Christopher Goetz
Biographic Data
| ID | 220659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Goetz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Goetz |
| SIGNATURE | GOETZ C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
One Year of #GamerGate: The Shared Twitter Link as Emblem of Masculinist Gamer Identity
Since the #GamerGate controversy erupted in 2014, anti-feminist gamers continue to lash out at feminists and supporters of progressive and inclusive gaming content. A key strategy in this discourse is the sharing of content via links on Twitter, which accompany messages positioning the sender on either side of the debate. Through qualitative analysis of a data set drawn from 1,311 tweets from 2016 to 2017, we argue that tweeted links are a salien…
How to do things with videogames
Tether and Accretions: Fantasy as Form in Videogames
I argue that videogames are structured by conscious fantasy. This project traces two fantasies (tether and accretions) that combine into the genre of the role-playing game, providing a rough timeline for the evolution of these fantasies in videogames. It also engages in close readings of individual works that highlight important aspects of each fantasy. This study can serve as the basis for a formal analysis of games that is reinforced by their d…
One Year of #GamerGate: The Shared Twitter Link as Emblem of Masculinist Gamer Identity
Since the #GamerGate controversy erupted in 2014, anti-feminist gamers continue to lash out at feminists and supporters of progressive and inclusive gaming content. A key strategy in this discourse is the sharing of content via links on Twitter, which accompany messages positioning the sender on either side of the debate. Through qualitative analysis of a data set drawn from 1,311 tweets from 2016 to 2017, we argue that tweeted links are a salien…
Tether and Accretions: Fantasy as Form in Videogames
I argue that videogames are structured by conscious fantasy. This project traces two fantasies (tether and accretions) that combine into the genre of the role-playing game, providing a rough timeline for the evolution of these fantasies in videogames. It also engages in close readings of individual works that highlight important aspects of each fantasy. This study can serve as the basis for a formal analysis of games that is reinforced by their d…
Tether and Accretions: Fantasy as Form in Videogames
I argue that videogames are structured by conscious fantasy. This project traces two fantasies (tether and accretions) that combine into the genre of the role-playing game, providing a rough timeline for the evolution of these fantasies in videogames. It also engages in close readings of individual works that highlight important aspects of each fantasy. This study can serve as the basis for a formal analysis of games that is reinforced by their d…
How to do things with videogames
One Year of #GamerGate: The Shared Twitter Link as Emblem of Masculinist Gamer Identity
Since the #GamerGate controversy erupted in 2014, anti-feminist gamers continue to lash out at feminists and supporters of progressive and inclusive gaming content. A key strategy in this discourse is the sharing of content via links on Twitter, which accompany messages positioning the sender on either side of the debate. Through qualitative analysis of a data set drawn from 1,311 tweets from 2016 to 2017, we argue that tweeted links are a salien…
Aesthetics (3 works) · Digital Games and Media (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Game studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence in Games (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works) · Communication source (1 works)