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 French version MARC JOLY-CORCORAN & LAURENT JULLIER Université de Montréal, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 Translated from French by Carl Therrien In a context where the Disney empire seeks to transform the Star Wars franchise with the Marvel recipe, opening production valves on many platforms (comics, […]
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 Version PDF English version MARC JOLY-CORCORAN ET LAURENT JULLIER Université de Montréal, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 À l’heure où l’empire Disney essaie de transformer la franchise Star Wars avec la recette Marvel en ouvrant les valves de la production sur plusieurs plateformes (comics, séries télé, jeux […]
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 […]
Volume 7, Issue 1, November 2017 PDF Version ZEYNEP TANES-EHLE & SARA SPEEDY Duquesne University Abstract Game developers can gain competitive advantage in the market by understanding current trends in video game advertising. Based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model, this study examined the persuasive focus and video production quality of video game trailers. Content of 51 top selling […]
Volume 7, Issue 1, November 2017 PDF Version THEO PLOTHE Walsh University Abstract This article examines this boundary between the virtual and the real in digital game trailers and argues that the blurring of this boundary through live action footage creates a third space that encompasses the virtual world and the physical world, called “gamerspace.” This study reports […]
Volume 7, Issue 1, November 2017 PDF Version LEANDRO AUGUSTO BORGES LIMA King’s College London Abstract The gendered marketing of videogames is an underexplored topic within the vast literature of games and gender. In this paper, I contribute to this body of literature a configurative analysis on gendered marketing strategies for the Mass Effect. I explore the genealogy […]
Volume 7, Issue 1, November 2017 PDF Version ESTHER WRIGHT University of Warwick Abstract Considering promotional materials as a source of information themselves, this article tracks how Rockstar Games position titles through cinema references. Referring to the relationship between video games and cinema, and tendencies to evaluate video games according to their “cinematic” qualities, it demonstrates Rockstar’s attempt […]
Volume 7, Issue 1, November 2017 PDF Version ED VOLLANS Bournemouth University Abstract An antecedent promotional practice, the film trailer has a history stretches from the formulation of the film industry itself. Yet no work found explores early videogame trailers. This paper tracks the early history of the videogame trailer exploring how it commuted from its use in […]