This article examines video game avatars that are designed to resemble toys. It names this
trope the 'Blithe Child'to capture the carefree, careless and childlike interactions this avatar …

The recent decade brought increasing interest in metareferentiality in video games. The
article builds upon the body of research regarding metaleptic transgression in games by …

This article aims to approach the problem of avant-garde digital games by analyzing them as
proof of avant-gardes' vitality and/or their demise. First, it seeks to investigate the presence …

This article sets out to explore the playful poetics of recent indie games in terms of what
could be described as metareferential interfaces. Drawing on a range of theories from …

The Child in Games Page 1 1 Emma Reay Homerton College Faculty of Education University
of Cambridge The Child in Games From the Meek, to the Mighty, to the Monstrous Supervisor …

Control (Remedy Entertainment) and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
demonstrate the potential for game design that defies expectations of immersive gameplay …

In this chapter, I investigate the imaginary boundary between the actual world and fictional
gameworlds by focusing on videogame situations in which this fourth wall is foregrounded or …

Can games be used to communicate theoretical knowledge that is relevant to game studies?
Like conceptual works of art, some games are designed to convey intellectually significant …

Drawing from narratology and design studies, this article makes use of the notions of the
'implied designer'and 'ludic unreliability'to understand deceptive game design as a specific …

In addition to transmedial techniques such as metalepses, allegories, or obtrusive narrators,
contemporary videogames also use medium-specific forms, including game rules …