Nate Garrelts is an American academic who studies digital games and other media. He has edited four collections of essays on digital games: Digital Gameplay (McFarland, 2005), The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto (McFarland, 2006), Understanding Minecraft (McFarland, 2014), and Responding to Call of Duty (McFarland, 2017).[1]The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto was the first academic collection to focus on a single game series.[2][3] He has also contributed essays to the websites Bad Subjects[4] and Berfrois. In 2003, he founded the Video Game Studies area at the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association National Conference in New Orleans[5][6] and continued to coordinate it until 2007.[7] This area, which has since been renamed Game Studies, is one of the longest continually run game studies events in the United States.[8]
Nate Garrelts | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nathan Garrelts |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD, Michigan State University, American Studies |
| Known for | Cultural Studies |
| Notable work | Responding to Call of Duty (2017), Understanding Minecraft (2014), The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto (2006), Digital Gameplay (2005) |
Biography
Garrelts received his PhD in American Studies from Michigan State University (2003). His dissertation was titled The Official Strategy Guide for Video Game Studies: A Grammar and Rhetoric.[9] He is currently Professor of English at Ferris State University.[10]
Published works
- Garrelts, Nate (2005). Digital Gameplay: Essays on the Nexus of Game and Gamer. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. ISBN 9780786422920.
- Garrelts, Nate (2006). The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto: Critical Essays. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. ISBN 9780786428229.
- Garrelts, Nate (2014). Understanding Minecraft: Essays on Play, Community and Possibilities. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. ISBN 9780786479740.
- Garrelts, Nate (2017). Responding to Call of Duty: Critical Essays on the Game Franchise. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. ISBN 9781476668758.