Sports Videogames

ISBN-13: 9780415637558 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 320 str.

Mia Consalvo; Konstantin Mitgutsch; Abe Stein

Opis

Sports themed videogames represent a major subset of the general videogame market. Despite being a consistently produced and played genre of videogames, almost no research has been conducted that looks at sports themed videogames or those who love to play them. Sports Videogames hopes to fill this gap by starting a scholarly dialogue about sports videogames and those who play them. Organized into three sections--the art of the game, mediating play, and players--Sports Videogames offers rich case studies, theorization of play activities, and carefully considered analyses of players, gameplay and industry concerns.

Spis treści

Foreword by Owen Good  Introduction: Sports Videogames: Mapping the Field Mia Consalvo, Konstantin Mitgutsch, Abraham Stein  I. Defining the Game  1. Games, Sports, and Sport Videogames: Designed Challenges in Racing Games Jonas Linderoth 2. A Tale of Two Games: Football and FIFA 12  Miguel Sicart  3. What Are Sports Videogames? Ian Bogost 4. Joga Bonito: Beautiful Play, Sports and Digital Games  Henry Lowood  5. Women, Sports and Videogames  Mia Consalvo  II. Remediating & Complicating  6. Playing the Game on Television  Abe Stein 7. It's in the Game?  Shifting the Scene with Online Play Christopher Paul 8. The Slow Grind: Skateboarding Videogames and the Culture and Practice of Skateboarding  John Sharp 10. Likeness Licensing Litigation: Student Athletes and the Future of Sports Videogames  Nina Huntemann  III. Fans & Players  10. Playing Ball: Fan Experiences in Basketball Videogames  Fares Kayali 11. Eventful Masculinities: Negotiations of Hegemonic Sporting Masculinities at LANs  Emma Witkowski  12. Sports Gaming in Everyday Life: A Meaning Oriented Exploration of the Appropriation of the Online Football Manager Game Hattrick Jeff Wimmer & Jana Nickol 13. Why Sports Videogames Matter to Their Players: Exploring Meaningful Experiences in Playographies Konstantin Mitgutsch  14. Using Sports Videogames to Promote Real-World Physical Activity Among Young Adolescents  Cheryl Olsen