I’m Christina.
I write and speak about literature, video games and memes.
These are some of the projects on which I have worked.
Tell Me More: Storytelling in Video Games from a Literary Studies‘ Perspective
Video games have become increasingly interesting for various fields and target audiences — but regarding academic research, the foundling of literary studies still faces many difficulties. Yet, video games can offer information on the respective cultural context and illustrate novel methods of storytelling.
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- Federal Agency for Civic Education: Article for a dossier on digital games
- Superlevel: articles on video games and climate change, the genre of Soulslikes
- GEE, Ausgabe 70: article on Resident Evil 8 and its architecture and art
- WASD, Ausgabe 17: article on Walden, the game and the story
Dark Souls erschuf ein Genre, in das niemand will
Vor zehn Jahren begründete das Action-Rollenspiel Dark Souls das Subgenre der Soulslikes. Davon gibt es viele, doch nicht alle wollen eines sein. Zwei Spielestudios erklären, wo From Softwares Produktion sie inspiriert hat – und wo nicht.
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- 2019/2020: lecturer at HAW Hamburg, Department Information | Kinder ins Museum! Konzeption von digitalen und partizipativen Vermittlungsformaten für eine Ausstellung im MARKK – Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt
awarded with Hamburger Lehrpreis 2020 - 2021: lecturer at University of Hamburg, Institute for British and American Studies | Exploring Liminality: Between Edgar Allan Poe and The Stanley Parable
- 2022: lecturer at HAW Hamburg, Department Information | Von Dracula bis Red Dead Redemption: Eine Annäherung an Repräsentation in Prosa und Games
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- Lost Levels Podcast
A podcast on indie games and food. - Crème de la Meme
A podcast on memes, the internet, pop culture and society. - I was a guest at OK Cool, Spielvertiefung, Wasted, Doomian and more.