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  The Ethics of Ludic Reflection and Emotional Obligation

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  Robert Mejia North Dakota State University

  May 08, 2017

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  The Ethics of Ludic Reflection and Emotional Obligation ethics Moral Media neoliberalism video games Curator's Note Playing with morality has long been a part of the video game industry. Ethics and morality, for instance, are central to the narrative ...
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  Ethical Empires

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  Fredrik Knudsen YouTube

  May 10, 2017

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  Ethical Empires Empire Management Fredrik Knudsen gaming Grand Strategy Moral Media Paradox Interactive Stellaris Curator's Note Empire management games, or “Grand Strategy” games as they are known, are notoriously impenetrable and cold. Most commonl ...
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  Re: Politicizing the Spectacle

  Social Spectacle?

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  Kris Coffield Interstitial Journal

  Wednesday, May 10, 2017 — 8:51 pm

  cooptation of which you speak, but the possibility for building broader coalitions may be worth considering. ...
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  Re: The Ethics of Ludic Reflection and Emotional Obligation

  Thank you for your thoughts, Robert!

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  Whitney Pow Northwestern University

  Monday, May 15, 2017 — 11:42 pm

  series as being a mechanical and transactional system. I’m interested in how morality is utilized in ...
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  Re: Ethical Empires

  Grand strategy games, empire and empathy

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  Whitney Pow Northwestern University

  Wednesday, May 17, 2017 — 5:09 pm

  necessarily deeply intertwined and unable to be separated? Would it be possible to create a game about empire ... yesterday, something that is necessarily emotional and affective? Is it possible to create a grand strategy ...
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  Whitewashing (and) Asian American Audiences

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  LeiLani Nishime University of Washington

  May 20, 2017

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  Whitewashing (and) Asian American Audiences whitewashing Ghost in the Shell Asian American Media ... comments, predictably, criticized May and Tom for assuming that the cartoon character was or should be Asian ... in the sustained media exclusion of Asian-appearing heroes. Indeed, the uproar over the casting for ...
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  Superheroes and Racial Shapeshifting: Encountering Sanjay’s Super Team

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  Shilpa Davé University of Virginia

  May 23, 2017

  Representation Asian American Media Curator's Note Sanjay's Super Team was nominated for best animated ... narrative. Instead of being a passive recipient of TV stories, Sanjay creates an Asian American Super team ... from and pays homage to the cultural and religious practices of Sanjay’s father. As a form of Asian ...
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  Lucid Dream: Randall Okita's THE LOCKPICKER and Asian American Narrative Films

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  Valerie Soe San Francisco State University

  May 23, 2017

  Lucid Dream: Randall Okita's THE LOCKPICKER and Asian American Narrative Films Valerie Soe ... The Lockpicker Randall Okita narrative film Independent Filmmaking Asian American Media Curator's ... (http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/22/movies/a-film-festival-focuses-on-gener-asian-x.html), following an uptick that year in narrative feature films by Asian Americans. Since that time ...
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  My Sister Swallowed the Zoo and Chinese International Student Filmmakers in the U.S.

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  Brian Hu San Diego State University

  May 23, 2017

  Filmmakers International Students China Asian American Media Curator's Note For the past decade, Chinese ... conversations. But just as Asian Americans have for over a century, Chinese international students are finding ... from the PRC, as well as from the pan-ethnic politics and the cross-cultural genres of Asian American ...
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  Cinema Journal In Focus: Asian American Film and Media

  May 24, 2017 to May 24, 2017

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