Games

Promotional art for the release of the new region in Genshin Impact

Representation in Genshin Impact: Can Fantasy be Racist?

Article
Anna Skorodihina
15/02/2023
7 minutes to read

Genshin Impact is a role-play fantasy game that has been recently accused of racist undertones. This paper looks at the fandom's response to determine whether fictional worlds and characters can be misrepresentative.

Activision Blizzard lawsuit

Misogyny: A Gaming Company against the Community

Article
Clara Daniels
11/01/2022
17 minutes to read

The gamer stereotype is slowly changing which is shown through the community's response to the misogynic activities that the gaming company Blizzard-Activision engaged in.

games, gaming, culture, politics

Games, Gaming and Culture

File

Gaming has not only become a multibillion industry, it is now a sports and a network of different socio-cultural scenes. In this Diggit file, our authors dig deep into the world of gaming by focusing on gaming from different angles. 

Play and metapolitics in Angry Goy II

Paper
Shannon Verhoef
06/05/2019
13 minutes to read

This article examines how videogame Angry Goy 2 constructs its anti-Semitic and white supremacist messages, and if this videogame is ready to effectively enter and succeed in the metapolitical arena.

What Pokémon Go teaches us about society

Article
Jan Blommaert
02/09/2016
4 minutes to read

There are sociological and anthropological lessons to be learned from the summer of 2016's biggest hype: Pokémon Go. A generally hidden world of popular screen culture entered the "real" public space. And disturbed it.