Special Issue, July 2017 PDF Version  GABRIELLE TRÉPANIER-JOBIN Université du Québec à Montréal Since the beginning of the 1990s, many feminist scholars have highlighted the proliferation of gender stereotypes and sexist narratives in video games, as well as the marginalization of female players and game designers. The solutions advanced to address sexism in game culture and to […]

Volume 6, Issue 1, December 2016 PDF Version JAMES BARRETT & JENNA NG Independent scholar / University of York Abstract In this article, we investigate how music is used in Mad Men (Lionsgate, 2007-2015) and Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) to signify a temporality in media that we call the “half-imagined past”: anterior […]

Volume 6, numéro 1, décembre 2016 Version PDF MARTIN LUSSIER Université du Québec à Montréal Résumé Partant de la suggestion que l’engagement musical ne serait pas qu’affaire de textes contestataires, cette contribution amorce le repeuplement d’une musique populaire engagée trop souvent prise pour acquise. Elle propose notamment que la presse écrite a un rôle important […]

Volume 6, Issue 1, December 2016 PDF Version MARTIN K. KOSZOLKO & ED MONTANO RMIT University Abstract Remote music collaboration software enables interaction between global communities of musicians across transcultural and transnational spaces, creating globalized networks of connected music producers. Examining practices around contemporary music production in the cloud generates new perspectives on how technological […]

Volume 6, Issue 1, December 2016 PDF Version MATHEW FLYNN Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Abstract Through personalised playlists, music streaming services promise customers they can listen to more of the music they like. However, to benefit, users have to concede the privacy of their music taste to the data algorithms of the service. This […]

Volume 6, numéro 1, décembre 2016 Version PDF DANICK TROTTIER Université du Québec à Montréal Résumé Les résultats présentés dans cet article découlent des données recueillies au cours de deux enquêtes de terrain qui s’inscrivent dans le projet de Développement des publics de la musique au Québec (DPMQ). Les enquêtes ont été réalisées au cours […]

Volume 6, numéro 1, décembre 2016 Version PDF ANDRÉANE MORIN-SIMARD & HÉLÈNE LAURIN Université de Montréal / Université du Québec à Montréal Que l’on admette l’avènement d’une « révolution numérique » (i.e. Chantepie et Le Diberder, 2010; Bartmanski et Woodward, 2013) ou, à l’instar de Jenkins (2006), que l’on préfère la notion de « convergence […]

Special Issue, April 2016: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Gaming PDF Version VICTOR CAYRES & ADOLFO DURAN CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil / Federal University of Bahia   Abstract Video games Dramaturgical models are not thoroughly mapped yet. In this context, even a computer game like World of Warcraft lacks dramaturgical analysis. In this […]

Special Issue, April 2016: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Gaming PDF Version DIANE DUFORT, FEDERICO TAJARIOL & IOAN ROXIN Université de Franche-Comté Abstract In the last fifteen years, pervasive games, i.e. games that blend a gameworld and reality were created most notably to promote movies, series or videogames. Chosen for their combination of assets, they […]

Special Issue, April 2016: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Gaming PDF Version GABRIELLE TRÉPANIER-JOBIN Université du Québec à Montréal    Abstract This article highlights the similarities and differences between “serious”, “persuasive” and “expressive” games. Since these categories rely on the developer’s intention and since this intention is not always clearly stated, I identify a series […]

Special Issue, April 2016: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Gaming PDF Version SÉBASTIEN GENVO Université de Lorraine    Abstract This article initially presents the background and the theoretical framework going along with a research – creation initiative that focuses on the concept of « expressive game », which encourages players to experience various ethical and moral choices, […]

Special Issue, April 2016: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Gaming PDF Version PIOTR STERCZEWSKI Jagiellonian University in Kraków    Abstract The article aims to analyse ideological aspects of depicting failed historical battles in games in order to reflect on the game medium’s potential to depict events conventionally regarded as tragic. This is shown through the […]

Special Issue, April 2016: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Gaming  PDF Version CARL THERRIEN & JOYCE GOGGIN Université de Montréal / Universiteit van Amsterdam Abstract In this paper, we try to defamiliarize our assumptions about dolls/action figures and avatars, by confronting two seemingly distinct toy lines. We reactivate a lineage between avatars and dolls through […]

Special Issue, April 2016: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Gaming PDF Version ALEXANDRE HOCQUET Université de Lorraine & CNRS   Abstract Football Manager is one of the most popular sports management video games. For twenty years now, it has been a best seller in all the countries of the world where football is culturally important. […]

Special Issue, April 2016: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Gaming PDF Version MATHIAS FUCHS Leuphana University   Abstract This article traces back a games-related phenomenon that is currently called gamification, but has been known, theoretised about, used, misused and exploited avant la lettre. The notion of gamification is often said to have been coined in 2002 […]

Special Issue, April 2016: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Gaming PDF Version SÉBASTIEN GENVO & CARL THERRIEN Université de Lorraine / Université de Montréal Since the turn of the millennium, the study of digital games has taken a lot of space in the academic endeavours focussing on ludic manifestations. Many literature reviews of contemporary game studies essentially […]