Online Games, Social Narratives
Author:   Esther MacCallum-Stewart
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138548480


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   05 February 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Esther MacCallum-Stewart
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138548480


ISBN 10:   1138548480
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   05 February 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: ‘Give Honeydew 46 /1’ 1. A Brief History of Online Gaming – Or Not 2. ‘Did He Just Run in There?’: Defining Gaming Communities and Players 3. ‘Digging a Hole’: Reframing Game Narratives through Webcasting 4. ‘Someone a Fan Made’: Gaming Fan Communities and Creative Practice 5. One More Block: The Essentials of Indie Gaming 6. Indie Grows Up: A Man Called Steve 7. Always in Beta: Strategising Gaming Communities Coda: Final Thoughts

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Esther MacCallum-Stewart is a Research Fellow at the Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE, and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey in Digital Media Arts. Her work examines player communities and the ways in which they understand and interpret the game narratives around them, and sexuality, love and gender in games. She has written widely on deviant play, roleplaying, responses to gender in games, player communities and aspects of love and sexuality in games.

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