Table of Contents with Abstracts: Re-examining superhero politics in popular culture Authors: Carl Wilson, Lorna Piatti-Farnell Abstract:This Special Issue re-examines … More
Author: Carl Wilson
Re-Examining Superhero Politics in Popular Culture [Editorial]
Superheroes have proliferated and multiplied in the twenty-first century, coming to prominence in comics, film, television and video game industries … More
Gaming and Vampires
Rearticulating the DeadVideo game database MobyGames offers that there are at least 280 titles that feature “Vampire” as a theme. … More
Nosferatu, Gnomeferatu, and Orlox: A Survey of Count Orlok’s Vampire Clan in Video Games
Citing F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) as an example, Richard Rouse III offers that ‘Suspense-driven horror … More
Video Games: Modern London
While the East End of Fantasy London is frequently centered on video games that speculate on the actions of Sherlock … More
Video Games: Fantasy London
While the East End of Modern London is often depicted in action adventure, gangster, and sport games where there is … More
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 … More
Toxicity and Contagion: ‘BioShock’ (2007)
For blood to be considered toxic, one may understand this to mean that the fluid that runs through the body, … More
#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 … More
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 … More
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, … More
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 … More
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