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Learning to Feel? An Essay on Death, Sex and Tricksterism in Todd Phillips’s Joker (2019)

23.1.2020

Introduction In 2019, Todd Phillips’s Joker (2019) became the highest-grossing R-rated film in history (Yang 2019). The origin story of the Joker[1] has elicited many discussions on issues of social concern. Compared to many other Batman-related narratives in the DC … Continued

  • essay

Gaming with Gender Performativity, Sexuality, and Community: An Interview with Sofonda Booz on Hosting Drag Bingo Events

17.1.2020

In this interview, Sofonda Booz, host of “C U Next Tuesday Bingo,” a Drag Bingo night in Chicago, IL discusses her journey of doing drag and hosting bingo, specifically how she tailors her games to engage her audiences.

  • interview

The Pro Strats of Healsluts: Overwatch, Sexuality, and Perverting the Mechanics of Play

7.11.2019

Our article explores Overwatch’s healslut community, and we examine how the healslut community writes sexuality into the gamespace through subversive gameplay techniques that repurpose the ludic language of Overwatch.

  • article
  • peer-reviewed

On the Importance of Queer Romances – Role-play as Exploration and Performance of Sexuality

7.11.2019

This article investigates various kinds of analog and digital role-playing games (RPG) from the perspective of queer romance. We are interested in finding out how ‘queer’ appears in the composition of role-playing games through analysing players’ explorations and performances, as well as the options for romance in these games.

  • article
  • peer-reviewed

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Päätoimittaja: Petri Saarikoski, FT, Dosentti, Turun yliopisto

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Kimmo Ahonen (Tampereen yliopisto), Veli-Matti Karhulahti (Jyväskylän yliopisto, Turun yliopisto), Tero Karppi (University of Toronto), Tomi Knuutila (Lapin yliopisto), Pietari Kääpä (University of Stirling, UK), Janne Matikainen (Helsingin yliopisto), Markku Reunanen (Aalto-yliopisto), Antti Silvast (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Jaakko Stenros (Tampereen yliopisto), Pauliina Tuomi (Tampereen yliopisto), Riikka Turtiainen (Turun yliopisto), Johanna Ylipulli (Aalto-yliopisto), Anna Sivula (Turun yliopisto), Elina Vaahensalo (Turun yliopisto)

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