The present article develops the concept of selective realism to understand how design
features and narrative frames of first-and third-person shooters (F/TPS) exclude attention to …

The present article brings game studies into dialogue with cultural memory studies and
argues for the significance of computer games for historical discourse and memory politics …

How do violent videogames, as entertainment products, communicate violence in the
context of warfare and in other settings? Also, why do users enjoy virtual violence? The …

The Routledge International Handbook of Perpetrator Studies charts the growth and
development, foundations, key debates, and core concerns of Perpetrator Studies, an …

It draws upon a de-territorialized and process-oriented concept of the border and focuses on
the ways in which audio-visual borderscapes create and constantly re-create different forms …

This article critically evaluates Alison Landsberg's concept of prosthetic memory by applying
it to the historical digital game Mafia III. Via an array of player perspectives, I emphasize how …

Clint Eastwood's war film American Sniper (2014), based on the autobiography of (in)
famous Navy Seals sniper Chris Kyle, was met on release with considerable commercial …

The title of this chapter, seeing and thinking borders, can be read in three different ways. It
might refer to, firstly, the obvious fact that I try to adequately see and think borders–to subject …

Military-themed videogames are significant cultural artifacts that shape popular geopolitical
narratives and venerate dominant post-9/11 War on Terror discourses. Overwhelmingly …

BoBoiBoy: The Movie (2016) screening in local cinemas has successfully attracted local
reception partly due to its portrayal of Malaysian culture and moral values, which local …