Sheffield Gothic are excited to announce Dr Ewan Kirkland (University of Brighton, @EwanKirkland) will be the Keynote Speaker for Gaming the Gothic! We’re honoured to be hosting Dr Kirkland, whose work spans a unique range of contemporary texts and has been at the forefront of recent research connecting Gothic Studies with film, television and digital … Continue reading Announcement: Gaming the Gothic Keynote
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CFP: Gaming the Gothic
Sheffield Gothic is pleased to announce the call for papers for our new one-day conference: Gaming the Gothic. Part of the Reimagining the Gothic project, this event seeks to explore and reimagine the relationship that exists between the Gothic and Gaming. We welcome abstracts that fully address the theme from any and all disciplines and from … Continue reading CFP: Gaming the Gothic
Gothic Bible: Religious Belief & The Gothic Village in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Part Two)
The following post by Emily Marlow, concluding her exploration of religious belief and the Gothic village in The Witcher 3 (you can read Part One here) is part of an ongoing 'Gothic Bible Blog Series' and part of the Gothic Bible project, a collaborative project run by Sheffield Gothic and SIIBS at the University of … Continue reading Gothic Bible: Religious Belief & The Gothic Village in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Part Two)
Gothic Bible: Religious Belief & The Gothic Village in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Part One)
The following post by Emily Marlow is part of an ongoing 'Gothic Bible Blog Series' and part of the Gothic Bible project, a collaborative project run by Sheffield Gothic and SIIBS at the University of Sheffield, and also the University of Auckland. You can find out more about the project here, and if you want … Continue reading Gothic Bible: Religious Belief & The Gothic Village in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Part One)
Gaming the Gothic!
NERD COMMENT ALERT: This has got stunlock written all over it, amiright?In Ron Scott’s interesting book chapter, “Now I’m Feeling Zombified: Playing the Zombie Online”, Scott outlines part of the history of the races and character types in Blizzard’s Warcraft and Diablo franchises. He observes that customer feedback from Warcraft II players did not match … Continue reading Gaming the Gothic!
Review: Gothic gaming and "Curse of Strahd"
Curse of Strahd is the latest official adventure for the world’s oldest tabletop roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, and a successor to D&D’s original foray into the Gothic mode – Ravenloft (1983). Ravenloft is the castle of Strahd von Zarovich, once a cruel warlord who murdered his brother so that he might seize his fiancée … Continue reading Review: Gothic gaming and "Curse of Strahd"
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