Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2022 Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Carl Wilson In answer to the evolutionary portrayals of superheroes in our…
About Me
My current focus is on the evolving position of supernatural and superhero video game adaptations, and associated franchises, within contemporary…
Of Selina Kyle and Harley Quinn: Branding and Controlling Women in Batman Video Games
In the collective Batman multiverse, nothing stays static for long. Over the eighty-years since Batman was created by Bill Finger…
‘BioShock’ (2007): Toxicity and Contagion
For blood to be considered toxic, one may understand this to mean that the fluid that runs through the body,…
Frictions, Factions, and Fatalities: Adapting DC Comic Characters into Video Games
According to the online video game database Moby Games, Batman has starred in 105 titles, inclusive of downloadable content episodes,…
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…
#Alienday 2022: Game Over, Man? ‘Aliens: Fireteam Elite’ And The Direction Of The ‘Aliens’ Video Game Franchise
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single xenomorph in possession of a good brain, must be shown in…
This Year, I am Thankful for … Superman
It’s been a struggle, hasn’t it? I think it has been. Remember Joaquin Phoenix’s wheezy, scratchy laugh in Joker? That’s been…
Fanbase Press’ Scariest: ‘Dark Souls’ in The Age of Pandemic
To whoever finds this letter, I don’t believe in fate, yet how is it that I decide by coincidence to…
Superheroes For Super Hire: Fandom, Ownership & Knowing When To Pass It On
Are We In A Crisis Event? You know that bit in every Batman film where Bruce Wayne goes inwardly moody…
#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:…