Gaming as culture : essays on reality, identity and experience in fantasy games / edited by J. Patrick Williams, Sean Q. Hendricks and W. Keith Winkler.
Williams, J. Patrick, 1970-; Hendricks, Sean Q.; Winkler, W. Keith.
2006
GV1469.6 .G36 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Gaming as culture : essays on reality, identity and experience in fantasy games / edited by J. Patrick Williams, Sean Q. Hendricks and W. Keith Winkler.
ISBN
9780786424368 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786424362 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.
Language
English
Description
viii, 224 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
GV1469.6 .G36 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
793.93
Summary
"This book presents the most current research in fantasy games and examines the cultural and constructionist dimensions of fantasy gaming as a leisure activity. Each chapter investigates some social or behavioral aspect of fantasy gaming and provides insight into the cultural, linguistic, sociological, and psychological impact of games on both the individual and society"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Williams, J. Patrick, 1970-
Hendricks, Sean Q.
Winkler, W. Keith.
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Introduction: Fantasy games, gaming cultures, and social life / J. Patrick Williams, Sean Q. Hendricks, and W. Keith Winkler
The role-playing game and the game of role-playing : the ludic self and everyday life / Dennis D. Waskul
Incorporative discourse strategies in tabletop fantasy role-playing gaming / Sean Q. Hendricks
Social events and roles in Magic : a semiotic analysis / Csilla Weninger
Consumption and authenticity in the collectible strategy games subculture / J. Patrick Williams
Desktop conquistadors : negotiating American manhood in the digital fantasy role-playing game / Kevin Schut
Playing with identity : unconscious desire and role-playing games / Michelle Nephew
The business and the culture of gaming / W. Keith Winkler
Online gaming and the interactional self : identity interplay in situated practice / Florence Chee, Marcelo Vieta, and Richard Smith
Invoking the avatar : gaming skills as cultural and out-of-game capital / Heather L. Mello
Vicarious experience : staying there connected with and through our own and other characters / Tim Marsh.

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