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Spoiling the Future Metagame: The Promotional Logic and Reception of Card Previews in Magic: The Gathering
McFarland has recently published an edited collection Beyond the Deck: Critical Essays on Magic: The Gathering and Its Influence featuring a chapter by Jan Švelch about card previews as promotional materials and the related metagame discussions.
Designing Educational and Home Computers in State Socialism: The Polish and Czechoslovak Experience
The Journal of Design History has just published the article Designing Educational and Home Computers in State Socialism: The Polish and Czechoslovak Experience written by Patryk Wasiak and Jaroslav Švelch.
“Never Good Enough”: Player Identities, Experiences, and Coping Strategies of Women in Czech Video Game Journalism
The journal Games and Culture has recently published the article “Never Good Enough”: Player Identities, Experiences, and Coping Strategies of Women in Czech Video Game Journalism written by Tereza Fousek Krobová and Jan Švelch.
Player vs. Monster: The Making and Breaking of Video Game Monstrosity
Jaroslav Švelch’s book Player vs. Monster: The Making and Breaking of Video Game Monstrosity has just been published by the MIT Press.
History, Heritage, and Memory in Video Games: Approaching the Past in Svoboda 1945: Liberation and Train to Sachsenhausen
The journal Games and Culture has recently published the article History, Heritage, and Memory in Video Games: Approaching the Past in Svoboda 1945: Liberation and Train to Sachsenhausen written by Vít Šisler, Holger Pötzsch, Tereza Hannemann, Jaroslav Cuhra, and Jaroslav Pinkas.
I Wasn’t Looking At His Nice Ass: How To Play The “Female Way”
The Journal for Philosophy and Cultural Studies Topos has recently published the article I Wasn’t Looking At His Nice Ass: How To Play The “Female Way” written by Tereza Fousek Krobová.
Mediatization of Tabletop Role-Playing: The Intertwined Cases of Critical Role and D&D Beyond
The journal Convergence has just published the article Mediatization of Tabletop Role-Playing: The Intertwined Cases of Critical Role and D&D Beyond written by Jan Švelch.
Adapting Contested National History for Global Audiences in Attentat 1942 and Svoboda 1945: Liberation
The journal Studies in Eastern European Cinema has recently published the article Adapting Contested National History for Global Audiences in Attentat 1942 and Svoboda 1945: Liberation written by Vít Šisler, Jan Švelch, Shawn Clybor, and Ondřej Trhoň.
The Moral Economy of User-Created Content in the Digital Game Industry
The Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds has just published the article The Moral Economy of User-Created Content in the Digital Game Industry written by Daniel Nielsen and Alessandro Nanì.
Normalizing Player Surveillance through Video Game Infographics
The journal New Media & Society has just published the article Normalizing Player Surveillance through Video Game Infographics written by Jan Švelch.