Dublin Core
Título
What Is Video Game Culture? Cultural Studies and Game Studies
Autor
Adrienne Shaw
Data
Outubro 1, 2010
Idioma
en
Tipo
Journal Article
Zotero
Tipo de Item
Journal Article
DOI
10.1177/1555412009360414
ISSN
1555-4120
Abstract Note
What is video game culture, however? What does it mean to have a culture defined by the consumption of a particular medium? Moreover, what are the implications of defining this culture in a particular way? While there has been a great deal of ink split on video game culture, the actual definition of the term is often treated as common sense. Unpacking the discourses surrounding ‘‘video game culture’’ allows us to see the power dynamics involved in attributing certain characteristics to it, as well as naming it ‘‘video game culture’’ as such. This has implications for how video games are studied and is connected with how culture is studied more broadly. By critically examining how video game culture has been defined in both press and academic articles, this paper illuminates how this definition has limited the study of video games and where it can move.
Access Date
2017-01-18 22:35:07
Data
Outubro 1, 2010
Issue
4
Journal Abbreviation
Games and Culture
Idioma
en
Library Catalog
SAGE Journals
Páginas
403-424
Publication Title
Games and Culture
Short Title
What Is Video Game Culture?
Título
What Is Video Game Culture? Cultural Studies and Game Studies
URL
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1555412009360414
Volume
5