Mark Hines
@markshines.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of Kentucky
Fulbright Taiwan
Race and representation in fantasy games, toxic fan studies, popular culture
markhines.me
Fulbright Taiwan
Race and representation in fantasy games, toxic fan studies, popular culture
markhines.me
I think there's a chapter on the Sims in Wark's Gamer Theory. Could get them the online preview too--
www.futureofthebook.org/gamertheory2...
www.futureofthebook.org/gamertheory2...
GAMER THEORY 2.0
www.futureofthebook.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I think there's a chapter on the Sims in Wark's Gamer Theory. Could get them the online preview too--
www.futureofthebook.org/gamertheory2...
www.futureofthebook.org/gamertheory2...
This is really excellent and helpful thinking! I've been trying to articulate what I mean when I write about fantasy games' discursive relationship to this nebulous sense of "agency," and it's really tough!
August 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is really excellent and helpful thinking! I've been trying to articulate what I mean when I write about fantasy games' discursive relationship to this nebulous sense of "agency," and it's really tough!
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Mark Hines is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Kentucky. He is interested in representations of race and gender in virtual and fantastic worlds. His dissertation explores fantasy games and their racial groups since 2020.
August 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Mark Hines is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Kentucky. He is interested in representations of race and gender in virtual and fantastic worlds. His dissertation explores fantasy games and their racial groups since 2020.