Paratextualizing Games

Gaming no longer only takes place as a >closed interactive experience< in="" front="" of="" tv="" screens,="" but="" also="" as="" broadcast="" on="" streaming="" platforms="" or="" as="" cultural="" events="" in="" exhibition="" centers="" and="" e-sport="" arenas.="" the="" popularization="" of="" new="" technologies,="" forms="" of="" expression,="" and="" online="" services="" has="" had="" a="" considerable="" influence="" on="" the="" academic="" and="" journalistic="" discourse="" about="" games.="" this="" anthology="" examines="" which="" paratexts="" gaming="" cultures="" have="" produced="" -="" i.e.,="" in="" which="" forms="" and="" formats="" and="" through="" which="" channels="" we="" talk="" (and="" write)="" about="" games="" -="" as="" well="" as="" the="" way="" in="" which="" paratexts="" influence="" the="" development="" of="" games.="" how="" is="" knowledge="" about="" games="" generated="" and="" shaped="" today="" and="" how="" do="" boundaries="" between="" (popular)="" criticism,="" journalism,="" and="" scholarship="" have="" started="" to="" blur?="" in="" short:="" how="" does="" the="" paratext="" change="" the="">