Benjamin Beil is Professor for Media Studies and Digital Culture at the Department of Media Culture and Theater of the University of Cologne, Germany. His current research interests include video games, television series, transmediality, and participatory cultures. Recent publications: New Game Plus: Genres – Künste – Diskurse (Transcript, 2014, co-edited with Gundolf S. Freyermuth and Lisa Gotto), Game Studies (Springer, 2017, co-edited with Thomas Hensel and Andreas Rauscher).