First Person
“Electronic games have established a huge international market, significantly outselling non-digital games; people spend more money on The Sims than […]
Games of Empire
“Games of Empire offers a radical political critique of such video games and virtual environments as Second Life, World of […]
Understanding Video Games
“Understanding Video Games, 2nd Edition is an essential read for newcomers to video game studies and experienced game scholars alike. […]
Shared Fantasy
“This classic study still provides one of the most acute descriptions available of an often misunderstood subculture: that of […]
Cyborg Manifesto
“This chapter is an effort to build an ironic political myth faithful to feminism, socialism, and materialism. Perhaps more faithful […]
Tomb Raiders and Space Invaders
“Videogames now rival Hollywood cinema in popularity and profits and there are huge followings for titles such as Tomb Raider […]
Children’s Games and Gaming
“The conceptual and methodological framework I will be developing approaches children’s folk games not as sets of game rules, but […]
On Not Becoming Gamers
“I want to make sense of how players who fall outside the constructed norm of ‘hardcore,’ white, heterosexual, cisgendered male […]
The New Games Journalism
“In videogames there is no ‘there’. You’re either sitting in front of your PC or slumped in your front-room, controller […]
From Barbie to Mortal Kombat
#GameStudies101 selection: .@gamestudies101 Well, that and Cassell and @henryjenkins‘s From Barbie to Mortal Kombat… http://t.co/Dp9FtsDbpK — Casey O’Donnell (@caseyodonnell) […]