Games and Culture: Most-Read Full-Text Articles http://gac.sagepub.com/ Most-read rankings are recalculated at the beginning of the month based on usage of full-text and PDF views for the previous month. 2009-11-10 <![CDATA[The Assemblage of Play]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/4/331?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2009; 4:331-339
]]> T.L. Taylor 2009-10-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Short and Happy Life of Interdisciplinarity in Game Studies]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/4/323?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2009; 4:323-330
]]> Thomas M. Malaby, Timothy Burke 2009-10-01 10.1177/1555412009343577 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Virtual Worlds and Their Discontents: Precarious Sovereignty, Governmentality, and the Ideology of Play]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/4/340?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2009; 4:340-352
]]> Julian Raul Kucklich 2009-10-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Rules of Play]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/4/379?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2009; 4:379-395
]]> Greg Lastowka 2009-10-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Independent Production of Culture: A Digital Games Case Study]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/3/276?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2009; 4:276-295
Article]]> Chase Bowen Martin, Mark Deuze 2009-07-01 10.1177/1555412009339732 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[There is No Magic Circle]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/4/408?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2009; 4:408-417
]]> Mia Consalvo 2009-10-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[From Tree House to Barracks: The Social Life of Guilds in World of Warcraft]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/4/338?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2006; 1:338-361
Article]]> Dmitri Williams, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Li Xiong, Yuanyuan Zhang, Nick Yee, Eric Nickell 2006-10-01 10.1177/1555412006292616 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Communication, Coordination, and Camaraderie in World of Warcraft]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/1/47?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2009; 4:47-73
Article]]> Mark G. Chen 2009-01-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Experts at Play: Understanding Skilled Expertise]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/3/205?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2009; 4:205-227
Article]]> Stuart Reeves, Barry Brown, Eric Laurier 2009-07-01 10.1177/1555412009339730 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Video Games and Embodiment]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/3/3-4/253?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2008; 3:253-263
Article]]> James Paul Gee 2008-07-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Beyond Play: A New Approach to Games]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/2/2/95?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2007; 2:95-113
Article]]> Thomas M. Malaby 2007-04-01 10.1177/1555412007299434 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Blackless Fantasy: The Disappearance of Race in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/1/3?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2009; 4:3-26
Article]]> Tanner Higgin 2009-01-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Discipline and Dragon Kill Points in the Online Power Game]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/4/353?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2009; 4:353-378
]]> Mark Silverman, Bart Simon 2009-10-01 10.1177/1555412009343572 SAGE Publications <![CDATA["Just Like the Qing Empire": Internet Addiction, MMOGs, and Moral Crisis in Contemporary China]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/3/1/59?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2008; 3:59-75
Article]]> Alex Golub, Kate Lingley 2008-01-01 10.1177/1555412007309526 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Virtual Worlds: Petri Dishes, Rat Mazes, and Supercolliders]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/4/396?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2009; 4:396-407
]]> Edward Castronova, Matthew Falk 2009-10-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Putting the Gay in Games: Cultural Production and GLBT Content in Video Games]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/3/228?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2009; 4:228-253
Article]]> Adrienne Shaw 2009-07-01 10.1177/1555412009339729 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Digital Dollhouse: Context and Social Norms in The Sims Online]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/2/4/314?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2007; 2:314-334
Article]]> Rosa Mikeal Martey, Jennifer Stromer-Galley 2007-10-01 10.1177/1555412007309583 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Building an MMO With Mass Appeal: A Look at Gameplay in World of Warcraft]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/4/281?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2006; 1:281-317
Article]]> Nicolas Ducheneaut, Nick Yee, Eric Nickell, Robert J. Moore 2006-10-01 10.1177/1555412006292613 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Critical Ethical Reasoning and Role-Play]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/3/3-4/333?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2008; 3:333-355
Article]]> David W. Simkins, Constance Steinkuehler 2008-07-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Technologies Between Games and Culture]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/2/107?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2009; 4:107-114
Special Section On Technologies Between Games And Culture]]> Patrick Crogan, Helen Kennedy 2009-04-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Game Time: Modeling and Analyzing Time in Multiplayer and Massively Multiplayer Games]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/2/170?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2009; 4:170-201
Regular Submissions]]> Anders Tychsen, Michael Hitchens 2009-04-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Performing the Self: Subverting the Binary in Combat Games]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/2/4/283?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2007; 2:283-299
Article]]> Rachael Hutchinson 2007-10-01 10.1177/1555412007307953 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Making Computer Games and Design Thinking: A Review of Current Software and Strategies]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/3/3-4/309?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2008; 3:309-332
Article]]> Elisabeth R. Hayes, Ivan Alex Games 2008-07-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Alien Games: Do Girls Prefer Games Designed by Girls?]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/1/74?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2009; 4:74-100
Article]]> Carrie Heeter, Rhonda Egidio, Punya Mishra, Brian Winn, Jillian Winn 2009-01-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Truth About Baby Boomer Gamers: A Study of Over-Forty Computer Game Players]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/3/2/142?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2008; 3:142-174
Article]]> Celia Pearce 2008-04-01 10.1177/1555412008314132 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Dragon Kill Points: The Economics of Power Gamers]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/3/296?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2009; 4:296-316
