Game Studies Review

Brendan Keogh and Taylor Hardwick. (2023). “Creative, Technical, Entrepreneurial: Formative Tensions in Game Development Higher Education.” Games and Culture.

Loretta Fois (2022). “But First, Let’s Jam: A New Materialist Twist on the Ontology of Play.” American Journal of Play 14.3.

Anderson, C. and A. Cullen. 2023. Failing to See a Difference: Closing a Gender Gap in a Challenging Video Game. Games and Culture 0(0) (online early access)

Check out our latest review, this time of a game called Eco by Strange Loop Games. Eco is an online multiplayer collaborative game which casts players as citizens grappling with ethical, technological, civic, economic, and cultural tensions.

Picture courtesy of Toast Machine. Toast built this public art installation from different materials, each representing one member of our neighborhood. The installation signifies each of our unique skills and tastes being weaved together to create a strong, intertwined community.

Larreina-Morales, M. E. (2023). How Accessible is This Video Game? An Analysis Tool in Two Steps. Games and Culture, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120231154710

Julian Kucklich. (2003). "Perspectives in Computer Game Philology." Game Studies 3.1 https://gamestudies.org/0301/kucklich/

Danielle Kelly, Brona Nic Giolla Easpaig, Paola Castillo. (2023). “‘You Game Like a Girl’: Perceptions of Gender and Competence in Gaming.” Games and Culture 18(1): 62-78.

Lankoski, P., Apperley, T., & Harviainen, J. T. (2023). Platform-produced Heteronormativity: A Content Analysis of Adult Videogames on Patreon. Games and Culture, 18(1), 102–123. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120221084453

Marina Fontolan, James Wilson Malazita, Janaina Pamplona da Costa. (2022). Language, Identity and Games: Discussing the Role of Players in Videogame Localization. Game Studies 22(3).

Bergstrom, Kelly. “Ignoring the blood on the tracks: exits and departures from game studies.” Critical Studies in Media Communication 39:3.

Listen to our review of one of the most thought-provoking and generative articles we have reviewed so far (and one of Alex's personal favorites): Kelly Bergstrom's "Ignoring the Blood on the Tracks: Exits and Departures from Game Studies." It's worth a listen and a read.