maxwellfoxman.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Media and Game Studies Co-author of Mainstreaming and Game Journalism: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5657/Mainstreaming-and-Game-Journalism 🧵: sushilovinfun 🐘: maxwellfoxman@mastodon.social 🐦: maxwellfoxman
👤 Joined on 22 June 2023
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@maxwellfoxman.bsky.socialBecause it seems I don't know how to write a book without public accountability: Day 1: 50 minutes, 1863 words. I've reconceived the Sierra book so much since publishing the Apple II Age: Chap 2 is now Chap 1, & parts of that are getting stripped out into an intro. This is fun! (no it's not)
Show PostIf you want to see more of my research, head here: bsky.app/profile/osca...
Show PostI use @brkeogh.bsky.social's THE VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY DOES NOT EXIST to unpack that ideological appeal. Presenters like Keighley use the legitimizing language of autonomous art (such as "new ideas" and "community") towards the heteronomous end of driving up game sales. mitpress.mit.edu/978026254540...
Show PostControl of game information through these showcases was one way game companies created a dependency relation with journalistic outlets, as discussed by @nieborg.bsky.social and @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social in MAINSTREAMING AND GAME JOURNALISM. mitpress.mit.edu/978026254628...
Show PostNew publication! My article "Video Game Industry Showcase Presentations and the Construction of Perpetual Anticipation" will be in the upcoming Special Issue on Game Advertising in ACM GAMES: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. You can check it out here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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