Recent Publications
Das Museum: Geschichte und Theorie. In: Philipp Bojahr / Gundolf S. Freyermuth / Laura Frings (eds.), Spielräume – Museen und Games als Medien der Welterzeugung, Bielefeld: transcript (forthcoming November 2026, Open-Access-Download ->hier)
Serio Ludere: A Short History of Serious Games and Gamification with a Focus on Language Games. In: David Frederick / Linda C. Jones / Curtis Maugham (eds.), Game-Based Approaches to CALL, Toronto: University of Toronto Press (forthcoming June 2026), pp. 27-70.
Game Studies. In: Olaf Zimmermann / Felix Falk (eds.): Handbuch Gameskultur 2.0. Über die Kulturwelten von Games, Berlin: Deutscher Kulturrat 2026, pp. 30-35.
Transcendent Travels: Wayfinding in Extended Realities. In: Mark J. P. Wolf (ed.), Navigating Imaginary Worlds: Wayfinding and Subcreation, New York & London: Routledge 2025, pp. 17-194.
Metaverse’s Modern Prehistory: Utopian Media from the Total Work of Art and Total Cinema to Cyberspace and Holodeck. In: Benjamin Beil / Gundolf S. Freyermuth / Isabelle Hamm / Vanessa Ossa (eds.): Gaming the Metaverse, Bielefeld: transcript 2025, pp. 13-98, Open-Access-Download ->here
Wer war WM? Auf den Spuren eines Televisionärs: Wolfgang Menges Leben und Werk, Berlin: Kadmos 2024 –> here
Since April 10, 2024, weekly Pre-Publication of the all chapters of
Who Was WM? Investigating a Televisionary: The Life and Work of Wolfgang Menge
on Medium.com:
Introduction -> here
Chapter 1: Happy Is the One Who Forgets–Memories of Nazi Germany ->here
Film and Games as Alter Egos: Towards a Media Theory of Audio-Visual Play. In: Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, 2024, 16:1, pp. 9-32.
For earlier publications see CV ->here or the German website ->here.
Current Teaching Events
Wintersemester 2026/27
MA Game Development and Research: Basic Media and Game Studies
(Lecture / Seminar CGL, Master Class of 2026)
MA Game Development and Research: Advanced Media and Game Studies
(Lecture / Seminar CGL Master Class of 2025)
MA Digital Narratives: Artists and Audiences
(Lecture / Seminar ifs, Master Class of 2026)
