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Editorial & Table of Contents

Jan Kremer

In Search of Lost Gameplay  2

Game studies:

Sina Torabi

A Tragedy at the Ends of Time: Applying Aristotle’s Poetics to The Last of Us Part II 4-17

Paul Cureton, Paul Coulton

Game Based Worldbuilding: Planning, Models, Simulations and Digital Twins 18-36

Adeline Loh

We Write in Other People’s Blood: Troubling the Body Politics and Disability Representation of Yakuza 0 38-49

Dinko Jukić

The Phenomenon of Trophies in Digital Games 50-72

Miroslav Macák

Pokémon TCG Live: A Game without Monetization and Its Place in the Gaming Industry 74-85

Maximos S. Theodoropoulos

A Cultural History of the Greek Digital Games Origins: From Clones to Originality 86-106

Daniela De Angeli

Escape with a Purpose 108-134

Tomáš Farkaš

Understanding Auditory Space in Digital Games for Visually Impaired People 136-150

Interview:

Adam Kysler

Preserving Play: Archiving Digital Games in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Interview with Jan KREMER 152-155

Reviews:

Zsófia Orosz-Réti

The Child in Videogames: From the Meek, to the Mighty, to the Monstrous 156-159

Veronika Šašalová

The Performance of Video Games: Enacting Identity, History and Culture Through Play 160-162

Zdenko Mago

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 163-166

Add-ons:

Walter Barta

Are You Living in a Computer (Game)? 168-170

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Editorial & Table of Contents

Zdenko Mago

Games Industry Today: Flops, Layoffs, and the Fear of AI 2

Game studies:

Georgios Liapis, Ioannis Vlahavas

Smart NPCs with Personality in a Serious Game Using Machine Learning  4-25

Michaela Fikejzová, Martin Charvát

The Medicalisation and Dissemination of Cosmic Horror in Bloodborne  26-37

Amin Heidari

Gaming with Emojis: A Look at Different Strategies of Emoji Inclusion in the Design of Digital Games  48-51

Atila Goncalves Barcelos da Silva Duval, Domingos Savio Coelho

Developing Socioemotional Repertoire in Youth through TTRPGs: A Pilot Study  52-62

Anshika Garg, Jyoti Prakash Pujari, Aditi Namboothiri

Digital Narratives of Oppression: Surveillance and Control in Detention and Devotion Depicting Taiwan During the White Terror  64-79

Marshall Needleman Armintor

Capitalist Surrealism: Grind, Loot Boxes, and the Work of the Looter Shooter  80-93

Aaron Oldenburg

Observing the World without You: Automatic Walking and Death Meditation  94-108

Hana Pravdová, Monika Cihlářová

Sid Meier’s Civilization Franchise: Sustaining Innovation in a Shifting Gaming Landscape  110-129

Interview:

Michal Kabát

Games Might Filter Out the Need to Try Everything in Real Life, Offering a Space to Learn and Grow without Real-World Consequences. Interview with Marek ROSA   130-134

Reviews:

Mária Dolniaková

Vivat Slovakia  136-138

Martin Engler

Eureka! Pocket Guide to Creativity  139-141

Mária Koscelníková

Routledge Handbook of Esports    142-143

Add-ons:

Kevin Rebecchi

From “Homo Spieldens” by Fröbel to “Homo Ludens” by Huizinga: The Foundations of Human Development and Culture through Play  144-146