by Yunyu Ong, Rhett D. Loban, and Rauno K. Parrila First published January 2022 Download full article PDF here. Abstract The article explores the design process of a Beat Saber mod called Good Bag. In the Good Bag mod level, players perform saber-sword Wushu martial art moves to the rhythm of contemporary Wuxia-influenced (Chinese martial Continue reading

by Carly A. Kocurek First published January 2022 Download full article PDF here. Abstract In the aftermath of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, survivors, parents, police investigators, journalists, lawyers, and other members of the public looked for explanations for what seemed a senseless eruption of horror. In the narratives that emerged, the two Continue reading

by Matthew Jungsuk Howard First published January 2022 Download full article PDF here. Abstract The StarCraft II Visual Novel (2015; SC2VN) is a fish-out-of-water story following a white, nominally North American or European, StarCraft II (2010; SC2) player who goes to South Korea to try and make it as a professional gamer in the world’s Continue reading

by Melvin G. Hill First published January 2022. Download full article PDF here. Abstract In recent years, several content creators and game developers have attempted to engage the complexities of re-articulating, re-creating, and re-narrating black subjectivity being-in-the-digital-world as a way of proactively creating more diverse and authentic representations. Though these developers’ earnest efforts are appreciated Continue reading

by Earl R. Aguilera First published January 2022 Download full article PDF here. Abstract Over the course of the past two decades, a growing number of scholars have mapped the ways that ideologies of whiteness have pervaded videogames and other kinds of digital interactive media. Oftentimes, the most discussed examples of whiteness-in-gaming involve the features Continue reading