST University in Pakistan. This is a project which I am serving on as an IT expert, heading website development towards project KPIs. This was hosted by Dr. Ying Wu, who I am working...]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/post/inclusive-futures-podcast-appearance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692808389d72494dae9a775c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:41:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6c4865_27d86da3079b41ad950f8c286fc2149a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_850,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liam30brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Gaming Seminar Series 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, I had the privilege of delivering a presentation on my research at a seminar series focusing on green gaming. As a Management &#38; Marketing discipline student testing academic theory within video game to television transmedia and adaptation, I was inspired and educated by the researchers around me who focus on green gaming and ecodemia as a research focus. The purpose of my own participation in this seminar series was to consider the application of my research within a different context....]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/post/green-gaming-seminar-series-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691b6203b7c2db05f1fb4146</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:57:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6c4865_679e0840aee4443888bc80bc4a0fb4c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_336,h_334,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liam30brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SGDA Games Talk Live October 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to attend Games Talk Live, organised by the Scottish Game Developers Association. This was held in The Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh, bringing together practitioners in the video game industry and also the wider media entertainment industries. As 4J Studios are a sponsor for this event, I was able to attend this event as an employee of 4J. The event was made up of presentations from industry professionals which were thoroughly inspiring and informative, each in their own...]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/post/sgda-games-talk-live</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68efdd59b04c57c9d87567a2</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:23:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6c4865_59cba40219ae46a381566455a89c0bd6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liam30brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manchester Games Workshop Day 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, I took a road trip to Manchester to attend the Games Workshop 2025 event ran by Manchester Games Centre. From a...]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/post/manchester-games-workshop-day-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ebddecd9148378f5d9f4ae</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:36:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6c4865_76f601ff1c484add85a9f458ed6204bb~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liam30brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NCR Biz-a-Thon Marketing Presentation]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, I co-delivered a Marketing Presentation with Dr. Ying Wu from the University of Dundee School of Business to students taking...]]></description><link>https://liam30brown.wixsite.com/readyresearcher1/post/ncr-biz-a-thon-marketing-presentation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e8bf549ae1db59c24bdbac</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:10:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6c4865_f03a6e532d5940d8a4d03633b19b3ead~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liam30brown</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>