When we envisioned the contents of this book, we sought the widest scope imaginable to
understand sporting mega-events and their mediation. From a cricket pitch in Melbourne to …

Gaming the System takes philosophical traditions out of the ivory tower and into the virtual
worlds of video games. In this book, author David J. Gunkel explores how philosophical …

Video gaming is often understood and narrated as an 'experience', and we would suggest
that this is particularly notable with sports-themed video games. However, we would argue …

Contemporary esports is blurring the future of sports, fandom, gaming, media technologies
and spectacle, affording an array of new opportunities, transformations to and pathways for …

The purpose of this study is to explore football videogame playing experiences using a
videogame esthetic that draws upon the MDA (mechanics–dynamics–esthetics) framework …

Remix studies branches out of remix culture, an international movement that began during
the late 1990s, informed by open source and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) activities practiced across …

The graphical pop-up startled me at first. I had grown accustomed to varying camera moves
in my sports videogame play, so seeing a wide-angle shot of the arena during a time-out …

The Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500 are globally renowned as pinnacle annual
events on the international motor-racing calendar. The Monaco Grand Prix has averaged …

Nicolai Jørgensgaard Graakjær's chapter deals with spectator sounds in sports video
games, focusing on Electronic Arts' FIFA series and, specifically, FIFA 19. Graakjær shows …

Remix games are like remix videos, remix music, or remix images in that they are primarily
comprised of sampled content. As a working definition, for the purposes of this chapter …