Baha Tan Oral began his career as a film and game critic, gradually transitioning to storytelling and narrative development. As a filmmaker, he showcased his directorial work at various film festivals before channeling his passion to the video game industry. Currently serving as a cinematic director in the gaming sector, Oral focuses on enhancing visual storytelling while deepening his expertise in game design. His dual proficiency in cinematic direction and game design enabled him to contribute significantly to a range of creative projects. Oral is pursuing a master’s degree in Film Design at Dokuz Eylül University, where his academic research centers on game studies. Simultaneously, he worked as a research assistant at Yaşar University’s Faculty of Communication. By combining his academic research with practical industry experience, Oral bridged the gap between film and video games, offering a unique perspective on narrative development and interactive media design.

Baha Tan Oral began his career as a film and game critic, gradually transitioning to storytelling and narrative development. As a filmmaker, he showcased his directorial work at various film festivals before channeling his passion to the video game industry. Currently serving as a cinematic director in the gaming sector, Oral focuses on enhancing visual storytelling while deepening his expertise in game design. His dual proficiency in cinematic direction and game design enabled him to contribute significantly to a range of creative projects. Oral is pursuing a master’s degree in Film Design at Dokuz Eylül University, where his academic research centers on game studies. Simultaneously, he worked as a research assistant at Yaşar University’s Faculty of Communication. By combining his academic research with practical industry experience, Oral bridged the gap between film and video games, offering a unique perspective on narrative development and interactive media design.

Skadi Loist is Juniorprofessor in Production Cultures in Audiovisual Media Industries at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, in Potsdam, Germany. Their main areas of expertise are film festivals & circulation, queer film culture, and screen industries, diversity and sustainability.

Yeşim Kaptan is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Kent State University (USA). Dr. Kaptan has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University (USA) and Aarhus University (Denmark), and a visiting professor at the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania (USA). He is the co-editor of the book “Television in Turkey”. His research on culture, global communication, transnational media and advertising has been published in various English and Turkish media and communication journals and books.

Göker Gülay graduated from Anadolu University Department of Communication Sciences, Press and Broadcasting in 2006 and worked in various organizations in the field of corporate communication and marketing until 2009. He holds a PhD degree from Ege University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Advertising with a dissertation on "transformation of consumer behavior with social media". Since 2008, he has worked as an expert lecturer in certificate programs in the fields of social media and digital communication in various institutions, especially Yaşar University, Celal Bayar University Continuing Education Center and Izmir Journalists Association. After 12 years at Izmir Yaşar University Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Advertising, Gülay is currently a faculty member at Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Publicity. His academic research focuses on digital media tools and social media studies on the context of user-generated content.

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