Overview
New media critic andlongtime gamer Christopher A. Paul explains how video games' focus onmeritocracy empowers a negative culture-from the deep-bred misogyny to theendemic malice of abusive player communities. He suggests ways to ultimatelyfoster a more diverse, accepting, and self-reflective culture that is not onlygood for gamers but for good for video games as well.
Full Product Details
Author: Christopher A. Paul
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
ISBN: 9781517900410
ISBN 10: 1517900417
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 20 February 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Christopher A. Paul is an incisive critic, and The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games is essential reading for researchers, industry professionals, and players trying to make sense of gaming's culture wars. -Carly A. Kocurek, author of Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade
Paul offers a compelling and carefully supported argument to deconstruct and reconsider meritocracy in video game culture. An engaging read. -CHOICE Christopher A. Paul is an incisive critic, and The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games is essential reading for researchers, industry professionals, and players trying to make sense of gaming's culture wars. -Carly A. Kocurek, author of Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade
Christopher A. Paul is an incisive critic, and The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games is essential reading for researchers, industry professionals, and players trying to make sense of gaming's culture wars. --Carly A. Kocurek, author of Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade
Christopher A. Paul is an incisive critic, and The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games is essential reading for researchers, industry professionals, and players trying to make sense of gaming's culture wars. -Carly A. Kocurek, author of Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade Paul offers a compelling and carefully supported argument to deconstruct and reconsider meritocracy in video game culture. An engaging read. -CHOICE This is a carefully considered book that shines a much-needed light on the toxicity of video game culture and presents some earnest suggestions for how to reform it and the games that inspire it. -First Person Scholar
Author Information
Christopher A. Paul is associate professor in the communication department at Seattle University. He is author of Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games: Analyzing Words, Design, and Play.
