I am interested in discursive overlaps, institutional challenges, adaptive crossovers, and all the other ways that transmedia products and social…
CFP – Superheroes: A Companion
Superheroes: A Companion Deadline for submissions: 30 November 2021 Lorna Piatti-Farnell & Carl Wilson lorna.piatti-farnell@aut.ac.nz & carl@carl-wilson.com A new collection…
Branded a Tyrant: Rescuing Superman Video Games with the ‘Injustice’ Series
In 2017, with the release of video game Injustice 2, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Guinness World Records recognised…
“We’ll always have Iceland, Indy”: Indiana Jones and His Adventures in Video Games
Founded by George Lucas in 1971, Lucasfilm is the production company famously behind the Indiana Jones and Star Wars movie…
#DataMines: Mining in Games – Deep Sea Mining & Lasers
Part Nine & Ten: Deep Sea Mining & Lasers In the final blog post of this series, I thought it…
#DataMines: Mining in Games – Surface Mining & Sub-Surface Mining
Part Seven & Eight: Surface Mining & Sub-Surface Mining The hit game of 2020 has everything in it. In Animal Crossing:…
#DataMines: Mining in Games – Cap Lamps & Pickaxes
Part Five & Six: Cap Lamps & Pickaxes Without question, experimentation and industriousness are qualities linked to those that go…
#DataMines: Mining in Games – Hazardous Environments & Minecarts
Part Three & Four: Hazardous Environments & Minecarts Mine themed levels always signify a hazardous environment when they appear in video games.…
#DataMines: Mining in Games – Raw Materials & Drills
Part One & Two: Raw Materials & Drills Are you missing our mines? Feeling underwhelmed that you can’t get underground?…
In Space, No One Can Hear You Waka Waka Waka – ‘Alien’ for the Atari 2600
While the movie Alien was released in 1979, the first video game adaptation of the science-fiction horror experience came three years later…
Fanbase Press’ Holiday Gift Guide: Comics & Books
The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure GamesRecommended by Carl WilsonPublisher: Bitmap Books Picking this up for my LucasArts fix (Monkey Island,…
Fanbase Press’ Holiday Gift Guide: Video Games
Bloodstained: Ritual of the NightRecommended by Carl WilsonDevelopers: ArtPlay, Inti Creates, WayForward, Monobit, DICO Co., Ltd. With development led by…
