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  Playing with Peripherals

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  Ben Aslinger Bentley University

  September 24, 2007

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  a joystick while playing Pole Position, running on the NES Power Pad, and calming a dog named Venus who gets ... perspectives and research methods to talk about the investments and pleasures of audiences. What can we learn ...
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  Pervasive Playing Epcot with Kim Possible

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  Bobby Schweizer Texas Tech University

  January 16, 2019

  January of 2009, Walt Disney World began running an interactive treasure hunt game at Epcot. Based on the ... lethargic turquoise pet platypus Perry. The game, which continues to run today can now be played the ...
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  Never Name a Chocolate Bunny: The Not-Just-Foods of Childhood

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  March 04, 2011

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  Never Name a Chocolate Bunny: The Not-Just-Foods of Childhood play memory Lernert & Sander food childhood Curator's Note As with Proust’s madeleine, food plucks from us responses we can’t foresee.  In Chocolate Bunny, the first video by Dutch art ...
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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 ...
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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 ...