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Category: 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.

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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?

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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.

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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!

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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?

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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.

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Online Game Talk and the Articulation of Maleness

February 9, 2007 Avery Alix / University of Washington 8 comments

by: Avery Alix / University of Washington
How is masculinity constructed and policed in gamers’ online communications?

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Kings, Queens, and Jackasses: Playing With Gender in Online Poker

February 9, 2007 Joanna Slimmer / University of Texas at Austin 10 comments

by: Joanna Slimmer / University of Texas
In online poker rooms, players are bluffing about more than their cards.

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