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The ETC Press is proud to announce the release of A Purple Architecture: Design in the Age of the Physical-Virtual Continuum, edited by James F. Kerestes, Ebrahim Poustinchi, & Vahid Vahdat. A Purple Architecture is an edited collection of essays and projects investigating Purpleness, as a quality independent from the assumed virtual/physical, material/immaterial, mediated/immediate dualities. Purpleness thus serves as a theoretical framework to...

The ETC Press is proud to announce the release of The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Mandalorian, edited by Dr. Jessica E. Tompkins. This book explores the psychological underpinnings of The Mandalorian, including its narratives, primary protagonists, and secondary characters. This is the second book in the Psychgeist series that explores the psychological reasons driving our connection to popular culture. “The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The...

The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Marvel Cinematic Universe aims to explore the underlying psychological themes and processes represented in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Each chapter in the book will cover a variety of approaches to the game and the series, including fandom, game design and development, game mechanics, embodied play, spectatorship, transmedia storytelling, post-apocalyptic narratives, race and gender representations, and ecocriticism, among other topics.

Ted Lasso is a three season Apple TV exclusive that took the world by storm with its unusual brand of kindness and in-depth exploration of human relationships. The show explores the character arc of a football turned ‘futbol’ (soccer) coach from Wichita, Kansas as he is recruited to help an underdog soccer club in the UK. His experiences with those surrounding him make for a meaningful exploration of psychological concepts for psych nerds, while...