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Author:   Gerald A. Voorhees (University of Waterloo, Canada) ,  Joshua Call (Grand View University, USA) ,  Dr. Matthew Wysocki (Flagler College, USA) ,  Betsy Brey (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9798765125540

Pages:   376
Publication Date:   08 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: A Traversal Cut Across the Normal: Epistemic Genres and Cultures of Play Gerald Voorhees (University of Waterloo, Canada), Josh Call (Grand View University, USA), Matthew Wysocki (Flagler College, USA), Betsy Brey (University of Waterloo, Canada) Part 1: Scholarly Lenses 1. “What If the Ludology Versus Narratology Debate Never Happened?” A Counterfactual Social Epistemology William J. White (Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, USA) 2. Trauma Games Samuel Poirier-Poulin (University of Montreal, Canada) 3. Digital Role-Playing: Reconceptualizing the CRPG as Transgressive Playstyle Aleksander Franiczek, University of Waterloo, Canada) 4. Keeping with the Rhythm: Embodied Practices, Affective Patterns, and Immersion in Rhythm Games Katarzyna Marak (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland) and Artur Szarecki (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland) 5. Spatial Games in ""Cool Japan"" Will Helmke (University of Illinois – Urbana Champlain, USA) 6. Blockbuster Games: Industrial Strategy Meets Genre Andrei Zanescu (Concordia University, Canada) Part 2: Social Contexts 7. Games of Empire Meghan Jayanth, Outerloop Games 8. Horror as Medium: An Examination of Ecological Horror in Video Games Sid Heeg (University of Waterloo, Canada) and Pamela Maria Schmidt (University of Waterloo, USA) 9. Ecological Consequences in Ecosystem Management Games Adam Lefloïc Lebel (University of Quebec - Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada) and Simon Dor (University of Quebec - Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada) 10. Necropolitical Games Josh Call (Grand View University, USA) and Thomas Lecaque (Grand View University, USA) 11. Capitalist Surrealism: Grind, Gacha, and the Looter-Shooter Marshall Armintor (University of North Texas, USA) 12. Isolation and the “Echo” Genre: The Role of Isolative Multiplayer Elements in Single-player Games Matthew Staron (George Mason University, USA) Part 3: Cultural Meanings 13. Soulslikes and the Transcultural Gaming Experience Alexander Hurezeanu (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) 14. Re-learning and Un-learning Asian Past and Present through Gaming Jamie Wing Tung (University of Hong Kong) 15. Is There Such Thing as a Latinx Game? Regina Mills (Texas A&M University, USA) 16. Synthetic Indigeneity: Creating Community and Culture in Digital Worlds Ashlee Bird (Notre Dame University, USA) 17. Are Christian video games a (meaningful) thing? Kevin Schut (Trinity Western University, Canada) 18. LARPing the Capitol: Fake News and ARGs in a Republic of Spam Mark Nunes (Appalachian State University, USA) Index"

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Epistemic Genres: New Formations of Games offers wonderfully fresh perspectives on how videogame genres investigate, perform, and reshape the epistemes out of which contemporary games and their players emerge. * Ashleigh Cassemere-Stanfield, Assistant Professor, Colgate University, USA *

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Gerald Voorhees is an Associate Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Josh Call is Professor of English at Grand View University, USA. Matthew Wysocki is Associate Professor at Flagler College, USA, where he is the Coordinator of Media Studies. Betsy Brey is Instructor in Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

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