Posts Tagged ‘ video games ’

ESPN and EA Sports’ NHL Season Simulation

November 16, 2012
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ESPN and EA Sports’ NHL Season Simulation

While the lockout prohibits NHL players from lacing up for their teams, it has not prevented video game behemoth EA Sports from promoting its annual National Hockey League game.
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What Are You Missing? April 1-14

April 15, 2012
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What Are You Missing? April 1-14

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

March 20, 2012
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Feminist Game Studies

It isn’t difficult to find feminist game studies, or feminist gamers. The reputation of misogyny in video game culture, lack of women and racial minorities in the industry, the perpetuation of player stereotypes in games marketing and the popular press, and the dearth of non-white, female, or queer characters in games has provided plenty...
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What Are You Missing? January 15-28

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

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? January 1-14

January 15, 2012
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What Are You Missing? January 1-14

Your #1 source for Lions Gate news returns with ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? Nov 27-Dec 10

December 11, 2011
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What Are You Missing? Nov 27-Dec 10

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? Nov 13-26

November 27, 2011
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What Are You Missing? Nov 13-26

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Circles, Charmed and Magic

November 25, 2011
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Circles, Charmed and Magic

Adrienne Shaw interrogates the stigma associated with the solitary gamer by applying queer theory to games studies, arguing in the process for a broader consideration of how these two scholarly approaches might work together.
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A Song of Ice and Trading Cards: Licensing HBO’s Game of Thrones

November 18, 2011
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A Song of Ice and Trading Cards: Licensing HBO’s <i>Game of Thrones</i>

The licensing process for the HBO series highlights the challenge of balancing a level of control over the quality of products related to the series with efforts to both monetize and expand its audience.
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What Are You Missing? Oct 9-22

October 23, 2011
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What Are You Missing? Oct 9-22

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What Are You Missing? August 14-27

August 28, 2011
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What Are You Missing? August 14-27

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“Quiet, you”: Computer Games, Silence, and the Anti-Aliasing of Expression

August 11, 2011
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“Quiet, you”: Computer Games, Silence, and the Anti-Aliasing of Expression

A hunt for elusive video game silence and an investigation of its meaning.
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