Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Denizens of Virtual Worlds: Power-Gamers at "Play"

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Friis-Sheepers, Arij, Thesis advisor (ths): Manning, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis studies a subset of players of video games called "power-gamers" who play games in a way that mirrors labour as opposed to leisure. Through ethnographic fieldwork and exploration this thesis examines what constitutes "power-gaming" and seeks to unpack the differences between skill, fun, and labour. Chapter One analyzes how ethnographic fieldwork is… more

On Tilt: The Inheritance and Inheritors of Digital Games

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Leipert, Jeremy Keir, Thesis advisor (ths): Panagia, Davide, Degree committee member (dgc): Manning, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>On Tilt: The Inheritance and Inheritors of Digital Games accepts and extends Eric Zimmerman's contention that literacies currently being developed during video-game play will be more broadly applicable (outside games) in the next hundred years as Western work, education, entertainment, and citizenship spaces become ever more shaped like video games. </p><p> To the end of… more