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 […]
Numéro spécial, avril 2016: Explorer les frontières du jeu numérique Version PDF SÉBASTIEN GENVO & CARL THERRIEN Université de Lorraine / Université de Montréal Depuis le début des années 2000, l’étude des jeux numériques a pris une place considérable dans la littérature académique consacrée aux phénomènes ludiques, au point où de nombreux articles se proposant de faire un […]
Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015 PDF Version Nakazawa Shin’ichi Translated by Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon and Tsugumi Okabe University of Alberta Translators’ Introduction Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon “The mystery deepens every time you play!! When will the entirety of Xevious be revealed?” (Xevious Promotional Poster, Namco 1983) In the 1980s, Japanese habits were being drastically transformed by the […]
Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015 PDF Version Frédéric Clément Université de Montréal Coming from University of Minnesota Press, Anime’s Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan (2012) continues the publisher’s tradition of releasing academic books on anime and Japanese popular culture, such as the annual journal Mechademia (2006–today), Thomas Lamarre’s The Anime Machine: […]
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Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015 PDF Version Stephen Mandiberg University of California, San Diego Abstract This article elaborates how residual traces of a video game’s national and cultural origins – overlooked or ignored due to limited funding – can be an ethically responsible part of game localization when the goal of localization is not simply immersion, […]
Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015 PDF Version Geoffrey Rockwell & Keiji Amano University of Alberta / Seijoh University Introduction The sound is overwhelming. The balls fall vertically against the pins making a cascade of noise; the massed balls falling into the waiting tray create a cacophony. In this aural inferno sit long lines of […]
Volume 5, numéro 1, décembre 2015 Version PDF Yôhei Yamakami & Mathieu Barbosa Université des Arts de Tokyo Résumé Cet article tente d’analyser l’histoire et la diffusion de la « game ongaku » (ou musique vidéoludique) au Japon. Malgré leur rôle essentiel dans la formation de la culture musicale des jeux vidéo japonais, deux thèmes peu abordés […]
Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015 PDF Version Andrew Campana Harvard University Abstract Nintendo’s Paper Mario franchise is aesthetically and mechanically centered around the interactions between the flat and the solid; at its core is a playfulness with dimensionality that consistently highlights not only the 2D or 3D, but the 2.5 dimensional. Through this lens, […]
Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015 PDF Version Douglas Schules Rikkyo University Abstract Despite frequent reference in academic and fan work to the video game genre known as JRPG (Japanese role-playing game), little critical scholarship has been dedicated to understanding how to conceptualize the genre. Frequently, JRPGs are framed as a cultural curiosity, with the […]
Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015 PDF Version Marc Steinberg Concordia University I would like to take the liberty of opening this article in this important journal special issue on the “Geemu et/and media mix” with a reflection on the title of my 2012 book, whose subject in many ways intersects with that of this […]
Volume 5, numéro 1, décembre 2015 Version PDF Martin Picard & Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon Université de Montréal / University of Alberta Il est possible d’affirmer sans crainte que l’apport du Japon dans le développement de l’industrie du jeu vidéo est indéniable. Néanmoins, malgré l’impact de jeux et séries tels que Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo, 1985-), Final […]