Published in Aisthesis, 2026
This paper is about how failure in videogames can foster aesthetically rich effects on players and how to use it effectively depending on the effect intended.
Recommended citation: Andriano A. M. (2026). "The Aesthetics of Failure in Videogames. Beyond the Immersion/Emersion Dicothomy." Asisthetis.
Published in Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture, 2025
This paper is about how metroidvania layouts and game mechanics foster environmental imagination and awareness.
Recommended citation: Andriano A. M. & Caracciolo, M. (2025). "Metroidvania Ecologies: Exploration and the Environmental Imagination in Hollow Knight and Rain World." Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture. 16(2).
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Published in Games and Culture, 2025
This paper is about how Dark Souls encapsulates a form of agency based on the acceptance of limits.
Recommended citation: Andriano, A. M. (2025). "Enjoying the Uncertainty. How Dark Souls Performs Incompleteness Through Narrative, Gameplay and Level Design." Games and Culture. 20(7).
Published in Scholars Codex, 2026
This paper is about how soulslike games employ irony as a metacommunicative tool.
Recommended citation: Andriano A. M. (2026). "Bitter Laughter: Five Color Rice." In Vella, D.; Gualeni, S.; Van de Mosselaer, N.; Ford, D. (eds.). Scholars Codex. Tune and Fairweather. 230-239.
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