Looking forward to a fine conversation with some new friends at the Intentional Play Summit. Games can be so much more, and we are going to put our heads together and talk about it.
New book by UCSC arts professor examines cultural impact of video games
Hey Everybody, if you’d like a mini intro to my book, ON VIDEO GAMES, have a look at this feature story and video just published at UCSC’s News page. Thanks to Scott Rappaport and Nick Gonzales for pulling this together.
Games, Representation and the Cinematic
Excited to be teaching my advanced games seminar in the Fall once again: Games, Representation and the Cinematic. In-depth analyses and close readings of mainstream and alternative games from a media studies and cultural studies perspective invite students to consider how games borrow from the visual literacy of cinema, from cinematic notions of genre, and even from its pre-existing modes of representation.
SORAYA MURRAY 