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Table of Contents

Gendered Violence in Fantasy and Horror Games: An Introduction

Marina Fontolan, Geneveive Newman
pp. 1-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970183
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Weak Men and Strong Women: Portrayals of Gender-Based Violence in Tomb Raider and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Kenzie Gordon, Sarah Stang
pp. 15-35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970184
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Playing the White Knight: Constructing Masculinity through Violence in Assassin’s Creed II

Ash Rezvani
pp. 36-68
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970185
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Violent Spectacle of the Wrong Body: Transphobia in The Last of Us, Part II

Brandon Blackburn
pp. 69-90
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970186
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“Isn’t that how you’ve made me?”: Feminine Dualities and Victorian Sensibilities in Bloodborne

Mark Hines, Riley Wilkins
pp. 91-117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970187
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She’s a Nun and a Witch: Abjection in Fantasy RPG Narratives

Chaz Callendar
pp. 118-143
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970188
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Digital Dread: A Comparative Analysis of the “Final Girl” in Supermassive Games’ The Quarry and The Dark Pictures Anthology:

Carlos Ramírez-Moreno, Antonio Francisco Campos Méndez
pp. 144-177
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970189
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The Player Monstrosity: When Games Create Monsters Designed to Be Defeated: A Review of Player vs. Monster

Marina Fontolan
pp. 178-181
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970190
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Racism? In My Science Fiction? It’s More Likely than You Think: A Review of Speculative Whiteness

Steven Mollmann
pp. 182-187
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970191
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Notes on the Contributors

pp. 188-191
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sif.2025.a970192
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