The Games Institute acknowledges that we are living and working on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (also known as Neutral), Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River.
English Language and Literature
John Yoon (BA Honors English, Alberta), MA (Literary Studies, Waterloo) is a PhD candidate at Waterloo. His research interests include narratology, the narrative of sports, eSports, online gaming culture, and digital media studies. His dissertation examines the storytelling mechanisms in professional football and StarCraft.
Received: “The Phenomenology of Videogame Narrative.” CGSA Congress 2019, “Towards a Phenomenological Approach to Interactive Storytelling.” CSDH Congress 2019, “Narrative Accommodation: Transforming eSports Writing.” UC Irvine Esports Conference 2018, “Outside the Arena: Community Engagement through eSports.” EGLX.
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University of Waterloo