Editorial & Table of Contents

Magdaléna Švecová 

Learn to Play for the Future 2

Game studies:

Caio Tulio Olimpio Pereira da Costa

Among Pixels and Pavement: Exploring the Feedback Loop Between Digital Games and Public Spaces  4-15

Pengze Zheng

How Chinese Esports Rose: The Structure of Chinese Esports Before 2011 and Sicong Wang’s Esports Integration Practice  16-30

André Carita

Game on, Think Deep, Level up: Engaging Higher Education Students in a Digital Game Analysis and Critique Curricular Unit  32-49

Pascal Verheul

Environmental Engagement and the Ecodystopian Narrative: The Last of Us and Its Anthropocenic Echoes  50-63

Juan Sebastián Goyburu

A Paper Ball: Play, Agency and Space in Dispute  64-77

Allan Novaes, Lizbeth Kanyat

From Play to Belonging: Board Game Cafes as Mediators for Social Wellness and Community Building in Japan  78-97

Christopher Noël

Every-body at play: Fostering understanding of the somatic to enrich play experiences  98-116

Kristína Pupáková

Transformations in the Visual Presentation of Czech Games: The Evolution of Game Box Art from 1989 to 2010  118-136

Reviews:

Jacob Abell

The Middle Ages in Computer Games  138-140

Zdenko Mago

Localisation of Video Games in Slovakia  141-142

Adam Kysler

Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games  143-145

Add-ons:

Martin Engler

Crisis of Artists (Not Only) in the Digital Games Industry  146-149

Editorial & Table of Contents

Michal Kabát

Free Spins 2

Game studies:

Réka Törzsök

Beyond the Lookout: Language as a Tool of Deception in Firewatch  4-18

Erik von Wangenheim, Eduardo Napoleão, Giorgio Gilwan da Silva, Tiago Vinícius Ficagna, Anita Maria da Rocha Fernandes

Systematic Mapping of Non-Digital Games for teaching Sustainability  20-42

Radoslav Baltezarević, Ivana Baltezarević

The Effect of AI-Driven Personalisation in In-Game Advertising on Player Engagement and Purchase Intentions  44-59

Hana Pravdová, Monika Cihlářová

From Chronicles to Quests: Integrating Historical Sources into the Digital Games Kingdom Come: Deliverance  60-74

Dinko Jukić

Assassin’s Creed: From Leap of Faith to Brand Value  76-95

Michele Varini, Nicola Costalunga

Sorrowful Be the Heart, Penitent One: Medievalism, Religion, and Cultural Memory in Blasphemous  96-111

Lucia Novanská Škripcová

Coping with Loss and Grief in Games: A Case Study of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33  112-125

Siheng Zhu

Cruel Optimism and Precarious Intimacies: Player Activism, Fan Service, and the Character Economy in Chinese Gacha Games  126-141

Reviews:

Mohammadreza Golshani

Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games  142-144

Samuel Draxler

Milk Outside a Bag of Milk Outside a Bag of Milk  145-147

Veronika Šašalová

Girlhood Games: Gender, Identity, and Coming of Age in Video Games  148-150

Add-ons:

Denis Sedlák

Media Ownership from a User Perspective: Let’s Get Physical  152-155