Vol. 16 No. 1 (2025): Fictional Games

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Guest edited by Stefano Gualeni, Riccardo Fassone and Dom Ford.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/23.161

Published: 2025-06-26

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Introduction

On fictional games and fictional game studies

Stefano Gualeni, Riccardo Fassone, Dom Ford

1-5
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Articles

Bridging fictional game guides and imaginary games The strange case of Vermis by Plastiboo

Tim Timvig, Carl-Erik Engqvist, Karin Danielsson

7-22
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Cheating against the machine Reclaiming (game) space in The Hunger Games

Anh-Thu Nguyen

23-37
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"This is the best game!" Rejecting and redefining arcade norms in Bee and PuppyCat

Jacqueline Moran

39-55
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Despot The game that looks back

Antranig Sarian

57-67
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Hollow pursuits Desire, therapy, and 'play' on Star Trek: The Next Generation's holodeck

Matthew Leggatt

69-80
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Fictional games as parody Analysing the fictional game of Box Peek as parody of the animated series of transmedial gaming franchises

Rory Summerley

81-97
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Fictional videogames as framing devices Suicide communication in MMOs

Julián Gutiérrez Carrera

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Pandora's labyrinth The Hellraiser puzzle box

Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone, Stefano Caselli

115-130
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"The greatest extravaganza of mortal combat ever staged" I guerrieri dell'anno 2072, classicism, fascism, and media consolidation in 1980s Italy

Daniel Vella

131-148
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Reviews

Not All Fun and Games: Videogame Labour, Project-based Workplaces, and the New Citizenship at Work by Marie-Josée Legault and Johanna Weststar (Concordia University Press, 2024) Book review

Jan Houška

149-156
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