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thevideogamelibrary.org @thevideogamelibrary.org · 22/09/2026

1853. 𝐇𝐄𝐘! 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍! 𝐇𝐘𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐑𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐙𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐀 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/hey-lis... Through the lens of #Zelda, this #GameStudies book explores how players create their own agency through playthroughs, speedruns, glitches, and other unintended forms of expression.

Book cover for “Hey! Listen! Hypertext Rhetoric and The Legend of Zelda,” featuring a glowing Master Sword next to the title and subtitle.

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thevideogamelibrary.org @thevideogamelibrary.org · 21/09/2026

1849. 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘 (𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭ê𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢: 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢çõ𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵ã𝘰 𝘥𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭ê𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘦 𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺) 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/gratuit... A 2020 Portuguese #GameStudies book on the intersect between violence and gameplay @cultzone.bsky.social

Portrait of a female character holding a gun pointed at the viewer, with a serious expression; below, a rusty sign reads “Gratuitous Violence.”

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thevideogamelibrary.org @thevideogamelibrary.org · 11/09/2026

This week I reviewed 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 ☝️ Some fantastic contributors in this collection! @socstudygames.bsky.social @andrewrbailey.bsky.social @sithra.bsky.social @deep-tread.bsky.social #GameStudies #Gaming #Booksky #VideoGames

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thevideogamelibrary.org @thevideogamelibrary.org · 09/09/2026

Another #GameStudies book graces the shelves, this one courtesy of @kathrintrattner.bsky.social 🙏 Got the evening off, so think I’ll spend it right here on the balcony with it 🥃📗 #Gaming #Booksky

A book called the role of enemies in military shooter video games sitting on a wooden ledge with a mountainous backdrop

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thevideogamelibrary.org @thevideogamelibrary.org · 04/09/2026

1826. 𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓: 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 (𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯) 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/images-... Thank you @antikepixel.bsky.social for this contribution to our #GameStudies! 🙏

German book cover for “Bilder der Vergangenheit: Inszenierung und Popularisierung von Geschichte in digitalen Spielen” by Milan Weber, with a large historical cityscape image across the upper half and a muted beige-gold lower section. The top artwork shows a detailed digitally rendered European-style city with ornate tall buildings, domed rooftops, a fire station sign, streets, trees, and a small airship floating in a cloudy blue sky. Several tilted snapshot-style image frames overlap the left side, showing close-up views of similar city buildings and rooftops, emphasizing the theme of staged historical images. The lower half presents the title “Bilder der Vergangenheit” in large white serif text, with the subtitle beneath it in smaller white text and the author name “Milan Weber” near the bottom. A red vertical “böhlau” publisher mark appears at the lower left.

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thevideogamelibrary.org @thevideogamelibrary.org · 29/08/2026

1807. VIDEO GAMES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN QUEER 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/video-g... In this 2019 #GameStudies book, Ruberg proposes video games have always been queer, not just in representation, but in how they are played, designed, and interpreted. #Gaming #Booksky

Book cover for Video Games Have Always Been Queer by Bonnie Ruberg. A bright blue background is filled with colorful cartoon gaming devices, controllers, cables, and icons. The title appears in large, bold white letters arranged diagonally across the cover, with the author’s name in black on a yellow banner at the top.

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thevideogamelibrary.org @thevideogamelibrary.org · 27/07/2026

Your ISSUE #57 round-up is here! 🎉 📕 The #SDCC Spectacular with 50+ stories! 📘 The Blue Bomber is back with new #MegaMan books! 📗 A frenzy of #GameStudies paperbacks hit shelves 📙 Spotlight on @nathanpgibson28.bsky.social's new book 📓 @hg101.bsky.social had a busy week! And much, much more!

thevideogamelibrary.substack.com

The Video Game Library Newsletter - Vol. #057

Grab some UDON and enjoy this San Diego Comic-Con Spectacular!

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