Vol 2 (2009)

"Games as transformative works," special games issue of TWC guest edited by Rebecca Carlson, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Table of Contents

Editorial

Games as transformative works HTML
Rebecca Carlson

Praxis

The Army rolls through Indianapolis: Fieldwork at the Virtual Army Experience HTML
Robertson Allen
"Too Human" versus the enthusiast press: Video game journalists as mediators of commodity value HTML
Rebecca Carlson
The everyday lives of video game developers: Experimentally understanding underlying systems/structures HTML
Casey O'Donnell
Social dimensions of expertise in "World of Warcraft" players HTML
Mark Chen
The friends that game together: A folkloric expansion of textual poaching to genre farming for socialization in tabletop role-playing games HTML
Michael Robert Underwood
“Once more a kingly quest”: Fan games and the classic adventure genre HTML
Anastasia Marie Salter
Endless loop: A brief history of chiptunes HTML
Kevin Driscoll, Joshua Diaz

Symposium

Maps of many worlds: Remembering computer game fandom in the 1980s HTML
Will Brooker
Game over: Asian Americans and video game representation HTML
Thien-bao Thuc Phi
Intrinsic motivation: "flOw," video games, and participatory culture HTML
Braxton Soderman
"Dungeons & Dragons": The gamers are revolting! HTML
Rebecca Bryant
An examination of living through enjoyment: Live-action role-play HTML
Amanda Odom
The birth of a community, the death of the win: Player production of the "Middle-earth Collectible Card Game" HTML
Joe Bisz
Playing Sue HTML
Julia Beck, Frauke Herrling

Interview

Interview with Paul Marino HTML
Geoffrey Long
Interview with Doris C. Rusch HTML
Clara Fernández-Vara
Interview with Tony O’Driscoll HTML
TWC Editor
Diane E. Levin: Child's play as transformative work HTML
TWC Editor

Review

"Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media," edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin HTML
John Finlay Kerr
"Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: New perspectives on gender and gaming," edited by Yasmin B. Kafai et al. HTML
Gina Serafin-Persson


Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC), ISSN 1941-2258, is an online-only Gold Open Access publication of the nonprofit Organization for Transformative Works copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Contact the Editor with questions.