Issue 3, 2014 – Video game subcultures: Playing at the periphery of mainstream culture

Edited by M. B. Carbone & P. Ruffino

Download options:
  Full Issue, volumes 1+2 (Journal + Critical Notes)
  Vol. 1 – Journal (peer-reviewed)
  Vol. 2 – Critical notes (non-reviewed commentaries)

Summary 

Vol. 1 – Journal (peer-reviewed)

• M. B. Carbone & P. Ruffino – Introduction: games and subcultural theory
• G. Zhang – The stroller in the virtual city: spatial practice of Hong Kong players in Sleeping Dogs
  
• R. Gallagher – From camp to kitsch? A queer eye on console fandom
  
• T. Plothe – “I’m a rogue night elf”. Avatars, gaming and The Big Bang Theory
  
• I. Márquez – Playing new music with old games: The chiptune subculture
  
• G. Menotti – Videorec as gameplay: Recording of playthroughs and video game engagement
  
• A. Harvey – Twine’s revolution: Democratization, depoliticization, and the queering of game design
  
• H. Tyni & O. Sotamaa – Assembling a game development scene?  Uncovering Finland’s largest demo party

Cover Art: KINSHASA vs AKIHABARA (Giovanni Fredi – http://kinshasavsakihabara.com)