Recent videogames research has followed a trend of studying the human element of
gaming, meaning the people, bodies and physical contexts of gaming. Across disciplines …

In recent methodological scholarship on digital games, a strong connection is noted
between “platform studies” and media archaeology. While platform studies has its critics …

Abstract David Parisi (PhD, NYU, Media, Culture, and Communication) is an Assistant
Professor in Emerging Media at the College of Charleston, and previously held a …

Abstract The Technology of Orgasm by Rachel Maines is one of the most widely cited works
on the history of sex and technology. Maines argues that Victorian physicians routinely used …

This article approaches the historiography of digital games by suggesting a categorization of
four different genres that can be utilized in the presentation of the history of digital games …

Despite irreversibility being omnipresent in the lifeworld, research on interactions making
use of irreversibility in computing systems is still in the early stages. User freedom–provided …

Wearable anti-rape technologies are products designed to rebuild feminine bodies in a form
allegedly more capable of warding off unwanted sexual advances. Although inventors have …

At the frontier of research in neuroprosthetic limb technology, experimenters are developing
systems for sensory feedback (prosthetic touch). Drawing upon two years of ethnographic …

In this article, we argue for the urgency of establishing a coherent tradition of haptic media
studies, suggesting that the fields of visual culture studies and sound studies provide …

Preserving a historically significant video game frequently requires either preserving or
adapting a touchable interface for contemporary use. While control techniques are often …