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Research interests
I am an Assistant Professor of film, television and videogames. I teache courses in film and videogame aesthetics, history, and culture.
I have authored papers on fan cultures, censorship issues, and videogame history. I held the role of programmer of the Brisbane International Film Festival from 1993 to 2012.
My PhD research concerns modelling the formal characteristics of film-to-game adaptation.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The FMV game: A genre that never existed, but refuses to die
Knight, S. & Majewski, J., 8 Jan 2026, Emerging Genres: New formations of games. Call, J., Brey, B., Voorhees , G. & Wysocki , M. (eds.). Bloomsbury Academic, p. 31-53 23 p. (Approaches to Digital Game Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Choose Your Path Quickly: The Many Crossroads of the Interactive Movie
Majewski, J. & Knight, S., 16 Jun 2025, p. 1-13. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
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Conceptualising the Transitional Object: Interplay’s Lord of the Rings as a Case Study
Majewski, J. & Knight, S., 3 Sept 2025, p. p.4 of program.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Research › peer-review
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FMV on the 3DO: Full Motion Video and its Role in the Promise of an Interactive Multimedia Console
Knight, S. & Majewski, J., 3 Sept 2025, p. p. 7 of program.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
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Hollywood envy: Adopting film production and storytelling in the FMV games of the 1990s
Majewski, J. & Knight, S., 7 Dec 2025, In: Convergence: the international journal of research into new media technologies. p. 1-12 12 p., 13548565251404982.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Activities
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Using AI to Support Everyday Teaching Tasks
Knight, S. (Attendee)
20 Jun 2025Activity: Professional Development, Mentorship, Supervision and Other Activities › Internal Professional Development
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Design Smarter, Not Harder with AI
Knight, S. (Attendee)
19 Jun 2025Activity: Professional Development, Mentorship, Supervision and Other Activities › Internal Professional Development
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Student theses
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Playing with Movies: Film-to-Game Adaptation Form and Contexts
Knight, S. (Author), Brand, J. E. (Supervisor) & Brodmerkel, S. (Supervisor), 13 Oct 2018Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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