Media & Press Interviews
Dr. Ali is a recognized expert source for media outlets on topics including gaming, virtual landscapes, and digital culture.
Television & Online News
- BBC News; Character representation & diversity in Video Games (Interview, BBC News, United Kingdom, June 2021).
- Can Video Games Help Save The Planet? (Interview/Podcast, Disruptive Environmentalist, February 2019).
- Red Dead Redemption 2: Virtual ecology is making game worlds eerily like our own (Article, The Conversation, November 2018).
- ITV Special Report: Gaming Addiction (Interview, ITV News, United Kingdom, June 2018).
- Gaming Addiction Fortnite (Interview, Manchester Evening News, United Kingdom, June 2018).
- Ruskin inspires Salford academic to improve virtual landscapes (The Times Education Higher, United Kingdom, January 2016).
- George Osborne's tax credits for video games producers (Mancunianmatters, United Kingdom, June 2012).
- Salford students create commercial computer game (Gamasutra, United Kingdom, December 2010).
- May the Dark Force triumph! (Manchester Evening News, United Kingdom, August 2004).
- The Virtual Adventurers (Manchester Evening News, United Kingdom, July 2004).
- The Games Collector (Interview) (BBC North West Tonight, United Kingdom, August 2003).
- Sci-fi Channel Ultimate Gamer Finalist (Sci-fi Channel, United Kingdom, June 2003).
Radio & Events
- WarCraft Movie: Expert Opinion (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, June 2016).
- In The Night Garden (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, September 2010).
- Children & Violent Video Games: Discussion (BBC Radio 5 Live, United Kingdom, July 2010).
- Co-organiser of BBC Fusion (2012) Expo/Conference: UK’s first Broadcast & Video Games conference.