From camp to kitsch: A queer eye on console fandom

Offering a queer perspective on video game fandom, this article considers the factors that fostered a subculture of Western devotees of Japanese video games in the 1990s. Focused on readers of the English publication Sega Saturn Magazine, it shows how, for these players, Japanese games became the ba...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rob Gallagher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ass.ne Culturale Ludica 2014-03-01
Series:G|A|M|E The Italian Journal of Game Studies
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Online Access:http://www.gamejournal.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/GAME_3_Subcultures_Gallagher.pdf