Cindy Poremba

P agency, authorship, Modification, participatory culture, player-author, protest

PATCHES OF PEACE: TINY SIGNS OF AGENCY IN DIGITAL GAMES

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Authors: Poremba Cindy

Source: DiGRA ’03 – Proceedings of the 2003 DiGRA International Conference: Level Up , 2014

Volume: 2 ISBN / ISNN: ISSN 2342-9666

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One of the more interesting and distinct aspects of digital games is the proliferation of player produced artifacts. The reworking of original game materials is an integral part of game culture that cannot be ignored in the study of these games. This paper explores player authorship in digital games through the rhetoric of select peace-themed game modifications.

Keywords: agency, authorship, Modification, participatory culture, player-author, protest

22 April, 2015

Shenja van der Graaf

G, V advergames, brand experience, design, marketing aesthetics, participatory culture

TOGETHER WE BRAND: AMERICA’S ARMY

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Authors: Graaf Shenja van der

Source: DiGRA ’03 – Proceedings of the 2003 DiGRA International Conference: Level Up, 2014 Volume: 2

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This paper signals the aesthetic and socio-economic implications of a new generation of commercial media culture in an age of computer network-facilitated participation. It explores the cultural status of the online game America’s Army: Operations (US Army, 2002) that has commerce at the core of its brand identity. The game exemplifies the linkage of commercial goals with cultural texts through creating engaging experiences, initiated by commercial corporations for reasons of promotion and profit, enabled by computer networks, and – to a lesser extent – given form by various members of the public.

Keywords: advergames, brand experience, design, marketing aesthetics, participatory culture