5.15 – Special Issue: Video Games

Pink Slips for Booth Babes?: No Way! Re-train and Re-skill!

February 9, 2007 Nina Huntemann / Suffolk University 10 comments

by: Nina B. Huntemann / Suffolk University
The enduring question of women and gaming finds one possible answer in the booth babe.

Game Studies and Web 2.0: Finding an Audience Online

February 9, 2007 Zach Whalen / University of Florida 4 comments

by: Zach Whalen / University of Florida
Given gamers’ tech-enabled nature, how is gameology literature received online?

Beyond the Steady State

February 9, 2007 Judd Ethan Ruggill and Ken S. McAllister / University of Arizona 4 comments

by: Judd Ethan Ruggill and Ken S. McAllister / University of Arizona
Meditations on the need for and the logistical constraints impeding the creation of computer game archives.

Getting Girls to Play: The Broadening of the Video Game Market

February 9, 2007 Suzanne Freyjadis-Chuberka / Independent Scholar 4 comments

by: Suzanne Freyjadis-Chuberka / Independent Scholar
Guitar Hero’s innovative gameplay appeals to casual and hardcore gamers alike–including the Frag Dolls!

Who Are Wii? The Study of Console Fandom

February 9, 2007 Elliot Panek / Emerson College 3 comments

by: Elliot Panek / Emerson College
How does gaming fandom in general and the new console fandom in particular compare to other forms of media fandom?

The Wii-volution will not be Televised:
The XNA-cution of a Business Model

February 9, 2007 Casey O'Donnell / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5 comments

by: Casey O’Donnell / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
While Nintendo’s Wii has been causing a stir among gamers and the general public alike, Microsoft is fundamentally changing the way video games are created.