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Games and Culture

Index Games and Culture

Games and Culture is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of interactive media, covering areas such as socio-cultural, political and economic dimensions of gaming. [1]

24 relations: Astaroth (Soulcalibur), Bernie De Koven, Bricolage, Dragon kill points, Escape from Woomera, EverQuest, Gamergate controversy, Glitch art, Ingress (video game), Ivy Valentine, Jill Valentine, Lisa Nakamura, Live action role-playing game, Location-based game, Mark Gottdiener, Mod (video gaming), Myst (series), Necrid, Permadeath, Resident Evil 5, Role-playing game, Sheva Alomar, T. L. Taylor, Zombies, Run!.

Astaroth (Soulcalibur)

is a fictional character in the ''Soul'' series of video games.

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Bernie De Koven

Bernard Louis De Koven or DeKoven (October 15, 1941 – March 24, 2018) was an American game designer, author, lecturer and fun theorist.

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Bricolage

In the arts, bricolage (French for "DIY" or "do-it-yourself projects") is the construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things that happen to be available, or a work created by mixed media.

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Dragon kill points

Dragon kill points or DKP are a semi-formal score-keeping system (loot system) used by guilds in massively multiplayer online games.

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Escape from Woomera

Escape from Woomera is an unfinished point-and-click adventure video game, intended to criticise the treatment of mandatorily detained asylum seekers in Australia as well as the Australian government's attempt to impose a media blackout on the detention centres.

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EverQuest

EverQuest is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Sony Online Entertainment, and released on March 16, 1999.

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Gamergate controversy

The Gamergate controversy stemmed from a harassment campaign conducted primarily through the use of the hashtag #GamerGate.

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Glitch art

Glitch art is the practice of using digital or analog errors for aesthetic purposes by either corrupting digital data or physically manipulating electronic devices.

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Ingress (video game)

Ingress is a location-based, augmented-reality mobile game developed by Niantic.

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Ivy Valentine

, commonly called, is a fictional character in the ''Soul'' series of video games.

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Jill Valentine

Jill Valentine is a character in the survival horror video game series Resident Evil, known in Japan as Biohazard, created by Japanese developer and publisher Capcom.

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Lisa Nakamura

Lisa Nakamura is Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor of American Culture in the Department of American Cultures and Coordinator of Digital Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Live action role-playing game

A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters.

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Location-based game

A location-based game (or location-enabled game) is a type of pervasive game in which the gameplay evolves and progresses via a player's location.

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Mark Gottdiener

Mark Gottdiener (born 1943) is a professor of sociology at University at Buffalo, specializing in urban sociology.

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Mod (video gaming)

A mod (short for "modification") is an alteration that changes some aspects or one aspect of a video game, such as how it looks or behaves.

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Myst (series)

Myst is a franchise centered on a series of adventure video games.

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Necrid

is a playable character in the ''Soul'' series of weapon-based fighting games.

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Permadeath

In video games, mostly role-playing games, and in tabletop role-playing game, permadeath, or permanent death, is a gameplay mechanic where the player characters who die are permanently dead and removed from the game and can no longer be used to play.

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Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5, known in Japan as Biohazard 5, is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom and released in 2009.

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Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game and abbreviated to RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

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Sheva Alomar

Sheva Alomar is a fictional character in the Resident Evil horror video game series by Capcom.

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T. L. Taylor

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Zombies, Run!

Zombies, Run! is a 2012 mobile exergame co-developed and published by Six to Start and Naomi Alderman for iOS and Android platforms.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_and_Culture

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