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Craig Of the Creek: Black childhood and environmental racism 《溪中的克雷格:黑人童年与环境种族主义》

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Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-06-14 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2083206

Alex Thomas

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Ignoring the blood on the tracks: exits and departures from game studies 忽略铁轨上的血迹:游戏研究的退出和偏离

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080847

K. Bergstrom

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Game studies, futurity, and necessity (or the game studies regarded as still to come) 游戏研究、未来和必要性(或有待发展的游戏研究)

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080845

Amanda L. L. Cullen, Rainforest Scully-Blaker, Ian Larson, Kathryn Brewster, Ryan Rose Aceae, William Dunkel

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Towards intersectional and transcultural analysis in the examination of players and game fandoms 对玩家和游戏迷的交叉和跨文化分析

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080846

S. Ganzon

引用次数: 1

Too close, too intimate, and too vulnerable: close reading methodology and the future of feminist game studies 太近，太亲密，太脆弱:细读方法与女性主义游戏研究的未来

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080851

Sarah Stang

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“The future of media studies is game studies” “媒体研究的未来是游戏研究”

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2075025

S. Chess, M. Consalvo

引用次数: 3

Decolonizing play 他们玩

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080844

Aaron Trammell

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引用次数: 3

Another world is possible: building games for just futures 另一个世界是可能的:为未来创造游戏

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080849

Alexandrina Agloro

引用次数: 1

The metaverse, but not the way you think: game engines and automation beyond game development 虚拟世界，但不是你想的那样:游戏引擎和自动化超越了游戏开发

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080850

Aleena Chia

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Diversity is not a win-condition 多样性并不是一个双赢的条件

IF 1 2区文学

Critical Studies in Media Communication Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2022.2080852

Tara Fickle, Christopher B. Patterson

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