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Kollecting Kim K. Skills: Kardashianized Celebrity in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood

July 25, 2014
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Kollecting Kim K. Skills: Kardashianized Celebrity in <i>Kim Kardashian: Hollywood</i>

In the mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, the celebrity legitimizes her image while also propagating her brand by redefining fame as an accumulation of skills.
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Disney Infinity: A Promotional Platform [Part Two]

August 28, 2013
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Disney Infinity: A Promotional Platform [Part Two]

Thinking about Infinity as a replacement for licensed tie-ins—as opposed to the creative revolution they claim—may still be overestimating Disney’s plans.
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Disney Infinity: A Low-Risk Revolution [Part One]

August 27, 2013
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Disney Infinity: A Low-Risk Revolution [Part One]

Disney Interactive's big gaming industry play comes with rhetoric of revolution, and a business model built on the success of other gaming platforms.
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One World, Two Ways In (For Some): Syfy’s Defiance

February 20, 2013
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One World, Two Ways In (For Some): Syfy’s <i>Defiance</i>

While Defiance may seek to expand its focus beyond a primarily male audience, as a broader transmedia initiative it highlights the gendered realities of convergent media practices.
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Episodic: What Games Learned From TV

December 5, 2012
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Episodic: What Games Learned From TV

While episodic gaming is a new frontier for how developers make games, it is perhaps an even larger divergence in terms of how we play games.
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What Are You Missing? November 4-17

November 18, 2012
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What Are You Missing? November 4-17

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? Sept 2-15

September 16, 2012
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What Are You Missing? Sept 2-15

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? Aug 19-Sept 1

September 2, 2012
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What Are You Missing? Aug 19-Sept 1

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? Apr 29-May 12

May 13, 2012
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What Are You Missing? Apr 29-May 12

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? April 15-28

April 29, 2012
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What Are You Missing? April 15-28

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? March 4-17

March 18, 2012
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What Are You Missing? March 4-17

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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