Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025)

Introduction

Editorial DOA

Holger Pötzsch, Kristine Jørgensen

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Articles

Metroidvania ecologies Exploration and the environmental imagination in Hollow Knight and Rain World

Angelo Maria Andriano, Marco Caracciolo

9-28
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“Was Barbarossa not German?!” Nation, history, and identity in Civilization players’ online discussions

Kathrin Trattner

29-52
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Reified gameplay Revisiting playbour through critical theory

Tuomas Manninen

53-73
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Fake games On dark and deceptive representations of non-actual games

Nele Van de Mosselaer

75-93
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Antagonistic game design The author as a player

Stefano Gualeni

95-116
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Lies of P and a real boy in fake Bloodborne Nostalgia and critique in Soulsborne fandom

Indira Neill Hoch

117-137
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Unpacking an obfuscated female protagonist The use of mise-en-scène in minimalist videogame narrative through social semiotics

Mienke Fouché

139-159
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Emergent ecological dynamics in videogames What player paratexts reveal

Lawrence May

161-183
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Curled up with a good game A survey study on personality traits and game motives of cozy game players

Rowan Daneels, Kato Maes

185-215
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Of reviews and women A study of women discourses on gender in videogame magazines

Samuel Heine, Marie-Christine Beauvais

217-243
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The arena of teamwork The impact of stellate polygonal seating on multiplayer game performance

Geunyoung Kim

245-274
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From tradition to interaction A systematic literature review of cultural heritage representation in entertainment videogames

Yixiang Que, Teresa De La Hera, Jeroen Jansz

275-312
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Reviews

Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right by Adrienne L. Massanari (The MIT Press, 2024) Book review

Megan Condis

313-317
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Monstrosity in Games and Play: A Multidisciplinary Examination of the Monstrous in Contemporary Cultures, edited by Sarah Stang, Mikko Meriläinen, Joleen Blom, and Lobna Hassan (Amsterdam University Press 2025) Book review

Jaroslav Švelch

319-323
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The Rise of the Roguelite: Inside a Gaming Phenomenon, edited by James Cartlidge (CRC Press, 2025). Book review

David Matencio Durán

325-332
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The Middle Ages in Computer Games: Ludic Approaches to the Medieval and Medievalism by Robert Houghton (D. S. Brewer, 2024) Book review

Evan Moore

333-339
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Commentaries

The state of Native representation in videogames

Thomas James Reed | Lukwe’tiyó, Oneida for “He is a Good Man”

341-352
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Full Issue

Introduction

Editorial DOA

Articles

Metroidvania ecologies Exploration and the environmental imagination in Hollow Knight and Rain World

“Was Barbarossa not German?!” Nation, history, and identity in Civilization players’ online discussions

Reified gameplay Revisiting playbour through critical theory

Fake games On dark and deceptive representations of non-actual games

Antagonistic game design The author as a player

Lies of P and a real boy in fake Bloodborne Nostalgia and critique in Soulsborne fandom

Unpacking an obfuscated female protagonist The use of mise-en-scène in minimalist videogame narrative through social semiotics

Emergent ecological dynamics in videogames What player paratexts reveal

Curled up with a good game A survey study on personality traits and game motives of cozy game players

Of reviews and women A study of women discourses on gender in videogame magazines

The arena of teamwork The impact of stellate polygonal seating on multiplayer game performance

From tradition to interaction A systematic literature review of cultural heritage representation in entertainment videogames

Reviews

Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right by Adrienne L. Massanari (The MIT Press, 2024) Book review

Monstrosity in Games and Play: A Multidisciplinary Examination of the Monstrous in Contemporary Cultures, edited by Sarah Stang, Mikko Meriläinen, Joleen Blom, and Lobna Hassan (Amsterdam University Press 2025) Book review

The Rise of the Roguelite: Inside a Gaming Phenomenon, edited by James Cartlidge (CRC Press, 2025). Book review

The Middle Ages in Computer Games: Ludic Approaches to the Medieval and Medievalism by Robert Houghton (D. S. Brewer, 2024) Book review

Commentaries

The state of Native representation in videogames

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