This thesis examines the suggestion that the digital gaming community is the simulation of a
real community. I argue that the digital game community is more than a mode of relations …

This thesis examines the suggestion that the digital gaming community is the simulation of a
real community. I argue that the digital game community is more than a mode of relations …

This chapter situates digital gaming within debates about community and identity in
contemporary culture. This involves looking at the multitude of activities and artefacts …

This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2011. Videogame Studies:
Concepts, Cultures, and Communication explores the ever-expanding field of game studies …

In recent years, computer technology has permeated all aspects of life--not just work and
education, but also leisure time. Increasingly, digital games are the way we play. This …

The global sale of computer and console games now exceeds $10 billion dollars annually,
inducing further integration of the entertainment, computer and military industries (Poole …

Digital games have become an increasingly pervasive aspect of everyday life as well as an
embattled cultural phenomenon in the twenty-first century. As new media technologies …

Game studies would benefit from acknowledging that digital games should be studied as a
special case of games rather than the other way around. Digital games research tends to …

What is the 'audience'for digital games? This article argues that measurement is a crucial
component of conceptions of the audience, exemplifying the complexities of translating …

As videogame scholarship takes hold in the academy, attracting the attention of researchers
and critics from a variety of disciplines, a frequently asked and salient question is,“What …