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- Review of Aaron Trammell's "Decolonizing Play"
Aaron Trammell (2022) Decolonizing play, Critical Studies in Media Communication, 39:3, 239-246, DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080844
23 min - Review of Alexandrina Agloro's "Another World is Possible: Building Games for Just Futures"
Agloro, Alexandrina. (2022). Another World is Possible: Building Games for Just Futures. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 39:2, 165-172
30 min - Review of "The Future of Media Studies is Game Studies" by Shira Chess and Mia Consalvo
This perspicacious editor's intro to a special issue fills Cody and I with questions, hope, and visions of the future.
Chess, S. and Consalvo, M. (2022). The future of media studies is game studies. Critical Studies in Media Communication.
25 min - Review of Treacherous Play by Marcus Carter
Alex read the book, Cody didn't. Listen in as he asks all the questions you have about the awesome book, Treacherous Play, by Marcus Carter.
32 min - Review of "'Never Battle Alone': Egirls and the Gender(ed) War on Video Game Live Streaming as 'Real' Work" by Christine H. Tran
Check out our review of the BRAND NEW article by Christine Tran on Egirls, gendered work, and livestreaming. This article opens up an exciting area in need of scholarly attention and investigation.
Tran, Christine H. (2022). “‘Never Battle Alone’: Egirls and the Gender(ed) War on Video Game Live Streaming as ‘Real’ Work.” Television & New Media 23(3)
Podcast mentioned in this episode: https://anchor.fm/techcommtalk/episodes/Social-justice-and-tech-comm--Part-2-Doing-social-justice-e1for29
26 min - Review of “There Is No Immersion: Critical Intervention through Hypermediacy in Metagames" by Sarah Thorne
Metagames, hypermediacy, and antagonistic narrators-- oh my! Listen in as Cody and I review a fabulous new article that deep dives into There Is No Game, a metagame that is both self-reflective and playful.
Thorne, Sarah. (2021). “There Is No Immersion: Critical Intervention through Hypermediacy in Metagames.” Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Studies 12.1.
21 min - Review of "At a Glance: Teaching, Writing, Gaming" by Colby, Johnson, and Shultz Colby
Check out our super quick review for a super brief article.
Colby, Richard, Johnson, Matthew S.S., Shultz Colby, Rebekah. (2022) Colby, Richard, Johnson, Matthew S.S., Shultz Colby, Rebekah. (2022) At a Glance: Teaching, Writing, Gaming. Composition Studies 49.3.. Composition Studies 49.3.
12 min - Review of "Trans Game Studies" by Bo Ruberg
Bo Ruberg, “Trans Game Studies,” JCMS 61, no. 2 (Winter 2022): 200–205.
18 min - Review of "We Are the Champions? Performing whiteness in ASCENSION: DAMN OF CHAMPIONS" by Sabine Harrer
Harrer, S. (2021). We Are the Champions? Performing whiteness in ASCENSION: DAMN OF CHAMPIONS. Simulation & Gaming, 52(5), 533-553
19 min - Review of "Gamifying Contentious Politics: Gaming Capital and Playful Resistance" by Vincent Huang and Tingting Liu
This article taps into many areas of interest for game scholars and community members: disruptive gaming, playful resistance, games that subvert capitalism, and ways to spread and inspire political action. Listen in!
Huang, V. G., & Liu, T. (2022). Gamifying Contentious Politics: Gaming Capital and Playful Resistance. Games & Culture, 17(1), 26–46.
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About Game Studies Review
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With so many new articles coming out each month, who has time to read them all? Join Dr. Alex Layne and Dr. Cody Reimer as we cover one article in the academic field of Game Studies in 20 minutes or…
less on each episode (or at least we try!). Maybe you’re an academic looking for a way to stay current in the field while also spending time on the treadmill. Maybe you’re an avid gamer and theorycrafter working on expanding your knowledge of game studies. Either way, listen in and listen up.