This article presents a synthesis and interpretation of research on character portrayals in
digital game content using a systematic review of existing studies (N= 30) based on a larger …

Character backgrounds are one of many elements players use to customize their
protagonists in fantasy computer role-playing games. By documenting the narrative …

Whether players are swinging through New York in Spiderman or cruising around
Cyberpunk 2077's Night City, sprawling open worlds are a common feature in today's action …

Early in The Outer Worlds the player-as-Stranger visits the Groundbreaker, a space station
with numerous residents. One of the most memorable is Martin Callahan, also known as the …

There is an emerging body of games that simulate the labor of drink making and serving at
the forefront of play through the role of a bartender or artisanal mixologist. Both are working …

Ce que nous éprouvons en jouant à des jeux vidéo indique quelque chose à propos de
nous et transforme notre personne. Déterminer la valeur éthique d'un jeu vidéo requiert en …

eng: Video games are a new source of information in the historical discipline, apart from
being a material testimony, the fictions present in them can also be evidence of different …

This doctoral thesis analyses the role played by social class and gender in the processes of
construction of gamer identity among teenagers aged 14 and 15 years old in school in the …

In this chapter, we analyze Death Stranding (Kojima Productions 2019) through the
concepts of collapse, slow gaming, and ecosophy, in particular, Raimon Panikkar's …