Aug 30, 2016 | Digital Media/Internet, Games, Museums, Uncategorized, Volume 27
Themed Issue: Born Digital Cultural Heritage Edited by Angela Ndalianis & Melanie Swalwell Introduction: Born Digital Heritage – Angela Ndalianis & Melanie Swalwell It Is What It Is, Not What It Was: Making Born Digital Heritage – Henry Lowood Defining The...
Aug 30, 2016 | Digital Media/Internet, fan culture, Games, Uncategorized, Volume 27
Abstract: In 1981, two Melbourne University students were hired part-time to write a text adventure game. The result was the game The Hobbit (Melbourne House, 1981), based on Tolkien’s book (Tolkien), which became one of the most successful text adventure games ever....
Aug 30, 2016 | Browse Past Volumes, Digital Media/Internet, Games, Museums, Older Media, Uncategorized, Volume 27
Abstract: The preservation of digital media in the context of heritage work is both seductive and daunting. The potential replication of human experiences afforded by computation and realised in virtual environments is the seductive part. The work involved in...
Oct 8, 2015 | Browse by Media, Browse Past Volumes, Digital Media/Internet, fan culture, Games, Volume 26
Abstract: People play games at work, especially digital games, rather than asking “why” this paper starts with “how”? To do so the game Minecraft and its players are used as a focus to address how people manage to play while at work and in...
Oct 7, 2015 | Browse Past Volumes, fan culture, Film, Games, Music, Print Media, Television, Volume 26
Contents “Children should play with dead things”: transforming Frankenstein in Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie – Erin Hawley “You gave me no choice”: A queer reading of Mordred’s journey to villainy and struggle for identity in BBC’s Merlin – Joseph Brennan...
Jun 26, 2014 | Browse Past Volumes, fan culture, Film, Games, Television, Uncategorized, Volume 23
Themed Issue: Transmedia Horror Edited by Jessica Balanzategui & Naja Later Contents 1. The Comfort and Disquiet of Transmedia Horror in Higurashi: When They Cry (Higurashi no naku koro ni) – Brian Ruh 2. Jodi Arias in the Public Sphere: Rhetorics of...
