Gaines S. Hubbell is an assistant professor of English and writing program administrator at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His work focuses on the history of rhetoric and methods of game criticism. Series editor Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Defining Games in the Process of Criticism (Gaines S. Hubbell)

Games as Text

Experiential Rhetoric: Game Design as Persuasion (Jason Hawreliak)

Post-Procedural Composition(s): Writing Gameplay Criticism

(Kyle M. Bohunicky)

An Educational Critique of Blizzard's Overwatch (Joseph R. Fanfarelli)

Using Procedural Rhetoric to Analyze a Persuasive

Health Game: Re-Mission (Emily Kuzneski Johnson and Rudy McDaniel)

Texts and Turnabouts: Analyzing the Words of Ace Attorney (Robyn Hope)

Imagining the World Differently: Hohokum and the Evolution of Digital Games (Raven A. Pfister)

Games as Activity

Lighting the Bonfire: The Role of Online Fan Community Discourse and Collaboration in Dark Souls 3 (Alexander Jenkins)

(Re)framing Public Performativity: The Expanding Social Game

of Photos, Sharing and Queer Identity via Gone Home (Jordan Youngblood)

Exploring Literary Merit of Mainstream Videogames Through ­Gaming Literacy Theory (April M. Sanders)

Games as Technology

Playing Like a Girl: The Ludic Representation of Gender

in Videogames (Bryan J. Carr)

Cultivating Play: Analyzing the Neoliberal Sub(ob)jects

in FarmVille 2 (Alexis Pulos)

Wii Play the Game Like U: ­Gameplay-Oriented Analysis

and Games Criticism On/Off the Screen (Sky LaRell Anderson)

Blockbusters and ­Button-Mashers: Analyzing Cinematic

References in Game Reviews as a Means of Convergence (Theo Plothe)

"Choices have consequences," Except When They Don't:

The Illusion of Player Agency in Far Cry 4 (Matthew Wysocki)

Conclusion: Exploring the Ambiguity of Games (Gaines S. Hubbell)

About the Contributors

Index