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Andrei Zanescu is a postdoctoral fellow and part-time faculty member in Communication Studies, and Anthropology & Sociology, at Concordia University, in Montreal, Canada. He specializes in AAA studio cultural adaptation practices involving resonance as a corporate strategy, as well as the legitimation of games through the formation of awards bodies tied to film and television cultural capital. He regularly publishes game and platform studies concerning a range of games (Assassin's Creed, Magic the Gathering & DOTA 2) and awards bodies, and in New Media & Society (2021), Games & Culture (2024), The Journal of Consumer Culture (2021) and Convergence (Forthcoming). He is also a co-author of Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch (MIT Press, 2025).
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