Special Issue , August 2018 PDF Version Version française JAAKKO SUOMINEN, ANNA SIVULA, MARIA B. GARDA University of Turku Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the emergence and authorization of game cultures heritage in relation to the process of establishing a game museum. The paper follows a crowdfunding campaign for the […]
Numéro spécial, août 2018 Version PDF English version JAAKKO SUOMINEN, ANNA SIVULA, MARIA B. GARDA Université de Turku Traduit de l’anglais par Geneviève Has et Dominique Pelletier Résumé La visée de cet article est d’explorer l’émergence et l’autorisation du patrimoine culturel vidéoludique en lien avec le processus de développement d’un musée vidéoludique. Pour […]
Special Issue, August 2018 PDF Version Version française Alison Gazzard and Carl Therrien University College London, Université de Montréal Recent years have witnessed many encouraging initiatives dedicated to the preservation of game history. In 2014, UC Santa Cruz and Stanford experts published “A Unified Approach to Preserving Cultural Software Objects and their Development Histories” (Kaltman […]
Special Issue, August 2018 / Numéro spécial, août 2018
Edited by / Dirigé par Alison Gazzard & Carl Therrien
Special Issue, August 2018 PDF Version Conducted by Alison Gazzard and Carl Therrien AG/CT: Can you give us a brief history of the Computerspielemuseum? How did it come to be, what were the major principles guiding its creation, and what challenges have you faced? AL: The initial idea was our belief that computer games have a […]
Numéro spécial, août 2018 Version PDF English version JAMES NEWMAN Bath Spa University Traduit de l’anglais par Dominique Pelletier et Alex Gauthier Résumé Cet article présente l’élaboration du Game Inspector au National Videogame Arcade (Royaume-Uni) et l’implémentation de ce dispositif à travers une étude de cas de Super Mario Bros. Ce développement a […]
Special Issue, August 2018 PDF Version Rainforest Scully-Blaker University of California, Irvine Abstract This paper discusses speedrunning, the practice of completing a game as quickly as possible without cheats or cheat devices and how it relates to Paul Virilio’s Museum of Accidents. Speedruns are shown to be an example of what the author calls […]
Numéro spécial, août 2018 Version PDF SKOT DEEMING et DAVID MURPHY Université Concordia, Flinders University Traduit de l’anglais par Dominique Pelletier Parution originale: Fans and Videogames. Histories, Fandom, Archives (2017), sous la direction de Melanie Swalwell, Angela Ndalianis et Helen Stuckey Résumé Cet article relate les conditions d’émergence de la création des fans […]
Special Issue, August 2018 PDF Version JOHN AYCOCK University of Calgary Abstract Part of understanding and preserving game history is the study of games’ implementation, a technical approach that I refer to as “retrogame archaeology.” The first problem in retrogame archaeology is simply choosing a game to study, because interesting implementation aspects are not […]
Special Issue, August 2018 PDF Version Conducted by Alison Gazzard and Carl Therrien AG/CT: Can you give us a brief history of VIGAMUS? How did it come to be, what were the major principles guiding its creation, and what challenges have you faced? MAR/MR: VIGAMUS was opened in 2012, but it was the result of […]
Numéro spécial, août 2018 Version PDF English version Alison Gazzard et Carl Therrien University College London, Université de Montréal Les dernières années ont vu se déployer de nombreuses initiatives encourageantes visant à préserver l’histoire des jeux. En 2014, des experts de l’UC Santa Cruz et de Stanford ont publié “A Unified Approach to Preserving […]
Special Issue, August 2018 PDF Version Conducted by Alison Gazzard and Carl Therrien AG/CT: Can you give us a brief history of the Cabrinety Collection at Stanford Libraries? What treatment did the collection receive since it has been donated to the university? HL: The Cabrinety Collection came to Stanford in 1998, I believe, at least […]
Volume 8, issue 1, June 2018 PDF Version AMEDEO D’ADAMO Universita Cattolica, Milan Abstract How is the evil of the Evil Empire of the Star Wars universe constructed and codified in its spaces? In SW space is binary : the spatial cues of Deathstarchitecture – its slick surfaces, rational codes, restricted color palates, alienated […]
Volume 8, numéro 1, juin 2018 Version PDF TOM CUISINIER-ROSSET Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon Résumé Le Réveil de la Force est de toute évidence une réécriture d’Un nouvel espoir, il en reprend jusqu’à la trame, et il réactualise les figures iconiques de la trilogie originale : Han Solo, Leia Organa, etc. Cet article propose de […]
Volume 8, issue 1, June 2018 PDF Version ANA CABRAL MARTINS University of Lisbon Abstract Reviving the Star Wars film franchise, after Disney acquired Lucasfilm, meant kick-starting a new trilogy that worked as a link between the old films and a new phase. The result was The Force Awakens, a sequel to a 30 […]
Volume 8, issue 1, June 2018 PDF Version KATRIINA HELJAKKA University of Turku Abstract In this essay, I describe how adult fans of the Star Wars universe engage actively in world-building through world-play. What distinguishes world-play from world-building, as proposed by Wolf (2012), is an understanding that adult toy play involves more than mere […]
Volume 8, numéro 1, juin 2018 / Volume 8, Issue 1, June 2018
Dirigé par / Edited by Marc Joly-Corcoran & Laurent Jullier
Volume 8, issue 1, June 2018 PDF Version JESSICA AUSTIN Anglia Ruskin University Abstract In the last 3 years Disney has released the 4 newest instalments to the Star Wars franchise, both of which are led by female protagonists, Rey (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi) and Jyn Erso (Rogue One). Although Star Wars […]
Volume 8, numéro 1, juin 2018 Version PDF QUENTIN MAZEL Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 Résumé L’article explore la réception critique ambivalente et dissonante du septième volet de la saga Star Wars, intitulé Le Réveil de la Force, réalisé par J.J. Abrams. L’enquête qui y est présentée porte sur les jugements quant à […]
Volume 8, issue 1, June 2018 PDF Version PEDRO MOURA University of Minho, Communication and Society Research Centre (Portugal) Abstract The relationship between the media industries and their audiences is increasingly complex. Concepts such as convergence culture foresaw a new kind of relationship, one where the consumers would also be producers, participating in the […]