An avid gamer and sharp media critic explains meritocracy's negative contribution to video
game culture—and what can be done about it Video games have brought entertainment …

How do keyboards make music playable? Drawing on theories of media, systems, and
cultural techniques, Keys to Play spans Greek myth and contemporary Japanese digital …

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of combining an interactive game and the
concept of productive failure (PF) to nurture innovative teaching and learning. The study also …

This article examines the cultural background informing the overarching narrative of the
Legend of Zelda series, focusing on the references to Japanese religious traditions …

This article studies the surfaces and shapes of coin-op arcade video game machine
cabinets produced within the USA between 1971 and 1979 to demonstrate how design …

Este artículo propone una aproximación al estudio del videojuego desde la Historia del Arte,
analizando las posibles metodologías que esta disciplina puede aportar en el campo de los …

Les questions de la préservation de la jouabilité et de l'expérience personnelle des joueur·
euses échappent encore aux historien· nes et aux chercheur· euses en sciences du jeu …

This article analyses the 'Bunk Buddies' mini-challenge on Season 8 of RuPaul's Drag Race
(2009–present, USA: World of Wonder), during which the competitors identified the sexual …

This chapter explores the ways in which the field of Game Studies helps shape popular
understandings of player, play, and game, and specifically how the field alters the …

Das Ziel des Forschungsprojektes diggr (Databased Infrastructure on Global Game Culture
Research) ist, Spielekulturen im lokalen wie globalen Kontext zu verstehen und mittels …