Iluminace, 2012 (vol. 24), issue 2
Editorial
Computer games as an expressive medium
Jaroslav ©velch
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):29-32 
Introduction to the thematic block of articles dedicated to computer games as cultural artefacts. The text introduces the topic as a whole and the main ideas of the individual papers.
Theme Articles
What The Game is Telling Us. Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Digital Games as an Expressive Medium
Jaroslav ©velch
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):33-48
The author presents different approaches to the study of play as an expressive medium and identifies the ways in which games can communicate something to us.
Computer Games in the Middle East. Procedural Rhetoric and Its Role in the Construction of Muslim Identity
Vít ©isler
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):49-64
In his article, the author discusses game developers in Islamic countries and their motives and practices in creating games that are meant to carry a message. The article is one of the results of the author's long-term research on the representation and self-representation of Muslims in new media.
Genealogy of Interactive Text. The Remediation of Literature, Theater and Film in Heavy Rain
Jan Miąkov
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):65-87
The author studies the nature of computer games as an expressive medium and traces the remediation processes that have produced hybrid forms such as interactive fiction and interactive film. He discusses in detail the interactive drama Heavy Rain.
Articles
Mythology of Exceptionality as a Production Ideology of the Television Series Proč bychom se netopili
Markéta ©techová
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):5-27
The article deals with the conditions that determine the form of Czech serial production, based on a thesis that examines production ideologies in detail using semiotic analytical tools. The text combines the author's empirical experience (direct acting participation in the series Proč bychom se netopili) with theoretical insight into the issue.
Editions and Materials
Manifestos of an Independent Game Developers
Jaroslav ©velch
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):109-110
The introductory essay to the following two texts Game Design is Art and Over Games introduces not only their main ideas but also their authors.
Game Design as an Art
Jason Rohrer
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):111-114
The author disputes the opinion of film critic Roger Ebert, who said in his 2005 article that computer games cannot be art.
Over Games. Lecture at the Art History of Games Symposium in Atlanta, USA, February 6, 2010
Auriea Harvey, Michaël Samyn
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):115-118
Abridged translation of a lecture given at the Art History of Games Symposium in Atlanta, USA, February 2010.
Interviews
White Spots on the Map of Game Design. Interview with Jakub Dvorský and Jaroslav Kolář
Jaroslav ©velch
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):89-96
An interview with prominent Czech game designers Jakub Dvorský and Jaroslav Kolář about their workflows when creating computer games.
On the Findings in the NFA, Mikhail Tsekhanovsky, and Film Excavation. Interview with Nikolai Izvolov and Sergej Kapterev
Jana Rogoff
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):97-108
An interview with Russian film historians and publicists Nikolai Izvolov and Sergei Kapterev about the lost Russian film Hapak - Folk Dance, which was discovered in the collections of the National Film Archive in Prague.
Horizon
Screenwriter's History of Normalization (©těpán Hulík, Kinematografie zapomnění. Počátky normalizace ve Filmovém studiu Barrandov (1968-1973))
Petr Szczepanik
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):122-126
Review of the publication by ©těpán Hulík: Cinematography of Oblivion: the beginnings of normalization at the Barrandov Film Studio (1968-1973).
Ad Fontes
Continental-Film (1937-1946)
Jarmila Hurtová
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):119-121
Information about the founding of Continental-Film in 1937, changes in management during the Protectorate and its dissolution in 1941. Extent of surviving documents about the company.
Horizon - Discussion
Film and Neuroaesthetics. Polemics over the Concept of Iluminace 4/2011
Zdeněk Holý
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):127-129
Critique of the focus and content of issue 4/2011 of Illuminace
Enthusiasm Doesn't Fit for the Defense of Neuroaesthetics. Answer to Zdeněk Holý
Tereza Hadravová
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):130-131
The author's reaction to Zdeněk Holý's criticism of the content and processing of the 4/2011 issue of the magazine Illuminace.
Appendix
Project "National Cinema and Cinema's New Terminology"
Marek Jícha
Iluminace 2012, 24(2):132-137
The author discusses the question of technical developments in the field of cinema in recent years, the rise of digital media and the decline of classical analogue film. He informs about the Digital Cinema system and defines new terms and abbreviations that are emerging in this field. It discusses in detail the NAKI project and the cooperation between FAMU and NFA in the digitization of archival films and the implementation of the National Cinema project.