MATTEO BITTANTI

EVENTO: IULM @ MEETMETONIGHT (28-29 SETTEMBRE 2018, MILANO)

MEETmeTONIGHT - Faccia a faccia con la ricerca GIARDINI INTRO MONTANELLI, MILANO 28-29 Settembre 2018, dalle 10.00 alle 22.00 Stand CS07 A cura di IULM Communication: "Torna la due giorni di divulgazione scientifica “MEETmeTONIGHT – Faccia a faccia con la ricerca”. La manifestazione, che si terrà il 28 e il... Read more →

BOOK: GIOCHI VIDEO, PERFORMANCE, SPETTACOLO, STREAMING

I'm happy to announce the release of Giochi video. Performance, spettacolo, streaming, a new collection of essays on the rise of game videos edited by Enrico Gandolfi and I. Available in Italy from February 15th, the book features contributions on machinima, videoart, live streaming, speedrunning, let's play videos and much... Read more →

ARTICLE: THE IRRESISTIBLE RISE OF MINECRAFT VIDEOS

LINK magazine has just published my latest article in the ongoing "new media aesthetics" series. It describes the irresistible ascent of Minecraft videos and presents a taxonomy of the main genres. Text encrypted in Italian. LINK: Watching Minecraft Read more →

VIDEO: "SIETE IN UN PAESE MERAVIGLIOSO: LA GUIDA SIMULATA NEL BELPAESE"

This is my presentation for the second DiGRA Italia conference, Made in Italy, hosted at Vigamus, in Rome, on December 15, 2017. It's about the cognitive dissonance that an Italian may experience when playing Playground Games' Forza Horizon 2, set in a virtual replica of the Belpaese. Video below -... Read more →

ESSAY: MEDIAMORFOSI 2: INDUSTRIE & IMMAGINARI DELL'AUDIOVISIVO DIGITALE

The newly released Mediamorfosi 2 from LINK is a massive, 330 page-long tome about the changing landscape of the so-called creative industries. It offers in depth analyses of the current state of film, tv, internet and gaming business. The book includes two contributions of mine on the video game industry... Read more →