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  Virtual Funeral Crashing

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  Dave Parry University of Texas at Dallas

  July 20, 2007

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  outnumbered it was a one sided battle to say the least. This event generated increasingly angry discussion on ...
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  Feeling Games

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  Tara McPherson University of Southern California

  February 13, 2009

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  emotions as their very terrain, mining affect as gameplay. At least until Ruben & Lullaby.   A new ...
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  Pervasive Playing Epcot with Kim Possible

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  Bobby Schweizer Texas Tech University

  January 16, 2019

  their Kimm-unicators and begin their treasure hunt. For example, players had to complete five tasks in ...
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  Fair Play and Perverse Systems in Squid Game

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  Matt Knutson University of Central Oklahoma

  January 18, 2022

  the fix—in,” games offer justice and achievement, or at least high scores.  Squid Game  imagines a new ...
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  Playing with Peripherals

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  Ben Aslinger Bentley University

  September 24, 2007

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  Playing with Peripherals affect audiences Dance Dance Revolution embodiment Guitar Hero interfaces John Guare Karaoke Revolution Lev Manovich memory nostalgia peripherals play Six Degrees of Separation video games Curator's Note “It was an experience ...
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  “The Legend of G.I. Joe…New from Marvel Comics!”: The Toy as Comic Book on Television

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  Derek Johnson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  May 08, 2008

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  “The Legend of G.I. Joe…New from Marvel Comics!”: The Toy as Comic Book on Television comic books commercials convergence cultural products FCC G.I. Joe Hasbro marketing Marvel Enterprises narrative play regulation toys transmedia storytelling Curator ...
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  “‘Save Me Captain Stubing! Skeletor and The Lone Ranger have joined forces and are attacking the General Lee’: The place of play

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  May 09, 2008

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  “‘Save Me Captain Stubing! Skeletor and The Lone Ranger have joined forces and are attacking the General Lee’: The place of play commercials toys play transmedia children Transformers underoos Superman Hulk G.I. Joe Captain Action Mattell Hasbro Marvel En ...