Article]]> Krista-Lee Malone 2009-07-01 10.1177/1555412009339731 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Age of New Media Empires: A Critical Interpretation of the Korean Online Game Industry]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/3/1/38?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2008; 3:38-58
Article]]> Dal Yong Jin, Florence Chee 2008-01-01 10.1177/1555412007309528 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Gray Haired Gaming Generation: Findings From an Explorative Interview Study on Older Computer Gamers]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/1/27?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2009; 4:27-46
Article]]> Thorsten Quandt, Helmut Grueninger, Jeffrey Wimmer 2009-01-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[I Play Therefore I Am: Sid Meier's Civilization, Turn-Based Strategy Games and the Cogito]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/3/254?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2009; 4:254-275
Article]]> Gerald A. Voorhees 2009-07-01 10.1177/1555412009339728 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Parlaying Value: Capital in and Beyond Virtual Worlds]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/2/141?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2006; 1:141-162
Article]]> Thomas Malaby 2006-04-01 10.1177/1555412006286688 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Digital Game Involvement: A Conceptual Model]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/2/3/236?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2007; 2:236-260
Article]]> Gordon Calleja 2007-07-01 10.1177/1555412007306206 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Labor of Fun: How Video Games Blur the Boundaries of Work and Play]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/1/68?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2006; 1:68-71
Article]]> Nick Yee 2006-01-01 10.1177/1555412005281819 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Live Action Role-Playing Games: Control, Communication, Storytelling, and MMORPG Similarities]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/3/252?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2006; 1:252-275
Article]]> Anders Tychsen, Michael Hitchens, Thea Brolund, Manolya Kavakli 2006-07-01 10.1177/1555412006290445 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Gaming for Beginners]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/1/5?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2006; 1:5-12
Article]]> Toby Miller 2006-01-01 10.1177/1555412005281403 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Meaning of Race and Violence in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/3/3-4/264?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2008; 3:264-285
Article]]> Ben DeVane, Kurt D. Squire 2008-07-01 10.1177/1555412008317308 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Hybrid Reality Games Reframed: Potential Uses in Educational Contexts]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/3/231?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2006; 1:231-251
Article]]> Adriana de Souza e Silva, Girlie C. Delacruz 2006-07-01 10.1177/1555412006290443 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Sustainable Play: Toward a New Games Movement for the Digital Age]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/2/3/261?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jul 1, 2007; 2:261-278
Article]]> Celia Pearce, Tracy Fullerton, Janine Fron, Jacquelyn Ford Morie 2007-07-01 10.1177/1555412007304420 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[What if Baudrillard was a Gamer?: Introduction to a Special Section on Baudrillard and Game Studies]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/2/4/355?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2007; 2:355-357
Article]]> Bart Simon 2007-10-01 10.1177/1555412007309535 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Technological, Content, and Market Convergence in the Games Industry]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/3/2/199?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2008; 3:199-224
Article]]> Barry Ip 2008-04-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[WoW is the New MUD: Social Gaming from Text to Video]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/4/397?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2006; 1:397-413
Article]]> Torill Elvira Mortensen 2006-10-01 10.1177/1555412006292622 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Play of Imagination: Extending the Literary Mind]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/2/2/149?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2007; 2:149-172
Article]]> Douglas Thomas, John Seely Brown 2007-04-01 10.1177/1555412007299458 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Resident Evil's Typewriter: Survival Horror and Its Remediations]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/2/115?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2009; 4:115-126
Special Section On Technologies Between Games And Culture]]> Ewan Kirkland 2009-04-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Controller, Hand, Screen: Aesthetic Form in the Computer Game]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/2/127?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2009; 4:127-143
Special Section On Technologies Between Games And Culture]]> Graeme Kirkpatrick 2009-04-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Why Game Studies Now? Gamers Don't Bowl Alone]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/1/13?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2006; 1:13-16
Article]]> Dmitri Williams 2006-01-01 10.1177/1555412005281774 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Not a Hater, Just Keepin' It Real: The Importance of Race- and Gender-Based Game Studies]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/1/83?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2006; 1:83-88
Article]]> David J. Leonard 2006-01-01 10.1177/1555412005281910 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Beyond Virtual Carnival and Masquerade: In-Game Marriage on the Chinese Internet]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/2/1/59?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2007; 2:59-89
Article]]> Weihua Wu, Steve Fore, Xiying Wang, Petula Sik Ying Ho 2007-01-01 10.1177/1555412006296248 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Events and Collusions: A Glossary for the Microethnography of Video Game Play]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/2/144?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2009; 4:144-157
Special Section On Technologies Between Games And Culture]]> Seth Giddings 2009-04-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Playful Identities, or the Ludification of Culture]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/1/1/52?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jan 1, 2006; 1:52-57
Article]]> Joost Raessens 2006-01-01 10.1177/1555412005281779 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[A Techno-Semiotic Approach to Cheating in Computer Games: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Machine]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/4/2/158?rss=1&ssource=mfc Apr 1, 2009; 4:158-169
Special Section On Technologies Between Games And Culture]]> Julian Kucklich 2009-04-01 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Remembering (Forgetting) Baudrillard]]> http://gac.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/2/4/405?rss=1&ssource=mfc Oct 1, 2007; 2:405-413
Article]]> Patrick Crogan 2007-10-01 10.1177/1555412007309531 SAGE Publications