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“theyre all trans sharon”: Authoring Gender in Video Game Fan Fiction

Post author:J-M Hiltula
Post published:May 23, 2019
Post category:Game Research Highlights

"“theyre all trans sharon”: Authoring Gender in Video Game Fan Fiction" discusses gender and transgender identities in video game fanfiction.

The author's rendition of Bowsette and the Super Crown.

Bowsette: Not What, Not Who, But Why?

Post author:J-M Hiltula
Post published:October 18, 2018
Post category:Features

If you've been on social media or gaming news websites over the past few weeks, you've met Bowsette. But who is she? And more importantly—why is she?

Whatever formal definition of fandom will eventually be arrived at, the 7,119 people who attended Worldcon 75 in Helsinki are definitely included. Photo by Markku Lappalainen (CC BY 4.0).

Fandom and Game Studies at a Crossroads

Post author:Jukka Särkijärvi
Post published:April 19, 2018
Post category:Game Research Highlights

Fandom studies and Game studies have a lot to learn from one another