An online, student run, middle-state, game studies publication. Currently on hiatus. Founded in 2012. FPS 1.0 - 2012-2025 FPS 2.0 - ?????
Waterloo Ontario
Joined December 2012
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I am sad to inform our readers that, for the first time since 2012, FPS is going on hiatus. This is due to lack of funding, and lack of student staff.
Please see the attached message from Games Institute Executive Director Dr. Neil Randall for more info:
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Lastly, Andrew Kirby looks at how the Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020), simultaneously expands on and spoils the ecocritical narrative of the original Final Fantasy VII (1997). firstpersonscholar.com/ecocr…
Gurn Group focuses on the deconstructive interactivity of the 2017 game Oikospiel Book 1 using Stephen Gillmurphy’s concept of “consciousness churn.” firstpersonscholar.com/art-f…
Julie Veitch @jveitch_ma writes about the unique psychological horror of Until Dawn with attention to powerlessness, lack of agency, and the subversive incorporation of the player through its dual structure. firstpersonscholar.com/inter…
Anoushka Lad discusses Lara Croft as a colonial and white savior figure by focusing on Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) as an archaeogame whose self-aware criticism and conventional spectacle are at odds firstpersonscholar.com/lara-…
Simon Dor @SimonDor examines the Pokémon: Let’s Go games, focusing on how player exceptionalism is communicated through the layering of multiple “game” experiences. firstpersonscholar.com/a-gam…
Our new issue is out! It includes five amazing close readings by @SimonDor Anoushka Lad @jveitch_ma Gurn Group and Andrew Kirby!
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Our special issue about gaming paratexts is out now!
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My article of “Queer Games and Straight Play” is online! It is part of the special issue ‘Paratext’ by @FPSWeekly thank y’all so much! The article engages with queer gaming content and the politics of queer representation! 😝
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And here's one that didn't make it into the piece but is an absolute favorite. Enjoy the unlimited vibes 😎 with thanks to @TenpersUniverse! youtu.be/Fn9VnOOLYgY?si=XsIy…
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Thanks very much to @FPSWeekly for publishing my new piece on ambient paratexts in gaming! #gamestudies #metalgearsolid #zelda firstpersonscholar.com/liste…
This issue features articles by Chris Hall @Chris17ku, Joseph Arnaud, Luke Hernandez @Histokaloka , Miriam Scuderi, Chris Martin, and Luis Aguasvivas .
Our special issue about gaming paratexts is out now!
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Our Fall issue is almost done. As you wait, we want to remind you that we are always accepting submissions.
Do you have a book review you want to share?
A 2000 word essay you don't know where to publish?
A commentary on a game/experience?
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We're so happy to have independent game designer and new media scholar @JordanMagnuson come give a talk at our lab next week! Excited to learn how games and poetry complement each other.
ALT Event poster that reads: "TECHNOCULTURE, ART AND GAMES (TAG) PRESENTS A CONVERSATION WITH INDEPENDENT GAME DESIGNER AND NEW MEDIA SCHOLAR JORDAN MAGNUSON Tuesday, October 10 2023 @ 6PM EST Online & in-person at TAG Lab (Concordia University) Please email [email protected] to confirm your attendance."
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What can game designers do to present cultures – present and past – more respectfully?
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Well my book is officially out now! Please like it! And subscribe to it! Possibly buy it? Though I believe it will also be Open Access!
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Our July podcast is finished but will be published a few days late. There are issues with soundcloud and allowing us to archive our work, so we will be moving to a new platform. We should have our July episode out soon. Stay tuned and sorry for the delay.