After the change from »Facebook« to »Meta« everyone talked about the Metaverse, only to dismiss it shortly after as new advances in AI emerged. Regardless of whether or not it is the focus of media attention, the development of the Metaverse has neve...Lasīt vairāk
After the change from »Facebook« to »Meta« everyone talked about the Metaverse, only to dismiss it shortly after as new advances in AI emerged. Regardless of whether or not it is the focus of media attention, the development of the Metaverse has neve...Lasīt vairāk
Game culture and material culture have always been closely linked. Analog forms of rule-based play (ludus) would hardly be conceivable without dice, cards, and game boards. In the act of free play (paidia), children as well as adults transform simple...Lasīt vairāk
Media narratives inform our ideas of the future and Games are currently making a significant contribution to this medial reservoir. On the one hand, Games demonstrate a particular propensity for fantastic and futuristic scenarios. On the other hand...Lasīt vairāk
This anthology examines paratexts that gaming cultures have produced as well as the way in which paratexts influence the development of games. How is knowledge about games generated and shaped today and how do boundaries between (popular) criticism,...Lasīt vairāk
How did games rise to become the central audiovisual form of expression and storytelling in digital culture? How did the practices of their artistic production come into being? How did the academic analysis of the new mediums social effects and c...Lasīt vairāk
