---

Editorial & Table of Contents

Jana Radošinská

“Great stories happen to those who can tell them.” – Ira Glass, American radio journalist

Game studies:

Bruno Dupont, Steven Malliet

Contextualizing Dark Patterns with the Ludeme Theory: A New Path for Digital Game Literacy?

Jan Miškov

Motivation with Game Elements in Education Mediated by E-Learning Resources

Andrée Burlamaqui Ferreira, Rafael Marques de Albuquerque

Good Practices for Indie and Solo Game Developers: A Survey Based on Online Videos

Haider Akmal, Paul Coulton

More-than-Human Game Design: Playing in the Internet of Things

Mateo Terrasa-Torres

Difficulty as Aesthetic: An Investigation of the Expressiveness of Challenge in Digital Games

Martin Engler, Andrej Trnka

Concept Art: The Essential Part of Visual Pre-production in the Entertainment Industry

Interview:

Miroslav Macák

Preserving Japan: Saving Digital Games for Future Generations. Interview with Koichi Hosoi

Reviews:

Magdaléna Balážiková

The Debate Goes on: The Video Game Debate 2

Andrea Quero

Hades: A Myth-Critical Approach

Magdaléna Švecová

Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools

News:

Michal Kabát

Slovak Game Industry Continues to Grow

Alexandra Kukumbergová

UniCon 2021: The First Game Festival You Can Actually Play

Add-ons:

Juraj Kovalčík

Playing My Part in the Chess Boom, or the Rise of a New Esport

---

Editorial & Table of Contents

Zdenko Mago

“Stagnation of Originality, but Opportunity for Meeting Generations

Game studies:

Dinko Jukić

Marketing Semiotics in Digital Games: Myth’s Analysis in The Walking Dead and Heavy Rain

Matteo Genovesi

I Passed Away, but I Can Live Again: The Narrative Contextualization of Death in Dead Cells and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Borivoje Baltezarević, Radoslav Baltezarević, Vesna Baltezarević, Piotr Kwiatek, Ivana Baltezarević

Stereotypical Negative Female Gender Roles in Digital Games

Indira Neill Hoch

Restoration, Reflection, and Nostalgia for the New in Yakuza Kiwami and Final Fantasy VII Remake

Dana Hodinková, Oľga Púchovská, Lucia Račkovičová

The Cosplay Phenomenon in Intentions of Art Marketing

Steven Dashiell

“Table Talk”: Defining Metadiscourse of Analog Games

Interview:

Martina Kobetičová

Global Gam Jam: How Can Game Jams Benefit the Educational Process Interview with Tarja Porkka-Konturi

Reviews:

Mária Koscelníková

Immersion, Narrative and Gender Crisis in Survival Horror Video Games

Juraj Malíček

Free Guy: A Film Portrait of a DigitalGaming Presence

Juraj Kovalčík

Independent Videogames: Cultures, Networks, Techniques and Politics

News:

Adam Kysler

Netflix Games: Streaming Giant Expands to Gaming

Miroslav Macák

“Sorry Guys, I Can’t Play with You Anymore”: Regulations of Online Gaming of Minors in China

Alexandra Kukumbergová

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: What the Recent Lawsuit against Activision Blizzard Tells Us about the State of the Industry

Add-ons:

Priyanka Das

“Die Monster! You Don’t Belong in this World”: The Spectre of Genocide in Japanese Digital Games